Title: [Plugin: Front-end Editor] Javascript error Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Front-end Editor] Javascript error * Resolved [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/) * Hi, * I recently upgraded to the new version of front-end-editor, the one that uses CLEditor. * Everything worked fine with the old version — but now I get a Javascript error when I double-click on some content I’d like to edit: * `TypeError: Result of expression 'ai.controls' [null] is not an object.` * I am not sure what the problem is. Any ideas? * Thanks! Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Thread Starter [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015633) * I should add that the editing box never appears. After double-clicking on the content to edit, the content disappears. Using the error console in the browser, I see the Javascript error referred to above. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015800) * What browser are you using (name and version)? * Thread Starter [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015804) * Thanks Scribu. I see that error in Safari/Chrome. * On Firefox, the error is slightly different. “options.controls is null” * I suspect a conflict with another plugin, but I have not yet been able to pinpoint it. * Thread Starter [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015829) * Chrome 11.0.696.34 Safari 5.0.4 Firefox 4.0 * and it’s only a problem for “rich” fields from what I can tell. * [otozyon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otozyon/) * (@otozyon) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015909) * I am having the same problem with firefox 4.0b13pre and Chrome 10.0.648.133, both on ubuntu. * [otozyon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otozyon/) * (@otozyon) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015910) * It only concerns version 1.9.3 of the plugin. Version 1.9.2 works fine. And plugin interference doesn’t seem to be the problem here, I deactivated all the other plugins but it still wouldn’t work. * Thread Starter [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015921) * Disabling the plugin and re-enabling it has helped on two development installations I am running. The Javascript error is gone now. * [jnorion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnorion/) * (@jnorion) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015940) * I’m having the same problem. WordPress is v3.1.1, FEE is v1.9.3. * I have editing turned on for post title, post content, and comment content only. With the WYSIWYG editor turned on, highlighting and tool tips work normally, but when I double-click the post content it disappears and never gives me an editor. Inspecting with firebug shows that the editor is there, and populated properly, but has `display: none;` set inline at the element level. I am able to edit the post title and comment content as normal. * If I turn the WYSIWYG editor off, it appears to work fine in all three places. * I have no custom controls set on the WYSIWYG editor. * I can replicate this in Firefox 4, Chrome 10.0.*, and Safari 5.04 (all latest versions), on OSX 10.6. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015942) * I’ve been able to reproduce the error. * Quick fix: * 1. Go to WP Admin -> Settings -> Front-end Editor -> Editor Panel box. 2. Click on the “All” link. 3. Click Save Changes. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015943) * So, the problem was that the cleditor controls field was blank. * This should no longer be a problem in the [development version](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/front-end-editor.zip)( 1.9.4-alpha) * Thread Starter [Bill Dennen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xyzzy/) * (@xyzzy) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015945) * Thanks scribu! * [jnorion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnorion/) * (@jnorion) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-javascript-error-1/#post-2015950) * Ah, perfect. Added all controls back and it works normally now. Thanks! 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