`react-doctor/no-non-literal-selector-query-without-try-catch`

Unguarded querySelector with href-derived selector

Category: Bugs
Severity: warn
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: always
Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/no-non-literal-selector-query-without-try-catch. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

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The corrected pattern shows a focused way to address the diagnostic.

Reported pattern

const target = document.querySelector(location.hash);

Corrected pattern

const hash = location.hash;
let target: Element | null = null;
try {
  target = document.querySelector(hash);
} catch {
  target = null;
}

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

Copy this self-contained prompt into your coding agent after you confirm the diagnostic.

Fix every confirmed react-doctor/no-non-literal-selector-query-without-try-catch diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - querySelector/querySelectorAll/matches/closest throw a DOMException on an invalid CSS selector, and href/hash fragments are frequently invalid. Wrap the call in try/catch or normalize the value with CSS.escape.

Reference transformation:Before:

const target = document.querySelector(location.hash);

After:

const hash = location.hash;
let target: Element | null = null;
try {
  target = document.querySelector(hash);
} catch {
  target = null;
}

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

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react-doctor/no-nullish-coalescing-arithmetic-precedence: Nullish coalescing swallowed by adjacent arithmetic
react-doctor/no-object-keys-values-entries-on-maybe-undefined: Object.keys/values/entries on maybe-undefined value
react-doctor/no-object-or-array-coerced-to-string-in-template-literal: Object or lossy array coerced in a template literal

react-doctor/no-non-literal-selector-query-without-try-catch