GSAP Animation returns "GSAP target [object Object] not found." even though object exists.

[Dennis Hallmen]

For some reason my GSAP code returns "GSAP target [object Object] not found." for almost all objects that are animated on the page.

 

The thing is though that all the objects or variables that are animated exist on the page. See the images.

 

And this is not a problem with the animations themselves, because they all work. I am just confused to where this console warning comes from?

Here is. what my console looks like.

 

And when clicking on one of these objects to see where it comes from this is what it says. Its refering to the $("[hoverstagger='true']") just under //Hover Stagger Animation

 

But here you can see that it exists on the page. And also, console logging it as shown below, also returns with the objects, showing it exists.

This also happens for timeline tweens like "tl.to(target..." and "mm.add" which is refering to "let mm = gsap.matchMedia();"

Any ideas to what the cause of this might be?

 

This is a Webflow project and the code lives in a Codesandbox file at the moment. Do you need anything else to be able to help with this?

 

[GSAP Helper]

Without a minimal demo, it's very difficult to troubleshoot; the issue could be caused by CSS, markup, a third party library, a 3rd party script, etc. Would you please provide a very simple CodePen or Stackblitz that illustrates the issue? 

 

Please don't include your whole project. Just some colored <div> elements and the GSAP code is best. See if you can recreate the issue with as few dependencies as possible. Start minimal and then incrementally add code bit by bit until it breaks. Usually people solve their own issues during this process! If not, at least we have a reduced test case which greatly increases your chances of getting a relevant answer.

 

See the Pen aYYOdN by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

that loads all the plugins. Just click "fork" at the bottom right and make your minimal demo: 

 

Using a framework/library like React, Vue, Next, etc.? 

CodePen isn't always ideal for these tools, so here are some Stackblitz starter templates that you can fork and import the gsap-trial NPM package for using any of the bonus plugins: 

• React (please read this article!)
• Next
• Svelte
• Sveltekit
• Vue
• Nuxt

 

Please share the StackBlitz link directly to the file in question (where you've put the GSAP code) so we don't need to hunt through all the files. 

 

Once we see an isolated demo, we'll do our best to jump in and help with your GSAP-specific questions. ✅