From fd8f688e8bcbcfa1b3625e65557b7ea208dc7fe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nathan <nathangray.bsc+github@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:59:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid error if input node isn't created yet

---
 api/js/etemplate/Et2Date/Et2Date.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Date/Et2Date.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Date/Et2Date.ts
index a91a9fbd6e..3c509406cf 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Date/Et2Date.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Date/Et2Date.ts
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ export class Et2Date extends Et2InputWidget(FormControlMixin(LitFlatpickr))
 	 */
 	findInputField() : HTMLInputElement
 	{
-		return <HTMLInputElement>this._inputNode.shadowRoot.querySelector('input:not([type="hidden"])');
+		return <HTMLInputElement>this._inputNode?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('input:not([type="hidden"])');
 	}
 
 	/**