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toContainHTML providing an error when HTML element exists (React Testing)

todoElement is supposed to contain a strike element but my test says otherwise. I've declared in my Todo function that if text is completed then it should render a strike element containing a h1 element. Why can't my test identify the strike element?

// Todo.js
import React from 'react'

function Todo({ todo }) {
  const { id, title, completed } = todo
  const h1 = <h1>{title}</h1>
  const text = completed ? <strike>{h1}</strike> : h1
  return <div data-testid={`todo-${id}`}>{text}</div>
}

export default Todo
// App.js
import Todo from './components/Todo'

function App() {
  const todos = [
    { id: 1, title: 'wash dishes', completed: false },
    { id: 2, title: 'make dinner', completed: true },
  ]

  return (
    <div>
      {todos.map((todo) => {
        return <Todo todo={todo} />
      })}
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

// todo.test.js
import { render, screen, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
import Todo from '../Todo'
import '@testing-library/jest-dom'

afterEach(() => {
  cleanup() 
})

test('should render non-completed todo component', () => {
  const todo = { id: 1, title: 'wash dishes', completed: false }
  render(<Todo todo={todo} />) 
  const todoElement = screen.getByTestId('todo-1') 
  expect(todoElement).toBeInTheDocument() 
  expect(todoElement).toHaveTextContent('wash dishes')
})

test('should render completed todo component', () => {
  const todo = { id: 2, title: 'wash car', completed: true }
  render(<Todo todo={todo} />) 
  const todoElement = screen.getByTestId('todo-2') 
  expect(todoElement).toBeInTheDocument() 
  expect(todoElement).toHaveTextContent('wash car')
  expect(todoElement).toContainHTML('<strike>')
})

Error Message

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Mohamed Rifaath Avatar asked Oct 20 '25 04:10

Mohamed Rifaath


1 Answers

toContainHtml method expects to pass html tag as a string without tag notaion so you need to replace '<strike>' with 'strike'.

your code line should look like this.

expect(todoElement).toContainHTML('strike')
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samehanwar Avatar answered Oct 22 '25 18:10

samehanwar



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