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Expand Up @@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ customElements.define('user-info', class extends HTMLElement {

If you run it, the `alert` is empty.

That's exactly because there are no children on that stage, the DOM is unfinished. HTML parser connected the custom element `<user-info>`, and is going to proceed to its children, but just didn't yet.
That's exactly because when the HTML parser connects the `<user-info>` element, its children have not been processed yet — the DOM is incomplete. In effect, the children don't exist.

If we'd like to pass information to custom element, we can use attributes. They are available immediately.
If we'd like to pass information to a custom element, we can use attributes. They are available immediately.

Or, if we really need the children, we can defer access to them with zero-delay `setTimeout`.

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