when i try to move the “player” with arrows it says uncaught typeError and says that the player got with getElementById its a null
html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="Style.css">
<script src="game_2d.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="player"><img src="player_test.png" alt=""></div>
css
#player{position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
}
javascript
const player = document.getElementById("player")
const moveAmount = 10
let x = 0
let y = 0
document.addEventListener("keydown", event =>{
if(event.key.startsWith("Arrow")){
switch(event.key){
case "ArrowLeft":
x -= moveAmount
break
case "ArrowRight":
x += moveAmount
break
}
player.style.top = `${y}px`
player.style.left = `${x}px`
}
})
i copy the code from this video:https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=q32skvBgxo4&t=218s
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