jest + enzyme, using mount(), document.getElementById() returns null on component which appear after _method call

Found the solution thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/users/853560/lewis-chung and gods of Google:

1. Attached my component to DOM via attachTo param:

   const result = mount(
       <App />, { attachTo: document.body }
   );
   

2. Changed buggy string in my method to string which works with element Object

agentToMod.location = locationSelect.options[locationSelect.selectedIndex].text;` : 

_modifyAgentStatus () {

    const { currentAgentProfile, agentsDatabase } = this.state;
    const agentToMod = currentAgentProfile;

    if (agentToMod.status === 'Free') {
        this.setState({
            infoDisplayContent: 'mission'
        });
        agentToMod.status = 'Waiting';
    } else if (agentToMod.status === 'Waiting') {
        const locationSelect = document.getElementById('missionLocationSelect');

        agentToMod.location = agentToMod.location = locationSelect.options[locationSelect.selectedIndex].text;
        agentToMod.status = 'On Mission';
        this.setState({
            infoDisplayContent: 'profile'
            });
        }
    }

attachTo: document.body will generate a warning:

Warning: render(): Rendering components directly into document.body is discouraged, since its children are often manipulated by third-party scripts and browser extensions. This may lead to subtle reconciliation issues. Try rendering into a container element created for your app.

So just attach to a container element instead of document.body, and no need to add it to the global Window object

before(() => {
  // Avoid `attachTo: document.body` Warning
  const div = document.createElement('div');
  div.setAttribute('id', 'container');
  document.body.appendChild(div);
});

after(() => {
  const div = document.getElementById('container');
  if (div) {
    document.body.removeChild(div);
  }
});

it('should display all contents', () => {
  const wrapper = mount(<YourComponent/>,{ attachTo: document.getElementById('container') });
});

Attached your component to DOM via attachTo param.

import { mount} from 'enzyme';

// Avoid Warning: render(): Rendering components directly into document.body is discouraged.
beforeAll(() => {
  const div = document.createElement('div');
  window.domNode = div;
  document.body.appendChild(div);
})

test("Test component with mount + document query selector",()=>{
  const wrapper = mount(<YourComponent/>,{ attachTo: window.domNode });
});

why we need this?

mount only render component to div element not attached it to DOM tree.

// Enzyme code of mount renderer. 

createMountRenderer(options) {
    assertDomAvailable('mount');
    const domNode = options.attachTo || global.document.createElement('div');
    let instance = null;
    return {
      render(el, context, callback) {
        if (instance === null) {
          const ReactWrapperComponent = createMountWrapper(el, options);
          const wrappedEl = React.createElement(ReactWrapperComponent, {
            Component: el.type,
            props: el.props,
            context,
          });
          instance = ReactDOM.render(wrappedEl, domNode);
          if (typeof callback === 'function') {
            callback();
          }
        } else {
          instance.setChildProps(el.props, context, callback);
        }
      },
      unmount() {
        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(domNode);
        instance = null;
      },
      getNode() {
        return instance ? instanceToTree(instance._reactInternalInstance).rendered : null;
      },
      simulateEvent(node, event, mock) {
        const mappedEvent = mapNativeEventNames(event);
        const eventFn = TestUtils.Simulate[mappedEvent];
        if (!eventFn) {
          throw new TypeError(`ReactWrapper::simulate() event '${event}' does not exist`);
        }
        // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-find-dom-node
        eventFn(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(node.instance), mock);
      },
      batchedUpdates(fn) {
        return ReactDOM.unstable_batchedUpdates(fn);
      },
    };
  }