Why webdriverio can't find element?

Question

await this.browser.url(url);
await this.browser.pause(5000);
const link = await $('a');

It opens the URL but after a pause I get the following error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'isDevTools' of undefined 

how to fix this?

Answer 1

Just need to use $ as browser object funtion

const link = await this.browser.$('a');