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id: "01d98034-4335-4617-9104-1bfbd8670f2c"
name: "Top-level querySelector for fields"
micro_summary: "Top-level querySelector for SF Lightning form fields returns 0 — fields are inside nested shadow roots."
status: "discarded"
see_also: []
scope: "Probe: read Salesforce Lightning Case form fields with a top-level document.querySelector."
discard_reason: "top-level querySelector can't see shadow-DOM form fields (returns 0); must recurse shadow roots."
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Tried `document.querySelectorAll("lightning-combobox")` / field selectors at the top level of the Lightning Case edit modal — returned 0. The record edit form is rendered inside nested shadow roots, so top-level queries never see it. Correct approach: recurse shadow roots (see parent skill).