I cannot find module 'Graphics.Element'

Question

I am trying to play around with Elm (0.17) a little bit. But I can't get this simple example running:

import Graphics.Element exposing (..)

main =
  show "Hello!"

The following error is shown when running elm reactor:

I cannot find module 'Graphics.Element'.

Module 'Main' is trying to import it.

Potential problems could be:

• Misspelled the module name
• Need to add a source directory or new dependency to elm-package.json

I did run elm package install evancz/elm-graphics and it was successfully. I also see it when opening localhost:8000 under the Dependencies Sidebar.

When looking at other examples they doing the import the same way.

What could cause the problem?

Answer 1

In version 0.17, The module name has changed to Element and you'll need to convert Graphics elements to Html now. Try changing your code to the following:

import Element exposing (..)

main =
  toHtml <| show "Hello!"

Answer 2

According to the current elm-lang.org/examples hello-html is now written as

import Html exposing (text)

main =
  text "Hello!"