From 5a5da39a1ed9d12cb4e7406306969e38b86d7d64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel Mtz-Almeida <manu.valladolid@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:22:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(highlight): selected tab might be null

fixes #12054
---
 src/components/tabs/tab-highlight.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/tabs/tab-highlight.ts b/src/components/tabs/tab-highlight.ts
index 845d79968ef..0f7a8d09ff4 100644
--- a/src/components/tabs/tab-highlight.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabs/tab-highlight.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ export class TabHighlight {
   constructor(private _elementRef: ElementRef, private _dom: DomController) {}
 
   select(tab: Tab) {
+    if (!tab) {
+      return;
+    }
     const dom = this._dom;
 
     dom.read(() => {
-      const btnEle: HTMLElement = tab.btn.getElementRef().nativeElement;
+      const btnEle: HTMLElement = tab.btn.getNativeElement();
       const transform = `translate3d(${btnEle.offsetLeft}px,0,0) scaleX(${btnEle.offsetWidth})`;
 
       dom.write(() => {