Unable to use jQuery to retrieve DOM elements using Cypress.$

[PeterNg2333]

Hey, I'm using Cypress.$ instead of cy.get() to retrieve DOM elements so I can easily implement if/else logic—since cy.get() stops the test if an element isn’t found. However, I'm running into an issue. Here's my demo:

describe("running JQuery", () => {
  it("pass", () => {
    const TARGET_URL = "URL";
    cy.visit(TARGET_URL);
    cy.log(Cypress.$(TargetSelector)); // returns JQuery{0}
  });
});`

Could you please take a look and help me resolve this? Thanks!