“NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error is thrown when creating any Standard Element after creating Style Rule Inspector Element from UI Library window

Unity: UI Toolkit Authoring Framework

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Reproduction steps:
1. Create a new project
2. Create Style Rule Inspector Element (GameObject > UI Toolkit > Standard Elements > Unity > UIToolkit > Editor > Style Rule Inspector)
3. Create UI Document
4. Create any other Standard Element (GameObject > UI Toolkit > Standard Elements)
5. Observe the Console

Actual result: “NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error is thrown
Expected result: No warnings or errors are thrown

Reproducible with: 6000.6.0a7, 6000.6.0b2, 6000.7.0a1
Couldn’t reproduce with: 6000.0.78f1, 6000.3.19f1, 6000.5.2f1, 6000.6.0a6 (No Standard Elements option)

Reproduced on: macOS Tahoe 26.5 (M4), Ubuntu 24.04

Note:
Full error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
UnityEngine.UIElements.Layout.LayoutConfig.get_TransformFlags () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Layout/LayoutConfig.cs:37)
UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel.get_transformFlags () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:501)
UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel.get_duringLayoutPhase () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:718)
UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel.set_duringLayoutPhase (System.Boolean value) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:721)
UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeLayoutUpdater.Update () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/VisualTreeLayoutUpdater.cs:316)
UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeUpdater.UpdateVisualTreePhase (UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeUpdatePhase phase) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/VisualTreeUpdater.cs:146)
UnityEngine.UIElements.Panel.ValidateLayout () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:1650)
UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseRuntimePanel.Update () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:1994)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIElementsRuntimeUtility.UpdatePanels () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/UIElementsRuntimeUtility.cs:319)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIElementsRuntimeUtilityNative.UpdatePanels () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Native/UIElementsUtility.bindings.cs:18)
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStringFromExceptionInternal(Object, String&, String&) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Runtime/Export/Scripting/StackTrace.cs:50)

“NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error is thrown when creating any Standard Element after creating Style Rule Inspector Element from UI Library window

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