Type 'null' is not assignable to type 'HTMLInputElement' ReactJs
I solved in react using if condition before i use ref
if (this.ref.current) {
this.editor = monaco.editor.create(
this.ref.current,
{ automaticLayout: true }
);
monaco.editor.setTheme('vs-dark');
this.editor.setModel(this.model);
}
This is, indeed, caused by you correct and commendable use of:
"strict": "true"
Which sets a few rules including the all important:
"strictNullChecks": "true"
Handling Potential Nulls
The correct way to handle this is to check that the element isn't in fact null, because almost every method you use to query an element may fail to find one.
In the example below, the if-statement acts as a type guard, so the type of HTMLElement | null
is narrowed to just HTMLElement
.
const elem = document.getElementById('test');
if (elem) {
elem.innerHTML = 'Type here is HTMLElement, not null';
}
Handling HTML Element Types
To narrow the type from HTMLElement
to HTMLInputElement
, you can take an "I know better" approach and use a type assertion (making a class of subtle errors possible):
const example = <HTMLInputElement> elem;
Or you can use a custom type guard to do it properly, the below example takes HTMLElement | null
and narrows it to HTMLInputElement
if it isn't null, and has the correct tag name:
function isInputElement(elem: HTMLElement | null): elem is HTMLInputElement {
if (!elem) {
// null
return false;
}
return (elem.tagName === 'INPUT')
}
The updated type guard call looks like this:
const elem = document.getElementById('test');
if (isInputElement(elem)) {
console.log(elem.value);
}
The error is produced becase the types definitions says input can be null
or a HTMLInputElement
You can set "strict": false
in your tsconfig.json
Or you can force the input to be HTMLInputElement
type
<input ref={thisInput => (this.textInput = thisInput as HTMLInputElement)} type="text" className="form-control" placeholder="Search" />
This way is also valid (using definite assignment assertions (typescript >= 2.7))
<input ref={thisInput => (this.textInput = thisInput!)} type="text" className="form-control" placeholder="Search" />