Property 'value' does not exist on type EventTarget in TypeScript

Question

So the following code is in Angular 4 and I can\'t figure out why it doesn\'t work the way as expected.

Here is a snippet of my handler:

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Answer 1

I was looking for a solution to a similar TypeScript error with React:

Property 'dataset' does not exist on type EventTarget in TypeScript

I wanted to get to event.target.dataset of a clicked button element in React:

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Here is how I was able to get the dataset value to "exist" via TypeScript:

const onClickHandler = (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
  const { name, index } = (event.target as HTMLButtonElement).dataset
  console.log({ name, index })
  // do stuff with name and index…
}