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

Question

I am using TypeScript Version 2 for an Angular 2 component code.

I am getting error "Property \'value\' does not exist on type \'EventTarget\'" for below co

Answer 1

I believe it must work but any ways I'm not able to identify. Other approach can be,

export class TextEditorComponent {
   @Output() countUpdate = new EventEmitter();

   emitWordCount(model) {
       this.countUpdate.emit(
         (model.match(/\S+/g) || []).length);
       }
}