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

Here is one more way to specify event.target:

import { Component, EventEmitter, Output } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'text-editor',
    template: ``
})
export class TextEditorComponent {

   @Output() countUpdate = new EventEmitter();

    emitWordCount({ target = {} as HTMLTextAreaElement }) { // <- right there

        this.countUpdate.emit(
          // using it directly without `event`
            (target.value.match(/\S+/g) || []).length);
    }
}