How to avoid typescript error: Property 'innerHTML' does not exist on type 'Element'

Question

I\'m trying to place some HTML inside a specific div. When I try this in typescript I get this error: Property \'innerHTML\' does not exist on type \'Element\'

Answer 1

I had the same issue, solved it by declaring it as:

myString = 'hello world';

var el: HTMLElement = document.getElementById('id_of_element');
el.innerHTML = myString;