How can I stop property does not exist on type JQuery syntax errors when using Typescript

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I am only using one line of jQuery in my application      div printArea   printArea      But this is giving me a Typescript error      The property  printArea  does not exist on type JQuery    Can someone tell me how I can stop this error appearing

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You can  cast it to     lt any gt     selector     function      Ex  date picker initialize using jquery    lt any gt     datepicker     datepicker

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You can also write it like this   let elem  any  elem      div printArea    elem printArea

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I think this is the most readable solution       div printArea   as any  printArea

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For your example  you d add this   interface JQuery      printArea   void      Edit  oops  basarat is correct below  I m not sure why I thought it was compiling but I ve updated this answer

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You can also use the ignore syntax instead of using   or better the  as any   notation       ts-ignore    div printArea   printArea

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You could cast it to  lt any gt  or extend the jquery typing to add your own method      lt any gt    div printArea    printArea        Or add your own custom methods  Assuming this is added by yourself as a part of custom plugin    interface JQuery       printArea   void

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Since printArea is a jQuery plugin it is not included in jquery d ts   You need to create a jquery printArea ts definition file   If you create a complete definition file for the plugin you may want to submit it to DefinitelyTyped

[jquery] How can I stop "property does not exist on type JQuery" syntax errors when using Typescript?

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