Instantiating new HTMLElement in TypeScript

Question

I am trying to instantiate new HTMLDivElement in TypeScript

var elem = new HTMLDivElement();

but the browser throws

Uncaught T         


        

Answer 1

You have mistaken typescript syntax with c# syntax.

Just replace

var elem = new HTMLDivElement();

with one of the following

var elem = document.createElement('div');

or

var elem = (document.createElement('div'));

or

let elem = document.createElement('div') as HTMLDivElement

(if you need to use HTMLDivElement attributes)