VSCode IntelliSense does not autocomplete JavaScript DOM events and methods

Question

I am using Visual Studio Code version 1.17.1.

In *.js file when I type document.querySelector("#elementId").style. I have no IntelliSense hints for styles (like margin, display, etc.). Even no onclick event hint after document.querySelector("#elementId").

I don't use any npm packages. It is just simple html\css\js project.

How to turn on correct IntelliSense hints? Thanks.

Answer 1

Because result of the querySelector is either:

Element - the most general base class or null

If you already know id you can use document.getElementById() - which returns instance of more specific class - HTMLElement - autocomplete will work as expected.

document.getElementById('elementId').

If you don't know id, but want autocomplete you can use JSDoc type annotations:

/** @type {HTMLElement} */
var el =  document.querySelector(".myclass");

el.

// or without extra variable:
/** @type {HTMLElement} */
(document.querySelector(".myclass")).

I haven't really tested it but you can try something like that:

/**
 * @type {function(string): HTMLElement}
 */
var querySelector = document.querySelector.bind(document);

querySelector('.myclass').

Another choice would be alter typescript types:

1. Create file dom.d.ts
2. Append to it:

interface NodeSelector {
    querySelector<K extends keyof ElementTagNameMap>(selectors: K): ElementTagNameMap[K] | null;
    querySelector<E extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement>(selectors: string): E | null;
    querySelectorAll<K extends keyof ElementListTagNameMap>(selectors: K): ElementListTagNameMap[K];
    querySelectorAll<E extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement>(selectors: string): NodeListOf<E>;
}

Now querySelector returns HTMLElement.