TypeScript · Compiler and project settings

lib

Declares the built-in APIs available. Without DOM, document and window are unknown to the compiler.

Syntax

"lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"]

Example

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"]
  }
}

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