[@types/react] can't do event.target.value for event: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>

[hamirmahal]

import React from 'react';

const handle = (
  event: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>,
) => {
  console.log(event.target.value);
};

results in

Property 'value' does not exist on type 'EventTarget'.

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[eps1lon]

You want to use currentTarget here. Clipboard events bubble and it's therefore unsound to assume target is the same as where the event handler was attached.

[hamirmahal]

Thanks!