When folder has two files with the same name but one is .d.ts, the modules declared on the latter are not recognized

[rcazangi]

TypeScript Version:
1.8.6

Folder is called Editors and contains several files including: editors.ts and editors.d.ts

editors.d.ts looks like this:
declare module "text!./editors.template.html" { }
declare module "text!./condition.template.html" { }

It turns out that none of those modules are recognized by other ts files in the same folder. Now, if I rename editors.d.ts to anything else, problem solved!

Issue was seen in Visual Studio 2015.

[mhegazy]

For module resolution purposes, if the compiler sees something like import {a} from "moduleA"; it tries to locate moduleA first. it will look for files with that name, .ts is given higher precedence than .d.ts as a .d.ts is a compiler output, where .ts is a source, so sources are more likely to be up-to-date than outputs. you can find more information at https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook/blob/master/pages/Module%20Resolution.md

in this case, it seems like you authored editors.d.ts yourself, but the compiler has no way of knowing that. In general, it is not a good practice to have two files with the same name, only different extensions next to each others. the compiler makes multiple assumptions based on file extensions, and location.

[mhegazy]

My earlier comments were about modules, but it looks like this file, editors.d.ts, has global definitions. so all you need is to add a /// <reference path=".\editors.d.ts" /> to your editor.ts to include it.