ElementRef.nativeElement has no type (any)

[goleary]

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Current behavior
using vs code the type of ElementRef.nativeElement is any.
Expected behavior
shouldn't the type be Element so we can get code completion and type checking?

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions
plnkr won't work because it doesn't do type checking (to my knowledge)

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?
so we can get code completion and type checking

Please tell us about your environment:
windows 10 vs code

• Angular version: 2.4.1

• Browser: not a browser issue

• Language: [all | TypeScript X.X | ES6/7 | ES5]
  typescript 2.1.5

• Node (for AoT issues): node --version =

[devoto13]

No, it shouldn't, because Angular can be used on other platforms, not only web.

See #13139 for discussions and some workarounds. And I think this can be closed as duplicate.

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