[Bug]: Broken Typescript Types

[jd-carroll]

Describe the bug

Handsontable does not export types for esModules (i.e. package.json exports). In almost all locations within Handsontable packages, the exports are structured like:

  // node_modules/handsontable/package.json
  ...
  exports: {
    ...
    "./base": {
      "import": "./base.mjs",
      "require": "./base.js"
    },
  ...

When it should be:

  // node_modules/handsontable/package.json
  ...
  exports: {
    ...
    "./base": {
      "types": "./base.d.ts",
      "import": "./base.mjs",
      "require": "./base.js"
    },
  ...

To reproduce follow these steps:

1. npx create-next-app@latest (make sure to keep typescript enabled)
2. npm install handsontable@latest @handsontable/react@latest
3. Open ./src/app/page.tsx
4. Attempt to install the react demo:

<HotTable
  data={[
    ['', 'Tesla', 'Volvo', 'Toyota', 'Ford'],
    ['2019', 10, 11, 12, 13],
    ['2020', 20, 11, 14, 13],
    ['2021', 30, 15, 12, 13]
  ]}
  rowHeaders={true}
  colHeaders={true}
  height="auto"
  licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation" // for non-commercial use only
/>

Video/Screenshots

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Provide a link to the demo with the bug reproduction

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Handsontable version

@latest

Framework version

No response

Your environment

Chrome MacOS

[jd-carroll]

No easy way to say this, but this issue combined with #7445 make Handsontable an absolute non-starter.

I want to be a customer, this is the right grid framework for us. But add in #9397 and there is just no way we can justify the time investment for Handsontable. The decision for us is now between a competitor or rolling our own (most likely a competitor).

Hope these issues can be resolved in the near future, because again, Handsontable is the right grid framework for our use cases.

Thank you!

[adrianszymanski89]

Hi @jd-carroll

Thank you for reporting this. I understand your arguments, and as I mentioned at #9397 - this will be worked on in the near future. As for #7445, it needs further investigation, and we don't have any specific timeline for this. The fastest issue to solve would be this one. I'll report it internally.

[myessail]

@adrianszymanski89 is there a timeline for this issue, #10509, as well? this is causing a lot of headaches for our team as well.

[adrianszymanski89]

Hi @myessail

Not yet. We have a full backlog at the moment, but as soon as it gets to our roadmap, I'll let you know.

[AMBudnik]

Hi @jd-carroll @myessail, please feel free to update to Handsontable v14.0.0 where this issue is solved.

Here https://handsontable.com/docs/javascript-data-grid/release-notes/#_14-0-0 is a full list of changes and fixes for this version.