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[lifeiscontent]

Bug Report

Typescript doesn't allow to access the constructor of any of the browser's events.

🔎 Search Terms

event
constructor

🕗 Version & Regression Information

I just came across it because I was trying to create a cloned event as seen here:

https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/blob/master/packages/mui-core/src/SliderUnstyled/SliderUnstyled.js#L246-L254

• This is a crash
• This changed between versions ______ and _______
• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about _________
• I was unable to test this on prior versions because _______

⏯ Playground Link

Playground link with relevant code

💻 Code

const evt = new InputEvent('input');

const cloneEvt = new evt.constructor(evt.type, evt); // possible in JS, but is a Type error here.

🙁 Actual behavior

type errors when accessing a constructor of an event object.

🙂 Expected behavior

no type errors when creating a new event from the original event's constructor.

[MartinJohns]

Duplicate of #32452.

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