How to fix TypeScript enum not working within HTML?

When using TypeScript enums in HTML, you may encounter issues because enums are TypeScript constructs and don’t directly translate into JavaScript or HTML.

However, you can still use enums in your TypeScript code and pass their values to HTML elements.

To fix this, we can try the following:

1. Compile TypeScript to JavaScript

Make sure your TypeScript code is compiled into JavaScript before it’s run in the browser.

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript and needs to be compiled down to JavaScript to run in the browser.

You can do this using the TypeScript compiler (tsc) or by setting up a build process with tools like Webpack or Gulp.

2. Use Enums in TypeScript

Define your enum in a TypeScript file. For example:

enum Color {
  Red = "red",
  Green = "green",
  Blue = "blue",
}

  1. Access Enum Values in HTML/JavaScript:

Once your TypeScript code is compiled to JavaScript, you can access enum values in your HTML or JavaScript code. For example:

<div id="myDiv"></div>
const myDiv = document.getElementById("myDiv");
myDiv.style.backgroundColor = Color.Red;

In this example, we’re setting the background color of a <div> element to the value of the Color.Red enum member.

4. Debugging

If you’re still encountering issues, use browser developer tools to debug your JavaScript code and ensure that enum values are correctly assigned and accessed.

Remember, TypeScript enums are a compile-time feature, so you won’t directly see them in the resulting JavaScript code.

Instead, the enum values will be substituted with their actual values during compilation.