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John Peters
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Typescript Intellisense and the Interface

Given: An interface definition like this:

export interface InjectDetails {
        /**
         * Optional.
         * If allFrames is true, implies that the JavaScript or CSS should be injected into all frames of current page. By default, it's false and is only injected into the top frame.
         */
        allFrames?: boolean;
        /**
         * Optional. JavaScript or CSS code to inject.
         * Warning: Be careful using the code parameter. Incorrect use of it may open your extension to cross site scripting attacks.
         */
        code?: string;
        /**
         * Optional. The soonest that the JavaScript or CSS will be injected into the tab.
         * One of: "document_start", "document_end", or "document_idle"
         * @since Chrome 20.
         */
        runAt?: string;
        /** Optional. JavaScript or CSS file to inject. */
        file?: string;
...
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We make a declaration to use it as shown here:

let details
  :chrome.tabs.InjectDetails
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We find; however, that this code doesn't work.

details.code = "";
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Just hovering over the name 'details' shows the error.

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It tells us to assign a value before using.

let details
 :chrome.tabs.InjectDetails 
    = {}
details.code="";
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If we hover over "details" now, we see all the property definitions.

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