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Errors of imports in `.d.ts` files | Cannot find module 'x' or its corresponding type declarations. ts(2397)

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Describe the bug Every time I compile using tsc in the console, I get these errors, I guess it is just a problem with the paths in the *.d.ts files.

Errors  Files
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/index.d.ts:2
     3  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menu.d.ts:2
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menubar.d.ts:2
     3  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menuitem.d.ts:2
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/titlebar.d.ts:2

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Run tsc in console
See error:

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/index.d.ts:2:23 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/color' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { Color } from 'vs/base/common/color';
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menu.d.ts:2:23 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/color' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { Color } from "vs/base/common/color";
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menu.d.ts:4:28 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/lifecycle' or its corresponding type declarations.

4 import { Disposable } from "vs/base/common/lifecycle";
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menu.d.ts:5:23 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/event' or its corresponding type declarations.

5 import { Event } from "vs/base/common/event";
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menubar.d.ts:2:23 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/event' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menuitem.d.ts:2:27 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/dom' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { EventLike } from "vs/base/common/dom";
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menuitem.d.ts:4:25 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/keyCodes' or its corresponding type declarations.

4 import { KeyCode } from "vs/base/common/keyCodes";
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menuitem.d.ts:5:28 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/lifecycle' or its corresponding type declarations.

5 import { Disposable } from "vs/base/common/lifecycle";
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/titlebar.d.ts:2:23 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vs/base/common/color' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { Color } from 'vs/base/common/color';
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Found 9 errors in 5 files.

Errors  Files
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/index.d.ts:2
     3  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menu.d.ts:2
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menubar.d.ts:2
     3  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/menuitem.d.ts:2
     1  node_modules/custom-electron-titlebar/dist/titlebar.d.ts:2

Expected behavior No errors with imports in the console when compile is done.

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OS: Windows 11 Education
Electron version: 20.2.0
Node version: 16.16.0
Module version: 4.1.1
TypeScript version: 4.8.3

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Created a year ago
Reactions:1
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

wchar-tcommented, Nov 22, 2022

i managed to fix this by changing all broken imports from the original code, making them relative, like so:

1reaction

killpowacommented, Nov 29, 2022

any ETA on a fix for this? It’s really annoying

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