Property 'toHaveTextContent' does not exist on type 'Assertion<HTMLElement>'.

[drichar]

• @testing-library/jest-dom version: 6.4.8
• node version: 20.14.0
• vitest version: 2.0.4
• pnpm version: 9.4.0
• @testing-library/react version: 16.0.0

Relevant code or config:

describe('ellipseAddressJsx', () => {
  it('should return ellipsed address with specified width', () => {
    const address = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
    const width = 4

    const { container } = render(ellipseAddressJsx(address, width))

    expect(container).toHaveTextContent('aaaa…aaaa')
  })
})

What you did:

Upgraded from vitest 2.0.3 from 2.0.4

What happened:

After upgrading to vitest@2.0.4 this TypeScript error appeared in every @testing-library/jest-dom assertion:

Reproduction:

https://codesandbox.io/p/devbox/silly-panna-vx86jv

See src/utils.test.tsx

Problem description:

Following the instructions for using @testing-library/jest-dom with Vitest provided here no longer seems to work in the latest version of Vitest. (Confirmed this is also the case for vitest@2.0.5)

Suggested solution:

As suggested here: https://github.com/testing-library/jest-dom/issues/546#issuecomment-1800436478

In tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": ["@testing-library/jest-dom"]
  },
}

This resolves the issue.

[gnapse]

Does https://github.com/testing-library/jest-dom/pull/621 fix the problem? If I understand correctly, this is something that consumers of the library would need to do in their own repos, so all we can do is document this in the README, right?

[andykenward]

Instead of changing your "types", add your vitest.setup.ts file to the "include" array in your tsconfig.json.

tsconfig.json

{
  ...
  "include": ["src", "vitest.setup.ts"],
}

See With TypeScript in the jest-dom README.md, which uses "./jest-setup.ts" in the example.

With TypeScript

If you're using TypeScript, make sure your setup file is a .ts and not a .js to include the necessary types.

You will also need to include your setup file in your tsconfig.json if you haven't already:

  // In tsconfig.json
  "include": [
    ...
    "./jest-setup.ts"
  ],

[gnapse]

Can you make a review of that PR and request/suggest changes?