camera-controls does not export its types

[merwaaan]

Describe the bug

Unless I'm mistaken, it seems that the library only exports the CameraControls class from its index.ts file.

How to import all the other types?

For instance, I would like to configure the mouse buttons in Typescript, but the ACTION type is not exported so I cannot do things like:

import { ACTION } from "camera-controls";

To Reproduce

Write import { ACTION } from "camera-controls";

It does not work.

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Expected behavior

The various types should be exported.

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[yomotsu]

@merwaaan

Sorry for the delay. The camera-controls npm package comes bundled with several d.ts files. This might be a workaround for you. import { ACTION } from 'camera-controls/dist/types';

[AlexanderProd]

@yomotsu I'm getting a Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'camera-controls/dist/types' error when doing it that way.

[yomotsu]

I think that should work though. ACTION is exported from https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/camera-controls@2.8.3/dist/types.d.ts

[AlexanderProd]

Yeah I thought so too, but I didn't get it too work. VSCode recognized but I couldn't build the bundle. Using create-react-app.

[yomotsu]

Would you mind checking your build setting? (Without any reproducible code, it is a bit raw to digest. My answers will be as precise as you describe the problem, unfortunately.

[AlexanderProd]

Sure thing.

This is my tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "esnext"
    ],
    "allowJs": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "strict": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "module": "esnext",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "noEmit": true,
    "jsx": "react-jsx"
  },
  "include": [
    "src"
  ]
}

and this is the file where I used it.

import { CameraControls } from "@react-three/drei";
import { ACTION } from "camera-controls/dist/types";

export const toggleCameraControlsUserInput = (
  cameraControls: CameraControls,
  enable: boolean,
) => {
  if (!enable) {
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.left = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.middle = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.right = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.wheel = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.touches.one = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.touches.two = ACTION.NONE;
    cameraControls.touches.three = ACTION.NONE;
  } else {
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.left = ACTION.ROTATE;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.middle = ACTION.DOLLY;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.right = ACTION.TRUCK;
    cameraControls.mouseButtons.wheel = ACTION.DOLLY;
    cameraControls.touches.one = ACTION.TOUCH_ROTATE;
    cameraControls.touches.two = ACTION.TOUCH_DOLLY_TRUCK;
    cameraControls.touches.three = ACTION.TOUCH_TRUCK;
  }
};

[yomotsu]

camera-controls/dist/types.d.ts exports only the types. not a JS module. That is intended behavior.

use the static value called CameraControls.ACTION