Cannot access type interfaces from the browser API as @types/chrome.

[1natsu172]

The second thing is that the interface as a type cannot be inferred from the browser as you say. This one is not a package-manager dependent problem. I think it's an implementation glitch in WXT.

The workaround over here is below, and either approach should be used.

import { Runtime } from "wxt/browser";

// This types from webextension-polyfill
function handler1(params: Runtime.MessageSender) {}

// This types from @types/chrome(need install `@types/chrome`)
function handler2(params: chrome.runtime.MessageSender) {}

Originally posted by @1natsu172 in #1116 (comment)

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Originally posted in #1116 (comment)

[1natsu172]

After some investigation, it seems this might be more of an issue with the upstream type definitions rather than WXT itself. Since the interfaces are defined alongside the implementation within a namespace, there is no way to re-export them.

[aklinker1]

Yeah, is this just how @types/chrome works. I have a section on using its types in the docs here:

https://wxt.dev/guide/essentials/extension-apis.html#disabling-the-polyfill