From 92d43e3de2de56d68e519c303956936ae4bc4a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:02:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From bdc776a2d5aa9985fa1ab1a1f73cdd37980dddb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:11:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix IgxDateRangePicker type compatibility with strict
 type checks

Co-authored-by: ddaribo <35433937+ddaribo@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts  | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
index 46347ae67c4..27ef08287fc 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ export class IgxDateRangePickerComponent extends PickerBaseDirective
     }
 
     /** @hidden @internal */
-    public getEditElement(): HTMLInputElement | undefined {
-        return this.inputDirective?.nativeElement;
+    public getEditElement(): HTMLInputElement {
+        return this.inputDirective.nativeElement;
     }
 
     protected onStatusChanged = () => {

From 65ffcbecdcfc1ce6d2a37c5f4a216d99e50c4fd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:16:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Use non-null assertion operator for clarity

Co-authored-by: ddaribo <35433937+ddaribo@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts    | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
index 27ef08287fc..eb1ef6fb179 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-range-picker/date-range-picker.component.ts
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ export class IgxDateRangePickerComponent extends PickerBaseDirective
 
     /** @hidden @internal */
     public getEditElement(): HTMLInputElement {
-        return this.inputDirective.nativeElement;
+        return this.inputDirective!.nativeElement;
     }
 
     protected onStatusChanged = () => {