[Vue] Cannot return IAngularEvent in $emit wrapper unfortunately. (#18296)

* Cannot return IAngularEvent in $emit wrapper unfortunately.

* built vue files

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.adapter.ts b/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.adapter.ts
index 8ea591fca7..0ab71e38ef 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.adapter.ts
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.adapter.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ function initPiwikService(piwik: PiwikGlobal, $rootScope: IRootScopeService) {
   // overwrite $rootScope so all events also go through Matomo.postEvent(...) too.
   ($rootScope as any).$oldEmit = $rootScope.$emit; // eslint-disable-line
   $rootScope.$emit = function emitWrapper(name: string, ...args: any[]): IAngularEvent { // eslint-disable-line
-    return Matomo.postEvent(name, ...args);
+    Matomo.postEvent(name, ...args);
+    // can't always get the result. it's not really used in angularjs though, so it should be ok.
+    return null as unknown as IAngularEvent;
   };
 
   ($rootScope as any).$oldBroadcast = $rootScope.$broadcast; // eslint-disable-line
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.ts b/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.ts
index e2a00bc3b1..30b821f403 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.ts
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/vue/src/Matomo/Matomo.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
  */
 
-import { IAngularEvent } from 'angular';
 import Periods from '../Periods/Periods';
 
 let originalTitle: string;
@@ -61,13 +60,13 @@ piwik.postEventNoEmit = function postEventNoEmit(
 piwik.postEvent = function postMatomoEvent(
   eventName: string,
   ...args: any[] // eslint-disable-line
-): IAngularEvent {
+): void {
   piwik.postEventNoEmit(eventName, ...args);
 
   // required until angularjs is removed
-  angular.element(() => {
+  window.angular.element(() => {
     const $rootScope = piwik.helper.getAngularDependency('$rootScope') as any; // eslint-disable-line
-    return $rootScope.$oldEmit(eventName, ...args);
+    $rootScope.$oldEmit(eventName, ...args);
   });
 };