export declare class HtmlHelper {
    static clearSelection(): void;
    static elementFromString(html: string): Element;
    /**
     * Replaces reserved html characters with html entities e.g. '<' with '&lt;'
     */
    static escapeSpecialChars(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Strips leading / trailing whitespace from a field's current value in place, returning whether it
     * changed. Dispatches nothing — the caller emits. Call at commit points only: on `input` it would
     * swallow the space in "hello world" as it is typed.
     */
    static trimElementValue(element: HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement): boolean;
    static pasteIntoInput(value: string, element: HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement): void;
    static sanitizeSvg(svg: string): string;
    static sanitizeHtml(html: string): string;
    static stripHtml(html: string, lineBreaksReplacer?: string | null, trimResult?: boolean): string;
}