diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.js b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ba0bb0735..000000000
--- a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { forEach } from 'underscore';
-import { toLowerCase } from 'utils/mixins';
-import ComponentText from './ComponentText';
-
-const type = 'link';
-
-export default class ComponentLink extends ComponentText {
-  get defaults() {
-    return {
-      ...super.defaults,
-      type,
-      tagName: 'a',
-      traits: ['title', 'href', 'target'],
-    };
-  }
-}
-
-ComponentLink.isComponent = (el, opts = {}) => {
-  let result;
-
-  if (toLowerCase(el.tagName) === 'a') {
-    const textTags = opts.textTags || [];
-    result = { type, editable: false };
-
-    // The link is editable only if, at least, one of its
-    // children is a text node (not empty one)
-    const children = el.childNodes;
-    const len = children.length;
-    if (!len) delete result.editable;
-
-    forEach(children, child => {
-      const { tagName } = child;
-      if (
-        (child.nodeType == 3 && child.textContent.trim() !== '') ||
-        (tagName && textTags.indexOf(toLowerCase(tagName)) >= 0)
-      ) {
-        delete result.editable;
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  return result;
-};
diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.ts b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82a1115d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentLink.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { forEach } from 'underscore';
+import { toLowerCase } from '../../utils/mixins';
+import ComponentText from './ComponentText';
+
+const type = 'link';
+
+export default class ComponentLink extends ComponentText {
+  get defaults() {
+    return {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      ...super.defaults,
+      type,
+      tagName: 'a',
+      traits: ['title', 'href', 'target'],
+    };
+  }
+
+  static isComponent(el: HTMLElement, opts: any = {}) {
+    let result: any;
+
+    if (toLowerCase(el.tagName) === 'a') {
+      const textTags = opts.textTags || [];
+      result = { type, editable: false };
+
+      // The link is editable only if, at least, one of its
+      // children is a text node (not empty one)
+      const children = el.childNodes;
+      const len = children.length;
+      if (!len) delete result.editable;
+
+      forEach(children, child => {
+        const { tagName } = child as HTMLElement;
+        if (
+          (child.nodeType == 3 && (child as any).textContent.trim() !== '') ||
+          (tagName && textTags.indexOf(toLowerCase(tagName)) >= 0)
+        ) {
+          delete result.editable;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+}