How can I access the child elements (here: <img>
) of @ViewChild()
in Angular 2+ without explicit declaration?
In template.html
<div #parent>
<!-- There can be anything than <img> -->
<img src="http://localhost/123.jpg" alt="">
</div>
In component.ts
@ViewChild('parent') parent;
public getFirstChild() {
this.firstChild = this.parent.? //
}
The aim is, to be able to create a universal component that uses:
<div #parent>
<ng-content></ng-content>
</div>
So the child elements of #parent
need to be accessible without explicit declaration.
You can use the nativeElement
property of the ElementRef
given by ViewChild
to get the corresponding HTML element. From there, standard DOM methods and properties give access to its children:
- element.children
- element.querySelector
- element.querySelectorAll
- etc.
For example:
@ViewChild("parent") private parentRef: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;
public getChildren() {
const parentElement = this.parentRef.nativeElement;
const firstChild = parentElement.children[0];
const firstImage = parentElement.querySelector("img");
...
}
See this stackblitz for a demo.
use ViewChildren
instead which gets all elements with same tag.
@ViewChildren('parent') parents: QueryList<any>;
To convert those elements to array:
const arr = this.parent.toArray();
Choose first element:
const el = arr[0]
Access child html of first element:
const innerHtml = el.nativeElement.innerHtml;
In your case, when you need only one and first child.
this.parent.nativeElement.firstChild