You can use ViewChild
<child-tag #varName></child-tag>
@ViewChild('varName') someElement;
ngAfterViewInit() {
someElement...
}
where varName
is a template variable added to the element. Alternatively, you can query by component or directive type.
There are alternatives like ViewChildren, ContentChild, ContentChildren.
@ViewChildren
can also be used in the constructor.
constructor(@ViewChildren('var1,var2,var3') childQuery:QueryList)
The advantage is that the result is available earlier.
See also http://www.bennadel.com/blog/3041-constructor-vs-property-querylist-injection-in-angular-2-beta-8.htm for some advantages/disadvantages of using the constructor or a field.
Note: @Query()
is the deprecated predecessor of @ContentChildren()
- https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/2.0.0-beta.17/modules/angular2/src/core/metadata.dart#L146
- https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/2.0.0-beta.17/modules/angular2/src/core/metadata.dart#L175
Update
Query
is currently just an abstract base class. I haven't found if it is used at all https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/2.1.x/modules/@angular/core/src/metadata/di.ts#L145