How to get element's width/height within directives and component?

Question

@Component({
    selector: '.donation',
    template: `
    <figure id="donation" move>
        <img src="image/qrcode.png"/>
        <figcaption>
        Buy me a cup of coffee.
        </figcaption>
    </figure>
    `
})
export class DonationComponent{}

@Directive({
    selector: '[move]'
})
export class MoveDirective{}

Hey,I want to get element's width/height within MoveDirective and DonationComponent,I read the document several times but still can not find a way to this answer.Do somebody know this please help me,thanks a lot!

Answer 1

You can use ElementRef as shown below,

DEMO : https://plnkr.co/edit/XZwXEh9PZEEVJpe0BlYq?p=preview check browser's console.

import { Directive,Input,Outpu,ElementRef,Renderer} from '@angular/core';

@Directive({
  selector:"[move]",
  host:{
    '(click)':"show()"
  }
})

export class GetEleDirective{

  constructor(private el:ElementRef){

  }
  show(){
    console.log(this.el.nativeElement);

    console.log('height---' + this.el.nativeElement.offsetHeight);  //<<<===here
    console.log('width---' + this.el.nativeElement.offsetWidth);    //<<<===here
  }
}

Same way you can use it within component itself wherever you need it.

Answer 2

For a bit more flexibility than with micronyks answer, you can do it like that:

1. In your template, add #myIdentifier to the element you want to obtain the width from. Example:

<p #myIdentifier>
  my-component works!
</p>

2. In your controller, you can use this with @ViewChild('myIdentifier') to get the width:

import {AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-my-component',
  templateUrl: './my-component.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./my-component.component.scss']
})
export class MyComponentComponent implements AfterViewInit {

  constructor() { }

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    console.log(this.myIdentifier.nativeElement.offsetWidth);
  }

  @ViewChild('myIdentifier')
  myIdentifier: ElementRef;

}

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Security

About the security risk with ElementRef, like this, there is none. There would be a risk, if you would modify the DOM using an ElementRef. But here you are only getting DOM Elements so there is no risk. A risky example of using ElementRef would be: this.myIdentifier.nativeElement.onclick = someFunctionDefinedBySomeUser;. Like this Angular doesn't get a chance to use its sanitisation mechanisms since someFunctionDefinedBySomeUser is inserted directly into the DOM, skipping the Angular sanitisation.