can't have access to dom element in angular2

Question

I'm using Angular-cli. I have:

<div id="show"></div>

and I need to have access this dom element in .ts file something like document.getElementById('show') return me null

use
... and get the ElementRef with @ViewChild: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36614284/what-is-viewchild-in-angular2 — Turo, Nov 25 '17 at 13:39
Generally you should be modifying the model, the view will get updated automatically. — NiVeR, Nov 25 '17 at 13:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '17 at 14:16

1

try this

<div id="show">

constructor(private elRef:ElementRef) {}

ngAfterViewInit() {
 this.elRef.nativeElement.querySelector('#show');
}

answered Nov 25 '17 at 14:16

Fateh Mohamed

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