how to obtain ref to shadowRoot which contains given element

Question

I am using web components.

I have a node tree like this, as described by the chrome dev tools inspector:

<div>
-- <my-fancy-custom-elem> (this is the web component)
---- #shadow-root
------ <div class="button-container">
-------- <button class="a-button-in-a-web-comp">

I am able to obtain a reference to the <button> through an event listener initiated outside of the web component's class.

Similar to this:

document.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
   const clickedElem = event.composedPath()[0]
   if(clickedElem.matches('.a-button-in-a-web-comp')){
     console.log(clickedElem.parentNode.parentNode)
   }
});

I can get a reference to the #shadow-root by calling clickedElem.parentNode.parentNode. However I am looking for a means to reliably get the shadow-root ancestor of that <button> no matter how deep in the tree it lives. And even if I don't know how deep in the tree it lives.

In other words I am looking for a way to reliably return the first shadow-root that contains X element, when I have a reference to X.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '20 at 20:35

You can call clickedElem.getRootNode() to get the shadowRoot , as shown in the snippet below:

class CustomButton extends HTMLElement{
  constructor(){
    super();
    this.attachShadow({"mode": "open"});
    this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
      <div>
        <button class="a-button-in-a-web-comp">Button</button>
       </div>
    `;
  }
}
customElements.define('custom-button', CustomButton);

document.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
   const clickedElem = event.composedPath()[0];
   if(clickedElem.matches('.a-button-in-a-web-comp')){
     console.log(clickedElem.getRootNode())
   }
})

<custom-button></custom-button>

You can chain: ``this.attachShadow({"mode": "open"}).innerHTML= .... `` — Danny '365CSI' Engelman, Feb 09 '20 at 09:58

how to obtain ref to shadowRoot which contains given element

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