Vuejs typescript this.$refs.<refField>.value does not exist
You can do this:
class YourComponent extends Vue {
$refs!: {
checkboxElement: HTMLFormElement
}
someMethod () {
this.$refs.checkboxElement.checked
}
}
From this issue: https://github.com/vuejs/vue-class-component/issues/94
This worked for me: use
(this.$refs.<refField> as any).value
or (this.$refs.['refField'] as any).value
Edit - 2021-03 (Composition API)
Updating this answer because Vue 3 (or the composition API plugin if you're using Vue 2) has some new functions.
<template>
<div ref="root">This is a root element</div>
</template>
<script lang="ts">
import { ref, onMounted, defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api'
export default defineComponent({
setup() {
const root = ref(null)
onMounted(() => {
// the DOM element will be assigned to the ref after initial render
console.log(root.value) // <div>This is a root element</div>
})
return {
root
}
}
})
</script>
Edit - 2020-04:
The vue-property-decorator
library provides @Ref which I recommend instead of my original answer.
import { Vue, Component, Ref } from 'vue-property-decorator'
import AnotherComponent from '@/path/to/another-component.vue'
@Component
export default class YourComponent extends Vue {
@Ref() readonly anotherComponent!: AnotherComponent
@Ref('aButton') readonly button!: HTMLButtonElement
}
Original Answer
None of the above answers worked for what I was trying to do. Adding the following $refs property wound up fixing it and seemed to restore the expected properties. I found the solution linked on this github post.
class YourComponent extends Vue {
$refs!: {
vue: Vue,
element: HTMLInputElement,
vues: Vue[],
elements: HTMLInputElement[]
}
someMethod () {
this.$refs.<element>.<attribute>
}
}