Is there anything in Aurelia v.1 that wraps 'document.getElementById'?

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Since a post can’t be empty, I’ll include the question in the header: Is there anything in Aurelia v.1 that wraps ‘document.getElementById’?

TIA

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What’s wrong with using document.getElementById?

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Who said there’s is something wrong with calling getElementById? I’m just curious as to whether Aurelia “wraps” these things or not.

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There is no wrapper on top of native selector APIs. No benefit would be added by doing so.

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This is not a wrapper, but try reading about http://aurelia.io/docs/binding/basics#referencing-elements

When I started with Aurelia I was using jQuery to reference the elements within my View Models. ref=“namedElement” exposes (binds) the element to the View Model so you just use it. Once I understood that I stopped using jQuery or getElementById (though I was too far by then to refactor it out of my first too apps).

Hope this helps.

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@Inawire I’ve been away from Auralia for a long time and had forgotten about the ref. Works like a charm. Thanks for your help.

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