this.$refs[("p" + index)].focus is not a function

Question

I'd like to turn a div into input box on click, so that the post (which is rendered inside a loop) can be edited.

Here is the button on the post:

<a @click="setFocusEdit(index)" v-if="isAuthor(post)" href="#" >Edit Me</a>

And the div concerned:

<div :ref="'p' + index"  class="post-description">
    {{post.description}}
</div>

The method:

  setFocusEdit(index) {
    console.log('focusing on', index);

    this.$refs['p' + index].focus();
  },

But I get this error:

Uncaught TypeError: this.$refs[("p" + index)].focus is not a function

How can I fix this?

Megaera

What is in console? index is not undefined, right? – Jovitajovitah

No, the index value in printed in the console. – Megaera

[Unrelated comment] Super trippy, had almost the identical issue as you, only with this.$refs['p' + i].focus instead. Imagine my amazement and the sort-of creepy feeling of seeing this as the top result on google ^^; – Flawy

Answer 1

Since you're using v-for you should use the ref attribute with static name like posts which gives you an array of the referenced elements

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  data: function() {
    return {
      posts: [{
          title: "post 1",
          content: "content 1"
        },
        {
          title: "post 2",
          content: "content 2"
        }
      ],

    }
  },

  methods: {
    setFocusEdit(index) {


      this.$refs.posts[index].focus();
    }

  },
  mounted() {

  }

})

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>




<div id="app">
  <div class='col-md-4 mt-3' v-for="(post, index) in posts" :key="index">
    <textarea readonly ref="posts" class="post-description">
      {{post.content}}
    </textarea>
    <a @click.prevent="setFocusEdit(index)" href="#">Edit Me</a>
  </div>
</div>

Pap