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docs-bug(CdkPortal): @ViewChild() returns undefined when using *cdkPortal instead of <ng-template cdkPortal> #21092

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NicolasThierion opened this issue Nov 19, 2020 · 1 comment
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docs-bug(CdkPortal): @ViewChild() returns undefined when using *cdkPortal instead of <ng-template cdkPortal> #21092

NicolasThierion opened this issue Nov 19, 2020 · 1 comment
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@NicolasThierion NicolasThierion commented Nov 19, 2020

The official doc says:

The content of this template is captured by the portal.

The content of this template is captured by the portal.

A component can use @ViewChild or @ViewChildren to get a reference to a CdkPortal.

However, @ViewChild('theElementRef') binds to undefined when I use the *cdkPortal notation,
while it works when I use <ng-template cdkPortal>

I suspect *cdkPortal makes the element to leave the page before afterViewInit().
Maybe the documentation should encourage using the <ng-template> form instead.

Affected documentation page: https://material.angular.io/cdk/portal/overview#portals-in-practice
@NicolasThierion NicolasThierion added docs needs triage labels Nov 19, 2020
@crisbeto crisbeto added good first issue help wanted P3 and removed needs triage labels Nov 23, 2020
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@BobBDE BobBDE commented Dec 2, 2020 •
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Hi,
You can use the ViewChild with the CdkPortal reference instead of template.

@ViewChild(CdkPortal) portal!: CdkPortal;

Or if you want to access the TemplateRef and not the CdkPortal:

@ViewChild(CdkPortal, {read: TemplateRef}) templateRef!: TemplateRef<any>;

This works with both cdkPortal notation (tested in v11)
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