How to get `DOM Element` in Angular 2? [duplicate]

Use ViewChild with #TemplateVariable as shown here,

<textarea  #someVar  id="tasknote"
                  name="tasknote"
                  [(ngModel)]="taskNote"
                  placeholder="{{ notePlaceholder }}"
                  style="background-color: pink"
                  (blur)="updateNote() ; noteEditMode = false " (click)="noteEditMode = false"> {{ todo.note }} 

</textarea>
 

In component,

OLDEST Way

import {ElementRef} from '@angular/core';
@ViewChild('someVar') el:ElementRef;

ngAfterViewInit()
{
   this.el.nativeElement.focus();
}

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OLD Way

import {ElementRef} from '@angular/core';
@ViewChild('someVar') el:ElementRef;
    
constructor(private rd: Renderer) {}
ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.rd.invokeElementMethod(this.el.nativeElement,'focus');
}

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Updated on 22/03(March)/2017

NEW Way

Please note from Angular v4.0.0-rc.3 (2017-03-10) few things have been changed.
Since Angular team will deprecate invokeElementMethod, above code no longer can be used.

BREAKING CHANGES

since 4.0 rc.1:

rename RendererV2 to Renderer2
rename RendererTypeV2 to RendererType2
rename RendererFactoryV2 to RendererFactory2

import {ElementRef,Renderer2} from '@angular/core';
@ViewChild('someVar') el:ElementRef;

constructor(private rd: Renderer2) {}

ngAfterViewInit() {
      console.log(this.rd); 
      this.el.nativeElement.focus();      //<<<=====same as oldest way
}

console.log(this.rd) will give you following methods and you can see now invokeElementMethod is not there. Attaching img as yet it is not documented.

NOTE: You can use following methods of Rendere2 with/without ViewChild variable to do so many things.