Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

Introducing Aura Components
Quick Start
Creating Components
Using Components
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components
Debugging
Performance
Reference
Lightning Component Library
System Tag Reference
JavaScript API
$A namespace
Action
AuraLocalizationService
Component
addEventHandler()
addHandler()
addValueHandler()
addValueProvider()
autoDestroy()
clearReference()
destroy()
find()
get()
getConcreteComponent()
getElement()
getElements()
getEvent()
getGlobalId()
getLocalId()
getName()
getReference()
getSuper()
getType()
getVersion()
isConcrete()
isInstanceOf()
isValid()
removeEventHandler()
set()
Event
Util
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find()

Locates a component using its local ID (aura:id).

Returns different types depending on the result.

  1. If the local ID is unique, returns the component.
  2. If there are multiple components with the same local ID, returns an array of the components.
  3. If there is no matching local ID, returns undefined.

Signature

find(String | Object name)

Parameters

name
Type: String | Object
If name is an object, return instances of it. Otherwise, finds a component using its aura:id.