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How do you access a DOM element or child component instance?

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Explain template refs in composition API.

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Declare a ref(null) with the same name as the template's ref attribute (<input ref="inputEl"> + const inputEl = ref(null)). After mount, inputEl.value holds the element or the child's exposed instance.

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