# Grab reference to Slides in ionic2

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/grab-reference-to-slides-in-ionic2/60376>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/grab-reference-to-slides-in-ionic2/60376 "2016-08-12T11:24:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pritchahal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pritchahal](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Pritchahal)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/grab-reference-to-slides-in-ionic2/60376/1 "2016-08-12T11:24:13Z")

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I am not being able to get a reference to the Slides in ionic2.

```auto
<ion-slides #slides [options]="mySlideOptions" (ionDidChange)="onSlideChanged()" >

```

```auto
{
   @ViewChild('slides') slider: Slides;

```

```auto
 console.log(this.slider.getActivityIndex()); returns error undefined!

```

Please tell me how can I get a reference to my slides.

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/grab-reference-to-slides-in-ionic2/60376/2 "2016-08-12T15:41:27Z")

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Where are you placing this log?

If the view hasn’t be fully rendered out, the ViewChild can’t get a reference. So it will return undefined.

Place this call in an `ionViewDidEnter`

```auto
export class MyClass{

---
   ionViewDidEnter(){
     console.log(this.slider.getActivityIndex());
  }
}

```