Vue.js $children by component name

You can use this property:

this.$root.$children[0].$options.name

For example:

this.$root.$children.find(child => { return child.$options.name === "name"; });

Is this child you are talking about really a child of the component that you want to access it from? In this case, v-ref is indeed the answer:

// in the code of the parent component, access the referenced child component like this:

this.$refs.detailsChild

<!-- Template of the parent component, assuming your child Component is called Details -->
<details v-ref:details-child></details>

relevant API Documentation: http://vuejs.org/api/#v-ref

this.$root.$children[0].constructor.name

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