title: this.refs.something returns "undefined"
body: <p>I have an element with a <code>ref</code> that is defined and ends up getting rendered into the page :</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;div ref="russian" ...&gt;
         ...
      &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to access the DOM element properties like <code>offset...</code> or something. However, I keep getting <code>undefined</code> and I haven't the faintest idea why. After some searching it's clear that <code>refs</code> are only applicable to one file but I'm not using this anywhere besides this one page. I'm saying this to log it:</p>
  
  <p><code>console.log('REFS', this.refs.russian);</code></p>
  
  <p>What could be causing this?</p>