var cmDom = document.getElementsByClassName('CodeMirror'); // if multiple CodeMirror instances, for each one, the instance referece can be got from `CodeMirror` prop on the dom node var editor1 = document.getElementsByClassName('CodeMirror')[0].CodeMirror; // CodeMirror$1 object // ... var editor2 = document.getElementsByClassName('CodeMirror')[1].CodeMirror; // CodeMirror$2 object // ...