$root

$root is a magic property that can be used to retrieve the root element of any Alpine component. In other words the closest element up the DOM tree that contains x-data.

<div x-data data-message="Hello World!">
    <button @click="alert($root.dataset.message)">Say Hi</button>
</div>
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