How to get the simplebar instance in nuxt 3 / vue 3

[PeterSeb]

First of all - thanks for the simplebar!

I read through the readme but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for - I need access to the simplebar instance (like when using simplebar in a normal project) when using simplebar as a nuxt 3 / vue 3 component, maybe someone can help me.

I'm using simplebar-vue as follows:

import simplebar from "simplebar-vue";
import "simplebar-vue/dist/simplebar.min.css";

export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
  nuxtApp.vueApp.component("simplebar", simplebar);
});

in a scrollbar.ts file in /plugins in a nuxt 3 project - this works, as I'm able to use the component as <simplebar></simplebar> and it is working.
But I'd need access to the simplebar instance to check if it's currently visible and to use some onscroll functionality etc. - but so far I haven't been able to find a solution to expose the instance to my project or the window object.

Can you point me in the right direction or help me?

Best regards,
Sebastian