e.g. app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/group-selector.js 4c1c4ba8d template: findRawTemplate("group-selector-autocomplete"), [image] Build software better, together GitHub is where people build …

Good question! I was wondering the same when working with the emojis. The autocomplete feature is also still relying on a jQuery plugin. I was not able to find an alternative to findRawTemplate.

We are planning to replace the JQuery-based autocomplete implementation in the near future. But for now, in order to unblock the removal of the raw-handlebars compilation pipeline, we’re replacing the autocomplete .hbr templates with vanilla JS. Here’s the core PR: …

Autocomplete still using Raw Templates

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merefield (Robert) April 4, 2025, 1:39pm 5

oooh, thanks for response and a PR David, very much appreciated!

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