# How to get DOM elements and change onClick functionality

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-dom-elements-and-change-onclick-functionality/238786
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-dom-elements-and-change-onclick-functionality/238786 "2022-09-12T14:47:48Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-dom-elements-and-change-onclick-functionality/238786/2 "2022-09-12T14:49:58Z")

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Discourse is a full EmberJS application, so you can’t query/manipulate elements like if it was a server rendered plain HTML website.

In order to customize the web app you can follow the guidelines at

[Developer’s guide to Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-s-guide-to-discourse-themes/93648)

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