# Mounting widget in raw template?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mounting-widget-in-raw-template/44400>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mounting-widget-in-raw-template/44400 "2016-05-17T19:15:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mounting-widget-in-raw-template/44400/8 "2018-11-15T13:53:57Z")

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> [@angus](#):
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> It follow from this that you can’t render a component (any component) in a raw template right?

I think you are correct there, based on all of the raw templates in core.

> [@angus](#):
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> @david Any ideas?

I’m not sure of the exact history/reasons/implementation for raw templates, but maybe someone else from the team can chime in. (I would also be interested to know if there is a solution, or even if we can switch them to regular templates now 🤷‍♂️)

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