# What is the difference between raw.hbs handlerbar files and only .hbs handlerbar files?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [7 במרץ,‏ 2017,‏ 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-raw-hbs-handlerbar-files-and-only-hbs-handlerbar-files/58565 "2017-03-07T16:41:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [20 בספטמבר,‏ 2021,‏ 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-raw-hbs-handlerbar-files-and-only-hbs-handlerbar-files/58565/5 "2021-09-20T22:22:00Z")

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I have the same question.

Is it possible to ‘back’ a raw template with corresponding javascript as per regular Components, within a Theme Component.

I’ve got quite a challenging use-case and I need to manage actions to pass arguments back up the component chain from a deeply embedded template within the topic list.

I note there are several .hbr files with apparently corresponding Javascript Component elements in the Discourse source but noticed something odd, e.g.:

```plaintext
merefield@development:~/discourse$ find . -type f -name "flat-button.*"
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/flat-button.hbr
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/flat-button.hbs
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/flat-button.js
merefield@development:~/discourse$ find . -type f -name "topic-list-item.*"
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/mobile/list/topic-list-item.hbr
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/topic-list-item.hbs
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/list/topic-list-item.hbr
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list-item.js
merefield@development:~/discourse$ find . -type f -name "topic-post-badges.*"
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/topic-post-badges.hbs
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/topic-post-badges.hbr
./app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-post-badges.js

```

There appears to be several instances, therefore, where there are .hbr and .hbs flavours of a specific Component?

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