# Why mixes widget and handlebars?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-mixes-widget-and-handlebars/104890
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-mixes-widget-and-handlebars/104890 "2018-12-22T10:42:17Z")
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### Author: ![Chong\_An\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Chong\_An\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chong_An_Chen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-mixes-widget-and-handlebars/104890/3 "2018-12-22T10:52:43Z")

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thank you for replying quickly,

Do you know how to interact with widget from ember controller?

I’ve tried [A tour of how the Widget (Virtual DOM) code in Discourse works - #57 by eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tour-of-how-the-widget-virtual-dom-code-in-discourse-works/40347/57), but it doesn’t work …

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