# Input from DOM elements?

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/input-from-dom-elements/2926>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/input-from-dom-elements/2926 "2019-06-27T22:25:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/input-from-dom-elements/2926/1 "2019-06-27T22:25:15Z")

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I’m planning to build an onscreen controller that sits below the Phaser render view out of good old divs and css. Is there a built in way or “good practice” method to use DOM elements for input?