# Element helpers are not working in ejs with canjs 2.2.5
**URL:** https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86
**Category:** CanJS
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86 "2015-12-24T00:41:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@arjunballa](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/arjunballa)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/1 "2015-12-24T00:41:01Z")
Can version: **2.2.5**
**Code**
```auto
can.EJS.Helpers.prototype.elementHelper = function() {
return function(el) {
el.innerHTML = 'Simple';
};
};
var text = '>
';
var compiled = new can.EJS({
text: text
})
.render();
console.log(compiled);
```
**Output**
``
---
### Author:  [@justinbmeyer](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/justinbmeyer)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/2 "2015-12-28T17:52:09Z")
This was something that worked previously? I think the `hookup` function needs to be called to find those data-view-id elements and call some behavior.
---
### Author:  [@arjunballa](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/arjunballa)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/3 "2015-12-28T18:01:05Z")
```auto
// File:
/can/view/ejs/ejs_test.js
// Failing test case
test('helpers', function () {
can.EJS.Helpers.prototype.simpleHelper = function () {
return 'Simple';
};
can.EJS.Helpers.prototype.elementHelper = function () {
return function (el) {
el.innerHTML = 'Simple';
};
};
var text = '<%= simpleHelper() %>
';
var compiled = new can.EJS({
text: text
})
.render();
equal(compiled, 'Simple
');
text = '>
';
compiled = new can.EJS({
text: text
})
.render();
can.append(can.$('#qunit-fixture'), can.view.frag(compiled));
equal(can.$('#hookup')[0].innerHTML, 'Simple');
});
```
---
### Author:  [@justinbmeyer](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/justinbmeyer)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/4 "2015-12-30T00:04:20Z")
I think the modification didn’t turn out right. Is that the right code?
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### Author:  [@arjunballa](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/arjunballa)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/5 "2015-12-30T02:39:01Z")
Actually I have just put test case name and assumed that you will get the code from `/can/view/ejs/ejs_test.js`. I modified and put the complete code now. Please check.
---
### Author:  [@arjunballa](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/arjunballa)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/6 "2016-01-04T21:45:47Z")
Here is the complete code.
```auto
// File:
/can/view/ejs/ejs_test.js
// Failing test case
test('helpers', function () {
can.EJS.Helpers.prototype.simpleHelper = function () {
return 'Simple';
};
can.EJS.Helpers.prototype.elementHelper = function () {
return function (el) {
el.innerHTML = 'Simple';
};
};
var text = '<%= simpleHelper() %>
';
var compiled = new can.EJS({
text: text
})
.render();
equal(compiled, 'Simple
');
text = '>
';
compiled = new can.EJS({
text: text
})
.render();
can.append(can.$('#qunit-fixture'), can.view.frag(compiled));
equal(can.$('#hookup')[0].innerHTML, 'Simple');
});
```
---
### Author:  [@arjunballa](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/arjunballa)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/element-helpers-are-not-working-in-ejs-with-canjs-2-2-5/86/7 "2016-01-06T19:04:55Z")
Justin
Can you give me some pointers how to fix this issue?