# Custom Dialog Renderer. How to get the view?

**URL:** https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/custom-dialog-renderer-how-to-get-the-view/2829
**Category:** Help Requests
**Created:** [August 9, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/custom-dialog-renderer-how-to-get-the-view/2829 "2019-08-09T10:00:01Z")
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#### Post date: [August 9, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/custom-dialog-renderer-how-to-get-the-view/2829/1 "2019-08-09T10:00:01Z")

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Hi All,  
I’m trying to create a custom dialog renderer. Following many examples and even taking guidance from the aurelia dialog renderer I keep falling down in the same place.

`dialogController.viewModel` and `dialogController.slot`

They always seem to be undefined.  
using latest aurelia-dialog.