<template name="uploadPattern">
  <div horizontal center-justified layout>
    <div vertical layout>
      <div class="ui segment">
        <input type="file" id="fileElem" multiple accept="image/*" style="display:none" onchange="handleFiles(this.files)">
        <a href="#" id="fileSelect">Select some files</a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

</template>

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var fileSelect = document.getElementById("fileSelect");
    var fileElem = document.getElementById("fileElem");
    console.log(fileSelect);
    console.log(fileElem);

'click #fileSelect': function (event) {
    console.log("clicked link");
    if (fileElem) {
      console.log("trying to click fileUploader");
      fileElem.click();
      event.preventDefault(); // prevent navigation to "#"
    }
  }