In the mouseClicked event of the template you can dispatch the mouse event to the templates parent.
from java.awt.event import MouseEvent
evt = MouseEvent(
event.source.parent
,event.getID()
,event.getWhen()
,event.getModifiers()
,event.x
,event.y
,event.clickCount
,event.popupTrigger
,event.button)
event.source.parent.dispatchEvent(evt)