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Make widget IDs editable in Experience Builder

KennyLohr1 — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:44:26 GMT

For intuitive development, it would be useful if it were possible to modify widget IDs. I am personally working with map widget IDs but I imagine it would be useful for any widget ID that can be leveraged to manipulate Experience Builder via URL parameters. The auto-generated "widget_1" is acceptable but it would be much more intuitive to be able to assign meaning to that ID when developing solutions with Experience Builder.

Re: Make widget IDs editable in Experience Builder

JeffKaplan_Boston — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:45:24 GMT

Seconded here! For example, we were just working with this, and it would be much preferable to list our search widget in the URL as "search_widget" instead of "widget_11".

Re: Make widget IDs editable in Experience Builder

JudithWammack — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:14:34 GMT

Adding my support here as well. It would be extremely helpful to have the ability to edit a widget ID in cases where a widget becomes corrupted, which is an issue I am currently experiencing. We rely on URL parameters that are sent to external systems, and when a widget ID changes, updating those parameters becomes both time-consuming and costly for our team.

Re: Make widget IDs editable in Experience Builder

Bud — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:50:01 GMT

Related: Change editor widget title