diff --git a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
index d1b922c413e13072a3d2a9cb5079aa1dda27a110..59ceeea04dc38b560efac3ee276379a26ebbb1fb 100644
--- a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
+++ b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
     this.createElementForProperty = function (property, options) {
         var result;
         if (property.datatype == "TEXT") {
-            result = `<textarea>${property.value || ""}</textarea>`;
+            result = `<textarea id=${property.name}>${property.value || ""}</textarea>`;
         } else if (property.datatype == "DATETIME") {
             var dateandtime = [""];
             if (property.value) {