# Show always UUID in the properties window

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/show-always-uuid-in-the-properties-window/12178>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/show-always-uuid-in-the-properties-window/12178 "2010-05-12T07:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![martinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@martinh](https://forum.servoy.com/u/martinh)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/show-always-uuid-in-the-properties-window/12178/1 "2010-05-12T07:36:19Z")

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Could you please always show the UUID in the properties windows (of course not editable)

The reason is the following:

When I want to search where a valuelist is used, and I do a search on the valuelist, then I only get the valuelist as result.  
If I can see the UUID, then I can also search on the UUID and so I can find out where a valuelist is used.

This is just for valulists, but I can imagine that I need to search on all kind of Servoy elements.

Now I change the valuelist (set allow empty on)  
When doing synchronize I see the difference between the old and new properties.  
There is shows also the uuid  
Now I can do a search on the uuid  
it returns me on which formelements this valuelist is used  
And I set the property back to the original value

Or is there another way to find where a valuelist is used?

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**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/show-always-uuid-in-the-properties-window/12178/2 "2010-05-12T07:55:21Z")

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if you want to get the uuid just open the valuelist.val file in a texteditor and you have the uuid

Just open the Navigator view of eclipse and browser through the file structure.