# Renaming Template Error

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-template-error/4331>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-template-error/4331 "2012-04-20T18:50:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Mendonca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@Joseph\_Mendonca](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joseph_Mendonca)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-template-error/4331/1 "2012-04-20T18:50:50Z")

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Renaming the template from the template editor causes templates on the screen to error. Editing the template name in the property editor to comply with the new name does not resolve problem. Reverting the name to the original does not resolve. Had to delete and drop the template back onto the screen to fix.

Seems like changing the name in the template editor should propagate to all templates that are on the screen/container/etc.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-template-error/4331/2 "2012-05-15T22:05:31Z")

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That doesn’t happen right now. Templates act like tags in that when you use them we are referencing a path. So if you rename the template it causes the references to break. However, you can perform a search and replace.