# Tag Naming, Characters not allowed

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-characters-not-allowed/53840>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [December 7, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-characters-not-allowed/53840 "2021-12-07T15:31:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-characters-not-allowed/53840/9 "2021-12-08T11:13:37Z")

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I agree with victor here, I’d use only `[a-z][A-Z][0-9]` and `_` ( `"^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"`) for tag names.  
Now, it would be cool to have a `displayName` prop on tags, that would be used for things like tag browsers, that would accept any character.

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