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Published
February 28, 2025
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An active bug for years in the Webflow designer is that copy-pasting a form will assign new Name properties to all of the input elements.

This is a problem because it means a lot of cleanup, and the fact that integrations will break since none of the field names match.

The Details

Here's a breakdown of the different situations in which a form is typically copy-pasted within and between sites.

Green paths are safe. Red paths will require you to rename all of the fields in your pasted form.

Notes;

https://app.excalidraw.com/s/2nMbE9Ldh7X/2njQa1tt1L2

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