Define Source of Slug / UID Field

[Pau]

Hello Christian, thanks for reaching out.

We've had similar discussions in the past. You can take a look at our thoughts on this matter here:

The uid field seems to auto fill based on the most recently updated text field

Hey Diz, So I created an issue with the Dev team about this and hopefully at some they can find time to work on this. Whenever they have any update about if/when they will work on this I'll update you here. Though as Levi pointed out: Work around Add the content directly in the UID field and it won't change. Alternatively There may be a couple of steps that can lock your UID in place so that it's not overwritten: Add content to the field you wish to auto-populate the UID Either (click …

As Phil mentions in this other thread you have to options to lock your UID in place so that it’s not overwritten:

1. Add content to the field you wish to auto-populate the UID
2. Either ( click save) OR ( go to the UID field and add then remove a space )

That thread is also marked as an open feature request, so if you'd like to show your support for the feature, please use the button .