diff --git a/scripts/system/html/entityProperties.html b/scripts/system/html/entityProperties.html
index b11127b26c..59c420b547 100644
--- a/scripts/system/html/entityProperties.html
+++ b/scripts/system/html/entityProperties.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             </div>
             <div id="id" class="property value">
                 <label>ID:</label>
-                <span id="property-id" class="selectable"></span>
+                <input type="text" id="property-id" readonly>
             </div>
             <div class="section-header hyperlink-group hyperlink-section">
                 <label>Hyperlink</label><span>M</span>
diff --git a/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js b/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
index d38a0e66fa..35063a254f 100644
--- a/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
+++ b/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ function loaded() {
                         }
                         elTypeIcon.style.display = "none";
                         elType.innerHTML = "<i>No selection</i>";
-                        elID.innerHTML = "";
+                        elID.value = "";
                         disableProperties();
                     } else if (data.selections && data.selections.length > 1) {
                         deleteJSONEditor();
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ function loaded() {
                         elTypeIcon.innerHTML = ICON_FOR_TYPE[type];
                         elTypeIcon.style.display = "inline-block";
 
-                        elID.innerHTML = ids.join("<br>");
+                        elID.value = "";
 
                         disableProperties();
                     } else {
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ function loaded() {
                         //the event bridge and json parsing handle our avatar id string differently.  
 
                         lastEntityID = '"' + properties.id + '"';
-                        elID.innerHTML = properties.id;
+                        elID.value = properties.id;
 
                         elType.innerHTML = properties.type;
                         elTypeIcon.innerHTML = ICON_FOR_TYPE[properties.type];