diff --git a/examples/editEntities.js b/examples/editEntities.js
index 980f38f2cc..ea6496d4f5 100644
--- a/examples/editEntities.js
+++ b/examples/editEntities.js
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ PropertiesTool = function(opts) {
             type: 'update',
         };
         if (selectionManager.hasSelection()) {
+            data.id = selectionManager.selections[0].id;
             data.properties = Entities.getEntityProperties(selectionManager.selections[0]);
             data.properties.rotation = Quat.safeEulerAngles(data.properties.rotation);
         }
diff --git a/examples/html/entityProperties.html b/examples/html/entityProperties.html
index d30aac72ee..a34f7ce13f 100644
--- a/examples/html/entityProperties.html
+++ b/examples/html/entityProperties.html
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         };
 
         function loaded() {
+            var elID = document.getElementById("property-id");
             var elType = document.getElementById("property-type");
             var elLocked = document.getElementById("property-locked");
             var elVisible = document.getElementById("property-visible");
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@
                         } else {
                             var properties = data.properties;
 
+                            elID.innerHTML = data.id;
+
                             elType.innerHTML = properties.type;
 
                             elLocked.checked = properties.locked;
@@ -451,6 +454,14 @@
             <col id="col-label">
             <col>
         </colgroup>
+        <tr>
+            <td class="label">
+                ID
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                <label id="property-id" class="selectable">asdf</label>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td class="label">
                 Type
diff --git a/examples/html/style.css b/examples/html/style.css
index 424933e14e..aa23cf97ab 100644
--- a/examples/html/style.css
+++ b/examples/html/style.css
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ body {
     user-select: none;
 }
 
+.selectable {
+    -webkit-touch-callout: text;
+    -webkit-user-select: text;
+    -khtml-user-select: text;
+    -moz-user-select: text;
+    -ms-user-select: text;
+    user-select: text;
+
+    cursor: text;
+}
+
 .color-box {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 20px;