diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_valueWidget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_valueWidget.ts
index 63aeb3d229..a988cd16ad 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_valueWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_valueWidget.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class et2_valueWidget extends et2_baseWidget
 	};
 
 	label: string = '';
-	value: string|number|Object;
+	protected value: string|number|Object;
 	protected _labelContainer: JQuery = null;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_ajaxSelect.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_ajaxSelect.ts
index 617b21fc79..a9282b8676 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_ajaxSelect.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_ajaxSelect.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class et2_ajaxSelect extends et2_inputWidget
 		}
 	};
 	private input: JQuery = null;
-	private value : any;
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 *
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ class et2_ajaxSelect_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 			"ignore": true
 		}
 	};
-	private value: string;
 	private span: JQuery;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.js
index 3b4e56471f..d80d9adc43 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.js
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ var et2_barcode = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
             this.createWidget();
         }
     };
-    et2_barcode.prototype.get_value = function () {
-        return this.value;
-    };
     // Class Constants
     /*
      * type const
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.ts
index d601d719b1..f28ac0116e 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_barcode.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ export class et2_barcode extends et2_valueWidget
 		},
 	};
 	private div: JQuery;
-	private value: string;
 	private settings: { output: string; barWidth: string; barHeight: string; bgColor: string; color: string };
 
 	/**
@@ -157,10 +156,5 @@ export class et2_barcode extends et2_valueWidget
 			this.createWidget();
 		}
 	}
-
-	get_value()
-	{
-		return this.value;
-	}
 }
 et2_register_widget(et2_barcode, ["barcode"]);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_color.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_color.ts
index 3c8a53872f..e07ea26e94 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_color.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_color.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ et2_register_widget(et2_color, ["colorpicker"]);
  */
 export class et2_color_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 {
-	private value: string;
+	protected value: string;
 	private $node: JQuery;
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class et2_color_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 		this.setDOMNode(this.$node[0]);
 	}
 
-	set_value( _value)
+	set_value( _value : string)
 	{
 		this.value = _value;
 
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.js
index f52db3aea4..16747b83a0 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ var et2_countdown = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     et2_countdown.prototype.set_value = function (_time) {
         if (isNaN(_time))
             return;
+        _super.prototype.set_value.call(this, _time);
         this.time = new Date();
         this.time.setSeconds(this.time.getSeconds() + parseInt(_time));
         var self = this;
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.ts
index 6b20d4f4e8..97483d2ba4 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_countdown.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export class et2_countdown extends et2_valueWidget {
 	{
 		if (isNaN(_time)) return;
 
+		super.set_value(_time);
 		this.time = new Date();
 		this.time.setSeconds(this.time.getSeconds() + parseInt(_time));
 
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_historylog.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_historylog.ts
index 3ce6d911f1..0a574673ff 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_historylog.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_historylog.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ export class et2_historylog extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDataProvider
 	private controller: et2_dataview_controller;
 	private fields: any;
 	private diff: et2_diff;
-	private value: any;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.js
index 1381d24675..dd2242147e 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var et2_progress = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     };
     // setting the value as width of the progress-bar
     et2_progress.prototype.set_value = function (_value) {
+        _super.prototype.set_value.call(this, _value);
         _value = parseInt(_value) + "%"; // make sure we have percent attached
         this.progress.style.width = _value;
         if (!this.options.label)
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.ts
index fdf7f529f8..c6906567c2 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_progress.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class et2_progress extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 	// setting the value as width of the progress-bar
 	set_value(_value)
 	{
+		super.set_value(_value);
 		_value = parseInt(_value)+"%";	// make sure we have percent attached
 		this.progress.style.width = _value;
 		if (!this.options.label) this.set_label(_value);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_tree.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_tree.ts
index ed971380fa..425d72ce47 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_tree.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_tree.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export class et2_tree extends et2_inputWidget
 	 * Regexp used by _htmlencode
 	 */
 	_lt_regexp : RegExp = /</g;
-	private value: any;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor