diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.js
index 822816f79c..67d40c6d1b 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.js
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ var et2_taglist = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 widget.onfocus.call(widget.taglist, e, widget);
             });
         }
+        // Input widget was not created when ID was set, re-set now to make sure input gets name attribute
+        this.set_id(this.id);
         // Do size limit checks
         this.resize();
         // Make sure magicsuggest loses focus class to prevent issues with
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ var et2_taglist = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         return label;
     };
     et2_taglist.prototype.getInputNode = function () {
-        return this.div ? this.div.filter("input")[0] : null;
+        return this.div ? this.div.find("input")[0] : null;
     };
     et2_taglist.prototype.set_autocomplete_url = function (source) {
         if (source && source[0] != '/' && source.indexOf('http') != 0) {
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.ts
index 78f55c50ac..de7bd4c0ba 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_taglist.ts
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ export class et2_taglist extends et2_selectbox implements et2_IResizeable
 			});
 		}
 
+		// Input widget was not created when ID was set, re-set now to make sure input gets name attribute
+		this.set_id(this.id);
+
 		// Do size limit checks
 		this.resize();
 
@@ -576,7 +579,7 @@ export class et2_taglist extends et2_selectbox implements et2_IResizeable
 
 	getInputNode(): HTMLElement
 	{
-		return this.div ? this.div.filter("input")[0] : null;
+		return this.div ? this.div.find("input")[0] : null;
 	}
 
 	set_autocomplete_url(source)