diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index ff577b336d..00278d7d16 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 		private _inst : etemplate2 | null = null;
 		private supportedWidgetClasses = [];
 
+		/**
+		 * If we put the widget somewhere other than as a child of its parent, we need to record that so
+		 * we don't move it back to the parent.
+		 * @type {Element}
+		 * @protected
+		 */
+		protected _parent_node : Element;
 		/**
 		 * Not actually required by et2_widget, but needed to keep track of non-webComponent children
 		 */
@@ -101,6 +108,12 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 					reflect: true
 				},
 
+				/**
+				 * Widget ID of another node to insert this node into instead of the normal location
+				 * This isn't a normal property...
+				 */
+				parent_node: {type: String},
+
 				/**
 				 * Tooltip which is shown for this element on hover
 				 */
@@ -616,7 +629,7 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 				 * rest themselves with their normal lifecycle (especially connectedCallback(), which is kind
 				 * of the equivalent of doLoadingFinished()
 				 */
-				if(this.getParent() instanceof et2_widget && (<et2_DOMWidget>this.getParent()).getDOMNode(this) != this.parentNode)
+				if(!this._parent_node && this.getParent() instanceof et2_widget && (<et2_DOMWidget>this.getParent()).getDOMNode(this) != this.parentNode)
 				{
 					this.getParent().getDOMNode(this).append(this);
 				}
@@ -678,6 +691,25 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 			return check_children(this.getChildren()) || null;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Parent is different than what is specified in the template / hierarchy.
+		 * Find it and re-parent there.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} parent
+		 */
+		set parent_node(parent : string | Element)
+		{
+			if(typeof parent === "string")
+			{
+				parent = document.querySelector("#" + parent);
+			}
+			if(parent)
+			{
+				parent.append(this);
+				this._parent_node = parent;
+			}
+		}
+
 		setParent(new_parent : Et2WidgetClass | et2_widget)
 		{
 			this._parent = new_parent;