# Component Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/component-names/1200 "2020-07-07T00:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/component-names/1200/2 "2020-07-07T01:47:14Z")
> [@Update to component naming rules](https://cl.desmos.com/t/update-to-component-naming-rules/1063): > > Hey folks, We added the ability to copy/paste activity screens recently, and we realized that our current rules for component naming needed an update. We no longer require component names to be unique. If you reference a component from a script, the one on the current screen will win, even if there are multiple components with that name in the activity. The following situations are still errors: several components on the same screen have the same name. you reference a component from a diffe… --- _[View the full topic](https://cl.desmos.com/t/component-names/1200)._