CustomElements: Autogenerate ID

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Hello everybody,
What is the easiest way to automatically assign a random ID to custom-elements?

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Hi @A.N,

Changing properties is possible using the modeling API:

modeling.updateProperties(myElement, {
  id: 'foo' // or a generated random id
});

You can also have a look on how the BpmnFactory is setting random ids for new elements.

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Generate an ID on creation, i.e. using a running number.

Internally we use ids to come up with unique IDs that are slightly less likely to collision across documents.

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