diff --git a/ccm-cms-js/src/main/typescript/ccm-cms/ccm-cms-pagemodelseditor.tsx b/ccm-cms-js/src/main/typescript/ccm-cms/ccm-cms-pagemodelseditor.tsx
index 9c57a9918..ec3725a43 100644
--- a/ccm-cms-js/src/main/typescript/ccm-cms/ccm-cms-pagemodelseditor.tsx
+++ b/ccm-cms-js/src/main/typescript/ccm-cms/ccm-cms-pagemodelseditor.tsx
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ class ItemListComponentEditorDialog extends React.Component<
         };
 
         this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
+
+        this.getComponentModelProperties
+            = this.getComponentModelProperties.bind(this);
     }
 
     public render(): React.ReactNode {
@@ -215,12 +218,12 @@ class ItemListComponentEditorDialog extends React.Component<
             <textarea cols={40}
                       id={`${idPrefix}listOrder`}
                       onChange={this.handleListOrderChange}
-                      rows={5}>
-                {Array.isArray(this.state.listOrder) ? (
-                    this.state.listOrder.join("\n")
-                ) : (
-                    ""
-                )}
+                      rows={5}
+                      value={Array.isArray(this.state.listOrder) ? (
+                          this.state.listOrder.join("\n")
+                      ) : (
+                          ""
+                      )}>
             </textarea>
 
         </BasicComponentModelEditorDialog>;
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/pagemodel/rs/Components.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/pagemodel/rs/Components.java
index df91497bc..dda397eff 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/pagemodel/rs/Components.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/pagemodel/rs/Components.java
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public class Components {
                      | InvocationTargetException ex) {
                 throw new WebApplicationException(ex);
             }
-            
+
             final String valueStr;
             if (value == null) {
                 valueStr = "";
@@ -469,11 +469,35 @@ public class Components {
         if (data.containsKey(propertyDesc.getName())) {
 
             final Method writeMethod = propertyDesc.getWriteMethod();
+            final Class<?> propertyType = propertyDesc.getPropertyType();
 
             if (writeMethod != null) {
                 try {
-                    writeMethod.invoke(componentModel,
-                                       data.getString(propertyDesc.getName()));
+
+                    final String value = data.getString(propertyDesc.getName());
+
+                    if (propertyType == Boolean.TYPE) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel,
+                                           Boolean.parseBoolean(value));
+                    } else if (propertyType == Double.TYPE) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel, 
+                                           Double.parseDouble(value));
+                    } else if (propertyType == Float.TYPE) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel, 
+                                           Float.parseFloat(value));
+                    } else if (propertyType == Integer.TYPE) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel,
+                                           Integer.parseInt(value));
+                    } else if (propertyType == Long.TYPE) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel,
+                                           Long.parseLong(value));
+                    } else if (propertyType == String.class) {
+                        writeMethod.invoke(componentModel, value);
+                    } else {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                            "Unsupported property type.");
+                    }
+
                 } catch (IllegalAccessException
                          | InvocationTargetException ex) {
                     throw new WebApplicationException(ex);
diff --git a/ccm-pagemodelseditor/src/main/typescript/ccm-pagemodelseditor/PageModelsEditor.tsx b/ccm-pagemodelseditor/src/main/typescript/ccm-pagemodelseditor/PageModelsEditor.tsx
index 550ad075f..5b7f70bdc 100644
--- a/ccm-pagemodelseditor/src/main/typescript/ccm-pagemodelseditor/PageModelsEditor.tsx
+++ b/ccm-pagemodelseditor/src/main/typescript/ccm-pagemodelseditor/PageModelsEditor.tsx
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class PageModelsList
                         .map((pageModel: PageModel, index: number) =>
                             <PageModelListItem
                                 index={index}
+                                 key={pageModel.pageModelId}
                                 pageModel={pageModel}
                                 selectPageModel={this.props.selectPageModel} />,
                     )}
@@ -583,6 +584,7 @@ class ContainerListComponent
                             deleteContainer={this.deleteContainer}
                             dispatcherPrefix={this.props.dispatcherPrefix}
                             errorMsg=""
+                            key={container.containerUuid}
                             pageModelName={this.props.pageModelName} />)
                         // <li>
                         //     <span>{container.key}</span>
@@ -797,11 +799,6 @@ class ContainerModelComponent
         this.fetchComponents();
     }
 
-    public componentDidUpdate() {
-
-        this.fetchComponents();
-    }
-
     public render(): React.ReactNode {
 
         return <li>
@@ -823,6 +820,7 @@ class ContainerModelComponent
                             component={component}
                             containerKey={this.props.container.key}
                             dispatcherPrefix={this.props.dispatcherPrefix}
+                            key={component.componentModelId}
                             pageModelName={this.props.pageModelName} />
                         // this.getComponentModelEditor(component),
                     )}
@@ -1028,6 +1026,8 @@ class BasicComponentModelEditorDialog
 
     public handleSubmit(event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>): void {
 
+        event.preventDefault();
+
         const componentProperties: {[name: string]: any}
             = this.props.getComponentModelProperties();