diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/inventory-widget-edit.vue b/ayanova/src/views/inventory-widget-edit.vue
index f3b69ceb..2ced28b6 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/inventory-widget-edit.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/inventory-widget-edit.vue
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@
               :items="pickLists.tags"
               :loading="tagSearchUnderway"
               :search-input.sync="searchTags"
+              multiple
               chips
+              clearable
+              deletable-chips
+              cache-items
             ></v-autocomplete>
           </v-flex>
           <v-flex xs12 px-2>
@@ -164,7 +168,13 @@
             ></v-textarea>
           </v-flex>
         </v-layout>
-
+        <v-layout align-left justify-center row wrap mt-5>
+          <v-flex xs6 sm4>
+            tags: {{ obj.tags }}
+            <br />
+            TagPickList: {{ pickLists.tags }}
+          </v-flex>
+        </v-layout>
         <!-- <v-layout align-left justify-center row wrap mt-5>
           <v-flex xs6 sm4>
             READY: {{ formState.ready }}
@@ -287,7 +297,7 @@ export default {
         notes: null,
         count: null,
         customFields: null,
-        tags: null
+        tags: []
       },
       formState: {
         ready: false,
@@ -331,18 +341,19 @@ export default {
     },
     searchTags(val) {
       var vm = this;
-
       if (vm.tagSearchUnderway) {
         return;
       }
       vm.tagSearchUnderway = true;
-
       vm.$gzapi
         .get("TagList/picklist?query=" + val) //roles
         .then(res => {
           if (res.error) {
             throw res.error;
           }
+          //adding this to the property will automatically have it cached by the autocomplete component 
+          //as cache-items has been set so this just needs to be set here once and all is well in future
+          //Any search will be kept for later so this is very efficient
           vm.pickLists.tags = res.data;
           vm.tagSearchUnderway = false;
         })
@@ -392,6 +403,9 @@ export default {
             vm.$gzform.setErrorBoxErrors(vm);
           } else {
             vm.obj = res.data;
+            //Populate tags pick list, this is required to cache it at least once and display it when form opens
+            vm.pickLists.tags=res.data.tags;
+
             //Update the form status
             vm.$gzform.setFormState({
               vm: vm,
@@ -529,6 +543,15 @@ export default {
   }
 };
 
+//////////////////////
+//
+//
+function addTagsToPickList(vm, tags) {
+//add tags to existing picklist so that it contains all the unique tags ever searched for or present in the object
+//vm.pickLists.tags+=tags
+//vm.pickLists.tags=uniqueonly(vm.pickLists.tags)
+}
+
 /////////////////////////////
 //
 //