diff --git a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/index.tsx b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/index.tsx
index ef574a6f7..637ea0bea 100644
--- a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/index.tsx
+++ b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/index.tsx
@@ -116,18 +116,17 @@ export default function SchemaInfo(props: {
 
   // Used by tree select and filtering
   function getAllNodeIdsOnPathToLeaf(nodeIds: string[]) {
-    const elementPaths: string[] = [];
+    let idsOnPath: string[] = [];
     nodeIds.forEach((nodeId) => {
       const nodes = nodeIdToNodeDictionary[nodeId];
-      nodes.map((node) => elementPaths.push(node.elementPath));
+      nodes.map((node) => {
+        idsOnPath = idsOnPath.concat(node.rootPathIds);
+      });
     });
 
     const nodesToSelect: Set<string> = new Set();
-    elementPaths.forEach((path) => {
-      const nodeIdsOnPath = path.split('.');
-      nodeIdsOnPath.forEach((nodeId) => {
-        nodesToSelect.add(nodeId);
-      });
+    idsOnPath.forEach((pathNodeId) => {
+      nodesToSelect.add(pathNodeId);
     });
 
     return Array.from(nodesToSelect);
diff --git a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/node-info/index.tsx b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/node-info/index.tsx
index fd99692e7..a7400c67c 100644
--- a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/node-info/index.tsx
+++ b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/node-info/index.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ export default function NodeInfo(props: {
           )}
           {props.isNodeEditable &&
             selectedNode &&
-            selectedNode?.elementPath !== 'ROOT' &&
             !isLeafNode &&
             !props.hasCustomRoot && (
               <Button
diff --git a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/schema-tree-renderer/index.tsx b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/schema-tree-renderer/index.tsx
index f346c78eb..5e13baa22 100644
--- a/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/schema-tree-renderer/index.tsx
+++ b/mscr-ui/src/common/components/schema-info/schema-tree/schema-tree-renderer/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let treeIndex = 0;
 
 function createRenderTree(
   input: any,
-  elementPath: string,
+  rootPathIds: string[],
   definitions: any,
   idToNodeDictionary: { [key: string]: RenderTree[] },
 ) {
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ function createRenderTree(
       visualTreeId: treeIndex.toString(),
       id: obj.toString(),
       properties: definitions[obj],
-      elementPath: elementPath == '' ? obj.toString() : elementPath + '.' + obj.toString(),
-      parentElementPath: elementPath,
+      rootPathIds: [...rootPathIds, obj.toString()],
       children: [],
       uri: definitions[obj]['@id'],
     };
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ function createRenderTree(
       // HAS CHILDREN, OTHERWISE IS LEAF
       newNode.children = createRenderTree(
         input[obj],
-        newNode.elementPath,
+        newNode.rootPathIds,
         definitions,
         idToNodeDictionary,
       );
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ export function generateTreeFromJson(jsonInput: any) {
   const generatedTree = new Promise<RenderTree[]>((resolve) => {
     const renderedTree = createRenderTree(
       jsonInput.content.tree,
-      '',
+      [],
       jsonInput.content.definitions,
       nodeIdToShallowNode
     );
diff --git a/mscr-ui/src/common/interfaces/crosswalk-connection.interface.ts b/mscr-ui/src/common/interfaces/crosswalk-connection.interface.ts
index a1fc9cf80..fe970b788 100644
--- a/mscr-ui/src/common/interfaces/crosswalk-connection.interface.ts
+++ b/mscr-ui/src/common/interfaces/crosswalk-connection.interface.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ export interface RenderTree {
     visualTreeId: string;
     id: string;
     properties: any;
-    elementPath: string;
-    parentElementPath: string | undefined;
+    rootPathIds: string[];
     children: RenderTree[];
     uri: string;
 }
diff --git a/mscr-ui/src/modules/crosswalk-editor/index.tsx b/mscr-ui/src/modules/crosswalk-editor/index.tsx
index ed67e1e4a..c8d8c3000 100644
--- a/mscr-ui/src/modules/crosswalk-editor/index.tsx
+++ b/mscr-ui/src/modules/crosswalk-editor/index.tsx
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export default function CrosswalkEditor({
   const isEditModeActive = useSelector(selectIsEditContentActive());
 
   const emptyTreeSelection: RenderTree = {
-    elementPath: '',
-    parentElementPath: undefined,
+    rootPathIds: [],
     name: '',
     id: '',
     visualTreeId: '',