diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/property/umbpropertyeditor.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/property/umbpropertyeditor.directive.js
index 3bca2f9c06..9a032d569f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/property/umbpropertyeditor.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/property/umbpropertyeditor.directive.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 * @requires formController
 * @restrict E
 **/
-angular.module("umbraco.directives")
-    .directive('umbPropertyEditor', function (umbPropEditorHelper) {
+
+//share property editor directive function
+var _umbPropertyEditor = function (umbPropEditorHelper) {
         return {
             scope: {
                 model: "=",
@@ -33,4 +34,8 @@ angular.module("umbraco.directives")
                 });
             }
         };
-    });
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+    };
+
+//Preffered is the umb-property-editor as its more explicit - but we keep umb-editor for backwards compat
+angular.module("umbraco.directives").directive('umbPropertyEditor', _umbPropertyEditor);
+angular.module("umbraco.directives").directive('umbEditor', _umbPropertyEditor);
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