diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/List.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/List.js
index 046df559..55f16ba3 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/List.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/List.js
@@ -1834,7 +1834,9 @@ Ox.List = function(options, self) {
                     self.options.items[pos][key] = value;
                 } else if (self.items) {
                     // items array was passed to initialize the list
-                    self.items[Ox.getIndexById(self.items, id)][key] = value;
+                    self.items[
+                        Ox.getIndex(self.items, self.options.unique, id)
+                    ][key] = value;
                     updateItems = true;
                 }
                 data[key] = value;
diff --git a/source/Ox/js/Array.js b/source/Ox/js/Array.js
index 693a3f45..348d2cf6 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/Array.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/Array.js
@@ -494,6 +494,13 @@ Ox.flatten = function(array) {
     return ret;
 };
 
+// FIXME: add docs and tests
+Ox.getIndex = function(array, key, value) {
+    return Ox.indexOf(array, function(obj) {
+        return obj[key] === value;
+    });
+};
+
 /*@
 Ox.getIndexById <f> Returns the first array index of an object with a given id
     (array, id) -> <n> Index (or `-1`)
@@ -505,9 +512,13 @@ Ox.getIndexById <f> Returns the first array index of an object with a given id
     -1
 @*/
 Ox.getIndexById = function(array, id) {
-    return Ox.indexOf(array, function(obj) {
-        return obj.id === id;
-    });
+    return Ox.getIndex(array, 'id', id);
+};
+
+// FIXME: add docs and tests
+Ox.getObject = function(array, key, value) {
+    var index = Ox.getIndex(array, key, value);
+    return index > -1 ? array[index] : null;
 };
 
 /*@
@@ -521,8 +532,7 @@ Ox.getObjectById <f> Returns the first object in an array with a given id
     null
 @*/
 Ox.getObjectById = function(array, id) {
-    var index = Ox.getIndexById(array, id);
-    return index > -1 ? array[index] : null;
+    return Ox.getObject(array, 'id', id);
 };
 
 /*