diff --git a/tests/test_downloads_tab_workflow_route.mjs b/tests/test_downloads_tab_workflow_route.mjs
index 07ac76c..2763170 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloads_tab_workflow_route.mjs
+++ b/tests/test_downloads_tab_workflow_route.mjs
@@ -2064,9 +2064,6 @@ test('Power Lora Loader strength updates only its Loaded Models chip and cache',
   const updateLoadedModelStrengthsFromNode = eval(
     `(${extractMethod(tabsLoadedMethodsSource, 'updateLoadedModelStrengthsFromNode')})`
   );
-  const normalizeLoadedModelIdentity = eval(
-    `(${extractMethod(tabsLoadedMethodsSource, 'normalizeLoadedModelIdentity')})`
-  );
   const getLoadedModelDomKey = eval(
     `(${extractMethod(tabsLoadedMethodsSource, 'getLoadedModelDomKey')})`
   );
@@ -2100,7 +2097,6 @@ test('Power Lora Loader strength updates only its Loaded Models chip and cache',
     },
     cachedLoadedModelsSignature: 'old-signature',
     activeWorkflowSignature: 'old-signature',
-    normalizeLoadedModelIdentity,
     getLoadedModelDomKey,
     getMissingModelKey: () => 'model-key',
     updateLoadedModelCopyValues: (_container, models) => {
diff --git a/web/resolver/node_context_menu.js b/web/resolver/node_context_menu.js
index 2ef1097..9796529 100644
--- a/web/resolver/node_context_menu.js
+++ b/web/resolver/node_context_menu.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import { getFilenameFromPath } from './utils/html_utils.js';
-
-function normalizeIdentity(value) {
-    return String(value ?? '').trim().replaceAll('\\', '/').toLowerCase();
-}
+import { getFilenameFromPath, normalizePathIdentity } from './utils/html_utils.js';
 
 function getResolvedModelPath(model = {}) {
     return String(model.full_path || model.path || model.resolved_path || '').trim();
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ function getWidgetChoiceValue(choice) {
 }
 
 function isCurrentWidgetSelection(widget, value) {
-    const normalizedValue = normalizeIdentity(value);
+    const normalizedValue = normalizePathIdentity(value);
     if (!normalizedValue || ['none', 'null', 'undefined'].includes(normalizedValue)) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ function isCurrentWidgetSelection(widget, value) {
         return true;
     }
     return choices.some(choice => (
-        normalizeIdentity(getWidgetChoiceValue(choice)) === normalizedValue
+        normalizePathIdentity(getWidgetChoiceValue(choice)) === normalizedValue
     ));
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ export function matchesWorkflowModelReference(model = {}, reference = {}) {
     }
 
     if (reference.original_path) {
-        return normalizeIdentity(model.original_path) === normalizeIdentity(reference.original_path);
+        return normalizePathIdentity(model.original_path) === normalizePathIdentity(reference.original_path);
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -162,7 +158,7 @@ export function getImmediateModelsForNode(data = {}, node = {}, scope = {}) {
         if (typeof currentValue !== 'string') continue;
         if (!isCurrentWidgetSelection(widget, currentValue)) continue;
 
-        if (normalizeIdentity(currentValue) === normalizeIdentity(reference.original_path)) {
+        if (normalizePathIdentity(currentValue) === normalizePathIdentity(reference.original_path)) {
             if (isExistingResolvedModel(reference)) {
                 modelsByWidget.set(widgetIndex, reference);
             }
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@ function getSubgraphModelReferenceKey(model = {}) {
         model.subgraph_id || '',
         model.node_id ?? '',
         model.widget_index ?? '',
-        normalizeIdentity(model.original_path || model.name || ''),
+        normalizePathIdentity(model.original_path || model.name || ''),
     ].join('|');
 }
 
diff --git a/web/resolver/views/tabs_loaded_methods.js b/web/resolver/views/tabs_loaded_methods.js
index c34e94a..1d44daf 100644
--- a/web/resolver/views/tabs_loaded_methods.js
+++ b/web/resolver/views/tabs_loaded_methods.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
     getCustomNodeModelEntries,
     getCustomNodeOriginalIdentity,
 } from "../custom_nodes/registry.js";
+import { normalizePathIdentity } from "../utils/html_utils.js";
 export const tabsLoadedMethods = {
     getTabButton(tab) {
         return {
@@ -203,13 +204,6 @@ export const tabsLoadedMethods = {
         return this.getMissingModelKey(model);
     },
 
-    normalizeLoadedModelIdentity(value) {
-        return String(value || '')
-            .trim()
-            .replace(/\\/g, '/')
-            .toLowerCase();
-    },
-
     updateLoadedModelCopyValues(container, loadedModels = []) {
         if (!container) return;
 
@@ -291,7 +285,7 @@ export const tabsLoadedMethods = {
         const entries = getCustomNodeModelEntries(node)
             .filter(entry => Number.isFinite(entry.strength))
             .map(entry => ({
-                identity: this.normalizeLoadedModelIdentity(entry.identity),
+                identity: normalizePathIdentity(entry.identity),
                 strength: entry.strength,
             }));
         if (!entries.length) return false;
@@ -300,7 +294,7 @@ export const tabsLoadedMethods = {
         const modelBuckets = new Map();
         for (const model of this.cachedLoadedModelsData.loaded_models) {
             if (String(model.node_id ?? '') !== nodeId) continue;
-            const identity = this.normalizeLoadedModelIdentity(
+            const identity = normalizePathIdentity(
                 getCustomNodeOriginalIdentity(model)
                 || model.original_path
                 || model.name