Merge pull request #6377 from jasongrout/fix-widget-prefix

Strip the IPY_MODEL_ prefix from widget IDs before referencing them.

IPython/html/widgets/widget.py

@@ -361,7 +361,7 b' class Widget(LoggingConfigurable):'
         elif isinstance(x, string_types) and x.startswith('IPY_MODEL_') and x[10:] in Widget.widgets:
             # we want to support having child widgets at any level in a hierarchy
             # trusting that a widget UUID will not appear out in the wild
-            return Widget.widgets[x]
+            return Widget.widgets[x[10:]]
         else:
             return x