emphasized words not allowed in index entries

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Is it difficult to change index entries so that emphasized words are 
allowed?

In creating an index, e.g. name index, one clicks behind the word(s) to 
be indexed. If I have a name like Drosophila, it will be emphasized, 
because it is already so in the text. It makes also more sense to have 
the name slanted.
I seem to remember that in earlier versions of LyX this was possible.

Just a wish!

Wolfgang