merged with master and fixed linter / errors

27 files changed, 440 insertions, 326 deletions

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51d1bab5d..85fc7f1be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
         "prosemirror-transform": "^1.1.3",
         "prosemirror-view": "^1.8.3",
         "pug": "^2.0.3",
+        "query-string": "^6.8.1",
         "raw-loader": "^1.0.0",
         "react": "^16.8.4",
         "react-anime": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index 64abd7fc1..a62f9b4ff 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class Utils {
         };
     }
 
-    public static emit<T>(socket: Socket | SocketIOClient.Socket, message: Message<T>, args: T) {
+    public static Emit<T>(socket: Socket | SocketIOClient.Socket, message: Message<T>, args: T) {
         this.log("Emit", message.Name, args, false);
         socket.emit(message.Message, args);
     }
diff --git a/src/client/DocServer.ts b/src/client/DocServer.ts
index e8f1aa1b8..895177841 100644
--- a/src/client/DocServer.ts
+++ b/src/client/DocServer.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import { Id, HandleUpdate } from '../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
  * or update ourselves based on the server's update message, that occurs here
  */
 export namespace DocServer {
-    // a document cache for efficient document retrieval
-    const _cache: { [id: string]: RefField | Promise<Opt<RefField>> } = {};
-    // the handle / client side endpoint of the web socket (https://bit.ly/2TeALea for more info) connection established with the server 
+    let _cache: { [id: string]: RefField | Promise<Opt<RefField>> } = {};
     const _socket = OpenSocket(`${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.hostname}:4321`);
     // this client's distinct GUID created at initialization
     const GUID: string = Utils.GenerateGuid();
@@ -54,6 +52,11 @@ export namespace DocServer {
         export function makeEditable() {
             if (!_isReadOnly) return;
             location.reload();
+            // _isReadOnly = false;
+            // _CreateField = _CreateFieldImpl;
+            // _UpdateField = _UpdateFieldImpl;
+            // _respondToUpdate = _respondToUpdateImpl;
+            // _cache = {};
         }
 
         export function isReadOnly() { return _isReadOnly; }
@@ -82,24 +85,7 @@ export namespace DocServer {
          * all documents in the database.
          */
         export function deleteDatabase() {
-            Utils.emit(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteAll, {});
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * This disables this client's ability to write new fields,
-         * update existing fields, and update and reflect the changes if
-         * other clients update shared fields. Thus, the client can only read
-         * a static snapshot of their workspaces
-         * 
-         * Currently this is conditionally called in MainView.tsx when analyzing
-         * the document's url.
-         */
-        export function makeReadOnly() {
-            _CreateField = field => {
-                _cache[field[Id]] = field;
-            };
-            _UpdateField = emptyFunction;
-            _RespondToUpdate = emptyFunction;
+            Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteAll, {});
         }
 
     }
@@ -261,6 +247,15 @@ export namespace DocServer {
         return map;
     }
 
+    function _UpdateFieldImpl(id: string, diff: any) {
+        if (id === updatingId) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.UpdateField, { id, diff });
+    }
+
+    let _UpdateField = _UpdateFieldImpl;
+
     // WRITE A NEW DOCUMENT TO THE SERVER
 
     /**
@@ -273,17 +268,13 @@ export namespace DocServer {
         _CreateField(field);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The default behavior for field creation. This inserts the [Doc] instance
-     * in the cache at its id, serializes the [Doc]'s initial state
-     * and finally sends that seruialized data to the server.
-     * @param field the [RefField] to be serialized and sent to the server to be stored in the database
-     */
-    let _CreateField = (field: RefField) => {
+    function _CreateFieldImpl(field: RefField) {
         _cache[field[Id]] = field;
         const initialState = SerializationHelper.Serialize(field);
-        Utils.emit(_socket, MessageStore.CreateField, initialState);
-    };
+        Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.CreateField, initialState);
+    }
+
+    let _CreateField = _CreateFieldImpl;
 
     // NOTIFY THE SERVER OF AN UPDATE TO A DOC'S STATE
 
@@ -299,52 +290,7 @@ export namespace DocServer {
         _UpdateField(id, updatedState);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The default behavior for indicating to the server that we've locally updated
-     * a document.
-     * @param id the id of the [Doc] whose state has been updated in our client
-     * @param updatedState the new value of the document. At some point, this
-     * should actually be a proper diff, to improve efficiency
-     */
-    let _UpdateField = (id: string, updatedState: any) => {
-        // don't emit a duplicate message if the server is already
-        // (asynchronously) still updating this document's state.
-        if (id === updatingId) {
-            return;
-        }
-        // creates the diff object to send to the server
-        let diff: Diff = { id, diff: updatedState };
-        // emit this diff to notify server
-        Utils.emit(_socket, MessageStore.UpdateField, diff);
-    };
-
-    // RESPOND TO THE SERVER'S INDICATION THAT A DOC'S STATE HAS BEEN UPDATED
-
-    /**
-     * Whenever the client receives an update, execute the
-     * current behavior.
-     */
-    Utils.AddServerHandler(_socket, MessageStore.UpdateField, RespondToUpdate);
-
-    /**
-     * A wrapper around the function local variable _respondToUpdate.
-     * This allows us to swap in different executions while comfortably
-     * calling the same function throughout the code base (such as in Util.makeReadonly())
-     * @param diff kept as [any], but actually the [Diff] object sent from the server containing
-     * the [Doc]'s id and its new state
-     */
-    function RespondToUpdate(diff: any) {
-        _RespondToUpdate(diff);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * The default behavior for responding to another client's indication
-     * that it has updated the state of a [Doc] that is also in use by
-     * this client
-     * @param diff kept as [any], but actually the [Diff] object sent from the server containing
-     * the [Doc]'s id and its new state
-     */
-    let _RespondToUpdate = (diff: any) => {
+    function _respondToUpdateImpl(diff: any) {
         const id = diff.id;
         // to be valid, the Diff object must reference
         // a document's id
@@ -377,6 +323,45 @@ export namespace DocServer {
             // otherwise, just execute the update
             update(field);
         }
-    };
+    }
+
+    export function DeleteDocument(id: string) {
+        Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteField, id);
+    }
+
+    export function DeleteDocuments(ids: string[]) {
+        Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteFields, ids);
+    }
+
+
+    function _respondToDeleteImpl(ids: string | string[]) {
+        function deleteId(id: string) {
+            delete _cache[id];
+        }
+        if (typeof ids === "string") {
+            deleteId(ids);
+        } else if (Array.isArray(ids)) {
+            ids.map(deleteId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let _RespondToUpdate = _respondToUpdateImpl;
+    let _respondToDelete = _respondToDeleteImpl;
+
+    function respondToUpdate(diff: any) {
+        _RespondToUpdate(diff);
+    }
+
+    function respondToDelete(ids: string | string[]) {
+        _respondToDelete(ids);
+    }
+
+    function connected() {
+        _socket.emit(MessageStore.Bar.Message, GUID);
+    }
 
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(_socket, MessageStore.Foo, connected);
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(_socket, MessageStore.UpdateField, respondToUpdate);
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteField, respondToDelete);
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(_socket, MessageStore.DeleteFields, respondToDelete);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index acd8dcef7..8fa460bca 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
 
     @computed
     public get LinkedDocumentViews() {
-        let pairs = DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews.filter(dv => dv.isSelected() || BoolCast(dv.props.Document.libraryBrush, false)).reduce((pairs, dv) => {
+        let pairs = DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews.filter(dv => dv.isSelected() || BoolCast(dv.props.Document.libraryBrush)).reduce((pairs, dv) => {
             let linksList = LinkManager.Instance.getAllRelatedLinks(dv.props.Document);
             pairs.push(...linksList.reduce((pairs, link) => {
                 if (link) {
diff --git a/src/client/util/History.ts b/src/client/util/History.ts
index 545ea8629..1a807b581 100644
--- a/src/client/util/History.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/History.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Doc, Opt, Field } from "../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { DocServer } from "../DocServer";
 import { RouteStore } from "../../server/RouteStore";
 import { MainView } from "../views/MainView";
+import * as qs from 'query-string';
+import { Utils, OmitKeys } from "../../Utils";
 
 export namespace HistoryUtil {
     export interface DocInitializerList {
@@ -11,9 +13,11 @@ export namespace HistoryUtil {
     export interface DocUrl {
         type: "doc";
         docId: string;
-        initializers: {
+        initializers?: {
             [docId: string]: DocInitializerList;
         };
+        readonly?: boolean;
+        nro?: boolean;
     }
 
     export type ParsedUrl = DocUrl;
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ export namespace HistoryUtil {
     // const handlers: ((state: ParsedUrl | null) => void)[] = [];
     function onHistory(e: PopStateEvent) {
         if (window.location.pathname !== RouteStore.home) {
-            const url = e.state as ParsedUrl || parseUrl(window.location.pathname);
+            const url = e.state as ParsedUrl || parseUrl(window.location);
             if (url) {
                 switch (url.type) {
                     case "doc":
@@ -62,42 +66,111 @@ export namespace HistoryUtil {
     //     }
     // }
 
-    export function parseUrl(pathname: string): ParsedUrl | undefined {
-        let pathnameSplit = pathname.split("/");
-        if (pathnameSplit.length !== 2) {
-            return undefined;
+    const parsers: { [type: string]: (pathname: string[], opts: qs.ParsedQuery) => ParsedUrl | undefined } = {};
+    const stringifiers: { [type: string]: (state: ParsedUrl) => string } = {};
+
+    type ParserValue = true | "none" | "json" | ((value: string) => any);
+
+    type Parser = {
+        [key: string]: ParserValue
+    };
+
+    function addParser(type: string, requiredFields: Parser, optionalFields: Parser, customParser?: (pathname: string[], opts: qs.ParsedQuery, current: ParsedUrl) => ParsedUrl | null | undefined) {
+        function parse(parser: ParserValue, value: string | string[] | null | undefined) {
+            if (value === undefined || value === null) {
+                return value;
+            }
+            if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+            } else if (parser === true || parser === "json") {
+                value = JSON.parse(value);
+            } else if (parser === "none") {
+            } else {
+                value = parser(value);
+            }
+            return value;
         }
-        const type = pathnameSplit[0];
-        const data = pathnameSplit[1];
+        parsers[type] = (pathname, opts) => {
+            const current: any = { type };
+            for (const required in requiredFields) {
+                if (!(required in opts)) {
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+                const parser = requiredFields[required];
+                let value = opts[required];
+                value = parse(parser, value);
+                if (value !== null && value !== undefined) {
+                    current[required] = value;
+                }
+            }
+            for (const opt in optionalFields) {
+                if (!(opt in opts)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const parser = optionalFields[opt];
+                let value = opts[opt];
+                value = parse(parser, value);
+                if (value !== undefined) {
+                    current[opt] = value;
+                }
+            }
+            if (customParser) {
+                const val = customParser(pathname, opts, current);
+                if (val === null) {
+                    return undefined;
+                } else if (val === undefined) {
+                    return current;
+                } else {
+                    return val;
+                }
+            }
+            return current;
+        };
+    }
 
-        if (type === "doc") {
-            const s = data.split("?");
-            if (s.length < 1 || s.length > 2) {
-                return undefined;
+    function addStringifier(type: string, keys: string[], customStringifier?: (state: ParsedUrl, current: string) => string) {
+        stringifiers[type] = state => {
+            let path = DocServer.prepend(`/${type}`);
+            if (customStringifier) {
+                path = customStringifier(state, path);
             }
-            const docId = s[0];
-            const initializers = s.length === 2 ? JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(s[1])) : {};
-            return {
-                type: "doc",
-                docId,
-                initializers
-            };
+            const queryObj = OmitKeys(state, keys).extract;
+            const query: any = {};
+            Object.keys(queryObj).forEach(key => query[key] = queryObj[key] === null ? null : queryObj[key]);
+            const queryString = qs.stringify(query);
+            return path + (queryString ? `?${queryString}` : "");
+        };
+    }
+
+    addParser("doc", {}, { readonly: true, initializers: true, nro: true }, (pathname, opts, current) => {
+        if (pathname.length !== 2) return undefined;
+
+        current.initializers = current.initializers || {};
+        const docId = pathname[1];
+        current.docId = docId;
+    });
+    addStringifier("doc", ["initializers", "readonly", "nro"], (state, current) => {
+        return `${current}/${state.docId}`;
+    });
+
+
+    export function parseUrl(location: Location | URL): ParsedUrl | undefined {
+        const pathname = location.pathname.substring(1);
+        const search = location.search;
+        const opts = qs.parse(search, { sort: false });
+        let pathnameSplit = pathname.split("/");
+
+        const type = pathnameSplit[0];
+
+        if (type in parsers) {
+            return parsers[type](pathnameSplit, opts);
         }
 
         return undefined;
     }
 
     export function createUrl(params: ParsedUrl): string {
-        let baseUrl = DocServer.prepend(`/${params.type}`);
-        switch (params.type) {
-            case "doc":
-                const initializers = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(params.initializers));
-                const id = params.docId;
-                let url = baseUrl + `/${id}`;
-                if (Object.keys(params.initializers).length) {
-                    url += `?${initializers}`;
-                }
-                return url;
+        if (params.type in stringifiers) {
+            return stringifiers[params.type](params);
         }
         return "";
     }
@@ -112,7 +185,10 @@ export namespace HistoryUtil {
 
     async function onDocUrl(url: DocUrl) {
         const field = await DocServer.GetRefField(url.docId);
-        await Promise.all(Object.keys(url.initializers).map(id => initDoc(id, url.initializers[id])));
+        const init = url.initializers;
+        if (init) {
+            await Promise.all(Object.keys(init).map(id => initDoc(id, init[id])));
+        }
         if (field instanceof Doc) {
             MainView.Instance.openWorkspace(field, true);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/util/SerializationHelper.ts b/src/client/util/SerializationHelper.ts
index a7246d7c4..17ae407c4 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SerializationHelper.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/SerializationHelper.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export namespace SerializationHelper {
 
     export function Serialize(obj: Field): any {
         if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
-            return undefined;
+            return null;
         }
 
         if (typeof obj !== 'object') {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 2e26a2286..c24d66ee4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -84,26 +84,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{}, { value: string }>
                 let fieldTemplate = fieldTemplateView.props.Document;
                 let docTemplate = fieldTemplateView.props.ContainingCollectionView!.props.Document;
                 let metaKey = text.slice(1, text.length);
-
-                // move data doc fields to layout doc as needed (nativeWidth/nativeHeight, data, ??)
-                let backgroundLayout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout);
-                let layout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
-                if (backgroundLayout) {
-                    layout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"annotations"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"} fieldExt={"annotations"}`);
-                    backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout.replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
-                }
-                let nw = Cast(fieldTemplate.nativeWidth, "number");
-                let nh = Cast(fieldTemplate.nativeHeight, "number");
-
-                fieldTemplate.title = metaKey;
-                fieldTemplate.layout = layout;
-                fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout;
-                fieldTemplate.nativeWidth = nw;
-                fieldTemplate.nativeHeight = nh;
-                fieldTemplate.embed = true;
-                fieldTemplate.isTemplate = true;
-                fieldTemplate.templates = new List<string>([Templates.TitleBar(metaKey)]);
-                fieldTemplate.proto = Doc.GetProto(docTemplate);
+                Doc.MakeTemplate(fieldTemplate, metaKey, Doc.GetProto(docTemplate));
             }
             else {
                 if (SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments().length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 1f628228a..b9e5719fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Id } from '../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkTool } from '../../new_fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../new_fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../new_fields/Schema';
-import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
+import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, BoolCast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
 import { RouteStore } from '../../server/RouteStore';
 import { emptyFunction, returnOne, returnTrue } from '../../Utils';
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         MainView.Instance = this;
         // causes errors to be generated when modifying an observable outside of an action
         configure({ enforceActions: "observed" });
-        if (window.location.search.includes("readonly")) {
-            DocServer.Util.makeReadOnly();
-        }
-        if (window.location.search.includes("safe")) {
-            if (!window.location.search.includes("nro")) {
-                DocServer.Util.makeReadOnly();
-            }
-            CollectionBaseView.SetSafeMode(true);
-        }
         if (window.location.pathname !== RouteStore.home) {
             let pathname = window.location.pathname.substr(1).split("/");
             if (pathname.length > 1) {
@@ -195,7 +186,21 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     openWorkspace = async (doc: Doc, fromHistory = false) => {
         CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId = doc[Id];
         this.mainContainer = doc;
-        fromHistory || HistoryUtil.pushState({ type: "doc", docId: doc[Id], initializers: {} });
+        const state = HistoryUtil.parseUrl(window.location) || {} as any;
+        fromHistory || HistoryUtil.pushState({ type: "doc", docId: doc[Id], readonly: state.readonly, nro: state.nro });
+        if (state.readonly === true || state.readonly === null) {
+            DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+        } else if (state.safe) {
+            if (!state.nro) {
+                DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+            }
+            CollectionBaseView.SetSafeMode(true);
+        } else if (state.nro || state.nro === null || state.readonly === false) {
+        } else if (BoolCast(doc.readOnly)) {
+            DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+        } else {
+            DocServer.Control.makeEditable();
+        }
         const col = await Cast(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.optionalRightCollection, Doc);
         // if there is a pending doc, and it has new data, show it (syip: we use a timeout to prevent collection docking view from being uninitialized)
         setTimeout(async () => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index cf39e26a8..33329d1ed 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ interface CollectionSchemaPreviewProps {
     renderDepth: number;
     width: () => number;
     height: () => number;
+    showOverlays?: (doc: Doc) => { title?: string, caption?: string };
     CollectionView?: CollectionView | CollectionPDFView | CollectionVideoView;
     getTransform: () => Transform;
     addDocument: (document: Doc, allowDuplicates?: boolean) => boolean;
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaPreview extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaPre
                         fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox}
                         renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                         selectOnLoad={false}
+                        showOverlays={this.props.showOverlays}
                         addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                         removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                         moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
index bc733f152..7e886304d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
         margin-left: -5;
     }
 
+    .collectionStackingView-columnDoc{
+        display: inline-block;
+    }
 
     .collectionStackingView-columnDoc, 
     .collectionStackingView-masonryDoc {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 416c536f6..9266fc8fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { DocTypes } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     _draggerRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     _heightDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     _gridSize = 1;
+    _docXfs: any[] = [];
     @computed get xMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.xMargin, 2 * this.gridGap); }
     @computed get yMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.yMargin, 2 * this.gridGap); }
     @computed get gridGap() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.gridGap, 10); }
@@ -26,18 +29,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @computed get columnWidth() { return this.singleColumn ? (this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props as any).ContentScaling() - 2 * this.xMargin) : Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin, NumCast(this.props.Document.columnWidth, 250)); }
     @computed get filteredChildren() { return this.childDocs.filter(d => !d.isMinimized); }
 
-    singleColDocHeight(d: Doc) {
-        let nw = NumCast(d.nativeWidth);
-        let nh = NumCast(d.nativeHeight);
-        let aspect = nw && nh ? nh / nw : 1;
-        let wid = Math.min(d[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth);
-        return (nw && nh) ? wid * aspect : d[HeightSym]();
-    }
     componentDidMount() {
         this._heightDisposer = reaction(() => [this.yMargin, this.gridGap, this.columnWidth, this.childDocs.map(d => [d.height, d.width, d.zoomBasis, d.nativeHeight, d.nativeWidth, d.isMinimized])],
             () => this.singleColumn &&
                 (this.props.Document.height = this.filteredChildren.reduce((height, d, i) =>
-                    height + this.singleColDocHeight(d) + (i === this.filteredChildren.length - 1 ? this.yMargin : this.gridGap), this.yMargin))
+                    height + this.getDocHeight(d) + (i === this.filteredChildren.length - 1 ? this.yMargin : this.gridGap), this.yMargin))
             , { fireImmediately: true });
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -48,90 +44,86 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     moveDocument = (doc: Doc, targetCollection: Doc, addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean): boolean => {
         return this.props.removeDocument(doc) && addDocument(doc);
     }
-    getSingleDocTransform(doc: Doc, ind: number, width: number) {
-        let localY = this.filteredChildren.reduce((height, d, i) =>
-            height + (i < ind ? this.singleColDocHeight(d) + this.gridGap : 0), this.yMargin);
-        let translate = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint((this.props.PanelWidth() - width) / 2, localY);
-        let outerXf = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._masonryGridRef!);
-        let offset = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(outerXf.translateX - translate[0], outerXf.translateY - translate[1]);
-        return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1]).scale(NumCast(doc.width, 1) / this.columnWidth);
-    }
     createRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this._masonryGridRef = ele;
         this.createDropTarget(ele!);
     }
 
-    @computed
-    get singleColumnChildren() {
-        return this.filteredChildren.map((d, i) => {
-            let layoutDoc = Doc.expandTemplateLayout(d, this.props.DataDoc);
-            let width = () => d.nativeWidth ? Math.min(d[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth) : this.columnWidth;
-            let height = () => this.singleColDocHeight(layoutDoc);
-            let dxf = () => this.getSingleDocTransform(layoutDoc, i, width()).scale(this.columnWidth / d[WidthSym]());
-            let gap = i === 0 ? 0 : this.gridGap;
-            return <div className="collectionStackingView-columnDoc"
-                key={d[Id]}
-                style={{ width: width(), display: "inline-block", marginTop: gap, height: `${height() / (this.props.Document[HeightSym]() - 2 * this.yMargin) * 100}%` }} >
-                <CollectionSchemaPreview
-                    Document={layoutDoc}
-                    DataDocument={d !== this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : undefined}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
-                    width={width}
-                    height={height}
-                    getTransform={dxf}
-                    CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                    active={this.props.active}
-                    whenActiveChanged={this.props.whenActiveChanged}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    setPreviewScript={emptyFunction}
-                    previewScript={undefined}>
-                </CollectionSchemaPreview>
-            </div>;
-        });
+    overlays = (doc: Doc) => {
+        return doc.type === DocTypes.IMG ? { title: "title", caption: "caption" } : {};
     }
-    getDocTransform(doc: Doc, dref: HTMLDivElement) {
-        let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(dref);
+
+    getDisplayDoc(layoutDoc: Doc, d: Doc, dxf: () => Transform) {
+        let dataDoc = d !== this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : undefined;
+        let width = () => d.nativeWidth ? Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth) : this.columnWidth;
+        let height = () => this.getDocHeight(layoutDoc);
+        let finalDxf = () => dxf().scale(this.columnWidth / layoutDoc[WidthSym]());
+        return <CollectionSchemaPreview
+            Document={layoutDoc}
+            DataDocument={dataDoc}
+            showOverlays={this.overlays}
+            renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
+            width={width}
+            height={height}
+            getTransform={finalDxf}
+            CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
+            addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
+            moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
+            removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+            active={this.props.active}
+            whenActiveChanged={this.props.whenActiveChanged}
+            addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+            setPreviewScript={emptyFunction}
+            previewScript={undefined}>
+        </CollectionSchemaPreview>;
+    }
+    getDocHeight(d: Doc) {
+        let nw = NumCast(d.nativeWidth);
+        let nh = NumCast(d.nativeHeight);
+        let aspect = nw && nh ? nh / nw : 1;
+        let wid = Math.min(d[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth);
+        return (nw && nh) ? wid * aspect : d[HeightSym]();
+    }
+
+
+    offsetTransform(doc: Doc, translateX: number, translateY: number) {
         let outerXf = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._masonryGridRef!);
         let offset = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(outerXf.translateX - translateX, outerXf.translateY - translateY);
         return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1]).scale(NumCast(doc.width, 1) / this.columnWidth);
     }
-    docXfs: any[] = [];
+    getDocTransform(doc: Doc, dref: HTMLDivElement) {
+        let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(dref);
+        return this.offsetTransform(doc, translateX, translateY);
+    }
+    getSingleDocTransform(doc: Doc, ind: number, width: number) {
+        let localY = this.filteredChildren.reduce((height, d, i) =>
+            height + (i < ind ? this.getDocHeight(Doc.expandTemplateLayout(d, this.props.DataDoc)) + this.gridGap : 0), this.yMargin);
+        let translate = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint((this.props.PanelWidth() - width) / 2, localY);
+        return this.offsetTransform(doc, translate[0], translate[1]);
+    }
+
     @computed
     get children() {
-        this.docXfs.length = 0;
+        this._docXfs.length = 0;
         return this.filteredChildren.map((d, i) => {
-            let aspect = d.nativeHeight ? NumCast(d.nativeWidth) / NumCast(d.nativeHeight) : undefined;
-            let dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-            let dxf = () => this.getDocTransform(d, dref.current!).scale(this.columnWidth / d[WidthSym]());
-            let width = () => d.nativeWidth ? Math.min(d[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth) : this.columnWidth;
-            let height = () => aspect ? width() / aspect : d[HeightSym]();
-            let rowSpan = Math.ceil((height() + this.gridGap) / (this._gridSize + this.gridGap));
-            this.docXfs.push({ dxf: dxf, width: width, height: height });
-            return (<div className="collectionStackingView-masonryDoc"
-                key={d[Id]}
-                ref={dref}
-                style={{ gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` }} >
-                <CollectionSchemaPreview
-                    Document={d}
-                    DataDocument={this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document : this.props.DataDoc}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
-                    CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                    getTransform={dxf}
-                    width={width}
-                    height={height}
-                    active={this.props.active}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    whenActiveChanged={this.props.whenActiveChanged}
-                    setPreviewScript={emptyFunction}
-                    previewScript={undefined}>
-                </CollectionSchemaPreview>
-            </div>);
+            let layoutDoc = Doc.expandTemplateLayout(d, this.props.DataDoc);
+            let width = () => d.nativeWidth ? Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), this.columnWidth) : this.columnWidth;
+            let height = () => this.getDocHeight(layoutDoc);
+            if (this.singleColumn) {
+                let dxf = () => this.getSingleDocTransform(layoutDoc, i, width());
+                let rowHgtPcnt = height() / (this.props.Document[HeightSym]() - 2 * this.yMargin) * 100;
+                return <div className="collectionStackingView-columnDoc" key={d[Id]} style={{ width: width(), marginTop: i === 0 ? 0 : this.gridGap, height: `${rowHgtPcnt}%` }} >
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layoutDoc, d, dxf)}
+                </div>;
+            } else {
+                let dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+                let dxf = () => this.getDocTransform(layoutDoc, dref.current!);
+                let rowSpan = Math.ceil((height() + this.gridGap) / (this._gridSize + this.gridGap));
+                this._docXfs.push({ dxf: dxf, width: width, height: height });
+                return <div className="collectionStackingView-masonryDoc" key={d[Id]} ref={dref} style={{ gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` }} >
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layoutDoc, d, dxf)}
+                </div>;
+            }
         });
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +170,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         let targInd = -1;
         let where = [de.x, de.y];
         if (de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
-            this.docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
+            this._docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
                 let pos = cd.dxf().inverse().transformPoint(-2 * this.gridGap, -2 * this.gridGap);
                 let pos1 = cd.dxf().inverse().transformPoint(cd.width(), cd.height());
                 if (where[0] > pos[0] && where[0] < pos1[0] && where[1] > pos[1] && where[1] < pos1[1]) {
@@ -204,7 +196,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     onDrop = (e: React.DragEvent): void => {
         let where = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
         let targInd = -1;
-        this.docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
+        this._docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
             let pos = cd.dxf().inverse().transformPoint(-2 * this.gridGap, -2 * this.gridGap);
             let pos1 = cd.dxf().inverse().transformPoint(cd.width(), cd.height());
             if (where[0] > pos[0] && where[0] < pos1[0] && where[1] > pos[1] && where[1] < pos1[1]) {
@@ -241,7 +233,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                         gridAutoRows: this.singleColumn ? undefined : `${this._gridSize}px`
                     }}
                 >
-                    {this.singleColumn ? this.singleColumnChildren : this.children}
+                    {this.children}
                     {this.singleColumn ? (null) : this.columnDragger}
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index a7614b605..7e38fb0b2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
                 } else if (de.data.moveDocument) {
                     let movedDocs = de.data.options === this.props.Document[Id] ? de.data.draggedDocuments : de.data.droppedDocuments;
                     added = movedDocs.reduce((added: boolean, d) =>
-                        de.data.moveDocument(d, this.props.Document, this.props.addDocument) || added, false);
+                        de.data.moveDocument(d, this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : this.props.Document, this.props.addDocument) || added, false);
                 } else {
                     added = de.data.droppedDocuments.reduce((added: boolean, d) => this.props.addDocument(d) || added, false);
                 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index ef340d770..e88f1a9d0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faAngleRight, faCamera, faExpand, faTrash, faBell, faCaretDown, faCaretRight, faCaretSquareDown, faCaretSquareRight, faTrashAlt } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, computed, observable, trace } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable, trace, untracked } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, WidthSym, Opt } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @observable _collapsed: boolean = true;
 
     @computed get fieldKey() {
-        let keys = Array.from(Object.keys(this.resolvedDataDoc));
+        let keys = Array.from(Object.keys(this.resolvedDataDoc));  // bcz: Argh -- make untracked to avoid this rerunning whenever 'libraryBrush' is set
         if (this.resolvedDataDoc.proto instanceof Doc) {
-            keys.push(...Array.from(Object.keys(this.resolvedDataDoc.proto)));
+            let arr = Array.from(Object.keys(this.resolvedDataDoc.proto));// bcz: Argh -- make untracked to avoid this rerunning whenever 'libraryBrush' is set
+            keys.push(...arr);
             while (keys.indexOf("proto") !== -1) keys.splice(keys.indexOf("proto"), 1);
         }
         let keyList: string[] = [];
@@ -113,12 +114,12 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         }
     }
     onPointerLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        this.props.document.libraryBrush = false;
+        this.props.document.libraryBrush = undefined;
         this._header!.current!.className = "treeViewItem-header";
         document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onDragMove, true);
     }
     onDragMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        this.props.document.libraryBrush = false;
+        this.props.document.libraryBrush = undefined;
         let x = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
         let rect = this._header!.current!.getBoundingClientRect();
         let bounds = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(rect.left, rect.top + rect.height / 2);
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         let onItemDown = SetupDrag(reference, () => this.resolvedDataDoc, this.move, this.props.dropAction, this.props.treeViewId, true);
 
         let headerElements = (
-            <span className="collectionTreeView-keyHeader" key={this._chosenKey}
+            <span className="collectionTreeView-keyHeader" key={this._chosenKey + "chosen"}
                 onPointerDown={action(() => {
                     let ind = this.keyList.indexOf(this._chosenKey);
                     ind = (ind + 1) % this.keyList.length;
@@ -219,8 +220,8 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return <>
             <div className="docContainer" id={`docContainer-${this.props.parentKey}`} ref={reference} onPointerDown={onItemDown}
                 style={{
-                    background: BoolCast(this.props.document.libraryBrush, false) ? "#06121212" : "0",
-                    outline: BoolCast(this.props.document.workspaceBrush, false) ? "dashed 1px #06123232" : undefined,
+                    background: BoolCast(this.props.document.libraryBrush) ? "#06121212" : "0",
+                    outline: BoolCast(this.props.document.workspaceBrush) ? "dashed 1px #06123232" : undefined,
                     pointerEvents: this.props.active() || SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : "none"
                 }}
             >
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 </ul >;
             } else {
                 let layoutDoc = Doc.expandTemplateLayout(this.props.document, this.props.dataDoc);
-                contentElement = <div ref={this._dref} style={{ display: "inline-block", height: this.docHeight() }} key={this.props.document[Id]}>
+                contentElement = <div ref={this._dref} style={{ display: "inline-block", height: this.docHeight() }} key={this.props.document[Id] + this.props.document.title}>
                     <CollectionSchemaPreview
                         Document={layoutDoc}
                         DataDocument={this.resolvedDataDoc}
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 dataDoc={dataDoc}
                 containingCollection={containingCollection}
                 treeViewId={treeViewId}
-                key={child[Id]}
+                key={child[Id] + "child " + i}
                 indentDocument={indent}
                 renderDepth={renderDepth}
                 deleteDoc={remove}
@@ -526,7 +527,6 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
         let dropAction = StrCast(this.props.Document.dropAction) as dropActionType;
         let addDoc = (doc: Doc, relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before);
         let moveDoc = (d: Doc, target: Doc, addDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument(d, target, addDoc);
-
         return !this.childDocs ? (null) : (
             <div id="body" className="collectionTreeView-dropTarget"
                 style={{ overflow: "auto" }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 1777c287c..1867938a7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         // TODO This technically isn't correct if type !== "doc", as 
         // currently nothing is done, but we should probably push a new state
         if (state.type === "doc" && panX !== undefined && panY !== undefined) {
-            const init = state.initializers[id];
+            const init = state.initializers![id];
             if (!init) {
-                state.initializers[id] = {
+                state.initializers![id] = {
                     panX, panY
                 };
                 HistoryUtil.pushState(state);
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         const newPanX = NumCast(doc.x) + NumCast(doc.width) / NumCast(doc.zoomBasis, 1) / 2;
         const newPanY = NumCast(doc.y) + NumCast(doc.height) / NumCast(doc.zoomBasis, 1) / 2;
         const newState = HistoryUtil.getState();
-        newState.initializers[id] = { panX: newPanX, panY: newPanY };
+        newState.initializers![id] = { panX: newPanX, panY: newPanY };
         HistoryUtil.pushState(newState);
         this.setPan(newPanX, newPanY);
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         const containerName = `collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`;
         const easing = () => this.props.Document.panTransformType === "Ease";
 
-        if (this.props.fieldExt) Doc.UpdateDocumentExtensionForField(this.extensionDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
+        if (this.props.fieldExt) Doc.UpdateDocumentExtensionForField(this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey);
         return (
             <div className={containerName} ref={this.createDropTarget} onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
                 style={{ borderRadius: "inherit" }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index eb786d537..ed6b224a7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -89,34 +89,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
         return new List<string>();
     }
     @computed get finalLayout() {
-        const baseLayout = this.props.layoutKey === "overlayLayout" ? "<div/>" : this.layout;
-        let base = baseLayout;
-        let layout = baseLayout;
-
-        // bcz: templates are intended only for a document's primary layout or overlay (not background).  However, 
-        // a DocumentContentsView is used to render  annotation overlays, so we detect that here 
-        // by checking the layoutKey.  This should probably be moved into
-        // a prop so that the overlay can explicitly turn off templates.
-        if ((this.props.layoutKey === "overlayLayout" && StrCast(this.props.Document.layout).indexOf("CollectionView") !== -1) ||
-            (this.props.layoutKey === "layout" && StrCast(this.props.Document.layout).indexOf("CollectionView") === -1) ||
-            (this.props.layoutKey === "layout" && NumCast(this.props.Document.viewType)) !== CollectionViewType.Freeform) {
-            this.templates.forEach(template => {
-                let self = this;
-                // this scales constants in the markup by the scaling applied to the document, but caps the constants to be smaller
-                // than the width/height of the containing document
-                function convertConstantsToNative(match: string, offset: number, x: string) {
-                    let px = Number(match.replace("px", ""));
-                    return `${Math.min(NumCast(self.props.Document.height, 0),
-                        Math.min(NumCast(self.props.Document.width, 0),
-                            px * self.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale))}px`;
-                }
-                // let nativizedTemplate = template.replace(/([0-9]+)px/g, convertConstantsToNative);
-                // layout = nativizedTemplate.replace("{layout}", base);
-                layout = template.replace("{layout}", base);
-                base = layout;
-            });
-        }
-        return layout;
+        return this.props.layoutKey === "overlayLayout" ? "<div/>" : this.layout;
     }
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 5b5653309..718552dc9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { ObjectField } from "../../../new_fields/ObjectField";
 import { createSchema, makeInterface, listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, FieldValue, StrCast, NumCast, PromiseValue } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
-import { emptyFunction, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, Utils, returnFalse, returnTrue } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
-import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils, DocTypes } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { SearchUtil } from "../../util/SearchUtil";
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { list, object, createSimpleSchema } from 'serializr';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../util/LinkManager';
 import { RouteStore } from '../../../server/RouteStore';
+import { FormattedTextBox } from './FormattedTextBox';
 const JsxParser = require('react-jsx-parser').default; //TODO Why does this need to be imported like this?
 
 library.add(fa.faTrash);
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewProps {
     moveDocument?: (doc: Doc, targetCollection: Doc, addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     renderDepth: number;
+    showOverlays?: (doc: Doc) => { title?: string, caption?: string };
     ContentScaling: () => number;
     PanelWidth: () => number;
     PanelHeight: () => number;
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
             fullScreenAlias.templates = new List<string>();
             this.props.addDocTab(fullScreenAlias, this.dataDoc, "inTab");
             SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-            this.props.Document.libraryBrush = false;
+            this.props.Document.libraryBrush = undefined;
         }
         else if (CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId !== this.props.Document[Id] &&
             (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD &&
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     }
 
     onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => { this.props.Document.libraryBrush = true; };
-    onPointerLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => { this.props.Document.libraryBrush = false; };
+    onPointerLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => { this.props.Document.libraryBrush = undefined; };
 
     isSelected = () => SelectionManager.IsSelected(this);
     @action select = (ctrlPressed: boolean) => { SelectionManager.SelectDoc(this, ctrlPressed); };
@@ -593,6 +595,17 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         let foregroundColor = StrCast(this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout.color : this.props.Document.color);
         var nativeWidth = this.nativeWidth > 0 ? `${this.nativeWidth}px` : "100%";
         var nativeHeight = BoolCast(this.props.Document.ignoreAspect) ? this.props.PanelHeight() / this.props.ContentScaling() : this.nativeHeight > 0 ? `${this.nativeHeight}px` : "100%";
+        let showOverlays = this.props.showOverlays ? this.props.showOverlays(this.props.Document) : undefined;
+        let showTitle = showOverlays && showOverlays.title ? showOverlays.title : StrCast(this.props.Document.showTitle);
+        let showCaption = showOverlays && showOverlays.caption ? showOverlays.caption : StrCast(this.props.Document.showCaption);
+        let templates = Cast(this.props.Document.templates, listSpec("string"));
+        if (templates instanceof List) {
+            templates.map(str => {
+                if (str.indexOf("{props.Document.title}") !== -1) showTitle = "title";
+                if (str.indexOf("fieldKey={\"caption\"}") !== -1) showCaption = "caption";
+            });
+        }
+        let showTextTitle = showTitle && StrCast(this.props.Document.layout).startsWith("<FormattedTextBox") || (this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc && StrCast(this.props.Document.layout.layout).startsWith("<FormattedTextBox")) ? showTitle : undefined;
         return (
             <div className={`documentView-node${this.topMost ? "-topmost" : ""}`}
                 ref={this._mainCont}
@@ -614,7 +627,27 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
                 onDrop={this.onDrop} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onClick={this.onClick}
                 onPointerEnter={this.onPointerEnter} onPointerLeave={this.onPointerLeave}
             >
-                {this.contents}
+                {!showTitle && !showCaption ? this.contents :
+                    <div style={{ position: "absolute", display: "inline-block", width: "100%", height: "100%", pointerEvents: "none" }}>
+                        {!showTitle ? (null) :
+                            <div style={{
+                                position: showTextTitle ? "relative" : "absolute", top: 0, textAlign: "center", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "pre",
+                                overflow: "hidden", width: `${100 * this.props.ContentScaling()}%`, height: 25, background: "rgba(0, 0, 0, .4)", color: "white",
+                                transformOrigin: "top left", transform: `scale(${1 / this.props.ContentScaling()})`
+                            }}>
+                                <span>{this.props.Document[showTitle]}</span>
+                            </div>
+                        }
+                        {!showCaption ? (null) :
+                            <div style={{ position: "absolute", bottom: 0, transformOrigin: "bottom left", width: `${100 * this.props.ContentScaling()}%`, transform: `scale(${1 / this.props.ContentScaling()})` }}>
+                                <FormattedTextBox {...this.props} DataDoc={this.dataDoc} active={returnTrue} isSelected={this.isSelected} focus={emptyFunction} select={this.select} selectOnLoad={this.props.selectOnLoad} fieldExt={""} hideOnLeave={true} fieldKey={showCaption} />
+                            </div>
+                        }
+                        <div style={{ width: "100%", height: showTextTitle ? "calc(100% - 25px)" : "100%", display: "inline-block", position: showTextTitle ? "relative" : "absolute" }}>
+                            {this.contents}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                }
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 96ee6f200..fb59470da 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faEdit, faSmile } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction, computed } from "mobx";
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction, computed, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { baseKeymap } from "prosemirror-commands";
 import { history } from "prosemirror-history";
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import { NodeType } from 'prosemirror-model';
 import { EditorState, Plugin, Transaction } from "prosemirror-state";
 import { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
 import { Doc, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
+import { Id, Copy } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../new_fields/List';
 import { RichTextField } from "../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
 import { createSchema, listSpec, makeInterface } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast, DateCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import { Templates } from '../Templates';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from "./FieldView";
 import "./FormattedTextBox.scss";
 import React = require("react");
+import { DateField } from '../../../new_fields/DateField';
+import { thisExpression } from 'babel-types';
 
 library.add(faEdit);
 library.add(faSmile);
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
     private _applyingChange: boolean = false;
     private _linkClicked = "";
     private _reactionDisposer: Opt<IReactionDisposer>;
+    private _textReactionDisposer: Opt<IReactionDisposer>;
     private _proxyReactionDisposer: Opt<IReactionDisposer>;
     private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     public get CurrentDiv(): HTMLDivElement { return this._ref.current!; }
@@ -121,22 +124,24 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
         }
     }
 
-    @computed get dataDoc() { return BoolCast(this.props.Document.isTemplate) && this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : this.props.Document; }
+    @computed get extensionDoc() { return Doc.resolvedFieldDataDoc(this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, "dummy"); }
+
+    @computed get dataDoc() { return BoolCast(this.props.Document.isTemplate) && this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document); }
 
     dispatchTransaction = (tx: Transaction) => {
         if (this._editorView) {
             const state = this._editorView.state.apply(tx);
             this._editorView.updateState(state);
             this._applyingChange = true;
-            Doc.GetProto(this.dataDoc)[this.props.fieldKey] = new RichTextField(JSON.stringify(state.toJSON()));
-            Doc.GetProto(this.dataDoc)[this.props.fieldKey + "_text"] = state.doc.textBetween(0, state.doc.content.size, "\n\n");
+            if (this.extensionDoc) this.extensionDoc.text = state.doc.textBetween(0, state.doc.content.size, "\n\n");
+            if (this.extensionDoc) this.extensionDoc.lastModified = new DateField(new Date(Date.now()));
+            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new RichTextField(JSON.stringify(state.toJSON()));
             this._applyingChange = false;
             let title = StrCast(this.dataDoc.title);
             if (title && title.startsWith("-") && this._editorView) {
                 let str = this._editorView.state.doc.textContent;
                 let titlestr = str.substr(0, Math.min(40, str.length));
-                let target = this.dataDoc.proto ? this.dataDoc.proto : this.dataDoc;
-                target.title = "-" + titlestr + (str.length > 40 ? "..." : "");
+                this.dataDoc.title = "-" + titlestr + (str.length > 40 ? "..." : "");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -226,9 +231,24 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
                 const field = this.dataDoc ? Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey], RichTextField) : undefined;
                 return field ? field.Data : `{"doc":{"type":"doc","content":[]},"selection":{"type":"text","anchor":0,"head":0}}`;
             },
-            field => this._editorView && !this._applyingChange &&
-                this._editorView.updateState(EditorState.fromJSON(config, JSON.parse(field)))
+            field2 => {
+                if (StrCast(this.props.Document.layout).indexOf("\"" + this.props.fieldKey + "\"") !== -1) {// bcz: UGH!  why is this needed... something is happening out of order.  test with making a collection, then adding a text note and converting that to a template field.
+                    this._editorView && !this._applyingChange &&
+                        this._editorView.updateState(EditorState.fromJSON(config, JSON.parse(field2)));
+                }
+            }
         );
+
+        this._textReactionDisposer = reaction(
+            () => this.extensionDoc,
+            () => {
+                if (this.dataDoc.text || this.dataDoc.lastModified) {
+                    this.extensionDoc.text = this.dataDoc.text;
+                    this.extensionDoc.lastModified = DateCast(this.dataDoc.lastModified)[Copy]();
+                    this.dataDoc.text = undefined;
+                    this.dataDoc.lastModified = undefined;
+                }
+            }, { fireImmediately: true });
         this.setupEditor(config, this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
     }
 
@@ -267,15 +287,10 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        if (this._editorView) {
-            this._editorView.destroy();
-        }
-        if (this._reactionDisposer) {
-            this._reactionDisposer();
-        }
-        if (this._proxyReactionDisposer) {
-            this._proxyReactionDisposer();
-        }
+        this._editorView && this._editorView.destroy();
+        this._reactionDisposer && this._reactionDisposer();
+        this._proxyReactionDisposer && this._proxyReactionDisposer();
+        this._textReactionDisposer && this._textReactionDisposer();
     }
 
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
@@ -392,8 +407,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
         if (StrCast(this.dataDoc.title).startsWith("-") && this._editorView) {
             let str = this._editorView.state.doc.textContent;
             let titlestr = str.substr(0, Math.min(40, str.length));
-            let target = this.dataDoc.proto ? this.dataDoc.proto : this.dataDoc;
-            target.title = "-" + titlestr + (str.length > 40 ? "..." : "");
+            this.dataDoc.title = "-" + titlestr + (str.length > 40 ? "..." : "");
         }
         if (!this._undoTyping) {
             this._undoTyping = UndoManager.StartBatch("undoTyping");
@@ -404,13 +418,14 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
     @action
     tryUpdateHeight() {
         if (this.props.isOverlay && this.props.Document.autoHeight) {
+            let self = this;
             let xf = this._ref.current!.getBoundingClientRect();
             let scrBounds = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformBounds(0, 0, xf.width, xf.height);
             let nh = NumCast(this.dataDoc.nativeHeight, 0);
             let dh = NumCast(this.props.Document.height, 0);
             let sh = scrBounds.height;
             this.props.Document.height = nh ? dh / nh * sh : sh;
-            this.dataDoc.proto!.nativeHeight = nh ? sh : undefined;
+            this.dataDoc.nativeHeight = nh ? sh : undefined;
         }
     }
 
@@ -436,6 +451,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
         let style = this.props.isOverlay ? "scroll" : "hidden";
         let rounded = StrCast(this.props.Document.borderRounding) === "100%" ? "-rounded" : "";
         let interactive = InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool ? "" : "interactive";
+        Doc.UpdateDocumentExtensionForField(this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
         return (
             <div className={`formattedTextBox-cont-${style}`} ref={this._ref}
                 style={{
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index f0363d0b8..77e44b807 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ export class ImageBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, ImageDocument>(ImageD
                             e.stopPropagation();
                         }
                     }
+                } else if (!this.props.isSelected()) {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
                 }
             }));
             // de.data.removeDocument()  bcz: need to implement
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, ImageDocument>(ImageD
         let paths: string[] = ["http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png"];
         // this._curSuffix = "";
         // if (w > 20) {
-        Doc.UpdateDocumentExtensionForField(this.extensionDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
+        Doc.UpdateDocumentExtensionForField(this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
         let alts = DocListCast(this.extensionDoc.Alternates);
         let altpaths: string[] = alts.filter(doc => doc.data instanceof ImageField).map(doc => this.choosePath((doc.data as ImageField).url));
         let field = this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey];
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
index c40840227..eb8abf2c7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
@@ -178,26 +178,7 @@ export class KeyValueBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
         let fieldTemplate = await this.inferType(sourceDoc[metaKey], metaKey);
         let previousViewType = fieldTemplate.viewType;
-
-        // move data doc fields to layout doc as needed (nativeWidth/nativeHeight, data, ??)
-        let backgroundLayout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout);
-        let layout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
-        if (backgroundLayout) {
-            layout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"annotations"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"} fieldExt={"annotations"}`);
-            backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout.replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
-        }
-        let nw = NumCast(fieldTemplate.nativeWidth);
-        let nh = NumCast(fieldTemplate.nativeHeight);
-
-        fieldTemplate.title = metaKey;
-        fieldTemplate.layout = layout;
-        fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout;
-        fieldTemplate.nativeWidth = nw;
-        fieldTemplate.nativeHeight = nh;
-        fieldTemplate.embed = true;
-        fieldTemplate.isTemplate = true;
-        fieldTemplate.templates = new List<string>([Templates.TitleBar(metaKey)]);
-        fieldTemplate.proto = Doc.GetProto(parentStackingDoc);
+        Doc.MakeTemplate(fieldTemplate, metaKey, Doc.GetProto(parentStackingDoc));
         previousViewType && (fieldTemplate.viewType = previousViewType);
 
         Cast(parentStackingDoc.data, listSpec(Doc))!.push(fieldTemplate);
diff --git a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresentationElement.tsx b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresentationElement.tsx
index 6896ee452..a16d7bc76 100644
--- a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresentationElement.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresentationElement.tsx
@@ -370,14 +370,14 @@ export default class PresentationElement extends React.Component<PresentationEle
             className += " presentationView-selected";
         }
         let onEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent) => { p.document.libraryBrush = true; };
-        let onLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent) => { p.document.libraryBrush = false; };
+        let onLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent) => { p.document.libraryBrush = undefined; };
         return (
             <div className={className} key={p.document[Id] + p.index}
                 onPointerEnter={onEnter} onPointerLeave={onLeave}
                 style={{
                     outlineColor: "maroon",
                     outlineStyle: "dashed",
-                    outlineWidth: BoolCast(p.document.libraryBrush, false) ? `1px` : "0px",
+                    outlineWidth: BoolCast(p.document.libraryBrush) ? `1px` : "0px",
                 }}
                 onClick={e => { p.gotoDocument(p.index, NumCast(this.props.mainDocument.selectedDoc)); e.stopPropagation(); }}>
                 <strong className="presentationView-name">
diff --git a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
index 804ffa7f5..87cae5487 100644
--- a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
@@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ export class SearchItem extends React.Component<SearchItemProps> {
 
                 let doc1 = Cast(this.props.doc.anchor1, Doc, null);
                 let doc2 = Cast(this.props.doc.anchor2, Doc, null);
-                doc1 && (doc1.libraryBrush = false);
-                doc2 && (doc2.libraryBrush = false);
+                doc1 && (doc1.libraryBrush = undefined);
+                doc2 && (doc2.libraryBrush = undefined);
             }
         } else {
             let docViews: DocumentView[] = DocumentManager.Instance.getAllDocumentViews(this.props.doc);
             docViews.forEach(element => {
-                element.props.Document.libraryBrush = false;
+                element.props.Document.libraryBrush = undefined;
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
index 0fe3f76e3..c9937af87 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { serializable, primitive, map, alias, list } from "serializr";
 import { autoObject, SerializationHelper, Deserializable } from "../client/util/SerializationHelper";
 import { DocServer } from "../client/DocServer";
 import { setter, getter, getField, updateFunction, deleteProperty, makeEditable, makeReadOnly } from "./util";
-import { Cast, ToConstructor, PromiseValue, FieldValue, NumCast } from "./Types";
+import { Cast, ToConstructor, PromiseValue, FieldValue, NumCast, BoolCast, StrCast } from "./Types";
 import { listSpec } from "./Schema";
 import { ObjectField } from "./ObjectField";
 import { RefField, FieldId } from "./RefField";
@@ -332,10 +332,11 @@ export namespace Doc {
         if (expandedTemplateLayout instanceof Doc) {
             return expandedTemplateLayout;
         }
-        if (expandedTemplateLayout === undefined) {
+        if (expandedTemplateLayout === undefined && BoolCast(templateLayoutDoc.isTemplate)) {
             setTimeout(() => {
                 templateLayoutDoc["_expanded_" + dataDoc[Id]] = Doc.MakeDelegate(templateLayoutDoc);
                 (templateLayoutDoc["_expanded_" + dataDoc[Id]] as Doc).title = templateLayoutDoc.title + " applied to " + dataDoc.title;
+                (templateLayoutDoc["_expanded_" + dataDoc[Id]] as Doc).isExpandedTemplate = templateLayoutDoc;
             }, 0);
         }
         return templateLayoutDoc;
@@ -373,4 +374,32 @@ export namespace Doc {
         delegate.proto = doc;
         return delegate;
     }
+
+    export function MakeTemplate(fieldTemplate: Doc, metaKey: string, proto: Doc) {
+        // move data doc fields to layout doc as needed (nativeWidth/nativeHeight, data, ??)
+        let backgroundLayout = StrCast(fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout);
+        let fieldLayoutDoc = fieldTemplate;
+        if (fieldTemplate.layout instanceof Doc) {
+            fieldLayoutDoc = Doc.MakeDelegate(fieldTemplate.layout);
+        }
+        let layout = StrCast(fieldLayoutDoc.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
+        if (backgroundLayout) {
+            layout = StrCast(fieldLayoutDoc.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"annotations"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"} fieldExt={"annotations"}`);
+            backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout.replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metaKey}"}`);
+        }
+        let nw = Cast(fieldTemplate.nativeWidth, "number");
+        let nh = Cast(fieldTemplate.nativeHeight, "number");
+
+        let layoutDelegate = fieldTemplate.layout instanceof Doc ? fieldLayoutDoc : fieldTemplate;
+        layoutDelegate.layout = layout;
+
+        fieldTemplate.title = metaKey;
+        fieldTemplate.layout = layoutDelegate !== fieldTemplate ? layoutDelegate : layout;
+        fieldTemplate.backgroundLayout = backgroundLayout;
+        fieldTemplate.nativeWidth = nw;
+        fieldTemplate.nativeHeight = nh;
+        fieldTemplate.isTemplate = true;
+        fieldTemplate.showTitle = "title";
+        fieldTemplate.proto = proto;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/new_fields/Types.ts b/src/new_fields/Types.ts
index 39d384d64..f8a4a30b4 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Types.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Field, Opt, FieldResult, Doc } from "./Doc";
 import { List } from "./List";
 import { RefField } from "./RefField";
+import { DateField } from "./DateField";
 
 export type ToType<T extends InterfaceValue> =
     T extends "string" ? string :
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ export function StrCast(field: FieldResult, defaultVal: string | null = "") {
 export function BoolCast(field: FieldResult, defaultVal: boolean | null = null) {
     return Cast(field, "boolean", defaultVal);
 }
+export function DateCast(field: FieldResult) {
+    return Cast(field, DateField, null);
+}
 
 type WithoutList<T extends Field> = T extends List<infer R> ? (R extends RefField ? (R | Promise<R>)[] : R[]) : T;
 
diff --git a/src/new_fields/util.ts b/src/new_fields/util.ts
index b5e50d501..47e467041 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/util.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const _setterImpl = action(function (target: any, prop: string | symbol | number
         target.__fields[prop] = value;
     }
     if (value === undefined) target[Update]({ '$unset': { ["fields." + prop]: "" } });
+    if (typeof value === "object" && !(value instanceof ObjectField)) debugger;
     else target[Update]({ '$set': { ["fields." + prop]: value instanceof ObjectField ? SerializationHelper.Serialize(value) : (value === undefined ? null : value) } });
     UndoManager.AddEvent({
         redo: () => receiver[prop] = value,
diff --git a/src/server/GarbageCollector.ts b/src/server/GarbageCollector.ts
index 268239481..59682e51e 100644
--- a/src/server/GarbageCollector.ts
+++ b/src/server/GarbageCollector.ts
@@ -94,8 +94,17 @@ async function GarbageCollect() {
     const toDeleteCursor = await Database.Instance.query({ _id: { $nin: Array.from(visited) } }, { _id: 1 });
     const toDelete: string[] = (await toDeleteCursor.toArray()).map(doc => doc._id);
     toDeleteCursor.close();
-    const result = await Database.Instance.delete({ _id: { $in: toDelete } }, "newDocuments");
-    console.log(`${result.deletedCount} documents deleted`);
+    let i = 0;
+    let deleted = 0;
+    while (i < toDelete.length) {
+        const count = Math.min(toDelete.length, 5000);
+        const toDeleteDocs = toDelete.slice(i, i + count);
+        i += count;
+        const result = await Database.Instance.delete({ _id: { $in: toDeleteDocs } }, "newDocuments");
+        deleted += result.deletedCount || 0;
+    }
+    // const result = await Database.Instance.delete({ _id: { $in: toDelete } }, "newDocuments");
+    console.log(`${deleted} documents deleted`);
 
     await Search.Instance.deleteDocuments(toDelete);
     console.log("Cleared search documents");
diff --git a/src/server/Message.ts b/src/server/Message.ts
index e9a8b0f0c..19e0a48aa 100644
--- a/src/server/Message.ts
+++ b/src/server/Message.ts
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ export namespace MessageStore {
     export const GetRefFields = new Message<string[]>("Get Ref Fields");
     export const UpdateField = new Message<Diff>("Update Ref Field");
     export const CreateField = new Message<Reference>("Create Ref Field");
+    export const DeleteField = new Message<string>("Delete field");
+    export const DeleteFields = new Message<string[]>("Delete fields");
 }
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index 287ba6058..21adff9e5 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { getForgot, getLogin, getLogout, getReset, getSignup, postForgot, postLo
 import { DashUserModel } from './authentication/models/user_model';
 import { Client } from './Client';
 import { Database } from './database';
-import { MessageStore, Transferable, Types, Diff } from "./Message";
+import { MessageStore, Transferable, Types, Diff, Message } from "./Message";
 import { RouteStore } from './RouteStore';
 const app = express();
 const config = require('../../webpack.config');
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ let clients: Map = {};
 server.on("connection", function (socket: Socket) {
     console.log("a user has connected");
 
-    Utils.emit(socket, MessageStore.Foo, "handshooken");
+    Utils.Emit(socket, MessageStore.Foo, "handshooken");
 
     Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.Bar, barReceived);
     Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.SetField, (args) => setField(socket, args));
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ server.on("connection", function (socket: Socket) {
 
     Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.CreateField, CreateField);
     Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.UpdateField, diff => UpdateField(socket, diff));
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.DeleteField, id => DeleteField(socket, id));
+    Utils.AddServerHandler(socket, MessageStore.DeleteFields, ids => DeleteFields(socket, ids));
     Utils.AddServerHandlerCallback(socket, MessageStore.GetRefField, GetRefField);
     Utils.AddServerHandlerCallback(socket, MessageStore.GetRefFields, GetRefFields);
 });
@@ -591,6 +593,23 @@ function UpdateField(socket: Socket, diff: Diff) {
     }
 }
 
+function DeleteField(socket: Socket, id: string) {
+    Database.Instance.delete({ _id: id }, "newDocuments").then(() => {
+        socket.broadcast.emit(MessageStore.DeleteField.Message, id);
+    });
+
+    Search.Instance.deleteDocuments([id]);
+}
+
+function DeleteFields(socket: Socket, ids: string[]) {
+    Database.Instance.delete({ _id: { $in: ids } }, "newDocuments").then(() => {
+        socket.broadcast.emit(MessageStore.DeleteFields.Message, ids);
+    });
+
+    Search.Instance.deleteDocuments(ids);
+
+}
+
 function CreateField(newValue: any) {
     Database.Instance.insert(newValue, "newDocuments");
 }