added rootSelected() to make forceActive work better

31 files changed, 83 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index a69bfae01..0a2269bac 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
         Scripting.addGlobal(Buxton);
 
         const delegateKeys = ["x", "y", "layoutKey", "_width", "_height", "_panX", "_panY", "_viewType", "_nativeWidth", "_nativeHeight", "dropAction", "childDropAction", "_annotationOn",
-            "_chromeStatus", "_forceActive", "_autoHeight", "_fitWidth", "_LODdisable", "_itemIndex", "_showSidebar", "_showTitle", "_showCaption", "_showTitleHover", "_backgroundColor",
+            "_chromeStatus", "_autoHeight", "_fitWidth", "_LODdisable", "_itemIndex", "_showSidebar", "_showTitle", "_showCaption", "_showTitleHover", "_backgroundColor",
             "_xMargin", "_yMargin", "_xPadding", "_yPadding", "_singleLine", "_scrollTop",
             "_color", "isButton", "isBackground", "removeDropProperties", "treeViewOpen"];
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx b/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
index 094cd58f3..4a930177d 100644
--- a/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ export class DashDocView {
                     LibraryPath={this._textBox.props.LibraryPath}
                     fitToBox={BoolCast(dashDoc._fitToBox)}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
+                    rootSelected={this._textBox.props.isSelected}
                     removeDocument={removeDoc}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getDocTransform}
                     addDocTab={this._textBox.props.addDocTab}
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index f4e830a48..454c245cc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface DocExtendableProps {
     fieldKey: string;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     renderDepth: number;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
 }
 export function DocExtendableComponent<P extends DocExtendableProps, T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
     class Component extends Touchable<P> {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function DocExtendableComponent<P extends DocExtendableProps, T>(schemaCt
         @computed get Document(): T { return schemaCtor(this.props.Document); }
         @computed get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
         @computed get dataDoc() { return (this.props.DataDoc && (this.props.Document.isTemplateForField || this.props.Document.isTemplateDoc) ? this.props.DataDoc : Cast(this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null) || Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)) as Doc; }
-        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => !this.props.Document.isBackground && (this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.renderDepth === 0);//  && !InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool;  // bcz: inking state shouldn't affect static tools 
+        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => !this.props.Document.isBackground && ((this.props.Document.forceActive && this.props.rootSelected()) || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.renderDepth === 0);//  && !InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool;  // bcz: inking state shouldn't affect static tools 
     }
     return Component;
 }
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export interface DocAnnotatableProps {
     active: () => boolean;
     whenActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
     renderDepth: number;
 }
 export function DocAnnotatableComponent<P extends DocAnnotatableProps, T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ export function DocAnnotatableComponent<P extends DocAnnotatableProps, T>(schema
 
         whenActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this.props.whenActiveChanged(this._isChildActive = isActive));
         active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool === InkTool.None && !this.props.Document.isBackground) &&
-            (this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
+            ((this.props.Document.forceActive && this.props.rootSelected()) || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
         annotationsActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool !== InkTool.None ||
             (this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index ea60907f6..26bee9a6f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
                 LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                 addDocument={undefined}
                 addDocTab={returnFalse}
+                rootSelected={returnTrue}
                 pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                 onClick={undefined}
                 removeDocument={undefined}
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 8d9be5980..fae520e40 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
             addDocument={undefined}
             addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
             pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+            rootSelected={returnTrue}
             onClick={undefined}
             backgroundColor={this.defaultBackgroundColors}
             removeDocument={undefined}
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     DataDoc={undefined}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     addDocument={undefined}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                     removeDocument={undefined}
@@ -435,6 +437,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     removeDocument={returnFalse}
                     onClick={undefined}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.mainContainerXf}
@@ -523,6 +526,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     fieldKey={"data"}
                     dropAction={"alias"}
                     annotationsKey={""}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     select={emptyFunction}
                     active={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 220efd4a8..7587071db 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     Document={d}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     ChromeHeight={returnZero}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     // isSelected={returnFalse}
                     // select={emptyFunction}
                     // layoutKey={"layout"}
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
index e04f814d1..674b27918 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
+import { IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from "react";
-import "./Palette.scss";
-import { PointData } from "../../new_fields/InkField";
 import { Doc } from "../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { Docs } from "../documents/Documents";
-import { ScriptField, ComputedField } from "../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { List } from "../../new_fields/List";
-import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
-import { emptyPath, returnFalse, emptyFunction, returnOne, returnEmptyString, returnTrue } from "../../Utils";
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
+import { NumCast } from "../../new_fields/Types";
+import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue } from "../../Utils";
 import { Transform } from "../util/Transform";
-import { computed, action, IReactionDisposer, reaction, observable } from "mobx";
-import { FieldValue, Cast, NumCast } from "../../new_fields/Types";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { DocumentContentsView } from "./nodes/DocumentContentsView";
-import { CollectionStackingView } from "./collections/CollectionStackingView";
-import { CollectionView } from "./collections/CollectionView";
-import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "./collections/CollectionSubView";
-import { makeInterface } from "../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { documentSchema } from "../../new_fields/documentSchemas";
+import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
+import "./Palette.scss";
 
 export interface PaletteProps {
     x: number;
@@ -40,7 +29,7 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount = () => {
-        this._selectedDisposer && this._selectedDisposer();
+        this._selectedDisposer?.();
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -54,6 +43,7 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
                             LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                             addDocument={undefined}
                             addDocTab={returnFalse}
+                            rootSelected={returnTrue}
                             pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                             removeDocument={undefined}
                             onClick={undefined}
diff --git a/src/client/views/RecommendationsBox.tsx b/src/client/views/RecommendationsBox.tsx
index 5ebba0abb..bf8de36b4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/RecommendationsBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/RecommendationsBox.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class RecommendationsBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                 LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                 removeDocument={returnFalse}
+                rootSelected={returnFalse}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                 addDocTab={returnFalse}
                 pinToPres={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/SearchDocBox.tsx b/src/client/views/SearchDocBox.tsx
index c57f9e737..e66de39d4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/SearchDocBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/SearchDocBox.tsx
@@ -410,8 +410,9 @@ export class SearchDocBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
             <div style={{ pointerEvents: "all" }}>
                 <ContentFittingDocumentView {...this.props}
                     Document={this.content}
+                    rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     getTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}>
-                    </ContentFittingDocumentView>
+                </ContentFittingDocumentView>
                 <div
                     style={{
                         position: "absolute",
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 4e1e76f39..4209bd574 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             Document={document}
             DataDoc={resolvedDataDoc}
             bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+            rootSelected={returnTrue}
             addDocument={undefined}
             removeDocument={undefined}
             ContentScaling={this.contentScaling}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index 344605412..a6ada75b2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
 import { makeInterface } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, StrCast, Cast } from '../../../new_fields/Types';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnOne, returnTrue, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnOne, returnTrue, Utils, returnFalse } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import "./CollectionLinearView.scss";
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView(LinearDocument) {
                                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                                 addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                                 pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                                rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
                                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                                 onClick={undefined}
                                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform(dref)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 981438513..a1b541f74 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                 LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
                 childDocs={this.childDocs}
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
+                rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 PanelWidth={this.previewWidth}
                 PanelHeight={this.previewHeight}
                 getTransform={this.getPreviewTransform}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 076dd3629..d21e17bbc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
             renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
             fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox}
+            rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
             dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
             onClick={layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc ? this.onClickHandler : this.onChildClickHandler}
             PanelWidth={width}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 70927cf22..d1d6ae3c1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     VisibleHeight?: () => number;
     setPreviewCursor?: (func: (x: number, y: number, drag: boolean) => void) => void;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
     fieldKey: string;
 }
 
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T, X>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T, moreProps?:
                 this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? this.props.Document : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)); // if the layout document has a resolvedDataDoc, then we don't want to get its parent which would be the unexpanded template
         }
 
+        rootSelected = () => {
+            return this.props.isSelected() || (this.props.Document.rootDocument || this.props.Document.forceActive ? this.props.rootSelected() : false);
+        }
+
         // The data field for rendering this collection will be on the this.props.Document unless we're rendering a template in which case we try to use props.DataDoc.
         // When a document has a DataDoc but it's not a template, then it contains its own rendering data, but needs to pass the DataDoc through
         // to its children which may be templates.
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 6ee48f11b..fc612c66d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     DataDocument={this.templateDataDoc}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
                     fitToBox={this.boundsOfCollectionDocument !== undefined}
                     PanelWidth={this.docWidth}
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         LibraryPath={this.props.libraryPath || []}
                         addDocument={undefined}
                         addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                        rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         onClick={this.props.onChildClick || editTitle}
                         dropAction={this.props.dropAction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index df1770ffe..3913ccd88 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
         return viewField;
     }
 
-    active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || BoolCast(this.props.Document.forceActive) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0;
+    active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || (this.props.rootSelected() && BoolCast(this.props.Document.forceActive)) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0;
 
     whenActiveChanged = (isActive: boolean) => { this.props.whenActiveChanged(this._isChildActive = isActive); };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 2871fe192..a164e1794 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             Document: childLayout,
             LibraryPath: this.libraryPath,
             layoutKey: undefined,
+            rootSelected: this.rootSelected,
             dropAction: StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType,
             //onClick: undefined, // this.props.onClick,  // bcz: check this out -- I don't think we want to inherit click handlers, or we at least need a way to ignore them
             onClick: this.onChildClickHandler,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 276a49570..503df10c2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { InkField, InkData } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
 import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { Cast, NumCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
 import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index 03b2a2297..bd54d64ff 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { AudioField, nullAudio } from "../../../new_fields/URLField";
 import { DocExtendableComponent } from "../DocComponent";
 import { makeInterface, createSchema } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { documentSchema } from "../../../new_fields/documentSchemas";
-import { Utils, returnTrue, emptyFunction, returnOne, returnTransparent } from "../../../Utils";
+import { Utils, returnTrue, emptyFunction, returnOne, returnTransparent, returnFalse } from "../../../Utils";
 import { runInAction, observable, reaction, IReactionDisposer, computed, action } from "mobx";
 import { DateField } from "../../../new_fields/DateField";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
@@ -258,9 +258,15 @@ export class AudioBox extends DocExtendableComponent<FieldViewProps, AudioDocume
                                 return !linkTime ? (null) :
                                     <div className={this.props.PanelHeight() < 32 ? "audiobox-marker-minicontainer" : "audiobox-marker-container"} key={l[Id]} style={{ left: `${linkTime / NumCast(this.dataDoc.duration, 1) * 100}%` }}>
                                         <div className={this.props.PanelHeight() < 32 ? "audioBox-linker-mini" : "audioBox-linker"} key={"linker" + i}>
-                                            <DocumentView {...this.props} Document={l} layoutKey={Doc.LinkEndpoint(l, la2)}
+                                            <DocumentView {...this.props}
+                                                Document={l}
+                                                rootSelected={returnFalse}
+                                                layoutKey={Doc.LinkEndpoint(l, la2)}
                                                 ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
-                                                parentActive={returnTrue} bringToFront={emptyFunction} zoomToScale={emptyFunction} getScale={returnOne}
+                                                parentActive={returnTrue}
+                                                bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                                                zoomToScale={emptyFunction}
+                                                getScale={returnOne}
                                                 backgroundColor={returnTransparent} />
                                         </div>
                                         <div key={i} className="audiobox-marker" onPointerEnter={() => Doc.linkFollowHighlight(la1)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index eaab4086c..356192797 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -89,14 +89,15 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
                 pointerEvents: this.props.Document.isBackground ? "none" : undefined
             }} >
 
-            {!this.props.fitToBox ? <DocumentView {...this.props}
+            {!this.props.fitToBox ? 
+            <DocumentView {...this.props}
                 dragDivName={"collectionFreeFormDocumentView-container"}
                 ContentScaling={this.contentScaling}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
                 backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
                 PanelWidth={this.panelWidth}
-                PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
-            /> : <ContentFittingDocumentView {...this.props}
+                PanelHeight={this.panelHeight} /> 
+            : <ContentFittingDocumentView {...this.props}
                 CollectionDoc={this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc}
                 DataDocument={this.props.DataDoc}
                 getTransform={this.getTransform}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
index 9494a4bc4..fdf2a9551 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ interface ContentFittingDocumentViewProps {
     addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     dontRegisterView?: boolean;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
 }
 
 @observer
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentBox.tsx
index debe104d7..47118e758 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentBox.tsx
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ export class DocumentBox extends DocAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, DocBoxS
             CollectionView={this as any} // bcz: hack!  need to pass a prop that can be used to select the container (ie, 'this') when the up selector in document decorations is clicked.  currently, the up selector allows only a containing collection to be selected
             fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox}
             layoutKey={"layout_" + childTemplateName}
+            rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
             addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
             moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
             removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index fc61487e5..687137adc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { computed } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { OmitKeys, Without } from "../../../Utils";
 import { HistogramBox } from "../../northstar/dash-nodes/HistogramBox";
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
     forceLayout?: string,
     forceFieldKey?: string,
     hideOnLeave?: boolean,
-    makeLink?: () => Opt<Doc>;
+    makeLink?: () => Opt<Doc>,  // function to call when a link is made
 }> {
     @computed get layout(): string {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 1e02ab44e..42f5fb946 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewProps {
     LayoutDoc?: () => Opt<Doc>;
     LibraryPath: Doc[];
     fitToBox?: boolean;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean; // whether the root of a template has been selected
     onClick?: ScriptField;
     onPointerDown?: ScriptField;
     onPointerUp?: ScriptField;
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         this.dontDecorateSelection = this.props.Document.dontDecorateSelection && (!e.ctrlKey || e.button < 2);
         if (!e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble && !this.Document.ignoreClick &&
             (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downY) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD)) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
+            let stopPropagate = true;
             let preventDefault = true;
             this.props.bringToFront(this.props.Document);
             if (this._doubleTap && this.props.renderDepth && !this.onClickHandler?.script) { // disable double-click to show full screen for things that have an on click behavior since clicking them twice can be misinterpreted as a double click
@@ -301,9 +302,14 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
                 SelectionManager.SelectDoc(this, e.ctrlKey); // don't think this should happen if a button action is actually triggered.
                 UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => this.buttonClick(e.altKey, e.ctrlKey), "on link button follow");
             } else {
-                SelectionManager.SelectDoc(this, e.ctrlKey);
+                if (this.props.Document.isTemplateForField && !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0)) {
+                    stopPropagate = false;
+                } else {
+                    SelectionManager.SelectDoc(this, e.ctrlKey);
+                }
                 preventDefault = false;
             }
+            stopPropagate && e.stopPropagation();
             preventDefault && e.preventDefault();
         }
     }
@@ -928,6 +934,9 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         const fallback = Cast(this.props.Document.layoutKey, "string");
         return typeof fallback === "string" ? fallback : "layout";
     }
+    rootSelected = () => {
+        return this.isSelected(false) || (this.props.Document.forceActive && this.props.rootSelected?.() ? true : false);
+    }
     childScaling = () => (this.layoutDoc._fitWidth ? this.props.PanelWidth() / this.nativeWidth : this.props.ContentScaling());
     @computed get contents() {
         TraceMobx();
@@ -937,6 +946,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
             DataDoc={this.props.DataDoc}
             LayoutDoc={this.props.LayoutDoc}
             makeLink={this.makeLink}
+            rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
             fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox}
             LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
             addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -985,9 +995,13 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
                 {StrCast(this.props.Document.title)}
                 {this.Document.links && DocListCast(this.Document.links).filter(d => !d.hidden).filter(this.isNonTemporalLink).map((d, i) =>
                     <div className="documentView-docuLinkWrapper" style={{ position: "absolute", top: 0, left: 0 }} key={`${d[Id]}`}>
-                        <DocumentView {...this.props} Document={d} ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
-                            PanelWidth={returnOne} PanelHeight={returnOne} layoutKey={this.linkEndpoint(d)} ContentScaling={returnOne}
-                            backgroundColor={returnTransparent} removeDocument={undoBatch(doc => doc.hidden = true)} />
+                        <DocumentView {...this.props}
+                            Document={d}
+                            ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
+                            PanelWidth={returnOne} PanelHeight={returnOne}
+                            layoutKey={this.linkEndpoint(d)} ContentScaling={returnOne}
+                            backgroundColor={returnTransparent}
+                            removeDocument={undoBatch(doc => doc.hidden = true)} />
                     </div>)}
             </div>;
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
index 0305f43d5..13a1becf7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export interface FieldViewProps {
     dropAction: dropActionType;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     select: (isCtrlPressed: boolean) => void;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
     renderDepth: number;
     addDocument?: (document: Doc) => boolean;
     addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
index 61df188f8..d1a563494 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBoxComment {
                                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                                     fitToBox={true}
                                     moveDocument={returnFalse}
+                                    rootSelected={returnFalse}
                                     getTransform={Transform.Identity}
                                     active={returnFalse}
                                     addDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index 71495d95f..c032f019d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import { InkingControl } from "../InkingControl";
 import { InkTool } from "../../../new_fields/InkField";
 import { TraceMobx } from "../../../new_fields/util";
 import { PdfField } from "../../../new_fields/URLField";
-import { PDFBox } from "../nodes/PDFBox";
-import { FormattedTextBox } from "../nodes/FormattedTextBox";
 import { DocumentView } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
 const PDFJSViewer = require("pdfjs-dist/web/pdf_viewer");
 const pdfjsLib = require("pdfjs-dist");
@@ -61,6 +59,7 @@ interface IViewerProps {
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     ContentScaling: () => number;
     select: (isCtrlPressed: boolean) => void;
+    rootSelected: () => boolean;
     startupLive: boolean;
     renderDepth: number;
     focus: (doc: Doc) => void;
diff --git a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
index 758795ed5..7ad3474e8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { documentSchema } from '../../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { createSchema, makeInterface } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
 import { Cast, NumCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, returnTrue } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../collections/CollectionView';
 import { DocExtendableComponent } from '../DocComponent';
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends DocExtendableComponent<FieldViewProps, PresD
                     DataDocument={this.targetDoc[DataSym] !== this.targetDoc && this.targetDoc[DataSym]}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     fitToBox={true}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
                     removeDocument={returnFalse}
                     addDocTab={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
index 63cef5101..0d77026ad 100644
--- a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, Utils, returnTrue } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DragManager, SetupDrag } from "../../util/DragManager";
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export class SearchItem extends React.Component<SearchItemProps> {
                 <ContentFittingDocumentView
                     Document={this.props.doc}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
+                    rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     fitToBox={StrCast(this.props.doc.type).indexOf(DocumentType.COL) !== -1}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
                     removeDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 1d2d57b96..98a6d384e 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export default class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                 addDocTab={returnFalse}
                 pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                rootSelected={returnFalse}
                 removeDocument={undefined}
                 onClick={undefined}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ export default class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                         addDocument={returnFalse}
                         addDocTab={returnFalse}
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                        rootSelected={returnFalse}
                         removeDocument={undefined}
                         onClick={undefined}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
diff --git a/src/server/authentication/models/current_user_utils.ts b/src/server/authentication/models/current_user_utils.ts
index 9a90ce17f..7fe623f18 100644
--- a/src/server/authentication/models/current_user_utils.ts
+++ b/src/server/authentication/models/current_user_utils.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             _width: 35, _height: 25, title: "Tools", fontSize: 10, targetContainer: sidebarContainer, dontDecorateSelection: true,
             letterSpacing: "0px", textTransform: "unset", borderRounding: "5px 5px 0px 0px", boxShadow: "3px 3px 0px rgb(34, 34, 34)",
             sourcePanel: Docs.Create.StackingDocument([dragCreators, color], {
-                _width: 500, lockedPosition: true, _chromeStatus: "disabled", title: "tools stack"
+                _width: 500, lockedPosition: true, _chromeStatus: "disabled", title: "tools stack", forceActive: true
             }),
             onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("this.targetContainer.proto = this.sourcePanel"),
         });