allow linkBox to render without being in a documentview.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkBox.tsx
index 4f1d12c9b..3cbbbdeff 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkBox.tsx
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ export class LinkBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const a = this.anchor1;
         const b = this.anchor2;
         this._forceAnimate;
+        const docView = this._props.docViewPath().lastElement();
 
-        if (a && b && !LightboxView.Contains(this.DocumentView?.())) {
+        if (a && b && !LightboxView.Contains(docView)) {
             // text selection bounds are not directly observable, so we have to
             // force an update when anything that could affect them changes (text edits causing reflow, scrolling)
             a.Document[a.LayoutFieldKey];
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export class LinkBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
 
             const axf = a.screenToViewTransform(); // these force re-render when a or b moves (so do NOT remove)
             const bxf = b.screenToViewTransform();
-            const scale = a.CollectionFreeFormView === this.DocumentView?.().CollectionFreeFormView ? axf.Scale : bxf.Scale;
+            const scale = !docView ? 1 : a.CollectionFreeFormView === docView.CollectionFreeFormView ? axf.Scale : bxf.Scale;
             const at = a.getBounds?.transition; // these force re-render when a or b change size and at the end of an animated transition
             const bt = b.getBounds?.transition; //    inquring getBounds() also causes text anchors to update whether or not they reflow (any size change triggers an invalidation)
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export class LinkBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                                     paddingRight: 4,
                                     paddingTop: 3,
                                     paddingBottom: 3,
-                                    background: DashColor((!this.DocumentView?.().isSelected() && highlightColor) || color)
+                                    background: DashColor((!docView?.isSelected() && highlightColor) || color)
                                         .fade(0.5)
                                         .toString(),
                                 }}>