a bunch of changes to improve how docs are selected automatically when created.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 43addfc29..89aa53c35 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     getActiveDocuments = () => this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map(pair => pair.layout);
     isAnyChildContentActive = () => this._props.isAnyChildContentActive();
     addLiveTextBox = (newDoc: Doc) => {
-        Doc.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc); // track the new text box so we can give it a prop that tells it to focus itself when it's displayed
+        DocumentView.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc); // track the new text box so we can give it a prop that tells it to focus itself when it's displayed
         this.addDocument(newDoc);
     };
     selectDocuments = (docs: Doc[]) => {
@@ -1496,8 +1496,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         newDoc[DocData][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc, fieldProps.LayoutTemplateString)] = undefined; // the copy should not copy the text contents of it source, just the render style
         newDoc.x = NumCast(textDoc.x) + (below ? 0 : NumCast(textDoc._width) + 10);
         newDoc.y = NumCast(textDoc.y) + (below ? NumCast(textDoc._height) + 10 : 0);
-        Doc.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
-        FormattedTextBox.DontSelectInitialText = true;
+        DocumentView.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
         return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
     }, 'copied text note');
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 9cfb0416c..00d7ea451 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends ObservableReactComponent<SubCollectionViewProps
             const slide = DocUtils.copyDragFactory(DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().emptySlide))!;
             slide.x = x;
             slide.y = y;
-            Doc.SetSelectOnLoad(slide);
+            DocumentView.SetSelectOnLoad(slide);
             TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: slide[Id], parent: undefined };
             this._props.addDocument?.(slide);
             e.stopPropagation();