organized collectionfreeformview. fixed issues with showing links

10 files changed, 894 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.scss
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.scss
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+.collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine {
+    stroke: black;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    transform: translate(10000px,10000px);
+    pointer-events: all;
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
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+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
+import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
+import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import "./CollectionFreeFormLinkView.scss";
+import React = require("react");
+import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
+
+export interface CollectionFreeFormLinkViewProps {
+    A: Document;
+    B: Document;
+    LinkDocs: Document[];
+}
+
+@observer
+export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormLinkViewProps> {
+
+    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        this.props.LinkDocs.map(l =>
+            console.log("Link:" + l.Title));
+    }
+    render() {
+        let l = this.props.LinkDocs;
+        let a = this.props.A;
+        let b = this.props.B;
+        let x1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2;
+        let y1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2;
+        let x2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2;
+        let y2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2;
+        return (
+            <line key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
+                style={{ strokeWidth: `${l.length * 5}` }}
+                x1={`${x1}`} y1={`${y1}`}
+                x2={`${x2}`} y2={`${y2}`} />
+        )
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.scss
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index 000000000..9af0df7f5
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.scss
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+.collectionfreeformlinksview-svgCanvas{
+    transform: translate(-10000px,-10000px);
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 20000px; 
+    height: 20000px;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
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index 000000000..4f28f43eb
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
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+import { computed } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
+import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../../fields/Field";
+import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
+import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
+import { DocumentView } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
+import { CollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionViewBase";
+import "./CollectionFreeFormLinksView.scss";
+import React = require("react");
+import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
+import { CollectionFreeFormLinkView } from "./CollectionFreeFormLinkView";
+
+@observer
+export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
+
+    documentAnchors(view: DocumentView) {
+        let equalViews = [view];
+        let containerDoc = view.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.AnnotationOn, Document);
+        if (containerDoc && containerDoc != FieldWaiting && containerDoc instanceof Document) {
+            equalViews = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViews(containerDoc.GetPrototype() as Document)
+        }
+        return equalViews.filter(sv => sv.props.ContainingCollectionView && sv.props.ContainingCollectionView.props.Document == this.props.Document);
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    get uniqueConnections() {
+        return DocumentManager.Instance.LinkedDocumentViews.reduce((drawnPairs, connection) => {
+            let srcViews = this.documentAnchors(connection.a);
+            let targetViews = this.documentAnchors(connection.b);
+            let possiblePairs: { a: Document, b: Document, }[] = [];
+            srcViews.map(sv => targetViews.map(tv => possiblePairs.push({ a: sv.props.Document, b: tv.props.Document })));
+            possiblePairs.map(possiblePair => {
+                if (!drawnPairs.reduce((found, drawnPair) => {
+                    let match = (possiblePair.a == drawnPair.a && possiblePair.b == drawnPair.b);
+                    if (match) {
+                        if (!drawnPair.l.reduce((found, link) => found || link.Id == connection.l.Id, false))
+                            drawnPair.l.push(connection.l);
+                    }
+                    return match || found;
+                }, false)) {
+                    drawnPairs.push({ a: possiblePair.a, b: possiblePair.b, l: [connection.l] as Document[] });
+                }
+            })
+            return drawnPairs
+        }, [] as { a: Document, b: Document, l: Document[] }[]);
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <svg className="collectionfreeformlinksview-svgCanvas">
+                {this.uniqueConnections.map(c => <CollectionFreeFormLinkView key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} A={c.a} B={c.b} LinkDocs={c.l} />)}
+            </svg>);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c5e98005
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
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+@import "../../global_variables";
+
+.collectionfreeformview-container {
+  .collectionfreeformview > .jsx-parser {
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+
+  .inking-canvas {
+    transform-origin: 50000px 50000px;
+  }
+  //nested freeform views
+  // .collectionfreeformview-container {
+    // background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $light-color-secondary 1px, transparent 1px),
+    //   linear-gradient(to bottom, $light-color-secondary 1px, transparent 1px);
+    // background-size: 30px 30px;
+  // }
+
+  box-shadow: $intermediate-color 0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw;
+  border: 0px solid $light-color-secondary;
+  border-radius: $border-radius;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  position: relative;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  .collectionfreeformview {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    .inking-canvas {
+      transform-origin: 50000px 50000px;
+    }
+  }
+}
+.collectionfreeformview-overlay {
+  .collectionfreeformview > .jsx-parser {
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 100%;
+  }
+  .formattedTextBox-cont {
+    background: $light-color-secondary;
+  }
+
+  .inking-canvas {
+    transform-origin: 50000px 50000px;
+  }
+
+  opacity: 0.99;
+  border: 0px solid transparent;
+  border-radius: $border-radius;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  position:relative;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  .collectionfreeformview {
+    .formattedTextBox-cont {
+        background:yellow;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// selection border...?
+.border {
+  border-style: solid;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: 98%;
+  height: 98%;
+  border-radius: $border-radius;
+}
+
+//this is an animation for the blinking cursor!
+@keyframes blink {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  49% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  50% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+#prevCursor {
+  animation: blink 1s infinite;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f90b0d46
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+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
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+import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
+import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../../fields/Field";
+import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
+import { ListField } from "../../../../fields/ListField";
+import { TextField } from "../../../../fields/TextField";
+import { DragManager } from "../../../util/DragManager";
+import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
+import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
+import { InkingCanvas } from "../../InkingCanvas";
+import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
+import { DocumentContentsView } from "../../nodes/DocumentContentsView";
+import { DocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
+import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH } from "../CollectionView";
+import { CollectionViewBase } from "../CollectionViewBase";
+import { MarqueeView } from "./MarqueeView";
+import { PreviewCursor } from "./PreviewCursor";
+import { CollectionFreeFormLinksView } from "./CollectionFreeFormLinksView";
+import "./CollectionFreeFormView.scss";
+import React = require("react");
+import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
+
+@observer
+export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
+    public _canvasRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    private _selectOnLoaded: string = ""; // id of document that should be selected once it's loaded (used for click-to-type)
+
+    public addLiveTextBox = (newBox: Document) => {
+        // mark this collection so that when the text box is created we can send it the SelectOnLoad prop to focus itself
+        this._selectOnLoaded = newBox.Id;
+        //set text to be the typed key and get focus on text box
+        this.props.addDocument(newBox, false);
+        //remove cursor from screen
+        this.PreviewCursorVisible = false;
+    }
+
+    public selectDocuments = (docs: Document[]) => {
+        this.props.CollectionView.SelectedDocs.length = 0;
+        docs.map(d => this.props.CollectionView.SelectedDocs.push(d.Id));
+    }
+
+    public getActiveDocuments = () => {
+        var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
+        const lvalue = this.props.Document.GetT<ListField<Document>>(this.props.fieldKey, ListField);
+        let active: Document[] = [];
+        if (lvalue && lvalue != FieldWaiting) {
+            lvalue.Data.map(doc => {
+                var page = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Page, -1);
+                if (page == curPage || page == -1) {
+                    active.push(doc);
+                }
+            })
+        }
+
+        return active;
+    }
+
+    //determines whether the blinking cursor for indicating whether a text will be made on key down is visible
+    @observable public PreviewCursorVisible: boolean = false;
+    @observable public MarqueeVisible = false;
+    @observable public DownX: number = 0;
+    @observable public DownY: number = 0;
+    @observable private _lastX: number = 0;
+    @observable private _lastY: number = 0;
+
+    @computed get panX(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0) }
+    @computed get panY(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0) }
+    @computed get scale(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
+    @computed get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
+    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0); }
+    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0); }
+    @computed get zoomScaling() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
+    @computed get centeringShiftX() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0) ? this.props.panelWidth() / 2 : 0; }  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+    @computed get centeringShiftY() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0) ? this.props.panelHeight() / 2 : 0; }// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        if (super.drop(e, de)) {
+            if (de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
+                let screenX = de.x - (de.data.xOffset as number || 0);
+                let screenY = de.y - (de.data.yOffset as number || 0);
+                const [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(screenX, screenY);
+                de.data.droppedDocument.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, x);
+                de.data.droppedDocument.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, y);
+                if (!de.data.droppedDocument.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0)) {
+                    de.data.droppedDocument.SetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 300);
+                    de.data.droppedDocument.SetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 300);
+                }
+                this.bringToFront(de.data.droppedDocument);
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @action
+    cleanupInteractions = () => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        this.MarqueeVisible = false;
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
+        this.PreviewCursorVisible = false;
+        if ((e.button === 2 && this.props.active() && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling != 1)) || e.button == 0) {
+            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+            this._lastX = this.DownX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = this.DownY = e.pageY;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+
+        if (Math.abs(this.DownX - e.clientX) < 4 && Math.abs(this.DownY - e.clientY) < 4) {
+            //show preview text cursor on tap
+            this.PreviewCursorVisible = true;
+            //select is not already selected
+            if (!this.props.isSelected()) {
+                this.props.select(false);
+            }
+        }
+        this.cleanupInteractions();
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+        if (!e.cancelBubble && this.props.active()) {
+            if (e.buttons == 1 && !e.altKey && !e.metaKey) {
+                this.MarqueeVisible = true;
+            }
+            if (this.MarqueeVisible) {
+                e.stopPropagation();
+                e.preventDefault();
+            }
+            else if ((!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling != 1) && !e.shiftKey) {
+                let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+                let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+                let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
+                this.SetPan(x - dx, y - dy);
+                this._lastX = e.pageX;
+                this._lastY = e.pageY;
+                e.stopPropagation();
+                e.preventDefault();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
+        this.props.select(false);
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        e.preventDefault();
+        let coefficient = 1000;
+
+        if (e.ctrlKey) {
+            var nativeWidth = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0);
+            var nativeHeight = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0);
+            const coefficient = 1000;
+            let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, nativeWidth * deltaScale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, nativeHeight * deltaScale);
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            e.preventDefault();
+        } else {
+            // if (modes[e.deltaMode] == 'pixels') coefficient = 50;
+            // else if (modes[e.deltaMode] == 'lines') coefficient = 1000; // This should correspond to line-height??
+            let transform = this.getTransform();
+
+            let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
+            if (deltaScale * this.zoomScaling < 1 && this.isAnnotationOverlay)
+                deltaScale = 1 / this.zoomScaling;
+            let [x, y] = transform.transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+
+            let localTransform = this.getLocalTransform()
+            localTransform = localTransform.inverse().scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y)
+            // console.log(localTransform)
+
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, localTransform.Scale);
+            this.SetPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / localTransform.Scale, -localTransform.TranslateY / localTransform.Scale);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    private SetPan(panX: number, panY: number) {
+        var x1 = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
+        const newPanX = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeWidth, Math.max(0, panX));
+        const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
+        this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanX : panX);
+        this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanY : panY);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onDrop = (e: React.DragEvent): void => {
+        var pt = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.pageX, e.pageY);
+        super.onDrop(e, { x: pt[0], y: pt[1] });
+    }
+
+    onDragOver = (): void => {
+    }
+
+    @action
+    bringToFront(doc: Document) {
+        const { fieldKey: fieldKey, Document: Document } = this.props;
+
+        const value: Document[] = Document.GetList<Document>(fieldKey, []).slice();
+        value.sort((doc1, doc2) => {
+            if (doc1 === doc) {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            if (doc2 === doc) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return doc1.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0) - doc2.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0);
+        }).map((doc, index) => {
+            doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, index + 1)
+        });
+    }
+
+    @computed get backgroundLayout(): string | undefined {
+        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, TextField);
+        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
+            return field.Data;
+        }
+    }
+    @computed get overlayLayout(): string | undefined {
+        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.OverlayLayout, TextField);
+        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
+            return field.Data;
+        }
+    }
+
+    focusDocument = (doc: Document) => {
+        let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2;
+        let y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2;
+        this.SetPan(x, y);
+        this.props.focus(this.props.Document);
+    }
+
+    getDocumentViewProps(document: Document): DocumentViewProps {
+        return {
+            Document: document,
+            AddDocument: this.props.addDocument,
+            RemoveDocument: this.props.removeDocument,
+            ScreenToLocalTransform: this.getTransform,
+            isTopMost: false,
+            SelectOnLoad: document.Id == this._selectOnLoaded,
+            PanelWidth: document.Width,
+            PanelHeight: document.Height,
+            ContentScaling: this.noScaling,
+            ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
+            focus: this.focusDocument
+        }
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    get views() {
+        var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
+        const lvalue = this.props.Document.GetT<ListField<Document>>(this.props.fieldKey, ListField);
+        if (lvalue && lvalue != FieldWaiting) {
+            return lvalue.Data.map(doc => {
+                if (!doc) return null;
+                var page = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Page, 0);
+                return (page != curPage && page != 0) ? (null) :
+                    (<CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={doc.Id} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(doc)} />);
+            })
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    get backgroundView() {
+        return !this.backgroundLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
+                layoutKey={KeyStore.BackgroundLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={() => false} select={() => { }} />);
+    }
+    @computed
+    get overlayView() {
+        return !this.overlayLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
+                layoutKey={KeyStore.OverlayLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={() => false} select={() => { }} />);
+    }
+
+    getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH, -COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH).translate(-this.centeringShiftX, -this.centeringShiftY).transform(this.getLocalTransform())
+    getMarqueeTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH, -COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH)
+    getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity.scale(1 / this.scale).translate(this.panX, this.panY);
+    noScaling = () => 1;
+
+    //when focus is lost, this will remove the preview cursor
+    @action
+    onBlur = (): void => {
+        this.PreviewCursorVisible = false;
+    }
+
+    private crosshairs?: HTMLCanvasElement;
+    drawCrosshairs = (backgroundColor: string) => {
+        if (this.crosshairs) {
+            let c = this.crosshairs;
+            let ctx = c.getContext('2d');
+            if (ctx) {
+                ctx.fillStyle = backgroundColor;
+                ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 20, 20);
+
+                ctx.fillStyle = "black";
+                ctx.lineWidth = 0.5;
+
+                ctx.beginPath();
+
+                ctx.moveTo(10, 0);
+                ctx.lineTo(10, 8);
+
+                ctx.moveTo(10, 20);
+                ctx.lineTo(10, 12);
+
+                ctx.moveTo(0, 10);
+                ctx.lineTo(8, 10);
+
+                ctx.moveTo(20, 10);
+                ctx.lineTo(12, 10);
+
+                ctx.stroke();
+
+                // ctx.font = "10px Arial";
+                // ctx.fillText(CurrentUserUtils.email[0].toUpperCase(), 10, 10);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        let [dx, dy] = [this.centeringShiftX, this.centeringShiftY];
+
+        const panx: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+        const pany: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+        // const panx: number = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0) + this.centeringShiftX;
+        // const pany: number = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0) + this.centeringShiftY;
+        // console.log("center:", this.getLocalTransform().transformPoint(this.centeringShiftX, this.centeringShiftY));
+
+        return (
+            <div className={`collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`}
+                onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
+                onPointerMove={(e) => super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY))}
+                onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
+                onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)}
+                onDragOver={this.onDragOver}
+                onBlur={this.onBlur}
+                style={{ borderWidth: `${COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH}px` }}// , zIndex: !this.props.isTopMost ? -1 : undefined }}
+                tabIndex={0}
+                ref={this.createDropTarget}>
+                <div className="collectionfreeformview"
+                    style={{ transformOrigin: "left top", transform: `translate(${dx}px, ${dy}px) scale(${this.zoomScaling}, ${this.zoomScaling}) translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px)` }}
+                    ref={this._canvasRef}>
+                    {this.backgroundView}
+                    <InkingCanvas getScreenTransform={this.getTransform} Document={this.props.Document} />
+                    <PreviewCursor container={this} addLiveTextDocument={this.addLiveTextBox} getTransform={this.getTransform} />
+                    {this.views}
+                    <CollectionFreeFormLinksView {...this.props} />
+                    {super.getCursors().map(entry => {
+                        if (entry.Data.length > 0) {
+                            let id = entry.Data[0][0];
+                            let email = entry.Data[0][1];
+                            let point = entry.Data[1];
+                            this.drawCrosshairs("#" + v5(id, v5.URL).substring(0, 6).toUpperCase() + "22")
+                            return (
+                                <div
+                                    key={id}
+                                    style={{
+                                        position: "absolute",
+                                        transform: `translate(${point[0] - 10}px, ${point[1] - 10}px)`,
+                                        zIndex: 10000,
+                                        transformOrigin: 'center center',
+                                    }}
+                                >
+                                    <canvas
+                                        ref={(el) => { if (el) this.crosshairs = el }}
+                                        width={20}
+                                        height={20}
+                                        style={{
+                                            position: 'absolute',
+                                            width: "20px",
+                                            height: "20px",
+                                            opacity: 0.5,
+                                            borderRadius: "50%",
+                                            border: "2px solid black"
+                                        }}
+                                    />
+                                    <p
+                                        style={{
+                                            fontSize: 14,
+                                            color: "black",
+                                            // fontStyle: "italic",
+                                            marginLeft: -12,
+                                            marginTop: 4
+                                        }}
+                                    >{email[0].toUpperCase()}</p>
+                                </div>
+                            );
+                        }
+                    })}
+                </div>
+                <MarqueeView container={this} activeDocuments={this.getActiveDocuments} selectDocuments={this.selectDocuments}
+                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+                    getMarqueeTransform={this.getMarqueeTransform} getTransform={this.getTransform} />
+                {this.overlayView}
+
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9a79344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+.marqueeView {
+    border-style: dashed;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    position: absolute;
+    border-width: 1px;
+    border-color: black;
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2692690dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
+import { FieldWaiting, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Field";
+import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
+import { Documents } from "../../../documents/Documents";
+import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
+import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
+import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./CollectionFreeFormView";
+import "./MarqueeView.scss";
+import React = require("react");
+import { InkField, StrokeData } from "../../../../fields/InkField";
+import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { InkingCanvas } from "../../InkingCanvas";
+
+interface MarqueeViewProps {
+    getMarqueeTransform: () => Transform;
+    getTransform: () => Transform;
+    container: CollectionFreeFormView;
+    addDocument: (doc: Document, allowDuplicates: false) => boolean;
+    activeDocuments: () => Document[];
+    selectDocuments: (docs: Document[]) => void;
+    removeDocument: (doc: Document) => boolean;
+}
+
+@observer
+export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
+{
+    private _reactionDisposer: Opt<IReactionDisposer>;
+
+    @observable _lastX: number = 0;
+    @observable _lastY: number = 0;
+    @observable _downX: number = 0;
+    @observable _downY: number = 0;
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this._reactionDisposer = reaction(
+            () => this.props.container.MarqueeVisible,
+            (visible: boolean) => this.onPointerDown(visible, this.props.container.DownX, this.props.container.DownY))
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        if (this._reactionDisposer) {
+            this._reactionDisposer();
+        }
+        this.cleanupInteractions();
+    }
+
+    @action
+    cleanupInteractions = () => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove, true)
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp, true);
+        document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.marqueeCommand, true);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerDown = (visible: boolean, downX: number, downY: number): void => {
+        if (visible) {
+            this._downX = this._lastX = downX;
+            this._downY = this._lastY = downY;
+            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove, true)
+            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp, true);
+            document.addEventListener("keydown", this.marqueeCommand, true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+        this._lastX = e.pageX;
+        this._lastY = e.pageY;
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+        this.cleanupInteractions();
+        if (!e.shiftKey) {
+            SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
+        }
+        this.props.selectDocuments(this.marqueeSelect());
+    }
+
+    intersectRect(r1: { left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number },
+        r2: { left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number }) {
+        return !(r2.left > r1.left + r1.width || r2.left + r2.width < r1.left || r2.top > r1.top + r1.height || r2.top + r2.height < r1.top);
+    }
+
+    get Bounds() {
+        let left = this._downX < this._lastX ? this._downX : this._lastX;
+        let top = this._downY < this._lastY ? this._downY : this._lastY;
+        let topLeft = this.props.getTransform().transformPoint(left, top);
+        let size = this.props.getTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
+        return { left: topLeft[0], top: topLeft[1], width: Math.abs(size[0]), height: Math.abs(size[1]) }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    marqueeCommand = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+        if (e.key == "Backspace" || e.key == "Delete") {
+            this.marqueeSelect().map(d => this.props.removeDocument(d));
+            this.props.container.props.Document.SetData(KeyStore.Ink, this.marqueeInkSelect(false), InkField);
+            this.cleanupInteractions();
+        }
+        if (e.key == "c") {
+            let bounds = this.Bounds;
+            let selected = this.marqueeSelect().map(d => {
+                this.props.removeDocument(d);
+                d.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2);
+                d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2);
+                d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Page, 0);
+                d.SetText(KeyStore.Title, "" + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) + " " + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0));
+                return d;
+            });
+            let liftedInk = this.marqueeInkSelect(true);
+            this.props.container.props.Document.SetData(KeyStore.Ink, this.marqueeInkSelect(false), InkField);
+            //setTimeout(() => {
+            let newCollection = Documents.FreeformDocument(selected, {
+                x: bounds.left,
+                y: bounds.top,
+                panx: 0,
+                pany: 0,
+                width: bounds.width,
+                height: bounds.height,
+                backgroundColor: "Transparent",
+                ink: liftedInk,
+                title: "a nested collection"
+            });
+            this.props.addDocument(newCollection, false);
+            // }, 100);
+            this.cleanupInteractions();
+        }
+    }
+    marqueeInkSelect(select: boolean) {
+        let selRect = this.Bounds;
+        let centerShiftX = 0 - (selRect.left + selRect.width / 2); // moves each point by the offset that shifts the selection's center to the origin.
+        let centerShiftY = 0 - (selRect.top + selRect.height / 2);
+        let ink = this.props.container.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.Ink, InkField);
+        if (ink && ink != FieldWaiting && ink.Data) {
+            let idata = new Map();
+            ink.Data.forEach((value: StrokeData, key: string, map: any) => {
+                let inside = InkingCanvas.IntersectStrokeRect(value, selRect);
+                if (inside && select) {
+                    idata.set(key,
+                        {
+                            pathData: value.pathData.map(val => { return { x: val.x + centerShiftX, y: val.y + centerShiftY } }),
+                            color: value.color,
+                            width: value.width,
+                            tool: value.tool,
+                            page: -1
+                        });
+                } else if (!inside && !select) {
+                    idata.set(key, value);
+                }
+            })
+            return idata;
+        }
+    }
+
+    marqueeSelect() {
+        let selRect = this.Bounds;
+        let selection: Document[] = [];
+        this.props.activeDocuments().map(doc => {
+            var x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
+            var y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
+            var w = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0);
+            var h = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0);
+            if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, selRect))
+                selection.push(doc)
+        })
+        return selection;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        let p = this.props.getMarqueeTransform().transformPoint(this._downX < this._lastX ? this._downX : this._lastX, this._downY < this._lastY ? this._downY : this._lastY);
+        let v = this.props.getMarqueeTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
+        return (!this.props.container.MarqueeVisible ? (null) : <div className="marqueeView" style={{ transform: `translate(${p[0]}px, ${p[1]}px)`, width: `${Math.abs(v[0])}`, height: `${Math.abs(v[1])}` }} />);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a797411f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+.previewCursor {
+    color: black;
+    position: absolute;
+    transform-origin: left top;
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+//this is an animation for the blinking cursor!
+@keyframes blink {
+	0% {opacity: 0}
+	49%{opacity: 0}
+	50% {opacity: 1}
+}
+
+#previewCursor {
+    animation: blink 1s infinite;
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95364f04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/PreviewCursor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
+import { Opt } from "../../../../fields/Field";
+import { Documents } from "../../../documents/Documents";
+import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
+import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./CollectionFreeFormView";
+import "./PreviewCursor.scss";
+import React = require("react");
+
+
+export interface PreviewCursorProps {
+    getTransform: () => Transform;
+    container: CollectionFreeFormView;
+    addLiveTextDocument: (doc: Document) => void;
+}
+
+@observer
+export class PreviewCursor extends React.Component<PreviewCursorProps>  {
+    private _reactionDisposer: Opt<IReactionDisposer>;
+
+    @observable _lastX: number = 0;
+    @observable _lastY: number = 0;
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this._reactionDisposer = reaction(
+            () => this.props.container.PreviewCursorVisible,
+            (visible: boolean) => this.onCursorPlaced(visible, this.props.container.DownX, this.props.container.DownY))
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        if (this._reactionDisposer) {
+            this._reactionDisposer();
+        }
+        this.cleanupInteractions();
+    }
+
+
+    @action
+    cleanupInteractions = () => {
+        document.removeEventListener("keypress", this.onKeyPress, false);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onCursorPlaced = (visible: boolean, downX: number, downY: number): void => {
+        if (visible) {
+            document.addEventListener("keypress", this.onKeyPress, false);
+            this._lastX = downX;
+            this._lastY = downY;
+        } else
+            this.cleanupInteractions();
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onKeyPress = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+        // Mixing events between React and Native is finicky.  In FormattedTextBox, we set the
+        // DASHFormattedTextBoxHandled flag when a text box consumes a key press so that we can ignore
+        // the keyPress here.
+        //if not these keys, make a textbox if preview cursor is active!
+        if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.altKey && !e.defaultPrevented && !(e as any).DASHFormattedTextBoxHandled) {
+            //make textbox and add it to this collection
+            let [x, y] = this.props.getTransform().transformPoint(this._lastX, this._lastY);
+            let newBox = Documents.TextDocument({ width: 200, height: 100, x: x, y: y, title: "typed text" });
+            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(newBox);
+            e.stopPropagation();
+        }
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        //get local position and place cursor there!
+        let [x, y] = this.props.getTransform().transformPoint(this._lastX, this._lastY);
+        return (
+            !this.props.container.PreviewCursorVisible ? (null) :
+                <div className="previewCursor" id="previewCursor" style={{ transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)` }}>I</div>)
+
+    }
+}
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