many changes to add typing in place of 'any's etc

20 files changed, 231 insertions, 275 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCalendarView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCalendarView.tsx
index a08a7c7c1..9eb16917b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCalendarView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCalendarView.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { dateRangeStrToDates, returnTrue } from '../../../ClientUtils';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { CollectionStackingView } from './CollectionStackingView';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionCalendarView extends CollectionSubView() {
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCardDeckView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCardDeckView.tsx
index de46180e6..28a769896 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCardDeckView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCardDeckView.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProp';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { GPTPopup, GPTPopupMode } from '../pdf/GPTPopup/GPTPopup';
 import './CollectionCardDeckView.scss';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 enum cardSortings {
     Time = 'time',
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class CollectionCardView extends CollectionSubView() {
         }
     };
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ export class CollectionCardView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @computed get cardSort_customField() {
-        return StrCast(this.Document.cardSort_customField) as any as 'chat' | 'star' | 'idea' | 'like';
+        return StrCast(this.Document.cardSort_customField) as 'chat' | 'star' | 'idea' | 'like';
     }
 
     @computed get cardSort() {
-        return StrCast(this.Document.cardSort) as any as cardSortings;
+        return StrCast(this.Document.cardSort) as cardSortings;
     }
     /**
      * how much to scale down the contents of the view so that everything will fit
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ export class CollectionCardView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return (
             <div className="card-button-container" style={{ width: `${totalWidth}px` }}>
                 {numberRange(amButtons).map(i => (
-                    // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/control-has-associated-label
                     <button
                         key={i}
                         type="button"
@@ -496,8 +495,8 @@ export class CollectionCardView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 className="collectionCardView-outer"
                 ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
                 style={{
-                    background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                    color: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Color),
+                    background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) as string,
+                    color: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Color) as string,
                 }}>
                 <div
                     className="card-wrapper"
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
index 2adad68e0..c969c39e5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { computed, makeObservable } from 'mobx';
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import './CollectionCarouselView.scss';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 enum cardMode {
     PRACTICE = 'practice',
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
     get practiceField() { return this.fieldKey + "_practice"; } // prettier-ignore
     get starField()     { return this.fieldKey + "_star"; } // prettier-ignore
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this.advance(e);
     };
 
-    captionStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, captionProps: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string): any => {
+    captionStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, captionProps: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string) => {
         // first look for properties on the document in the carousel, then fallback to properties on the container
         const childValue = doc?.['caption_' + property] ? this._props.styleProvider?.(doc, captionProps, property) : undefined;
         return childValue ?? this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, captionProps, property);
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         onDoubleClickScript={this.onContentDoubleClick}
                         onClickScript={this.onContentClick}
                         isDocumentActive={this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this._props.isDocumentActive : this._props.isContentActive}
-                        isContentActive={this._props.childContentsActive ?? this._props.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
+                        isContentActive={(this._props.childContentsActive ?? this._props.isContentActive() === false) ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                         hideCaptions={!!carouselShowsCaptions} // hide captions if the carousel is configured to show the captions
                         renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                         LayoutTemplate={this._props.childLayoutTemplate}
@@ -177,7 +175,7 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         key="caption"
                         onWheel={StopEvent}
                         style={{
-                            borderRadius: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, captionProps, StyleProp.BorderRounding),
+                            borderRadius: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, captionProps, StyleProp.BorderRounding) as string,
                             marginRight: this.marginX,
                             marginLeft: this.marginX,
                             width: `calc(100% - ${this.marginX * 2}px)`,
@@ -218,8 +216,8 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
                 onContextMenu={this.specificMenu}
                 style={{
-                    background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                    color: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Color),
+                    background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) as string,
+                    color: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Color) as string,
                 }}>
                 {this.content}
                 {/* Displays a message to the user to add more flashcards if they are in practice mode and no flashcards are there. */}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 5a142cc6e..e0aa79c7b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 import { action, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import ResizeObserver from 'resize-observer-polyfill';
 import { addStyleSheet, addStyleSheetRule, clearStyleSheetRules, DivHeight, DivWidth, incrementTitleCopy, returnTrue, UpdateIcon } from '../../../ClientUtils';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { AclAdmin, AclEdit, DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkTool } from '../../../fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
+import { FieldType } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
 import { ImageCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { GetEffectiveAcl, inheritParentAcls, SetPropSetterCb } from '../../../fields/util';
@@ -31,17 +32,15 @@ import { UndoStack } from '../UndoStack';
 import './CollectionDockingView.scss';
 import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
-const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
-
 @observer
 export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
-    static tabClass: JSX.Element | null = null;
+    static tabClass: unknown = null;
     /**
      * Initialize by assigning the add split method to DocumentView and by
      * configuring golden layout to render its documents using the specified React component
      * @param ele - typically would be set to TabDocView
      */
-    public static Init(ele: JSX.Element | null) {
+    public static Init(ele: unknown) {
         this.tabClass = ele;
         DocumentView.addSplit = CollectionDockingView.AddSplit;
     }
@@ -54,11 +53,13 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _flush: UndoManager.Batch | undefined;
     private _unmounting = false;
     private _ignoreStateChange = '';
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    private _goldenLayout: any = null;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     public tabMap: Set<any> = new Set();
     public get HasFullScreen() {
         return this._goldenLayout._maximisedItem !== null;
     }
-    private _goldenLayout: any = null;
     static _highlightStyleSheet = addStyleSheet();
 
     constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         makeObservable(this);
         if (this._props.renderDepth < 0) CollectionDockingView.Instance = this;
         // Why is this here?
-        (window as any).React = React;
-        (window as any).ReactDOM = ReactDOM;
+        (window as unknown as { React: unknown }).React = React;
+        (window as unknown as { ReactDOM: unknown }).ReactDOM = ReactDOM;
         DragManager.StartWindowDrag = this.StartOtherDrag;
         this.Document.myTrails; // this is equivalent to having a prefetchProxy for myTrails which is needed for the My Trails button in the UI which assumes that Doc.ActiveDashboard.myTrails is legit...
     }
@@ -89,10 +90,11 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     tabItemDropped = () => DragManager.CompleteWindowDrag?.(false);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     tabDragStart = (proxy: any, finishDrag?: (aborted: boolean) => void) => {
         this._flush = this._flush ?? UndoManager.StartBatch('tab move');
-        const dashDoc = proxy?._contentItem?.tab?.DashDoc as Doc;
-        dashDoc && (DragManager.DocDragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([proxy._contentItem.tab.DashDoc]));
+        //const dashDoc = proxy?._contentItem?.tab?.DashDoc as Doc;
+        //dashDoc && (DragManager.DocDragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([proxy._contentItem.tab.DashDoc]));
         DragManager.CompleteWindowDrag = (aborted: boolean) => {
             if (aborted) {
                 proxy._dragListener.AbortDrag();
@@ -130,12 +132,13 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @undoBatch
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     public static ReplaceTab(document: Doc, mods: OpenWhereMod, stack: any, panelName: string, addToSplit?: boolean, keyValue?: boolean): boolean {
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         if (!instance) return false;
         const newConfig = DashboardView.makeDocumentConfig(document, panelName, undefined, keyValue);
         if (!panelName && stack) {
-            const activeContentItemIndex = stack.contentItems.findIndex((item: any) => item.config === stack._activeContentItem.config);
+            const activeContentItemIndex = stack.contentItems.findIndex((item: { config: unknown }) => item.config === stack._activeContentItem.config);
             const newContentItem = stack.layoutManager.createContentItem(newConfig, instance._goldenLayout);
             stack.addChild(newContentItem.contentItems[0], undefined);
             stack.contentItems[activeContentItemIndex].remove();
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @undoBatch
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     public static ToggleSplit(doc: Doc, location: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string, keyValue?: boolean) {
         return Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance?.tabMap.keys() ?? []).findIndex(tab => tab.DashDoc === doc) !== -1 ? CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc) : CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, location, stack, panelName, keyValue);
     }
@@ -163,6 +167,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     //  Creates a split on any side of the docking view based on the passed input pullSide and then adds the Document to the requested side
     //
     @action
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string, keyValue?: boolean) {
         if (document?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking && !keyValue) return DashboardView.openDashboard(document);
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
@@ -321,7 +326,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
      * @param target
      * @param title
      */
-    titleChanged = (target: any, value: any) => {
+    titleChanged = (target: Doc, value: FieldType) => {
         const title = Field.toString(value);
         if (title.startsWith('@') && !title.substring(1).match(/[()[\]@]/) && title.length > 1) {
             const embedding = DocListCast(target.proto_embeddings).lastElement();
@@ -340,7 +345,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 () => DocumentView.LightboxDoc(),
                 doc => setTimeout(() => !doc && this.onResize())
             );
-            new _global.ResizeObserver(this.onResize).observe(this._containerRef.current);
+            new ResizeObserver(this.onResize).observe(this._containerRef.current);
             this._reactionDisposer = reaction(
                 () => StrCast(this.Document.dockingConfig),
                 config => {
@@ -429,7 +434,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
         let hitFlyout = false;
-        for (let par = e.target as any; !hitFlyout && par; par = par.parentElement) {
+        for (let par = e.target as HTMLElement | null; !hitFlyout && par; par = par.parentElement) {
             hitFlyout = par.className === 'dockingViewButtonSelector';
         }
         if (!hitFlyout) {
@@ -514,6 +519,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return changesMade;
     };
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     tabDestroyed = (tab: any) => {
         this._flush = this._flush ?? UndoManager.StartBatch('tab movement');
         const dashDoc = tab.DashDoc;
@@ -531,18 +537,21 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             const { fieldKey } = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props;
             Doc.RemoveDocFromList(dview, fieldKey, dashDoc);
             this.tabMap.delete(tab);
-            tab._disposers && Object.values(tab._disposers).forEach((disposer: any) => disposer?.());
+            tab._disposers && Object.values(tab._disposers).forEach(disposer => (disposer as () => void)());
             this.stateChanged();
         }
     };
-    tabCreated = (tab: any) => {
+    tabCreated = (tab: { contentItem: { element: HTMLElement[] } }) => {
         this.tabMap.add(tab);
-        tab.contentItem.element[0]?.firstChild?.firstChild?.InitTab?.(tab); // have to explicitly initialize tabs that reuse contents from previous tabs (ie, when dragging a tab around a new tab is created for the old content)
+        // InitTab is added to the tab's HTMLElement in TabDocView
+        const tabdocviewContent = tab.contentItem.element[0]?.firstChild?.firstChild as unknown as { InitTab?: (tab: object) => void };
+        tabdocviewContent?.InitTab?.(tab); // have to explicitly initialize tabs that reuse contents from previous tabs (ie, when dragging a tab around a new tab is created for the old content)
     };
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     stackCreated = (stackIn: any) => {
         const stack = stackIn.header ? stackIn : stackIn.origin;
-        stack.header?.element.on('mousedown', (e: any) => {
+        stack.header?.element.on('mousedown', (e: MouseEvent) => {
             const dashboard = Doc.ActiveDashboard;
             if (dashboard && e.target === stack.header?.element[0] && e.button === 2) {
                 dashboard.pane_count = NumCast(dashboard.pane_count) + 1;
@@ -595,7 +604,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 })
             );
 
-        stack.element.click((e: any) => {
+        stack.element.click((e: { originalEvent: MouseEvent }) => {
             if (stack.contentItems.length === 0 && Array.from(document.elementsFromPoint(e.originalEvent.x, e.originalEvent.y)).some(ele => ele?.className === 'empty-tabs-message')) {
                 addNewDoc();
             }
@@ -633,7 +642,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(
     // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
-    function openInLightbox(doc: any) {
+    function openInLightbox(doc: Doc) {
         CollectionDockingView.Instance?._props.addDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.lightboxAlways);
     },
     'opens up document in a lightbox',
@@ -641,33 +650,22 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(
 );
 ScriptingGlobals.add(
     // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
-    function openDoc(doc: any, where: OpenWhere) {
+    function openDoc(doc: Doc | string, where: OpenWhere) {
         switch (where) {
             case OpenWhere.addRight:
-                return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
+                return doc instanceof Doc && CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
             case OpenWhere.overlay:
             default:
-                // prettier-ignore
                 switch (doc) {
                     case '<ScriptingRepl />': return OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: 'Scripting REPL' });
                     case "<UndoStack />": return OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<UndoStack />, { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: 'Undo stack' });
-                    default: 
-                }
-                Doc.AddToMyOverlay(doc);
-                return true;
+                    default: return doc instanceof Doc && Doc.AddToMyOverlay(doc);
+                } // prettier-ignore
         }
     },
     'opens up document in location specified',
     '(doc: any)'
 );
-ScriptingGlobals.add(
-    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
-    function openRepl() {
-        return 'openRepl';
-    },
-    'opens up document in screen overlay layer',
-    '(doc: any)'
-);
 // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
 ScriptingGlobals.add(async function snapshotDashboard() {
     const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('snapshot');
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index 9a6f1e2eb..710c00841 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/control-has-associated-label */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@ import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { CompileScript } from '../../util/Scripting';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoBatch, undoable } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../ObservableReactComponent';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
@@ -37,13 +34,13 @@ interface CMVFieldRowProps {
     createDropTarget: (ele: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     screenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     setDocHeight: (key: string, thisHeight: number) => void;
-    refList: any[];
+    refList: Element[];
     showHandle: boolean;
 }
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVFieldRowProps> {
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: CMVFieldRowProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
     private _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _headerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
     private _contRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-    private _ele: any;
+    private _ele: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
 
     createRowDropRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this._dropDisposer?.();
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
         return false;
     });
 
-    getValue = (value: string): any => {
+    getValue = (value: string) => {
         const parsed = parseInt(value);
         if (!isNaN(parsed)) return parsed;
         if (value.toLowerCase().indexOf('true') > -1) return true;
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
         return docs ? !!docs.splice(0, 0, newDoc) : this._props.parent._props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false; // should really extend addDocument to specify insertion point (at beginning of list)
     };
 
-    deleteRow = undoBatch(
+    deleteRow = undoable(
         action(() => {
             this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
             const key = this._props.pivotField;
@@ -182,11 +179,12 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
                 const index = this._props.parent.colHeaderData.indexOf(this._props.headingObject);
                 this._props.parent.colHeaderData.splice(index, 1);
             }
-        })
+        }),
+        'delete row'
     );
 
     @action
-    collapseSection = (e: any) => {
+    collapseSection = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         this.toggleVisibility();
         e.stopPropagation();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index b2f0280a5..7b9475590 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/label-has-associated-control */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/control-has-associated-label */
 /* eslint-disable react/no-unused-class-component-methods */
 /* eslint-disable react/sort-comp */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index 16c474996..e1f0a3e41 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProp';
 import './CollectionNoteTakingView.scss';
 import { CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn } from './CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn';
 import { CollectionNoteTakingViewDivider } from './CollectionNoteTakingViewDivider';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
-
-const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { Property } from 'csstype';
 
 /**
  * CollectionNoteTakingView is a column-based view for displaying documents. In this view, the user can (1)
@@ -52,9 +51,9 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     public DividerWidth = 16;
     @observable docsDraggedRowCol: number[] = [];
     @observable _scroll = 0;
-    @observable _refList: any[] = [];
+    @observable _refList: HTMLElement[] = [];
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return colHeaderData ?? ([] as SchemaHeaderField[]);
     }
     @computed get headerMargin() {
-        return this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin);
+        return this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin) as number;
     }
     @computed get xMargin() {
         return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, 5);
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     // let's dive in and get the actual document we want to drag/move around
     focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: FocusViewOptions) => {
         Doc.BrushDoc(doc);
-        const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find((node: any) => node.id === doc[Id]);
+        const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find(node => node.id === doc[Id]);
         if (found) {
             const { top } = found.getBoundingClientRect();
             const localTop = this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().transformPoint(0, top);
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
                 removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
-                contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childContentPointerEvents) as any}
+                contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childContentPointerEvents) as Property.PointerEvents}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
                 pinToPres={this._props.pinToPres}
@@ -313,14 +312,14 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     // how to get the width of a document. Currently returns the width of the column (minus margins)
     // if a note doc. Otherwise, returns the normal width (for graphs, images, etc...)
-    getDocWidth(d: Doc) {
+    getDocWidth = (d: Doc) => {
         const heading = !d[this.notetakingCategoryField] ? 'unset' : Field.toString(d[this.notetakingCategoryField] as FieldType);
         const existingHeader = this.colHeaderData.find(sh => sh.heading === heading);
         const existingWidth = this.layoutDoc._notetaking_columns_autoSize ? 1 / (this.colHeaderData.length ?? 1) : existingHeader?.width ? existingHeader.width : 0;
         const maxWidth = existingWidth > 0 ? existingWidth * this.availableWidth : this.maxColWidth;
         const width = d.layout_fitWidth ? maxWidth : NumCast(d._width);
         return Math.min(maxWidth - CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.ColumnMargin, width < maxWidth ? width : maxWidth);
-    }
+    };
 
     // how to get the height of a document. Nothing special here.
     getDocHeight(d?: Doc) {
@@ -364,7 +363,8 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     // onPointerMove is used to preview where a document will drop in a column once a drag is complete.
     @action
     onPointerMove = (force: boolean, ex: number, ey: number) => {
-        if (this.childDocList?.includes(DragManager.DocDragData?.draggedDocuments?.lastElement() as any) || force || SnappingManager.CanEmbed) {
+        const dragDoc = DragManager.DraggedDocs?.lastElement();
+        if ((dragDoc && this.childDocList?.includes(dragDoc)) || force || SnappingManager.CanEmbed) {
             // get the current docs for the column based on the mouse's x coordinate
             const xCoord = this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().transformPoint(ex, ey)[0] - 2 * this.gridGap;
             const colDocs = this.getDocsFromXCoord(xCoord);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         super.onExternalDrop(
             e,
             {},
-            undoBatch(
+            undoable(
                 action(docus => {
                     this.onPointerMove(true, e.clientX, e.clientY);
                     docus?.map((doc: Doc) => this.addDocument(doc));
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         docs.splice(targInd, 0, newDoc);
                     }
                     this.removeDocDragHighlight();
-                })
+                }),
+                'drop into note view'
             )
         );
     };
@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return this.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
 
-    observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight))));
+    observer = new ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight))));
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
index 44ab1968d..8c6a6b551 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/control-has-associated-label */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, undoable } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
-import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
+import { EditableProps, EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../ObservableReactComponent';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import './CollectionNoteTakingView.scss';
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ import './CollectionNoteTakingView.scss';
 interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
     Document: Doc;
     TemplateDataDocument: Opt<Doc>;
-    backgroundColor?: (() => string) | undefined;
+    backgroundColor?: () => string | undefined;
     docList: Doc[];
     heading: string;
     pivotField: string;
@@ -35,15 +34,15 @@ interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
     yMargin: number;
     numGroupColumns: number;
     gridGap: number;
-    headings: () => object[];
+    headings: () => [SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]][];
     select: (ctrlPressed: boolean) => void;
     isContentActive: () => boolean | undefined;
     renderChildren: (docs: Doc[]) => JSX.Element[];
     addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean;
     createDropTarget: (ele: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     screenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
-    refList: any[];
-    editableViewProps: () => any;
+    refList: HTMLElement[];
+    editableViewProps: () => EditableProps;
     resizeColumns: (headers: SchemaHeaderField[]) => boolean;
     maxColWidth: number;
     dividerWidth: number;
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<CSV
         return true;
     };
 
-    getValue = (value: string): any => {
+    getValue = (value: string) => {
         const parsed = parseInt(value);
         if (!isNaN(parsed)) return parsed;
         if (value.toLowerCase().indexOf('true') > -1) return true;
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<CSV
                 style={{
                     width: this.columnWidth,
                     background: this._hover && SnappingManager.IsDragging ? '#b4b4b4' : 'inherit',
-                    marginLeft: this._props.headings().findIndex((h: any) => h[0] === this._props.headingObject) === 0 ? NumCast(this._props.Document.xMargin) : 0,
+                    marginLeft: this._props.headings().findIndex(h => h[0] === this._props.headingObject) === 0 ? NumCast(this._props.Document.xMargin) : 0,
                 }}>
                 <div className="collectionNoteTakingViewFieldColumn" key={this._heading} ref={this.createColumnDropRef}>
                     {this.innards}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index 5b3f625db..eea128803 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../ClientUtils';
-import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, FieldResult } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { NumCast, StrCast, toList } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction } from '../../../Utils';
@@ -15,15 +13,15 @@ import { OpenWhere } from '../nodes/OpenWhere';
 import { computePassLayout, computeStarburstLayout } from './collectionFreeForm';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
 import './CollectionPileView.scss';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
-    _originalChrome: any = '';
+    _originalChrome: FieldResult = '';
     _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index b03f0cffa..08f3f3d65 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/alt-text */
 /* eslint-disable no-use-before-define */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ import { LabelBox } from '../nodes/LabelBox';
 import { OpenWhere } from '../nodes/OpenWhere';
 import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../ObservableReactComponent';
 import './CollectionStackedTimeline.scss';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 export type CollectionStackedTimelineProps = {
     Play: () => void;
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         );
         this.SelectingRegions.clear();
     }
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps & CollectionStackedTimelineProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         });
 
     anchorStart = (anchor: Doc) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToShow, NumCast(anchor[this._props.startTag]));
-    anchorEnd = (anchor: Doc, val: any = null) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToHide, NumCast(anchor[this._props.endTag], val) ?? null);
+    anchorEnd = (anchor: Doc, val?: number) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToHide, NumCast(anchor[this._props.endTag], val) ?? null);
 
     // converts screen pixel offset to time
     // prettier-ignore
@@ -192,13 +189,13 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     @computed get rangeClick() {
         // prettier-ignore
         return ScriptField.MakeFunction('stackedTimeline.clickAnchor(this, clientX)',
-            { stackedTimeline: 'any', clientX: 'number' }, { stackedTimeline: this as any }
+            { stackedTimeline: 'any', clientX: 'number' }, { stackedTimeline: 'string' /* should be CollectionStackedTimeline */ }
         )!;
     }
     @computed get rangePlay() {
         // prettier-ignore
         return ScriptField.MakeFunction('stackedTimeline.playOnClick(this, clientX)', 
-            { stackedTimeline: 'any', clientX: 'number' }, { stackedTimeline: this as any })!;
+            { stackedTimeline: 'any', clientX: 'number' }, { stackedTimeline: 'string'  /* should be CollectionStackedTimeline */})!;
     }
     rangeClickScript = () => this.rangeClick;
     rangePlayScript = () => this.rangePlay;
@@ -426,7 +423,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         const anchor =
             docAnchor ??
             Docs.Create.LabelDocument({
-                title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`this["${endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(this["${startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(this["${endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(this["${startTag}"])`) as any,
+                title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`this["${endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(this["${startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(this["${endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(this["${startTag}"])`) as unknown as string, // title can take a function or a string
                 _label_minFontSize: 12,
                 _label_maxFontSize: 24,
                 _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true,
@@ -777,8 +774,8 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends ObservableReactComponent<StackedTimelineAnch
     @action
     onAnchorDown = (e: React.PointerEvent, anchor: Doc, left: boolean): void => {
         const newTime = (timeDownEv: PointerEvent) => {
-            const rect = (timeDownEv.target as any).getBoundingClientRect();
-            return this._props.toTimeline(timeDownEv.clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
+            const rect = (timeDownEv.target as HTMLElement).getBoundingClientRect?.();
+            return !rect ? 0 : this._props.toTimeline(timeDownEv.clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
         };
         const changeAnchor = (time: number | undefined) => {
             const timelineOnly = Cast(anchor[this._props.startTag], 'number', null) !== undefined;
@@ -892,7 +889,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends ObservableReactComponent<StackedTimelineAnch
     }
 }
 // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function formatToTime(time: number): any {
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function formatToTime(time: number): string {
     return formatTime(time);
 });
 // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 56d2a6c9c..03ade6579 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import * as CSS from 'csstype';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
@@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProp';
 import { CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow } from './CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow';
 import './CollectionStackingView.scss';
 import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from './CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
-
-const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 export type collectionStackingViewProps = {
     sortFunc?: (a: Doc, b: Doc) => number;
@@ -57,8 +54,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     _docXfs: { height: () => number; width: () => number; stackedDocTransform: () => Transform }[] = [];
     // Doesn't look like this field is being used anywhere. Obsolete?
     _columnStart: number = 0;
+    _oldWheel: HTMLElement | null = null;
 
-    @observable _refList: any[] = [];
+    @observable _refList: HTMLElement[] = [];
     // map of node headers to their heights. Used in Masonry
     @observable _heightMap = new Map<string, number>();
     // Assuming that this is the current css cursor style
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
     // how much margin we give the header
     @computed get headerMargin() {
-        return this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin);
+        return this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin) as number;
     }
     @computed get xMargin() {
         return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, Math.max(3, 0.05 * this._props.PanelWidth()));
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return this._props.PanelWidth() - this.gridGap;
     }
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
         if (this.colHeaderData === undefined) {
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: FocusViewOptions) => {
         Doc.BrushDoc(doc);
 
-        const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find((node: any) => node.id === doc[Id]);
+        const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find(node => node.id === doc[Id]);
         if (found) {
             const { top } = found.getBoundingClientRect();
             const localTop = this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().transformPoint(0, top);
@@ -344,7 +342,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 LayoutTemplateString={this._props.childLayoutString}
                 NativeWidth={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this._props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeWidth(doc)) ? width : undefined} // explicitly ignore nativeWidth/height if childIgnoreNativeSize is set- used by PresBox
                 NativeHeight={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this._props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeHeight(doc)) ? height : undefined}
-                dontCenter={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? 'xy' : (StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_dontCenter) as any)}
+                dontCenter={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? 'xy' : (StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_dontCenter) as 'x' | 'y' | 'xy')}
                 dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this._props.dontRegisterView)} // used to be true if DataDoc existed, but template textboxes won't layout_autoHeight resize if dontRegisterView is set, but they need to.
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 showTitle={this._props.childlayout_showTitle}
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
                 removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
-                contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childContentPointerEvents) as any}
+                contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childContentPointerEvents) as CSS.Property.PointerEvents | undefined}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
                 pinToPres={this._props.pinToPres}
@@ -623,7 +621,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (!e.isPropagationStopped()) {
             const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
             const options = cm.findByDescription('Options...');
-            const optionItems: ContextMenuProps[] = options && 'subitems' in options ? options.subitems : [];
+            const optionItems: ContextMenuProps[] = options?.subitems ?? [];
             optionItems.push({ description: `${this.layoutDoc._columnsFill ? 'Variable Size' : 'Autosize'} Column`, event: () => { this.layoutDoc._columnsFill = !this.layoutDoc._columnsFill; }, icon: 'plus' }); // prettier-ignore
             optionItems.push({ description: `${this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight ? 'Variable Height' : 'Auto Height'}`, event: () => { this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight = !this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight; }, icon: 'plus' }); // prettier-ignore
             optionItems.push({ description: 'Clear All', event: () => { this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey ?? 'data'] = new List([]); } , icon: 'times' }); // prettier-ignore
@@ -688,10 +686,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
 
-    observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + (this.isStackingView ? Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight)) : this._refList.reduce((p, r) => p + DivHeight(r), 0))));
+    observer = new ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + (this.isStackingView ? Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight)) : this._refList.reduce((p, r) => p + DivHeight(r), 0))));
 
     onPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => e.stopPropagation();
-    _oldWheel: any;
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const editableViewProps = {
@@ -722,8 +719,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         }}
                         style={{
                             overflowY: this.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
-                            background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                            pointerEvents: (this._props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? this.backgroundEvents,
+                            background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) as string,
+                            pointerEvents: this._props.pointerEvents?.() ?? this.backgroundEvents,
                         }}
                         onScroll={action(e => {
                             this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index b7169ece0..5782d407e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { dropActionType } from '../../util/DropActionTypes';
 import { ImageUtils } from '../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
-import { UndoManager, undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from '../DocComponent';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>() {
             }
         }
 
-        @undoBatch
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
         protected onGesture(e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) {}
 
@@ -294,7 +293,6 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>() {
             return false;
         }
 
-        @undoBatch
         protected async onExternalDrop(e: React.DragEvent, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: (docs: Doc[]) => void) {
             if (e.ctrlKey) {
                 e.stopPropagation(); // bcz: this is a hack to stop propagation when dropping an image on a text document with shift+ctrl
@@ -386,7 +384,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>() {
                         addDocument(htmlDoc);
                         if (srcWeb) {
                             const iframe = DocumentView.Selected()[0].ContentDiv?.getElementsByTagName('iframe')?.[0];
-                            const focusNode = iframe?.contentDocument?.getSelection()?.focusNode as any;
+                            const focusNode = iframe?.contentDocument?.getSelection()?.focusNode;
                             if (focusNode) {
                                 const anchor = srcWeb?.ComponentView?.getAnchor?.(true);
                                 anchor && DocUtils.MakeLink(htmlDoc, anchor, {});
@@ -465,23 +463,6 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>() {
                 if (item.kind === 'file') {
                     const file = item.getAsFile();
                     file?.type && files.push(file);
-
-                    file?.type === 'application/json' &&
-                        ClientUtils.readUploadedFileAsText(file).then(result => {
-                            const json = JSON.parse(result as string);
-                            addDocument(
-                                Docs.Create.TreeDocument(
-                                    json['rectangular-puzzle'].crossword.clues[0].clue.map((c: any) => {
-                                        const label = Docs.Create.LabelDocument({ title: c['#text'], _width: 120, _height: 20 });
-                                        const proto = Doc.GetProto(label);
-                                        proto._width = 120;
-                                        proto._height = 20;
-                                        return proto;
-                                    }),
-                                    { _width: 150, _height: 600, title: 'across', backgroundColor: 'white', _createDocOnCR: true }
-                                )
-                            );
-                        });
                 }
             }
             this.slowLoadDocuments(files, options, generatedDocuments, text, completed, addDocument).then(batch.end);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 0369e4a2a..8a24db330 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { FieldsDropdown } from '../FieldsDropdown';
 import { PinDocView } from '../PinFuncs';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionTimeView.scss';
 import { ViewDefBounds, computePivotLayout, computeTimelineLayout } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @observable _viewDefDivClick: Opt<ScriptField> = undefined;
     @observable _focusPivotField: Opt<string> = undefined;
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => {
         const anchor = Docs.Create.ConfigDocument({
-            title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`"${this.pivotField}"])`) as any,
+            title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`"${this.pivotField}"])`) as unknown as string, // title can take a functiono or a string
             annotationOn: this.Document,
         });
         PinDocView(anchor, { pinData: { type_collection: true, pivot: true, filters: true } }, this.Document);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 285598600..ff316cfbd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import ResizeObserver from 'resize-observer-polyfill';
 import { DivHeight, returnAll, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero } from '../../../ClientUtils';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import { dropActionType } from '../../util/DropActionTypes';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
@@ -27,13 +26,11 @@ import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProp';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionTreeView.scss';
 import { TreeViewType } from './CollectionTreeViewType';
 import { TreeView } from './TreeView';
 
-const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
-
 export type collectionTreeViewProps = {
     treeViewExpandedView?: 'fields' | 'layout' | 'links' | 'data';
     treeViewOpen?: boolean;
@@ -55,10 +52,10 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     private _titleRef?: HTMLDivElement | HTMLInputElement | null;
     private _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
     private _isDisposing = false; // notes that instance is in process of being disposed
-    private refList: Set<any> = new Set(); // list of tree view items to monitor for height changes
-    private observer: any; // observer for monitoring tree view items.
+    private refList: Set<HTMLElement> = new Set(); // list of tree view items to monitor for height changes
+    private observer: ResizeObserver | undefined; // observer for monitoring tree view items.
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps & collectionTreeViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -113,14 +110,14 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             !this._props.dontRegisterView && this._props.setHeight?.(bodyHeight + titleHeight);
         }
     };
-    unobserveHeight = (ref: any) => {
+    unobserveHeight = (ref: HTMLElement) => {
         this.refList.delete(ref);
         this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeight && this.computeHeight();
     };
-    observeHeight = (ref: any) => {
+    observeHeight = (ref: HTMLElement) => {
         if (ref) {
             this.refList.add(ref);
-            this.observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(() => {
+            this.observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
                 if (this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.size && !SnappingManager.IsDragging) {
                     this.computeHeight();
                 }
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Options...', subitems: layoutItems, icon: 'eye' });
         if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             const existingOnClick = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('OnClick...');
-            const onClicks: ContextMenuProps[] = existingOnClick && 'subitems' in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
+            const onClicks: ContextMenuProps[] = existingOnClick.subitems ?? [];
             onClicks.push({ description: 'Edit onChecked Script', event: () => UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(this.Document, undefined, 'onCheckedClick'), 'edit onCheckedClick'), icon: 'edit' });
             !existingOnClick && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'OnClick...', noexpand: true, subitems: onClicks, icon: 'mouse-pointer' });
         }
@@ -234,11 +231,11 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 maxHeight={72}
                 height="auto"
                 GetValue={() => StrCast(this.dataDoc.title)}
-                SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shift: boolean, enter: boolean) => {
+                SetValue={undoable((value: string, shift: boolean, enter: boolean) => {
                     if (enter && this.Document.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.outline) this.makeTextCollection(this.treeChildren);
                     this.dataDoc.title = value;
                     return true;
-                })}
+                }, 'set doc title')}
             />
         );
     }
@@ -285,7 +282,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @observable _renderCount = 1;
     @computed get treeViewElements() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const dragAction = StrCast(this.Document.childDragAction) as any as dropActionType;
+        const dragAction = StrCast(this.Document.childDragAction) as dropActionType;
         const treeAddDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => this.addDoc(doc, relativeTo, before);
         const moveDoc = (d: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this._props.moveDocument?.(d, target, addDoc) || false;
         if (this._renderCount < this.treeChildren.length)
@@ -333,9 +330,11 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         return this.dataDoc === null ? null : (
             <div
                 className="collectionTreeView-titleBar"
-                ref={action((r: any) => {
-                    (this._titleRef = r) && (this._titleHeight = r.getBoundingClientRect().height * this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().Scale);
-                })}
+                ref={r =>
+                    runInAction(() => {
+                        (this._titleRef = r) && (this._titleHeight = r.getBoundingClientRect().height * this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().Scale);
+                    })
+                }
                 key={this.Document[Id]}
                 style={!this.outlineMode ? { marginLeft: this.marginX(), paddingTop: this.marginTop() } : {}}>
                 {this.outlineMode ? this.documentTitle : this.editableTitle}
@@ -410,8 +409,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
 
     @observable _headerHeight = 0;
     @computed get content() {
-        const background = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
-        const color = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.Color);
+        const background = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) as string;
+        const color = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.Color) as string;
         const pointerEvents = () => (this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined);
         const titleBar = this._props.treeViewHideTitle || this.Document.treeView_HideTitle ? null : this.titleBar;
         return (
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index f50f7394b..ee5c4afc0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { IReactionDisposer, ObservableSet, action, computed, makeObservable, obs
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import ResizeObserver from 'resize-observer-polyfill';
 import { ClientUtils, DashColor, lightOrDark, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick } from '../../../ClientUtils';
 import { emptyFunction } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@ import { CollectionView } from './CollectionView';
 import './TabDocView.scss';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
 
-const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
-
 interface TabMinimapViewProps {
     document: Doc;
     tabView: () => DocumentView | undefined;
@@ -183,6 +182,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabMinimapViewProps
 interface TabDocViewProps {
     documentId: FieldId;
     keyValue?: boolean;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     glContainer: any;
 }
 @observer
@@ -327,10 +327,12 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
     get view() {
         return this._view;
     }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     _lastTab: any;
     _lastView: DocumentView | undefined;
 
     @action
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     init = (tab: any, doc: Opt<Doc>) => {
         if (tab.contentItem === tab.header.parent.getActiveContentItem()) this._activated = true;
         if (tab.DashDoc !== doc && doc && tab.contentItem?.config.type !== 'stack') {
@@ -357,10 +359,11 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
             titleEle.size = StrCast(doc.title).length + 3;
             titleEle.value = doc.title;
             titleEle.onkeydown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => e.stopPropagation();
-            titleEle.onchange = (e: any) => {
+            titleEle.onchange = (e: InputEvent) => {
                 undoable(() => {
-                    titleEle.size = e.currentTarget.value.length + 3;
-                    doc[DocData].title = e.currentTarget.value;
+                    const target = e.currentTarget as unknown as { value: string };
+                    titleEle.size = target?.value.length + 3;
+                    doc[DocData].title = target?.value ?? '';
                 }, 'edit tab title')();
             };
 
@@ -449,8 +452,8 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
             };
 
             // select the tab document when the tab is directly clicked and activate the tab whenver the tab document is selected
-            titleEle.onpointerdown = action((e: any) => {
-                if (e.target.className !== 'lm_iconWrap') {
+            titleEle.onpointerdown = action((e: PointerEvent) => {
+                if ((e.target as HTMLElement)?.className !== 'lm_iconWrap') {
                     if (this.view) DocumentView.SelectView(this.view, false);
                     else this._activated = true;
                     if (Date.now() - titleEle.lastClick < 1000) titleEle.select();
@@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
             tab.closeElement
                 .off('click') // unbind the current click handler
                 .click(() => {
-                    Object.values(tab._disposers).forEach((disposer: any) => disposer?.());
+                    Object.values(tab._disposers).forEach(disposer => (disposer as () => void)());
                     DocumentView.DeselectAll();
                     UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => tab.contentItem.remove(), 'delete tab');
                 });
@@ -490,8 +493,8 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
     };
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        new _global.ResizeObserver(
-            action((entries: any) => {
+        new ResizeObserver(
+            action(entries => {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
                 for (const entry of entries) {
                     this._panelWidth = entry.contentRect.width;
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
     public static DontSelectOnActivate = 'dontSelectOnActivate';
 
     @action.bound
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     private onActiveContentItemChanged(contentItem: any) {
         if (!contentItem || (this.stack === contentItem.parent && ((contentItem?.tab === this.tab && !this._isActive) || (contentItem?.tab !== this.tab && this._isActive)))) {
             this._activated = this._isActive = !contentItem || contentItem?.tab === this.tab;
@@ -650,13 +654,13 @@ export class TabDocView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabDocViewProps> {
                             this._view && DocumentView.removeView(this._view);
                         }
                         this._lastTab = this.tab;
-                        (this._mainCont as any).InitTab = (tab: any) => this.init(tab, this._document);
+                        (this._mainCont as { InitTab?: (tab: object) => void }).InitTab = (tab: object) => this.init(tab, this._document);
                         DocServer.GetRefField(this._props.documentId).then(
                             action(doc => {
                                 doc instanceof Doc && (this._document = doc) && this.tab && this.init(this.tab, this._document);
                             })
                         );
-                        new _global.ResizeObserver(action(() => this._forceInvalidateScreenToLocal++)).observe(ref);
+                        ref && new ResizeObserver(action(() => this._forceInvalidateScreenToLocal++)).observe(ref);
                     }
                 }}>
                 {this.docView}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 161d93788..54053d038 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { IconButton, Size } from 'browndash-components';
-import { IReactionDisposer, action, computed, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { IReactionDisposer, action, computed, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ClientUtils, lightOrDark, return18, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick } from '../../../ClientUtils';
@@ -41,14 +38,15 @@ import { CollectionView } from './CollectionView';
 import { TreeSort } from './TreeSort';
 import './TreeView.scss';
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const { TREE_BULLET_WIDTH } = require('../global/globalCssVariables.module.scss'); // prettier-ignore
 
 export interface TreeViewProps {
     treeView: CollectionTreeView;
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
     parentTreeView: TreeView | CollectionTreeView | undefined;
-    observeHeight: (ref: any) => void;
-    unobserveHeight: (ref: any) => void;
+    observeHeight: (ref: HTMLDivElement) => void;
+    unobserveHeight: (ref: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     prevSibling?: Doc;
     Document: Doc;
     dataDoc?: Doc;
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
     moving: boolean = false;
     @undoBatch move = (doc: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => {
         if (this.Document !== target && addDoc !== returnFalse) {
-            const canAdd1 = (this._props.parentTreeView as any).dropping || !(ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this._props.parentTreeView?.Document.data)) instanceof ComputedField);
+            const canAdd1 = (this._props.parentTreeView as TreeView).dropping || !(ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this._props.parentTreeView?.Document.data)) instanceof ComputedField);
 
             // bcz: this should all be running in a Temp undo batch instead of hackily testing for returnFalse
             if (canAdd1 && this._props.removeDoc?.(doc) === true) {
@@ -263,7 +261,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         return runningChildren;
     };
 
-    static GetRunningChildren = new Map<Doc, any>();
+    static GetRunningChildren = new Map<Doc, () => FieldResult[]>();
     static ToggleChildrenRun = new Map<Doc, () => void>();
     constructor(props: TreeViewProps) {
         super(props);
@@ -285,7 +283,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         TreeView.GetRunningChildren.set(this.Document, () => this.getRunningChildren(this.childDocs));
     }
 
-    _treeEle: any;
+    _treeEle: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     protected createTreeDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
         this._treedropDisposer?.();
         ele && ((this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.treeDrop.bind(this), this.Document, this.preTreeDrop.bind(this))), this.Document);
@@ -524,7 +522,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                     return toList(docs).reduce((flg, iDoc) => flg && innerAdd(iDoc), true as boolean);
                 };
                 contentElement = TreeView.GetChildElements(
-                    toList(contents as any),
+                    contents instanceof Doc ? [contents] : DocListCast(contents),
                     this.treeView,
                     this,
                     doc,
@@ -572,9 +570,11 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
             rows.push(
                 <div style={{ display: 'flex', overflow: 'auto' }} key={key}>
                     <span
-                        ref={action((r: any) => {
-                            if (r) leftOffset.width = r.getBoundingClientRect().width;
-                        })}
+                        ref={r =>
+                            runInAction(() => {
+                                if (r) leftOffset.width = r.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+                            })
+                        }
                         style={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
                         {key + ':'}
                         &nbsp;
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         return rows;
     }
 
-    _renderTimer: any;
+    _renderTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
     @observable _renderCount = 1;
     @computed get renderContent() {
         TraceMobx();
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
     }
 
     get onCheckedClick() {
-        return this.Document.type === DocumentType.COL ? undefined : this._props.onCheckedClick?.() ?? ScriptCast(this.Document.onCheckedClick);
+        return this.Document.type === DocumentType.COL ? undefined : (this._props.onCheckedClick?.() ?? ScriptCast(this.Document.onCheckedClick));
     }
 
     @action
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         TraceMobx();
         const iconType = (this.treeView._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.TreeViewIcon + (this.treeViewOpen ? ':treeOpen' : !this.childDocs.length ? ':empty' : '')) as string) || 'question';
         const color = SettingsManager.userColor;
-        const checked = this.onCheckedClick ? this.Document.treeView_Checked ?? 'unchecked' : undefined;
+        const checked = this.onCheckedClick ? (this.Document.treeView_Checked ?? 'unchecked') : undefined;
         return (
             <div
                 className={`bullet${this.treeView.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                 style={
                     this.treeView.outlineMode
                         ? {
-                              opacity: this.titleStyleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.Opacity),
+                              opacity: this.titleStyleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.Opacity) as number,
                           }
                         : {
                               pointerEvents: this._props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined,
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
     @action
     expandNextviewType = () => {
         if (this.treeViewOpen && !this.Document.isFolder && !this.treeView.outlineMode && !this.Document.treeView_ExpandedViewLock) {
-            const next = (modes: any[]) => modes[(modes.indexOf(StrCast(this.treeViewExpandedView)) + 1) % modes.length];
+            const next = (modes: string[]) => modes[(modes.indexOf(StrCast(this.treeViewExpandedView)) + 1) % modes.length];
             this.Document.treeView_ExpandedView = next(this.validExpandViewTypes);
         }
         this.treeViewOpen = true;
@@ -897,13 +897,13 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
     onChildDoubleClick = () => ScriptCast(this.treeView.Document.treeView_ChildDoubleClick, !this.treeView.outlineMode ? this._openScript?.() : null);
 
     refocus = () => this.treeView._props.focus(this.treeView.Document, {});
-    ignoreEvent = (e: any) => {
+    ignoreEvent = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         if (this._props.isContentActive(true)) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
         }
     };
-    titleStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string): any => {
+    titleStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string) => {
         if (!doc || doc !== this.Document) return this._props?.treeView?._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
 
         const { treeView } = this;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         }
         return treeView._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
-    embeddedStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string): any => {
+    embeddedStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<FieldViewProps>, property: string) => {
         if (property.startsWith(StyleProp.Decorations)) return null;
         return this._props?.treeView?._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
     };
@@ -990,28 +990,30 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                     this._editTitle = e;
                 })}
                 GetValue={() => StrCast(this.Document.title)}
-                OnTab={undoBatch((shift?: boolean) => {
+                OnTab={undoable((shift?: boolean) => {
                     if (!shift) this._props.indentDocument?.(true);
                     else this._props.outdentDocument?.(true);
-                })}
-                OnEmpty={undoBatch(() => this.treeView.outlineMode && this._props.removeDoc?.(this.Document))}
+                }, 'create new tree Doc')}
+                OnEmpty={undoable(() => this.treeView.outlineMode && this._props.removeDoc?.(this.Document), 'remove tree doc')}
                 OnFillDown={() => this.treeView.fileSysMode && this.makeFolder()}
-                SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shiftKey: boolean, enterKey: boolean) => {
+                SetValue={undoable((value: string, shiftKey: boolean, enterKey: boolean) => {
                     Doc.SetInPlace(this.Document, 'title', value, false);
-                    this.treeView.outlineMode && enterKey && this.makeTextCollection();
-                })}
+                    return this.treeView.outlineMode && enterKey && this.makeTextCollection();
+                }, 'set tree doc title')}
             />
         ) : (
             <DocumentView
                 key="title"
-                ref={action((r: any) => {
-                    this._docRef = r || undefined;
-                    if (this._docRef && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad?.id === this.Document[Id] && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.parent === this._props.parentTreeView) {
-                        this._docRef.select(false);
-                        this.setEditTitle(this._docRef);
-                        TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = undefined;
-                    }
-                })}
+                ref={r =>
+                    runInAction(() => {
+                        this._docRef = r || undefined;
+                        if (this._docRef && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad?.id === this.Document[Id] && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.parent === this._props.parentTreeView) {
+                            this._docRef.select(false);
+                            this.setEditTitle(this._docRef);
+                            TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = undefined;
+                        }
+                    })
+                }
                 Document={this.Document}
                 fitWidth={returnTrue}
                 scriptContext={this}
@@ -1068,9 +1070,11 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                 </div>
                 <div
                     className="treeView-rightButtons"
-                    ref={action((r: any) => {
-                        r && (this.headerEleWidth = r.getBoundingClientRect().width);
-                    })}>
+                    ref={r =>
+                        runInAction(() => {
+                            r && (this.headerEleWidth = r.getBoundingClientRect().width);
+                        })
+                    }>
                     {this.titleButtons}
                 </div>
             </>
@@ -1090,7 +1094,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                             this,
                             e,
                             () => {
-                                (this._dref ?? this._docRef)?.startDragging(e.clientX, e.clientY, '' as any);
+                                (this._dref ?? this._docRef)?.startDragging(e.clientX, e.clientY, undefined);
                                 return true;
                             },
                             returnFalse,
@@ -1272,8 +1276,8 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         firstLevel: boolean,
         whenChildContentsActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void,
         dontRegisterView: boolean | undefined,
-        observerHeight: (ref: any) => void,
-        unobserveHeight: (ref: any) => void,
+        observerHeight: (ref: HTMLElement) => void,
+        unobserveHeight: (ref: HTMLElement) => void,
         contextMenuItems: { script: ScriptField; filter: ScriptField; label: string; icon: string }[],
         // TODO: [AL] add these
         AddToMap?: (treeViewDoc: Doc, index: number[]) => void,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
index fc39cafaa..c17371151 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
  * returns a truthy value
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
-export type infoArc = [() => any, (res?: any) => infoState];
+export type infoArc = [() => unknown, (res?: unknown) => infoState];
 
 export const StateMessage = Symbol('StateMessage');
 export const StateMessageGIF = Symbol('StateMessageGIF');
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export const StateEntryFunc = Symbol('StateEntryFunc');
 export class infoState {
     [StateMessage]: string = '';
     [StateMessageGIF]?: string = '';
-    [StateEntryFunc]?: () => any;
+    [StateEntryFunc]?: () => unknown;
     [key: string]: infoArc;
-    constructor(message: string, arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc }, messageGif?: string, entryFunc?: () => any) {
+    constructor(message: string, arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc }, messageGif?: string, entryFunc?: () => unknown) {
         this[StateMessage] = message;
         Object.assign(this, arcs);
         this[StateMessageGIF] = messageGif;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function InfoState(
     msg: string, //
     arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc },
     gif?: string,
-    entryFunc?: () => any
+    entryFunc?: () => unknown
 ) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
     return new infoState(msg, arcs, gif, entryFunc);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function InfoState(
 
 export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps {
     infoState: infoState;
-    next: (state: infoState) => any;
+    next: (state: infoState) => unknown;
     close: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends ObservableReactComponent<Collec
     _disposers: IReactionDisposer[] = [];
     @observable _expanded = false;
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormPannableContents.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormPannableContents.tsx
index e543b4008..bc9dd022c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormPannableContents.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormPannableContents.tsx
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormPannableContents extends ObservableReactComponent
             <div
                 className={'collectionfreeformview' + (this._props.viewDefDivClick ? '-viewDef' : '-none')}
                 onScroll={e => {
-                    const target = e.target as any;
-                    if (getComputedStyle(target)?.overflow === 'visible') {
+                    const { target } = e;
+                    if (target instanceof Element && getComputedStyle(target)?.overflow === 'visible') {
                         target.scrollTop = target.scrollLeft = 0; // if collection is visible, scrolling messes things up since there are no scroll bars
                     }
                 }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 39c3da7a5..c4cf8dee7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading */
 import { Bezier } from 'bezier-js';
 import { Colors } from 'browndash-components';
+import { Property } from 'csstype';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { ClientUtils, DashColor, lightOrDark, OmitKeys, returnFalse, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, UpdateIcon } from '../../../../ClientUtils';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, FieldType, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
-import { ActiveArrowEnd, ActiveArrowStart, ActiveDash, ActiveEraserWidth, ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkData, InkField, InkTool, Segment } from '../../../../fields/InkField';
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ import { CompileScript } from '../../../util/Scripting';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { freeformScrollMode, SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
-import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { Timeline } from '../../animationtimeline/Timeline';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { InkingStroke } from '../../InkingStroke';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
 import { SchemaCSVPopUp } from '../../nodes/DataVizBox/SchemaCSVPopUp';
-import { ActiveFillColor, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { ActiveArrowEnd, ActiveArrowStart, ActiveDash, ActiveEraserWidth, ActiveFillColor, ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, DocumentView, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FocusViewOptions } from '../../nodes/FocusViewOptions';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @observable _marqueeViewRef = React.createRef<MarqueeView>();
     @observable _brushedView: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number } | undefined = undefined; // highlighted region of freeform canvas used by presentations to indicate a region
     @observable GroupChildDrag: boolean = false; // child document view being dragged.  needed to update drop areas of groups when a group item is dragged.
-    @observable _childPointerEvents: 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblePainted' | undefined = undefined;
+    @observable _childPointerEvents: Property.PointerEvents | undefined = undefined;
     @observable _lightboxDoc: Opt<Doc> = undefined;
     @observable _paintedId = 'id' + Utils.GenerateGuid().replace(/-/g, '');
     @observable _keyframeEditing = false;
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return true;
     }
 
-    @undoBatch
-    internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, annoDragData: DragManager.AnchorAnnoDragData) {
+    internalAnchorAnnoDrop = undoable((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, annoDragData: DragManager.AnchorAnnoDragData) => {
         const dropCreator = annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
         const [xp, yp] = this.screenToFreeformContentsXf.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
         annoDragData.dropDocCreator = (annotationOn: Doc | undefined) => {
@@ -455,10 +454,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return dropDoc || this.Document;
         };
         return true;
-    }
+    }, 'anchor drop');
 
-    @undoBatch
-    internalLinkDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, linkDragData: DragManager.LinkDragData) {
+    internalLinkDrop = undoable((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, linkDragData: DragManager.LinkDragData) => {
         if (this.DocumentView?.() && linkDragData.linkDragView.containerViewPath?.().includes(this.DocumentView())) {
             const [x, y] = this.screenToFreeformContentsXf.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
             //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
@@ -474,9 +472,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return added;
         }
         return false;
-    }
+    }, 'link drop');
 
-    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent): boolean => {
         if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de, de.complete.annoDragData);
         if (de.complete.linkDragData) return this.internalLinkDrop(e, de, de.complete.linkDragData);
         if (de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.length) return this.internalDocDrop(e, de, de.complete.docDragData);
@@ -522,8 +520,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }
     };
 
-    @undoBatch
-    onGesture = (e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) => {
+    onGesture = undoable((e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) => {
         switch (ge.gesture) {
             case Gestures.Text:
                 if (ge.text) {
@@ -566,7 +563,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 e.stopPropagation();
             }
         }
-    };
+    }, 'gesture');
     @action
     onEraserUp = (): void => {
         this._deleteList.lastElement()?._props.removeDocument?.(this._deleteList.map(ink => ink.Document));
@@ -1484,8 +1481,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const childData = entry.pair.data;
         return (
             <CollectionFreeFormDocumentView
-                // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading
-                {...OmitKeys(entry, ['replica', 'pair']).omit}
+                // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+                {...(OmitKeys(entry, ['replica', 'pair']).omit as any)}
                 key={childLayout[Id] + (entry.replica || '')}
                 Document={childLayout}
                 reactParent={this}
@@ -1771,7 +1768,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 this._disposers.pointerevents = reaction(
                     () => this.childPointerEvents,
                     pointerevents => {
-                        this._childPointerEvents = pointerevents as 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblePainted' | undefined;
+                        this._childPointerEvents = pointerevents as Property.PointerEvents | undefined;
                     },
                     { fireImmediately: true }
                 );
@@ -1849,8 +1846,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this._showEraserCircle = true;
     };
 
-    @undoBatch
-    promoteCollection = () => {
+    promoteCollection = undoable(() => {
         const childDocs = this.childDocs.slice();
         childDocs.forEach(docIn => {
             const doc = docIn;
@@ -1859,10 +1855,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             doc.y = scr?.[1];
         });
         this._props.addDocTab(childDocs, OpenWhere.inParentFromScreen);
-    };
+    }, 'promote collection');
 
-    @undoBatch
-    layoutDocsInGrid = () => {
+    layoutDocsInGrid = undoable(() => {
         const docs = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout);
         const width = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc._width))) + 20;
         const height = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc._height))) + 20;
@@ -1872,40 +1867,37 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             doc.x = NumCast(this.Document[this.panXFieldKey]) + (i % dim) * width - (width * dim) / 2;
             doc.y = NumCast(this.Document[this.panYFieldKey]) + Math.floor(i / dim) * height - (height * dim) / 2;
         });
-    };
+    }, 'layout docs in grid');
 
-    @undoBatch
-    toggleNativeDimensions = () => Doc.toggleNativeDimensions(this.layoutDoc, 1, this.nativeWidth, this.nativeHeight);
+    toggleNativeDimensions = undoable(() => Doc.toggleNativeDimensions(this.layoutDoc, 1, this.nativeWidth, this.nativeHeight), 'toggle native dimensions');
 
     ///
     /// resetView restores a freeform collection to unit scale and centered at (0,0)  UNLESS
     ///  the view is a group, in which case this does nothing (since Groups calculate their own scale and center)
     ///
-    @undoBatch
-    resetView = () => {
+    resetView = undoable(() => {
         this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey] = NumCast(this.dataDoc[this.panXFieldKey + '_reset']);
         this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey] = NumCast(this.dataDoc[this.panYFieldKey + '_reset']);
         this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey] = NumCast(this.dataDoc[this.scaleFieldKey + '_reset'], 1);
-    };
+    }, 'reset view');
     ///
     /// resetView restores a freeform collection to unit scale and centered at (0,0)  UNLESS
     ///  the view is a group, in which case this does nothing (since Groups calculate their own scale and center)
     ///
-    @undoBatch
-    toggleResetView = () => {
+    toggleResetView = undoable(() => {
         this.dataDoc[this.autoResetFieldKey] = !this.dataDoc[this.autoResetFieldKey];
         if (this.dataDoc[this.autoResetFieldKey]) {
             this.dataDoc[this.panXFieldKey + '_reset'] = this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey];
             this.dataDoc[this.panYFieldKey + '_reset'] = this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey];
             this.dataDoc[this.scaleFieldKey + '_reset'] = this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey];
         }
-    };
+    }, 'toggle reset view');
 
     onContextMenu = () => {
         if (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay || !ContextMenu.Instance) return;
 
         const appearance = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('Appearance...');
-        const appearanceItems = appearance && 'subitems' in appearance ? appearance.subitems : [];
+        const appearanceItems = appearance?.subitems ?? [];
         !this.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Reset View', event: this.resetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
         !this.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Toggle Auto Reset View', event: this.toggleResetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
         if (this._props.setContentViewBox === emptyFunction) {
@@ -1932,7 +1924,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         !appearance && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Appearance...', subitems: appearanceItems, icon: 'eye' });
 
         const options = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('Options...');
-        const optionItems = options && 'subitems' in options ? options.subitems : [];
+        const optionItems = options?.subitems ?? [];
         !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay &&
             !Doc.noviceMode &&
             optionItems.push({
@@ -1956,12 +1948,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }
         !options && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Options...', subitems: optionItems, icon: 'eye' });
         const mores = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('More...');
-        const moreItems = mores && 'subitems' in mores ? mores.subitems : [];
+        const moreItems = mores?.subitems ?? [];
         !mores && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'More...', subitems: moreItems, icon: 'eye' });
     };
 
-    @undoBatch
-    transcribeStrokes = () => {
+    transcribeStrokes = undoable(() => {
         if (this.Document.isGroup && this.Document.transcription) {
             const text = StrCast(this.Document.transcription);
             const lines = text.split('\n');
@@ -1969,7 +1960,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
             this.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { title: lines[0], x: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) + 20, y: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y), _width: 200, _height: height }));
         }
-    };
+    }, 'transcribe strokes');
 
     @action
     dragEnding = () => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index eac0dc0e1..3af8464c2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */
-/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material';
 import { Toggle, ToggleType, Type } from 'browndash-components';
+import { Property } from 'csstype';
 import { IReactionDisposer, action, makeObservable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ import { UndoStack } from '../../UndoStack';
 import { DocumentLinksButton } from '../../nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { LinkDescriptionPopup } from '../../nodes/LinkDescriptionPopup';
-import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
-import './CollectionLinearView.scss';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
 
 /**
  * CollectionLinearView is the class for rendering the horizontal collection
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _widthDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     private _selectedDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
     }
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                             className="collectionLinearView-content"
                             style={{
                                 height: this.dimension(),
-                                flexDirection: flexDir as any,
+                                flexDirection: flexDir as Property.FlexDirection,
                                 gap: flexGap,
                             }}>
                             {this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => this.getDisplayDoc(pair.layout))}