merged with master

12 files changed, 268 insertions, 134 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
index 24604c812..b53e83eb1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
             <div id="collectionBaseView"
                 style={{
                     pointerEvents: this.props.Document.isBackground ? "none" : "all",
-                    boxShadow: `#9c9396 ${StrCast(this.props.Document.boxShadow, "0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw")}`
+                    boxShadow: this.props.Document.isBackground ? undefined : `#9c9396 ${StrCast(this.props.Document.boxShadow, "0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw")}`
                 }}
                 className={this.props.className || "collectionView-cont"}
                 onContextMenu={this.props.onContextMenu} ref={this.props.contentRef}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 588102f01..f559480ed 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { FieldId } from "../../../new_fields/RefField";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnTrue, Utils, returnOne } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnTrue, Utils, returnOne, returnEmptyString } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragLinksAsDocuments, DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             parentActive={returnTrue}
             whenActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
             focus={emptyFunction}
+            backgroundColor={returnEmptyString}
             addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
             ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
             zoomToScale={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index 4ff65b277..7e3061354 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
         };
         let onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
             if (e.buttons === 1 && SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() && (type === "document" || type === undefined)) {
-                dragRef!.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer doc-drag-over";
+                dragRef.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer doc-drag-over";
             }
         };
         let onPointerLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-            dragRef!.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer";
+            dragRef.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer";
         };
 
         let contents: any = "incorrect type";
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
index dfd65770e..d24f63fbb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { faFile } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import { SchemaHeaderField, RandomPastel, PastelSchemaPalette } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 
-library.add(faPlus, faFont, faHashtag, faAlignJustify, faCheckSquare, faToggleOn, faFile, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faTimes);
+library.add(faPlus, faFont, faHashtag, faAlignJustify, faCheckSquare, faToggleOn, faFile as any, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faTimes);
 
 export interface HeaderProps {
     keyValue: SchemaHeaderField;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 9efd0d3ec..75787c0a8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { action, computed, observable, trace, untracked } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import ReactTable, { CellInfo, ComponentPropsGetterR, Column, RowInfo, ResizedChangeFunction, Resize } from "react-table";
 import "react-table/react-table.css";
-import { emptyFunction, returnOne } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnOne, returnEmptyString } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
@@ -303,14 +303,13 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
             return resized;
         }, [] as { "id": string, "value": number }[]);
     }
-
-    @computed get sorted(): { "id": string, "desc": boolean }[] {
+    @computed get sorted(): { "id": string, "desc"?: true }[] {
         return this.columns.reduce((sorted, shf) => {
             if (shf.desc) {
                 sorted.push({ "id": shf.heading, "desc": shf.desc });
             }
             return sorted;
-        }, [] as { "id": string, "desc": boolean }[]);
+        }, [] as { "id": string, "desc"?: true }[]);
     }
 
     @computed get borderWidth() { return Number(COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH); }
@@ -974,14 +973,16 @@ export class CollectionSchemaPreview extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaPre
         let input = this.props.previewScript === undefined ? (null) :
             <div ref={this.createTarget}><input className="collectionSchemaView-input" value={this.props.previewScript} onChange={this.onPreviewScriptChange}
                 style={{ left: `calc(50% - ${Math.min(75, (this.props.Document ? this.PanelWidth() / 2 : 75))}px)` }} /></div>;
-        return (<div className="collectionSchemaView-previewRegion" style={{ width: this.props.width(), height: "100%" }}>
+        return (<div className="collectionSchemaView-previewRegion"
+            style={{ width: this.props.width(), height: this.props.height() }}>
             {!this.props.Document || !this.props.width ? (null) : (
                 <div className="collectionSchemaView-previewDoc"
                     style={{
                         transform: `translate(${this.centeringOffset}px, 0px)`,
                         borderRadius: this.borderRounding,
                         display: "inline",
-                        height: "100%"
+                        height: this.props.height(),
+                        width: this.props.width()
                     }}>
                     <DocumentView
                         DataDoc={this.props.DataDocument}
@@ -999,6 +1000,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaPreview extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaPre
                         PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight}
                         ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                         focus={emptyFunction}
+                        backgroundColor={returnEmptyString}
                         parentActive={this.props.active}
                         whenActiveChanged={this.props.whenActiveChanged}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
index 015955816..271ad2d58 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     overflow-y: auto;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     transition: top .5s;
+    .collectionSchemaView-previewDoc {
+        height: 100%;
+        position: absolute;
+    }
 
     .collectionStackingView-docView-container {
         width: 45%;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 9741b9e89..4a751c84c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
 import React = require("react");
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction, untracked, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { CursorProperty } from "csstype";
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym, DocListCast } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import Switch from 'rc-switch';
+import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
-import { BoolCast, NumCast, Cast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, Utils, returnTrue } from "../../../Utils";
-import { CollectionSchemaPreview } from "./CollectionSchemaView";
-import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
-import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionSubView";
-import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
-import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
+import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
+import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
-import { CursorProperty } from "csstype";
-import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from "./CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { SchemaHeaderField, RandomPastel } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
-import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
+import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
-import { CollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionBaseView";
-import Switch from 'rc-switch';
+import { CollectionSchemaPreview } from "./CollectionSchemaView";
+import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
+import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from "./CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn";
+import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
@@ -32,13 +31,13 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     _columnStart: number = 0;
     @observable private cursor: CursorProperty = "grab";
     get sectionHeaders() { return Cast(this.props.Document.sectionHeaders, listSpec(SchemaHeaderField)); }
-    @computed get chromeCollapsed() { return this.props.chromeCollapsed; }
     @computed get xMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.xMargin, 2 * this.gridGap); }
     @computed get yMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.yMargin, 2 * this.gridGap); }
     @computed get gridGap() { return NumCast(this.props.Document.gridGap, 10); }
     @computed get singleColumn() { return BoolCast(this.props.Document.singleColumn, true); }
     @computed get columnWidth() { return this.singleColumn ? (this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props as any).ContentScaling() - 2 * this.xMargin) : Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin, NumCast(this.props.Document.columnWidth, 250)); }
     @computed get filteredChildren() { return this.childDocs.filter(d => !d.isMinimized); }
+    @computed get sectionFilter() { return this.singleColumn ? StrCast(this.props.Document.sectionFilter) : ""; }
 
     get layoutDoc() {
         // if this document's layout field contains a document (ie, a rendering template), then we will use that
@@ -46,35 +45,32 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         return this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document;
     }
 
+
     get Sections() {
-        let sectionFilter = StrCast(this.props.Document.sectionFilter);
-        let sectionHeaders = this.sectionHeaders;
-        if (!sectionHeaders) {
-            this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = sectionHeaders = new List();
-        }
-        let fields = new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>(sectionHeaders.map(sh => [sh, []]));
-        if (sectionFilter) {
-            this.filteredChildren.map(d => {
-                let sectionValue = (d[sectionFilter] ? d[sectionFilter] : `NO ${sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`) as object;
-                // the next five lines ensures that floating point rounding errors don't create more than one section -syip
-                let parsed = parseInt(sectionValue.toString());
-                let castedSectionValue: any = sectionValue;
-                if (!isNaN(parsed)) {
-                    castedSectionValue = parsed;
-                }
+        if (!this.sectionFilter) return new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>();
 
-                // look for if header exists already
-                let existingHeader = sectionHeaders!.find(sh => sh.heading === (castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`));
-                if (existingHeader) {
-                    fields.get(existingHeader)!.push(d);
-                }
-                else {
-                    let newSchemaHeader = new SchemaHeaderField(castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`);
-                    fields.set(newSchemaHeader, [d]);
-                    sectionHeaders!.push(newSchemaHeader);
-                }
-            });
+        if (this.sectionHeaders === undefined) {
+            this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = new List<SchemaHeaderField>();
         }
+        const sectionHeaders = this.sectionHeaders!;
+        let fields = new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>(sectionHeaders.map(sh => [sh, []] as [SchemaHeaderField, []]));
+        this.filteredChildren.map(d => {
+            let sectionValue = (d[this.sectionFilter] ? d[this.sectionFilter] : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`) as object;
+            // the next five lines ensures that floating point rounding errors don't create more than one section -syip
+            let parsed = parseInt(sectionValue.toString());
+            let castedSectionValue = !isNaN(parsed) ? parsed : sectionValue;
+
+            // look for if header exists already
+            let existingHeader = sectionHeaders.find(sh => sh.heading === (castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`));
+            if (existingHeader) {
+                fields.get(existingHeader)!.push(d);
+            }
+            else {
+                let newSchemaHeader = new SchemaHeaderField(castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`);
+                fields.set(newSchemaHeader, [d]);
+                sectionHeaders.push(newSchemaHeader);
+            }
+        });
         return fields;
     }
 
@@ -94,10 +90,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
         // reset section headers when a new filter is inputted
         this._sectionFilterDisposer = reaction(
-            () => StrCast(this.props.Document.sectionFilter),
-            () => {
-                this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = new List();
-            }
+            () => this.sectionFilter,
+            () => this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = new List()
         );
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -184,8 +178,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
-        let targInd = -1;
         let where = [de.x, de.y];
+        let targInd = -1;
         if (de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
             this._docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
                 let pos = cd.dxf().inverse().transformPoint(-2 * this.gridGap, -2 * this.gridGap);
@@ -231,8 +225,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             }
         });
     }
+    headings = () => Array.from(this.Sections.keys());
     section = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => {
-        let key = StrCast(this.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        let key = this.sectionFilter;
         let type: "string" | "number" | "bigint" | "boolean" | "symbol" | "undefined" | "object" | "function" | undefined = undefined;
         let types = docList.length ? docList.map(d => typeof d[key]) : this.childDocs.map(d => typeof d[key]);
         if (types.map((i, idx) => types.indexOf(i) === idx).length === 1) {
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         return <CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn
             key={heading ? heading.heading : ""}
             cols={cols}
-            headings={() => Array.from(this.Sections.keys())}
+            headings={this.headings}
             heading={heading ? heading.heading : ""}
             headingObject={heading}
             docList={docList}
@@ -252,16 +247,13 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             createDropTarget={this.createDropTarget}
             screenToLocalTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
         />;
-
     }
 
     @action
     addGroup = (value: string) => {
-        if (value) {
-            if (this.sectionHeaders) {
-                this.sectionHeaders.push(new SchemaHeaderField(value));
-                return true;
-            }
+        if (value && this.sectionHeaders) {
+            this.sectionHeaders.push(new SchemaHeaderField(value));
+            return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
@@ -274,11 +266,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     onToggle = (checked: Boolean) => {
-        if (checked) {
-            this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus = 'collapsed';
-        } else {
-            this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus = 'view-mode';
-        }
+        this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeSatus = checked ? "collapsed" : "view-mode";
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -294,14 +282,10 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         return (
             <div className="collectionStackingView"
                 ref={this.createRef} onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onWheel={(e: React.WheelEvent) => e.stopPropagation()} >
-                {/* {sectionFilter as boolean ? [
-                    ["width > height", this.filteredChildren.filter(f => f[WidthSym]() >= 1 + f[HeightSym]())],
-                    ["width = height", this.filteredChildren.filter(f => Math.abs(f[WidthSym]() - f[HeightSym]()) < 1)],
-                    ["height > width", this.filteredChildren.filter(f => f[WidthSym]() + 1 <= f[HeightSym]())]]. */}
-                {this.props.Document.sectionFilter ? Array.from(this.Sections.entries()).sort(this.sortFunc).
-                    map(section => this.section(section[0], section[1])) :
+                {this.sectionFilter ? Array.from(this.Sections.entries()).sort(this.sortFunc).
+                    map((section: [SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]]) => this.section(section[0], section[1])) :
                     this.section(undefined, this.filteredChildren)}
-                {(this.props.Document.sectionFilter && (this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'disabled')) ?
+                {(this.sectionFilter && (this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'disabled')) ?
                     <div key={`${this.props.Document[Id]}-addGroup`} className="collectionStackingView-addGroupButton"
                         style={{ width: (this.columnWidth / (headings.length + ((this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.chromeStatus !== 'disabled') ? 1 : 0))) - 10, marginTop: 10 }}>
                         <EditableView {...editableViewProps} />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 7f5d78313..02b2583cd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import "./CollectionTreeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
 import { ComputedField } from '../../../new_fields/ScriptField';
 import { KeyValueBox } from '../nodes/KeyValueBox';
+import { exportNamedDeclaration } from 'babel-types';
 
 
 export interface TreeViewProps {
@@ -79,11 +80,17 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return splits.length > 1 ? splits[1].split("\"")[0] : "data";
     }
     @computed get childDocs() {
-        let layout = this.props.document.layout as Doc;
+        let layout = this.props.document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.document.layout : undefined;
         return (this.props.dataDoc ? Cast(this.props.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc)) : undefined) ||
             (layout ? Cast(layout[this.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc)) : undefined) ||
             Cast(this.props.document[this.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc));
     }
+    @computed get childLinks() {
+        let layout = this.props.document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.document.layout : undefined;
+        return (this.props.dataDoc ? Cast(this.props.dataDoc.links, listSpec(Doc)) : undefined) ||
+            (layout instanceof Doc ? Cast(layout.links, listSpec(Doc)) : undefined) ||
+            Cast(this.props.document.links, listSpec(Doc));
+    }
     @computed get resolvedDataDoc() {
         if (this.props.dataDoc === undefined && this.props.document.layout instanceof Doc) {
             // if there is no dataDoc (ie, we're not rendering a template layout), but this document
@@ -276,13 +283,15 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     noOverlays = (doc: Doc) => ({ title: "", caption: "" });
 
     @computed get renderContent() {
-        if (this.treeViewExpandedView === this.fieldKey) {
-            let remDoc = (doc: Doc) => this.remove(doc, this.fieldKey);
-            let addDoc = (doc: Doc, addBefore?: Doc, before?: boolean) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.fieldKey, doc, addBefore, before);
-            return <ul key={this.fieldKey + "more"}>
-                {!this.childDocs ? (null) :
-                    TreeView.GetChildElements(this.childDocs as Doc[], this.props.treeViewId, this.props.document.layout as Doc,
-                        this.resolvedDataDoc, this.fieldKey, addDoc, remDoc, this.move,
+        const expandKey = this.treeViewExpandedView === this.fieldKey ? this.fieldKey : this.treeViewExpandedView === "links" ? "links" : undefined;
+        if (expandKey !== undefined) {
+            let remDoc = (doc: Doc) => this.remove(doc, expandKey);
+            let addDoc = (doc: Doc, addBefore?: Doc, before?: boolean) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, expandKey, doc, addBefore, before);
+            let docs = expandKey === "links" ? this.childLinks : this.childDocs;
+            return <ul key={expandKey + "more"}>
+                {!docs ? (null) :
+                    TreeView.GetChildElements(docs as Doc[], this.props.treeViewId, this.props.document.layout as Doc,
+                        this.resolvedDataDoc, expandKey, addDoc, remDoc, this.move,
                         this.props.dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
                         this.props.outerXf, this.props.active, this.props.panelWidth, this.props.renderDepth)}
             </ul >;
@@ -334,7 +343,8 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 onPointerDown={action(() => {
                     this.props.document.treeViewExpandedView = this.treeViewExpandedView === this.fieldKey ? "fields" :
                         this.treeViewExpandedView === "fields" && this.props.document.layout ? "layout" :
-                            this.childDocs ? this.fieldKey : "fields";
+                            this.treeViewExpandedView === "layout" && this.props.document.links ? "links" :
+                                this.childDocs ? this.fieldKey : "fields";
                     this._collapsed = false;
                 })}>
                 {this.treeViewExpandedView}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 57dc5879b..f59fee985 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -20,16 +20,7 @@ import { CollectionTreeView } from "./CollectionTreeView";
 import { CollectionViewBaseChrome } from './CollectionViewChromes';
 export const COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH = 2;
 
-library.add(faTh);
-library.add(faTree);
-library.add(faSquare);
-library.add(faProjectDiagram);
-library.add(faSignature);
-library.add(faThList);
-library.add(faFingerprint);
-library.add(faColumns);
-library.add(faEllipsisV);
-library.add(faImage, faEye);
+library.add(faTh, faTree, faSquare, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faThList, faFingerprint, faColumns, faEllipsisV, faImage, faEye as any);
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index cca199afa..c4311fa52 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     border-radius: inherit;
     box-sizing: border-box;
     position: absolute;
+    overflow: hidden;
 
     .marqueeView {
         overflow: hidden;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 9535a6f78..86d019e29 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { library } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 import { faEye } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import { faCompass, faCompressArrowsAlt, faExpandArrowsAlt, faPaintBrush, faTable, faUpload } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
-import { action, computed } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc, DocListCastAsync, HeightSym, WidthSym } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { InkField, StrokeData } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
 import { createSchema, makeInterface } from "../../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnOne, Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnOne, Utils, returnFalse, returnEmptyString } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { CognitiveServices } from "../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices";
 import { DocServer } from "../../../DocServer";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ import { DocumentViewProps, positionSchema } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
 import { pageSchema } from "../../nodes/ImageBox";
 import { OverlayElementOptions, OverlayView } from "../../OverlayView";
 import PDFMenu from "../../pdf/PDFMenu";
-import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
+import { CollectionSubView } from "../CollectionSubView";
 import { ScriptBox } from "../../ScriptBox";
 import { CollectionFreeFormLinksView } from "./CollectionFreeFormLinksView";
 import { CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors } from "./CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors";
 import "./CollectionFreeFormView.scss";
 import { MarqueeView } from "./MarqueeView";
 import React = require("react");
-import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
-import DictationManager from "../../../util/DictationManager";
+import { DocumentType, Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 
-library.add(faEye, faTable, faPaintBrush, faExpandArrowsAlt, faCompressArrowsAlt, faCompass, faUpload);
+library.add(faEye as any, faTable, faPaintBrush, faExpandArrowsAlt, faCompressArrowsAlt, faCompass, faUpload);
 
 export const panZoomSchema = createSchema({
     panX: "number",
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
 
     @computed get contentBounds() {
-        let bounds = this.fitToBox && !this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.ComputeContentBounds(this.elements.filter(e => e.bounds).map(e => e.bounds!)) : undefined;
+        let bounds = this.fitToBox && !this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.ComputeContentBounds(this.elements.filter(e => e.bounds && !e.bounds.z).map(e => e.bounds!)) : undefined;
         let res = {
             panX: bounds ? (bounds.x + bounds.r) / 2 : this.Document.panX || 0,
             panY: bounds ? (bounds.y + bounds.b) / 2 : this.Document.panY || 0,
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     private centeringShiftX = () => !this.nativeWidth && !this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this._pwidth / 2 / this.parentScaling : 0;  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
     private centeringShiftY = () => !this.nativeHeight && !this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this._pheight / 2 / this.parentScaling : 0;// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
     private getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth + 1, -this.borderWidth + 1).translate(-this.centeringShiftX(), -this.centeringShiftY()).transform(this.getLocalTransform());
+    private getTransformOverlay = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth + 1, -this.borderWidth + 1);
     private getContainerTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth);
     private getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity().scale(1 / this.zoomScaling()).translate(this.panX(), this.panY());
     private addLiveTextBox = (newBox: Doc) => {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     private addDocument = (newBox: Doc, allowDuplicates: boolean) => {
         this.props.addDocument(newBox, false);
         this.bringToFront(newBox);
+        this.updateClusters();
         return true;
     }
     private selectDocuments = (docs: Doc[]) => {
@@ -127,16 +128,38 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         return Doc.resolvedFieldDataDoc(this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey, "true");
     }
 
+    intersectRect(r1: { left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number },
+        r2: { left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number }) {
+        return !(r2.left > r1.left + r1.width || r2.left + r2.width < r1.left || r2.top > r1.top + r1.height || r2.top + r2.height < r1.top);
+    }
+    _clusterDistance = 75;
+    boundsOverlap(doc: Doc, doc2: Doc) {
+        var x2 = NumCast(doc2.x) - this._clusterDistance;
+        var y2 = NumCast(doc2.y) - this._clusterDistance;
+        var w2 = NumCast(doc2.width) + this._clusterDistance;
+        var h2 = NumCast(doc2.height) + this._clusterDistance;
+        var x = NumCast(doc.x) - this._clusterDistance;
+        var y = NumCast(doc.y) - this._clusterDistance;
+        var w = NumCast(doc.width) + this._clusterDistance;
+        var h = NumCast(doc.height) + this._clusterDistance;
+        if (doc.z === doc2.z && this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, { left: x2, top: y2, width: w2, height: h2 })) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         let xf = this.getTransform();
+        let xfo = this.getTransformOverlay();
+        let [xp, yp] = xf.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+        let [xpo, ypo] = xfo.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
         if (super.drop(e, de)) {
             if (de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
                 if (de.data.droppedDocuments.length) {
-                    let [xp, yp] = xf.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
-                    let x = xp - de.data.xOffset;
-                    let y = yp - de.data.yOffset;
+                    let z = NumCast(de.data.draggedDocuments[0].z);
+                    let x = (z ? xpo : xp) - de.data.xOffset;
+                    let y = (z ? ypo : yp) - de.data.yOffset;
                     let dropX = NumCast(de.data.droppedDocuments[0].x);
                     let dropY = NumCast(de.data.droppedDocuments[0].y);
                     de.data.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => {
@@ -152,12 +175,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                         }
                         this.bringToFront(d);
                     });
+
+                    this.updateClusters();
                 }
             }
             else if (de.data instanceof DragManager.AnnotationDragData) {
                 if (de.data.dropDocument) {
                     let dragDoc = de.data.dropDocument;
-                    let [xp, yp] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
                     let x = xp - de.data.xOffset;
                     let y = yp - de.data.yOffset;
                     let dropX = NumCast(de.data.dropDocument.x);
@@ -173,6 +197,87 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    tryDragCluster(e: PointerEvent) {
+        let probe = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+        let cluster = this.childDocs.reduce((cluster, cd) => {
+            let cx = NumCast(cd.x) - this._clusterDistance;
+            let cy = NumCast(cd.y) - this._clusterDistance;
+            let cw = NumCast(cd.width) + 2 * this._clusterDistance;
+            let ch = NumCast(cd.height) + 2 * this._clusterDistance;
+            if (!cd.z && this.intersectRect({ left: cx, top: cy, width: cw, height: ch }, { left: probe[0], top: probe[1], width: 1, height: 1 })) {
+                return NumCast(cd.cluster);
+            }
+            return cluster;
+        }, -1);
+        if (cluster !== -1) {
+            let eles = this.childDocs.filter(cd => NumCast(cd.cluster) === cluster);
+            this.selectDocuments(eles);
+            let clusterDocs = SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments();
+            SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
+            let de = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(eles, eles.map(d => undefined));
+            de.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
+            const [left, top] = clusterDocs[0].props.ScreenToLocalTransform().scale(clusterDocs[0].props.ContentScaling()).inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
+            const [xoff, yoff] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.x - left, e.y - top);
+            de.dropAction = e.ctrlKey || e.altKey ? "alias" : undefined;
+            de.xOffset = xoff;
+            de.yOffset = yoff;
+            DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(clusterDocs.map(v => v.ContentDiv!), de, e.clientX, e.clientY, {
+                handlers: { dragComplete: action(emptyFunction) },
+                hideSource: !de.dropAction
+            });
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+    @observable sets: (Doc[])[] = [];
+    @action
+    updateClusters() {
+        this.sets.length = 0;
+        this.childDocs.map(c => {
+            let included = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < this.sets.length; i++) {
+                for (let member of this.sets[i]) {
+                    if (this.boundsOverlap(c, member)) {
+                        included.push(i);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (included.length === 0) {
+                this.sets.push([c]);
+            } else if (included.length === 1) {
+                this.sets[included[0]].push(c);
+            } else {
+                this.sets[included[0]].push(c);
+                for (let s = 1; s < included.length; s++) {
+                    this.sets[included[0]].push(...this.sets[included[s]]);
+                    this.sets[included[s]].length = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        this.sets.map((set, i) => set.map(member => member.cluster = i));
+    }
+
+    getClusterColor = (doc: Doc) => {
+        if (this.props.Document.useClusters) {
+            let cluster = NumCast(doc.cluster);
+            if (this.sets.length <= cluster) {
+                setTimeout(() => this.updateClusters(), 0);
+                return;
+            }
+            let set = this.sets.length > cluster ? this.sets[cluster] : undefined;
+            let colors = ["#da42429e", "#31ea318c", "#8c4000", "#4a7ae2c4", "#d809ff", "#ff7601", "#1dffff", "yellow", "#1b8231f2", "#000000ad"];
+            let clusterColor = colors[cluster % colors.length];
+            set && set.filter(s => !s.isBackground).map(s =>
+                s.backgroundColor && s.backgroundColor !== s.defaultBackgroundColor && (clusterColor = StrCast(s.backgroundColor)));
+            set && set.filter(s => s.isBackground).map(s =>
+                s.backgroundColor && s.backgroundColor !== s.defaultBackgroundColor && (clusterColor = StrCast(s.backgroundColor)));
+            return clusterColor;
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
         if (e.button === 0 && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling() !== 1) && this.props.active()) {
@@ -193,6 +298,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     @action
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
         if (!e.cancelBubble) {
+            if (this.props.Document.useClusters && this.tryDragCluster(e)) {
+                e.stopPropagation(); // doesn't actually stop propagation since all our listeners are listening to events on 'document'  however it does mark the event as cancelBubble=true which we test for in the move event handlers
+                e.preventDefault();
+                document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+                document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+                return;
+            }
             let x = this.Document.panX || 0;
             let y = this.Document.panY || 0;
             let docs = this.childDocs || [];
@@ -224,10 +336,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                     this._pheight / this.zoomScaling());
                 let panelwidth = panelDim[0];
                 let panelheight = panelDim[1];
-                // if (ranges[0][0] - dx > (this.panX() + panelwidth / 2)) x = ranges[0][1] + panelwidth / 2;
-                // if (ranges[0][1] - dx < (this.panX() - panelwidth / 2)) x = ranges[0][0] - panelwidth / 2;
-                // if (ranges[1][0] - dy > (this.panY() + panelheight / 2)) y = ranges[1][1] + panelheight / 2;
-                // if (ranges[1][1] - dy < (this.panY() - panelheight / 2)) y = ranges[1][0] - panelheight / 2;
+                if (ranges[0][0] - dx > (this.panX() + panelwidth / 2)) x = ranges[0][1] + panelwidth / 2;
+                if (ranges[0][1] - dx < (this.panX() - panelwidth / 2)) x = ranges[0][0] - panelwidth / 2;
+                if (ranges[1][0] - dy > (this.panY() + panelheight / 2)) y = ranges[1][1] + panelheight / 2;
+                if (ranges[1][1] - dy < (this.panY() - panelheight / 2)) y = ranges[1][0] - panelheight / 2;
             }
             this.setPan(x - dx, y - dy);
             this._lastX = e.pageX;
@@ -293,8 +405,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / scale) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
         this.props.Document.panX = this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanX : panX;
         this.props.Document.panY = this.isAnnotationOverlay && StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundLayout).indexOf("PDFBox") === -1 ? newPanY : panY;
-        // this.props.Document.panX = panX;
-        // this.props.Document.panY = panY;
         if (this.props.Document.scrollY) {
             this.props.Document.scrollY = panY - scale * this.props.Document[HeightSym]();
         }
@@ -310,7 +420,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
 
     bringToFront = (doc: Doc, sendToBack?: boolean) => {
-        if (sendToBack) {
+        if (sendToBack || doc.isBackground) {
             doc.zIndex = 0;
             return;
         }
@@ -397,7 +507,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             addDocument: this.props.addDocument,
             removeDocument: this.props.removeDocument,
             moveDocument: this.props.moveDocument,
-            ScreenToLocalTransform: this.getTransform,
+            ScreenToLocalTransform: pair.layout.z ? this.getTransformOverlay : this.getTransform,
             renderDepth: this.props.renderDepth + 1,
             selectOnLoad: pair.layout[Id] === this._selectOnLoaded,
             PanelWidth: pair.layout[WidthSym],
@@ -405,6 +515,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             ContentScaling: returnOne,
             ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             focus: this.focusDocument,
+            backgroundColor: this.getClusterColor,
             parentActive: this.props.active,
             whenActiveChanged: this.props.whenActiveChanged,
             bringToFront: this.bringToFront,
@@ -428,6 +539,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             ContentScaling: returnOne,
             ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             focus: this.focusDocument,
+            backgroundColor: returnEmptyString,
             parentActive: this.props.active,
             whenActiveChanged: this.props.whenActiveChanged,
             bringToFront: this.bringToFront,
@@ -437,19 +549,21 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         };
     }
 
-    getCalculatedPositions(script: ScriptField, params: { doc: Doc, index: number, collection: Doc, docs: Doc[], state: any }): { x?: number, y?: number, width?: number, height?: number, state?: any } {
+    getCalculatedPositions(script: ScriptField, params: { doc: Doc, index: number, collection: Doc, docs: Doc[], state: any }): { x?: number, y?: number, z?: number, width?: number, height?: number, state?: any } {
         const result = script.script.run(params);
         if (!result.success) {
             return {};
         }
-        return result.result === undefined ? {} : result.result;
+        let doc = params.doc;
+        return result.result === undefined ? { x: Cast(doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(doc.y, "number"), z: Cast(doc.z, "number"), width: Cast(doc.width, "number"), height: Cast(doc.height, "number") } : result.result;
     }
 
-    private viewDefToJSX(viewDef: any): { ele: JSX.Element, bounds?: { x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number } } | undefined {
+    private viewDefToJSX(viewDef: any): { ele: JSX.Element, bounds?: { x: number, y: number, z?: number, width: number, height: number } } | undefined {
         if (viewDef.type === "text") {
             const text = Cast(viewDef.text, "string");
             const x = Cast(viewDef.x, "number");
             const y = Cast(viewDef.y, "number");
+            const z = Cast(viewDef.z, "number");
             const width = Cast(viewDef.width, "number");
             const height = Cast(viewDef.height, "number");
             const fontSize = Cast(viewDef.fontSize, "number");
@@ -461,7 +575,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 ele: <div className="collectionFreeform-customText" style={{
                     transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)`,
                     width, height, fontSize
-                }}>{text}</div>, bounds: { x: x!, y: y!, width: width!, height: height! }
+                }}>{text}</div>, bounds: { x: x!, y: y!, z: z, width: width!, height: height! }
             };
         }
     }
@@ -473,7 +587,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         const script = this.Document.arrangeScript;
         let state: any = undefined;
         const docs = this.childDocs;
-        let elements: { ele: JSX.Element, bounds?: { x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number } }[] = [];
+        let elements: { ele: JSX.Element, bounds?: { x: number, y: number, z?: number, width: number, height: number } }[] = [];
         if (initScript) {
             const initResult = initScript.script.run({ docs, collection: this.Document });
             if (initResult.success) {
@@ -495,13 +609,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 let minim = BoolCast(doc.isMinimized);
                 if (minim === undefined || !minim) {
                     const pos = script ? this.getCalculatedPositions(script, { doc, index: prev.length, collection: this.Document, docs, state }) :
-                        { x: Cast(doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(doc.y, "number"), width: Cast(doc.width, "number"), height: Cast(doc.height, "number") };
+                        { x: Cast(doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(doc.y, "number"), z: Cast(doc.z, "number"), width: Cast(doc.width, "number"), height: Cast(doc.height, "number") };
                     state = pos.state === undefined ? state : pos.state;
                     prev.push({
                         ele: <CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={doc[Id]}
                             x={script ? pos.x : undefined} y={script ? pos.y : undefined}
                             width={script ? pos.width : undefined} height={script ? pos.height : undefined} {...this.getChildDocumentViewProps(doc)} />,
-                        bounds: (pos.x !== undefined && pos.y !== undefined && pos.width !== undefined && pos.height !== undefined) ? { x: pos.x, y: pos.y, width: pos.width, height: pos.height } : undefined
+                        bounds: (pos.x !== undefined && pos.y !== undefined && pos.width !== undefined && pos.height !== undefined) ? { x: pos.x, y: pos.y, z: pos.z, width: pos.width, height: pos.height } : undefined
                     });
                 }
             }
@@ -515,9 +629,14 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
 
     @computed.struct
     get views() {
-        return this.elements.map(ele => ele.ele);
+        return this.elements.filter(ele => ele.bounds && !ele.bounds.z).map(ele => ele.ele);
+    }
+    @computed.struct
+    get overlayViews() {
+        return this.elements.filter(ele => ele.bounds && ele.bounds.z).map(ele => ele.ele);
     }
 
+
     @action
     onCursorMove = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY));
@@ -566,6 +685,20 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             icon: !this.fitToBox ? "expand-arrows-alt" : "compress-arrows-alt"
         });
         layoutItems.push({
+            description: `${this.props.Document.useClusters ? "Uncluster" : "Use Clusters"}`,
+            event: async () => {
+                Docs.Prototypes.get(DocumentType.TEXT).defaultBackgroundColor = "#f1efeb"; // backward compatibility with databases that didn't have a default background color on prototypes
+                Docs.Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL).defaultBackgroundColor = "white";
+                this.props.Document.useClusters = !this.props.Document.useClusters;
+            },
+            icon: !this.props.Document.useClusters ? "expand-arrows-alt" : "compress-arrows-alt"
+        });
+        layoutItems.push({
+            description: `${this.props.Document.clusterOverridesDefaultBackground ? "Use Default Backgrounds" : "Clusters Override Defaults"}`,
+            event: async () => this.props.Document.clusterOverridesDefaultBackground = !this.props.Document.clusterOverridesDefaultBackground,
+            icon: !this.props.Document.useClusters ? "expand-arrows-alt" : "compress-arrows-alt"
+        });
+        layoutItems.push({
             description: "Arrange contents in grid",
             event: this.arrangeContents,
             icon: "table"
@@ -616,6 +749,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         <CollectionFreeFormBackgroundView key="backgroundView" {...this.props} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />,
         ...this.views
     ]
+    private overlayChildViews = () => {
+        return [...this.overlayViews];
+    }
 
     public static AddCustomLayout(doc: Doc, dataKey: string): () => void {
         return () => {
@@ -664,6 +800,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                         <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />
                     </CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents>
                 </MarqueeView>
+                {this.overlayChildViews()}
                 <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView  {...this.props} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index b9ee588dd..aad26efa0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -226,15 +226,17 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
     }
 
     get ink() {
-        let container = this.props.container.Document;
+        let container = this.props.container.props.Document;
         let containerKey = this.props.container.props.fieldKey;
-        return Cast(container[containerKey + "_ink"], InkField);
+        let extensionDoc = Doc.resolvedFieldDataDoc(container, containerKey, "true");
+        return Cast(extensionDoc.ink, InkField);
     }
 
     set ink(value: InkField | undefined) {
-        let container = Doc.GetProto(this.props.container.Document);
+        let container = Doc.GetProto(this.props.container.props.Document);
         let containerKey = this.props.container.props.fieldKey;
-        container[containerKey + "_ink"] = value;
+        let extensionDoc = Doc.resolvedFieldDataDoc(container, containerKey, "true");
+        extensionDoc.ink = value;
     }
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             this._commandExecuted = true;
             e.stopPropagation();
             (e as any).propagationIsStopped = true;
-            this.marqueeSelect().map(d => this.props.removeDocument(d));
+            this.marqueeSelect(false).map(d => this.props.removeDocument(d));
             if (this.ink) {
                 this.marqueeInkDelete(this.ink.inkData);
             }
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             e.preventDefault();
             (e as any).propagationIsStopped = true;
             let bounds = this.Bounds;
-            let selected = this.marqueeSelect();
+            let selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
             if (e.key === "c") {
                 selected.map(d => {
                     this.props.removeDocument(d);
@@ -278,11 +280,13 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
                 panX: 0,
                 panY: 0,
                 backgroundColor: this.props.container.isAnnotationOverlay ? undefined : "white",
+                defaultBackgroundColor: this.props.container.isAnnotationOverlay ? undefined : "white",
                 width: bounds.width,
                 height: bounds.height,
                 title: e.key === "s" || e.key === "S" ? "-summary-" : "a nested collection",
             });
-            newCollection.data_ink = inkData ? new InkField(this.marqueeInkSelect(inkData)) : undefined;
+            let dataExtensionField = Doc.CreateDocumentExtensionForField(newCollection, "data");
+            dataExtensionField.ink = inkData ? new InkField(this.marqueeInkSelect(inkData)) : undefined;
             this.marqueeInkDelete(inkData);
 
             if (e.key === "s") {
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
         }
     }
 
-    marqueeSelect() {
+    marqueeSelect(selectBackgrounds: boolean = true) {
         let selRect = this.Bounds;
         let selection: Doc[] = [];
         this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => !doc.isBackground).map(doc => {
@@ -378,7 +382,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
                 selection.push(doc);
             }
         });
-        if (!selection.length) {
+        if (!selection.length && selectBackgrounds) {
             this.props.activeDocuments().map(doc => {
                 var x = NumCast(doc.x);
                 var y = NumCast(doc.y);