merge

14 files changed, 522 insertions, 554 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
index bff56e8c3..eec01bb3f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ListField } from '../../../fields/ListField';
 import { NumberField } from '../../../fields/NumberField';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
+import { TextField } from '../../../fields/TextField';
 
 export enum CollectionViewType {
     Invalid,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export interface CollectionRenderProps {
     removeDocument: (document: Document) => boolean;
     moveDocument: (document: Document, targetCollection: Document, addDocument: (document: Document) => boolean) => boolean;
     active: () => boolean;
-    onActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
+    whenActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
@@ -55,19 +56,22 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
 
     //TODO should this be observable?
     private _isChildActive = false;
-    onActiveChanged = (isActive: boolean) => {
+    whenActiveChanged = (isActive: boolean) => {
         this._isChildActive = isActive;
-        this.props.onActiveChanged(isActive);
+        this.props.whenActiveChanged(isActive);
     }
 
     createsCycle(documentToAdd: Document, containerDocument: Document): boolean {
-        let data = documentToAdd.GetList<Document>(KeyStore.Data, []);
-        for (const doc of data) {
+        if (!(documentToAdd instanceof Document)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let data = documentToAdd.GetList(KeyStore.Data, [] as Document[]);
+        for (const doc of data.filter(d => d instanceof Document)) {
             if (this.createsCycle(doc, containerDocument)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        let annots = documentToAdd.GetList<Document>(KeyStore.Annotations, []);
+        let annots = documentToAdd.GetList(KeyStore.Annotations, [] as Document[]);
         for (const annot of annots) {
             if (this.createsCycle(annot, containerDocument)) {
                 return true;
@@ -84,56 +88,50 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
 
     @action.bound
     addDocument(doc: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean = false): boolean {
-        let props = this.props;
-        var curPage = props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
+        var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
         doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.Page, new NumberField(curPage));
-        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
-            doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.Zoom, new NumberField(this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1)));
-        }
         if (curPage >= 0) {
-            doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.AnnotationOn, props.Document);
+            doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.AnnotationOn, this.props.Document);
         }
-        if (props.Document.Get(props.fieldKey) instanceof Field) {
-            //TODO This won't create the field if it doesn't already exist
-            const value = props.Document.GetData(props.fieldKey, ListField, new Array<Document>());
-            if (!this.createsCycle(doc, props.Document)) {
+        if (this.props.Document.Get(this.props.fieldKey) instanceof Field) {
+            const value = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+            if (!this.createsCycle(doc, this.props.Document)) {
                 if (!value.some(v => v.Id === doc.Id) || allowDuplicates) {
                     value.push(doc);
+                    doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZoomBasis, this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1));
                 }
-            }
-            else {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else {
-            let proto = props.Document.GetPrototype();
-            if (!proto || proto === FieldWaiting || !this.createsCycle(proto, doc)) {
-                const field = new ListField([doc]);
-                // const script = CompileScript(`
-                //     if(added) {
-                //         console.log("added " + field.Title + " " + doc.Title);
-                //     } else {
-                //         console.log("removed " + field.Title + " " + doc.Title);
-                //     }
-                // `, {
-                //         addReturn: false,
-                //         params: {
-                //             field: Document.name,
-                //             added: "boolean"
-                //         },
-                //         capturedVariables: {
-                //             doc: this.props.Document
-                //         }
-                //     });
-                // if (script.compiled) {
-                //     field.addScript(new ScriptField(script));
-                // }
-                props.Document.SetOnPrototype(props.fieldKey, field);
-            }
-            else {
-                return false;
+                return true;
             }
         }
-        return true;
+        // bcz: What is this code trying to do?
+        // else {
+        //     let proto = props.Document.GetPrototype();
+        //     if (!proto || proto === FieldWaiting || !this.createsCycle(proto, doc)) {
+        //         const field = new ListField([doc]);
+        //         // const script = CompileScript(`
+        //         //     if(added) {
+        //         //         console.log("added " + field.Title + " " + doc.Title);
+        //         //     } else {
+        //         //         console.log("removed " + field.Title + " " + doc.Title);
+        //         //     }
+        //         // `, {
+        //         //         addReturn: false,
+        //         //         params: {
+        //         //             field: Document.name,
+        //         //             added: "boolean"
+        //         //         },
+        //         //         capturedVariables: {
+        //         //             doc: this.props.Document
+        //         //         }
+        //         //     });
+        //         // if (script.compiled) {
+        //         //     field.addScript(new ScriptField(script));
+        //         // }
+        //         props.Document.SetOnPrototype(props.fieldKey, field);
+        //         return true;
+        //     }
+        // }
+        return false;
     }
 
     @action.bound
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
             removeDocument: this.removeDocument,
             moveDocument: this.moveDocument,
             active: this.active,
-            onActiveChanged: this.onActiveChanged,
+            whenActiveChanged: this.whenActiveChanged,
         };
         const viewtype = this.collectionViewType;
         return (
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 2b96e7678..e4c647635 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ServerUtils } from "../../../server/ServerUtil";
 import { DragManager, DragLinksAsDocuments } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { TextField } from "../../../fields/TextField";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
+import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform'
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
                             let counter: any = this.htmlToElement(`<div class="messageCounter">${count}</div>`);
                             tab.element.append(counter);
                             counter.DashDocId = tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId;
-                            (tab as any).reactionDisposer = reaction(() => [f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedFromDocs, ListField), f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedToDocs, ListField)],
+                            tab.reactionDisposer = reaction(() => [f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedFromDocs, ListField), f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedToDocs, ListField)],
                                 (lists) => {
                                     let count = (lists.length > 0 && lists[0] && lists[0]!.Data ? lists[0]!.Data.length : 0) +
                                         (lists.length > 1 && lists[1] && lists[1]!.Data ? lists[1]!.Data.length : 0);
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ interface DockedFrameProps {
 @observer
 export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
 
-    private _mainCont = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    _mainCont = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     @observable private _panelWidth = 0;
     @observable private _panelHeight = 0;
     @observable private _document: Opt<Document>;
@@ -325,38 +326,49 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
         Server.GetField(this.props.documentId, action((f: Opt<Field>) => this._document = f as Document));
     }
 
-    private _nativeWidth = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this._panelWidth);
-    private _nativeHeight = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this._panelHeight);
-    private _contentScaling = () => this._panelWidth / (this._nativeWidth() ? this._nativeWidth() : this._panelWidth);
+    nativeWidth = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this._panelWidth);
+    nativeHeight = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this._panelHeight);
+    contentScaling = () => {
+        let wscale = this._panelWidth / (this.nativeWidth() ? this.nativeWidth() : this._panelWidth);
+        if (wscale * this.nativeHeight() > this._panelHeight)
+            return this._panelHeight / (this.nativeHeight() ? this.nativeHeight() : this._panelHeight);
+        return wscale;
+    }
 
     ScreenToLocalTransform = () => {
-        let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!);
-        return CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY).scale(scale / this._contentScaling());
+        if (this._mainCont.current && this._mainCont.current.children) {
+            let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!.children[0].firstChild as HTMLElement);
+            scale = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!).scale;
+            return CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY).scale(scale / this.contentScaling());
+        }
+        return Transform.Identity();
     }
+    get previewPanelCenteringOffset() { return (this._panelWidth - this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / 2; }
 
-    render() {
-        if (!this._document) {
-            return (null);
-        }
-        var content =
-            <div className="collectionDockingView-content" ref={this._mainCont}>
-                <DocumentView key={this._document.Id} Document={this._document}
+    get content() {
+        return (
+            <div className="collectionDockingView-content" ref={this._mainCont}
+                style={{ transform: `translate(${this.previewPanelCenteringOffset}px, 0px)` }}>
+                <DocumentView key={this._document!.Id} Document={this._document!}
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     removeDocument={undefined}
-                    ContentScaling={this._contentScaling}
-                    PanelWidth={this._nativeWidth}
-                    PanelHeight={this._nativeHeight}
+                    ContentScaling={this.contentScaling}
+                    PanelWidth={this.nativeWidth}
+                    PanelHeight={this.nativeHeight}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.ScreenToLocalTransform}
                     isTopMost={true}
                     selectOnLoad={false}
                     parentActive={returnTrue}
-                    onActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                    whenActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={emptyDocFunction}
                     ContainingCollectionView={undefined} />
-            </div>;
+            </div>);
+    }
 
-        return <Measure onResize={action((r: any) => { this._panelWidth = r.entry.width; this._panelHeight = r.entry.height; })}>
-            {({ measureRef }) => <div ref={measureRef}>  {content} </div>}
-        </Measure>;
+    render() {
+        return !this._document ? (null) :
+            <Measure onResize={action((r: any) => { this._panelWidth = r.entry.width; this._panelHeight = r.entry.height; })}>
+                {({ measureRef }) => <div ref={measureRef}>  {this.content} </div>}
+            </Measure>;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index 40e49bb5f..cfdb3ab22 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -1,56 +1,6 @@
 @import "../globalCssVariables";
 
-//options menu styling
-#schemaOptionsMenuBtn {
-    position: absolute;
-    height: 20px;
-    width: 20px;
-    border-radius: 50%;
-    z-index: 21; 
-    right: 4px;
-    top: 4px; 
-    pointer-events: auto;
-    background-color:black;
-    display:inline-block;
-    padding: 0px;
-    font-size: 100%;
-}
-#schema-options-header {
-    text-align: center;
-    padding: 0px;
-    margin: 0px;
-}
-.schema-options-subHeader {
-    color: $intermediate-color;
-    margin-bottom: 5px;
-}
-#schemaOptionsMenuBtn:hover {
-    transform: scale(1.15);
-}
-
-#preview-schema-checkbox-div {
-    margin-left: 20px;
-    font-size: 12px;
-}
 
-  #options-flyout-div {
-    text-align: left;
-    padding:0px;
-    z-index: 100;
-    font-family: $sans-serif;
-    padding-left: 5px;
-  }
-
-  #schema-col-checklist {
-    overflow: scroll;
-    text-align: left;
-    //background-color: $light-color-secondary;
-    line-height: 25px;
-    max-height: 175px;
-    font-family: $sans-serif;
-    font-size: 12px;
-  }
-  
 
 .collectionSchemaView-container {
     border-width: $COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH;
@@ -61,18 +11,31 @@
     position: absolute;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
-    
-    .collectionSchemaView-content {
-        position: absolute;
-        height: 100%;
-        width: 100%;
-        overflow: auto;
+
+    .collectionSchemaView-cellContents {
+        height: $MAX_ROW_HEIGHT;
     }
+    
     .collectionSchemaView-previewRegion {
         position: relative;
         background: $light-color;
         float: left;
         height: 100%;
+        .collectionSchemaView-previewDoc {
+            height: 100%;
+            width: 100%; 
+            position: absolute;
+        }
+        .collectionSchemaView-input {
+            position: absolute;
+            max-width: 150px;
+            width: 100%;
+            bottom: 0px;
+        }
+        .documentView-node:first-child {
+            position: relative;
+            background: $light-color;
+        }
     }
     .collectionSchemaView-previewHandle {
         position: absolute;
@@ -146,7 +109,7 @@
         }
         .rt-tr-group {
             direction: ltr;
-            max-height: 44px;
+            max-height: $MAX_ROW_HEIGHT;
         }
         .rt-td {
             border-width: 1px;
@@ -178,7 +141,7 @@
     }
     .ReactTable .rt-th,
     .ReactTable .rt-td {
-        max-height: 44;
+        max-height: $MAX_ROW_HEIGHT;
         padding: 3px 7px;
         font-size: 13px;
         text-align: center;
@@ -188,13 +151,71 @@
         border-bottom-style: solid;
         border-bottom-width: 1;
     }
+    .documentView-node-topmost {
+        text-align:left;
+        transform-origin: center top;
+        display: inline-block;
+    }
     .documentView-node:first-child {
         background: $light-color;
-        .imageBox-cont img {
-            object-fit: contain;
-        }
     }
 }
+//options menu styling
+#schemaOptionsMenuBtn {
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 20px;
+    width: 20px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    z-index: 21; 
+    right: 4px;
+    top: 4px; 
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    background-color:black;
+    display:inline-block;
+    padding: 0px;
+    font-size: 100%;
+}
+
+ul {
+    list-style-type: disc;
+}
+
+#schema-options-header {
+    text-align: center;
+    padding: 0px;
+    margin: 0px;
+}
+.schema-options-subHeader {
+    color: $intermediate-color;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
+#schemaOptionsMenuBtn:hover {
+    transform: scale(1.15);
+}
+
+#preview-schema-checkbox-div {
+    margin-left: 20px;
+    font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+  #options-flyout-div {
+    text-align: left;
+    padding:0px;
+    z-index: 100;
+    font-family: $sans-serif;
+    padding-left: 5px;
+  }
+
+  #schema-col-checklist {
+    overflow: scroll;
+    text-align: left;
+    //background-color: $light-color-secondary;
+    line-height: 25px;
+    max-height: 175px;
+    font-family: $sans-serif;
+    font-size: 12px;
+  }
+  
 
 .Resizer {
     box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 4f4068e7a..90077b053 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ import { faCog, faPlus } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, observable, untracked } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import Measure from "react-measure";
 import ReactTable, { CellInfo, ComponentPropsGetterR, ReactTableDefaults } from "react-table";
+import { MAX_ROW_HEIGHT } from '../../views/globalCssVariables.scss'
 import "react-table/react-table.css";
 import { Document } from "../../../fields/Document";
 import { Field, Opt } from "../../../fields/Field";
 import { Key } from "../../../fields/Key";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
-import { emptyDocFunction, emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyDocFunction, emptyFunction, returnFalse } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Server } from "../../Server";
 import { SetupDrag } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { CompileScript, ToField } from "../../util/Scripting";
@@ -34,42 +34,35 @@ import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
 class KeyToggle extends React.Component<{ keyId: string, checked: boolean, toggle: (key: Key) => void }> {
     @observable key: Key | undefined;
 
-    componentWillReceiveProps() {
-        Server.GetField(this.props.keyId, action((field: Opt<Field>) => {
-            if (field instanceof Key) {
-                this.key = field;
-            }
-        }));
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+        Server.GetField(this.props.keyId, action((field: Opt<Field>) => field instanceof Key && (this.key = field)));
     }
 
     render() {
-        if (this.key) {
-            return (<div key={this.key.Id}>
+        return !this.key ? (null) :
+            (<div key={this.key.Id}>
                 <input type="checkbox" checked={this.props.checked} onChange={() => this.key && this.props.toggle(this.key)} />
                 {this.key.Name}
             </div>);
-        }
-        return (null);
     }
 }
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
-    private _mainCont = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    private _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
     private _startSplitPercent = 0;
     private DIVIDER_WIDTH = 4;
 
     @observable _columns: Array<Key> = [KeyStore.Title, KeyStore.Data, KeyStore.Author];
-    @observable _contentScaling = 1; // used to transfer the dimensions of the content pane in the DOM to the ContentScaling prop of the DocumentView
-    @observable _dividerX = 0;
-    @observable _panelWidth = 0;
-    @observable _panelHeight = 0;
     @observable _selectedIndex = 0;
     @observable _columnsPercentage = 0;
     @observable _keys: Key[] = [];
+    @observable _newKeyName: string = "";
 
     @computed get splitPercentage() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.SchemaSplitPercentage, 0); }
-
+    @computed get columns() { return this.props.Document.GetList(KeyStore.ColumnsKey, [] as Key[]); }
+    @computed get borderWidth() { return COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH; }
 
     renderCell = (rowProps: CellInfo) => {
         let props: FieldViewProps = {
@@ -83,7 +76,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
             ScreenToLocalTransform: Transform.Identity,
             focus: emptyDocFunction,
             active: returnFalse,
-            onActiveChanged: emptyFunction,
+            whenActiveChanged: emptyFunction,
         };
         let contents = (
             <FieldView {...props} />
@@ -107,11 +100,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
             return false;
         };
         return (
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" onPointerDown={onItemDown} style={{ height: "56px" }} key={props.Document.Id} ref={reference}>
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" onPointerDown={onItemDown} key={props.Document.Id} ref={reference}>
                 <EditableView
                     display={"inline"}
                     contents={contents}
-                    height={56}
+                    height={Number(MAX_ROW_HEIGHT)}
                     GetValue={() => {
                         let field = props.Document.Get(props.fieldKey);
                         if (field && field instanceof Field) {
@@ -165,9 +158,9 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
         };
     }
 
-    @computed
-    get columns() {
-        return this.props.Document.GetList<Key>(KeyStore.ColumnsKey, []);
+    private createTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
+        this._mainCont = ele;
+        super.CreateDropTarget(ele);
     }
 
     @action
@@ -187,31 +180,12 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
     //toggles preview side-panel of schema
     @action
     toggleExpander = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-        this._startSplitPercent = this.splitPercentage;
-        if (this._startSplitPercent === this.splitPercentage) {
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.SchemaSplitPercentage, this.splitPercentage === 0 ? 33 : 0);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @computed
-    get findAllDocumentKeys(): { [id: string]: boolean } {
-        const docs = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
-        let keys: { [id: string]: boolean } = {};
-        if (this._optionsActivated > -1) {
-            // bcz: ugh.  this is untracked since otherwise a large collection of documents will blast the server for all their fields.
-            //  then as each document's fields come back, we update the documents _proxies.  Each time we do this, the whole schema will be
-            //  invalidated and re-rendered.   This workaround will inquire all of the document fields before the options button is clicked.
-            //  then by the time the options button is clicked, all of the fields should be in place.  If a new field is added while this menu
-            //  is displayed (unlikely) it won't show up until something else changes.
-            untracked(() => docs.map(doc => doc.GetAllPrototypes().map(proto => proto._proxies.forEach((val: any, key: string) => keys[key] = false))));
-        }
-        this.columns.forEach(key => keys[key.Id] = true);
-        return keys;
+        this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.SchemaSplitPercentage, this.splitPercentage === 0 ? 33 : 0);
     }
 
     @action
     onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        let nativeWidth = this._mainCont.current!.getBoundingClientRect();
+        let nativeWidth = this._mainCont!.getBoundingClientRect();
         this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.SchemaSplitPercentage, Math.max(0, 100 - Math.round((e.clientX - nativeWidth.left) / nativeWidth.width * 100)));
     }
     @action
@@ -230,155 +204,149 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
         document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
     }
 
-    @observable _tableWidth = 0;
-    @action
-    setTableDimensions = (r: any) => {
-        this._tableWidth = r.entry.width;
-    }
-    @action
-    setScaling = (r: any) => {
-        const children = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
-        const selected = children.length > this._selectedIndex ? children[this._selectedIndex] : undefined;
-        this._panelWidth = r.entry.width;
-        this._panelHeight = r.entry.height ? r.entry.height : this._panelHeight;
-        this._contentScaling = r.entry.width / selected!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, r.entry.width);
+    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
+        if (e.button === 0 && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
+            if (this.props.isSelected())
+                e.stopPropagation();
+            else e.preventDefault();
+        }
     }
 
-    @computed
-    get borderWidth() { return COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH; }
-    getContentScaling = (): number => this._contentScaling;
-    getPanelWidth = (): number => this._panelWidth;
-    getPanelHeight = (): number => this._panelHeight;
-    getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(- this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH - this._dividerX, - this.borderWidth).scale(1 / this._contentScaling);
-    getPreviewTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(- this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH - this._dividerX - this._tableWidth, - this.borderWidth).scale(1 / this._contentScaling);
-
-    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (e.button === 1 && this.props.isSelected() && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
+    onWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
+        if (this.props.active()) {
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     }
 
     @action
     addColumn = () => {
-        this.columns.push(new Key(this.newKeyName));
-        this.newKeyName = "";
+        this.columns.push(new Key(this._newKeyName));
+        this._newKeyName = "";
     }
 
-    @observable
-    newKeyName: string = "";
-
     @action
     newKeyChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-        this.newKeyName = e.currentTarget.value;
-    }
-    onWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
-        if (this.props.active()) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @observable _optionsActivated: number = 0;
-    @action
-    OptionsMenuDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        this._optionsActivated++;
+        this._newKeyName = e.currentTarget.value;
     }
 
-    @observable previewScript: string = "this";
+    @observable previewScript: string = "";
     @action
     onPreviewScriptChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
         this.previewScript = e.currentTarget.value;
     }
 
-    render() {
-        library.add(faCog);
-        library.add(faPlus);
-        const columns = this.columns;
-        const children = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+    get previewDocument(): Document | undefined {
+        const children = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
         const selected = children.length > this._selectedIndex ? children[this._selectedIndex] : undefined;
-        //all the keys/columns that will be displayed in the schema
-        const allKeys = this.findAllDocumentKeys;
-        let doc: any = selected ? selected.Get(new Key(this.previewScript)) : undefined;
+        return selected ? (this.previewScript ? selected.Get(new Key(this.previewScript)) as Document : selected) : undefined;
+    }
+    get tableWidth() { return (this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH) * (1 - this.splitPercentage / 100); }
+    get previewRegionHeight() { return this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.borderWidth; }
+    get previewRegionWidth() { return (this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH) * this.splitPercentage / 100; }
+
+    private previewDocNativeWidth = () => this.previewDocument!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this.previewRegionWidth);
+    private previewDocNativeHeight = () => this.previewDocument!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this.previewRegionHeight);
+    private previewContentScaling = () => {
+        let wscale = this.previewRegionWidth / (this.previewDocNativeWidth() ? this.previewDocNativeWidth() : this.previewRegionWidth);
+        if (wscale * this.previewDocNativeHeight() > this.previewRegionHeight)
+            return this.previewRegionHeight / (this.previewDocNativeHeight() ? this.previewDocNativeHeight() : this.previewRegionHeight);
+        return wscale;
+    }
+    private previewPanelWidth = () => this.previewDocNativeWidth() * this.previewContentScaling();
+    private previewPanelHeight = () => this.previewDocNativeHeight() * this.previewContentScaling();
+    get previewPanelCenteringOffset() { return (this.previewRegionWidth - this.previewDocNativeWidth() * this.previewContentScaling()) / 2; }
+    getPreviewTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(
+        - this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH - this.tableWidth - this.previewPanelCenteringOffset,
+        - this.borderWidth).scale(1 / this.previewContentScaling());
 
+    @computed
+    get previewPanel() {
         // let doc = CompileScript(this.previewScript, { this: selected }, true)();
-        let content = this._selectedIndex === -1 || !selected ? (null) : (
-            <Measure onResize={this.setScaling}>
-                {({ measureRef }) =>
-                    <div className="collectionSchemaView-content" ref={measureRef}>
-                        {doc instanceof Document ?
-                            <DocumentView Document={doc}
-                                addDocument={this.props.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                                isTopMost={false}
-                                selectOnLoad={false}
-                                ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getPreviewTransform}
-                                ContentScaling={this.getContentScaling}
-                                PanelWidth={this.getPanelWidth}
-                                PanelHeight={this.getPanelHeight}
-                                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
-                                focus={emptyDocFunction}
-                                parentActive={this.props.active}
-                                onActiveChanged={this.props.onActiveChanged} /> : null}
-                        <input value={this.previewScript} onChange={this.onPreviewScriptChange}
-                            style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: '0px' }} />
-                    </div>
-                }
-            </Measure>
-        );
-        let dividerDragger = this.splitPercentage === 0 ? (null) :
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-dividerDragger" onPointerDown={this.onDividerDown} style={{ width: `${this.DIVIDER_WIDTH}px` }} />;
-
-        //options button and menu
-        let optionsMenu = !this.props.active() ? (null) : (<Flyout
-            anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP}
-            content={<div>
-                <div id="schema-options-header"><h5><b>Options</b></h5></div>
-                <div id="options-flyout-div">
-                    <h6 className="schema-options-subHeader">Preview Window</h6>
-                    <div id="preview-schema-checkbox-div"><input type="checkbox" key={"Show Preview"} checked={this.splitPercentage !== 0} onChange={this.toggleExpander} />  Show Preview </div>
-                    <h6 className="schema-options-subHeader" >Displayed Columns</h6>
-                    <ul id="schema-col-checklist" >
-                        {Array.from(Object.keys(allKeys)).map(item =>
-                            (<KeyToggle checked={allKeys[item]} key={item} keyId={item} toggle={this.toggleKey} />))}
-                    </ul>
-                    <input value={this.newKeyName} onChange={this.newKeyChange} />
-                    <button onClick={this.addColumn}><FontAwesomeIcon style={{ color: "white" }} icon="plus" size="lg" /></button>
+        return !this.previewDocument ? (null) : (
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-previewRegion" style={{ width: `${this.previewRegionWidth}px` }}>
+                <div className="collectionSchemaView-previewDoc" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.previewPanelCenteringOffset}px, 0px)` }}>
+                    <DocumentView Document={this.previewDocument} isTopMost={false} selectOnLoad={false}
+                        addDocument={this.props.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+                        ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getPreviewTransform}
+                        ContentScaling={this.previewContentScaling}
+                        PanelWidth={this.previewPanelWidth} PanelHeight={this.previewPanelHeight}
+                        ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
+                        focus={emptyDocFunction}
+                        parentActive={this.props.active}
+                        whenActiveChanged={this.props.whenActiveChanged}
+                    />
                 </div>
+                <input className="collectionSchemaView-input" value={this.previewScript} onChange={this.onPreviewScriptChange}
+                    style={{ left: `calc(50% - ${Math.min(75, this.previewPanelWidth() / 2)}px)` }} />
             </div>
-            }>
-            <button id="schemaOptionsMenuBtn" onPointerDown={this.OptionsMenuDown}><FontAwesomeIcon style={{ color: "white" }} icon="cog" size="sm" /></button>
-        </Flyout>);
+        );
+    }
 
-        return (
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-container" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onWheel={this.onWheel} ref={this._mainCont}>
-                <div className="collectionSchemaView-dropTarget" onDrop={(e: React.DragEvent) => this.onDrop(e, {})} ref={this.createDropTarget}>
-                    <Measure onResize={this.setTableDimensions}>
-                        {({ measureRef }) =>
-                            <div className="collectionSchemaView-tableContainer" ref={measureRef} style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.splitPercentage}%)` }}>
-                                <ReactTable
-                                    data={children}
-                                    pageSize={children.length}
-                                    page={0}
-                                    showPagination={false}
-                                    columns={columns.map(col => ({
-                                        Header: col.Name,
-                                        accessor: (doc: Document) => [doc, col],
-                                        id: col.Id
-                                    }))}
-                                    column={{
-                                        ...ReactTableDefaults.column,
-                                        Cell: this.renderCell,
+    get documentKeysCheckList() {
+        const docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+        let keys: { [id: string]: boolean } = {};
+        // bcz: ugh.  this is untracked since otherwise a large collection of documents will blast the server for all their fields.
+        //  then as each document's fields come back, we update the documents _proxies.  Each time we do this, the whole schema will be
+        //  invalidated and re-rendered.   This workaround will inquire all of the document fields before the options button is clicked.
+        //  then by the time the options button is clicked, all of the fields should be in place.  If a new field is added while this menu
+        //  is displayed (unlikely) it won't show up until something else changes.
+        untracked(() => docs.map(doc => doc.GetAllPrototypes().map(proto => proto._proxies.forEach((val: any, key: string) => keys[key] = false))));
+
+        this.columns.forEach(key => keys[key.Id] = true);
+        return Array.from(Object.keys(keys)).map(item =>
+            (<KeyToggle checked={keys[item]} key={item} keyId={item} toggle={this.toggleKey} />));
+    }
 
-                                    }}
-                                    getTrProps={this.getTrProps}
-                                />
-                            </div>}
-                    </Measure>
-                    {dividerDragger}
-                    <div className="collectionSchemaView-previewRegion" style={{ width: `calc(${this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.SchemaSplitPercentage, 0)}% - ${this.DIVIDER_WIDTH}px)` }}>
-                        {content}
+    get tableOptionsPanel() {
+        return !this.props.active() ? (null) :
+            (<Flyout
+                anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP}
+                content={<div>
+                    <div id="schema-options-header"><h5><b>Options</b></h5></div>
+                    <div id="options-flyout-div">
+                        <h6 className="schema-options-subHeader">Preview Window</h6>
+                        <div id="preview-schema-checkbox-div"><input type="checkbox" key={"Show Preview"} checked={this.splitPercentage !== 0} onChange={this.toggleExpander} />  Show Preview </div>
+                        <h6 className="schema-options-subHeader" >Displayed Columns</h6>
+                        <ul id="schema-col-checklist" >
+                            {this.documentKeysCheckList}
+                        </ul>
+                        <input value={this._newKeyName} onChange={this.newKeyChange} />
+                        <button onClick={this.addColumn}><FontAwesomeIcon style={{ color: "white" }} icon="plus" size="lg" /></button>
                     </div>
-                    {optionsMenu}
                 </div>
-            </div >
+                }>
+                <button id="schemaOptionsMenuBtn" ><FontAwesomeIcon style={{ color: "white" }} icon="cog" size="sm" /></button>
+            </Flyout>);
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    get dividerDragger() {
+        return this.splitPercentage === 0 ? (null) :
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-dividerDragger" onPointerDown={this.onDividerDown} style={{ width: `${this.DIVIDER_WIDTH}px` }} />;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        library.add(faCog);
+        library.add(faPlus);
+        const children = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+        return (
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-container" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onWheel={this.onWheel}
+                onDrop={(e: React.DragEvent) => this.onDrop(e, {})} ref={this.createTarget}>
+                <div className="collectionSchemaView-tableContainer" style={{ width: `${this.tableWidth}px` }}>
+                    <ReactTable data={children} page={0} pageSize={children.length} showPagination={false}
+                        columns={this.columns.map(col => ({
+                            Header: col.Name,
+                            accessor: (doc: Document) => [doc, col],
+                            id: col.Id
+                        }))}
+                        column={{ ...ReactTableDefaults.column, Cell: this.renderCell, }}
+                        getTrProps={this.getTrProps}
+                    />
+                </div>
+                {this.dividerDragger}
+                {this.previewPanel}
+                {this.tableOptionsPanel}
+            </div>
         );
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index d3d69b1af..ead559bd9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { ServerUtils } from "../../../server/ServerUtil";
 import { Server } from "../../Server";
 import { FieldViewProps } from "../nodes/FieldView";
 import * as rp from 'request-promise';
-import { emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
 import { CollectionView } from "./CollectionView";
 import { CollectionPDFView } from "./CollectionPDFView";
 import { CollectionVideoView } from "./CollectionVideoView";
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
     addDocument: (document: Document, allowDuplicates?: boolean) => boolean;
     removeDocument: (document: Document) => boolean;
     moveDocument: (document: Document, targetCollection: Document, addDocument: (document: Document) => boolean) => boolean;
+    PanelWidth: () => number;
+    PanelHeight: () => number;
 }
 
 export interface SubCollectionViewProps extends CollectionViewProps {
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ export class CollectionSubView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
             this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, { handlers: { drop: this.drop.bind(this) } });
         }
     }
+    protected CreateDropTarget(ele: HTMLDivElement) {
+        this.createDropTarget(ele);
+    }
 
     @action
     protected setCursorPosition(position: [number, number]) {
@@ -155,10 +159,7 @@ export class CollectionSubView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
         e.preventDefault();
 
         if (html && html.indexOf("<img") !== 0 && !html.startsWith("<a")) {
-            console.log("not good");
-            let htmlDoc = Documents.HtmlDocument(html, { ...options, width: 300, height: 300 });
-            htmlDoc.SetText(KeyStore.DocumentText, text);
-            this.props.addDocument(htmlDoc, false);
+            this.props.addDocument(Documents.HtmlDocument(html, { ...options, width: 300, height: 300, documentText: text }), false);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -184,36 +185,17 @@ export class CollectionSubView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
             let type = item.type;
             if (item.kind === "file") {
                 let file = item.getAsFile();
-                let formData = new FormData();
-
-                if (file) {
-                    formData.append('file', file);
-                }
                 let dropFileName = file ? file.name : "-empty-";
+                let formData = new FormData();
+                if (file) formData.append('file', file);
 
-                let prom = fetch(upload, {
+                promises.push(fetch(upload, {
                     method: 'POST',
                     body: formData
-                }).then(async (res: Response) => {
-                    (await res.json()).map(action((file: any) => {
-                        let path = window.location.origin + file;
-                        let docPromise = this.getDocumentFromType(type, path, { ...options, nativeWidth: 600, width: 300, title: dropFileName });
-
-                        docPromise.then(action((doc?: Document) => {
-                            let docs = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.Data, ListField);
-                            if (docs !== FieldWaiting) {
-                                if (!docs) {
-                                    docs = new ListField<Document>();
-                                    this.props.Document.Set(KeyStore.Data, docs);
-                                }
-                                if (doc) {
-                                    docs.Data.push(doc);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }));
-                    }));
-                });
-                promises.push(prom);
+                }).then(async (res: Response) =>
+                    (await res.json()).map(action((file: any) =>
+                        this.getDocumentFromType(type, window.location.origin + file, { ...options, nativeWidth: 600, width: 300, title: dropFileName }).
+                            then(doc => doc && this.props.addDocument(doc, false))))));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
index 973eead97..8ecc5b67b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@
     .docContainer:hover {
         .delete-button {
             display: inline;
-            width: auto;
+            // width: auto;
         }
     }
 
     .delete-button {
         color: $intermediate-color;
-        float: right;
+        // float: right;
         margin-left: 15px;
-        margin-top: 3px;
+        // margin-top: 3px;
         display: inline;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 51a02fc25..e0387f4b4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 import { IconProp, library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faCaretDown, faCaretRight, faTrashAlt } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, observable, trace } from "mobx";
+import { action, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Document } from "../../../fields/Document";
 import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../fields/Field";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
-import { SetupDrag, DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { DragManager, SetupDrag } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
-import "./CollectionTreeView.scss";
-import { CollectionView } from "./CollectionView";
-import * as globalCssVariables from "../../views/globalCssVariables.scss";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
+import "./CollectionTreeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
-import { props } from 'bluebird';
 
 
 export interface TreeViewProps {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 1f69a69e8..675e720e2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_
 import { KeyStore } from '../../../fields/KeyStore';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { trace } from 'mobx';
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
@@ -28,8 +29,10 @@ export class CollectionView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         return (null);
     }
 
+    get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
+
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
-        if (!e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document.Id !== CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId) { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view7
+        if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay && !e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document.Id !== CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId) { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view7
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Freeform", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Freeform)) });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Schema", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Schema)) });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Treeview", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Tree)) });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 081b3eb6c..20c5a84bf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         let l = this.props.LinkDocs;
         let a = this.props.A;
         let b = this.props.B;
-        let x1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2);
-        let y1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2);
-        let x2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2);
-        let y2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2);
+        let x1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.IsMinimized, false) ? 5 : a.Width() / 2);
+        let y1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.IsMinimized, false) ? 5 : a.Height() / 2);
+        let x2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.IsMinimized, false) ? 5 : b.Width() / 2);
+        let y2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.IsMinimized, false) ? 5 : b.Height() / 2);
         return (
             <line key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
                 style={{ strokeWidth: `${l.length * 5}` }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
index 2f684a54e..ebdb0c75c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component<CollectionViewP
 
     _brushReactionDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     componentDidMount() {
-        this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []).map(doc => doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0)),
+        this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).map(doc => doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0)),
             () => {
-                let views = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+                let views = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc.GetText(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, "").indexOf("istogram") !== -1);
                 for (let i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
                     for (let j = 0; j < views.length; j++) {
                         let srcDoc = views[j];
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
index 751ea8190..cf0a6de00 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors extends React.Component<CollectionV
     protected getCursors(): CursorEntry[] {
         let doc = this.props.Document;
         let id = CurrentUserUtils.id;
-        let cursors = doc.GetList<CursorEntry>(KeyStore.Cursors, []);
+        let cursors = doc.GetList(KeyStore.Cursors, [] as CursorEntry[]);
         let notMe = cursors.filter(entry => entry.Data[0][0] !== id);
         return id ? notMe : [];
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index 26c794e91..57706b51e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 @import "../../globalCssVariables";
-.collectionfreeformview-measure {
-    position: inherit;
-    top: 0;
-    left: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-  }
 .collectionfreeformview {
   position: inherit;
   top: 0;
@@ -48,10 +41,11 @@
   }
   .formattedTextBox-cont {
     background: $light-color-secondary;
+    overflow: visible;
   }
  
   opacity: 0.99;
-  border-width: 0;
+  border-width: 0; 
   border-color: transparent;
   border-style: solid; 
   border-radius: $border-radius;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 4db3bf81b..83b7f9be4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { action, computed, observable, runInAction, untracked } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import Measure from "react-measure";
 import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
-import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../../fields/Field";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
-import { TextField } from "../../../../fields/TextField";
 import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DragManager } from "../../../util/DragManager";
@@ -13,43 +10,52 @@ import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
 import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH } from "../../../views/globalCssVariables.scss";
 import { InkingCanvas } from "../../InkingCanvas";
-import { Main } from "../../Main";
-import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView, CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
+import { MainOverlayTextBox } from "../../MainOverlayTextBox";
+import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
 import { DocumentContentsView } from "../../nodes/DocumentContentsView";
 import { DocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
-import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
+import { CollectionSubView } from "../CollectionSubView";
 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 { MainOverlayTextBox } from "../../MainOverlayTextBox";
+import { BooleanField } from "../../../../fields/BooleanField";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
-    public _canvasRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     private _selectOnLoaded: string = ""; // id of document that should be selected once it's loaded (used for click-to-type)
+    private _lastX: number = 0;
+    private _lastY: number = 0;
+    private get _pwidth() { return this.props.PanelWidth(); }
+    private get _pheight() { return this.props.PanelHeight(); }
 
-    public addLiveTextBox = (newBox: Document) => {
-        // mark this collection so that when the text box is created we can send it the SelectOnLoad prop to focus itself and receive text input
-        this._selectOnLoaded = newBox.Id;
+    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0); }
+    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0); }
+    private get borderWidth() { return this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 0 : COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH; }
+    private get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
+    private childViews = () => this.views;
+    private panX = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+    private panY = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+    private zoomScaling = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1);
+    private centeringShiftX = () => !this.nativeWidth ? this._pwidth / 2 : 0;  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+    private centeringShiftY = () => !this.nativeHeight ? this._pheight / 2 : 0;// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+    private getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth).translate(-this.centeringShiftX(), -this.centeringShiftY()).transform(this.getLocalTransform());
+    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: Document) => {
+        this._selectOnLoaded = newBox.Id;// track the new text box so we can give it a prop that tells it to focus itself when it's displayed
         this.addDocument(newBox, false);
     }
-
-    public addDocument = (newBox: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean) => {
-        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
-            newBox.SetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1));
-        }
+    private addDocument = (newBox: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean) => {
         return this.props.addDocument(this.bringToFront(newBox), false);
     }
-
-    public selectDocuments = (docs: Document[]) => {
+    private selectDocuments = (docs: Document[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll;
         docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc)).filter(dv => dv).map(dv =>
             SelectionManager.SelectDoc(dv!, true));
     }
-
     public getActiveDocuments = () => {
         var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
         return this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).reduce((active, doc) => {
@@ -61,42 +67,35 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
         }, [] as Document[]);
     }
 
-    @observable public DownX: number = 0;
-    @observable public DownY: number = 0;
-    @observable private _lastX: number = 0;
-    @observable private _lastY: number = 0;
-    @observable private _pwidth: number = 0;
-    @observable private _pheight: number = 0;
-
-    @computed get panX(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0); }
-    @computed get panY(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0); }
-    @computed get scale(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
-    @computed get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
-    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0); }
-    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0); }
-    @computed get zoomScaling() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
-    @computed get centeringShiftX() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0) ? this._pwidth / 2 : 0; }  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
-    @computed get centeringShiftY() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0) ? this._pheight / 2 : 0; }// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
-
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (super.drop(e, de) && de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
-            const [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(de.x - de.data.xOffset, de.y - de.data.yOffset);
             if (de.data.droppedDocuments.length) {
-                let dropX = de.data.droppedDocuments[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
-                let dropY = de.data.droppedDocuments[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
+                let dragDoc = de.data.droppedDocuments[0];
+                let zoom = dragDoc.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZoomBasis, 1);
+                let [xp, yp] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+                let x = xp - de.data.xOffset / zoom;
+                let y = yp - de.data.yOffset / zoom;
+
+                let dropX = dragDoc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
+                let dropY = dragDoc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
                 de.data.droppedDocuments.map(d => {
-                    d.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, x + (d.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) - dropX));
-                    d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, y + (d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) - dropY));
-                    if (!d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0)) {
-                        d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 300);
-                    }
-                    if (!d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0)) {
-                        d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 300);
+                    d.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, x + (d.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0)) - dropX);
+                    d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, y + (d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0)) - dropY);
+                    if (!d.GetBoolean(KeyStore.IsMinimized, false)) {
+                        if (!d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0)) {
+                            d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 300);
+                        }
+                        if (!d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0)) {
+                            let nw = d.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0);
+                            let nh = d.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0);
+                            d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Height, nw && nh ? nh / nw * d.Width() : 300);
+                        }
                     }
                     this.bringToFront(d);
                 });
+                SelectionManager.ReselectAll();
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -111,13 +110,17 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (((e.button === 2 && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling !== 1)) || e.button === 0) && this.props.active()) {
+        let childSelected = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((childSelected, doc) => {
+            var dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
+            return childSelected || (dv && SelectionManager.IsSelected(dv) ? true : false);
+        }, false);
+        if (((e.button === 2 && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling() !== 1)) || (e.button === 0 && e.altKey)) && (childSelected || this.props.active())) {
             document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
             document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-            this._lastX = this.DownX = e.pageX;
-            this._lastY = this.DownY = e.pageY;
+            this._lastX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = e.pageY;
         }
     }
 
@@ -130,38 +133,36 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (!e.cancelBubble && this.props.active()) {
-            if ((!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling !== 1) && !e.shiftKey) {
-                let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
-                let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
-                let docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
-                let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
-                if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
-                    let minx = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) : 0;
-                    let maxx = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) + minx : minx;
-                    let miny = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) : 0;
-                    let maxy = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) + miny : miny;
-                    let ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc).reduce((range, doc) => {
-                        let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
-                        let xe = x + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0);
-                        let y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
-                        let ye = y + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0);
-                        return [[range[0][0] > x ? x : range[0][0], range[0][1] < xe ? xe : range[0][1]],
-                        [range[1][0] > y ? y : range[1][0], range[1][1] < ye ? ye : range[1][1]]];
-                    }, [[minx, maxx], [miny, maxy]]);
-                    let panelwidth = this._pwidth / this.scale / 2;
-                    let panelheight = this._pheight / this.scale / 2;
-                    if (x - dx < ranges[0][0] - panelwidth) x = ranges[0][1] + panelwidth + dx;
-                    if (x - dx > ranges[0][1] + panelwidth) x = ranges[0][0] - panelwidth + dx;
-                    if (y - dy < ranges[1][0] - panelheight) y = ranges[1][1] + panelheight + dy;
-                    if (y - dy > ranges[1][1] + panelheight) y = ranges[1][0] - panelheight + dy;
-                }
-                this.SetPan(x - dx, y - dy);
-                this._lastX = e.pageX;
-                this._lastY = e.pageY;
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                e.preventDefault();
+        if (!e.cancelBubble) {
+            let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+            let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+            let docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+            let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
+            if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+                let minx = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) : 0;
+                let maxx = docs.length ? docs[0].Width() + minx : minx;
+                let miny = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) : 0;
+                let maxy = docs.length ? docs[0].Height() + miny : miny;
+                let ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc).reduce((range, doc) => {
+                    let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
+                    let xe = x + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0);
+                    let y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
+                    let ye = y + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0);
+                    return [[range[0][0] > x ? x : range[0][0], range[0][1] < xe ? xe : range[0][1]],
+                    [range[1][0] > y ? y : range[1][0], range[1][1] < ye ? ye : range[1][1]]];
+                }, [[minx, maxx], [miny, maxy]]);
+                let panelwidth = this._pwidth / this.zoomScaling() / 2;
+                let panelheight = this._pheight / this.zoomScaling() / 2;
+                if (x - dx < ranges[0][0] - panelwidth) x = ranges[0][1] + panelwidth + dx;
+                if (x - dx > ranges[0][1] + panelwidth) x = ranges[0][0] - panelwidth + dx;
+                if (y - dy < ranges[1][0] - panelheight) y = ranges[1][1] + panelheight + dy;
+                if (y - dy > ranges[1][1] + panelheight) y = ranges[1][0] - panelheight + dy;
             }
+            this.setPan(x - dx, y - dy);
+            this._lastX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = e.pageY;
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            e.preventDefault();
         }
     }
 
@@ -170,45 +171,45 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
         // if (!this.props.active()) {
         //     return;
         // }
+        let childSelected = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((childSelected, doc) => {
+            var dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
+            return childSelected || (dv && SelectionManager.IsSelected(dv) ? true : false);
+        }, false);
+        if (!this.props.isSelected() && !childSelected && !this.props.isTopMost) {
+            return;
+        }
         e.stopPropagation();
-        let coefficient = 1000;
+        const coefficient = 1000;
 
         if (e.ctrlKey) {
-            var nativeWidth = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0);
-            var nativeHeight = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0);
-            const coefficient = 1000;
             let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, nativeWidth * deltaScale);
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, nativeHeight * deltaScale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this.nativeWidth * deltaScale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this.nativeHeight * deltaScale);
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
         } else {
             // if (modes[e.deltaMode] === 'pixels') coefficient = 50;
             // else if (modes[e.deltaMode] === 'lines') coefficient = 1000; // This should correspond to line-height??
-            let transform = this.getTransform();
-
             let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
-            if (deltaScale * this.zoomScaling < 1 && this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
-                deltaScale = 1 / this.zoomScaling;
+            if (deltaScale < 0) deltaScale = -deltaScale;
+            if (deltaScale * this.zoomScaling() < 1 && this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+                deltaScale = 1 / this.zoomScaling();
             }
-            let [x, y] = transform.transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
-
-            let localTransform = this.getLocalTransform();
-            localTransform = localTransform.inverse().scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y);
-            // console.log(localTransform)
+            let [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+            let localTransform = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y);
 
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, localTransform.Scale);
-            this.SetPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / localTransform.Scale, -localTransform.TranslateY / localTransform.Scale);
+            let safeScale = Math.abs(localTransform.Scale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, Math.abs(safeScale));
+            this.setPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / safeScale, -localTransform.TranslateY / safeScale);
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     }
 
     @action
-    private SetPan(panX: number, panY: number) {
-        MainOverlayTextBox.Instance.SetTextDoc();
-        var x1 = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
-        const newPanX = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeWidth, Math.max(0, panX));
-        const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
+    setPan(panX: number, panY: number) {
+        var scale = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
+        const newPanX = Math.min((1 - 1 / scale) * this.nativeWidth, Math.max(0, panX));
+        const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / scale) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
         this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanX : panX);
         this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanY : panY);
     }
@@ -224,39 +225,18 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     bringToFront(doc: Document) {
-        const { fieldKey: fieldKey, Document: Document } = this.props;
-
-        const value: Document[] = Document.GetList<Document>(fieldKey, []).slice();
-        value.sort((doc1, doc2) => {
-            if (doc1 === doc) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-            if (doc2 === doc) {
-                return -1;
-            }
+        this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).slice().sort((doc1, doc2) => {
+            if (doc1 === doc) return 1;
+            if (doc2 === doc) return -1;
             return doc1.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0) - doc2.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0);
-        }).map((doc, index) =>
-            doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, index + 1));
+        }).map((doc, index) => doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, index + 1));
         return doc;
     }
 
-    @computed get backgroundLayout(): string | undefined {
-        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, TextField);
-        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
-            return field.Data;
-        }
-    }
-    @computed get overlayLayout(): string | undefined {
-        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.OverlayLayout, TextField);
-        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
-            return field.Data;
-        }
-    }
-
     focusDocument = (doc: Document) => {
-        let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2;
-        let y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2;
-        this.SetPan(x, y);
+        this.setPan(
+            doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + doc.Width() / 2,
+            doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + doc.Height() / 2);
         this.props.focus(this.props.Document);
     }
 
@@ -271,11 +251,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
             selectOnLoad: document.Id === this._selectOnLoaded,
             PanelWidth: document.Width,
             PanelHeight: document.Height,
-            ContentScaling: this.noScaling,
+            ContentScaling: returnOne,
             ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             focus: this.focusDocument,
             parentActive: this.props.active,
-            onActiveChanged: this.props.active,
+            whenActiveChanged: this.props.active,
         };
     }
 
@@ -284,79 +264,93 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
         var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
         let docviews = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((prev, doc) => {
             var page = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Page, -1);
-            var zoom = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, 1);
-            var dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
-            let zoomFade = !this.isAnnotationOverlay || (dv && SelectionManager.IsSelected(dv)) ? 1 :
-                Math.max(0, 2 - (zoom < this.scale ? this.scale / zoom : zoom / this.scale));
             if (page === curPage || page === -1) {
-                prev.push(<CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={doc.Id} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(doc)} zoomFade={zoomFade} />);
+                let minim = doc.GetT(KeyStore.IsMinimized, BooleanField);
+                if (minim === undefined || (minim && !minim.Data))
+                    prev.push(<CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={doc.Id} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(doc)} />);
             }
             return prev;
         }, [] as JSX.Element[]);
 
-        setTimeout(() => { // bcz: surely there must be a better way ....
-            this._selectOnLoaded = "";
-        }, 600);
+        setTimeout(() => this._selectOnLoaded = "", 600);// bcz: surely there must be a better way ....
 
         return docviews;
     }
 
-    @computed
-    get backgroundView() {
-        return !this.backgroundLayout ? (null) :
-            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
-                layoutKey={KeyStore.BackgroundLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+    @action
+    onCursorMove = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY));
     }
-    @computed
-    get overlayView() {
-        return !this.overlayLayout ? (null) :
-            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
-                layoutKey={KeyStore.OverlayLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+
+    render() {
+        const containerName = `collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`;
+        return (
+            <div className={containerName} ref={this.createDropTarget} onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
+                onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={this.onCursorMove} onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onDragOver={this.onDragOver} >
+                <MarqueeView container={this} activeDocuments={this.getActiveDocuments} selectDocuments={this.selectDocuments}
+                    addDocument={this.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument} addLiveTextDocument={this.addLiveTextBox}
+                    getContainerTransform={this.getContainerTransform} getTransform={this.getTransform}>
+                    <CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents centeringShiftX={this.centeringShiftX} centeringShiftY={this.centeringShiftY}
+                        zoomScaling={this.zoomScaling} panX={this.panX} panY={this.panY}>
+                        <CollectionFreeFormBackgroundView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />
+                        <CollectionFreeFormLinksView {...this.props} key="freeformLinks">
+                            <InkingCanvas getScreenTransform={this.getTransform} Document={this.props.Document} >
+                                {this.childViews}
+                            </InkingCanvas>
+                        </CollectionFreeFormLinksView>
+                        <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />
+                    </CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents>
+                    <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />
+                </MarqueeView>
+            </div>
+        );
     }
+}
 
-    @computed
-    get borderWidth() {
-        return this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 0 : COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH;
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormOverlayView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
+    @computed get overlayView() {
+        let overlayLayout = this.props.Document.GetText(KeyStore.OverlayLayout, "");
+        return !overlayLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} layoutKey={KeyStore.OverlayLayout}
+                isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+    }
+    render() {
+        return this.overlayView;
     }
-    getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth).translate(-this.centeringShiftX, -this.centeringShiftY).transform(this.getLocalTransform());
-    getContainerTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth);
-    getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity().scale(1 / this.scale).translate(this.panX, this.panY);
-    noScaling = () => 1;
-    childViews = () => this.views;
+}
 
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormBackgroundView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
+    @computed get backgroundView() {
+        let backgroundLayout = this.props.Document.GetText(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, "");
+        return !backgroundLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} layoutKey={KeyStore.BackgroundLayout}
+                isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+    }
     render() {
-        const [dx, dy] = [this.centeringShiftX, this.centeringShiftY];
-        const panx: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
-        const pany: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
-        const zoom: number = this.zoomScaling;// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
-        const backgroundView = this.backgroundView; // needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
-        const overlayView = this.overlayView;// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
+        return this.backgroundView;
+    }
+}
 
-        return (
-            <Measure onResize={(r: any) => runInAction(() => { this._pwidth = r.entry.width; this._pheight = r.entry.height; })}>
-                {({ measureRef }) => (
-                    <div className={`collectionfreeformview-measure`} ref={measureRef}>
-                        <div className={`collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`}
-                            onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={(e) => super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY))}
-                            onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onDragOver={this.onDragOver} onWheel={this.onPointerWheel} ref={this.createDropTarget}>
-                            <MarqueeView container={this} activeDocuments={this.getActiveDocuments} selectDocuments={this.selectDocuments}
-                                addDocument={this.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument} addLiveTextDocument={this.addLiveTextBox}
-                                getContainerTransform={this.getContainerTransform} getTransform={this.getTransform}>
-                                <div className="collectionfreeformview" ref={this._canvasRef}
-                                    style={{ transform: `translate(${dx}px, ${dy}px) scale(${zoom}, ${zoom}) translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px)` }}>
-                                    {backgroundView}
-                                    <CollectionFreeFormLinksView {...this.props}>
-                                        <InkingCanvas getScreenTransform={this.getTransform} Document={this.props.Document} >
-                                            {this.childViews}
-                                        </InkingCanvas>
-                                    </CollectionFreeFormLinksView>
-                                    <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} />
-                                </div>
-                                {overlayView}
-                            </MarqueeView>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>)}
-            </Measure>
-        );
+interface CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContentsProps {
+    centeringShiftX: () => number;
+    centeringShiftY: () => number;
+    panX: () => number;
+    panY: () => number;
+    zoomScaling: () => number;
+}
+
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContentsProps>{
+    render() {
+        const cenx = this.props.centeringShiftX();
+        const ceny = this.props.centeringShiftY();
+        const panx = -this.props.panX();
+        const pany = -this.props.panY();
+        const zoom = this.props.zoomScaling();// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
+        return <div className="collectionfreeformview" style={{ transform: `translate(${cenx}px, ${ceny}px) scale(${zoom}, ${zoom}) translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px)` }}>
+            {this.props.children}
+        </div>;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index dbab790d4..318adbe85 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
 import { InkingCanvas } from "../../InkingCanvas";
 import { PreviewCursor } from "../../PreviewCursor";
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./CollectionFreeFormView";
+import { MINIMIZED_ICON_SIZE } from '../../../views/globalCssVariables.scss'
 import "./MarqueeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
 
@@ -147,26 +148,24 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2);
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2);
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Page, -1);
-                d.SetText(KeyStore.Title, "" + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) + " " + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0));
                 return d;
             });
             let ink = this.props.container.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.Ink, InkField);
             let inkData = ink && ink !== FieldWaiting ? ink.Data : undefined;
-            //setTimeout(() => {
+            let zoomBasis = this.props.container.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1);
             let newCollection = Documents.FreeformDocument(selected, {
                 x: bounds.left,
                 y: bounds.top,
                 panx: 0,
                 pany: 0,
-                width: bounds.width,
-                height: bounds.height,
-                backgroundColor: "Transparent",
+                scale: zoomBasis,
+                width: bounds.width * zoomBasis,
+                height: bounds.height * zoomBasis,
                 ink: inkData ? this.marqueeInkSelect(inkData) : undefined,
                 title: "a nested collection"
             });
             this.props.addDocument(newCollection, false);
             this.marqueeInkDelete(inkData);
-            // }, 100);
             this.cleanupInteractions();
             SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         }
@@ -209,11 +208,11 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
         let selRect = this.Bounds;
         let selection: Document[] = [];
         this.props.activeDocuments().map(doc => {
-            var z = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, 1);
+            var z = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZoomBasis, 1);
             var x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
             var y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
-            var w = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / z;
-            var h = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / z;
+            var w = doc.Width() / z;
+            var h = doc.Height() / z;
             if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, selRect)) {
                 selection.push(doc);
             }