Merge branch 'master' into secondpropertiesmenu-emily

33 files changed, 671 insertions, 581 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
index 0eb61a0b2..ea02bcd4c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
-import { returnFalse, returnZero, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
                         onDoubleClick={this.onContentDoubleClick}
                         onClick={this.onContentClick}
+                        isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.props.isContentActive}
+                        isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.props.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                         hideCaptions={show_captions ? true : false}
                         renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                         LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
index 78e44dfa2..4c15d5eed 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
     cursor: grab;
     color: $black;
 }
+.collectiondockingview-container .lm_splitter {
+    opacity: 0.2;
+    &:hover {
+        opacity: 1;
+    }
+}
 
 .lm_title.focus-visible {
     -webkit-appearance: none;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index e9cc2c894..2ed55b3ca 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm';
 import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import { TabDocView } from './TabDocView';
 import React = require('react');
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 @observer
@@ -174,9 +175,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @undoBatch
     public static ToggleSplit(doc: Doc, location: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string, keyValue?: boolean) {
-        return CollectionDockingView.Instance && Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.keys()).findIndex(tab => tab.DashDoc === doc) !== -1
-            ? CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc)
-            : CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, location, stack, panelName, keyValue);
+        return Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance?.tabMap.keys() ?? []).findIndex(tab => tab.DashDoc === doc) !== -1 ? CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc) : CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, location, stack, panelName, keyValue);
     }
 
     //
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     //
     @action
     public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string, keyValue?: boolean) {
-        if (document?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking) return DashboardView.openDashboard(document);
+        if (document?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking && !keyValue) return DashboardView.openDashboard(document);
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const tab = Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap).find(tab => tab.DashDoc === document && !keyValue);
         if (tab) {
@@ -361,6 +360,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         } catch (e) {}
         this._goldenLayout?.destroy();
         window.removeEventListener('resize', this.onResize);
+        window.removeEventListener('mouseup', this.onPointerUp);
 
         this._reactionDisposer?.();
         this._lightboxReactionDisposer?.();
@@ -411,7 +411,14 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             if (!htmlTarget.closest('*.lm_content') && (htmlTarget.closest('*.lm_tab') || htmlTarget.closest('*.lm_stack'))) {
                 const className = typeof htmlTarget.className === 'string' ? htmlTarget.className : '';
                 if (className.includes('lm_maximise')) this._flush = UndoManager.StartBatch('tab maximize');
-                else if (!className.includes('lm_close')) DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE();
+                else {
+                    const tabTarget = (e.target as HTMLElement)?.parentElement?.className.includes('lm_tab') ? (e.target as HTMLElement).parentElement : (e.target as HTMLElement);
+                    const map = Array.from(this.tabMap).find(tab => tab.element[0] === tabTarget);
+                    if (map?.DashDoc && DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(map.DashDoc)) {
+                        SelectionManager.SelectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(map.DashDoc), false);
+                    }
+                    if (!className.includes('lm_close')) DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE();
+                }
             }
         }
         if (!InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE) && !InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(Doc.ActiveTool)) {
@@ -473,7 +480,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     tabDestroyed = (tab: any) => {
         this._flush = this._flush ?? UndoManager.StartBatch('tab movement');
-        if (tab.DashDoc && ![DocumentType.KVP, DocumentType.PRES].includes(tab.DashDoc?.type)) {
+        if (tab.DashDoc && ![DocumentType.PRES].includes(tab.DashDoc?.type) && !tab.contentItem.config.props.keyValue) {
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyHeaderBar, 'data', tab.DashDoc);
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyRecentlyClosed, 'data', tab.DashDoc, undefined, true, true);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index 528781991..6f88f6727 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import React = require('react');
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { PastelSchemaPalette, SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
@@ -97,14 +98,15 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     rowDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-            this.props.parent.Document.dropConverter instanceof ScriptField && this.props.parent.Document.dropConverter.script.run({ dragData: de.complete.docDragData });
             const key = this.props.pivotField;
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this.heading);
             const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
-            de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
-            this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de);
-            e.stopPropagation();
+            if (this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
+            }
+            return true;
         }
+        return false;
     });
 
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
         const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
         FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoad = newDoc[Id];
         FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = value;
-        (onLayoutDoc ? newDoc : newDoc[DataSym])[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
+        (onLayoutDoc ? newDoc : newDoc[DocData])[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
         const docs = this.props.parent.childDocList;
         return docs ? (docs.splice(0, 0, newDoc) ? true : false) : this.props.parent.props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false; // should really extend addDocument to specify insertion point (at beginning of list)
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 6dd76465e..7d71bce13 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { GestureUtils } from '../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     renderDepth={0}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -277,16 +277,16 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
     _saveFilterCommand = {
         params: ['target'],
         title: 'save filter',
-        script: `self.target._docFilters = compareLists(self['target-docFilters'],self.target._docFilters) ? undefined : copyField(self['target-docFilters']); 
+        script: `self.target._childFilters = compareLists(self['target-childFilters'],self.target._childFilters) ? undefined : copyField(self['target-childFilters']); 
                  self.target._searchFilterDocs = compareLists(self['target-searchFilterDocs'],self.target._searchFilterDocs) ? undefined: copyField(self['target-searchFilterDocs']);`,
         immediate: undoBatch((source: Doc[]) => {
-            this.target._docFilters = undefined;
+            this.target._childFilters = undefined;
             this.target._searchFilterDocs = undefined;
         }),
         initialize: (button: Doc) => {
             const activeDash = Doc.ActiveDashboard;
             if (activeDash) {
-                button['target-docFilters'] = (Doc.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy((Doc.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+                button['target-childFilters'] = (Doc.MySearcher._childFilters || activeDash._childFilters) instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy((Doc.MySearcher._childFilters || activeDash._childFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
                 button['target-searchFilterDocs'] = activeDash._searchFilterDocs instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeDash._searchFilterDocs as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
             }
         },
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
 
     @undoBatch
     viewChanged = (e: React.ChangeEvent) => {
-        const target = this.document !== Doc.MyLeftSidebarPanel ? this.document : (this.document.proto as Doc);
+        const target = this.document !== Doc.MyLeftSidebarPanel ? this.document : DocCast(this.document.proto);
         //@ts-ignore
         target._type_collection = e.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
     };
@@ -427,8 +427,9 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
         if (docDragData?.draggedDocuments.length) {
             this._buttonizableCommands?.filter(c => c.title === this._currentKey).map(c => c.immediate(docDragData.draggedDocuments || []));
             e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
         }
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     dragViewDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index a65e23911..53a42d2a6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import React = require('react');
 import { CursorProperty } from 'csstype';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { DataSym, Doc, Field, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Field, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @observable _cursor: CursorProperty = 'grab';
     @observable _scroll = 0;
     @computed get chromeHidden() {
-        return BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.chromeHidden);
+        return BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.chromeHidden) || this.props.onBrowseClick?.() ? true : false;
     }
     // columnHeaders returns the list of SchemaHeaderFields currently being used by the layout doc to render the columns
     @computed get colHeaderData() {
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         if (found) {
             const top = found.getBoundingClientRect().top;
             const localTop = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(0, top);
-            if (Math.floor(localTop[1]) !== 0) {
+            if (Math.floor(localTop[1]) !== 0 && Math.ceil(this.props.PanelHeight()) < (this._mainCont?.scrollHeight || 0)) {
                 let focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500;
                 smoothScroll(focusSpeed, this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
                 return focusSpeed;
@@ -200,13 +201,17 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     styleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
-        if (property === StyleProp.BoxShadow && doc && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(doc)) {
-            return `#9c9396  ${StrCast(doc?.boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}`;
-        }
-        if (property === StyleProp.Opacity && doc) {
-            if (this.props.childOpacity) {
-                return this.props.childOpacity();
-            }
+        switch (property) {
+            case StyleProp.BoxShadow:
+                if (doc && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(doc)) {
+                    return `#9c9396 ${StrCast(doc?.layout_boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}`;
+                }
+                break;
+            case StyleProp.Opacity:
+                if (doc && this.props.childOpacity) {
+                    return this.props.childOpacity();
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 ref={r => (dref = r || undefined)}
                 Document={doc}
                 pointerEvents={this.blockPointerEventsWhenDragging}
-                DataDoc={dataDoc || (!Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc[DataSym], doc) && doc[DataSym])}
+                DataDoc={dataDoc ?? (!Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc[DocData], doc) ? doc[DocData] : undefined)}
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
@@ -245,16 +250,17 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 dontRegisterView={dataDoc ? true : BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
+                onBrowseClick={this.props.onBrowseClick}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={noteTakingDocTransform}
                 focus={this.focusDocument}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const existingHeader = this.colHeaderData.find(sh => sh.heading === heading);
         const existingWidth = existingHeader?.width ? existingHeader.width : 0;
         const maxWidth = existingWidth > 0 ? existingWidth * this.availableWidth : this.maxColWidth;
-        const width = d.layout_fitWidth ? maxWidth : d[WidthSym]();
+        const width = d.layout_fitWidth ? maxWidth : d[Width]();
         return Math.min(maxWidth - CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.ColumnMargin, width < maxWidth ? width : maxWidth);
     }
 
@@ -294,8 +300,8 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const childDataDoc = !d.isTemplateDoc && !d.isTemplateForField ? undefined : this.props.DataDoc;
         const maxHeight = (lim => (lim === 0 ? this.props.PanelWidth() : lim === -1 ? 10000 : lim))(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.childLimitHeight, -1));
-        const nw = Doc.NativeWidth(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[WidthSym]() : 0);
-        const nh = Doc.NativeHeight(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[HeightSym]() : 0);
+        const nw = Doc.NativeWidth(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[Width]() : 0);
+        const nh = Doc.NativeHeight(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[Height]() : 0);
         if (nw && nh) {
             const docWid = this.getDocWidth(d);
             return Math.min(maxHeight, (docWid * nh) / nw);
@@ -436,23 +442,24 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         docs.splice(previousDocIndex + 1, 0, ...newDocs);
                     }
                 }
+                return true;
             }
         } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.()) {
             const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-            this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+            if (!this.props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(source, de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), { link_relationship: 'doc annotation' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             e.stopPropagation();
-        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+            return true;
+        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+        }
         return false;
     };
 
     @undoBatch
     internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e: Event, annoDragData: DragManager.AnchorAnnoDragData) {
         const dropCreator = annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
-        annoDragData.dropDocCreator = (annotationOn: Doc | undefined) => {
-            const dropDoc = dropCreator(annotationOn);
-            return dropDoc || this.rootDoc;
-        };
+        annoDragData.dropDocCreator = (annotationOn: Doc | undefined) => dropCreator(annotationOn) || this.rootDoc;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -602,42 +609,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return eles;
     }
 
-    @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
-        if (menuDoc) {
-            const width = NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30);
-            const height = NumCast(menuDoc._height, 30);
-            return (
-                <div className="buttonMenu-docBtn" style={{ width, height }}>
-                    <DocumentView
-                        Document={menuDoc}
-                        DataDoc={menuDoc}
-                        isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
-                        isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                        addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                        moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                        addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                        pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                        rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
-                        removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                        ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                        PanelWidth={() => 35}
-                        PanelHeight={() => 35}
-                        renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
-                        focus={emptyFunction}
-                        styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                        docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                        bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                        docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
-                        searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    />
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
         return Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc);
     }
@@ -650,42 +621,32 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
-        return SnappingManager.GetIsDragging();
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
 
     observer: any;
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.buttonMenu;
-        const noviceExplainer = StrCast(this.rootDoc.explainer);
         return (
-            <>
-                {buttonMenu || noviceExplainer ? (
-                    <div className="documentButtonMenu" key="buttons">
-                        {buttonMenu ? this.buttonMenu : null}
-                        {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && noviceExplainer ? <div className="documentExplanation">{noviceExplainer}</div> : null}
-                    </div>
-                ) : null}
-                <div
-                    className="collectionNoteTakingView"
-                    ref={this.createRef}
-                    key="notes"
-                    style={{
-                        overflowY: this.props.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
-                        background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                        pointerEvents: this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined,
-                    }}
-                    onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
-                    onPointerLeave={action(e => (this.docsDraggedRowCol.length = 0))}
-                    onPointerMove={e => e.buttons && this.onPointerMove(false, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
-                    onDragOver={e => this.onPointerMove(true, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
-                    onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
-                    onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
-                    onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive(true) && e.stopPropagation()}>
-                    {this.renderedSections}
-                </div>
-            </>
+            <div
+                className="collectionNoteTakingView"
+                ref={this.createRef}
+                key="notes"
+                style={{
+                    overflowY: this.props.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
+                    background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+                    pointerEvents: this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined,
+                }}
+                onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
+                onPointerLeave={action(e => (this.docsDraggedRowCol.length = 0))}
+                onPointerMove={e => e.buttons && this.onPointerMove(false, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
+                onDragOver={e => this.onPointerMove(true, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
+                onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
+                onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
+                onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive(true) && e.stopPropagation()}>
+                {this.renderedSections}
+            </div>
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
index 2f28ecd00..3286d60bd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldColu
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const drop = { docs: de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments, val: this.getValue(this._heading) };
         drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this.props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
+        return true;
     });
 
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index ea0fbbc54..91be31289 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     componentDidMount() {
         if (this.layoutEngine() !== computePassLayout.name && this.layoutEngine() !== computeStarburstLayout.name) {
-            this.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
+            this.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         }
         this._originalChrome = this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden;
         this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden = true;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
         Object.values(this._disposers).forEach(disposer => disposer?.());
     }
 
-    layoutEngine = () => StrCast(this.Document._pileLayoutEngine);
+    layoutEngine = () => StrCast(this.Document._freeform_pileEngine);
 
     @undoBatch
     addPileDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
@@ -51,20 +52,25 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @computed get toggleIcon() {
         return ScriptField.MakeScript('documentView.iconify()', { documentView: 'any' });
     }
+    @computed get contentEvents() {
+        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name;
+        return this.props.isContentActive() && isStarburst ? undefined : 'none';
+    }
 
     // returns the contents of the pileup in a CollectionFreeFormView
     @computed get contents() {
-        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name;
         return (
-            <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: isStarburst || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none' }}>
+            <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: this.contentEvents }}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
-                    {...this.props}
-                    childContentsActive={returnFalse}
+                    {...this.props} //
                     layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine}
                     addDocument={this.addPileDoc}
-                    childCanEmbedOnDrag={true}
-                    childClickScript={this.toggleIcon}
                     moveDocument={this.removePileDoc}
+                    // pile children never have their contents active, but will be document active whenever the entire pile is.
+                    childContentsActive={returnFalse}
+                    childDocumentsActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
+                    childDragAction="move"
+                    childClickScript={this.toggleIcon}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -72,28 +78,29 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     // toggles the pileup between starburst to compact
     toggleStarburst = action(() => {
+        this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale = undefined;
         if (this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name) {
-            if (this.rootDoc[WidthSym]() !== NumCast(this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter, 500)) {
-                this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter = this.rootDoc[WidthSym]();
+            if (this.rootDoc[Width]() !== NumCast(this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter, 500)) {
+                this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter = this.rootDoc[Width]();
             }
             const defaultSize = 110;
-            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize) / 2;
-            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize) / 2;
-            this.layoutDoc._width = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize);
-            this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize);
+            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth, defaultSize) / 2;
+            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight, defaultSize) / 2;
+            this.layoutDoc._width = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth, defaultSize);
+            this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight, defaultSize);
             DocUtils.pileup(this.childDocs, undefined, undefined, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) / 2, false);
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panX = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panY = -10;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
+            this.props.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         } else {
             const defaultSize = NumCast(this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter, 500);
-            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
-            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
-            this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth = this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]();
-            this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight = this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]();
+            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
+            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
+            this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth = this.layoutDoc[Width]();
+            this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight = this.layoutDoc[Height]();
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panX = this.layoutDoc._freeform_panY = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._width = this.layoutDoc._height = defaultSize;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computeStarburstLayout.name;
+            this.props.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computeStarburstLayout.name;
         }
     });
 
@@ -101,7 +108,6 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     _undoBatch: UndoManager.Batch | undefined;
     pointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         let dist = 0;
-        SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(true);
         setupMoveUpEvents(
             this,
             e,
@@ -124,7 +130,6 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
             () => {
                 this._undoBatch?.end();
                 this._undoBatch = undefined;
-                SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(false);
             },
             emptyFunction,
             e.shiftKey && this.layoutEngine() === computePassLayout.name,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
index a55b70e22..a19d8e696 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         .collectionStackedTimeline-left-resizer,
         .collectionStackedTimeline-resizer {
-            background: $medium-gray;
+            background: $dark-gray;
             position: absolute;
             top: 0;
             height: 100%;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index b131d38d8..ad84d859d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         // onClick play scripts
         CollectionStackedTimeline.RangeScript =
             CollectionStackedTimeline.RangeScript ||
-            ScriptField.MakeFunction(`setTimeout(() => scriptContext.clickAnchor(this, clientX))`, {
-                // setTimeout is a hack to run script in its own properly named undo group (instead of being part of the generic onClick)
+            ScriptField.MakeFunction(`scriptContext.clickAnchor(this, clientX)`, {
                 self: Doc.name,
                 scriptContext: 'any',
                 clientX: 'number',
@@ -370,22 +369,22 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     // handles dragging and dropping markers in timeline
     @action
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number) {
-        if (!de.embedKey && this.props.Document._isGroup) return false;
-        if (!super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return false;
-
-        // determine x coordinate of drop and assign it to the documents being dragged  --- see internalDocDrop of collectionFreeFormView.tsx for how it's done when dropping onto a 2D freeform view
-        const localPt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
-        const x = localPt[0] - docDragData.offset[0];
-        const timelinePt = this.toTimeline(x + this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth);
-        docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => {
-            const anchorEnd = this.anchorEnd(drop);
-            if (anchorEnd !== undefined) {
-                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this.props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
-            }
-            Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this.props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
-        });
+        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            // determine x coordinate of drop and assign it to the documents being dragged  --- see internalDocDrop of collectionFreeFormView.tsx for how it's done when dropping onto a 2D freeform view
+            const localPt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+            const x = localPt[0] - docDragData.offset[0];
+            const timelinePt = this.toTimeline(x + this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth);
+            docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => {
+                const anchorEnd = this.anchorEnd(drop);
+                if (anchorEnd !== undefined) {
+                    Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this.props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
+                }
+                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this.props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
+            });
 
-        return true;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
@@ -404,15 +403,15 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
             docAnchor ??
             Docs.Create.LabelDocument({
                 title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`self["${endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(self["${endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"])`) as any,
-                _minFontSize: 12,
-                _maxFontSize: 24,
-                _stayInCollection: true,
+                _label_minFontSize: 12,
+                _label_maxFontSize: 24,
+                _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true,
                 backgroundColor: 'rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.5)',
                 layout_hideLinkButton: true,
                 onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                 annotationOn: rootDoc,
-                _timelineLabel: true,
-                borderRounding: anchorEndTime === undefined ? '100%' : undefined,
+                _isTimelineLabel: true,
+                layout_borderRounding: anchorEndTime === undefined ? '100%' : undefined,
             });
         Doc.GetProto(anchor)[startTag] = anchorStartTime;
         Doc.GetProto(anchor)[endTag] = anchorEndTime;
@@ -528,6 +527,9 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         );
     }
 
+    @computed get timelineEvents() {
+        return this.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
+    }
     render() {
         const overlaps: {
             anchorStartTime: number;
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         }));
         const maxLevel = overlaps.reduce((m, o) => Math.max(m, o.level), 0) + 2;
         return this.clipDuration === 0 ? null : (
-            <div ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} style={{ pointerEvents: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : undefined }}>
+            <div ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} style={{ pointerEvents: this.timelineEvents }}>
                 <div
                     className="collectionStackedTimeline-timelineContainer"
                     style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), cursor: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'grab' : '' }}
@@ -752,7 +754,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
             if (timelineOnly) {
                 if (!left && time !== undefined && time <= NumCast(anchor[this.props.startTag])) time = undefined;
                 Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, left ? this.props.startTag : this.props.endTag, time, true);
-                if (!left) Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, 'borderRounding', time !== undefined ? undefined : '100%', true);
+                if (!left) Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, 'layout_borderRounding', time !== undefined ? undefined : '100%', true);
             } else {
                 anchor[left ? '_timecodeToShow' : '_timecodeToHide'] = time;
             }
@@ -820,8 +822,8 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
                     focus={focusFunc}
                     isContentActive={returnFalse}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     onClick={script}
                     onDoubleClick={this.props.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors ? undefined : doublescript}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index e2e352857..ec529afc3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { CursorProperty } from 'csstype';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { DataSym, Doc, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import { CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow } from './CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow';
 import './CollectionStackingView.scss';
 import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from './CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn';
 import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { Colors } from '../global/globalEnums';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 export type collectionStackingViewProps = {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin);
     }
     @computed get xMargin() {
-        return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, Math.min(3, 0.05 * this.props.PanelWidth()));
+        return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, Math.max(3, 0.05 * this.props.PanelWidth()));
     }
     @computed get yMargin() {
         return this.props.yPadding || NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yMargin, Math.min(5, 0.05 * this.props.PanelWidth()));
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             // assuming we need to get rowSpan because we might be dealing with many columns. Grid gap makes sense if multiple columns
             const rowSpan = Math.ceil((height() + this.gridGap) / this.gridGap);
             // just getting the style
-            const style = this.isStackingView ? { width: width(), marginTop: i ? this.gridGap : 0, height: height() } : { gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` };
+            const style = this.isStackingView ? { background: Colors.MEDIUM_GRAY, width: width(), marginTop: i ? this.gridGap : 0, height: height() } : { gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` };
             // So we're choosing whether we're going to render a column or a masonry doc
             return (
                 <div className={`collectionStackingView-${this.isStackingView ? 'columnDoc' : 'masonryDoc'}`} key={d[Id]} style={style}>
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const layout_fieldKey = StrCast(docView.LayoutFieldKey);
             const newDoc = Doc.MakeCopy(docView.rootDoc, true);
             const dataField = docView.rootDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)];
-            newDoc[DataSym][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)] = dataField === undefined || Cast(dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)?.length !== undefined ? new List<Doc>([]) : undefined;
+            newDoc[DocData][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)] = dataField === undefined || Cast(dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)?.length !== undefined ? new List<Doc>([]) : undefined;
             if (layout_fieldKey !== 'layout' && docView.rootDoc[layout_fieldKey] instanceof Doc) {
                 newDoc[layout_fieldKey] = docView.rootDoc[layout_fieldKey];
             }
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
         }
     };
-    isContentActive = () => (this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() ? true : this.props.isSelected() === false || this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
+    isContentActive = () => (this.props.isContentActive() ? true : this.props.isSelected() === false || this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
 
     @observable _renderCount = 5;
     isChildContentActive = () =>
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             <DocumentView
                 ref={r => (dref = r || undefined)}
                 Document={doc}
-                DataDoc={dataDoc || (!Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc[DataSym], doc) && doc[DataSym])}
+                DataDoc={dataDoc ?? (!Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc[DocData], doc) ? doc[DocData] : undefined)}
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
@@ -340,16 +342,16 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)} // used to be true if DataDoc existed, but template textboxes won't layout_autoHeight resize if dontRegisterView is set, but they need to.
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={stackedDocTransform}
                 focus={this.focusDocument}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 xPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childXPadding, this.props.childXPadding)}
                 yPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childYPadding, this.props.childYPadding)}
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const maxWidth = this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns;
         if (!this.layoutDoc._columnsFill && !(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d))) {
-            return Math.min(d[WidthSym](), maxWidth);
+            return Math.min(d[Width](), maxWidth);
         }
         return maxWidth;
     }
@@ -386,8 +388,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const childDataDoc = !d.isTemplateDoc && !d.isTemplateForField ? undefined : this.props.DataDoc;
         const maxHeight = (lim => (lim === 0 ? this.props.PanelWidth() : lim === -1 ? 10000 : lim))(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.childLimitHeight, -1));
-        const nw = Doc.NativeWidth(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[WidthSym]() : 0);
-        const nh = Doc.NativeHeight(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[HeightSym]() : 0);
+        const nw = Doc.NativeWidth(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[Width]() : 0);
+        const nh = Doc.NativeHeight(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!(childLayoutDoc._layout_fitWidth || this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(d)) ? d[Height]() : 0);
         if (nw && nh) {
             const colWid = this.columnWidth / (this.isStackingView ? this.numGroupColumns : 1);
             const docWid = this.layoutDoc._columnsFill ? colWid : Math.min(this.getDocWidth(d), colWid);
@@ -401,11 +403,15 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     // This following three functions must be from the view Mehek showed
     columnDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         runInAction(() => (this._cursor = 'grabbing'));
+        const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('stacking width');
         setupMoveUpEvents(
             this,
             e,
             this.onDividerMove,
-            action(() => (this._cursor = 'grab')),
+            action(() => {
+                this._cursor = 'grab';
+                batch.end();
+            }),
             emptyFunction
         );
     };
@@ -454,18 +460,24 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 const docs = this.childDocList;
                 // still figuring out where to add the document
                 if (docs && newDocs.length) {
+                    newDocs.forEach(newdoc => docs.indexOf(newdoc) !== -1 && docs.splice(docs.indexOf(newdoc), 1));
                     const insertInd = dropInd === -1 ? docs.length : dropInd + dropAfter;
                     const offset = newDocs.reduce((off, ndoc) => (this.filteredChildren.find((fdoc, i) => ndoc === fdoc && i < insertInd) ? off + 1 : off), 0);
                     newDocs.filter(ndoc => docs.indexOf(ndoc) !== -1).forEach(ndoc => docs.splice(docs.indexOf(ndoc), 1));
                     docs.splice(insertInd - offset, 0, ...newDocs);
                 }
+                return true;
             }
         } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.()) {
             const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-            this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+            if (!this.props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(source, de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), { link_relationship: 'doc annotation' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             e.stopPropagation();
-        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+            return true;
+        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+        }
+        e.preventDefault();
         return false;
     };
 
@@ -649,7 +661,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     return35 = () => 35;
     @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
+        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton, Doc, null);
         // TODO:glr Allow support for multiple buttons
         if (menuDoc) {
             const width: number = NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30);
@@ -678,8 +690,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                        docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                        childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                         searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                     />
                 </div>
@@ -699,7 +711,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
 
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
-        return SnappingManager.GetIsDragging();
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
     observer: any;
     render() {
@@ -709,8 +721,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             SetValue: this.addGroup,
             contents: '+ ADD A GROUP',
         };
-        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.buttonMenu;
-        const noviceExplainer = this.rootDoc.explainer;
+        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton;
+        const noviceExplainer = this.rootDoc.layout_explainer;
         return (
             <>
                 {buttonMenu || noviceExplainer ? (
@@ -726,7 +738,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         style={{
                             overflowY: this.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
                             background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                            pointerEvents: (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? (this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined),
+                            pointerEvents: (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? this.backgroundEvents,
                         }}
                         onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
                         onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index 6be9cb72d..ebb4ba5a1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const drop = { docs: de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments, val: this.getValue(this._heading) };
         this.props.pivotField && drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this.props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
+        return true;
     });
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
         const parsed = parseInt(value);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index cfe78afa1..78789247f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import * as rp from 'request-promise';
 import CursorField from '../../../fields/CursorField';
-import { AclPrivate, Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { AclPrivate } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         private gestureDisposer?: GestureUtils.GestureEventDisposer;
         protected _multiTouchDisposer?: InteractionUtils.MultiTouchEventDisposer;
         protected _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
-        @observable _focusFilters: Opt<string[]>; // docFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has docFilters set on it
-        @observable _focusRangeFilters: Opt<string[]>; // docRangeFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has docRangeFilters set on it
+        @observable _focusFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFilters set on it
+        @observable _focusRangeFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFiltersByRanges that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFiltersByRanges set on it
         protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
             //used for stacking and masonry view
             this.dropDisposer?.();
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         get childDocList() {
             return Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc));
         }
-        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this.props.Document._docFilters);
-        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this.props.Document._docRangeFilters, listSpec('string'), []);
+        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this.props.Document._childFilters);
+        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this.props.Document._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
         // child filters apply to the descendants of the documents in this collection
-        childDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.docFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
+        childDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
         // unrecursive filters apply to the documents in the collection, but no their children.  See Utils.noRecursionHack
-        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.docFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
-        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this.props.docRangeFilters?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
+        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
+        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFiltersByRanges?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
         searchFilterDocs = () => this.props.searchFilterDocs?.() ?? DocListCast(this.props.Document._searchFilterDocs);
         @computed.struct get childDocs() {
             TraceMobx();
@@ -108,20 +109,20 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
             const childDocs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise) && GetEffectiveAcl(Doc.GetProto(d)) !== AclPrivate && (this.props.ignoreUnrendered || !d.layout_unrendered)).map(d => d as Doc);
 
             const childDocFilters = this.childDocFilters();
-            const docRangeFilters = this.childDocRangeFilters();
+            const childFiltersByRanges = this.childDocRangeFilters();
             const searchDocs = this.searchFilterDocs();
-            if (this.props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !docRangeFilters.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
+            if (this.props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !childFiltersByRanges.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
                 return childDocs.filter(cd => !cd.cookies); // remove any documents that require a cookie if there are no filters to provide one
             }
 
             const docsforFilter: Doc[] = [];
             childDocs.forEach(d => {
                 // dragging facets
-                const dragged = this.props.docFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragsDocFilter));
+                const dragged = this.props.childFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragsDocFilter));
                 if (dragged && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(d)) return false;
-                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), docRangeFilters, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
                 if (notFiltered) {
-                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(d);
                     const annos = !Field.toString(Doc.LayoutField(d) as Field).includes(CollectionView.name);
                     const data = d[annos ? fieldKey + '_annotations' : fieldKey];
@@ -130,13 +131,14 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                         let subDocs = [...DocListCast(data), ...DocListCast(side)];
                         if (subDocs.length > 0) {
                             let newarray: Doc[] = [];
-                            notFiltered = notFiltered || (!searchDocs.length && DocUtils.FilterDocs(subDocs, childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, d).length);
+                            notFiltered = notFiltered || (!searchDocs.length && DocUtils.FilterDocs(subDocs, childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, d).length);
                             while (subDocs.length > 0 && !notFiltered) {
                                 newarray = [];
                                 subDocs.forEach(t => {
                                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(t);
                                     const annos = !Field.toString(Doc.LayoutField(t) as Field).includes(CollectionView.name);
-                                    notFiltered = notFiltered || ((!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(t)) && ((!childDocFilters.length && !docRangeFilters.length) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([t], childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, d).length));
+                                    notFiltered =
+                                        notFiltered || ((!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(t)) && ((!childDocFilters.length && !childFiltersByRanges.length) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([t], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, d).length));
                                     DocListCast(t[annos ? fieldKey + '_annotations' : fieldKey]).forEach(newdoc => newarray.push(newdoc));
                                     annos && DocListCast(t[fieldKey + '_sidebar']).forEach(newdoc => newarray.push(newdoc));
                                 });
@@ -183,12 +185,14 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         @undoBatch
         protected onGesture(e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) {}
 
-        protected onInternalPreDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) {
+        protected onInternalPreDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) {
             if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-                // if targetDropAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we want to ignore the targetAction.
-                // otherwise, the targetAction should become the actual action (which can still be overridden by the userDropAction -eg, shift/ctrl keys)
-                if (targetAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
-                    de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = targetAction;
+                // override the dropEvent's dropAction
+                const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
+                // if the dropEvent's dragAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we may not actually want to make an embedding.
+                // so we check if our collection has a dropAction set on it and if so, we use that instead.
+                if (dropAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
+                    de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = dropAction;
                 }
                 e.stopPropagation();
             }
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         protected onInternalDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent): boolean {
             const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
             if (docDragData) {
-                let added = false;
+                let added = undefined;
                 const dropAction = docDragData.dropAction || docDragData.userDropAction;
                 const targetDocments = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
                 const someMoved = !dropAction && docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(drag => targetDocments.includes(drag));
@@ -210,22 +214,23 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                     const movedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] === d);
                     const addedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] !== d);
                     if (movedDocs.length) {
-                        const canAdd = this.props.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Pile || de.embedKey || this.props.Document.allowOverlayDrop || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.props.Document);
-                        added = docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.props.Document, canAdd ? this.addDocument : returnFalse);
+                        const canAdd = de.embedKey || dropAction || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.rootDoc);
+                        const moved = docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.rootDoc, canAdd ? this.addDocument : returnFalse);
+                        added = canAdd || moved ? moved : undefined;
                     } else {
-                        ScriptCast(this.props.Document.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
+                        ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                         added = addedDocs.length ? this.addDocument(addedDocs) : true;
                     }
-                    added && e.stopPropagation();
-                    return added;
                 } else {
-                    ScriptCast(this.props.Document.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
+                    ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                     added = this.addDocument(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
+                    !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
                 }
-                !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                return added;
+                added === false && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && e.preventDefault();
+                added === true && e.stopPropagation();
+                return added ? true : false;
             } else if (de.complete.annoDragData) {
+                e.stopPropagation();
                 const dropCreator = de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
                 de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator = () => {
                     const dropped = dropCreator(this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.rootDoc : undefined);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 49a90d828..192d48c64 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     async componentDidMount() {
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
-        //const detailView = (await DocCastAsync(this.props.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView)) || DocUtils.findTemplate("detailView", StrCast(this.rootDoc.type), "");
-        ///const childText = "const embedding = getEmbedding(self); switchView(embedding, detailView); embedding.dropAction='embed'; useRightSplit(embedding, shiftKey); ";
         runInAction(() => {
             this._childClickedScript = ScriptField.MakeScript('openInLightbox(self)', { this: Doc.name });
             this._viewDefDivClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('pivotColumnClick(this,payload)', { payload: 'any' });
@@ -125,8 +123,8 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     goTo = (prevFilterIndex: number) => {
         this.layoutDoc._pivotField = this.layoutDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex];
-        this.layoutDoc._docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
-        this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._childFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._childFiltersByRanges = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
         this.layoutDoc._prevFilterIndex = prevFilterIndex;
     };
 
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
         if (prevFilterIndex > 0) {
             this.goTo(prevFilterIndex - 1);
         } else {
-            this.layoutDoc._docFilters = new List([]);
+            this.layoutDoc._childFilters = new List([]);
         }
     };
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
             <div className="collectionTimeView-innards" key="timeline" style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() ? undefined : 'none' }} onClick={this.contentsDown}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
                     {...this.props}
-                    engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, docFilters: this.childDocFilters, docRangeFilters: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
+                    engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, childFilters: this.childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                     childClickScript={this._childClickedScript}
                     viewDefDivClick={this.layoutEngine() === computeTimelineLayout.name ? undefined : this._viewDefDivClick}
@@ -276,12 +274,12 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBounds) {
     const pivotField = StrCast(pivotDoc._pivotField, 'author');
     let prevFilterIndex = NumCast(pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex);
-    const originalFilter = StrListCast(ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField));
-    pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField);
-    pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField);
+    const originalFilter = StrListCast(ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFilters as ObjectField));
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFiltersByRanges as ObjectField);
     pivotDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex] = pivotField;
     pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = ++prevFilterIndex;
-    pivotDoc._docFilters = new List();
+    pivotDoc._childFilters = new List();
     setTimeout(
         action(() => {
             const filterVals = bounds.payload as string[];
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBou
                     pivotDoc._pivotField = filterVals[0];
                 }
             }
-            const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._docFilters);
+            const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._childFilters);
             if (newFilters.length && originalFilter.length && newFilters.lastElement() === originalFilter.lastElement()) {
                 pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = --prevFilterIndex;
                 pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 095e34c39..4cd3885f5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, Opt, StrListCast, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
-import { InkTool } from '../../../fields/InkField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     // these should stay in synch with counterparts in DocComponent.ts ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent
     @observable _isAnyChildContentActive = false;
     whenChildContentsActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged((this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive)));
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) =>
-        Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None || this.props.isContentActive?.() || this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isAnyChildContentActive || this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction) ? true : false;
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive ? true : this.props.isContentActive() ? true : false);
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._isDisposing = true;
@@ -141,11 +140,16 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         if ((this._mainEle = ele)) this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.doc, this.onInternalPreDrop.bind(this));
     };
 
-    protected onInternalPreDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
+    protected onInternalPreDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (dragData) {
-            const isInTree = () => Doc.AreProtosEqual(dragData.treeViewDoc, this.props.Document) || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.doc && this.childDocs.includes(d));
-            dragData.dropAction = targetAction && !isInTree() ? targetAction : this.doc === dragData?.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction;
+            const sameTree = Doc.AreProtosEqual(dragData.treeViewDoc, this.rootDoc) ? true : false;
+            const isAlreadyInTree = () => sameTree || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.doc && this.childDocs.includes(d));
+            if (isAlreadyInTree() !== sameTree) {
+                console.log('WHAAAT');
+            }
+            dragData.dropAction = dropAction && !isAlreadyInTree() ? dropAction : sameTree ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction;
         }
     };
 
@@ -154,15 +158,15 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @action
     remove = (doc: Doc | Doc[]): boolean => {
         const docs = doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc;
-        const targetDataDoc = this.doc[DataSym];
+        const targetDataDoc = this.doc[DocData];
         const value = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
         const result = value.filter(v => !docs.includes(v));
         if ((doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).some(doc => SelectionManager.Views().some(dv => Doc.AreProtosEqual(dv.rootDoc, doc)))) SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        if (result.length !== value.length) {
-            const ind = targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey].indexOf(doc);
-            const prev = ind && targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey][ind - 1];
+        if (result.length !== value.length && doc instanceof Doc) {
+            const ind = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]).indexOf(doc);
+            const prev = ind && DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey])[ind - 1];
             this.props.removeDocument?.(doc);
-            if (ind > 0) {
+            if (ind > 0 && prev) {
                 FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoad = prev[Id];
                 DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(prev, this.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
             }
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     addDoc = (docs: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo: Opt<Doc>, before?: boolean): boolean => {
         const doAddDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) =>
             (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => {
-                const res = flg && Doc.AddDocToList(this.doc[DataSym], this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before);
+                const res = flg && Doc.AddDocToList(this.doc[DocData], this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before);
                 res && (doc.embedContainer = this.props.Document);
                 return res;
             }, true);
@@ -239,8 +243,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 PanelHeight={this.documentTitleHeight}
                 NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
                 onKey={this.onKey}
-                docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                 moveDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @observable _renderCount = 1;
     @computed get treeViewElements() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const dropAction = StrCast(this.doc.childDropAction) as dropActionType;
+        const dragAction = StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction) as dropActionType;
         const addDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => this.addDoc(doc, relativeTo, before);
         const moveDoc = (d: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument?.(d, target, addDoc) || false;
         if (this._renderCount < this.treeChildren.length) setTimeout(action(() => (this._renderCount = Math.min(this.treeChildren.length, this._renderCount + 20))));
@@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             addDoc,
             this.remove,
             moveDoc,
-            dropAction,
+            dragAction,
             this.props.addDocTab,
             this.props.styleProvider,
             this.screenToLocalTransform,
@@ -313,12 +317,12 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     }
 
     @computed get noviceExplainer() {
-        return !Doc.noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.explainer ? null : <div className="documentExplanation"> {StrCast(this.rootDoc.explainer)} </div>;
+        return !Doc.noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.layout_explainer ? null : <div className="documentExplanation"> {StrCast(this.rootDoc.layout_explainer)} </div>;
     }
 
     return35 = () => 35;
     @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
+        const menuDoc = Cast(this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton, Doc, null);
         // To create a multibutton menu add a CollectionLinearView
         return !menuDoc ? null : (
             <div className="buttonMenu-docBtn" style={{ width: NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30), height: NumCast(menuDoc._height, 30) }}>
@@ -342,8 +346,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -368,8 +372,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     marginX = () => NumCast(this.doc._xMargin);
     marginTop = () => NumCast(this.doc._yMargin);
     marginBot = () => NumCast(this.doc._yMargin);
-    documentTitleWidth = () => Math.min(this.layoutDoc?.[WidthSym](), this.panelWidth());
-    documentTitleHeight = () => (this.layoutDoc?.[HeightSym]() || 0) - NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeightMargins);
+    documentTitleWidth = () => Math.min(this.layoutDoc?.[Width](), this.panelWidth());
+    documentTitleHeight = () => (this.layoutDoc?.[Height]() || 0) - NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeightMargins);
     truncateTitleWidth = () => this.treeViewtruncateTitleWidth;
     onChildClick = () => this.props.onChildClick?.() || ScriptCast(this.doc.onChildClick);
     panelWidth = () => Math.max(0, this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.marginX() * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1));
@@ -382,7 +386,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @observable _headerHeight = 0;
     @computed get content() {
         const background = () => this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
-        const pointerEvents = () => (!this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined);
+        const pointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined);
         const titleBar = this.props.treeViewHideTitle || this.doc.treeViewHideTitle ? null : this.titleBar;
         return (
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', pointerEvents: 'all' }}>
@@ -395,6 +399,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 <div
                     className="collectionTreeView-contents"
                     key="tree"
+                    ref={r => !this.doc.treeViewHasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}
                     style={{
                         ...(!titleBar ? { marginLeft: this.marginX(), paddingTop: this.marginTop() } : {}),
                         overflow: 'auto',
@@ -418,8 +423,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                                 minHeight: '100%',
                             }}
                             onWheel={e => e.stopPropagation()}
-                            onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}
-                            ref={r => !this.doc.treeViewHasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}>
+                            onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}>
                             <ul className={`no-indent${this.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}>{this.treeViewElements}</ul>
                         </div>
                     </div>
@@ -439,12 +443,12 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                         setContentView={emptyFunction}
                         NativeWidth={returnZero}
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
-                        pointerEvents={SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
+                        pointerEvents={this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
                         isAnnotationOverlay={true}
                         isAnnotationOverlayScrollable={true}
                         childDocumentsActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
                         fieldKey={this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'}
-                        dropAction={'move'}
+                        dropAction="move"
                         select={emptyFunction}
                         addDocument={this.addAnnotationDocument}
                         removeDocument={this.remAnnotationDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 7913d3188..c33519afb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { returnEmptyString } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { ImageUtils } from '../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils';
 import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ interface CollectionViewProps_ extends FieldViewProps {
     childHideDecorationTitle?: () => boolean;
     childHideResizeHandles?: () => boolean;
     childLayoutTemplate?: () => Doc | undefined; // specify a layout Doc template to use for children of the collection
-    childCanEmbedOnDrag?: boolean;
+    childDragAction?: dropActionType;
     childXPadding?: number;
     childYPadding?: number;
     childLayoutString?: string;
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
     childHideResizeHandles = () => this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.() ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideResizeHandles);
     childHideDecorationTitle = () => this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.() ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideDecorationTitle);
     childLayoutTemplate = () => this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.() || Cast(this.rootDoc.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isContentActive() || this.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this.isAnyChildContentActive() ? true : this.props.isContentActive());
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index b20d05433..4d780f46b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { clamp } from 'lodash';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, ObservableSet, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
-import { DataSym, Doc, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { FieldId } from '../../../fields/RefField';
-import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, lightOrDark, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../DocServer';
@@ -43,12 +43,21 @@ interface TabDocViewProps {
 }
 @observer
 export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
+    static _allTabs = new ObservableSet<TabDocView>();
     _mainCont: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     _tabReaction: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
     @observable _activated: boolean = false;
     @observable _panelWidth = 0;
     @observable _panelHeight = 0;
+    @observable _hovering = false;
     @observable _isActive: boolean = false;
+    @observable _isAnyChildContentActive = false;
+    @computed get _isUserActivated() {
+        return SelectionManager.Views().some(view => view.rootDoc === this._document) || this._isAnyChildContentActive;
+    }
+    @computed get _isContentActive() {
+        return this._isUserActivated || this._hovering;
+    }
     @observable _document: Doc | undefined;
     @observable _view: DocumentView | undefined;
 
@@ -61,9 +70,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
         return 'transparent';
     }
     @computed get tabColor() {
-        let tabColor = StrCast(this._document?._backgroundColor, StrCast(this._document?.backgroundColor, DefaultStyleProvider(this._document, undefined, StyleProp.BackgroundColor)));
-        if (tabColor === 'transparent') return 'black';
-        return tabColor;
+        return this._isUserActivated ? Colors.WHITE : this._hovering ? Colors.LIGHT_GRAY : Colors.MEDIUM_GRAY;
     }
     @computed get tabTextColor() {
         return this._document?.type === DocumentType.PRES ? 'black' : StrCast(this._document?._color, StrCast(this._document?.color, DefaultStyleProvider(this._document, undefined, StyleProp.Color)));
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                 }
             });
             tab._disposers.selectionDisposer = reaction(
-                () => SelectionManager.Views().some(v => v.topMost && v.props.Document === doc),
+                () => SelectionManager.Views().some(view => view.rootDoc === this._document),
                 action(selected => {
                     if (selected) this._activated = true;
                     const toggle = tab.element[0].children[2].children[0] as HTMLInputElement;
@@ -292,7 +299,8 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             PresBox.Instance?.clearSelectedArray();
             pinDoc && PresBox.Instance?.addToSelectedArray(pinDoc); //Update selected array
         });
-        if ( // open the presentation trail if it's not already opened
+        if (
+            // open the presentation trail if it's not already opened
             !Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance?.tabMap ?? [])
                 .map(d => d.DashDoc)
                 .includes(curPres)
@@ -304,6 +312,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
         setTimeout(batch.end, 500); // need to wait until dockingview (goldenlayout) updates all its structurs
     }
 
+    @action
     componentDidMount() {
         new _global.ResizeObserver(
             action((entries: any) => {
@@ -318,14 +327,17 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
         // this._tabReaction = reaction(() => ({ selected: this.active(), title: this.tab?.titleElement[0] }),
         //     ({ selected, title }) => title && (title.style.backgroundColor = selected ? "white" : ""),
         //     { fireImmediately: true });
+        TabDocView._allTabs.add(this);
     }
     componentDidUpdate() {
         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.AddView(this._view);
     }
 
+    @action
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._tabReaction?.();
         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(this._view);
+        TabDocView._allTabs.delete(this);
 
         this.props.glContainer.layoutManager.off('activeContentItemChanged', this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
     }
@@ -334,6 +346,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     private onActiveContentItemChanged(contentItem: any) {
         if (!contentItem || (this.stack === contentItem.parent && ((contentItem?.tab === this.tab && !this._isActive) || (contentItem?.tab !== this.tab && this._isActive)))) {
             this._activated = this._isActive = !contentItem || contentItem?.tab === this.tab;
+            if (!this._view) setTimeout(() => SelectionManager.SelectView(this._view, false));
             !this._isActive && this._document && Doc.UnBrushDoc(this._document); // bcz: bad -- trying to simulate a pointer leave event when a new tab is opened up on top of an existing one.
         }
     }
@@ -347,10 +360,10 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     //  lightbox - will add the document to any collection along the path from the document to the docking view that has a field isLightbox. if none is found, it adds to the full screen lightbox
     addDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        const whereFields = doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [OpenWhere.dashboard] : location.split(':');
+        const whereFields = location.split(':');
         const keyValue = whereFields[1]?.includes('KeyValue');
         const whereMods: OpenWhereMod = whereFields.length > 1 ? (whereFields[1].replace('KeyValue', '') as OpenWhereMod) : OpenWhereMod.none;
-        if (doc.dockingConfig) return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
+        if (doc.dockingConfig && !keyValue) return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (whereFields[0]) {
             case undefined:
@@ -363,7 +376,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                                             }
                                        }
                                        return LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, location);
-            case OpenWhere.dashboard:  return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
             case OpenWhere.fullScreen: return CollectionDockingView.OpenFullScreen(doc);
             case OpenWhere.close:      return CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc, whereMods);
             case OpenWhere.replace:    return CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, whereMods, this.stack, undefined, keyValue);
@@ -404,11 +416,11 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     };
     PanelWidth = () => this._panelWidth;
     PanelHeight = () => this._panelHeight;
-    miniMapColor = () => this.tabColor;
+    miniMapColor = () => Colors.MEDIUM_GRAY;
     tabView = () => this._view;
     disableMinimap = () => !this._document || this._document.layout !== CollectionView.LayoutString(Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this._document)) || this._document?._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Freeform;
-    hideMinimap = () => this.disableMinimap() || BoolCast(this._document?.layout_hideMinimap);
-
+    whenChildContentActiveChanges = (isActive: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive);
+    isContentActive = () => this._isContentActive;
     @computed get docView() {
         return !this._activated || !this._document ? null : (
             <>
@@ -423,16 +435,16 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     LayoutTemplateString={this.props.keyValue ? KeyValueBox.LayoutString() : undefined}
                     hideTitle={this.props.keyValue}
                     Document={this._document}
-                    DataDoc={!Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._document[DataSym], this._document) ? this._document[DataSym] : undefined}
+                    DataDoc={!Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._document[DocData], this._document) ? this._document[DocData] : undefined}
                     onBrowseClick={MainView.Instance.exploreMode}
                     waitForDoubleClickToClick={MainView.Instance.waitForDoubleClick}
-                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
+                    isContentActive={this.isContentActive}
                     isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
                     PanelWidth={this.PanelWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docRangeFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     removeDocument={this.remDocTab}
@@ -440,30 +452,15 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.ScreenToLocalTransform}
                     dontCenter={'y'}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.whenChildContentActiveChanges}
                     focus={this.focusFunc}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
                 />
-                <TabMinimapView key="minimap" hideMinimap={this.hideMinimap} addDocTab={this.addDocTab} PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight} PanelWidth={this.PanelWidth} background={this.miniMapColor} document={this._document} tabView={this.tabView} />
-                <Tooltip key="ttip" title={<div className="dash-tooltip">{this._document.layout_hideMinimap ? 'Open minimap' : 'Close minimap'}</div>}>
-                    <div
-                        className="miniMap-hidden"
-                        style={{
-                            display: this.disableMinimap() || this._document._type_collection !== 'freeform' ? 'none' : undefined,
-                            color: this._document.layout_hideMinimap ? Colors.BLACK : Colors.WHITE,
-                            backgroundColor: this._document.layout_hideMinimap ? Colors.LIGHT_GRAY : Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE,
-                            boxShadow: this._document.layout_hideMinimap ? Shadows.STANDARD_SHADOW : undefined,
-                        }}
-                        onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}
-                        onClick={action(e => {
-                            e.stopPropagation();
-                            this._document!.layout_hideMinimap = !this._document!.layout_hideMinimap;
-                        })}>
-                        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'globe-asia'} size="lg" />
-                    </div>
-                </Tooltip>
+                {this.disableMinimap() || this._document._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? null : (
+                    <TabMinimapView key="minimap" addDocTab={this.addDocTab} PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight} PanelWidth={this.PanelWidth} background={this.miniMapColor} document={this._document} tabView={this.tabView} />
+                )}
             </>
         );
     }
@@ -475,6 +472,10 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                 style={{
                     fontFamily: Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle === 'comic' ? 'Comic Sans MS' : undefined,
                 }}
+                onPointerEnter={action(() => (this._hovering = true))}
+                onPointerLeave={action(() => (this._hovering = false))}
+                onDragOver={action(() => (this._hovering = true))}
+                onDragLeave={action(() => (this._hovering = false))}
                 ref={ref => {
                     if ((this._mainCont = ref)) {
                         if (this._lastTab) {
@@ -494,7 +495,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
 
 interface TabMinimapViewProps {
     document: Doc;
-    hideMinimap: () => boolean;
     tabView: () => DocumentView | undefined;
     addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     PanelWidth: () => number;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                                 return 'gray';
                         }
                     })(doc.type as DocumentType);
-                    return !background ? undefined : <div style={{ width: doc[WidthSym](), height: doc[HeightSym](), position: 'absolute', display: 'block', background }} />;
+                    return !background ? undefined : <div style={{ width: doc[Width](), height: doc[Height](), position: 'absolute', display: 'block', background }} />;
             }
         }
     };
@@ -569,47 +569,67 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
         if (!this.renderBounds) return null;
         const miniWidth = (this.props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / this.renderBounds.dim) * 100;
         const miniHeight = (this.props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / this.renderBounds.dim) * 100;
-        const miniLeft = 50 + ((NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_) - this.renderBounds.cx) / this.renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniWidth / 2;
+        const miniLeft = 50 + ((NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_panX) - this.renderBounds.cx) / this.renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniWidth / 2;
         const miniTop = 50 + ((NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_panY) - this.renderBounds.cy) / this.renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniHeight / 2;
         const miniSize = this.returnMiniSize();
-        return this.props.hideMinimap() ? null : (
-            <div className="miniMap" style={{ width: miniSize, height: miniSize, background: this.props.background() }}>
-                <CollectionFreeFormView
-                    Document={this.props.document}
-                    docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    childLayoutTemplate={this.childLayoutTemplate} // bcz: Ugh .. should probably be rendering a CollectionView or the minimap should be part of the collectionFreeFormView to avoid having to set stuff like this.
-                    noOverlay={true} // don't render overlay Docs since they won't scale
-                    setHeight={returnFalse}
-                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                    isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
-                    select={emptyFunction}
-                    dropAction={undefined}
-                    isSelected={returnFalse}
-                    dontRegisterView={true}
-                    fieldKey={Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.props.document)}
-                    bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                    addDocument={returnFalse}
-                    moveDocument={returnFalse}
-                    removeDocument={returnFalse}
-                    PanelWidth={this.returnMiniSize}
-                    PanelHeight={this.returnMiniSize}
-                    ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                    renderDepth={0}
-                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    focus={emptyFunction}
-                    styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
-                    docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docRangeFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
-                />
-                <div className="miniOverlay" onPointerDown={this.miniDown}>
-                    <div className="miniThumb" style={{ width: `${miniWidth}% `, height: `${miniHeight}% `, left: `${miniLeft}% `, top: `${miniTop}% ` }} />
-                </div>
-            </div>
+        return (
+            <>
+                {' '}
+                {this.props.document?.layout_hideMinimap ? null : (
+                    <div className="miniMap" style={{ width: miniSize, height: miniSize, background: this.props.background() }}>
+                        <CollectionFreeFormView
+                            Document={this.props.document}
+                            docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                            childLayoutTemplate={this.childLayoutTemplate} // bcz: Ugh .. should probably be rendering a CollectionView or the minimap should be part of the collectionFreeFormView to avoid having to set stuff like this.
+                            noOverlay={true} // don't render overlay Docs since they won't scale
+                            setHeight={returnFalse}
+                            isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                            isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
+                            select={emptyFunction}
+                            isSelected={returnFalse}
+                            dontRegisterView={true}
+                            fieldKey={Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.props.document)}
+                            bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                            rootSelected={returnTrue}
+                            addDocument={returnFalse}
+                            moveDocument={returnFalse}
+                            removeDocument={returnFalse}
+                            PanelWidth={this.returnMiniSize}
+                            PanelHeight={this.returnMiniSize}
+                            ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
+                            renderDepth={0}
+                            whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                            focus={emptyFunction}
+                            styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
+                            addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                            pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
+                            childFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                            searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                            fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
+                        />
+                        <div className="miniOverlay" onPointerDown={this.miniDown}>
+                            <div className="miniThumb" style={{ width: `${miniWidth}% `, height: `${miniHeight}% `, left: `${miniLeft}% `, top: `${miniTop}% ` }} />
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                )}
+                <Tooltip key="ttip" title={<div className="dash-tooltip">{this.props.document.layout_hideMinimap ? 'Open minimap' : 'Close minimap'}</div>}>
+                    <div
+                        className="miniMap-hidden"
+                        style={{
+                            color: this.props.document.layout_hideMinimap ? Colors.BLACK : Colors.WHITE,
+                            backgroundColor: this.props.document.layout_hideMinimap ? Colors.LIGHT_GRAY : Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE,
+                            boxShadow: this.props.document.layout_hideMinimap ? Shadows.STANDARD_SHADOW : undefined,
+                        }}
+                        onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}
+                        onClick={action(e => {
+                            e.stopPropagation();
+                            this.props.document!.layout_hideMinimap = !this.props.document!.layout_hideMinimap;
+                        })}>
+                        <FontAwesomeIcon icon="globe-asia" size="lg" />
+                    </div>
+                </Tooltip>
+            </>
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index f5877fa1a..8d8d895c6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Field, HeightSym, Opt, StrListCast, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, FieldValue, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, return18, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { TREE_BULLET_WIDTH } from '../global/globalCssVariables.scss';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewInternal, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, StyleProviderFunc } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     dataDoc?: Doc;
     treeViewParent: Doc;
     renderDepth: number;
-    dropAction: dropActionType;
+    dragAction: dropActionType;
     addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     panelWidth: () => number;
     panelHeight: () => number;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return 'TreeView(' + this.props.document.title + ')';
     } // this makes mobx trace() statements more descriptive
     get defaultExpandedView() {
-        return this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+        return this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
             ? this.fieldKey
             : this.props.treeView.dashboardMode
             ? this.fieldKey
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent.maxEmbedHeight, 200);
     }
     @computed get dataDoc() {
-        return this.props.document.treeViewChildrenOnRoot ? this.doc : this.doc[DataSym];
+        return this.props.document.treeViewChildrenOnRoot ? this.doc : this.doc[DocData];
     }
     @computed get layoutDoc() {
         return Doc.Layout(this.doc);
@@ -191,10 +192,10 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     @undoBatch @action remove = (doc: Doc | Doc[], key: string) => {
         this.props.treeView.props.select(false);
-        const ind = this.dataDoc[key].indexOf(doc);
+        const ind = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[key]).indexOf(doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc.lastElement());
 
         const res = (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => flg && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.dataDoc, key, doc), true);
-        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.dataDoc[key][ind - 1], this.props.treeView.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
+        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(DocListCast(this.dataDoc[key])[ind - 1], this.props.treeView.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
         return res;
     };
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
         this.props.isContentActive(true) && Doc.BrushDoc(this.dataDoc);
-        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) {
+        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive()) {
             this._header.current!.className = 'treeView-header';
             document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragMove, true);
             document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.onDragUp, true);
@@ -340,13 +341,13 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
 
     makeFolder = () => {
-        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true });
+        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true });
         TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: folder[Id], parent: this.props.parentTreeView };
         return this.props.addDocument(folder);
     };
     deleteItem = () => this.props.removeDoc?.(this.doc);
 
-    preTreeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
+    preTreeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         dragData && (dragData.dropAction = this.props.treeView.props.Document === dragData.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction);
     };
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @undoBatch
     treeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const pt = [de.x, de.y];
-        if (!this._header.current) return;
+        if (!this._header.current) return false;
         const rect = this._header.current.getBoundingClientRect();
         const before = pt[1] < rect.top + rect.height / 2;
         const inside = this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.doc.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > Math.min(rect.left + 75, rect.left + rect.width * 0.75) || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
@@ -363,14 +364,25 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             const destDoc = this.doc;
             DocUtils.MakeLink(sourceDoc, destDoc, { link_relationship: 'tree link' });
             e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
         }
         const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (docDragData && pt[0] < rect.left + rect.width) {
             if (docDragData.draggedDocuments[0] === this.doc) return true;
-            if (this.dropDocuments(docDragData.droppedDocuments, before, inside, docDragData.dropAction, docDragData.removeDocument, docDragData.moveDocument, docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.props.Document)) {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-            }
+            const added = this.dropDocuments(
+                docDragData.droppedDocuments, //
+                before,
+                inside,
+                docDragData.dropAction,
+                docDragData.removeDocument,
+                docDragData.moveDocument,
+                docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.props.Document
+            );
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            return added;
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     dropping: boolean = false;
@@ -387,10 +399,10 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         };
         const addDoc = inside ? localAdd : parentAddDoc;
         const move = (!dropAction || dropAction === 'proto' || dropAction === 'move' || dropAction === 'same') && moveDocument;
-        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.freezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
+        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.treeViewFreezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
         if (canAdd) {
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
-            const res = UndoManager.RunInTempBatch(() => droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false));
+            const res = droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false);
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = false);
             return res;
         }
@@ -410,7 +422,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     embeddedPanelHeight = () => {
         const layoutDoc = (temp => temp && Doc.expandTemplateLayout(temp, this.props.document))(this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.layoutDoc;
         return Math.min(
-            layoutDoc[HeightSym](),
+            layoutDoc[Height](),
             this.MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT,
             (() => {
                 const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(layoutDoc);
@@ -419,7 +431,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     ? !Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc)
                         ? NumCast(layoutDoc._height)
                         : Math.min((this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc))) / (Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc) || NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent._height)))
-                    : (this.embeddedPanelWidth() * layoutDoc[HeightSym]()) / layoutDoc[WidthSym]();
+                    : (this.embeddedPanelWidth() * layoutDoc[Height]()) / layoutDoc[Width]();
             })()
         );
     };
@@ -459,7 +471,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     addDoc,
                     remDoc,
                     moveDoc,
-                    this.props.dropAction,
+                    this.props.dragAction,
                     this.props.addDocTab,
                     this.titleStyleProvider,
                     this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
@@ -584,12 +596,12 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                             downY = e.clientY;
                             e.stopPropagation();
                         }}
-                        onClick={e => {
+                        onClick={undoable(e => {
                             if (this.props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
                                 !this.props.treeView.outlineMode && (this.doc.treeViewSortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
                                 e.stopPropagation();
                             }
-                        }}>
+                        }, 'sort order')}>
                         {!docs
                             ? null
                             : TreeView.GetChildElements(
@@ -603,7 +615,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                                   addDoc,
                                   remDoc,
                                   moveDoc,
-                                  StrCast(this.doc.childDropAction, this.props.dropAction) as dropActionType,
+                                  StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction, this.props.dragAction) as dropActionType,
                                   this.props.addDocTab,
                                   this.titleStyleProvider,
                                   this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
@@ -672,7 +684,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
     @computed get renderBullet() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const iconType = this.props.treeView.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.TreeViewIcon + (this.treeViewOpen ? ':open' : '')) || 'question';
+        const iconType = this.props.treeView.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.TreeViewIcon + (this.treeViewOpen ? ':open' : !this.childDocs.length ? ':empty' : '')) || 'question';
         const checked = this.onCheckedClick ? this.doc.treeViewChecked ?? 'unchecked' : undefined;
         return (
             <div
@@ -713,7 +725,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const data = () => (this.childDocs || this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey : '');
         const embeddings = () => (this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? '' : 'embeddings');
         const fields = () => (Doc.noviceMode ? '' : 'fields');
-        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
+        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
         return [data(), ...layout, ...(this.props.treeView.fileSysMode ? [embeddings(), links(), annos()] : []), fields()].filter(m => m);
     }
     @action
@@ -731,7 +743,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() || this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields ? null : (
             <>
                 {customHeaderButtons} {/* e.g.,. hide button is set by dashboardStyleProvider */}
-                {this.doc.hideContextMenu ? null : (
+                {this.doc._layout_hideContextMenu ? null : (
                     <FontAwesomeIcon
                         title="context menu"
                         key="bars"
@@ -771,7 +783,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 ? []
                 : this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && this.doc === Doc.GetProto(this.doc)
                 ? [openEmbedding, makeFolder]
-                : this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+                : this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
                 ? []
                 : [deleteItem, openEmbedding, focusDoc]),
         ];
@@ -856,7 +868,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     titleWidth = () => Math.max(20, Math.min(this.props.treeView.truncateTitleWidth(), this.props.panelWidth())) / (this.props.treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) - this.headerEleWidth - treeBulletWidth();
 
-    return18 = () => 18;
     /**
      * Renders the EditableView title element for placement into the tree.
      */
@@ -904,7 +915,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 styleProvider={this.titleStyleProvider}
-                enableDragWhenActive={true}
                 onClickScriptDisable="never" // tree docViews have a script to show fields, etc.
                 docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
                 treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
@@ -914,28 +924,29 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                 onClick={this.onChildClick}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClick}
-                dropAction={this.props.dropAction}
+                dragAction={this.props.dragAction}
                 moveDocument={this.move}
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDoc}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
-                NativeHeight={this.return18}
+                NativeHeight={return18}
                 NativeWidth={returnZero}
+                shouldNotScale={returnTrue}
                 PanelWidth={this.titleWidth}
-                PanelHeight={this.return18}
+                PanelHeight={return18}
                 contextMenuItems={this.contextMenuItems}
                 renderDepth={1}
-                isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                isContentActive={emptyFunction} //this.props.isContentActive}
                 isDocumentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
                 focus={this.refocus}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                disableDocBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableDocBrushing}
+                disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
                 hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
                 dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
                 xPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childXPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childXPadding)}
                 yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
-                docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
             />
         );
@@ -949,7 +960,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         fontWeight: Doc.IsSearchMatch(this.doc) !== undefined ? 'bold' : undefined,
                         textDecoration: Doc.GetT(this.doc, 'title', 'string', true) ? 'underline' : undefined,
                         outline: this.doc === Doc.ActiveDashboard ? 'dashed 1px #06123232' : undefined,
-                        pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                        pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined,
                     }}>
                     {view}
                 </div>
@@ -1009,8 +1020,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView?.props.Document}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                     moveDocument={this.move}
@@ -1020,7 +1031,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={this.props.treeView.props.pinToPres}
-                    disableDocBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableDocBrushing}
+                    disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
                     bringToFront={returnFalse}
                     scriptContext={this}
                 />
@@ -1131,7 +1142,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         add: (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => boolean,
         remove: undefined | ((doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean),
         move: DragManager.MoveFunction,
-        dropAction: dropActionType,
+        dragAction: dropActionType,
         addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean,
         styleProvider: undefined | StyleProviderFunc,
         screenToLocalXf: () => Transform,
@@ -1190,7 +1201,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 const childLayout = Doc.Layout(pair.layout);
                 const rowHeight = () => {
                     const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(childLayout);
-                    return aspect ? Math.min(childLayout[WidthSym](), rowWidth()) / aspect : childLayout[HeightSym]();
+                    return aspect ? Math.min(childLayout[Width](), rowWidth()) / aspect : childLayout[Height]();
                 };
                 return (
                     <TreeView
@@ -1210,14 +1221,14 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         onCheckedClick={onCheckedClick}
                         onChildClick={onChildClick}
                         renderDepth={renderDepth}
-                        removeDoc={StrCast(treeViewParent.freezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
+                        removeDoc={StrCast(treeViewParent.treeViewFreezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
                         addDocument={addDocument}
                         styleProvider={styleProvider}
                         panelWidth={rowWidth}
                         panelHeight={rowHeight}
                         dontRegisterView={dontRegisterView}
                         moveDocument={move}
-                        dropAction={dropAction}
+                        dragAction={dragAction}
                         addDocTab={addDocTab}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={screenToLocalXf}
                         isContentActive={isContentActive}
@@ -1238,6 +1249,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function TreeView_addNewFolder() {
     TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: Utils.GenerateGuid(), parent: undefined };
-    const opts = { title: 'Untitled folder', _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true };
+    const opts = { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true };
     return Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyFilesystem, 'data', Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts, TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.id));
 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
index fee4705e6..1e76d373c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { Doc, Field, FieldResult, HeightSym, WidthSym } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Field, FieldResult } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Height, Width } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id, ToString } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { ObjectField } from '../../../../fields/ObjectField';
 import { RefField } from '../../../../fields/RefField';
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ export function computePassLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc
         docMap.set(layout[Id], {
             x: NumCast(layout.x),
             y: NumCast(layout.y),
-            width: layout[WidthSym](),
-            height: layout[HeightSym](),
+            width: layout[Width](),
+            height: layout[Height](),
             pair: { layout, data },
             transition: 'all .3s',
             replica: '',
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ export function computeStarburstLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc
     const burstDiam = [NumCast(pivotDoc._width), NumCast(pivotDoc._height)];
     const burstScale = NumCast(pivotDoc._starburstDocScale, 1);
     childPairs.forEach(({ layout, data }, i) => {
-        const aspect = layout[HeightSym]() / layout[WidthSym]();
-        const docSize = Math.min(Math.min(400, layout[WidthSym]()), Math.min(400, layout[WidthSym]()) / aspect) * burstScale;
+        const aspect = layout[Height]() / layout[Width]();
+        const docSize = Math.min(Math.min(400, layout[Width]()), Math.min(400, layout[Width]()) / aspect) * burstScale;
         const deg = (i / childPairs.length) * Math.PI * 2;
         docMap.set(layout[Id], {
             x: Math.min(burstDiam[0] / 2 - docSize, Math.max(-burstDiam[0] / 2, (Math.cos(deg) * burstDiam[0]) / 2 - docSize / 2)),
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 68ba3d368..f1d98d22a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { CssSym, Doc, Field } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Field } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocCss } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
             () => [
                 this.props.A.props.ScreenToLocalTransform(),
                 Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_1, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.layout_scrollTop,
-                Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_1, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.[CssSym],
+                Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_1, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.[DocCss],
                 this.props.B.props.ScreenToLocalTransform(),
                 Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_2, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.layout_scrollTop,
-                Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_2, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.[CssSym],
+                Cast(Cast(Cast(this.props.A.rootDoc, Doc, null)?.link_anchor_2, Doc, null)?.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.[DocCss],
             ],
             action(() => {
                 this._start = Date.now();
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
             0
         ); // since the render code depends on querying the Dom through getBoudndingClientRect, we need to delay triggering render()
         setTimeout(
-            action(() => (!LinkDocs.length || !linkDoc.layout_linkDisplay) && (this._opacity = 0.05)),
+            action(() => (!LinkDocs.length || !linkDoc.link_displayLine) && (this._opacity = 0.05)),
             750
         ); // this will unhighlight the link line.
         const a = A.ContentDiv.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const targetBhyperlink = Array.from(window.document.getElementsByClassName((linkDoc.link_anchor_2 as Doc)[Id])).lastElement();
         if ((!targetAhyperlink && !a.width) || (!targetBhyperlink && !b.width)) return;
         if (!targetAhyperlink) {
-            if (linkDoc.layout_autoMoveAnchors) {
+            if (linkDoc.link_autoMoveAnchors) {
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_1_x = ((apt.point.x - aleft) / awidth) * 100;
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_1_y = ((apt.point.y - atop) / aheight) * 100;
             }
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
             else linkDoc.opacity = 1;
         }
         if (!targetBhyperlink) {
-            if (linkDoc.layout_autoMoveAnchors) {
+            if (linkDoc.link_autoMoveAnchors) {
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_2_x = ((bpt.point.x - bleft) / bwidth) * 100;
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_2_y = ((bpt.point.y - btop) / bheight) * 100;
             }
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const { a, b, pt1norm, pt2norm, aActive, bActive, textX, textY, pt1, pt2 } = this.renderData;
         const linkRelationship = Field.toString(link?.link_relationship as any as Field); //get string representing relationship
         const linkRelationshipList = Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList as List<string>;
-        const linkColorList = Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList as List<string>;
+        const linkColorList = Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList as List<string>;
         const linkRelationshipSizes = Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipSizes as List<number>;
         const currRelationshipIndex = linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship);
         const linkDescription = Field.toString(link.link_description as any as Field);
@@ -261,11 +262,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         //thickness varies linearly from 3px to 12px for increasing link count
         const strokeWidth = linkSize === -1 ? '3px' : Math.floor(2 + 10 * (linkSize / Math.max(...linkRelationshipSizes))) + 'px';
 
-        if (link.layout_linkDisplayArrow === undefined) {
-            link.layout_linkDisplayArrow = false;
+        if (link.link_displayArrow === undefined) {
+            link.link_displayArrow = false;
         }
 
-        return link.opacity === 0 || !a.width || !b.width || (!link.layout_linkDisplay && !aActive && !bActive) ? null : (
+        return link.opacity === 0 || !a.width || !b.width || (!link.link_displayLine && !aActive && !bActive) ? null : (
             <>
                 <defs>
                     <marker id={`${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'}`} markerWidth="4" markerHeight="3" refX="0" refY="1.5" orient="auto">
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
                     style={{ pointerEvents: 'visibleStroke', opacity: this._opacity, stroke, strokeWidth }}
                     onClick={this.onClickLine}
                     d={`M ${pt1[0]} ${pt1[1]} C ${pt1[0] + pt1norm[0]} ${pt1[1] + pt1norm[1]}, ${pt2[0] + pt2norm[0]} ${pt2[1] + pt2norm[1]}, ${pt2[0]} ${pt2[1]}`}
-                    markerEnd={link.layout_linkDisplayArrow ? `url(#${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'})` : ''}
+                    markerEnd={link.link_displayArrow ? `url(#${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'})` : ''}
                 />
                 {textX === undefined || !linkDescription ? null : (
                     <text filter={`url(#${link[Id] + 'background'})`} className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkText" x={textX} y={textY} onPointerDown={this.pointerDown}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 8b9698293..ba31916a7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction,
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkData, InkField, InkTool, PointData, Segment } from '../../../../fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
@@ -417,15 +418,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @undoBatch
     internalLinkDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, linkDragData: DragManager.LinkDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
         if (linkDragData.linkDragView.props.docViewPath().includes(this.props.docViewPath().lastElement())) {
-            // dragged document is a child of this collection
-            if (!linkDragData.linkDragView.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.() || linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer !== this.props.Document) {
-                // if the source doc view's embedContainer isn't this same freeformcollectionlinkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document
+            let added = false;
+            //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
+            if (!linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer || linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer !== this.rootDoc) {
                 const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, x: xp, y: yp, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-                this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+                added = this.props.addDocument?.(source) ? true : false;
                 de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), source, { link_relationship: 'annotated by:annotation of' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             }
-            e.stopPropagation(); //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
-            return true;
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            return added;
         }
         return false;
     }
@@ -707,7 +709,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             case GestureUtils.Gestures.Rectangle:
                 if (this._inkToTextStartX && this._inkToTextStartY) {
                     const end = this.getTransform().transformPoint(Math.max(...ge.points.map(p => p.X)), Math.max(...ge.points.map(p => p.Y)));
-                    const setDocs = this.getActiveDocuments().filter(s => s.proto?.type === 'rtf' && s.color);
+                    const setDocs = this.getActiveDocuments().filter(s => DocCast(s.proto)?.type === DocumentType.RTF && s.color);
                     const sets = setDocs.map(sd => {
                         return Cast(sd.text, RichTextField)?.Text as string;
                     });
@@ -719,9 +721,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     const inks = this.getActiveDocuments().filter(doc => {
                         if (doc.type === 'ink') {
                             const l = NumCast(doc.x);
-                            const r = l + doc[WidthSym]();
+                            const r = l + doc[Width]();
                             const t = NumCast(doc.y);
-                            const b = t + doc[HeightSym]();
+                            const b = t + doc[Height]();
                             const pass = !(this._inkToTextStartX! > r || end[0] < l || this._inkToTextStartY! > b || end[1] < t);
                             return pass;
                         }
@@ -1020,7 +1022,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     zoom = (pointX: number, pointY: number, deltaY: number): void => {
-        if (this.Document._isGroup) return;
+        if (this.Document._isGroup || this.Document._freeform_noZoom) return;
         let deltaScale = deltaY > 0 ? 1 / 1.05 : 1.05;
         if (deltaScale < 0) deltaScale = -deltaScale;
         const [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(pointX, pointY);
@@ -1051,7 +1053,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || this.props.Document.treeViewOutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
         e.stopPropagation();
         const docHeight = NumCast(this.rootDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.rootDoc) + '_nativeHeight'], this.nativeHeight);
-        const scrollable = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this.props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling;
+        const scrollable = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this.props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling + 1e-4;
         switch (!e.ctrlKey ? Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode : freeformScrollMode.Pan) {
             case freeformScrollMode.Pan:
                 // if ctrl is selected then zoom
@@ -1201,7 +1203,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     calculatePanIntoView = (doc: Doc, xf: Transform, scale?: number) => {
         const layoutdoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
         const pt = xf.transformPoint(NumCast(doc.x), NumCast(doc.y));
-        const pt2 = xf.transformPoint(NumCast(doc.x) + layoutdoc[WidthSym](), NumCast(doc.y) + layoutdoc[HeightSym]());
+        const pt2 = xf.transformPoint(NumCast(doc.x) + layoutdoc[Width](), NumCast(doc.y) + layoutdoc[Height]());
         const bounds = { left: pt[0], right: pt2[0], top: pt[1], bot: pt2[1], width: pt2[0] - pt[0], height: pt2[1] - pt[1] };
 
         if (scale !== undefined) {
@@ -1239,7 +1241,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         };
     };
 
-    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive();
+    isContentActive = () => this.props.isContentActive();
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
@@ -1251,7 +1253,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const layout_fieldKey = StrCast(docView.LayoutFieldKey);
             const newDoc = Doc.MakeCopy(docView.rootDoc, true);
             const dataField = docView.rootDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)];
-            newDoc[DataSym][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)] = dataField === undefined || Cast(dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)?.length !== undefined ? new List<Doc>([]) : undefined;
+            newDoc[DocData][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)] = dataField === undefined || Cast(dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)?.length !== undefined ? new List<Doc>([]) : undefined;
             if (below) newDoc.y = NumCast(docView.rootDoc.y) + NumCast(docView.rootDoc._height) + 10;
             else newDoc.x = NumCast(docView.rootDoc.x) + NumCast(docView.rootDoc._width) + 10;
             if (layout_fieldKey !== 'layout' && docView.rootDoc[layout_fieldKey] instanceof Doc) {
@@ -1266,7 +1268,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
         const pointerEvents = DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting
             ? 'none'
-            : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+            : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) || this.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
         return pointerEvents;
     };
     getChildDocView(entry: PoolData) {
@@ -1291,13 +1293,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 onBrowseClick={this.onBrowseClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={childLayout.z ? this.getContainerTransform : this.getTransform}
-                PanelWidth={childLayout[WidthSym]}
-                PanelHeight={childLayout[HeightSym]}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                PanelWidth={childLayout[Width]}
+                PanelHeight={childLayout[Height]}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
-                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
+                isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.rootDoc._isGroup ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
+                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                 focus={this.Document._isGroup ? this.groupFocus : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.props.focus : this.focus}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -1307,16 +1309,15 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
                 styleProvider={this.getClusterColor}
-                canEmbedOnDrag={this.props.childCanEmbedOnDrag}
+                dragAction={(this.rootDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 dataProvider={this.childDataProvider}
                 sizeProvider={this.childSizeProvider}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
                 bringToFront={this.bringToFront}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRenderDocuments || this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 pointerEvents={this.pointerEvents}
                 //rotation={this.props.styleProvider?.(childLayout, this.props, StyleProp.JitterRotation) || 0}
-                //fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox || BoolCast(this.props.freezeChildDimensions)} // bcz: check this
+                //fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox || BoolCast(this.props.treeViewFreezeChildDimensions)} // bcz: check this
             />
         );
     }
@@ -1534,7 +1535,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
         // create an anchor that saves information about the current state of the freeform view (pan, zoom, view type)
-        const anchor = Docs.Create.CollectionConfigDocument({ title: 'ViewSpec - ' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._type_collection), layout_unrendered: true, presTransition: 500, annotationOn: this.rootDoc });
+        const anchor = Docs.Create.ConfigDocument({ title: 'ViewSpec - ' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._type_collection), layout_unrendered: true, presTransition: 500, annotationOn: this.rootDoc });
         PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), pannable: !this.Document._isGroup, type_collection: true, filters: true } }, this.rootDoc);
 
         if (addAsAnnotation) {
@@ -1558,14 +1559,14 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 this._disposers.groupBounds = reaction(
                     () => {
                         if (this.Document._isGroup && this.childDocs.length === this.childDocList?.length) {
-                            const clist = this.childDocs.map(cd => ({ x: NumCast(cd.x), y: NumCast(cd.y), width: cd[WidthSym](), height: cd[HeightSym]() }));
+                            const clist = this.childDocs.map(cd => ({ x: NumCast(cd.x), y: NumCast(cd.y), width: cd[Width](), height: cd[Height]() }));
                             return aggregateBounds(clist, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xPadding), NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yPadding));
                         }
                         return undefined;
                     },
                     cbounds => {
                         if (cbounds) {
-                            const c = [NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]() / 2, NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]() / 2];
+                            const c = [NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2, NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2];
                             const p = [NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]), NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey])];
                             const pbounds = {
                                 x: cbounds.x - p[0] + c[0],
@@ -1631,8 +1632,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(
             this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon' + new Date().getTime(),
             this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().ContentDiv!,
-            this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](),
-            this.layoutDoc[HeightSym](),
+            this.layoutDoc[Width](),
+            this.layoutDoc[Height](),
             this.props.PanelWidth(),
             this.props.PanelHeight(),
             0,
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if ((e as any).handlePan || this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) return;
         (e as any).handlePan = true;
 
-        if (!this.layoutDoc._noAutoscroll && !this.props.renderDepth && this._marqueeRef) {
+        if (!this.layoutDoc._freeform_noAutoPan && !this.props.renderDepth && this._marqueeRef) {
             const dragX = e.detail.clientX;
             const dragY = e.detail.clientY;
             const bounds = this._marqueeRef?.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -1986,7 +1987,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 onDragOver={e => e.preventDefault()}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 style={{
-                    pointerEvents: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.childDocs.includes(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.lastElement()) ? 'all' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
+                    pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
                     textAlign: this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 'initial' : undefined,
                     transform: `scale(${this.nativeDimScaling || 1})`,
                     width: `${100 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)}%`,
@@ -2006,8 +2007,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             onKey={this.onKeyDown}
                             onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                             onBrowseClick={this.onBrowseClickHandler}
-                            docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                            docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                            childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                             searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                             isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
                             isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
@@ -2255,22 +2256,20 @@ class CollectionFreeFormBackgroundGrid extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFor
 export function CollectionBrowseClick(dv: DocumentView, clientX: number, clientY: number) {
     const browseTransitionTime = 500;
     SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-    if (
-        dv.props.focus(dv.props.Document, {
-            willZoomCentered: true,
-            zoomScale: 0.8,
-            zoomTime: browseTransitionTime,
-        }) === undefined
-    ) {
-        const selfFfview = !dv.rootDoc._isGroup && dv.ComponentView instanceof CollectionFreeFormView ? dv.ComponentView : undefined;
-        let parFfview = dv.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
-        while (parFfview?.rootDoc._isGroup) parFfview = parFfview.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
-        const ffview = selfFfview && selfFfview.rootDoc[selfFfview.scaleFieldKey] !== 0.5 ? selfFfview : parFfview; // if focus doc is a freeform that is not at it's default 0.5 scale, then zoom out on it.  Otherwise, zoom out on the parent ffview
-        ffview?.zoomSmoothlyAboutPt(ffview.getTransform().transformPoint(clientX, clientY), 0.5, browseTransitionTime);
-        Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
-    } else {
-        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(dv.rootDoc, { zoomScale: 0.8, willZoomCentered: true });
-    }
+    DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(dv.rootDoc, { zoomScale: 0.8, willZoomCentered: true }, (focused: boolean) => {
+        if (!focused) {
+            const selfFfview = !dv.rootDoc._isGroup && dv.ComponentView instanceof CollectionFreeFormView ? dv.ComponentView : undefined;
+            let containers = dv.props.docViewPath();
+            let parFfview = dv.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
+            for (var cont of containers) {
+                parFfview = parFfview ?? cont.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
+            }
+            while (parFfview?.rootDoc._isGroup) parFfview = parFfview.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
+            const ffview = selfFfview && selfFfview.rootDoc[selfFfview.scaleFieldKey] !== 0.5 ? selfFfview : parFfview; // if focus doc is a freeform that is not at it's default 0.5 scale, then zoom out on it.  Otherwise, zoom out on the parent ffview
+            ffview?.zoomSmoothlyAboutPt(ffview.getTransform().transformPoint(clientX, clientY), 0.5, browseTransitionTime);
+            Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
+        }
+    });
 }
 ScriptingGlobals.add(CollectionBrowseClick);
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function nextKeyFrame(readOnly: boolean) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 641088675..5febbe83e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { AclAdmin, AclAugment, AclEdit, DataSym, Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { AclAdmin, AclAugment, AclEdit, DocData } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkData, InkField, InkTool } from '../../../../fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         } else {
             this._downX = x;
             this._downY = y;
-            const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this.props.Document[DataSym]);
+            const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this.props.Document[DocData]);
             if ([AclAdmin, AclEdit, AclAugment].includes(effectiveAcl)) {
                 PreviewCursor.Show(x, y, this.onKeyPress, this.props.addLiveTextDocument, this.props.getTransform, this.props.addDocument, this.props.nudge, this.props.slowLoadDocuments);
             }
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     @action
     onClick = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         if (this.props.pointerEvents?.() === 'none') return;
-        if (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downY) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD) {
+        if (Utils.isClick(e.clientX, e.clientY, this._downX, this._downY, Date.now())) {
             if (Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None) {
                 if (!(e.nativeEvent as any).marqueeHit) {
                     (e.nativeEvent as any).marqueeHit = true;
@@ -384,8 +385,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         newCollection._width = this.Bounds.width;
         newCollection._height = this.Bounds.height;
         newCollection._isGroup = makeGroup;
+        newCollection._dragWhenActive = makeGroup;
         newCollection.forceActive = makeGroup;
-        newCollection.enableDragWhenActive = makeGroup;
         newCollection.x = this.Bounds.left;
         newCollection.y = this.Bounds.top;
         newCollection.layout_fitWidth = true;
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             followLinkToggle: true,
             _width: 200,
             _height: 200,
-            _layoutFitContentsToBox: true,
+            _layout_fitContentsToBox: true,
             _layout_showSidebar: true,
             title: 'overview',
         });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
index e8ae88ae5..cd8b7a0cc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export class CollectionGridView extends CollectionSubView() {
             <div
                 className="collectionGridView-contents"
                 ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-                style={{ pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined }}
+                style={{ pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined }}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
                 onDrop={this.onExternalDrop}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index 3561844da..8f90e4444 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Doc, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Height, Width } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnTrue, StopEvent, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import './CollectionLinearView.scss';
 /**
  * CollectionLinearView is the class for rendering the horizontal collection
  * of documents, it useful for horizontal menus. It can either be expandable
- * or not using the linearViewExpandable field.
+ * or not using the linearView_Expandable field.
  * It is used in the following locations:
  * - It is used in the popup menu on the bottom left (see docButtons() in MainView.tsx)
  * - It is used for the context sensitive toolbar at the top (see contMenuButtons() in CollectionMenu.tsx)
@@ -40,43 +41,19 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this._dropDisposer?.();
         this._widthDisposer?.();
         this._selectedDisposer?.();
-        this.childLayoutPairs.map((pair, ind) => ScriptCast(pair.layout.proto?.onPointerUp)?.script.run({ this: pair.layout.proto }, console.log));
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map((pair, ind) => ScriptCast(DocCast(pair.layout.proto)?.onPointerUp)?.script.run({ this: pair.layout.proto }, console.log));
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
         this._widthDisposer = reaction(
-            () => 5 + NumCast(this.rootDoc.linearBtnWidth, this.dimension()) + (this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? this.childDocs.filter(doc => !doc.hidden).reduce((tot, doc) => (doc[WidthSym]() || this.dimension()) + tot + 4, 0) : 0),
+            () => 5 + NumCast(this.rootDoc.linearBtnWidth, this.dimension()) + (this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? this.childDocs.filter(doc => !doc.hidden).reduce((tot, doc) => (doc[Width]() || this.dimension()) + tot + 4, 0) : 0),
             width => this.childDocs.length && (this.layoutDoc._width = width),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
-
-        this._selectedDisposer = reaction(
-            () => NumCast(this.layoutDoc.selectedIndex),
-            i =>
-                runInAction(() => {
-                    this._selectedIndex = i;
-                    let selected: any = undefined;
-                    this.childLayoutPairs.map(async (pair, ind) => {
-                        const isSelected = this._selectedIndex === ind;
-                        if (isSelected) {
-                            selected = pair;
-                        } else {
-                            ScriptCast(pair.layout.proto?.onPointerUp)?.script.run({ this: pair.layout.proto }, console.log);
-                        }
-                    });
-                    if (selected && selected.layout) {
-                        ScriptCast(selected.layout.proto?.onPointerDown)?.script.run({ this: selected.layout.proto }, console.log);
-                    }
-                }),
-            { fireImmediately: true }
-        );
     }
     protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
-        //used for stacking and masonry view
-        this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
-        if (ele) {
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.layoutDoc);
-        }
+        this._dropDisposer?.();
+        if (ele) this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.layoutDoc);
     };
 
     dimension = () => NumCast(this.rootDoc._height);
@@ -88,12 +65,8 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @action
     exitLongLinks = () => {
-        if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink) {
-            if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink.Document) {
-                action((e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-                    Doc.UnBrushDoc(DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document as Doc);
-                });
-            }
+        if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document) {
+            action((e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => Doc.UnBrushDoc(DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document as Doc));
         }
         DocumentLinksButton.StartLink = undefined;
         DocumentLinksButton.StartLinkView = undefined;
@@ -200,12 +173,12 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                    dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                    dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                     rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
                     removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={docXf}
-                    PanelWidth={doc[WidthSym]}
-                    PanelHeight={nested || doc._height ? doc[HeightSym] : this.dimension}
+                    PanelWidth={doc[Width]}
+                    PanelHeight={nested || doc._height ? doc[Height] : this.dimension}
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                     dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.rootDoc.childDontRegisterViews)}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
@@ -213,8 +186,8 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                 />
@@ -225,7 +198,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
     render() {
         const flexDir = StrCast(this.Document.flexDirection); // Specify direction of linear view content
         const flexGap = NumCast(this.Document.flexGap); // Specify the gap between linear view content
-        const isExpanded = BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded);
+        const isExpanded = BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded);
 
         const menuOpener = (
             <label
@@ -238,9 +211,9 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
         );
 
         return (
-            <div className={`collectionLinearView-outer ${this.layoutDoc.linearViewSubMenu}`} style={{ backgroundColor: this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? undefined : 'transparent' }}>
+            <div className={`collectionLinearView-outer ${this.layoutDoc.linearView_SubMenu}`} style={{ backgroundColor: this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? undefined : 'transparent' }}>
                 <div className="collectionLinearView" ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} onContextMenu={this.myContextMenu} style={{ minHeight: this.dimension() }}>
-                    {!this.props.Document.linearViewExpandable ? null : (
+                    {!this.props.Document.linearView_Expandable ? null : (
                         <Tooltip title={<div className="dash-tooltip">{isExpanded ? 'Close' : 'Open'}</div>} placement="top">
                             {menuOpener}
                         </Tooltip>
@@ -258,11 +231,11 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 scriptContext: this.props.scriptContext,
                                 documentView: this.props.DocumentView?.(),
                             });
-                            this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked;
+                            this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked;
                         })}
                     />
 
-                    {!this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? null : (
+                    {!this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? null : (
                         <div
                             className="collectionLinearView-content"
                             style={{
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
index 821c8d804..f87a06033 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: column;
         width: 100%;
+        align-items: center;
+
+        .contentFittingDocumentView {
+            width: unset;
+        }
 
         .label-wrapper {
             display: flex;
@@ -15,7 +20,6 @@
             justify-content: center;
             height: 20px;
         }
-
     }
 
     .multiColumnResizer {
@@ -30,5 +34,4 @@
             transition: 0.5s background-color ease;
         }
     }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 78d3d1b6e..10532b9d9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -194,11 +193,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
             let curInd = -1;
-            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(
-                action((d: Doc) => {
-                    curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d);
-                })
-            );
+            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => (curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d)));
             Array.from(this._mainCont.children).forEach((child, index) => {
                 const brect = child.getBoundingClientRect();
                 if (brect.x < de.x && brect.x + brect.width > de.x) {
@@ -225,6 +220,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         }
                     })
                 );
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -234,8 +230,15 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
-    isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
-    getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
+    isChildContentActive = () => {
+        const childDocsActive = this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ?? this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive;
+        return this.props.isContentActive?.() === false || childDocsActive === false
+            ? false //
+            : this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && childDocsActive
+            ? true
+            : undefined;
+    };
+    getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number, shouldNotScale: () => boolean) => {
         return (
             <DocumentView
                 Document={layout}
@@ -247,8 +250,9 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
+                shouldNotScale={shouldNotScale}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={(this.props.Document.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 suppressSetHeight={true}
@@ -259,8 +263,8 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
                 focus={this.props.focus}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -284,15 +288,19 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const collector: JSX.Element[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < childLayoutPairs.length; i++) {
             const { layout } = childLayoutPairs[i];
+            const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(layout, undefined, true);
+            const width = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
+            const height = () => PanelHeight() - 2 * NumCast(Document._yMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
+            const docwidth = () => (layout._layout_forceReflow ? width() : Math.min(height() * aspect, width()));
+            const docheight = () => Math.min(docwidth() / aspect, height());
             const dxf = () =>
                 this.lookupIndividualTransform(layout)
-                    .translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin), -NumCast(Document._yMargin))
+                    .translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin) - (width() - docwidth()) / 2, -NumCast(Document._yMargin))
                     .scale(this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-            const width = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
-            const height = () => PanelHeight() - 2 * NumCast(Document._yMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
+            const shouldNotScale = () => this.props.fitContentsToBox?.() || BoolCast(layout.freeform_fitContentsToBox);
             collector.push(
-                <div className={'document-wrapper'} key={'wrapper' + i} style={{ width: width() }}>
-                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, width, height)}
+                <div className="document-wrapper" key={'wrapper' + i} style={{ width: width() }}>
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, docwidth, docheight, shouldNotScale)}
                     <WidthLabel layout={layout} collectionDoc={Document} />
                 </div>,
                 <ResizeBar
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss
index 79fb195e8..ec7200a03 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: row;
         height: 100%;
+        align-items: center;
+        margin: auto;
+
+        .contentFittingDocumentView {
+            height: unset;
+        }
 
         .label-wrapper {
             display: flex;
@@ -16,7 +22,6 @@
             justify-content: center;
             height: 20px;
         }
-
     }
 
     .multiRowResizer {
@@ -31,5 +36,4 @@
             transition: 0.5s background-color ease;
         }
     }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 4d61dc272..04cfc5456 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -194,11 +193,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
             let curInd = -1;
-            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(
-                action((d: Doc) => {
-                    curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d);
-                })
-            );
+            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => (curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d)));
             Array.from(this._mainCont.children).forEach((child, index) => {
                 const brect = child.getBoundingClientRect();
                 if (brect.y < de.y && brect.y + brect.height > de.y) {
@@ -225,6 +220,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         }
                     })
                 );
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -234,8 +230,15 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
-    isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
-    getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
+    isChildContentActive = () => {
+        const childDocsActive = this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ?? this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive;
+        return this.props.isContentActive?.() === false || childDocsActive === false
+            ? false //
+            : this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && childDocsActive
+            ? true
+            : undefined;
+    };
+    getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number, shouldNotScale: () => boolean) => {
         return (
             <DocumentView
                 Document={layout}
@@ -247,8 +250,9 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
+                shouldNotScale={shouldNotScale}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dropAction={StrCast(this.rootDoc.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={dxf}
@@ -257,9 +261,10 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
+                dragAction={this.props.childDragAction}
                 focus={this.props.focus}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -283,15 +288,19 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const collector: JSX.Element[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < childLayoutPairs.length; i++) {
             const { layout } = childLayoutPairs[i];
+            const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(layout, undefined, true);
+            const height = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
+            const width = () => PanelWidth() - 2 * NumCast(Document._xMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
+            const docheight = () => Math.min(width() / aspect, height());
+            const docwidth = () => (layout._layout_forceReflow ? width() : Math.min(width(), docheight() * aspect));
             const dxf = () =>
                 this.lookupIndividualTransform(layout)
-                    .translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin), -NumCast(Document._yMargin))
+                    .translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin) - (width() - docwidth()) / 2, -NumCast(Document._yMargin) - (height() - docheight()) / 2)
                     .scale(this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-            const height = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
-            const width = () => PanelWidth() - 2 * NumCast(Document._xMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
+            const shouldNotScale = () => this.props.fitContentsToBox?.() || BoolCast(layout.freeform_fitContentsToBox);
             collector.push(
-                <div className={'document-wrapper'} style={{ height: height() }} key={'wrapper' + i}>
-                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, width, height)}
+                <div className="document-wrapper" style={{ height: height() }} key={'wrapper' + i}>
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, docwidth, docheight, shouldNotScale)}
                     <HeightLabel layout={layout} collectionDoc={Document} />
                 </div>,
                 <ResizeBar
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index 3a0c2c85c..52ebb7763 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 .schema-header-row {
     cursor: grab;
-    justify-content: flex-end;
+    //justify-content: flex-end;
 
     .row-menu {
         display: flex;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 36abad87e..ee5bf82ed 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export enum ColumnType {
     Date,
     Image,
     RTF,
+    Enumeration,
     Any,
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export const FInfotoColType: { [key: string]: ColumnType } = {
     date: ColumnType.Date,
     image: ColumnType.Image,
     rtf: ColumnType.RTF,
+    enumeration: ColumnType.Enumeration,
 };
 
 const defaultColumnKeys: string[] = ['title', 'type', 'author', 'author_date', 'text'];
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _makeNewColumn: boolean = false;
     private _documentOptions: DocumentOptions = new DocumentOptions();
     private _tableContentRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
+    private _menuTarget = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
     static _rowHeight: number = 50;
     static _rowSingleLineHeight: number = 32;
@@ -77,6 +80,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @observable _filterSearchValue: string = '';
     @observable _selectedCell: [Doc, number] | undefined;
 
+    // target HTMLelement portal for showing a popup menu to edit cell values.
+    public get MenuTarget() {
+        return this._menuTarget.current;
+    }
+
     @computed get _selectedDocs() {
         return SelectionManager.Docs().filter(doc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(doc.embedContainer), this.rootDoc));
     }
@@ -336,9 +344,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     dragColumn = (e: PointerEvent, index: number) => {
         const dragData = new DragManager.ColumnDragData(index);
         const dragEles = [this._colEles[index]];
-        this.childDocs.forEach(doc => {
-            dragEles.push(this._rowEles.get(doc).children[1].children[index]);
-        });
+        this.childDocs.forEach(doc => dragEles.push(this._rowEles.get(doc).children[1].children[index]));
         DragManager.StartColumnDrag(dragEles, dragData, e.x, e.y);
 
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.highlightDropColumn);
@@ -352,24 +358,28 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return true;
     };
 
-    @action
-    highlightDropColumn = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
+    findDropIndex = (mouseX: number) => {
         let index: number | undefined;
         this.displayColumnWidths.reduce((total, curr, i) => {
             if (total <= mouseX && total + curr >= mouseX) {
-                if (mouseX <= total + curr / 2) index = i;
+                if (mouseX <= total + curr) index = i;
                 else index = i + 1;
             }
             return total + curr;
         }, CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
+        return index;
+    };
 
+    @action
+    highlightDropColumn = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
+        const index = this.findDropIndex(mouseX);
         this._colEles.forEach((colRef, i) => {
             let leftStyle = '';
             let rightStyle = '';
-            if (i + 1 === index) rightStyle = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
-            if (i === index && i === 0) leftStyle = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
+            if (i + 1 === index) rightStyle = `solid 12px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
+            if (i === index && i === 0) leftStyle = `solid 12px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
             colRef.style.borderLeft = leftStyle;
             colRef.style.borderRight = rightStyle;
             this.childDocs.forEach(doc => {
@@ -424,17 +434,9 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.columnDragData) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
             const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y)[0];
-            let index = de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex;
-            this.displayColumnWidths.reduce((total, curr, i) => {
-                if (total <= mouseX && total + curr >= mouseX) {
-                    if (mouseX <= total + curr / 2) index = i;
-                    else index = i + 1;
-                }
-                return total + curr;
-            }, CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
-            this.moveColumn(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, index);
+            const index = this.findDropIndex(mouseX);
+            this.moveColumn(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, index ?? de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex);
 
             this._colEles.forEach((colRef, i) => {
                 colRef.style.borderLeft = '';
@@ -445,6 +447,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 });
             });
 
+            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         const draggedDocs = de.complete.docDragData?.draggedDocuments;
@@ -459,7 +462,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 if (draggedView) DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(draggedView);
                 DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => dv.select(true));
             });
-            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this._menuKeys = this.documentKeys.filter(value => value.toLowerCase().includes(this._menuValue.toLowerCase()));
     };
 
-    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
+    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => StrListCast(this.Document._childFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
 
     removeFieldFilters = (field: string) => {
         this.getFieldFilters(field).forEach(filter => Doc.setDocFilter(this.Document, field, filter.split(':')[1], 'remove'));
@@ -760,7 +762,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
         });
 
-        const filters = StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters);
+        const filters = StrListCast(this.Document._childFilters);
         return keyOptions.map(key => {
             let bool = false;
             if (filters !== undefined) {
@@ -832,6 +834,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="collectionSchemaView" ref={(ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => this.createDashEventsTarget(ele)} onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}>
+                <div ref={this._menuTarget} style={{ background: 'red', top: 0, left: 0, position: 'absolute', zIndex: 10000 }}></div>
                 <div
                     className="schema-table"
                     onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive() && e.stopPropagation()}
@@ -860,6 +863,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 openContextMenu={this.openContextMenu}
                                 dragColumn={this.dragColumn}
                                 setColRef={this.setColRef}
+                                isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
                             />
                         ))}
                     </div>
@@ -894,8 +898,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 isContentActive={returnTrue}
                                 isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
                                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.screenToLocal}
-                                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
@@ -940,17 +944,18 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 LayoutTemplateString={SchemaRowBox.LayoutString(this.props.schema.props.fieldKey)}
                                 Document={doc}
                                 DataDoc={dataDoc}
+                                yPadding={index}
                                 renderDepth={this.props.schema.props.renderDepth + 1}
                                 PanelWidth={this.tableWidthFunc}
                                 PanelHeight={this.props.rowHeight}
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                                 waitForDoubleClickToClick={returnNever}
                                 defaultDoubleClick={returnIgnore}
-                                enableDragWhenActive={true}
+                                dragAction="move"
                                 onClickScriptDisable="always"
                                 focus={this.props.schema.focusDocument}
-                                docFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
-                                docRangeFilters={this.props.schema.childDocRangeFilters}
+                                childFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
+                                childFiltersByRanges={this.props.schema.childDocRangeFilters}
                                 searchFilterDocs={this.props.schema.searchFilterDocs}
                                 rootSelected={this.props.schema.rootSelected}
                                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.childScreenToLocal(index)}
@@ -964,7 +969,6 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 hideLinkAnchors={true}
                                 layout_fitWidth={returnTrue}
                                 scriptContext={this}
-                                canEmbedOnDrag={true}
                             />
                         </div>
                     );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
index 46c2f622b..65e47f441 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface SchemaColumnHeaderProps {
     columnIndex: number;
     sortField: string;
     sortDesc: boolean;
+    isContentActive: (outsideReaction?: boolean | undefined) => boolean | undefined;
     setSort: (field: string | undefined, desc?: boolean) => void;
     removeColumn: (index: number) => void;
     rowHeight: () => number;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export class SchemaColumnHeader extends React.Component<SchemaColumnHeaderProps>
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, e => this.props.dragColumn(e, this.props.columnIndex), emptyFunction, emptyFunction, false);
+        this.props.isContentActive(true) && setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, e => this.props.dragColumn(e, this.props.columnIndex), emptyFunction, emptyFunction, false);
     };
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 978b65053..e8e606030 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Doc } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
-import { undoable, undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from '../../DocComponent';
 import { Colors } from '../../global/globalEnums';
 import { OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { CollectionSchemaView } from './CollectionSchemaView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 import { SchemaTableCell } from './SchemaTableCell';
+import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 
 @observer
 export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
@@ -52,13 +53,13 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     };
 
     onPointerEnter = (e: any) => {
-        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
-        document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
-        document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+        if (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive()) {
+            document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+            document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+        }
     };
 
     onPointerMove = (e: any) => {
-        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
         const dragIsRow = DragManager.docsBeingDragged.some(doc => doc.embedContainer === this.schemaDoc); //  this.schemaView?._selectedDocs.has(doc) ?? false;
 
         if (this._ref && dragIsRow) {
@@ -143,6 +144,13 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                             selectedCell={this.selectedCell}
                             setColumnValues={this.setColumnValues}
                             oneLine={BoolCast(this.schemaDoc?._singleLine)}
+                            menuTarget={this.schemaView.MenuTarget}
+                            transform={() => {
+                                const ind = index === this.schemaView.columnKeys.length - 1 ? this.schemaView.columnKeys.length - 3 : index;
+                                const x = this.schemaView?.displayColumnWidths.reduce((p, c, i) => (i <= ind ? p + c : p), 0);
+                                const y = (this.props.yPadding ?? 0) * this.props.PanelHeight();
+                                return new Transform(x + CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth, y, 1);
+                            }}
                         />
                     ))}
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index 01bfbcddb..a958f53ea 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React = require('react');
+import * as React from 'react';
+import Select, { MenuPlacement } from 'react-select';
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { extname } from 'path';
@@ -6,12 +7,11 @@ import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../../fields/RichTextField';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, FieldValue } from '../../../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnZero, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { FInfo } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocFocusOrOpen } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
-import { dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoable, undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../../StyleProvider';
-import { ColumnType, FInfotoColType } from './CollectionSchemaView';
+import { CollectionSchemaView, ColumnType, FInfotoColType } from './CollectionSchemaView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 
 export interface SchemaTableCellProps {
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export interface SchemaTableCellProps {
     oneLine?: boolean; // whether all input should fit on one line vs allowing textare multiline inputs
     allowCRs?: boolean; // allow carriage returns in text input (othewrise CR ends the edit)
     finishEdit?: () => void; // notify container that edit is over (eg. to hide view in DashFieldView)
+    options?: string[];
+    menuTarget: HTMLDivElement | null;
+    transform: () => Transform;
 }
 
 @observer
@@ -58,14 +61,14 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
                 break;
             }
             protoCount++;
-            doc = doc.proto;
+            doc = DocCast(doc.proto);
         }
         const parenCount = Math.max(0, protoCount - 1);
         const color = protoCount === 0 || (fieldKey.startsWith('_') && Document[fieldKey] === undefined) ? 'black' : 'blue';
         const textDecoration = color !== 'black' && parenCount ? 'underline' : '';
         const fieldProps: FieldViewProps = {
-            docFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
-            docRangeFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFiltersByRanges: returnEmptyFilter,
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
             isSelected: returnFalse,
             setHeight: returnFalse,
             select: emptyFunction,
-            dropAction: 'embed',
+            dragAction: 'move',
             bringToFront: emptyFunction,
             renderDepth: 1,
             isContentActive: returnFalse,
@@ -129,15 +132,15 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     }
 
     get getCellType() {
+        const columnTypeStr = this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
         const cellValue = this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey];
         if (cellValue instanceof ImageField) return ColumnType.Image;
         if (cellValue instanceof DateField) return ColumnType.Date;
         if (cellValue instanceof RichTextField) return ColumnType.RTF;
         if (typeof cellValue === 'number') return ColumnType.Any;
-        if (typeof cellValue === 'string') return ColumnType.Any;
+        if (typeof cellValue === 'string' && columnTypeStr !== 'enumeration') return ColumnType.Any;
         if (typeof cellValue === 'boolean') return ColumnType.Boolean;
 
-        const columnTypeStr = this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
         if (columnTypeStr && columnTypeStr in FInfotoColType) {
             return FInfotoColType[columnTypeStr];
         }
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
             case ColumnType.Image: return <SchemaImageCell {...this.props} />;
             case ColumnType.Boolean: return <SchemaBoolCell {...this.props} />;
             case ColumnType.RTF: return <SchemaRTFCell {...this.props} />;
+            case ColumnType.Enumeration: return <SchemaEnumerationCell {...this.props} options={this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.values?.map(val => val.toString())} />;
             case ColumnType.Date: // return <SchemaDateCell {...this.props} />;
             default:  return this.defaultCellContent;
         }
@@ -311,3 +315,38 @@ export class SchemaBoolCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         );
     }
 }
+@observer
+export class SchemaEnumerationCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
+    @computed get selected() {
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
+        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+    }
+    render() {
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
+        const options = this.props.options?.map(facet => ({ value: facet, label: facet }));
+        return (
+            <div className="schemaSelectionCell" style={{ display: 'flex', color, textDecoration, cursor, pointerEvents }}>
+                <div style={{ width: '100%' }}>
+                    <Select
+                        styles={{
+                            menuPortal: base => ({
+                                ...base,
+                                left: 0,
+                                top: 0,
+                                transform: `translate(${this.props.transform().TranslateX}px, ${this.props.transform().TranslateY}px)`,
+                                width: Number(base.width) * this.props.transform().Scale,
+                                zIndex: 9999,
+                            }),
+                        }}
+                        menuPortalTarget={this.props.menuTarget}
+                        menuPosition={'absolute'}
+                        placeholder={StrCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], 'select...')}
+                        options={options}
+                        isMulti={false}
+                        onChange={val => KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), `"${val?.value ?? ''}"`)}
+                    />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}