merge

43 files changed, 2756 insertions, 1611 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.scss
index 4815f1a59..fd1296286 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 .collectionCarouselView-outer {
     background: gray;
+    height : 100%;
     .collectionCarouselView-caption {
         margin-left: 10%;
         margin-right: 10%;
@@ -14,27 +15,23 @@
         width: 100%;
     }
 }
-.carouselView-back  {
+.carouselView-back, .carouselView-fwd  {
     position: absolute;
     display: flex;
-    left: 0; 
     top: 50%;
     width: 30;
     height: 30;
-    background: lightgray;
     align-items: center;
     border-radius: 5px;
     justify-content: center;
+    background : rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.46);
 }
-.carouselView-fwd  {
-    position: absolute;
-    display: flex;
+.carouselView-fwd {
     right: 0; 
-    top: 50%;
-    width: 30;
-    height: 30;
+}
+.carouselView-back {
+    left: 0; 
+}
+.carouselView-back:hover, .carouselView-fwd:hover {
     background: lightgray;
-    align-items: center;
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    justify-content: center;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
index 0933d5924..a0cb1fe19 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
@@ -12,28 +12,22 @@ import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
 import { faCaretLeft, faCaretRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { Doc } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/FormattedTextBox';
-
-
-
+import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
+import { ObjectField } from '../../../new_fields/ObjectField';
 
 type CarouselDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema,]>;
 const CarouselDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView(CarouselDocument) {
-    @observable public addMenuToggle = React.createRef<HTMLInputElement>();
     private _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
 
-    componentWillUnmount() {
-        this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
-    }
+    componentWillUnmount() { this._dropDisposer?.(); }
 
-    componentDidMount() {
-    }
     protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => { //used for stacking and masonry view
-        this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
+        this._dropDisposer?.();
         if (ele) {
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this));
+            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this));
         }
     }
 
@@ -50,18 +44,18 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView(CarouselDocument)
     @computed get content() {
         const index = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex);
         return !(this.childLayoutPairs?.[index]?.layout instanceof Doc) ? (null) :
-            <div>
-                <div className="collectionCarouselView-image">
+            <>
+                <div className="collectionCarouselView-image" key="image">
                     <ContentFittingDocumentView {...this.props}
                         Document={this.childLayoutPairs[index].layout}
                         DataDocument={this.childLayoutPairs[index].data}
                         PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
                         getTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform} />
                 </div>
-                <div className="collectionCarouselView-caption" style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }}>
+                <div className="collectionCarouselView-caption" key="caption" style={{ background: this.props.backgroundColor?.(this.props.Document) }}>
                     <FormattedTextBox key={index} {...this.props} Document={this.childLayoutPairs[index].layout} DataDoc={undefined} fieldKey={"caption"}></FormattedTextBox>
                 </div>
-            </div>
+            </>;
     }
     @computed get buttons() {
         return <>
@@ -73,8 +67,21 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView(CarouselDocument)
             </div>
         </>;
     }
+
+
+    onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
+        // need to test if propagation has stopped because GoldenLayout forces a parallel react hierarchy to be created for its top-level layout
+        if (!e.isPropagationStopped()) {
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
+                description: "Make Hero Image", event: () => {
+                    const index = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex);
+                    (this.dataDoc || Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)).hero = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.childLayoutPairs[index].layout.data as ObjectField);
+                }, icon: "plus"
+            });
+        }
+    }
     render() {
-        return <div className="collectionCarouselView-outer">
+        return <div className="collectionCarouselView-outer" ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}>
             {this.content}
             {this.buttons}
         </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
index f518ef8fb..2fafcecb2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 @import "../../views/globalCssVariables.scss";
 
-.lm_active .messageCounter {
-    color: white;
-    background: #999999;
+.lm_title {
+    margin-top: 3px;
+    background: black;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    border: solid 1px dimgray;
+    border-width: 2px 2px 0px;
+    height: 20px;
+    transform: translate(0px, -3px);
+}
+.lm_title_wrap {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    height: 19px;
+    margin-top: -3px;
+    display:inline-block;
+}
+.lm_active .lm_title {
+    border: solid 1px lightgray;
+}
+.lm_header .lm_tab .lm_close_tab {
+    position: absolute;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+.lm_header .lm_tab {
+    padding-right : 20px;
+}
+
+.lm_popout {
+    display:none;
 }
 
 .messageCounter {
@@ -26,9 +52,20 @@
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
     // overflow: hidden;  // bcz: menus don't show up when this is on (e.g., the parentSelectorMenu)
-
+    .collectionDockingView-gear {
+        padding-left: 5px;
+        height: 15px;
+        width: 18px;
+        display: inline-block;
+        margin: auto;
+    }
     .collectionDockingView-dragAsDocument {
         touch-action: none;
+        position: absolute;
+        padding-left: 5px;
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
     }
 
     .lm_content {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 7a6d54ac2..4e1e76f39 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faFile } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import 'golden-layout/src/css/goldenlayout-base.css';
 import 'golden-layout/src/css/goldenlayout-dark-theme.css';
-import { action, Lambda, observable, reaction, computed, runInAction, trace } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, Lambda, observable, reaction, runInAction, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import * as GoldenLayout from "../../../client/goldenLayout";
 import { DateField } from '../../../new_fields/DateField';
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, DataSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../new_fields/List';
 import { FieldId } from "../../../new_fields/RefField";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { TraceMobx } from '../../../new_fields/util';
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnOne, returnTrue, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
-import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { Scripting } from '../../util/Scripting';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
@@ -28,13 +29,8 @@ import { MainView } from '../MainView';
 import { DocumentView } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
 import "./CollectionDockingView.scss";
 import { SubCollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionSubView";
+import { DockingViewButtonSelector } from './ParentDocumentSelector';
 import React = require("react");
-import { ButtonSelector } from './ParentDocumentSelector';
-import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
-import { ComputedField } from '../../../new_fields/ScriptField';
-import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
-import { TraceMobx } from '../../../new_fields/util';
-import { Scripting } from '../../util/Scripting';
 library.add(faFile);
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global /* node */) as any;
 
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ const _global = (window /* browser */ || global /* node */) as any;
 export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
     @observable public static Instances: CollectionDockingView[] = [];
     @computed public static get Instance() { return CollectionDockingView.Instances[0]; }
-    public static makeDocumentConfig(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, width?: number, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static makeDocumentConfig(document: Doc, width?: number, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         return {
             type: 'react-component',
             component: 'DocumentFrameRenderer',
@@ -50,8 +46,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
             width: width,
             props: {
                 documentId: document[Id],
-                dataDocumentId: dataDoc && dataDoc[Id] !== document[Id] ? dataDoc[Id] : "",
-                libraryPath: libraryPath ? libraryPath.map(d => d[Id]) : []
+                libraryPath: libraryPath?.map(d => d[Id])
                 //collectionDockingView: CollectionDockingView.Instance
             }
         };
@@ -80,12 +75,12 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     public StartOtherDrag(e: any, dragDocs: Doc[]) {
         let config: any;
         if (dragDocs.length === 1) {
-            config = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(dragDocs[0], undefined);
+            config = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(dragDocs[0]);
         } else {
             config = {
                 type: 'row',
                 content: dragDocs.map((doc, i) => {
-                    CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(doc, undefined);
+                    CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(doc);
                 })
             };
         }
@@ -101,10 +96,9 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     @action
     public OpenFullScreen(docView: DocumentView, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         const document = Doc.MakeAlias(docView.props.Document);
-        const dataDoc = docView.props.DataDoc;
         const newItemStackConfig = {
             type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
+            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath)]
         };
         const docconfig = this._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, this._goldenLayout);
         this._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].addChild(docconfig);
@@ -133,36 +127,22 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     @undoBatch
     @action
     public static CloseRightSplit(document: Opt<Doc>): boolean {
-        if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
-        let retVal = false;
-        if (instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].isRow) {
-            retVal = Array.from(instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].contentItems).some((child: any) => {
-                if (child.contentItems.length === 1 && child.contentItems[0].config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer" &&
-                    DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId) &&
-                    ((!document && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId)!.Document.isDisplayPanel) ||
-                        (document && Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId)!.Document, document)))) {
-                    child.contentItems[0].remove();
+        const tryClose = (childItem: any) => {
+            if (childItem.config?.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer") {
+                const docView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(childItem.config.props.documentId);
+                if (docView && ((!document && docView.Document.isDisplayPanel) || (document && Doc.AreProtosEqual(docView.props.Document, document)))) {
+                    childItem.remove();
                     instance.layoutChanged(document);
                     return true;
-                } else {
-                    Array.from(child.contentItems).filter((tab: any) => tab.config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer").some((tab: any, j: number) => {
-                        if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId) &&
-                            ((!document && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId)!.Document.isDisplayPanel) ||
-                                (document && Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId)!.Document, document)))) {
-                            child.contentItems[j].remove();
-                            child.config.activeItemIndex = Math.max(child.contentItems.length - 1, 0);
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                        return false;
-                    });
                 }
-                return false;
-            });
-        }
-        if (retVal) {
-            instance.stateChanged();
-        }
+            }
+            return false;
+        };
+        const retVal = !instance?._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].isRow ? false :
+            Array.from(instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].contentItems).some((child: any) => Array.from(child.contentItems).some(tryClose));
+
+        retVal && instance.stateChanged();
         return retVal;
     }
 
@@ -176,35 +156,30 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     }
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static ReplaceRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]): boolean {
-        if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false; const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
-        const newItemStackConfig = {
-            type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
-        };
-
-        const newContentItem = instance._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, instance._goldenLayout);
-
+    public static ReplaceRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[], addToSplit?: boolean): boolean {
+        if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
+        const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         let retVal = false;
         if (instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].isRow) {
             retVal = Array.from(instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].contentItems).some((child: any) => {
                 if (child.contentItems.length === 1 && child.contentItems[0].config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer" &&
-                    DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanle) {
-                    child.contentItems[0].remove();
-                    child.addChild(newContentItem, undefined, true);
+                    DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanel) {
+                    const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
+                    child.addChild(newItemStackConfig, undefined);
+                    !addToSplit && child.contentItems[0].remove();
                     instance.layoutChanged(document);
                     return true;
-                } else {
-                    Array.from(child.contentItems).filter((tab: any) => tab.config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer").some((tab: any, j: number) => {
-                        if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanel) {
-                            child.contentItems[j].remove();
-                            child.addChild(newContentItem, undefined, true);
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                        return false;
-                    });
                 }
-                return false;
+                return Array.from(child.contentItems).filter((tab: any) => tab.config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer").some((tab: any, j: number) => {
+                    if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanel) {
+                        const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
+                        child.addChild(newItemStackConfig, undefined);
+                        !addToSplit && child.contentItems[j].remove();
+                        instance.layoutChanged(document);
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                    return false;
+                });
             });
         }
         if (retVal) {
@@ -219,12 +194,12 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static AddRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static AddRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         const newItemStackConfig = {
             type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
+            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath)]
         };
 
         const newContentItem = instance._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, instance._goldenLayout);
@@ -251,16 +226,16 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
 
 
     //
-    //  Creates a split on the any side of the docking view, based on the passed input pullSide and then adds the Document to the requested side
+    //  Creates a split on any side of the docking view based on the passed input pullSide and then adds the Document to the requested side
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: string, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         const newItemStackConfig = {
             type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
+            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath)]
         };
 
         const newContentItem = instance._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, instance._goldenLayout);
@@ -323,18 +298,18 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static UseRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static UseRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[], shiftKey?: boolean) {
         document.isDisplayPanel = true;
-        if (!CollectionDockingView.ReplaceRightSplit(document, dataDoc, libraryPath)) {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(document, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+        if (shiftKey || !CollectionDockingView.ReplaceRightSplit(document, libraryPath, shiftKey)) {
+            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(document, libraryPath);
         }
     }
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public AddTab = (stack: any, document: Doc, dataDocument: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
+    public AddTab = (stack: any, document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
         Doc.GetProto(document).lastOpened = new DateField;
-        const docContentConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDocument, undefined, libraryPath);
+        const docContentConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
         if (stack === undefined) {
             let stack: any = this._goldenLayout.root;
             while (!stack.isStack) {
@@ -395,7 +370,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     componentDidMount: () => void = () => {
         if (this._containerRef.current) {
             this.reactionDisposer = reaction(
-                () => StrCast(this.props.Document.dockingConfig),
+                () => this.props.Document.dockingConfig,
                 () => {
                     if (!this._goldenLayout || this._ignoreStateChange !== JSON.stringify(this._goldenLayout.toConfig())) {
                         // Because this is in a set timeout, if this component unmounts right after mounting,
@@ -457,16 +432,6 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
         });
         window.addEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
         const className = (e.target as any).className;
-        if (className === "messageCounter") {
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            e.preventDefault();
-            const x = e.clientX;
-            const y = e.clientY;
-            const docid = (e.target as any).DashDocId;
-            const tab = (e.target as any).parentElement as HTMLElement;
-            DocServer.GetRefField(docid).then(action(async (sourceDoc: Opt<Field>) =>
-                (sourceDoc instanceof Doc) && DragManager.StartLinkTargetsDrag(tab, x, y, sourceDoc)));
-        }
         if (className === "lm_drag_handle" || className === "lm_close" || className === "lm_maximise" || className === "lm_minimise" || className === "lm_close_tab") {
             this._flush = true;
         }
@@ -508,24 +473,28 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     }
 
     tabCreated = async (tab: any) => {
+        tab.titleElement[0].Tab = tab;
         if (tab.hasOwnProperty("contentItem") && tab.contentItem.config.type !== "stack") {
             if (tab.contentItem.config.fixed) {
                 tab.contentItem.parent.config.fixed = true;
             }
 
             const doc = await DocServer.GetRefField(tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId) as Doc;
-            const dataDoc = await DocServer.GetRefField(tab.contentItem.config.props.dataDocumentId) as Doc;
             if (doc instanceof Doc) {
-                const dragSpan = document.createElement("span");
-                dragSpan.style.position = "relative";
-                dragSpan.style.bottom = "6px";
-                dragSpan.style.paddingLeft = "4px";
-                dragSpan.style.paddingRight = "2px";
+                //tab.titleElement[0].outerHTML = `<input class='lm_title' style="background:black" value='${doc.title}' />`;
+                tab.titleElement[0].onclick = (e: any) => tab.titleElement[0].focus();
+                tab.titleElement[0].onchange = (e: any) => {
+                    tab.titleElement[0].size = e.currentTarget.value.length + 1;
+                    Doc.GetProto(doc).title = e.currentTarget.value, true;
+                };
+                tab.titleElement[0].size = StrCast(doc.title).length + 1;
+                tab.titleElement[0].value = doc.title;
+                tab.titleElement[0].style["max-width"] = "100px";
                 const gearSpan = document.createElement("span");
+                gearSpan.className = "collectionDockingView-gear";
                 gearSpan.style.position = "relative";
                 gearSpan.style.paddingLeft = "0px";
                 gearSpan.style.paddingRight = "12px";
-                const upDiv = document.createElement("span");
                 const stack = tab.contentItem.parent;
                 // shifts the focus to this tab when another tab is dragged over it
                 tab.element[0].onmouseenter = (e: any) => {
@@ -536,32 +505,40 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
                     }
                     tab.setActive(true);
                 };
-                ReactDOM.render(<span title="Drag as document"
-                    className="collectionDockingView-dragAsDocument"
-                    onPointerDown={e => {
+                const onDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+                    if (!(e.nativeEvent as any).defaultPrevented) {
                         e.preventDefault();
                         e.stopPropagation();
-                        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dragSpan], new DragManager.DocumentDragData([doc]), e.clientX, e.clientY);
-                    }}>
-                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="file" size="lg" />
-                </span>, dragSpan);
-                ReactDOM.render(<ButtonSelector Document={doc} Stack={stack} />, gearSpan);
-                tab.reactComponents = [dragSpan, gearSpan, upDiv];
-                tab.element.append(dragSpan);
+                        const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([doc]);
+                        dragData.dropAction = doc.dropAction as dropActionType;
+                        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([gearSpan], dragData, e.clientX, e.clientY);
+                    }
+                };
+                let rendered = false;
+                tab.buttonDisposer = reaction(() => ((view: Opt<DocumentView>) => view ? [view] : [])(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc)),
+                    (views) => {
+                        !rendered && ReactDOM.render(<span title="Drag as document" className="collectionDockingView-dragAsDocument" onPointerDown={onDown} >
+                            <DockingViewButtonSelector views={views} Stack={stack} />
+                        </span>,
+                            gearSpan);
+                        rendered = true;
+                    });
+
+                tab.reactComponents = [gearSpan];
                 tab.element.append(gearSpan);
-                tab.element.append(upDiv);
-                tab.reactionDisposer = reaction(() => [doc.title, Doc.IsBrushedDegree(doc)], () => {
-                    tab.titleElement[0].textContent = doc.title, { fireImmediately: true };
-                    tab.titleElement[0].style.outline = `${["transparent", "white", "white"][Doc.IsBrushedDegreeUnmemoized(doc)]} ${["none", "dashed", "solid"][Doc.IsBrushedDegreeUnmemoized(doc)]} 1px`;
+                tab.reactionDisposer = reaction(() => ({ title: doc.title, degree: Doc.IsBrushedDegree(doc) }), ({ title, degree }) => {
+                    tab.titleElement[0].textContent = title, { fireImmediately: true };
+                    tab.titleElement[0].style.padding = degree ? 0 : 2;
+                    tab.titleElement[0].style.border = `${["gray", "gray", "gray"][degree]} ${["none", "dashed", "solid"][degree]} 2px`;
                 });
                 //TODO why can't this just be doc instead of the id?
                 tab.titleElement[0].DashDocId = tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId;
             }
         }
-        tab.titleElement[0].Tab = tab;
         tab.closeElement.off('click') //unbind the current click handler
             .click(async function () {
-                tab.reactionDisposer && tab.reactionDisposer();
+                tab.reactionDisposer?.();
+                tab.buttonDisposer?.();
                 const doc = await DocServer.GetRefField(tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId);
                 if (doc instanceof Doc) {
                     const theDoc = doc;
@@ -594,7 +571,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
         stack.header.element[0].style.backgroundColor = DocServer.Control.isReadOnly() ? "#228540" : undefined;
         stack.header.element.on('mousedown', (e: any) => {
             if (e.target === stack.header.element[0] && e.button === 1) {
-                this.AddTab(stack, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), title: "Untitled Collection" }), undefined);
+                this.AddTab(stack, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), title: "Untitled Collection" }));
             }
         });
 
@@ -667,9 +644,9 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
 
 interface DockedFrameProps {
     documentId: FieldId;
-    dataDocumentId: FieldId;
     glContainer: any;
     libraryPath: (FieldId[]);
+    backgroundColor?: (doc: Doc) => string | undefined;
     //collectionDockingView: CollectionDockingView
 }
 @observer
@@ -679,7 +656,6 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     @observable private _panelWidth = 0;
     @observable private _panelHeight = 0;
     @observable private _document: Opt<Doc>;
-    @observable private _dataDoc: Opt<Doc>;
     @observable private _isActive: boolean = false;
 
     get _stack(): any {
@@ -687,12 +663,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     }
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
-        DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.documentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => {
-            this._document = f as Doc;
-            if (this.props.dataDocumentId && this.props.documentId !== this.props.dataDocumentId) {
-                DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.dataDocumentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => this._dataDoc = f as Doc));
-            }
-        }));
+        DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.documentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => this._document = f as Doc));
         this.props.libraryPath && this.setupLibraryPath();
     }
 
@@ -708,24 +679,31 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
      **/
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public PinDoc(doc: Doc) {
+    public static PinDoc(doc: Doc) {
         //add this new doc to props.Document
         const curPres = Cast(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.curPresentation, Doc) as Doc;
         if (curPres) {
-            const pinDoc = Docs.Create.PresElementBoxDocument({ backgroundColor: "transparent" });
-            Doc.GetProto(pinDoc).presentationTargetDoc = doc;
-            Doc.GetProto(pinDoc).title = ComputedField.MakeFunction('(this.presentationTargetDoc instanceof Doc) && this.presentationTargetDoc.title?.toString()');
-            const data = Cast(curPres.data, listSpec(Doc));
-            if (data) {
-                data.push(pinDoc);
-            } else {
-                curPres.data = new List([pinDoc]);
-            }
+            const pinDoc = Doc.MakeAlias(doc);
+            pinDoc.presentationTargetDoc = doc;
+            Doc.AddDocToList(curPres, "data", pinDoc);
             if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(curPres)) {
-                this.addDocTab(curPres, undefined, "onRight");
+                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(curPres);
             }
         }
     }
+    /**
+     * Adds a document to the presentation view
+     **/
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    public static UnpinDoc(doc: Doc) {
+        //add this new doc to props.Document
+        const curPres = Cast(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.curPresentation, Doc) as Doc;
+        if (curPres) {
+            const ind = DocListCast(curPres.data).findIndex((val) => Doc.AreProtosEqual(val, doc));
+            ind !== -1 && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(curPres, "data", DocListCast(curPres.data)[ind]);
+        }
+    }
 
     componentDidMount() {
         const observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(action((entries: any) => {
@@ -757,8 +735,8 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     panelWidth = () => this.layoutDoc && this.layoutDoc.maxWidth ? Math.min(Math.max(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width), NumCast(this.layoutDoc._nativeWidth)), this._panelWidth) : this._panelWidth;
     panelHeight = () => this._panelHeight;
 
-    nativeWidth = () => !this.layoutDoc!.ignoreAspect && !this.layoutDoc!._fitWidth ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc!._nativeWidth) || this._panelWidth : 0;
-    nativeHeight = () => !this.layoutDoc!.ignoreAspect && !this.layoutDoc!._fitWidth ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc!._nativeHeight) || this._panelHeight : 0;
+    nativeWidth = () => !this.layoutDoc!._fitWidth ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc!._nativeWidth) || this._panelWidth : 0;
+    nativeHeight = () => !this.layoutDoc!._fitWidth ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc!._nativeHeight) || this._panelHeight : 0;
 
     contentScaling = () => {
         if (this.layoutDoc!.type === DocumentType.PDF) {
@@ -784,19 +762,19 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
         }
         return Transform.Identity();
     }
-    get previewPanelCenteringOffset() { return this.nativeWidth() && !this.layoutDoc!.ignoreAspect ? (this._panelWidth - this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / 2 : 0; }
-    get widthpercent() { return this.nativeWidth() && !this.layoutDoc!.ignoreAspect ? `${(this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / this.panelWidth() * 100}%` : undefined; }
+    get previewPanelCenteringOffset() { return this.nativeWidth() ? (this._panelWidth - this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / 2 : 0; }
+    get widthpercent() { return this.nativeWidth() ? `${(this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / this.panelWidth() * 100}%` : undefined; }
 
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>, location: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
+    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         if (doc.dockingConfig) {
             return MainView.Instance.openWorkspace(doc);
         } else if (location === "onRight") {
-            return CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+            return CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, libraryPath);
         } else if (location === "close") {
             return CollectionDockingView.CloseRightSplit(doc);
         } else {
-            return CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this._stack, doc, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+            return CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this._stack, doc, libraryPath);
         }
     }
 
@@ -804,7 +782,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
         TraceMobx();
         if (!this._document) return (null);
         const document = this._document;
-        const resolvedDataDoc = document.layout instanceof Doc ? document : this._dataDoc;
+        const resolvedDataDoc = !Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._document[DataSym], this._document) ? this._document[DataSym] : undefined;// document.layout instanceof Doc ? document : this._dataDoc;
         return <DocumentView key={document[Id]}
             LibraryPath={this._libraryPath}
             Document={document}
@@ -820,9 +798,9 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             parentActive={returnTrue}
             whenActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
             focus={emptyFunction}
-            backgroundColor={returnEmptyString}
+            backgroundColor={CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.backgroundColor}
             addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
-            pinToPres={this.PinDoc}
+            pinToPres={DockedFrameRenderer.PinDoc}
             ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
             ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
             zoomToScale={emptyFunction}
@@ -841,5 +819,5 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             </div >);
     }
 }
-Scripting.addGlobal(function openOnRight(doc: any) { CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, undefined); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function useRightSplit(doc: any) { CollectionDockingView.UseRightSplit(doc, undefined); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function openOnRight(doc: any) { CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) { CollectionDockingView.UseRightSplit(doc, undefined, shiftKey); });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index e613bf411..344605412 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView(LinearDocument) {
         this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
         this._widthDisposer && this._widthDisposer();
         this._selectedDisposer && this._selectedDisposer();
-        this.childLayoutPairs.filter((pair) => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map((pair, ind) => {
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map((pair, ind) => {
             Cast(pair.layout.proto?.onPointerUp, ScriptField)?.script.run({ this: pair.layout.proto }, console.log);
         });
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
         // is there any reason this needs to exist? -syip.  yes, it handles autoHeight for stacking views (masonry isn't yet supported).
-        this._widthDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document[HeightSym]() + this.childDocs.length + (this.props.Document.isExpanded ? 1 : 0),
-            () => this.props.Document._width = 5 + (this.props.Document.isExpanded ? this.childDocs.length * (this.props.Document[HeightSym]()) : 10),
+        this._widthDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document[HeightSym]() + this.childDocs.length + (this.props.Document.linearViewIsExpanded ? 1 : 0),
+            () => this.props.Document._width = 5 + (this.props.Document.linearViewIsExpanded ? this.childDocs.length * (this.props.Document[HeightSym]()) : 10),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView(LinearDocument) {
             (i) => runInAction(() => {
                 this._selectedIndex = i;
                 let selected: any = undefined;
-                this.childLayoutPairs.filter((pair) => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map(async (pair, ind) => {
+                this.childLayoutPairs.map(async (pair, ind) => {
                     const isSelected = this._selectedIndex === ind;
                     if (isSelected) {
                         selected = pair;
@@ -67,17 +67,15 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView(LinearDocument) {
     protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => { //used for stacking and masonry view
         this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
         if (ele) {
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this));
+            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this));
         }
     }
 
-    public isCurrent(doc: Doc) { return !doc.isMinimized && (Math.abs(NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) - NumCast(this.Document.currentTimecode, -1)) < 1.5 || NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) === -1); }
-
     dimension = () => NumCast(this.props.Document._height); // 2 * the padding
     getTransform = (ele: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>) => () => {
         if (!ele.current) return Transform.Identity();
         const { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(ele.current);
-        return new Transform(-translateX, -translateY, 1 / scale);
+        return new Transform(-translateX, -translateY, 1);
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -85,20 +83,24 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView(LinearDocument) {
         const flexDir: any = StrCast(this.Document.flexDirection);
         return <div className="collectionLinearView-outer">
             <div className="collectionLinearView" ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} >
-                <input id={`${guid}`} type="checkbox" checked={BoolCast(this.props.Document.isExpanded)} ref={this.addMenuToggle}
-                    onChange={action((e: any) => this.props.Document.isExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked)} />
-                <label htmlFor={`${guid}`} style={{ marginTop: "auto", marginBottom: "auto", background: StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "black") === StrCast(this.props.Document.color, "white") ? "black" : StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "black") }} title="Close Menu"><p>+</p></label>
+                <input id={`${guid}`} type="checkbox" checked={BoolCast(this.props.Document.linearViewIsExpanded)} ref={this.addMenuToggle}
+                    onChange={action((e: any) => this.props.Document.linearViewIsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked)} />
+                <label htmlFor={`${guid}`} title="Close Menu" style={{ marginTop: "auto", marginBottom: "auto", 
+                background: StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "black") === StrCast(this.props.Document.color, "white") ? "black" : StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "black") }} >
+                    <p>+</p>
+                </label>
 
-                <div className="collectionLinearView-content" style={{ height: this.dimension(), width: NumCast(this.props.Document._width, 25), flexDirection: flexDir }}>
-                    {this.childLayoutPairs.filter((pair) => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map((pair, ind) => {
+                <div className="collectionLinearView-content" style={{ height: this.dimension(), flexDirection: flexDir }}>
+                    {this.childLayoutPairs.map((pair, ind) => {
                         const nested = pair.layout._viewType === CollectionViewType.Linear;
                         const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
                         const nativeWidth = NumCast(pair.layout._nativeWidth, this.dimension());
                         const deltaSize = nativeWidth * .15 / 2;
-                        return <div className={`collectionLinearView-docBtn` + (pair.layout.onClick || pair.layout.onDragStart ? "-scalable" : "")} key={pair.layout[Id]} ref={dref}
+                        const scalable = pair.layout.onClick || pair.layout.onDragStart;
+                        return <div className={`collectionLinearView-docBtn` + (scalable ? "-scalable" : "")} key={pair.layout[Id]} ref={dref}
                             style={{
-                                width: nested ? pair.layout[WidthSym]() : this.dimension() - deltaSize,
-                                height: nested && pair.layout.isExpanded ? pair.layout[HeightSym]() : this.dimension() - deltaSize,
+                                width: scalable ? (nested ? pair.layout[WidthSym]() : this.dimension() - deltaSize) : undefined,
+                                height: nested && pair.layout.linearViewIsExpanded ? pair.layout[HeightSym]() : this.dimension() - deltaSize,
                             }}  >
                             <DocumentView
                                 Document={pair.layout}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index e25a2f5eb..af3e18a4b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import React = require("react");
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faPalette } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { action, observable, computed } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { PastelSchemaPalette, SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { StrCast, NumCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { numberRange } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ import { CompileScript } from "../../util/Scripting";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
-import { anchorPoints, Flyout } from "../DocumentDecorations";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
 import { CollectionStackingView } from "./CollectionStackingView";
 import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
+const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
+export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
+export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 
 library.add(faPalette);
 
@@ -73,14 +75,15 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
 
     @undoBatch
     rowDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        console.log("masronry row drop");
         this._createAliasSelected = 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 = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this._heading);
             de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => d[key] = castedValue);
-            this.props.parent.drop(e, de);
+            this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de);
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     });
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     @action
     headingChanged = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
         this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         const castedValue = this.getValue(value);
         if (castedValue) {
             if (this.props.parent.sectionHeaders) {
@@ -135,15 +138,16 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     @action
     addDocument = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
         this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
-        const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { _height: 18, _width: 200, title: value });
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
+        const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument(value, { _autoHeight: true, _width: 200, title: value });
         newDoc[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
-        return this.props.parent.props.addDocument(newDoc);
+        const docs = this.props.parent.childDocList;
+        return docs ? (docs.splice(0, 0, newDoc) ? true : false) : this.props.parent.props.addDocument(newDoc);
     }
 
     deleteRow = undoBatch(action(() => {
         this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         this.props.docList.forEach(d => d[key] = undefined);
         if (this.props.parent.sectionHeaders && this.props.headingObject) {
             const index = this.props.parent.sectionHeaders.indexOf(this.props.headingObject);
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
         const [dx, dy] = this.props.screenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._startDragPosition.x, e.clientY - this._startDragPosition.y);
         if (Math.abs(dx) + Math.abs(dy) > this._sensitivity) {
             const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.parent.props.Document);
-            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
             let value = this.getValue(this._heading);
             value = typeof value === "string" ? `"${value}"` : value;
             const script = `return doc.${key} === ${value}`;
@@ -257,7 +261,8 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
 
     @computed get contentLayout() {
         const rows = Math.max(1, Math.min(this.props.docList.length, Math.floor((this.props.parent.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.props.parent.xMargin) / (this.props.parent.columnWidth + this.props.parent.gridGap))));
-        const style = this.props.parent; const collapsed = this._collapsed;
+        const style = this.props.parent;
+        const collapsed = this._collapsed;
         const chromeStatus = this.props.parent.props.Document._chromeStatus;
         const newEditableViewProps = {
             GetValue: () => "",
@@ -270,6 +275,15 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
         };
         return collapsed ? (null) :
             <div style={{ position: "relative" }}>
+                {(chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && chromeStatus !== 'disabled') ?
+                    <div className="collectionStackingView-addDocumentButton"
+                        style={{
+                            width: style.columnWidth / style.numGroupColumns,
+                            padding: NumCast(this.props.parent.layoutDoc._yPadding)
+                        }}>
+                        <EditableView {...newEditableViewProps} />
+                    </div> : null
+                }
                 <div className={`collectionStackingView-masonryGrid`}
                     ref={this._contRef}
                     style={{
@@ -281,18 +295,12 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
                     {this.props.parent.children(this.props.docList)}
                     {this.props.parent.columnDragger}
                 </div>
-                {(chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && chromeStatus !== 'disabled') ?
-                    <div className="collectionStackingView-addDocumentButton"
-                        style={{ width: style.columnWidth / style.numGroupColumns }}>
-                        <EditableView {...newEditableViewProps} />
-                    </div> : null
-                }
             </div>;
     }
 
     @computed get headingView() {
         const heading = this._heading;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         const evContents = heading ? heading : this.props.type && this.props.type === "number" ? "0" : `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE`;
         const headerEditableViewProps = {
             GetValue: () => evContents,
@@ -313,7 +321,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
                     <div className="collectionStackingView-sectionHeader-subCont" onPointerDown={this.headerDown}
                         title={evContents === `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ?
                             `Documents that don't have a ${key} value will go here. This column cannot be removed.` : ""}
-                        style={{ background: evContents !== `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ? this._color : "lightgrey", }}>
+                        style={{ background: evContents !== `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ? this._color : "lightgrey" }}>
                         <EditableView {...headerEditableViewProps} />
                         {evContents === `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ? (null) :
                             <div className="collectionStackingView-sectionColor">
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 505091e98..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-.collectionPivotView {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
-    position: absolute;
-    height: 100%;
-    width: 100%;
-
-    .collectionPivotView-flyout {
-        width: 400px;
-        height: 300px;
-        display: inline-block;
-
-        .collectionPivotView-flyout-item {
-            background-color: lightgray;
-            text-align: left;
-            display: inline-block;
-            position: relative;
-            width: 100%;
-        }
-    }
-
-    .pivotKeyEntry {
-        position: absolute;
-        top: 5px;
-        right: 5px;
-        z-index: 10;
-        pointer-events: all;
-        padding: 5px;
-        border: 1px solid black;
-    }
-
-    .collectionPivotView-treeView {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-direction: column;
-        width: 200px;
-        height: 100%;
-
-        .collectionPivotView-addfacet {
-            display: inline-block;
-            width: 200px;
-            height: 30px;
-            background: darkGray;
-            text-align: center;
-
-            .collectionPivotView-button {
-                align-items: center;
-                display: flex;
-                width: 100%;
-                height: 100%;
-
-                .collectionPivotView-span {
-                    margin: auto;
-                }
-            }
-
-            >div,
-            >div>div {
-                width: 100%;
-                height: 100%;
-                text-align: center;
-            }
-        }
-
-        .collectionPivotView-tree {
-            display: inline-block;
-            width: 100%;
-            height: calc(100% - 30px);
-        }
-    }
-
-    .collectionPivotView-pivot {
-        display: inline-block;
-        width: calc(100% - 200px);
-        height: 100%;
-    }
-
-    .collectionPivotView-dragger {
-        background-color: lightgray;
-        height: 40px;
-        width: 20px;
-        position: absolute;
-        border-radius: 10px;
-        top: 55%;
-        border: 1px black solid;
-        z-index: 2;
-        left: -10px;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 440b6856b..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPivotView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-import { faEdit } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable } from "mobx";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Set } from "typescript-collections";
-import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
-import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
-import { anchorPoints, Flyout } from "../TemplateMenu";
-import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView";
-import "./CollectionPivotView.scss";
-import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
-import { CollectionTreeView } from "./CollectionTreeView";
-import React = require("react");
-
-@observer
-export class CollectionPivotView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
-    componentDidMount() {
-        this.props.Document._freeformLayoutEngine = "pivot";
-        const childDetailed = this.props.Document.childDetailed; // bcz: needs to be here to make sure the childDetailed layout template has been loaded when the first item is clicked;
-        if (!this.props.Document._facetCollection) {
-            const facetCollection = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "facetFilters", _yMargin: 0, treeViewHideTitle: true });
-            facetCollection.target = this.props.Document;
-            this.props.Document.excludeFields = new List<string>(["_facetCollection", "_docFilter"]);
-
-            const scriptText = "setDocFilter(containingTreeView.target, heading, this.title, checked)";
-            const childText = "const alias = getAlias(this); Doc.ApplyTemplateTo(containingCollection.childDetailed, alias, 'layout_detailed'); useRightSplit(alias); ";
-            facetCollection.onCheckedClick = ScriptField.MakeScript(scriptText, { this: Doc.name, heading: "boolean", checked: "boolean", containingTreeView: Doc.name });
-            this.props.Document.onChildClick = ScriptField.MakeScript(childText, { this: Doc.name, heading: "boolean", containingCollection: Doc.name });
-            this.props.Document._facetCollection = facetCollection;
-            this.props.Document._fitToBox = true;
-        }
-    }
-    bodyPanelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() - this._facetWidth;
-    getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-200, 0);
-
-    @computed get _allFacets() {
-        const facets = new Set<string>();
-        this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(child)).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
-        return facets.toArray();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Responds to clicking the check box in the flyout menu
-     */
-    facetClick = (facetHeader: string) => {
-        const facetCollection = this.props.Document._facetCollection;
-        if (facetCollection instanceof Doc) {
-            const found = DocListCast(facetCollection.data).findIndex(doc => doc.title === facetHeader);
-            if (found !== -1) {
-                (facetCollection.data as List<Doc>).splice(found, 1);
-                const docFilter = Cast(this.props.Document._docFilter, listSpec("string"));
-                if (docFilter) {
-                    let index: number;
-                    while ((index = docFilter.findIndex(item => item === facetHeader)) !== -1) {
-                        docFilter.splice(index, 3);
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                const newFacet = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: facetHeader, treeViewOpen: true, isFacetFilter: true });
-                const capturedVariables = { layoutDoc: this.props.Document, dataDoc: this.dataDoc };
-                const params = { layoutDoc: Doc.name, dataDoc: Doc.name, };
-                newFacet.data = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`readFacetData(layoutDoc, dataDoc, "${this.props.fieldKey}", "${facetHeader}")`, params, capturedVariables);
-                Doc.AddDocToList(facetCollection, "data", newFacet);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    _canClick = false;
-    _facetWidthOnDown = 0;
-    @observable _facetWidth = 200;
-    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        this._canClick = true;
-        this._facetWidthOnDown = e.screenX;
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        e.preventDefault();
-    }
-
-
-    @action
-    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        this._facetWidth = Math.max(this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, 0)[0], 0);
-        Math.abs(e.movementX) > 6 && (this._canClick = false);
-    }
-    @action
-    onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        if (Math.abs(e.screenX - this._facetWidthOnDown) < 6 && this._canClick) {
-            this._facetWidth = this._facetWidth < 15 ? 200 : 0;
-        }
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-    }
-
-    render() {
-        const facetCollection = Cast(this.props.Document?._facetCollection, Doc, null);
-        const flyout = (
-            <div className="collectionPivotView-flyout" style={{ width: `${this._facetWidth}` }}>
-                {this._allFacets.map(facet => <label className="collectionPivotView-flyout-item" key={`${facet}`} onClick={e => this.facetClick(facet)}>
-                    <input type="checkbox" onChange={e => { }} checked={DocListCast((this.props.Document._facetCollection as Doc)?.data).some(d => d.title === facet)} />
-                    <span className="checkmark" />
-                    {facet}
-                </label>)}
-            </div>
-        );
-        return !facetCollection ? (null) :
-            <div className="collectionPivotView" style={{ height: `calc(100%  - ${this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "enabled" ? 51 : 0}px)` }}>
-                <div className={"pivotKeyEntry"}>
-                    <EditableView
-                        contents={this.props.Document.pivotField}
-                        GetValue={() => StrCast(this.props.Document.pivotField)}
-                        SetValue={value => {
-                            if (value && value.length) {
-                                this.props.Document.pivotField = value;
-                                return true;
-                            }
-                            return false;
-                        }}
-                    />
-                </div>
-                <div className="collectionPivotView-dragger" key="dragger" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} style={{ transform: `translate(${this._facetWidth}px, 0px)` }} >
-                    <span title="library View Dragger" style={{ width: "5px", position: "absolute", top: "0" }} />
-                </div>
-                <div className="collectionPivotView-treeView" style={{ width: `${this._facetWidth}px`, overflow: this._facetWidth < 15 ? "hidden" : undefined }}>
-                    <div className="collectionPivotView-addFacet" style={{ width: `${this._facetWidth}px` }} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
-                        <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP} content={flyout}>
-                            <div className="collectionPivotView-button">
-                                <span className="collectionPivotView-span">Facet Filters</span>
-                                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faEdit} size={"lg"} />
-                            </div>
-                        </Flyout>
-                    </div>
-                    <div className="collectionPivotView-tree" key="tree">
-                        <CollectionTreeView {...this.props} Document={facetCollection} />
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <div className="collectionPivotView-pivot" key="pivot" style={{ width: this.bodyPanelWidth() }}>
-                    <CollectionFreeFormView  {...this.props} ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform} PanelWidth={this.bodyPanelWidth} />
-                </div>
-            </div>;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index 4eba5dc26..f124fe21b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ export interface CellProps {
     Document: Doc;
     fieldKey: string;
     renderDepth: number;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
-    moveDocument: (document: Doc, targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
+    moveDocument: (document: Doc, targetCollection: Doc | undefined,
+        addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
     isFocused: boolean;
     changeFocusedCellByIndex: (row: number, col: number) => void;
     setIsEditing: (isEditing: boolean) => void;
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
 
     @action
     isEditingCallback = (isEditing: boolean): void => {
-        document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+        document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+        isEditing && document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
         this._isEditing = isEditing;
         this.props.setIsEditing(isEditing);
         this.props.changeFocusedCellByIndex(this.props.row, this.props.col);
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
             Document: this.props.rowProps.original,
             DataDoc: this.props.rowProps.original,
             LibraryPath: [],
+            dropAction: "alias",
+            bringToFront: emptyFunction,
             fieldKey: this.props.rowProps.column.id as string,
             ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             ContainingCollectionDoc: this.props.CollectionView && this.props.CollectionView.props.Document,
@@ -246,7 +250,9 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
                                 const script = CompileScript(value, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: "number", $c: "number", $: "any" } });
                                 if (script.compiled) {
                                     DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]).
-                                        forEach((doc, i) => this.applyToDoc(doc, i, this.props.col, script.run));
+                                        forEach((doc, i) => value.startsWith(":=") ?
+                                            this.props.setComputed(value.substring(2), doc, this.props.rowProps.column.id!, i, this.props.col) :
+                                            this.applyToDoc(doc, i, this.props.col, script.run));
                                 }
                             }}
                         />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
index 92dc8780e..507ee89e4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import "./CollectionSchemaView.scss";
 import { faPlus, faFont, faHashtag, faAlignJustify, faCheckSquare, faToggleOn, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faTimes } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { library, IconProp } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { Flyout, anchorPoints } from "../DocumentDecorations";
 import { ColumnType } from "./CollectionSchemaView";
 import { faFile } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import { SchemaHeaderField, PastelSchemaPalette } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
+const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
+export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
+export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 
 library.add(faPlus, faFont, faHashtag, faAlignJustify, faCheckSquare, faToggleOn, faFile as any, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faTimes);
 
@@ -289,13 +291,11 @@ class KeysDropdown extends React.Component<KeysDropdownProps> {
     onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent): void => {
         if (e.key === "Enter") {
             const keyOptions = this._searchTerm === "" ? this.props.possibleKeys : this.props.possibleKeys.filter(key => key.toUpperCase().indexOf(this._searchTerm.toUpperCase()) > -1);
-            const exactFound = keyOptions.findIndex(key => key.toUpperCase() === this._searchTerm.toUpperCase()) > -1 ||
-                this.props.existingKeys.findIndex(key => key.toUpperCase() === this._searchTerm.toUpperCase()) > -1;
-
-            if (!exactFound && this._searchTerm !== "" && this.props.canAddNew) {
+            if (keyOptions.length) {
+                this.onSelect(keyOptions[0]);
+            } else if (this._searchTerm !== "" && this.props.canAddNew) {
+                this.setSearchTerm(this._searchTerm || this._key);
                 this.onSelect(this._searchTerm);
-            } else {
-                this.setSearchTerm(this._key);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class KeysDropdown extends React.Component<KeysDropdownProps> {
             this.props.existingKeys.findIndex(key => key.toUpperCase() === this._searchTerm.toUpperCase()) > -1;
 
         const options = keyOptions.map(key => {
-            return <div key={key} className="key-option" onClick={() => { this.onSelect(key); this.setSearchTerm(""); }}>{key}</div>;
+            return <div key={key} className="key-option" onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} onClick={() => { this.onSelect(key); this.setSearchTerm(""); }}>{key}</div>;
         });
 
         // if search term does not already exist as a group type, give option to create new group type
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class KeysDropdown extends React.Component<KeysDropdownProps> {
             <div className="keys-dropdown">
                 <input className="keys-search" ref={this._inputRef} type="text" value={this._searchTerm} placeholder="Column key" onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
                     onChange={e => this.onChange(e.target.value)} onFocus={this.onFocus} onBlur={this.onBlur}></input>
-                <div className="keys-options-wrapper" onPointerEnter={this.onPointerEnter} onPointerOut={this.onPointerOut}>
+                <div className="keys-options-wrapper" onPointerEnter={this.onPointerEnter} onPointerLeave={this.onPointerOut}>
                     {this.renderOptions()}
                 </div>
             </div >
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaMovableTableHOC.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaMovableTableHOC.tsx
index 153bbd410..670d6dbb2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaMovableTableHOC.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaMovableTableHOC.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { ReactTableDefaults, TableCellRenderer, RowInfo } from "react-table";
 import "./CollectionSchemaView.scss";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { DragManager, SetupDrag } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { DragManager, SetupDrag, dropActionType } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
-import { Cast, FieldValue } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Cast, FieldValue, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
 import { action } from "mobx";
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export interface MovableRowProps {
     rowFocused: boolean;
     textWrapRow: (doc: Doc) => void;
     rowWrapped: boolean;
+    dropAction: string;
 }
 
 export class MovableRow extends React.Component<MovableRowProps> {
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export class MovableRow extends React.Component<MovableRowProps> {
         if (!doc) return <></>;
 
         const reference = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-        const onItemDown = SetupDrag(reference, () => doc, this.move);
+        const onItemDown = SetupDrag(reference, () => doc, this.move, StrCast(this.props.dropAction) as dropActionType);
 
         let className = "collectionSchema-row";
         if (this.props.rowFocused) className += " row-focused";
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index 8b3d332af..a24140b48 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
         cursor: col-resize;
     }
 
-    .documentView-node:first-child {
-        background: $light-color;
-    }
+    // .documentView-node:first-child {
+    //     background: $light-color;
+    // }
 }
 
 .ReactTable {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index fa8be5177..981438513 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { ComputedField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
 import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { Docs, DocumentOptions } from "../../documents/Documents";
-import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { Gateway } from "../../northstar/manager/Gateway";
 import { CompileScript, Transformer, ts } from "../../util/Scripting";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import "./CollectionSchemaView.scss";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
 import { CollectionView } from "./CollectionView";
 import { ContentFittingDocumentView } from "../nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView";
+import { setupMoveUpEvents, emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
 
 library.add(faCog, faPlus, faSortUp, faSortDown);
 library.add(faTable);
@@ -44,20 +44,17 @@ export enum ColumnType {
 // this map should be used for keys that should have a const type of value
 const columnTypes: Map<string, ColumnType> = new Map([
     ["title", ColumnType.String],
-    ["x", ColumnType.Number], ["y", ColumnType.Number], ["width", ColumnType.Number], ["height", ColumnType.Number],
-    ["nativeWidth", ColumnType.Number], ["nativeHeight", ColumnType.Number], ["isPrototype", ColumnType.Boolean],
+    ["x", ColumnType.Number], ["y", ColumnType.Number], ["_width", ColumnType.Number], ["_height", ColumnType.Number],
+    ["_nativeWidth", ColumnType.Number], ["_nativeHeight", ColumnType.Number], ["isPrototype", ColumnType.Boolean],
     ["page", ColumnType.Number], ["curPage", ColumnType.Number], ["currentTimecode", ColumnType.Number], ["zIndex", ColumnType.Number]
 ]);
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
-    private _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
-    private _startPreviewWidth = 0;
+    private _previewCont?: HTMLDivElement;
     private DIVIDER_WIDTH = 4;
 
-    @observable previewScript: string = "";
     @observable previewDoc: Doc | undefined = undefined;
-    @observable private _node: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     @observable private _focusedTable: Doc = this.props.Document;
 
     @computed get previewWidth() { return () => NumCast(this.props.Document.schemaPreviewWidth); }
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @computed get borderWidth() { return Number(COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH); }
 
     private createTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
-        this._mainCont = ele;
+        this._previewCont = ele;
         super.CreateDropTarget(ele);
     }
 
@@ -76,9 +73,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
     @action setPreviewDoc = (doc: Doc) => this.previewDoc = doc;
 
-    @undoBatch
-    @action setPreviewScript = (script: string) => this.previewScript = script
-
     //toggles preview side-panel of schema
     @action
     toggleExpander = () => {
@@ -86,28 +80,17 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     onDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        this._startPreviewWidth = this.previewWidth();
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        e.preventDefault();
-        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onDividerMove);
-        document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onDividerMove, emptyFunction, action(() => this.toggleExpander()));
     }
     @action
-    onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        const nativeWidth = this._mainCont!.getBoundingClientRect();
+    onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+        const nativeWidth = this._previewCont!.getBoundingClientRect();
         const minWidth = 40;
         const maxWidth = 1000;
         const movedWidth = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(nativeWidth.right - e.clientX, 0)[0];
         const width = movedWidth < minWidth ? minWidth : movedWidth > maxWidth ? maxWidth : movedWidth;
         this.props.Document.schemaPreviewWidth = width;
-    }
-    @action
-    onDividerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onDividerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
-        if (this._startPreviewWidth === this.previewWidth()) {
-            this.toggleExpander();
-        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
@@ -120,9 +103,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     @computed
-    get previewDocument(): Doc | undefined {
-        return this.previewDoc ? (this.previewScript && this.previewScript !== "this" ? FieldValue(Cast(this.previewDoc[this.previewScript], Doc)) : this.previewDoc) : undefined;
-    }
+    get previewDocument(): Doc | undefined { return this.previewDoc; }
 
     getPreviewTransform = (): Transform => {
         return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(- this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH - this.tableWidth, - this.borderWidth);
@@ -136,11 +117,10 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
     @computed
     get previewPanel() {
-        const layoutDoc = this.previewDocument ? Doc.expandTemplateLayout(this.previewDocument, this.props.DataDoc) : undefined;
         return <div ref={this.createTarget}>
             <ContentFittingDocumentView
-                Document={layoutDoc}
-                DataDocument={this.previewDocument !== this.props.DataDoc ? this.props.DataDoc : undefined}
+                Document={this.previewDocument}
+                DataDocument={undefined}
                 LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
                 childDocs={this.childDocs}
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
@@ -175,7 +155,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
             ScreenToLocalTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
             active={this.props.active}
-            onDrop={this.onDrop}
+            onDrop={this.onExternalDrop}
             addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
             pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
             isSelected={this.props.isSelected}
@@ -199,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
     render() {
         return <div className="collectionSchemaView-container">
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-tableContainer" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onWheel={e => this.props.active(true) && e.stopPropagation()} onDrop={e => this.onDrop(e, {})} ref={this.createTarget}>
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-tableContainer" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onWheel={e => this.props.active(true) && e.stopPropagation()} onDrop={e => this.onExternalDrop(e, {})} ref={this.createTarget}>
                 {this.schemaTable}
             </div>
             {this.dividerDragger}
@@ -225,7 +205,7 @@ export interface SchemaTableProps {
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     active: (outsideReaction: boolean) => boolean;
     onDrop: (e: React.DragEvent<Element>, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: (() => void) | undefined) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isFocused: (document: Doc) => boolean;
@@ -409,7 +389,8 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
             rowInfo,
             rowFocused: !this._headerIsEditing && rowInfo.index === this._focusedCell.row && this.props.isFocused(this.props.Document),
             textWrapRow: this.toggleTextWrapRow,
-            rowWrapped: this.textWrappedRows.findIndex(id => rowInfo.original[Id] === id) > -1
+            rowWrapped: this.textWrappedRows.findIndex(id => rowInfo.original[Id] === id) > -1,
+            dropAction: StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction)
         };
     }
 
@@ -477,8 +458,7 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
 
     @undoBatch
     createRow = () => {
-        const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: "", _width: 100, _height: 30 });
-        this.props.addDocument(newDoc);
+        this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: "", _width: 100, _height: 30 }));
     }
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -559,16 +539,6 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
             columns[index] = columnField;
             this.columns = columns;
         }
-
-        // const typesDoc = FieldValue(Cast(this.props.Document.schemaColumnTypes, Doc));
-        // if (!typesDoc) {
-        //     let newTypesDoc = new Doc();
-        //     newTypesDoc[key] = type;
-        //     this.props.Document.schemaColumnTypes = newTypesDoc;
-        //     return;
-        // } else {
-        //     typesDoc[key] = type;
-        // }
     }
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -692,7 +662,7 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         if (!e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document[Id] !== "mainDoc") { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view7
             // ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Make DB", event: this.makeDB, icon: "table" });
-            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Toggle text wrapping", event: this.toggleTextwrap, icon: "table" })
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Toggle text wrapping", event: this.toggleTextwrap, icon: "table" });
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
index 843c743db..bfa5ea278 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.scss
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
     overflow-y: auto;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     transition: top .5s;
     >div {
@@ -159,9 +160,7 @@
     }
     .collectionStackingView-sectionHeader {
         text-align: center;
-        margin-left: 2px;
-        margin-right: 2px;
-        margin-top: 10px;
+        margin: auto;
         background: $main-accent;
         // overflow: hidden; overflow is visible so the color menu isn't hidden -ftong
 
@@ -213,6 +212,7 @@
             left: 0;
             top: 0;
             height: 100%;
+            display: none;
 
             [class*="css"] {
                 max-width: 102px;
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
             right: 0;
             top: 0;
             height: 100%;
+            display: none;
 
             [class*="css"] {
                 max-width: 102px;
@@ -284,6 +285,18 @@
             right: 25px;
             top: 0;
             height: 100%;
+            display: none;
+        }
+    }
+    .collectionStackingView-sectionHeader:hover {
+        .collectionStackingView-sectionColor {
+            display:unset;
+        }
+        .collectionStackingView-sectionOptions {
+            display:unset;
+        }
+        .collectionStackingView-sectionDelete {
+            display:unset;
         }
     }
 
@@ -293,7 +306,6 @@
         overflow: hidden;
         margin: auto;
         width: 90%;
-        color: lightgrey;
         overflow: ellipses;
 
         .editableView-container-editing-oneLine,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 91c7ca76e..076dd3629 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -9,61 +9,61 @@ import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast, ScriptCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
-import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
-import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { TraceMobx } from "../../../new_fields/util";
+import { Utils, setupMoveUpEvents, emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
+import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
+import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
+import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
 import { ContentFittingDocumentView } from "../nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView";
+import { CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow } from "./CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow";
 import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
 import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from "./CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
-import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
-import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
-import { CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow } from "./CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow";
-import { TraceMobx } from "../../../new_fields/util";
 import { CollectionViewType } from "./CollectionView";
+import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     _masonryGridRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     _draggerRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     _heightDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
-    _sectionFilterDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
+    _pivotFieldDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     _docXfs: any[] = [];
     _columnStart: number = 0;
     @observable _heightMap = new Map<string, number>();
     @observable _cursor: CursorProperty = "grab";
     @observable _scroll = 0; // used to force the document decoration to update when scrolling
     @computed get sectionHeaders() { return Cast(this.props.Document.sectionHeaders, listSpec(SchemaHeaderField)); }
-    @computed get sectionFilter() { return StrCast(this.props.Document.sectionFilter); }
-    @computed get filteredChildren() { return this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => pair.layout instanceof Doc && !pair.layout.isMinimized).map(pair => pair.layout); }
-    @computed get xMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin, 2 * this.gridGap); }
-    @computed get yMargin() { return Math.max(this.props.Document.showTitle && !this.props.Document.showTitleHover ? 30 : 0, NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin, 2 * this.gridGap)); }
+    @computed get pivotField() { return StrCast(this.props.Document._pivotField); }
+    @computed get filteredChildren() { return this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => pair.layout instanceof Doc).map(pair => pair.layout); }
+    @computed get xMargin() { return NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin, 2 * Math.min(this.gridGap, .05 * this.props.PanelWidth())); }
+    @computed get yMargin() { return Math.max(this.props.Document._showTitle && !this.props.Document._showTitleHover ? 30 : 0, NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin, 0)); } // 2 * this.gridGap)); }
     @computed get gridGap() { return NumCast(this.props.Document._gridGap, 10); }
     @computed get isStackingView() { return BoolCast(this.props.Document.singleColumn, true); }
     @computed get numGroupColumns() { return this.isStackingView ? Math.max(1, this.Sections.size + (this.showAddAGroup ? 1 : 0)) : 1; }
-    @computed get showAddAGroup() { return (this.sectionFilter && (this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'disabled')); }
+    @computed get showAddAGroup() { return (this.pivotField && (this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'disabled')); }
     @computed get columnWidth() {
         return Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props as any).ContentScaling() - 2 * this.xMargin,
             this.isStackingView ? Number.MAX_VALUE : NumCast(this.props.Document.columnWidth, 250));
     }
     @computed get NodeWidth() { return this.props.PanelWidth() - this.gridGap; }
 
-    children(docs: Doc[]) {
+    children(docs: Doc[], columns?: number) {
         this._docXfs.length = 0;
         return docs.map((d, i) => {
-            const width = () => Math.min(d._nativeWidth && !d.ignoreAspect && !this.props.Document.fillColumn ? d[WidthSym]() : Number.MAX_VALUE, this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns);
             const height = () => this.getDocHeight(d);
+            const width = () => this.getDocWidth(d);
             const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
             const dxf = () => this.getDocTransform(d, dref.current!);
             this._docXfs.push({ dxf: dxf, width: width, height: height });
             const rowSpan = Math.ceil((height() + this.gridGap) / this.gridGap);
-            const style = this.isStackingView ? { width: width(), marginTop: i === 0 ? 0 : this.gridGap, height: height() } : { gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` };
+            const style = this.isStackingView ? { width: width(), marginTop: this.gridGap, height: height() } : { gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` };
             return <div className={`collectionStackingView-${this.isStackingView ? "columnDoc" : "masonryDoc"}`} key={d[Id]} ref={dref} style={style} >
-                {this.getDisplayDoc(d, Cast(d.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null) || this.props.DataDoc, dxf, width)}
+                {this.getDisplayDoc(d, (!d.isTemplateDoc && !d.isTemplateForField && !d.PARAMS) ? undefined : this.props.DataDoc, dxf, width)}
             </div>;
         });
     }
@@ -73,31 +73,42 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     get Sections() {
-        if (!this.sectionFilter || this.sectionHeaders instanceof Promise) return new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>();
+        if (!this.pivotField || this.sectionHeaders instanceof Promise) return new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>();
 
         if (this.sectionHeaders === undefined) {
             setTimeout(() => this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = new List<SchemaHeaderField>(), 0);
             return new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>();
         }
-        const sectionHeaders = this.sectionHeaders;
+        const sectionHeaders: SchemaHeaderField[] = Array.from(this.sectionHeaders);
         const fields = new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>(sectionHeaders.map(sh => [sh, []] as [SchemaHeaderField, []]));
+        let changed = false;
         this.filteredChildren.map(d => {
-            const sectionValue = (d[this.sectionFilter] ? d[this.sectionFilter] : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`) as object;
+            const sectionValue = (d[this.pivotField] ? d[this.pivotField] : `NO ${this.pivotField.toUpperCase()} VALUE`) as object;
             // the next five lines ensures that floating point rounding errors don't create more than one section -syip
             const parsed = parseInt(sectionValue.toString());
             const castedSectionValue = !isNaN(parsed) ? parsed : sectionValue;
 
             // look for if header exists already
-            const existingHeader = sectionHeaders.find(sh => sh.heading === (castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`));
+            const existingHeader = sectionHeaders.find(sh => sh.heading === (castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.pivotField.toUpperCase()} VALUE`));
             if (existingHeader) {
                 fields.get(existingHeader)!.push(d);
             }
             else {
-                const newSchemaHeader = new SchemaHeaderField(castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.sectionFilter.toUpperCase()} VALUE`);
+                const newSchemaHeader = new SchemaHeaderField(castedSectionValue ? castedSectionValue.toString() : `NO ${this.pivotField.toUpperCase()} VALUE`);
                 fields.set(newSchemaHeader, [d]);
                 sectionHeaders.push(newSchemaHeader);
+                changed = true;
             }
         });
+        // remove all empty columns if hideHeadings is set
+        if (this.props.Document.hideHeadings) {
+            Array.from(fields.keys()).filter(key => !fields.get(key)!.length).map(header => {
+                fields.delete(header);
+                sectionHeaders.splice(sectionHeaders.indexOf(header), 1);
+                changed = true;
+            });
+        }
+        changed && setTimeout(action(() => { if (this.sectionHeaders) { this.sectionHeaders.length = 0; this.sectionHeaders.push(...sectionHeaders); } }), 0);
         return fields;
     }
 
@@ -131,15 +142,15 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         );
 
         // reset section headers when a new filter is inputted
-        this._sectionFilterDisposer = reaction(
-            () => this.sectionFilter,
+        this._pivotFieldDisposer = reaction(
+            () => this.pivotField,
             () => this.props.Document.sectionHeaders = new List()
         );
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
         super.componentWillUnmount();
-        this._heightDisposer && this._heightDisposer();
-        this._sectionFilterDisposer && this._sectionFilterDisposer();
+        this._heightDisposer?.();
+        this._pivotFieldDisposer?.();
     }
 
     @action
@@ -155,14 +166,17 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @computed get onClickHandler() { return ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick); }
 
     getDisplayDoc(doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number) {
-        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const height = () => this.getDocHeight(doc);
         return <ContentFittingDocumentView
             Document={doc}
-            DataDocument={dataDoc}
+            DataDocument={dataDoc || (doc[DataSym] !== doc && doc[DataSym])}
+            backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
+            LayoutDoc={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
             LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
             renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
             fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox}
+            dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
             onClick={layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc ? this.onClickHandler : this.onChildClickHandler}
             PanelWidth={width}
             PanelHeight={height}
@@ -179,42 +193,36 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}>
         </ContentFittingDocumentView>;
     }
+
+    getDocWidth(d?: Doc) {
+        if (!d) return 0;
+        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
+        const nw = NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth);
+        return Math.min(nw && !this.props.Document.fillColumn ? d[WidthSym]() : Number.MAX_VALUE, this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns);
+    }
     getDocHeight(d?: Doc) {
         if (!d) return 0;
-        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d);
+        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const nw = NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth);
         const nh = NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight);
         let wid = this.columnWidth / (this.isStackingView ? this.numGroupColumns : 1);
-        if (!layoutDoc.ignoreAspect && !layoutDoc._fitWidth && nw && nh) {
+        if (!layoutDoc._fitWidth && nw && nh) {
             const aspect = nw && nh ? nh / nw : 1;
-            if (!(d._nativeWidth && !layoutDoc.ignoreAspect && this.props.Document.fillColumn)) wid = Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), wid);
+            if (!(this.props.Document.fillColumn)) wid = Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), wid);
             return wid * aspect;
         }
-        return layoutDoc._fitWidth ? !layoutDoc._nativeHeight ? this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin :
-            Math.min(wid * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight)) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth, 1), this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin) : layoutDoc[HeightSym]();
+        return layoutDoc._fitWidth ? !nh ? this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin :
+            Math.min(wid * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, nh) / (nw || 1), this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin) : layoutDoc[HeightSym]();
     }
 
     columnDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        e.preventDefault();
         runInAction(() => this._cursor = "grabbing");
-        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onDividerMove);
-        document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
-        this._columnStart = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
-    }
-    @action
-    onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        const dragPos = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
-        const delta = dragPos - this._columnStart;
-        this._columnStart = dragPos;
-        this.layoutDoc.columnWidth = Math.max(10, this.columnWidth + delta);
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onDividerMove, action(() => this._cursor = "grab"), emptyFunction);
     }
-
     @action
-    onDividerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        runInAction(() => this._cursor = "grab");
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onDividerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
+    onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+        this.layoutDoc.columnWidth = Math.max(10, this.columnWidth + delta[0]);
+        return false;
     }
 
     @computed get columnDragger() {
@@ -226,7 +234,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const where = [de.x, de.y];
         let targInd = -1;
         let plusOne = 0;
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                     plusOne = where[axis] > (pos[axis] + pos1[axis]) / 2 ? 1 : 0;
                 }
             });
-            if (super.drop(e, de)) {
+            if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
                 const newDoc = de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments[0];
                 const docs = this.childDocList;
                 if (docs) {
@@ -256,7 +264,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    onDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
+    onExternalDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
         const where = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
         let targInd = -1;
         this._docXfs.map((cd, i) => {
@@ -266,7 +274,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                 targInd = i;
             }
         });
-        super.onDrop(e, {}, () => {
+        super.onExternalDrop(e, {}, () => {
             if (targInd !== -1) {
                 const newDoc = this.childDocs[this.childDocs.length - 1];
                 const docs = this.childDocList;
@@ -277,9 +285,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             }
         });
     }
-    headings = () => Array.from(this.Sections.keys());
+    headings = () => Array.from(this.Sections);
     sectionStacking = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => {
-        const key = this.sectionFilter;
+        const key = this.pivotField;
         let type: "string" | "number" | "bigint" | "boolean" | "symbol" | "undefined" | "object" | "function" | undefined = undefined;
         const types = docList.length ? docList.map(d => typeof d[key]) : this.filteredChildren.map(d => typeof d[key]);
         if (types.map((i, idx) => types.indexOf(i) === idx).length === 1) {
@@ -314,7 +322,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     sectionMasonry = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => {
-        const key = this.sectionFilter;
+        const key = this.pivotField;
         let type: "string" | "number" | "bigint" | "boolean" | "symbol" | "undefined" | "object" | "function" | undefined = undefined;
         const types = docList.length ? docList.map(d => typeof d[key]) : this.filteredChildren.map(d => typeof d[key]);
         if (types.map((i, idx) => types.indexOf(i) === idx).length === 1) {
@@ -340,7 +348,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @action
     addGroup = (value: string) => {
         if (value && this.sectionHeaders) {
-            this.sectionHeaders.push(new SchemaHeaderField(value));
+            const schemaHdrField = new SchemaHeaderField(value);
+            this.sectionHeaders.push(schemaHdrField);
+            Doc.addFieldEnumerations(undefined, this.pivotField, [{ title: value, _backgroundColor: schemaHdrField.color }]);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -362,8 +372,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         if (!e.isPropagationStopped()) {
             const subItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
             subItems.push({ description: `${this.props.Document.fillColumn ? "Variable Size" : "Autosize"} Column`, event: () => this.props.Document.fillColumn = !this.props.Document.fillColumn, icon: "plus" });
-            subItems.push({ description: `${this.props.Document.showTitles ? "Hide Titles" : "Show Titles"}`, event: () => this.props.Document.showTitles = !this.props.Document.showTitles ? "title" : "", icon: "plus" });
-            subItems.push({ description: `${this.props.Document.showCaptions ? "Hide Captions" : "Show Captions"}`, event: () => this.props.Document.showCaptions = !this.props.Document.showCaptions ? "caption" : "", icon: "plus" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Stacking Options ...", subitems: subItems, icon: "eye" });
         }
     }
@@ -371,12 +379,15 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @computed get renderedSections() {
         TraceMobx();
         let sections = [[undefined, this.filteredChildren] as [SchemaHeaderField | undefined, Doc[]]];
-        if (this.sectionFilter) {
+        if (this.pivotField) {
             const entries = Array.from(this.Sections.entries());
             sections = entries.sort(this.sortFunc);
         }
         return sections.map(section => this.isStackingView ? this.sectionStacking(section[0], section[1]) : this.sectionMasonry(section[0], section[1]));
     }
+
+    @computed get scaling() { return !this.props.Document._nativeWidth ? 1 : this.props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(this.props.Document._nativeHeight); }
+
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const editableViewProps = {
@@ -390,12 +401,13 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                     ref={this.createRef}
                     style={{
                         overflowY: this.props.active() ? "auto" : "hidden",
-                        transform: `scale(${Math.min(1, this.props.PanelHeight() / this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]())})`,
-                        height: `${Math.max(100, 100 * 1 / Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() / this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](), this.props.PanelHeight() / this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]()))}%`,
-                        transformOrigin: "top"
+                        transform: `scale(${this.scaling}`,
+                        height: `${1 / this.scaling * 100}%`,
+                        width: `${1 / this.scaling * 100}%`,
+                        transformOrigin: "top left",
                     }}
                     onScroll={action((e: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop)}
-                    onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)}
+                    onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
                     onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                     onWheel={e => this.props.active() && e.stopPropagation()} >
                     {this.renderedSections}
@@ -404,7 +416,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
                             style={{ width: !this.isStackingView ? "100%" : this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns - 10, marginTop: 10 }}>
                             <EditableView {...editableViewProps} />
                         </div>}
-                    {this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'disabled' ? <Switch
+                    {this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'disabled' && this.props.isSelected() ? <Switch
                         onChange={this.onToggle}
                         onClick={this.onToggle}
                         defaultChecked={this.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'view-mode'}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index 2a9f903bb..0a48c95e4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -5,25 +5,27 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { action, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { RichTextField } from "../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
 import { PastelSchemaPalette, SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { NumCast, StrCast, Cast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { ImageField } from "../../../new_fields/URLField";
+import { TraceMobx } from "../../../new_fields/util";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
 import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
-import { anchorPoints, Flyout } from "../DocumentDecorations";
+import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
+import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
 import { CollectionStackingView } from "./CollectionStackingView";
+import { setupMoveUpEvents, emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
 import "./CollectionStackingView.scss";
-import { TraceMobx } from "../../../new_fields/util";
-import { FormattedTextBox } from "../nodes/FormattedTextBox";
-import { ImageField } from "../../../new_fields/URLField";
-import { ImageBox } from "../nodes/ImageBox";
-import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
-import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
-import { RichTextField } from "../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
+import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
+const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
+export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
+export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 
 library.add(faPalette);
 
@@ -42,20 +44,15 @@ interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldColumnProps> {
     @observable private _background = "inherit";
-    @observable private _createAliasSelected: boolean = false;
 
-    private _dropRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _headerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-    private _startDragPosition: { x: number, y: number } = { x: 0, y: 0 };
-    private _sensitivity: number = 16;
 
     @observable _heading = this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.heading : this.props.heading;
     @observable _color = this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : "#f1efeb";
 
     createColumnDropRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
-        this._dropRef = ele;
-        this.dropDisposer && this.dropDisposer();
+        this.dropDisposer?.();
         if (ele) {
             this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this));
         }
@@ -63,17 +60,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @undoBatch
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this._heading);
-            if (castedValue) {
-                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => d[key] = castedValue);
-            }
-            else {
-                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => d[key] = undefined);
-            }
-            this.props.parent.drop(e, de);
+            de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, false));
+            this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de);
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     });
@@ -93,8 +84,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @action
     headingChanged = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         const castedValue = this.getValue(value);
         if (castedValue) {
             if (this.props.parent.sectionHeaders) {
@@ -114,7 +104,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @action
     changeColumnColor = (color: string) => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
         if (this.props.headingObject) {
             this.props.headingObject.setColor(color);
             this._color = color;
@@ -124,35 +113,31 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     @action
     pointerEntered = () => {
         if (SelectionManager.GetIsDragging()) {
-            this._createAliasSelected = false;
             this._background = "#b4b4b4";
         }
     }
 
     @action
     pointerLeave = () => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
         this._background = "inherit";
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.startDrag);
     }
 
     @action
     addDocument = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
         if (!value) return false;
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument(value, { _height: 18, _width: 200, title: value, _autoHeight: true });
         newDoc[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
         const maxHeading = this.props.docList.reduce((maxHeading, doc) => NumCast(doc.heading) > maxHeading ? NumCast(doc.heading) : maxHeading, 0);
         const heading = maxHeading === 0 || this.props.docList.length === 0 ? 1 : maxHeading === 1 ? 2 : 3;
         newDoc.heading = heading;
-        return this.props.parent.props.addDocument(newDoc);
+        this.props.parent.props.addDocument(newDoc);
+        return false;
     }
 
     @action
     deleteColumn = () => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         this.props.docList.forEach(d => d[key] = undefined);
         if (this.props.parent.sectionHeaders && this.props.headingObject) {
             const index = this.props.parent.sectionHeaders.indexOf(this.props.headingObject);
@@ -162,7 +147,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @action
     collapseSection = () => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = false;
         if (this.props.headingObject) {
             this._headingsHack++;
             this.props.headingObject.setCollapsed(!this.props.headingObject.collapsed);
@@ -170,46 +154,23 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         }
     }
 
-    startDrag = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        const [dx, dy] = this.props.screenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._startDragPosition.x, e.clientY - this._startDragPosition.y);
-        if (Math.abs(dx) + Math.abs(dy) > this._sensitivity) {
-            const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.parent.props.Document);
-            const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
-            let value = this.getValue(this._heading);
-            value = typeof value === "string" ? `"${value}"` : value;
-            alias.viewSpecScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`doc.${key} === ${value}`, { doc: Doc.name });
-            if (alias.viewSpecScript) {
-                DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._headerRef.current!], new DragManager.DocumentDragData([alias]), e.clientX, e.clientY);
-            }
-
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.startDrag);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.pointerUp);
-        }
-    }
-
-    pointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        e.preventDefault();
-
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.startDrag);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.pointerUp);
-    }
-
     headerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        e.preventDefault();
-
-        const [dx, dy] = this.props.screenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX, e.clientY);
-        this._startDragPosition = { x: dx, y: dy };
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.startDrag, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+    }
 
-        if (this._createAliasSelected) {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.startDrag);
-            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.startDrag);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.pointerUp);
-            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.pointerUp);
+    startDrag = (e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+        const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.parent.props.Document);
+        alias._width = this.props.parent.props.PanelWidth() / (Cast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionHeaders, listSpec(SchemaHeaderField))?.length || 1);
+        alias._pivotField = undefined;
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
+        let value = this.getValue(this._heading);
+        value = typeof value === "string" ? `"${value}"` : value;
+        alias.viewSpecScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`doc.${key} === ${value}`, { doc: Doc.name });
+        if (alias.viewSpecScript) {
+            DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._headerRef.current!], new DragManager.DocumentDragData([alias]), e.clientX, e.clientY);
+            return true;
         }
-        runInAction(() => this._createAliasSelected = false);
+        return false;
     }
 
     renderColorPicker = () => {
@@ -242,17 +203,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         );
     }
 
-    @action
-    toggleAlias = () => {
-        this._createAliasSelected = true;
-    }
-
     renderMenu = () => {
-        const selected = this._createAliasSelected;
         return (
             <div className="collectionStackingView-optionPicker">
                 <div className="optionOptions">
-                    <div className={"optionPicker" + (selected === true ? " active" : "")} onClick={this.toggleAlias}>Create Alias</div>
+                    <div className={"optionPicker" + (true ? " active" : "")} onClick={action(() => { })}>Add options here</div>
                 </div>
             </div >
         );
@@ -268,8 +223,10 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
         const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-
         const dataDoc = this.props.parent.props.DataDoc || this.props.parent.Document;
+
+        DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(this.props.parent.props.addDocument, this.props.parent.props.addDocument, x, y);
+
         Array.from(Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(dataDoc))).filter(fieldKey => dataDoc[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField || dataDoc[fieldKey] instanceof ImageField || typeof (dataDoc[fieldKey]) === "string").map(fieldKey =>
             docItems.push({
                 description: ":" + fieldKey, event: () => {
@@ -287,8 +244,10 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                 description: ":" + fieldKey, event: () => {
                     const created = Docs.Create.CarouselDocument([], { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: fieldKey });
                     if (created) {
-                        if (this.props.parent.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
-                            Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this.props.parent.props.Document);
+                        const container = this.props.parent.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.parent.Document) : this.props.parent.Document;
+                        if (container.isTemplateDoc) {
+                            Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, container);
+                            return Doc.AddDocToList(container, Doc.LayoutFieldKey(container), created);
                         }
                         return this.props.parent.props.addDocument(created);
                     }
@@ -312,18 +271,19 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
             }
         });
         const pt = this.props.screenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(x, y);
-        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(pt[0], pt[1]);
+        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y);
     }
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const cols = this.props.cols();
-        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document.sectionFilter);
+        const key = StrCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._pivotField);
         let templatecols = "";
         const headings = this.props.headings();
         const heading = this._heading;
         const style = this.props.parent;
         const singleColumn = style.isStackingView;
+        const columnYMargin = this.props.headingObject ? 0 : NumCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._yMargin);
         const uniqueHeadings = headings.map((i, idx) => headings.indexOf(i) === idx);
         const evContents = heading ? heading : this.props.type && this.props.type === "number" ? "0" : `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE`;
         const headerEditableViewProps = {
@@ -348,6 +308,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         const headingView = this.props.headingObject ?
             <div key={heading} className="collectionStackingView-sectionHeader" ref={this._headerRef}
                 style={{
+                    marginTop: NumCast(this.props.parent.props.Document._yMargin),
                     width: (style.columnWidth) /
                         ((uniqueHeadings.length +
                             ((this.props.parent.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && this.props.parent.props.Document._chromeStatus !== 'disabled') ? 1 : 0)) || 1)
@@ -360,7 +321,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                         `Documents that don't have a ${key} value will go here. This column cannot be removed.` : ""}
                     style={{
                         width: "100%",
-                        background: evContents !== `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ? this._color : "lightgrey",
+                        background: evContents !== `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE` ? this._color : "inherit",
                         color: "grey"
                     }}>
                     <EditableView {...headerEditableViewProps} />
@@ -400,7 +361,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                         <div>
                             <div key={`${heading}-stack`} className={`collectionStackingView-masonry${singleColumn ? "Single" : "Grid"}`}
                                 style={{
-                                    padding: singleColumn ? `${style.yMargin}px ${0}px ${style.yMargin}px ${0}px` : `${style.yMargin}px ${0}px`,
+                                    padding: singleColumn ? `${columnYMargin}px ${0}px ${style.yMargin}px ${0}px` : `${columnYMargin}px ${0}px`,
                                     margin: "auto",
                                     width: "max-content", //singleColumn ? undefined : `${cols * (style.columnWidth + style.gridGap) + 2 * style.xMargin - style.gridGap}px`,
                                     height: 'max-content',
@@ -409,7 +370,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                                     gridTemplateColumns: singleColumn ? undefined : templatecols,
                                     gridAutoRows: singleColumn ? undefined : "0px"
                                 }}>
-                                {this.props.parent.children(this.props.docList)}
+                                {this.props.parent.children(this.props.docList, uniqueHeadings.length)}
                                 {singleColumn ? (null) : this.props.parent.columnDragger}
                             </div>
                             {(chromeStatus !== 'view-mode' && chromeStatus !== 'disabled') ?
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStaffView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStaffView.tsx
index 8c7e113b2..5b9a69bf7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStaffView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStaffView.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
-import { Transform } from "../../util/Transform";
 import React = require("react");
 import { computed, action, IReactionDisposer, reaction, runInAction, observable } from "mobx";
-import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { NumCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import "./CollectionStaffView.scss";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStaffView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
-    private getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -this._mainCont.current!.scrollTop);
-    private _mainCont = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     private _reactionDisposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
     @observable private _staves = NumCast(this.props.Document.staves);
 
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this._reactionDisposer?.();
+    }
     componentDidMount = () => {
-        this._reactionDisposer = reaction(
-            () => NumCast(this.props.Document.staves),
+        this._reactionDisposer = reaction(() => NumCast(this.props.Document.staves),
             (staves) => runInAction(() => this._staves = staves)
         );
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ export class CollectionStaffView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
 
     render() {
-        return <div className="collectionStaffView" ref={this._mainCont}>
+        return <div className="collectionStaffView">
             {this.staves}
             {this.addStaffButton}
         </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 8679c8bd1..70927cf22 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction, trace } from "mobx";
-import * as rp from 'request-promise';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from "mobx";
 import CursorField from "../../../new_fields/CursorField";
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt, WidthSym, HeightSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { Cast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
 import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import { ImageUtils } from "../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils";
 import { Networking } from "../../Network";
 import { GestureUtils } from "../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils";
 import { InteractionUtils } from "../../util/InteractionUtils";
+import { Upload } from "../../../server/SharedMediaTypes";
 
 export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
     addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean;
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
     PanelWidth: () => number;
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     VisibleHeight?: () => number;
-    chromeCollapsed: boolean;
     setPreviewCursor?: (func: (x: number, y: number, drag: boolean) => void) => void;
     fieldKey: string;
 }
@@ -41,22 +40,27 @@ export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
 export interface SubCollectionViewProps extends CollectionViewProps {
     CollectionView: Opt<CollectionView>;
     children?: never | (() => JSX.Element[]) | React.ReactNode;
+    overrideDocuments?: Doc[]; // used to override the documents shown by the sub collection to an explict list (see LinkBox)
+    ignoreFields?: string[]; // used in TreeView to ignore specified fields (see LinkBox)
     isAnnotationOverlay?: boolean;
     annotationsKey: string;
+    layoutEngine?: () => string;
 }
 
-export function CollectionSubView<T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
-    class CollectionSubView extends DocComponent<SubCollectionViewProps, T>(schemaCtor) {
+export function CollectionSubView<T, X>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T, moreProps?: X) {
+    class CollectionSubView extends DocComponent<X & SubCollectionViewProps, T>(schemaCtor) {
         private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
         private gestureDisposer?: GestureUtils.GestureEventDisposer;
         protected multiTouchDisposer?: InteractionUtils.MultiTouchEventDisposer;
         private _childLayoutDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
+        protected _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
         protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => { //used for stacking and masonry view
             this.dropDisposer?.();
             this.gestureDisposer?.();
             this.multiTouchDisposer?.();
             if (ele) {
-                this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this));
+                this._mainCont = ele;
+                this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this));
                 this.gestureDisposer = GestureUtils.MakeGestureTarget(ele, this.onGesture.bind(this));
                 this.multiTouchDisposer = InteractionUtils.MakeMultiTouchTarget(ele, this.onTouchStart.bind(this));
             }
@@ -66,75 +70,98 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
         }
 
         componentDidMount() {
-            this._childLayoutDisposer = reaction(() => [this.childDocs, (Cast(this.props.Document.childLayout, Doc) as Doc)?.[Id]],
-                (args) => {
-                    const childLayout = Cast(this.props.Document.childLayout, Doc);
+            this._childLayoutDisposer = reaction(() => ({ childDocs: this.childDocs, childLayout: Cast(this.props.Document.childLayout, Doc) }),
+                ({ childDocs, childLayout }) => {
                     if (childLayout instanceof Doc) {
-                        this.childDocs.map(doc => Doc.ApplyTemplateTo(childLayout, doc, "layout_fromParent"));
+                        childDocs.map(doc => {
+                            doc.layout_fromParent = childLayout;
+                            doc.layoutKey = "layout_fromParent";
+                        });
                     }
                     else if (!(childLayout instanceof Promise)) {
-                        this.childDocs.filter(d => !d.isTemplateForField).map(doc => doc.layoutKey === "layout_fromParent" && (doc.layoutKey = "layout"));
+                        childDocs.filter(d => !d.isTemplateForField).map(doc => doc.layoutKey === "layout_fromParent" && (doc.layoutKey = "layout"));
                     }
                 }, { fireImmediately: true });
 
         }
         componentWillUnmount() {
-            this._childLayoutDisposer && this._childLayoutDisposer();
+            this.gestureDisposer?.();
+            this.multiTouchDisposer?.();
+            this._childLayoutDisposer?.();
         }
 
-        @computed get dataDoc() { return this.props.DataDoc && this.props.Document.isTemplateForField ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.DataDoc) : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document); }
+        @computed get dataDoc() {
+            return (this.props.DataDoc instanceof Doc && this.props.Document.isTemplateForField ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.DataDoc) :
+                this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? this.props.Document : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)); // if the layout document has a resolvedDataDoc, then we don't want to get its parent which would be the unexpanded template
+        }
 
         // The data field for rendering this collection will be on the this.props.Document unless we're rendering a template in which case we try to use props.DataDoc.
         // When a document has a DataDoc but it's not a template, then it contains its own rendering data, but needs to pass the DataDoc through
         // to its children which may be templates.
         // If 'annotationField' is specified, then all children exist on that field of the extension document, otherwise, they exist directly on the data document under 'fieldKey'
         @computed get dataField() {
-            const { annotationsKey, fieldKey } = this.props;
-            if (annotationsKey) {
-                return this.dataDoc[fieldKey + "-" + annotationsKey];
-            }
-            return this.dataDoc[fieldKey];
+            return this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + (this.props.annotationsKey ? "-" + this.props.annotationsKey : "")];
         }
 
         get childLayoutPairs(): { layout: Doc; data: Doc; }[] {
             const { Document, DataDoc } = this.props;
-            const validPairs = this.childDocs.map(doc => Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(Document, DataDoc, doc)).filter(pair => pair.layout);
-            return validPairs.map(({ data, layout }) => ({ data: data!, layout: layout! })); // this mapping is a bit of a hack to coerce types
+            const validPairs = this.childDocs.map(doc => Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(Document, !this.props.annotationsKey ? DataDoc : undefined, doc)).filter(pair => pair.layout);
+            return validPairs.map(({ data, layout }) => ({ data: data as Doc, layout: layout! })); // this mapping is a bit of a hack to coerce types
         }
         get childDocList() {
             return Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc));
         }
-        get childDocs() {
-            const docs = DocListCast(this.dataField);
-            const viewSpecScript = Cast(this.props.Document.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
-            const viewedDocs = viewSpecScript ? docs.filter(d => viewSpecScript.script.run({ doc: d }, console.log).result) : docs;
-            const docFilters = Cast(this.props.Document._docFilter, listSpec("string"), []);
-            const clusters: { [key: string]: { [value: string]: string } } = {};
+        @computed get childDocs() {
+            const docFilters = Cast(this.props.Document._docFilters, listSpec("string"), []);
+            const docRangeFilters = Cast(this.props.Document._docRangeFilters, listSpec("string"), []);
+            const filterFacets: { [key: string]: { [value: string]: string } } = {};  // maps each filter key to an object with value=>modifier fields
             for (let i = 0; i < docFilters.length; i += 3) {
                 const [key, value, modifiers] = docFilters.slice(i, i + 3);
-                const cluster = clusters[key];
-                if (!cluster) {
-                    const child: { [value: string]: string } = {};
-                    child[value] = modifiers;
-                    clusters[key] = child;
-                } else {
-                    cluster[value] = modifiers;
+                if (!filterFacets[key]) {
+                    filterFacets[key] = {};
                 }
+                filterFacets[key][value] = modifiers;
+            }
+
+            let rawdocs: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[] = [];
+            if (this.dataField instanceof Doc) { // if collection data is just a document, then promote it to a singleton list;
+                rawdocs = [this.dataField];
+            } else if (Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)) { // otherwise, if the collection data is a list, then use it.  
+                rawdocs = Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc), null);
+            } else {   // Finally, if it's not a doc or a list and the document is a template, we try to render the root doc.
+                // For example, if an image doc is rendered with a slide template, the template will try to render the data field as a collection.
+                // Since the data field is actually an image, we set the list of documents to the singleton of root document's proto which will be an image.
+                const rootDoc = Cast(this.props.Document.rootDocument, Doc, null);
+                rawdocs = rootDoc && !this.props.annotationsKey ? [Doc.GetProto(rootDoc)] : [];
             }
-            const filteredDocs = docFilters.length ? viewedDocs.filter(d => {
-                for (const key of Object.keys(clusters)) {
-                    const cluster = clusters[key];
-                    const satisfiesFacet = Object.keys(cluster).some(inner => {
-                        const modifier = cluster[inner];
-                        return (modifier === "x") !== Doc.matchFieldValue(d, key, inner);
-                    });
+            const docs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise)).map(d => d as Doc);
+            const viewSpecScript = Cast(this.props.Document.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
+            const childDocs = viewSpecScript ? docs.filter(d => viewSpecScript.script.run({ doc: d }, console.log).result) : docs;
+
+            const filteredDocs = docFilters.length && !this.props.dontRegisterView ? childDocs.filter(d => {
+                for (const facetKey of Object.keys(filterFacets)) {
+                    const facet = filterFacets[facetKey];
+                    const satisfiesFacet = Object.keys(facet).some(value =>
+                        (facet[value] === "x") !== Doc.matchFieldValue(d, facetKey, value));
                     if (!satisfiesFacet) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
                 return true;
-            }) : viewedDocs;
-            return filteredDocs;
+            }) : childDocs;
+            const rangeFilteredDocs = filteredDocs.filter(d => {
+                for (let i = 0; i < docRangeFilters.length; i += 3) {
+                    const key = docRangeFilters[i];
+                    const min = Number(docRangeFilters[i + 1]);
+                    const max = Number(docRangeFilters[i + 2]);
+                    const val = Cast(d[key], "number", null);
+                    if (val !== undefined && (val < min || val > max)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                return true;
+            });
+            return rangeFilteredDocs;
         }
 
         @action
@@ -171,23 +198,19 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
 
         @undoBatch
         protected onGesture(e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) {
-
         }
 
         @undoBatch
         @action
-        protected drop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent): boolean {
+        protected onInternalDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent): boolean {
             const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
             (this.props.Document.dropConverter instanceof ScriptField) &&
                 this.props.Document.dropConverter.script.run({ dragData: docDragData }); /// bcz: check this 
-            if (docDragData && !docDragData.applyAsTemplate) {
-                if (de.altKey && docDragData.draggedDocuments.length) {
-                    this.childDocs.map(doc =>
-                        Doc.ApplyTemplateTo(docDragData.draggedDocuments[0], doc, "layout_fromParent"));
-                    e.stopPropagation();
-                    return true;
-                }
+            if (docDragData) {
                 let added = false;
+                if (this.props.Document._freezeOnDrop) {
+                    de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => Doc.freezeNativeDimensions(drop, drop[WidthSym](), drop[HeightSym]()));
+                }
                 if (docDragData.dropAction || docDragData.userDropAction) {
                     added = docDragData.droppedDocuments.reduce((added: boolean, d) => this.props.addDocument(d) || added, false);
                 } else if (docDragData.moveDocument) {
@@ -210,150 +233,176 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T) {
 
         @undoBatch
         @action
-        protected async onDrop(e: React.DragEvent, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: () => void) {
+        protected async onExternalDrop(e: React.DragEvent, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: () => void) {
             if (e.ctrlKey) {
                 e.stopPropagation(); // bcz: this is a hack to stop propagation when dropping an image on a text document with shift+ctrl
                 return;
             }
-            const html = e.dataTransfer.getData("text/html");
-            const text = e.dataTransfer.getData("text/plain");
+
+            const { dataTransfer } = e;
+            const html = dataTransfer.getData("text/html");
+            const text = dataTransfer.getData("text/plain");
 
             if (text && text.startsWith("<div")) {
                 return;
             }
+
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
+            const { addDocument } = this.props;
+            if (!addDocument) {
+                alert("this.props.addDocument does not exist. Aborting drop operation.");
+                return;
+            }
 
-            if (html && FormattedTextBox.IsFragment(html)) {
-                const href = FormattedTextBox.GetHref(html);
-                if (href) {
-                    const docid = FormattedTextBox.GetDocFromUrl(href);
-                    if (docid) { // prosemirror text containing link to dash document
-                        DocServer.GetRefField(docid).then(f => {
-                            if (f instanceof Doc) {
-                                if (options.x || options.y) { f.x = options.x; f.y = options.y; } // should be in CollectionFreeFormView
-                                (f instanceof Doc) && this.props.addDocument(f);
-                            }
-                        });
+            if (html) {
+                if (FormattedTextBox.IsFragment(html)) {
+                    const href = FormattedTextBox.GetHref(html);
+                    if (href) {
+                        const docid = FormattedTextBox.GetDocFromUrl(href);
+                        if (docid) { // prosemirror text containing link to dash document
+                            DocServer.GetRefField(docid).then(f => {
+                                if (f instanceof Doc) {
+                                    if (options.x || options.y) { f.x = options.x; f.y = options.y; } // should be in CollectionFreeFormView
+                                    (f instanceof Doc) && addDocument(f);
+                                }
+                            });
+                        } else {
+                            addDocument(Docs.Create.WebDocument(href, { ...options, title: href }));
+                        }
+                    } else if (text) {
+                        addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { ...options, _width: 100, _height: 25 }));
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (!html.startsWith("<a")) {
+                    const tags = html.split("<");
+                    if (tags[0] === "") tags.splice(0, 1);
+                    let img = tags[0].startsWith("img") ? tags[0] : tags.length > 1 && tags[1].startsWith("img") ? tags[1] : "";
+                    const cors = img.includes("corsProxy") ? img.match(/http.*corsProxy\//)![0] : "";
+                    img = cors ? img.replace(cors, "") : img;
+                    if (img) {
+                        const split = img.split("src=\"")[1].split("\"")[0];
+                        let source = split;
+                        if (split.startsWith("data:image") && split.includes("base64")) {
+                            const [{ accessPaths }] = await Networking.PostToServer("/uploadRemoteImage", { sources: [split] });
+                            source = Utils.prepend(accessPaths.agnostic.client);
+                        }
+                        if (source.startsWith("http")) {
+                            const doc = Docs.Create.ImageDocument(source, { ...options, _width: 300 });
+                            ImageUtils.ExtractExif(doc);
+                            addDocument(doc);
+                        }
+                        return;
                     } else {
-                        this.props.addDocument && this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.WebDocument(href, { ...options, title: href }));
+                        const path = window.location.origin + "/doc/";
+                        if (text.startsWith(path)) {
+                            const docid = text.replace(Utils.prepend("/doc/"), "").split("?")[0];
+                            DocServer.GetRefField(docid).then(f => {
+                                if (f instanceof Doc) {
+                                    if (options.x || options.y) { f.x = options.x; f.y = options.y; } // should be in CollectionFreeFormView
+                                    (f instanceof Doc) && this.props.addDocument(f);
+                                }
+                            });
+                        } else {
+                            const htmlDoc = Docs.Create.HtmlDocument(html, { ...options, title: "-web page-", _width: 300, _height: 300 });
+                            Doc.GetProto(htmlDoc)["data-text"] = text;
+                            this.props.addDocument(htmlDoc);
+                        }
+                        return;
                     }
-                } else if (text) {
-                    this.props.addDocument && this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { ...options, _width: 100, _height: 25 }));
                 }
-                return;
             }
-            if (html && !html.startsWith("<a")) {
-                const tags = html.split("<");
-                if (tags[0] === "") tags.splice(0, 1);
-                const img = tags[0].startsWith("img") ? tags[0] : tags.length > 1 && tags[1].startsWith("img") ? tags[1] : "";
-                if (img) {
-                    const split = img.split("src=\"")[1].split("\"")[0];
-                    const doc = Docs.Create.ImageDocument(split, { ...options, _width: 300 });
-                    ImageUtils.ExtractExif(doc);
-                    this.props.addDocument(doc);
+
+            if (text) {
+                if (text.includes("www.youtube.com/watch")) {
+                    const url = text.replace("youtube.com/watch?v=", "youtube.com/embed/");
+                    addDocument(Docs.Create.VideoDocument(url, {
+                        ...options,
+                        title: url,
+                        _width: 400,
+                        _height: 315,
+                        _nativeWidth: 600,
+                        _nativeHeight: 472.5
+                    }));
                     return;
-                } else {
-                    const path = window.location.origin + "/doc/";
-                    if (text.startsWith(path)) {
-                        const docid = text.replace(Utils.prepend("/doc/"), "").split("?")[0];
-                        DocServer.GetRefField(docid).then(f => {
-                            if (f instanceof Doc) {
-                                if (options.x || options.y) { f.x = options.x; f.y = options.y; } // should be in CollectionFreeFormView
-                                (f instanceof Doc) && this.props.addDocument(f);
-                            }
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        const htmlDoc = Docs.Create.HtmlDocument(html, { ...options, title: "-web page-", _width: 300, _height: 300, documentText: text });
-                        this.props.addDocument(htmlDoc);
-                    }
+                }
+                let matches: RegExpExecArray | null;
+                if ((matches = /(https:\/\/)?docs\.google\.com\/document\/d\/([^\\]+)\/edit/g.exec(text)) !== null) {
+                    const newBox = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { ...options, _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "Awaiting title from Google Docs..." });
+                    const proto = newBox.proto!;
+                    const documentId = matches[2];
+                    proto[GoogleRef] = documentId;
+                    proto.data = "Please select this document and then click on its pull button to load its contents from from Google Docs...";
+                    proto.backgroundColor = "#eeeeff";
+                    addDocument(newBox);
+                    return;
+                }
+                if ((matches = /(https:\/\/)?photos\.google\.com\/(u\/3\/)?album\/([^\\]+)/g.exec(text)) !== null) {
+                    const albumId = matches[3];
+                    const mediaItems = await GooglePhotos.Query.AlbumSearch(albumId);
+                    console.log(mediaItems);
                     return;
                 }
             }
-            if (text && text.indexOf("www.youtube.com/watch") !== -1) {
-                const url = text.replace("youtube.com/watch?v=", "youtube.com/embed/");
-                this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.VideoDocument(url, { ...options, title: url, _width: 400, _height: 315, _nativeWidth: 600, _nativeHeight: 472.5 }));
-                return;
-            }
-            let matches: RegExpExecArray | null;
-            if ((matches = /(https:\/\/)?docs\.google\.com\/document\/d\/([^\\]+)\/edit/g.exec(text)) !== null) {
-                const newBox = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { ...options, _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "Awaiting title from Google Docs..." });
-                const proto = newBox.proto!;
-                const documentId = matches[2];
-                proto[GoogleRef] = documentId;
-                proto.data = "Please select this document and then click on its pull button to load its contents from from Google Docs...";
-                proto.backgroundColor = "#eeeeff";
-                this.props.addDocument(newBox);
-                // const parent = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([newBox], { title: `Google Doc Import (${documentId})` });
-                // CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddRightSplit(parent, undefined);
-                // proto.height = parent[HeightSym]();
+
+            const { items } = e.dataTransfer;
+            const { length } = items;
+            const files: File[] = [];
+            const generatedDocuments: Doc[] = [];
+            if (!length) {
+                alert("No uploadable content found.");
                 return;
             }
-            if ((matches = /(https:\/\/)?photos\.google\.com\/(u\/3\/)?album\/([^\\]+)/g.exec(text)) !== null) {
-                const albums = await GooglePhotos.Transactions.ListAlbums();
-                const albumId = matches[3];
-                const mediaItems = await GooglePhotos.Query.AlbumSearch(albumId);
-                console.log(mediaItems);
-            }
+
             const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch("collection view drop");
-            const promises: Promise<void>[] = [];
-            // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-for-of
-            for (let i = 0; i < e.dataTransfer.items.length; i++) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 const item = e.dataTransfer.items[i];
-                if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.indexOf("uri") !== -1) {
-                    let str: string;
-                    const prom = new Promise<string>(resolve => e.dataTransfer.items[i].getAsString(resolve))
-                        .then(action((s: string) => rp.head(Utils.CorsProxy(str = s))))
-                        .then(result => {
-                            const type = result["content-type"];
-                            if (type) {
-                                Docs.Get.DocumentFromType(type, str, options)
-                                    .then(doc => doc && this.props.addDocument(doc));
-                            }
-                        });
-                    promises.push(prom);
+                if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.includes("uri")) {
+                    const stringContents = await new Promise<string>(resolve => item.getAsString(resolve));
+                    const type = "html";// (await rp.head(Utils.CorsProxy(stringContents)))["content-type"];
+                    if (type) {
+                        const doc = await Docs.Get.DocumentFromType(type, stringContents, options);
+                        doc && generatedDocuments.push(doc);
+                    }
                 }
-                const type = item.type;
                 if (item.kind === "file") {
                     const file = item.getAsFile();
-                    const formData = new FormData();
-
-                    if (!file || !file.type) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    formData.append('file', file);
-                    const dropFileName = file ? file.name : "-empty-";
-                    promises.push(Networking.PostFormDataToServer("/uploadFormData", formData).then(results => {
-                        results.map(action((result: any) => {
-                            const { clientAccessPath, nativeWidth, nativeHeight, contentSize } = result;
-                            const full = { ...options, _width: 300, title: dropFileName };
-                            const pathname = Utils.prepend(clientAccessPath);
-                            Docs.Get.DocumentFromType(type, pathname, full).then(doc => {
-                                if (doc) {
-                                    const proto = Doc.GetProto(doc);
-                                    proto.fileUpload = basename(pathname).replace("upload_", "").replace(/\.[a-z0-9]*$/, "");
-                                    nativeWidth && (proto["data-nativeWidth"] = nativeWidth);
-                                    nativeHeight && (proto["data-nativeHeight"] = nativeHeight);
-                                    contentSize && (proto.contentSize = contentSize);
-                                    this.props.addDocument(doc);
-                                }
-                            });
-                        }));
-                    }));
+                    file && file.type && files.push(file);
                 }
             }
-
-            if (promises.length) {
-                Promise.all(promises).finally(() => { completed && completed(); batch.end(); });
+            for (const { source: { name, type }, result } of await Networking.UploadFilesToServer(files)) {
+                if (result instanceof Error) {
+                    alert(`Upload failed: ${result.message}`);
+                    return;
+                }
+                const full = { ...options, _width: 300, title: name };
+                const pathname = Utils.prepend(result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
+                const doc = await Docs.Get.DocumentFromType(type, pathname, full);
+                if (!doc) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const proto = Doc.GetProto(doc);
+                proto.fileUpload = basename(pathname).replace("upload_", "").replace(/\.[a-z0-9]*$/, "");
+                if (Upload.isImageInformation(result)) {
+                    proto["data-nativeWidth"] = (result.nativeWidth > result.nativeHeight) ? 400 * result.nativeWidth / result.nativeHeight : 400;
+                    proto["data-nativeHeight"] = (result.nativeWidth > result.nativeHeight) ? 400 : 400 / (result.nativeWidth / result.nativeHeight);
+                    proto.contentSize = result.contentSize;
+                }
+                generatedDocuments.push(doc);
+            }
+            if (generatedDocuments.length) {
+                generatedDocuments.forEach(addDocument);
+                completed && completed();
             } else {
                 if (text && !text.includes("https://")) {
-                    this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { ...options, _width: 400, _height: 315 }));
+                    addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { ...options, _width: 400, _height: 315 }));
                 }
-                batch.end();
             }
+            batch.end();
         }
     }
+
     return CollectionSubView;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa7c87f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+.collectionTimeView,
+.collectionTimeView-pivot {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow: hidden;
+
+    .collectionTimeView-backBtn {
+        background: green;
+        display: inline;
+    }
+
+    .collectionFreeform-customText {
+        text-align: left;
+    }
+
+    .collectionFreeform-customDiv {
+        position: absolute;
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-thumb {
+        position: absolute;
+        width: 30px;
+        height: 30px;
+        transform: rotate(45deg);
+        display: inline-block;
+        background: gray;
+        bottom: 0;
+        margin-bottom: -17px;
+        border-radius: 9px;
+        opacity: 0.25;
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-thumb-min {
+        margin-left: 25%;
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-thumb-max {
+        margin-left: 75%;
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-thumb-mid {
+        margin-left: 50%;
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-flyout {
+        width: 400px;
+        display: block;
+        text-align: left;
+
+        .collectionTimeView-flyout-item {
+            background-color: lightgray;
+            text-align: left;
+            display: inline-block;
+            position: relative;
+            width: 100%;
+        }
+    }
+
+    .pivotKeyEntry {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 5px;
+        right: 5px;
+        z-index: 10;
+        pointer-events: all;
+        padding: 5px;
+        border: 1px solid black;
+        display:none;
+        span {
+            margin-left : 10px;
+        }
+    }
+
+    .collectionTimeView-innards {
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: calc(100% - 200px);
+        height: 100%;
+    }
+}
+
+.collectionTimeView-pivot {
+    .collectionFreeform-customText {
+        text-align: center;
+    }
+}
+
+.collectionTimeView:hover, .collectionTimeView-pivot:hover {
+    .pivotKeyEntry {
+        display:unset;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f77e8b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
+import { ObjectField } from "../../../new_fields/ObjectField";
+import { RichTextField } from "../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
+import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
+import { NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents } from "../../../Utils";
+import { Scripting } from "../../util/Scripting";
+import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
+import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
+import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
+import { ViewDefBounds } from "./collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines";
+import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView";
+import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
+import "./CollectionTimeView.scss";
+const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
+export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
+export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
+import React = require("react");
+
+@observer
+export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
+    _changing = false;
+    @observable _layoutEngine = "pivot";
+    @observable _collapsed: boolean = false;
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this.props.Document.onChildClick = undefined;
+    }
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this.props.Document._freezeOnDrop = true;
+        const childDetailed = this.props.Document.childDetailed; // bcz: needs to be here to make sure the childDetailed layout template has been loaded when the first item is clicked;
+        const childText = "const alias = getAlias(this); Doc.ApplyTemplateTo(containingCollection.childDetailed, alias, 'layout_detailView'); alias.layoutKey='layout_detailedView'; alias.dropAction='alias'; alias.removeDropProperties=new List<string>(['dropAction']); useRightSplit(alias, shiftKey); ";
+        this.props.Document.onChildClick = ScriptField.MakeScript(childText, { this: Doc.name, heading: "string", containingCollection: Doc.name, shiftKey: "boolean" });
+        this.props.Document._fitToBox = true;
+        if (!this.props.Document.onViewDefClick) {
+            this.props.Document.onViewDefDivClick = ScriptField.MakeScript("pivotColumnClick(this,payload)", { payload: "any" });
+        }
+    }
+
+    layoutEngine = () => this._layoutEngine;
+    toggleVisibility = action(() => this._collapsed = !this._collapsed);
+
+    onMinDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
+            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
+            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"] = minReq + (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
+            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineSpan"] = undefined;
+            return false;
+        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
+    }
+
+    onMaxDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
+            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
+            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"] = maxReq + (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
+            return false;
+        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
+    }
+
+    onMidDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
+            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
+            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"] = minReq - (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
+            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"] = maxReq - (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
+            return false;
+        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
+    }
+
+    @computed get contents() {
+        return <div className="collectionTimeView-innards" key="timeline" style={{ width: "100%" }}>
+            <CollectionFreeFormView  {...this.props} layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine} />
+        </div>;
+    }
+
+    public static SyncTimelineToPresentation(doc: Doc) {
+        const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(doc);
+        doc[fieldKey + "-timelineCur"] = ComputedField.MakeFunction("(curPresentationItem()[this._pivotField || 'year'] || 0)");
+    }
+    specificMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+        const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
+        const doc = this.props.Document;
+
+        layoutItems.push({ description: "Force Timeline", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = "timeline"; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+        layoutItems.push({ description: "Force Pivot", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = "pivot"; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+        layoutItems.push({ description: "Auto Time/Pivot layout", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = undefined; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+        layoutItems.push({ description: "Sync with presentation", event: () => CollectionTimeView.SyncTimelineToPresentation(doc), icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+
+        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pivot/Time Options ...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
+    }
+    @computed get _allFacets() {
+        const facets = new Set<string>();
+        this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(child)).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
+        Doc.AreProtosEqual(this.dataDoc, this.props.Document) && this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(child).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
+        return Array.from(facets);
+    }
+    menuCallback = (x: number, y: number) => {
+        ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
+        const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
+        const keySet: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => this._allFacets.filter(fieldKey =>
+            pair.layout[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField ||
+            typeof (pair.layout[fieldKey]) === "number" ||
+            typeof (pair.layout[fieldKey]) === "string").map(fieldKey => keySet.add(fieldKey)));
+        Array.from(keySet).map(fieldKey =>
+            docItems.push({ description: ":" + fieldKey, event: () => this.props.Document._pivotField = fieldKey, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" }));
+        docItems.push({ description: ":(null)", event: () => this.props.Document._pivotField = undefined, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pivot Fields ...", subitems: docItems, icon: "eye" });
+        const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(x, y);
+        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y, ":");
+    }
+
+    @computed get pivotKeyUI() {
+        const newEditableViewProps = {
+            GetValue: () => "",
+            SetValue: (value: any) => {
+                if (value?.length) {
+                    this.props.Document._pivotField = value;
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return false;
+            },
+            showMenuOnLoad: true,
+            contents: ":" + StrCast(this.props.Document._pivotField),
+            toggle: this.toggleVisibility,
+            color: "#f1efeb" // this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : "#f1efeb";
+        };
+        return <div className={"pivotKeyEntry"}>
+            <button className="collectionTimeView-backBtn"
+                onClick={action(() => {
+                    let prevFilterIndex = NumCast(this.props.Document._prevFilterIndex);
+                    if (prevFilterIndex > 0) {
+                        prevFilterIndex--;
+                        this.props.Document._docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.props.Document["_prevDocFilter" + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+                        this.props.Document._docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.props.Document["_prevDocRangeFilters" + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+                        this.props.Document._prevFilterIndex = prevFilterIndex;
+                    } else {
+                        this.props.Document._docFilters = new List([]);
+                    }
+                })}>
+                back
+            </button>
+            <EditableView {...newEditableViewProps} display={"inline"} menuCallback={this.menuCallback} />
+        </div>;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        let nonNumbers = 0;
+        this.childDocs.map(doc => {
+            const num = NumCast(doc[StrCast(this.props.Document._pivotField)], Number(StrCast(doc[StrCast(this.props.Document._pivotField)])));
+            if (Number.isNaN(num)) {
+                nonNumbers++;
+            }
+        });
+        const forceLayout = StrCast(this.props.Document._forceRenderEngine);
+        const doTimeline = forceLayout ? (forceLayout === "timeline") : nonNumbers / this.childDocs.length < 0.1 && this.props.PanelWidth() / this.props.PanelHeight() > 6;
+        if (doTimeline !== (this._layoutEngine === "timeline")) {
+            if (!this._changing) {
+                this._changing = true;
+                setTimeout(action(() => {
+                    this._layoutEngine = doTimeline ? "timeline" : "pivot";
+                    this._changing = false;
+                }), 0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return <div className={"collectionTimeView" + (doTimeline ? "" : "-pivot")} onContextMenu={this.specificMenu}
+            style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), height: `calc(100%  - ${this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "enabled" ? 51 : 0}px)` }}>
+            {this.pivotKeyUI}
+            {this.contents}
+            {!this.props.isSelected() || !doTimeline ? (null) : <>
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-min collectionTimeView-thumb" key="min" onPointerDown={this.onMinDown} />
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-max collectionTimeView-thumb" key="mid" onPointerDown={this.onMaxDown} />
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-mid collectionTimeView-thumb" key="max" onPointerDown={this.onMidDown} />
+            </>}
+        </div>;
+    }
+}
+
+Scripting.addGlobal(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBounds) {
+    let prevFilterIndex = NumCast(pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex);
+    pivotDoc["_prevDocFilter" + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc["_prevDocRangeFilters" + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = ++prevFilterIndex;
+    runInAction(() => {
+        pivotDoc._docFilters = new List();
+        (bounds.payload as string[]).map(filterVal =>
+            Doc.setDocFilter(pivotDoc, StrCast(pivotDoc._pivotField), filterVal, "check"));
+    });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
index 2fa6813d7..8e95f7fbe 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     ul {
         list-style: none;
         padding-left: 20px;
+        margin-bottom: 1px;// otherwise vertical scrollbars may pop up for no apparent reason....
     }
 
 
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@
         width: 15px;
         color: $intermediate-color;
         margin-top: 3px;
-        transform: scale(1.3, 1.3);
+        transform: scale(1.3, 1.3); 
+        border: #80808030 1px solid;
+        border-radius: 4px;
     }
 
     .editableView-container {
@@ -63,7 +66,9 @@
     font-size: 8pt;
     margin-left: 3px;
     display: none;
-    background: lightgray;
+}
+.collectionTreeView-keyHeader:hover {
+    background: #797777;
 }
 
 .collectionTreeView-subtitle {
@@ -84,9 +89,11 @@
 .treeViewItem-openRight {
     display: none;
     height: 17px;
-    background: gray;
     width: 15px;
 }
+.treeViewItem-openRight:hover {
+    background: #797777;
+}
 
 .treeViewItem-border {
     display: inherit;
@@ -101,7 +108,6 @@
     .treeViewItem-openRight {
         display: inline-block;
         height: 17px;
-        background: #a8a7a7;
         width: 15px;
 
         // display: inline;
@@ -120,6 +126,9 @@
     .editableView-container-editing-oneLine {
         min-width: 15px;
     }
+    .documentView-node-topmost {
+        width: unset;
+    }
 }
 
 .treeViewItem-header-above {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index a7733ab5f..6ee48f11b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import { faAngleRight, faArrowsAltH, faBell, faCamera, faCaretDown, faCaretRight
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, observable, runInAction, untracked } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, HeightSym, WidthSym } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, HeightSym, WidthSym, DataSym, Opt } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../new_fields/List';
-import { Document, listSpec } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
+import { Document, listSpec, createSchema, makeInterface } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../new_fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../new_fields/Types';
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
-import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, Utils, returnOne, returnZero, returnTransparent, returnTrue } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ import { ImageBox } from '../nodes/ImageBox';
 import { KeyValueBox } from '../nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { ScriptBox } from '../ScriptBox';
 import { Templates } from '../Templates';
-import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionSubView";
 import "./CollectionTreeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
 import { CollectionViewType } from './CollectionView';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../new_fields/RichTextField';
-import { ObjectField } from '../../../new_fields/ObjectField';
+import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 
 
 export interface TreeViewProps {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     renderDepth: number;
     deleteDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean;
     moveDocument: DragManager.MoveFunction;
-    dropAction: "alias" | "copy" | undefined;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
+    dropAction: dropActionType;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     panelWidth: () => number;
     panelHeight: () => number;
@@ -56,14 +56,17 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     indentDocument?: () => void;
     outdentDocument?: () => void;
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
+    backgroundColor?: (doc: Doc) => string | undefined;
     outerXf: () => { translateX: number, translateY: number };
     treeViewId: Doc;
     parentKey: string;
     active: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
-    hideHeaderFields: () => boolean;
-    preventTreeViewOpen: boolean;
+    treeViewHideHeaderFields: () => boolean;
+    treeViewPreventOpen: boolean;
     renderedIds: string[];
     onCheckedClick?: ScriptField;
+    onChildClick?: ScriptField;
+    ignoreFields?: string[];
 }
 
 library.add(faTrashAlt);
@@ -84,21 +87,21 @@ library.add(faPlus, faMinus);
  * 
  * special fields:
  * treeViewOpen : flag denoting whether the documents sub-tree (contents) is visible or hidden
- * preventTreeViewOpen : ignores the treeViewOpen flag (for allowing a view to not be slaved to other views of the document)
+ * treeViewPreventOpen : ignores the treeViewOpen flag (for allowing a view to not be slaved to other views of the document)
  * treeViewExpandedView : name of field whose contents are being displayed as the document's subtree
  */
 class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
-    static loadId = "";
     private _header?: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
     private _treedropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    private _tref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
     get displayName() { return "TreeView(" + this.props.document.title + ")"; }  // this makes mobx trace() statements more descriptive
 
     get defaultExpandedView() { return this.childDocs ? this.fieldKey : StrCast(this.props.document.defaultExpandedView, "fields"); }
     @observable _overrideTreeViewOpen = false; // override of the treeViewOpen field allowing the display state to be independent of the document's state
-    set treeViewOpen(c: boolean) { if (this.props.preventTreeViewOpen) this._overrideTreeViewOpen = c; else this.props.document.treeViewOpen = this._overrideTreeViewOpen = c; }
-    @computed get treeViewOpen() { return (!this.props.preventTreeViewOpen && BoolCast(this.props.document.treeViewOpen)) || this._overrideTreeViewOpen; }
+    set treeViewOpen(c: boolean) { if (this.props.treeViewPreventOpen) this._overrideTreeViewOpen = c; else this.props.document.treeViewOpen = this._overrideTreeViewOpen = c; }
+    @computed get treeViewOpen() { return (!this.props.treeViewPreventOpen && BoolCast(this.props.document.treeViewOpen)) || this._overrideTreeViewOpen; }
     @computed get treeViewExpandedView() { return StrCast(this.props.document.treeViewExpandedView, this.defaultExpandedView); }
     @computed get MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT() { return NumCast(this.props.document.maxEmbedHeight, 300); }
     @computed get dataDoc() { return this.templateDataDoc ? this.templateDataDoc : this.props.document; }
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     }
 
     @undoBatch delete = () => this.props.deleteDoc(this.props.document);
-    @undoBatch openRight = () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath);
+    @undoBatch openRight = () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.dropAction === "alias" ? Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.document) : this.props.document, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath);
     @undoBatch indent = () => this.props.addDocument(this.props.document) && this.delete();
     @undoBatch move = (doc: Doc, target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean) => {
         return this.props.document !== target && this.props.deleteDoc(doc) && addDoc(doc);
@@ -171,39 +174,49 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     editableView = (key: string, style?: string) => (<EditableView
         oneLine={true}
         display={"inline-block"}
-        editing={this.dataDoc[Id] === TreeView.loadId}
+        editing={true /*this.dataDoc[Id] === EditableView.loadId*/}
         contents={StrCast(this.props.document[key])}
         height={12}
         fontStyle={style}
         fontSize={12}
         GetValue={() => StrCast(this.props.document[key])}
-        SetValue={undoBatch((value: string) => Doc.SetInPlace(this.props.document, key, value, false) || true)}
+        SetValue={undoBatch((value: string) => {
+            Doc.SetInPlace(this.props.document, key, value, false) || true;
+            this.props.document.editTitle = undefined;
+        })}
         OnFillDown={undoBatch((value: string) => {
             Doc.SetInPlace(this.props.document, key, value, false);
-            const layoutDoc = this.props.document.layout_custom instanceof Doc ? Doc.ApplyTemplate(Doc.GetProto(this.props.document.layout_custom)) : undefined;
-            const doc = layoutDoc || Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "", x: 0, y: 0, _width: 100, _height: 25, templates: new List<string>([Templates.Title.Layout]) });
-            TreeView.loadId = doc[Id];
+            const doc = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "-", x: 0, y: 0, _width: 100, _height: 25, templates: new List<string>([Templates.Title.Layout]) });
+            //EditableView.loadId = doc[Id];
+            this.props.document.editTitle = undefined;
+            doc.editTitle = true;
             return this.props.addDocument(doc);
         })}
+        onClick={() => {
+            SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
+            Doc.UserDoc().SelectedDocs = new List([this.props.document]);
+            return false;
+        }}
         OnTab={undoBatch((shift?: boolean) => {
-            TreeView.loadId = this.dataDoc[Id];
+            EditableView.loadId = this.dataDoc[Id];
             shift ? this.props.outdentDocument?.() : this.props.indentDocument?.();
             setTimeout(() => {  // unsetting/setting brushing for this doc will recreate & refocus this editableView after all other treeview changes have been made to the Dom (which may remove focus from this document).
                 Doc.UnBrushDoc(this.props.document);
                 Doc.BrushDoc(this.props.document);
-                TreeView.loadId = "";
+                EditableView.loadId = "";
             }, 0);
         })}
     />)
 
     onWorkspaceContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         if (!e.isPropagationStopped()) { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view
+            const sort = this.props.document[`${this.fieldKey}-sortAscending`];
             if (this.props.document === CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.recentlyClosed) {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Clear All", event: () => Doc.GetProto(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.recentlyClosed as Doc).data = new List<Doc>(), icon: "plus" });
             } else if (this.props.document !== CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.workspaces) {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pin to Presentation", event: () => this.props.pinToPres(this.props.document), icon: "tv" });
-                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "inTab", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "folder" });
-                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
+                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, "inTab", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "folder" });
+                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
                 if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViews(this.dataDoc).length) {
                     ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Focus", event: () => (view => view && view.props.focus(this.props.document, true))(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(this.props.document)), icon: "camera" });
                 }
@@ -212,7 +225,9 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Delete Workspace", event: () => this.props.deleteDoc(this.props.document), icon: "trash-alt" });
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Create New Workspace", event: () => MainView.Instance.createNewWorkspace(), icon: "plus" });
             }
-            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => { const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }); this.props.addDocTab(kvp, this.props.dataDoc ? this.props.dataDoc : kvp, "onRight"); }, icon: "layer-group" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: (sort ? "Sort Descending" : (sort === false ? "Unsort" : "Sort Ascending")), event: () => this.props.document[`${this.fieldKey}-sortAscending`] = (sort ? false : (sort === false ? undefined : true)), icon: "minus" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Toggle Theme Colors", event: () => this.props.document.darkScheme = !this.props.document.darkScheme, icon: "minus" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => { const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }); this.props.addDocTab(kvp, "onRight"); }, icon: "layer-group" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Publish", event: () => DocUtils.Publish(this.props.document, StrCast(this.props.document.title), () => { }, () => { }), icon: "file" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(e.pageX > 156 ? e.pageX - 156 : 0, e.pageY - 15);
             e.stopPropagation();
@@ -229,7 +244,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         if (de.complete.linkDragData) {
             const sourceDoc = de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceDocument;
             const destDoc = this.props.document;
-            DocUtils.MakeLink({ doc: sourceDoc }, { doc: destDoc });
+            DocUtils.MakeLink({ doc: sourceDoc }, { doc: destDoc }, "tree link");
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
@@ -256,6 +271,13 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const finalXf = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1] + (this.props.ChromeHeight && this.props.ChromeHeight() < 0 ? this.props.ChromeHeight() : 0));
         return finalXf;
     }
+    getTransform = () => {
+        const { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._tref.current!);
+        const outerXf = this.props.outerXf();
+        const offset = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(outerXf.translateX - translateX, outerXf.translateY - translateY);
+        const finalXf = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1]);
+        return finalXf;
+    }
     docWidth = () => {
         const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(this.props.document);
         const aspect = NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth);
@@ -283,6 +305,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
         const rows: JSX.Element[] = [];
         for (const key of Object.keys(ids).slice().sort()) {
+            if (this.props.ignoreFields?.includes(key)) continue;
             const contents = doc[key];
             let contentElement: (JSX.Element | null)[] | JSX.Element = [];
 
@@ -291,13 +314,13 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 const addDoc = (doc: Doc, addBefore?: Doc, before?: boolean) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, key, doc, addBefore, before, false, true);
                 contentElement = TreeView.GetChildElements(contents instanceof Doc ? [contents] :
                     DocListCast(contents), this.props.treeViewId, doc, undefined, key, this.props.containingCollection, this.props.prevSibling, addDoc, remDoc, this.move,
-                    this.props.dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform, this.props.outerXf, this.props.active,
-                    this.props.panelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, this.props.hideHeaderFields, this.props.preventTreeViewOpen,
-                    [...this.props.renderedIds, doc[Id]], this.props.libraryPath, this.props.onCheckedClick);
+                    this.props.dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.backgroundColor, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform, this.props.outerXf, this.props.active,
+                    this.props.panelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields, this.props.treeViewPreventOpen,
+                    [...this.props.renderedIds, doc[Id]], this.props.libraryPath, this.props.onCheckedClick, this.props.onChildClick, this.props.ignoreFields);
             } else {
                 contentElement = <EditableView
                     key="editableView"
-                    contents={contents !== undefined ? contents.toString() : "null"}
+                    contents={contents !== undefined ? Field.toString(contents as Field) : "null"}
                     height={13}
                     fontSize={12}
                     GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(doc, key)}
@@ -334,9 +357,9 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 {!docs ? (null) :
                     TreeView.GetChildElements(docs, this.props.treeViewId, Doc.Layout(this.props.document),
                         this.templateDataDoc, expandKey, this.props.containingCollection, this.props.prevSibling, addDoc, remDoc, this.move,
-                        this.props.dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
-                        this.props.outerXf, this.props.active, this.props.panelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, this.props.hideHeaderFields, this.props.preventTreeViewOpen,
-                        [...this.props.renderedIds, this.props.document[Id]], this.props.libraryPath, this.props.onCheckedClick)}
+                        this.props.dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.backgroundColor, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
+                        this.props.outerXf, this.props.active, this.props.panelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields, this.props.treeViewPreventOpen,
+                        [...this.props.renderedIds, this.props.document[Id]], this.props.libraryPath, this.props.onCheckedClick, this.props.onChildClick, this.props.ignoreFields)}
             </ul >;
         } else if (this.treeViewExpandedView === "fields") {
             return <ul><div ref={this._dref} style={{ display: "inline-block" }} key={this.props.document[Id] + this.props.document.title}>
@@ -350,6 +373,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     DataDocument={this.templateDataDoc}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
                     fitToBox={this.boundsOfCollectionDocument !== undefined}
                     PanelWidth={this.docWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.docHeight}
@@ -386,7 +410,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @computed
     get renderBullet() {
         const checked = this.props.document.type === DocumentType.COL ? undefined : this.props.onCheckedClick ? (this.props.document.treeViewChecked ? this.props.document.treeViewChecked : "unchecked") : undefined;
-        return <div className="bullet" title="view inline" onClick={this.bulletClick} style={{ color: StrCast(this.props.document.color, checked === "unchecked" ? "white" : "black"), opacity: 0.4 }}>
+        return <div className="bullet" title="view inline" onClick={this.bulletClick} style={{ color: StrCast(this.props.document.color, checked === "unchecked" ? "white" : "inherit"), opacity: checked === "unchecked" ? undefined : 0.4 }}>
             {<FontAwesomeIcon icon={checked === "check" ? "check" : (checked === "x" ? "times" : checked === "unchecked" ? "square" : !this.treeViewOpen ? (this.childDocs ? "caret-square-right" : "caret-right") : (this.childDocs ? "caret-square-down" : "caret-down"))} />}
         </div>;
     }
@@ -395,8 +419,8 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
      */
     @computed
     get renderTitle() {
-        const reference = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-        const onItemDown = SetupDrag(reference, () => this.dataDoc, this.move, this.props.dropAction, this.props.treeViewId[Id], true);
+        const onItemDown = SetupDrag(this._tref, () => this.dataDoc, this.move, this.props.dropAction, this.props.treeViewId[Id], true);
+        const editTitle = ScriptField.MakeFunction("this.editTitle=true", { this: Doc.name });
 
         const headerElements = (
             <span className="collectionTreeView-keyHeader" key={this.treeViewExpandedView}
@@ -415,17 +439,43 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             <FontAwesomeIcon title="open in pane on right" icon="angle-right" size="lg" />
         </div>);
         return <>
-            <div className="docContainer" title="click to edit title" id={`docContainer-${this.props.parentKey}`} ref={reference} onPointerDown={onItemDown}
+            <div className="docContainer" ref={this._tref} title="click to edit title" id={`docContainer-${this.props.parentKey}`} onPointerDown={onItemDown}
                 style={{
-                    color: this.props.document.isMinimized ? "red" : "black",
                     background: Doc.IsHighlighted(this.props.document) ? "orange" : Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.document) ? "#06121212" : "0",
                     fontWeight: this.props.document.searchMatch ? "bold" : undefined,
                     outline: BoolCast(this.props.document.workspaceBrush) ? "dashed 1px #06123232" : undefined,
                     pointerEvents: this.props.active() || SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : "none"
                 }} >
-                {this.editableView("title")}
+                {this.props.document.editTitle ?
+                    this.editableView("title") :
+                    <DocumentView
+                        Document={this.props.document}
+                        DataDoc={undefined}
+                        LibraryPath={this.props.libraryPath || []}
+                        addDocument={undefined}
+                        addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                        pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                        onClick={this.props.onChildClick || editTitle}
+                        dropAction={this.props.dropAction}
+                        moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
+                        removeDocument={undefined}
+                        ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
+                        ContentScaling={returnOne}
+                        PanelWidth={returnZero}
+                        PanelHeight={returnZero}
+                        renderDepth={1}
+                        focus={emptyFunction}
+                        parentActive={returnTrue}
+                        whenActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                        bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                        dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.props.treeViewId.dontRegisterChildren)}
+                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
+                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
+                        zoomToScale={emptyFunction}
+                        getScale={returnOne}
+                    />}
             </div >
-            {this.props.hideHeaderFields() ? (null) : headerElements}
+            {this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() ? (null) : headerElements}
             {openRight}
         </>;
     }
@@ -456,19 +506,22 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         remove: ((doc: Doc) => boolean),
         move: DragManager.MoveFunction,
         dropAction: dropActionType,
-        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean,
+        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean,
         pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void,
+        backgroundColor: undefined | ((document: Doc) => string | undefined),
         screenToLocalXf: () => Transform,
         outerXf: () => { translateX: number, translateY: number },
         active: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean,
         panelWidth: () => number,
         ChromeHeight: undefined | (() => number),
         renderDepth: number,
-        hideHeaderFields: () => boolean,
-        preventTreeViewOpen: boolean,
+        treeViewHideHeaderFields: () => boolean,
+        treeViewPreventOpen: boolean,
         renderedIds: string[],
         libraryPath: Doc[] | undefined,
-        onCheckedClick: ScriptField | undefined
+        onCheckedClick: ScriptField | undefined,
+        onChildClick: ScriptField | undefined,
+        ignoreFields: string[] | undefined
     ) {
         const viewSpecScript = Cast(containingCollection.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
         if (viewSpecScript) {
@@ -476,10 +529,8 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         }
 
         const docs = childDocs.slice();
-        const dataExtension = containingCollection[key + "_ext"] as Doc;
-        const ascending = dataExtension && BoolCast(dataExtension.sortAscending, null);
+        const ascending = containingCollection?.[key + "-sortAscending"];
         if (ascending !== undefined) {
-
             const sortAlphaNum = (a: string, b: string): 0 | 1 | -1 => {
                 const reN = /[0-9]*$/;
                 const aA = a.replace(reN, ""); // get rid of trailing numbers
@@ -560,9 +611,11 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 indentDocument={indent}
                 outdentDocument={outdent}
                 onCheckedClick={onCheckedClick}
+                onChildClick={onChildClick}
                 renderDepth={renderDepth}
                 deleteDoc={remove}
                 addDocument={addDocument}
+                backgroundColor={backgroundColor}
                 panelWidth={rowWidth}
                 panelHeight={rowHeight}
                 ChromeHeight={ChromeHeight}
@@ -574,15 +627,23 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 outerXf={outerXf}
                 parentKey={key}
                 active={active}
-                hideHeaderFields={hideHeaderFields}
-                preventTreeViewOpen={preventTreeViewOpen}
-                renderedIds={renderedIds} />;
+                treeViewHideHeaderFields={treeViewHideHeaderFields}
+                treeViewPreventOpen={treeViewPreventOpen}
+                renderedIds={renderedIds}
+                ignoreFields={ignoreFields} />;
         });
     }
 }
 
+export type collectionTreeViewProps = {
+    treeViewHideTitle?: boolean;
+    treeViewHideHeaderFields?: boolean;
+    onCheckedClick?: ScriptField;
+    onChildClick?: ScriptField;
+};
+
 @observer
-export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
+export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document, undefined as any as collectionTreeViewProps) {
     private treedropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _mainEle?: HTMLDivElement;
 
@@ -591,7 +652,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
     protected createTreeDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
         this.treedropDisposer && this.treedropDisposer();
         if (this._mainEle = ele) {
-            this.treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this));
+            this.treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this));
         }
     }
 
@@ -602,13 +663,24 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
 
     @action
     remove = (document: Document): boolean => {
-        const children = Cast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc), []);
+        const children = Cast(this.props.Document[DataSym][this.props.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc), []);
         if (children.indexOf(document) !== -1) {
             children.splice(children.indexOf(document), 1);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
+    @action
+    addDoc = (doc: Document, relativeTo: Opt<Doc>, before?: boolean): boolean => {
+        const doAddDoc = () =>
+            Doc.AddDocToList(this.props.Document[DataSym], this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before, false, false, false);
+        if (this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc instanceof Promise) {
+            this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc.then((resolved: any) => doAddDoc());
+        } else {
+            doAddDoc();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         // need to test if propagation has stopped because GoldenLayout forces a parallel react hierarchy to be created for its top-level layout
         if (!e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document === CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.workspaces) {
@@ -624,44 +696,59 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
             ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(e.pageX - 15, e.pageY - 15);
         } else {
             const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.props.Document.preventTreeViewOpen ? "Persist" : "Abandon") + "Treeview State", event: () => this.props.Document.preventTreeViewOpen = !this.props.Document.preventTreeViewOpen, icon: "paint-brush" });
-            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.props.Document.hideHeaderFields ? "Show" : "Hide") + " Header Fields", event: () => this.props.Document.hideHeaderFields = !this.props.Document.hideHeaderFields, icon: "paint-brush" });
+            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.props.Document.treeViewPreventOpen ? "Persist" : "Abandon") + "Treeview State", event: () => this.props.Document.treeViewPreventOpen = !this.props.Document.treeViewPreventOpen, icon: "paint-brush" });
+            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.props.Document.treeViewHideHeaderFields ? "Show" : "Hide") + " Header Fields", event: () => this.props.Document.treeViewHideHeaderFields = !this.props.Document.treeViewHideHeaderFields, icon: "paint-brush" });
+            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.props.Document.treeViewHideTitle ? "Show" : "Hide") + " Title", event: () => this.props.Document.treeViewHideTitle = !this.props.Document.treeViewHideTitle, icon: "paint-brush" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Treeview Options ...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
         }
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
             description: "Buxton Layout", icon: "eye", event: () => {
                 DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]).map(d => {
                     DocListCast(d.data).map((img, i) => {
-                        const caption = (d.captions as any)[i]?.data;
-                        if (caption instanceof ObjectField) {
-                            Doc.GetProto(img).caption = ObjectField.MakeCopy(caption as ObjectField);
+                        const caption = (d.captions as any)[i];
+                        if (caption) {
+                            Doc.GetProto(img).caption = caption;
                         }
-                        img._hideSidebar = true;
-                        d.captions = undefined;
                     });
                 });
-                const { TextDocument, ImageDocument, CarouselDocument } = Docs.Create;
+                const { TextDocument, ImageDocument, CarouselDocument, TreeDocument } = Docs.Create;
                 const { Document } = this.props;
                 const fallbackImg = "http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/face.gif";
-                const detailedTemplate = `{ "doc": { "type": "doc", "content": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "dashField", "attrs": { "fieldKey": "short_description" } } ] }, { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "dashField", "attrs": { "fieldKey": "year" } } ] },  { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "dashField", "attrs": { "fieldKey": "company" } } ] }  ] }, "selection":{"type":"text","anchor":1,"head":1},"storedMarks":[] }`;
+                const detailedTemplate = `{ "doc": { "type": "doc", "content": [  { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "dashField", "attrs": { "fieldKey": "year" } } ] },  { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "dashField", "attrs": { "fieldKey": "company" } } ] }  ] }, "selection":{"type":"text","anchor":1,"head":1},"storedMarks":[] }`;
 
                 const textDoc = TextDocument("", { title: "details", _autoHeight: true });
-                const detailedLayout = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([
+                const detailView = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([
                     CarouselDocument([], { title: "data", _height: 350, _itemIndex: 0, backgroundColor: "#9b9b9b3F" }),
                     textDoc,
-                ], { _chromeStatus: "disabled", title: "detailed layout stack" });
-                textDoc.data = new RichTextField(detailedTemplate, "short_description year company");
-                detailedLayout.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(detailedLayout);
-
-                const cardLayout = ImageDocument(fallbackImg, { title: "cardLayout", isTemplateDoc: true, isTemplateForField: "hero", }); // this acts like a template doc and a template field ... a little weird, but seems to work?
-                cardLayout.proto!.layout = ImageBox.LayoutString("hero");
-                cardLayout.showTitle = "title";
-                cardLayout.showTitleHover = "titlehover";
-
-                Document.childLayout = cardLayout;
-                Document.childDetailed = detailedLayout;
-                Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Pivot;
-                Document.pivotField = "company";
+                    TextDocument("", { title: "shortDescription", _autoHeight: true }),
+                    TreeDocument([], { title: "narratives", _height: 75, treeViewHideTitle: true })
+                ], { _chromeStatus: "disabled", _width: 300, _height: 300, _autoHeight: true, title: "detailView" });
+                textDoc.data = new RichTextField(detailedTemplate, "year company");
+                detailView.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(detailView);
+
+                const heroView = ImageDocument(fallbackImg, { title: "heroView", isTemplateDoc: true, isTemplateForField: "hero", }); // this acts like a template doc and a template field ... a little weird, but seems to work?
+                heroView.proto!.layout = ImageBox.LayoutString("hero");
+                heroView._showTitle = "title";
+                heroView._showTitleHover = "titlehover";
+
+                Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.expandingButtons as Doc, "data",
+                    Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
+                        _nativeWidth: 100, _nativeHeight: 100, _width: 100, _height: 100, dropAction: "alias", onDragStart: ScriptField.MakeFunction('getCopy(this.dragFactory, true)'),
+                        dragFactory: heroView, removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction"]), title: "hero view", icon: "portrait"
+                    }));
+
+                Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.expandingButtons as Doc, "data",
+                    Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
+                        _nativeWidth: 100, _nativeHeight: 100, _width: 100, _height: 100, dropAction: "alias", onDragStart: ScriptField.MakeFunction('getCopy(this.dragFactory, true)'),
+                        dragFactory: detailView, removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction"]), title: "detail view", icon: "file-alt"
+                    }));
+
+                Document.childLayout = heroView;
+                Document.childDetailed = detailView;
+                Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Time;
+                Document._forceActive = true;
+                Document._pivotField = "company";
+                Document.childDropAction = "alias";
             }
         });
         const existingOnClick = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("OnClick...");
@@ -673,7 +760,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
         !existingOnClick && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "OnClick...", subitems: onClicks, icon: "hand-point-right" });
     }
     outerXf = () => Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainEle!);
-    onTreeDrop = (e: React.DragEvent) => this.onDrop(e, {});
+    onTreeDrop = (e: React.DragEvent) => this.onExternalDrop(e, {});
 
     @computed get renderClearButton() {
         return <div id="toolbar" key="toolbar">
@@ -685,18 +772,25 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const dropAction = StrCast(this.props.Document._dropAction) as dropActionType;
-        const addDoc = (doc: Doc, relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before, false, false, false);
+        const dropAction = StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType;
+        const addDoc = (doc: Doc, relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => this.addDoc(doc, relativeTo, before);
         const moveDoc = (d: Doc, target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument(d, target, addDoc);
-        return !this.childDocs ? (null) : (
+        const childDocs = this.props.overrideDocuments ? this.props.overrideDocuments : this.childDocs;
+        return !childDocs ? (null) : (
             <div className="collectionTreeView-dropTarget" id="body"
-                style={{ background: StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "lightgray"), paddingTop: `${NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin, 20)}px` }}
+                style={{
+                    background: this.props.backgroundColor?.(this.props.Document),
+                    paddingLeft: `${NumCast(this.props.Document._xPadding, 10)}px`,
+                    paddingRight: `${NumCast(this.props.Document._xPadding, 10)}px`,
+                    paddingTop: `${NumCast(this.props.Document._yPadding, 20)}px`
+                }}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 onWheel={(e: React.WheelEvent) => this._mainEle && this._mainEle.scrollHeight > this._mainEle.clientHeight && e.stopPropagation()}
                 onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}
                 ref={this.createTreeDropTarget}>
-                {(this.props.Document.treeViewHideTitle ? (null) : <EditableView
+                {(this.props.treeViewHideTitle || this.props.Document.treeViewHideTitle ? (null) : <EditableView
                     contents={this.dataDoc.title}
+                    editing={false}
                     display={"block"}
                     maxHeight={72}
                     height={"auto"}
@@ -704,18 +798,18 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView(Document) {
                     SetValue={undoBatch((value: string) => Doc.SetInPlace(this.dataDoc, "title", value, false) || true)}
                     OnFillDown={undoBatch((value: string) => {
                         Doc.SetInPlace(this.dataDoc, "title", value, false);
-                        const layoutDoc = this.props.Document.layout_custom instanceof Doc ? Doc.ApplyTemplate(Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document.layout_custom)) : undefined;
-                        const doc = layoutDoc || Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "", x: 0, y: 0, _width: 100, _height: 25, templates: new List<string>([Templates.Title.Layout]) });
-                        TreeView.loadId = doc[Id];
-                        Doc.AddDocToList(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey, doc, this.childDocs.length ? this.childDocs[0] : undefined, true, false, false, false);
+                        const doc = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "", x: 0, y: 0, _width: 100, _height: 25, templates: new List<string>([Templates.Title.Layout]) });
+                        EditableView.loadId = doc[Id];
+                        this.addDoc(doc, childDocs.length ? childDocs[0] : undefined, true);
                     })} />)}
                 {this.props.Document.allowClear ? this.renderClearButton : (null)}
                 <ul className="no-indent" style={{ width: "max-content" }} >
                     {
-                        TreeView.GetChildElements(this.childDocs, this.props.Document, this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc, undefined, addDoc, this.remove,
-                            moveDoc, dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
-                            this.outerXf, this.props.active, this.props.PanelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, () => BoolCast(this.props.Document.hideHeaderFields),
-                            BoolCast(this.props.Document.preventTreeViewOpen), [], this.props.LibraryPath, ScriptCast(this.props.Document.onCheckedClick))
+                        TreeView.GetChildElements(childDocs, this.props.Document, this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc, undefined, addDoc, this.remove,
+                            moveDoc, dropAction, this.props.addDocTab, this.props.pinToPres, this.props.backgroundColor, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
+                            this.outerXf, this.props.active, this.props.PanelWidth, this.props.ChromeHeight, this.props.renderDepth, () => this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields || BoolCast(this.props.Document.treeViewHideHeaderFields),
+                            BoolCast(this.props.Document.treeViewPreventOpen), [], this.props.LibraryPath, this.props.onCheckedClick || ScriptCast(this.props.Document.onCheckedClick),
+                            this.props.onChildClick || ScriptCast(this.props.Document.onChildClick), this.props.ignoreFields)
                     }
                 </ul>
             </div >
@@ -728,7 +822,14 @@ Scripting.addGlobal(function readFacetData(layoutDoc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc, dataKey
     const facetValues = Array.from(allCollectionDocs.reduce((set, child) =>
         set.add(Field.toString(child[facetHeader] as Field)), new Set<string>()));
 
-    const facetValueDocSet = facetValues.sort().map(facetValue =>
+    let nonNumbers = 0;
+    facetValues.map(val => {
+        const num = Number(val);
+        if (Number.isNaN(num)) {
+            nonNumbers++;
+        }
+    });
+    const facetValueDocSet = (nonNumbers / facetValues.length > .1 ? facetValues.sort() : facetValues.sort((n1: string, n2: string) => Number(n1) - Number(n2))).map(facetValue =>
         Docs.Create.TextDocument("", {
             title: facetValue.toString(),
             treeViewChecked: ComputedField.MakeFunction("determineCheckedState(layoutDoc, facetHeader, facetValue)",
@@ -739,7 +840,7 @@ Scripting.addGlobal(function readFacetData(layoutDoc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc, dataKey
 });
 
 Scripting.addGlobal(function determineCheckedState(layoutDoc: Doc, facetHeader: string, facetValue: string) {
-    const docFilters = Cast(layoutDoc._docFilter, listSpec("string"), []);
+    const docFilters = Cast(layoutDoc._docFilters, listSpec("string"), []);
     for (let i = 0; i < docFilters.length; i += 3) {
         const [header, value, state] = docFilters.slice(i, i + 3);
         if (header === facetHeader && value === facetValue) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.scss
index 1c46081a1..b92c5fdd1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,59 @@
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     overflow: hidden; // bcz: used to be 'auto' which would create scrollbars when there's a floating doc that's not visible. not sure if that's better, but the scrollbars are annoying...
+
+
+    .collectionTimeView-dragger {
+        background-color: lightgray;
+        height: 40px;
+        width: 20px;
+        position: absolute;
+        border-radius: 10px;
+        top: 55%;
+        border: 1px black solid;
+        z-index: 2;
+        left: -10px;
+    }
+    .collectionTimeView-treeView {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        width: 200px;
+        height: 100%;
+        position: absolute;
+        left: 0;
+        top: 0;
+
+        .collectionTimeView-addfacet {
+            display: inline-block;
+            width: 200px;
+            height: 30px;
+            background: darkGray;
+            text-align: left;
+
+            .collectionTimeView-button {
+                align-items: center;
+                display: flex;
+                width: 100%;
+                height: 100%;
+
+                .collectionTimeView-span {
+                    margin: auto;
+                }
+            }
+
+            >div,
+            >div>div {
+                width: 100%;
+                height: 100%;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .collectionTimeView-tree {
+            display: inline-block;
+            width: 100%;
+            height: calc(100% - 30px);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #google-tags {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index dab0ce08e..df1770ffe 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
-import { faEye } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
+import { faEye, faEdit } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faColumns, faCopy, faEllipsisV, faFingerprint, faImage, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faSquare, faTh, faThList, faTree } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction, computed } from 'mobx';
+import { action, observable, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Lightbox from 'react-image-lightbox-with-rotate';
 import 'react-image-lightbox-with-rotate/style.css'; // This only needs to be imported once in your app
 import { DateField } from '../../../new_fields/DateField';
-import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
-import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
-import { listSpec } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, StrCast, NumCast } from '../../../new_fields/Types';
+import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from '../../../new_fields/Doc';
+import { List } from '../../../new_fields/List';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../new_fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../new_fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../new_fields/util';
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
-import { Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { Utils, setupMoveUpEvents, returnFalse } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { ImageUtils } from '../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils';
@@ -23,19 +22,29 @@ import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { ScriptBox } from '../ScriptBox';
 import { Touchable } from '../Touchable';
+import { CollectionCarouselView } from './CollectionCarouselView';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "./CollectionDockingView";
 import { AddCustomFreeFormLayout } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
-import { CollectionCarouselView } from './CollectionCarouselView';
 import { CollectionLinearView } from './CollectionLinearView';
 import { CollectionMulticolumnView } from './collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView';
-import { CollectionPivotView } from './CollectionPivotView';
+import { CollectionMultirowView } from './collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView';
 import { CollectionSchemaView } from "./CollectionSchemaView";
 import { CollectionStackingView } from './CollectionStackingView';
 import { CollectionStaffView } from './CollectionStaffView';
+import { SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionTimeView } from './CollectionTimeView';
 import { CollectionTreeView } from "./CollectionTreeView";
 import './CollectionView.scss';
 import { CollectionViewBaseChrome } from './CollectionViewChromes';
+import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
+import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
+import { listSpec } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
+import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { ScriptField, ComputedField } from '../../../new_fields/ScriptField';
+const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
+export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
+export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 export const COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH = 2;
 const path = require('path');
 library.add(faTh, faTree, faSquare, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faThList, faFingerprint, faColumns, faEllipsisV, faImage, faEye as any, faCopy);
@@ -49,11 +58,11 @@ export enum CollectionViewType {
     Stacking,
     Masonry,
     Multicolumn,
-    Pivot,
+    Multirow,
+    Time,
     Carousel,
     Linear,
-    Staff,
-    Timeline
+    Staff
 }
 
 export namespace CollectionViewType {
@@ -66,12 +75,14 @@ export namespace CollectionViewType {
         ["stacking", CollectionViewType.Stacking],
         ["masonry", CollectionViewType.Masonry],
         ["multicolumn", CollectionViewType.Multicolumn],
-        ["pivot", CollectionViewType.Pivot],
+        ["multirow", CollectionViewType.Multirow],
+        ["time", CollectionViewType.Time],
         ["carousel", CollectionViewType.Carousel],
         ["linear", CollectionViewType.Linear],
     ]);
 
     export const valueOf = (value: string) => stringMapping.get(value.toLowerCase());
+    export const stringFor = (value: number) => Array.from(stringMapping.entries()).find(entry => entry[1] === value)?.[0];
 }
 
 export interface CollectionRenderProps {
@@ -80,17 +91,16 @@ export interface CollectionRenderProps {
     moveDocument: (document: Doc, targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
     active: () => boolean;
     whenActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
+    PanelWidth: () => number;
 }
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
     public static LayoutString(fieldStr: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(CollectionView, fieldStr); }
 
-    private _reactionDisposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
     private _isChildActive = false;   //TODO should this be observable?
     @observable private _isLightboxOpen = false;
     @observable private _curLightboxImg = 0;
-    @observable private _collapsed = true;
     @observable private static _safeMode = false;
     public static SetSafeMode(safeMode: boolean) { this._safeMode = safeMode; }
 
@@ -107,31 +117,17 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
         return viewField;
     }
 
-    componentDidMount = () => {
-        this._reactionDisposer = reaction(() => StrCast(this.props.Document._chromeStatus),
-            () => {
-                // chrome status is one of disabled, collapsed, or visible. this determines initial state from document
-                // chrome status may also be view-mode, in reference to stacking view's toggle mode. it is essentially disabled mode, but prevents the toggle button from showing up on the left sidebar.
-                const chromeStatus = this.props.Document._chromeStatus;
-                if (chromeStatus && (chromeStatus === "disabled" || chromeStatus === "collapsed")) {
-                    runInAction(() => this._collapsed = true);
-                }
-            });
-    }
-
-    componentWillUnmount = () => this._reactionDisposer && this._reactionDisposer();
-
-    // bcz: Argh?  What's the height of the collection chromes??  
-    chromeHeight = () => (this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "enabled" ? -60 : 0);
-
     active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || BoolCast(this.props.Document.forceActive) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0;
 
     whenActiveChanged = (isActive: boolean) => { this.props.whenActiveChanged(this._isChildActive = isActive); };
 
     @action.bound
     addDocument(doc: Doc): boolean {
-        const targetDataDoc = Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document);
-        Doc.AddDocToList(targetDataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, doc);
+        const targetDataDoc = this.props.Document[DataSym];
+        const docList = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
+        !docList.includes(doc) && (targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new List<Doc>([...docList, doc]));  // DocAddToList may write to targetdataDoc's parent ... we don't want this. should really change GetProto to GetDataDoc and test for resolvedDataDoc there
+        // Doc.AddDocToList(targetDataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, doc);
+        doc.context = this.props.Document;
         targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-lastModified"] = new DateField(new Date(Date.now()));
         Doc.GetProto(doc).lastOpened = new DateField;
         return true;
@@ -139,15 +135,18 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
 
     @action.bound
     removeDocument(doc: Doc): boolean {
+        const targetDataDoc = this.props.Document[DataSym];
         const docView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.ContainingCollectionView);
         docView && SelectionManager.DeselectDoc(docView);
-        const value = Cast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], listSpec(Doc), []);
+        const value = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
         let index = value.reduce((p, v, i) => (v instanceof Doc && v === doc) ? i : p, -1);
         index = index !== -1 ? index : value.reduce((p, v, i) => (v instanceof Doc && Doc.AreProtosEqual(v, doc)) ? i : p, -1);
 
-        ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
+        doc.context = undefined;
+        ContextMenu.Instance?.clearItems();
         if (index !== -1) {
             value.splice(index, 1);
+            targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new List<Doc>(value);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -173,18 +172,19 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
     }
 
     private SubViewHelper = (type: CollectionViewType, renderProps: CollectionRenderProps) => {
-        const props = { ...this.props, ...renderProps, chromeCollapsed: this._collapsed, ChromeHeight: this.chromeHeight, CollectionView: this, annotationsKey: "" };
+        const props: SubCollectionViewProps = { ...this.props, ...renderProps, CollectionView: this, annotationsKey: "" };
         switch (type) {
             case CollectionViewType.Schema: return (<CollectionSchemaView key="collview" {...props} />);
             case CollectionViewType.Docking: return (<CollectionDockingView key="collview" {...props} />);
             case CollectionViewType.Tree: return (<CollectionTreeView key="collview" {...props} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Staff: return (<CollectionStaffView chromeCollapsed={true} key="collview" {...props} ChromeHeight={this.chromeHeight} CollectionView={this} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Multicolumn: return (<CollectionMulticolumnView chromeCollapsed={true} key="collview" {...props} ChromeHeight={this.chromeHeight} CollectionView={this} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Staff: return (<CollectionStaffView key="collview" {...props} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Multicolumn: return (<CollectionMulticolumnView key="collview" {...props} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Multirow: return (<CollectionMultirowView key="rpwview" {...props} />);
             case CollectionViewType.Linear: { return (<CollectionLinearView key="collview" {...props} />); }
             case CollectionViewType.Carousel: { return (<CollectionCarouselView key="collview" {...props} />); }
             case CollectionViewType.Stacking: { this.props.Document.singleColumn = true; return (<CollectionStackingView key="collview" {...props} />); }
             case CollectionViewType.Masonry: { this.props.Document.singleColumn = false; return (<CollectionStackingView key="collview" {...props} />); }
-            case CollectionViewType.Pivot: { return (<CollectionPivotView key="collview" {...props} />); }
+            case CollectionViewType.Time: { return (<CollectionTimeView key="collview" {...props} />); }
             case CollectionViewType.Freeform:
             default: { this.props.Document._freeformLayoutEngine = undefined; return (<CollectionFreeFormView key="collview" {...props} />); }
         }
@@ -192,14 +192,13 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
 
     @action
     private collapse = (value: boolean) => {
-        this._collapsed = value;
         this.props.Document._chromeStatus = value ? "collapsed" : "enabled";
     }
 
     private SubView = (type: CollectionViewType, renderProps: CollectionRenderProps) => {
         // currently cant think of a reason for collection docking view to have a chrome. mind may change if we ever have nested docking views -syip
-        const chrome = this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "disabled" || type === CollectionViewType.Docking ? (null) :
-            <CollectionViewBaseChrome CollectionView={this} key="chrome" type={type} collapse={this.collapse} />;
+        const chrome = this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "disabled" || this.props.Document._chromeStatus === "replaced" || type === CollectionViewType.Docking ? (null) :
+            <CollectionViewBaseChrome CollectionView={this} key="chrome" PanelWidth={this.bodyPanelWidth} type={type} collapse={this.collapse} />;
         return [chrome, this.SubViewHelper(type, renderProps)];
     }
 
@@ -223,9 +222,10 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
             });
             subItems.push({ description: "Staff", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Staff, icon: "music" });
             subItems.push({ description: "Multicolumn", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Multicolumn, icon: "columns" });
+            subItems.push({ description: "Multirow", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Multirow, icon: "columns" });
             subItems.push({ description: "Masonry", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Masonry, icon: "columns" });
             subItems.push({ description: "Carousel", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Carousel, icon: "columns" });
-            subItems.push({ description: "Pivot", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Pivot, icon: "columns" });
+            subItems.push({ description: "Pivot/Time", event: () => this.props.Document._viewType = CollectionViewType.Time, icon: "columns" });
             switch (this.props.Document._viewType) {
                 case CollectionViewType.Freeform: {
                     subItems.push({ description: "Custom", icon: "fingerprint", event: AddCustomFreeFormLayout(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey) });
@@ -239,22 +239,26 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
             const layoutItems = existing && "subitems" in existing ? existing.subitems : [];
             layoutItems.push({ description: `${this.props.Document.forceActive ? "Select" : "Force"} Contents Active`, event: () => this.props.Document.forceActive = !this.props.Document.forceActive, icon: "project-diagram" });
             if (this.props.Document.childLayout instanceof Doc) {
-                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childLayout as Doc, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
+                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childLayout as Doc, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
             if (this.props.Document.childDetailed instanceof Doc) {
-                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Detailed Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childDetailed as Doc, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
+                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Detailed Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childDetailed as Doc, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
             !existing && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Layout...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
 
-            const more = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("More...");
-            const moreItems = more && "subitems" in more ? more.subitems : [];
-            moreItems.push({ description: "Export Image Hierarchy", icon: "columns", event: () => ImageUtils.ExportHierarchyToFileSystem(this.props.Document) });
-            !more && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "More...", subitems: moreItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
+            const open = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("Open...");
+            const openItems = open && "subitems" in open ? open.subitems : [];
+            !open && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open...", subitems: openItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
 
             const existingOnClick = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("OnClick...");
             const onClicks = existingOnClick && "subitems" in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
             onClicks.push({ description: "Edit onChildClick script", icon: "edit", event: (obj: any) => ScriptBox.EditButtonScript("On Child Clicked...", this.props.Document, "onChildClick", obj.x, obj.y) });
             !existingOnClick && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "OnClick...", subitems: onClicks, icon: "hand-point-right" });
+
+            const more = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("More...");
+            const moreItems = more && "subitems" in more ? more.subitems : [];
+            moreItems.push({ description: "Export Image Hierarchy", icon: "columns", event: () => ImageUtils.ExportHierarchyToFileSystem(this.props.Document) });
+            !more && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "More...", subitems: moreItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
         }
     }
 
@@ -274,6 +278,164 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
             onMovePrevRequest={action(() => this._curLightboxImg = (this._curLightboxImg + images.length - 1) % images.length)}
             onMoveNextRequest={action(() => this._curLightboxImg = (this._curLightboxImg + 1) % images.length)} />);
     }
+    @observable _facetWidth = 0;
+
+    bodyPanelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() - this.facetWidth();
+    getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.facetWidth(), 0);
+    facetWidth = () => Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 25, this._facetWidth);
+
+    @computed get dataDoc() {
+        return (this.props.DataDoc && this.props.Document.isTemplateForField ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.DataDoc) :
+            this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? this.props.Document : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)); // if the layout document has a resolvedDataDoc, then we don't want to get its parent which would be the unexpanded template
+    }
+    // The data field for rendering this collection will be on the this.props.Document unless we're rendering a template in which case we try to use props.DataDoc.
+    // When a document has a DataDoc but it's not a template, then it contains its own rendering data, but needs to pass the DataDoc through
+    // to its children which may be templates.
+    // If 'annotationField' is specified, then all children exist on that field of the extension document, otherwise, they exist directly on the data document under 'fieldKey'
+    @computed get dataField() {
+        return this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey];
+    }
+
+    get childLayoutPairs(): { layout: Doc; data: Doc; }[] {
+        const { Document, DataDoc } = this.props;
+        const validPairs = this.childDocs.map(doc => Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(Document, DataDoc, doc)).filter(pair => pair.layout);
+        return validPairs.map(({ data, layout }) => ({ data: data as Doc, layout: layout! })); // this mapping is a bit of a hack to coerce types
+    }
+    get childDocList() {
+        return Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc));
+    }
+    get childDocs() {
+        const dfield = this.dataField;
+        const rawdocs = (dfield instanceof Doc) ? [dfield] : Cast(dfield, listSpec(Doc), Cast(this.props.Document.rootDocument, Doc, null) ? [Cast(this.props.Document.rootDocument, Doc, null)] : []);
+        const docs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise)).map(d => d as Doc);
+        const viewSpecScript = Cast(this.props.Document.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
+        return viewSpecScript ? docs.filter(d => viewSpecScript.script.run({ doc: d }, console.log).result) : docs;
+    }
+    @computed get _allFacets() {
+        const facets = new Set<string>();
+        this.childDocs.filter(child => child).forEach(child => Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(child)).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
+        Doc.AreProtosEqual(this.dataDoc, this.props.Document) && this.childDocs.filter(child => child).forEach(child => Object.keys(child).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
+        return Array.from(facets);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Responds to clicking the check box in the flyout menu
+     */
+    facetClick = (facetHeader: string) => {
+        const facetCollection = this.props.Document;
+        const found = DocListCast(facetCollection[this.props.fieldKey + "-filter"]).findIndex(doc => doc.title === facetHeader);
+        if (found !== -1) {
+            (facetCollection[this.props.fieldKey + "-filter"] as List<Doc>).splice(found, 1);
+            const docFilter = Cast(this.props.Document._docFilters, listSpec("string"));
+            if (docFilter) {
+                let index: number;
+                while ((index = docFilter.findIndex(item => item === facetHeader)) !== -1) {
+                    docFilter.splice(index, 3);
+                }
+            }
+            const docRangeFilters = Cast(this.props.Document._docRangeFilters, listSpec("string"));
+            if (docRangeFilters) {
+                let index: number;
+                while ((index = docRangeFilters.findIndex(item => item === facetHeader)) !== -1) {
+                    docRangeFilters.splice(index, 3);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            const allCollectionDocs = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
+            const facetValues = Array.from(allCollectionDocs.reduce((set, child) =>
+                set.add(Field.toString(child[facetHeader] as Field)), new Set<string>()));
+
+            let nonNumbers = 0;
+            let minVal = Number.MAX_VALUE, maxVal = -Number.MAX_VALUE;
+            facetValues.map(val => {
+                const num = Number(val);
+                if (Number.isNaN(num)) {
+                    nonNumbers++;
+                } else {
+                    minVal = Math.min(num, minVal);
+                    maxVal = Math.max(num, maxVal);
+                }
+            });
+            let newFacet: Opt<Doc>;
+            if (nonNumbers / allCollectionDocs.length < .1) {
+                newFacet = Docs.Create.SliderDocument({ title: facetHeader });
+                const ranged = Doc.readDocRangeFilter(this.props.Document, facetHeader);
+                Doc.GetProto(newFacet).type = DocumentType.COL; // forces item to show an open/close button instead ofa checkbox
+                newFacet.treeViewExpandedView = "layout";
+                newFacet.treeViewOpen = true;
+                newFacet._sliderMin = ranged === undefined ? minVal : ranged[0];
+                newFacet._sliderMax = ranged === undefined ? maxVal : ranged[1];
+                newFacet._sliderMinThumb = minVal;
+                newFacet._sliderMaxThumb = maxVal;
+                newFacet.target = this.props.Document;
+                const scriptText = `setDocFilterRange(this.target, "${facetHeader}", range)`;
+                newFacet.onThumbChanged = ScriptField.MakeScript(scriptText, { this: Doc.name, range: "number" });
+
+                Doc.AddDocToList(facetCollection, this.props.fieldKey + "-filter", newFacet);
+            } else {
+                newFacet = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: facetHeader, treeViewOpen: true, isFacetFilter: true });
+                const capturedVariables = { layoutDoc: this.props.Document, dataDoc: this.dataDoc };
+                const params = { layoutDoc: Doc.name, dataDoc: Doc.name, };
+                newFacet.data = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`readFacetData(layoutDoc, dataDoc, "${this.props.fieldKey}", "${facetHeader}")`, params, capturedVariables);
+            }
+            Doc.AddDocToList(facetCollection, this.props.fieldKey + "-filter", newFacet);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+            this._facetWidth = Math.max(this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, 0)[0], 0);
+            return false;
+        }), returnFalse, action(() => this._facetWidth = this.facetWidth() < 15 ? Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 25, 200) : 0));
+    }
+    filterBackground = () => "dimGray";
+    @computed get scriptField() {
+        const scriptText = "setDocFilter(containingTreeView, heading, this.title, checked)";
+        return ScriptField.MakeScript(scriptText, { this: Doc.name, heading: "string", checked: "string", containingTreeView: Doc.name });
+    }
+    @computed get filterView() {
+        const facetCollection = this.props.Document;
+        const flyout = (
+            <div className="collectionTimeView-flyout" style={{ width: `${this.facetWidth()}`, height: this.props.PanelHeight() - 30 }} onWheel={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                {this._allFacets.map(facet => <label className="collectionTimeView-flyout-item" key={`${facet}`} onClick={e => this.facetClick(facet)}>
+                    <input type="checkbox" onChange={e => { }} checked={DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-filter"]).some(d => d.title === facet)} />
+                    <span className="checkmark" />
+                    {facet}
+                </label>)}
+            </div>
+        );
+        return !this._facetWidth || this.props.dontRegisterView ? (null) :
+            <div className="collectionTimeView-treeView" style={{ width: `${this.facetWidth()}px`, overflow: this.facetWidth() < 15 ? "hidden" : undefined }}>
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-addFacet" style={{ width: `${this.facetWidth()}px` }} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                    <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP} content={flyout}>
+                        <div className="collectionTimeView-button">
+                            <span className="collectionTimeView-span">Facet Filters</span>
+                            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faEdit} size={"lg"} />
+                        </div>
+                    </Flyout>
+                </div>
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-tree" key="tree">
+                    <CollectionTreeView {...this.props}
+                        CollectionView={this}
+                        treeViewHideTitle={true}
+                        treeViewHideHeaderFields={true}
+                        onCheckedClick={this.scriptField!}
+                        ignoreFields={["_facetCollection", "_docFilters"]}
+                        annotationsKey={""}
+                        dontRegisterView={true}
+                        PanelWidth={this.facetWidth}
+                        DataDoc={facetCollection}
+                        Document={facetCollection}
+                        backgroundColor={this.filterBackground}
+                        fieldKey={`${this.props.fieldKey}-filter`}
+                        moveDocument={returnFalse}
+                        removeDocument={returnFalse}
+                        addDocument={returnFalse} />
+                </div>
+            </div>;
+    }
+
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const props: CollectionRenderProps = {
@@ -282,21 +444,31 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
             moveDocument: this.moveDocument,
             active: this.active,
             whenActiveChanged: this.whenActiveChanged,
+            PanelWidth: this.bodyPanelWidth
         };
         return (<div className={"collectionView"}
             style={{
                 pointerEvents: this.props.Document.isBackground ? "none" : "all",
-                boxShadow: this.props.Document.isBackground || this.collectionViewType === CollectionViewType.Linear ? undefined : `#9c9396 ${StrCast(this.props.Document.boxShadow, "0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw")}`
+                boxShadow: this.props.Document.isBackground || this.collectionViewType === CollectionViewType.Linear ? undefined :
+                    `${Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeWorkspace, Doc, null)?.darkScheme ? "rgb(30, 32, 31)" : "#9c9396"} ${StrCast(this.props.Document.boxShadow, "0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw")}`
             }}
             onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}>
             {this.showIsTagged()}
-            {this.collectionViewType !== undefined ? this.SubView(this.collectionViewType, props) : (null)}
+            <div style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.facetWidth()}px)`, marginLeft: `${this.facetWidth()}px` }}>
+                {this.collectionViewType !== undefined ? this.SubView(this.collectionViewType, props) : (null)}
+            </div>
             {this.lightbox(DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]).filter(d => d.type === DocumentType.IMG).map(d =>
                 Cast(d.data, ImageField) ?
                     (Cast(d.data, ImageField)!.url.href.indexOf(window.location.origin) === -1) ?
                         Utils.CorsProxy(Cast(d.data, ImageField)!.url.href) : Cast(d.data, ImageField)!.url.href
                     :
                     ""))}
+            {!this.props.isSelected() || this.props.PanelHeight() < 100 ? (null) :
+                <div className="collectionTimeView-dragger" key="dragger" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} style={{ transform: `translate(${this.facetWidth()}px, 0px)` }} >
+                    <span title="library View Dragger" style={{ width: "5px", position: "absolute", top: "0" }} />
+                </div>
+            }
+            {this.filterView}
         </div>);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.scss
index 414bbfc0b..a691b4805 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 @import '~js-datepicker/dist/datepicker.min.css';
 
 .collectionViewChrome-cont {
-    position: relative;
+    position: absolute;
+    width:100%;
     opacity: 0.9;
     z-index: 9001;
     transition: top .5s;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
                 outline-color: black;
                 border: none;
                 padding: 12px 10px 11px 10px;
-                margin-left: 50px;
             }
 
             .collectionViewBaseChrome-viewPicker:active {
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
                 position: absolute;
                 width: 40px;
                 transform-origin: top left;
+                pointer-events: all;
                 // margin-top: 10px;
             }
             .collectionViewBaseChrome-template {
-                margin-left: 10px;
                 display: grid;
                 background: rgb(238, 238, 238);
                 color:grey;
@@ -168,23 +168,26 @@
         }
 
 
-        .collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter-cont,
-        .collectionTreeViewChrome-sectionFilter-cont {
+        .collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField-cont,
+        .collectionTreeViewChrome-pivotField-cont {
             justify-self: right;
             display: flex;
             font-size: 75%;
             letter-spacing: 2px;
 
-            .collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter-label,
-            .collectionTreeViewChrome-sectionFilter-label {
+            .collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField-label,
+            .collectionTreeViewChrome-pivotField-label {
                 vertical-align: center;
-                padding: 10px;
+                padding-left: 10px;
+                padding-top: 10px;
+                padding-bottom: 10px;
             }
 
-            .collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter,
-            .collectionTreeViewChrome-sectionFilter {
+            .collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField,
+            .collectionTreeViewChrome-pivotField {
                 color: white;
-                width: 100px;
+                width:100%;
+                min-width: 100px;
                 text-align: center;
                 background: rgb(238, 238, 238);
 
@@ -209,8 +212,8 @@
             }
         }
 
-        .collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter:hover,
-        .collectionTreeViewChrome-sectionFilter:hover {
+        .collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField:hover,
+        .collectionTreeViewChrome-pivotField:hover {
             cursor: text;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
index 073a30330..2d565d9db 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { Utils, emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
+import { Utils, emptyFunction, setupMoveUpEvents } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface CollectionViewChromeProps {
     CollectionView: CollectionView;
     type: CollectionViewType;
     collapse?: (value: boolean) => any;
+    PanelWidth: () => number;
 }
 
 interface Filter {
@@ -38,25 +39,30 @@ const stopPropagation = (e: React.SyntheticEvent) => e.stopPropagation();
 export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChromeProps> {
     //(!)?\(\(\(doc.(\w+) && \(doc.\w+ as \w+\).includes\(\"(\w+)\"\)
 
+    get target() { return this.props.CollectionView.props.Document; }
     _templateCommand = {
-        title: "=> item view", script: "setChildLayout(this.target, this.source?.[0])", params: ["target", "source"],
+        params: ["target", "source"], title: "=> item view",
+        script: "setChildLayout(this.target, this.source?.[0])",
+        immediate: (source: Doc[]) => Doc.setChildLayout(this.target, source?.[0]),
         initialize: emptyFunction,
-        immediate: (draggedDocs: Doc[]) => Doc.setChildLayout(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document, draggedDocs.length ? draggedDocs[0] : undefined)
     };
     _narrativeCommand = {
-        title: "=> click item view", script: "setChildDetailedLayout(this.target, this.source?.[0])", params: ["target", "source"],
+        params: ["target", "source"], title: "=> click item view",
+        script: "setChildDetailedLayout(this.target, this.source?.[0])",
+        immediate: (source: Doc[]) => Doc.setChildDetailedLayout(this.target, source?.[0]),
         initialize: emptyFunction,
-        immediate: (draggedDocs: Doc[]) => Doc.setChildDetailedLayout(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document, draggedDocs.length ? draggedDocs[0] : undefined)
     };
     _contentCommand = {
-        title: "=> content", script: "getProto(this.target).data = aliasDocs(this.source);", params: ["target", "source"],
+        params: ["target", "source"], title: "=> content",
+        script: "getProto(this.target).data = aliasDocs(this.source);",
+        immediate: (source: Doc[]) => Doc.GetProto(this.target).data = Doc.aliasDocs(source),
         initialize: emptyFunction,
-        immediate: (draggedDocs: Doc[]) => Doc.GetProto(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document).data = new List<Doc>(draggedDocs.map((d: any) => Doc.MakeAlias(d)))
     };
     _viewCommand = {
-        title: "=> saved view", script: "this.target._panX = this.restoredPanX; this.target._panY = this.restoredPanY; this.target.scale = this.restoredScale;", params: ["target"],
-        initialize: (button: Doc) => { button.restoredPanX = this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._panX; button.restoredPanY = this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._panY; button.restoredScale = this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.scale; },
-        immediate: (draggedDocs: Doc[]) => { this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._panX = 0; this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._panY = 0; this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.scale = 1; },
+        params: ["target"], title: "=> saved view",
+        script: "this.target._panX = this.restoredPanX; this.target._panY = this.restoredPanY; this.target.scale = this.restoredScale;",
+        immediate: (source: Doc[]) => { this.target._panX = 0; this.target._panY = 0; this.target.scale = 1; },
+        initialize: (button: Doc) => { button.restoredPanX = this.target._panX; button.restoredPanY = this.target._panY; button.restoredScale = this.target.scale; },
     };
     _freeform_commands = [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand, this._narrativeCommand, this._viewCommand];
     _stacking_commands = [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand];
@@ -70,13 +76,14 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
             case CollectionViewType.Stacking: return this._stacking_commands;
             case CollectionViewType.Masonry: return this._stacking_commands;
             case CollectionViewType.Freeform: return this._freeform_commands;
-            case CollectionViewType.Pivot: return this._freeform_commands;
+            case CollectionViewType.Time: return this._freeform_commands;
             case CollectionViewType.Carousel: return this._freeform_commands;
         }
         return [];
     }
     private _picker: any;
     private _commandRef = React.createRef<HTMLInputElement>();
+    private _viewRef = React.createRef<HTMLInputElement>();
     private _autosuggestRef = React.createRef<Autosuggest>();
     @observable private _currentKey: string = "";
     @observable private _viewSpecsOpen: boolean = false;
@@ -179,7 +186,7 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
     @action closeViewSpecs = () => {
         this._viewSpecsOpen = false;
         document.removeEventListener("pointerdown", this.closeViewSpecs);
-    };
+    }
 
     @action
     openDatePicker = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
@@ -257,11 +264,13 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
     }
 
     subChrome = () => {
+        const collapsed = this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._chromeStatus !== "enabled";
+        if (collapsed) return null;
         switch (this.props.type) {
-            case CollectionViewType.Stacking: return (<CollectionStackingViewChrome key="collchrome" CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Schema: return (<CollectionSchemaViewChrome key="collchrome" CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Tree: return (<CollectionTreeViewChrome key="collchrome" CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Masonry: return (<CollectionStackingViewChrome key="collchrome" CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Stacking: return (<CollectionStackingViewChrome key="collchrome" PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth} CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Schema: return (<CollectionSchemaViewChrome key="collchrome" PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth} CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Tree: return (<CollectionTreeViewChrome key="collchrome" PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth} CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Masonry: return (<CollectionStackingViewChrome key="collchrome" PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth} CollectionView={this.props.CollectionView} type={this.props.type} />);
             default: return null;
         }
     }
@@ -270,32 +279,6 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
         return this.props.CollectionView.props.Document;
     }
 
-    private get pivotKey() {
-        return StrCast(this.document.pivotField);
-    }
-
-    private set pivotKey(value: string) {
-        this.document.pivotField = value;
-    }
-
-    @observable private pivotKeyDisplay = this.pivotKey;
-    getPivotInput = () => {
-        if (StrCast(this.document._freeformLayoutEngine) !== "pivot") {
-            return (null);
-        }
-        return (<input className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewSpecsInput"
-            placeholder="PIVOT ON..."
-            value={this.pivotKeyDisplay}
-            onChange={action((e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => this.pivotKeyDisplay = e.currentTarget.value)}
-            onKeyPress={action((e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-                const value = e.currentTarget.value;
-                if (e.which === 13) {
-                    this.pivotKey = value;
-                    this.pivotKeyDisplay = "";
-                }
-            })} />);
-    }
-
     @action.bound
     clearFilter = () => {
         this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.viewSpecScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction("true", { doc: Doc.name });
@@ -363,8 +346,21 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
     private _startDragPosition: { x: number, y: number } = { x: 0, y: 0 };
     private _sensitivity: number = 16;
 
+    dragViewDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, (e, down, delta) => {
+            const vtype = NumCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._viewType) as CollectionViewType;
+            const c = {
+                params: ["target"], title: CollectionViewType.stringFor(vtype),
+                script: `this.target._viewType = ${NumCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._viewType)}`,
+                immediate: (source: Doc[]) => Doc.setChildLayout(this.target, source?.[0]),
+                initialize: emptyFunction,
+            };
+            DragManager.StartButtonDrag([this._viewRef.current!], c.script, StrCast(c.title),
+                { target: this.props.CollectionView.props.Document }, c.params, c.initialize, e.clientX, e.clientY);
+            return true;
+        }, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+    }
     dragCommandDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-
         this._startDragPosition = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
         document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.dragPointerMove);
         document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.dragPointerUp);
@@ -387,40 +383,52 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
     dragPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.dragPointerMove);
         document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.dragPointerUp);
-
     }
 
     render() {
         const collapsed = this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._chromeStatus !== "enabled";
         return (
-            <div className="collectionViewChrome-cont" style={{ top: collapsed ? -70 : 0, height: collapsed ? 0 : undefined }}>
-                <div className="collectionViewChrome">
+            <div className="collectionViewChrome-cont" style={{
+                top: collapsed ? -70 : 0, height: collapsed ? 0 : undefined,
+                transform: collapsed ? "" : `scale(${Math.min(1, this.props.CollectionView.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale)})`,
+                transformOrigin: "top left",
+                width: `${this.props.PanelWidth() / Math.min(1, this.props.CollectionView.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale)}px`
+            }}>
+                <div className="collectionViewChrome" style={{ border: "unset", pointerEvents: collapsed ? "none" : undefined }}>
                     <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome">
                         <button className="collectionViewBaseChrome-collapse"
                             style={{
                                 top: collapsed ? 70 : 10,
-                                transform: `rotate(${collapsed ? 180 : 0}deg) scale(${collapsed ? 0.5 : 1}) translate(${collapsed ? "-100%, -100%" : "0, 0"})`,
-                                opacity: (collapsed && !this.props.CollectionView.props.isSelected()) ? 0 : 0.9,
+                                transform: `rotate(${collapsed ? 180 : 0}deg) scale(0.5) translate(${collapsed ? "-100%, -100%" : "0, 0"})`,
+                                opacity: 0.9,
+                                display: (collapsed && !this.props.CollectionView.props.isSelected()) ? "none" : undefined,
                                 left: (collapsed ? 0 : "unset"),
                             }}
                             title="Collapse collection chrome" onClick={this.toggleCollapse}>
                             <FontAwesomeIcon icon="caret-up" size="2x" />
                         </button>
-                        <select
-                            className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewPicker"
-                            onPointerDown={stopPropagation}
-                            onChange={this.viewChanged}
-                            value={NumCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._viewType)}>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="1">Freeform</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="2">schema</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="4">Tree</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="5">Stacking</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="6">Masonry</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="7">Multicolumn</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="8">Pivot</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="9">Carousel</option>
-                            <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="10">Linear</option>
-                        </select>
+                        <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome-template" style={{ marginLeft: 25, display: collapsed ? "none" : undefined }}>
+                            <div className="commandEntry-outerDiv" title="drop document to apply or drag to create button" ref={this._viewRef} onPointerDown={this.dragViewDown}>
+                                <div className="commandEntry-drop">
+                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="bullseye" size="2x"></FontAwesomeIcon>
+                                </div>
+                                <select
+                                    className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewPicker"
+                                    onPointerDown={stopPropagation}
+                                    onChange={this.viewChanged}
+                                    value={NumCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._viewType)}>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="1">Freeform</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="2">Schema</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="4">Tree</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="5">Stacking</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="6">Masonry</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="7">MultiCol</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="8">MultiRow</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="9">Pivot/Time</option>
+                                    <option className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewOption" onPointerDown={stopPropagation} value="10">Carousel</option>
+                                </select>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
                         <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome-viewSpecs" title="filter documents to show" style={{ display: collapsed ? "none" : "grid" }}>
                             <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome-filterIcon" onPointerDown={this.openViewSpecs} >
                                 <FontAwesomeIcon icon="filter" size="2x" />
@@ -464,10 +472,10 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
                                 </div>
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                        <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome-template" ref={this.createDropTarget} >
+                        <div className="collectionViewBaseChrome-template" ref={this.createDropTarget} style={{ display: collapsed ? "none" : undefined }}>
                             <div className="commandEntry-outerDiv" title="drop document to apply or drag to create button" ref={this._commandRef} onPointerDown={this.dragCommandDown}>
                                 <div className="commandEntry-drop">
-                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="bullseye" size="2x"></FontAwesomeIcon>
+                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="bullseye" size="2x" />
                                 </div>
                                 <select
                                     className="collectionViewBaseChrome-cmdPicker"
@@ -495,7 +503,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
     @observable private suggestions: string[] = [];
 
     @computed private get descending() { return BoolCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.stackingHeadersSortDescending); }
-    @computed get sectionFilter() { return StrCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.sectionFilter); }
+    @computed get pivotField() { return StrCast(this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._pivotField); }
 
     getKeySuggestions = async (value: string): Promise<string[]> => {
         value = value.toLowerCase();
@@ -533,26 +541,26 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
     }
 
     setValue = (value: string) => {
-        this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.sectionFilter = value;
+        this.props.CollectionView.props.Document._pivotField = value;
         return true;
     }
 
     @action toggleSort = () => { this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.stackingHeadersSortDescending = !this.props.CollectionView.props.Document.stackingHeadersSortDescending; };
-    @action resetValue = () => { this._currentKey = this.sectionFilter; };
+    @action resetValue = () => { this._currentKey = this.pivotField; };
 
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-cont">
-                <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter-cont">
-                    <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter-label">
-                        GROUP ITEMS BY:
+                <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField-cont">
+                    <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField-label">
+                        GROUP BY:
                     </div>
                     <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-sortIcon" onClick={this.toggleSort} style={{ transform: `rotate(${this.descending ? "180" : "0"}deg)` }}>
                         <FontAwesomeIcon icon="caret-up" size="2x" color="white" />
                     </div>
-                    <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-sectionFilter">
+                    <div className="collectionStackingViewChrome-pivotField">
                         <EditableView
-                            GetValue={() => this.sectionFilter}
+                            GetValue={() => this.pivotField}
                             autosuggestProps={
                                 {
                                     resetValue: this.resetValue,
@@ -574,7 +582,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
                                 }}
                             oneLine
                             SetValue={this.setValue}
-                            contents={this.sectionFilter ? this.sectionFilter : "N/A"}
+                            contents={this.pivotField ? this.pivotField : "N/A"}
                         />
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.scss b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.scss
index a266861bd..4e704b58f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.scss
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     pointer-events: all; 
     position: relative;
     display: inline-block;
+    svg {
+        width:20px !important;
+        height:20px;
+    }
 }
 .parentDocumentSelector-metadata {
     pointer-events: auto;
@@ -46,8 +50,7 @@
     div {
         overflow: visible !important;
     }
-    position: absolute; 
     display: inline-block; 
-    padding-left: 5px; 
-    padding-right: 5px;
+    width:100%;
+    height:100%;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
index 115f8d633..35e3a8958 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import './ParentDocumentSelector.scss';
 import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { observable, action, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { observable, action, runInAction, trace, computed } from "mobx";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { SearchUtil } from "../../util/SearchUtil";
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "./CollectionDockingView";
@@ -11,21 +11,20 @@ import { CollectionViewType } from "./CollectionView";
 import { DocumentButtonBar } from "../DocumentButtonBar";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { faEdit, faChevronCircleUp } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+import { faCog, faChevronCircleUp } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { library } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
-import { MetadataEntryMenu } from "../MetadataEntryMenu";
 import { DocumentView } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
+import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
 const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 
-library.add(faEdit);
+library.add(faCog);
 
 type SelectorProps = {
     Document: Doc,
-    Views: DocumentView[],
     Stack?: any,
-    addDocTab(doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, location: string): void
+    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: string): void
 };
 
 @observer
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ export class SelectorContextMenu extends React.Component<SelectorProps> {
                 col._panX = newPanX;
                 col._panY = newPanY;
             }
-            this.props.addDocTab(col, undefined, "inTab"); // bcz: dataDoc?
+            this.props.addDocTab(col, "inTab"); // bcz: dataDoc?
         };
     }
 
@@ -79,13 +78,12 @@ export class SelectorContextMenu extends React.Component<SelectorProps> {
 export class ParentDocSelector extends React.Component<SelectorProps> {
     render() {
         const flyout = (
-            <div className="parentDocumentSelector-flyout" style={{}} title=" ">
+            <div className="parentDocumentSelector-flyout" title=" ">
                 <SelectorContextMenu {...this.props} />
             </div>
         );
-        return <div title="Tap to View Contexts/Metadata" onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} className="parentDocumentSelector-linkFlyout">
-            <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP}
-                content={flyout}>
+        return <div title="Show Contexts" onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} className="parentDocumentSelector-linkFlyout">
+            <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP} content={flyout}>
                 <span className="parentDocumentSelector-button" >
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronCircleUp} size={"lg"} />
                 </span>
@@ -95,14 +93,9 @@ export class ParentDocSelector extends React.Component<SelectorProps> {
 }
 
 @observer
-export class ButtonSelector extends React.Component<{ Document: Doc, Stack: any }> {
+export class DockingViewButtonSelector extends React.Component<{ views: DocumentView[], Stack: any }> {
     @observable hover = false;
 
-    @action
-    onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        this.hover = !this.hover;
-        e.stopPropagation();
-    }
     customStylesheet(styles: any) {
         return {
             ...styles,
@@ -113,16 +106,20 @@ export class ButtonSelector extends React.Component<{ Document: Doc, Stack: any
         };
     }
 
-    render() {
-        const view = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.props.Document);
-        const flyout = (
+    @computed get flyout() {
+        trace();
+        return (
             <div className="ParentDocumentSelector-flyout" title=" ">
-                <DocumentButtonBar views={[view]} stack={this.props.Stack} />
+                <DocumentButtonBar views={this.props.views} stack={this.props.Stack} />
             </div>
         );
-        return <span title="Tap for menu" onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} className="buttonSelector">
-            <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP} content={flyout} stylesheet={this.customStylesheet}>
-                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faEdit} size={"sm"} />
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        trace();
+        return <span title="Tap for menu, drag tab as document" onPointerDown={e => { this.props.views[0].select(false); e.stopPropagation(); }} className="buttonSelector">
+            <Flyout anchorPoint={anchorPoints.LEFT_TOP} content={this.flyout} stylesheet={this.customStylesheet}>
+                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"cog"} size={"sm"} />
             </Flyout>
         </span>;
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
index be1317b25..bd4db89ec 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
@@ -1,82 +1,171 @@
 import { Doc, Field, FieldResult } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { NumCast, StrCast, Cast, DateCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { NumCast, StrCast, Cast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { ScriptBox } from "../../ScriptBox";
 import { CompileScript } from "../../../util/Scripting";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
 import { OverlayView, OverlayElementOptions } from "../../OverlayView";
-import { emptyFunction } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, aggregateBounds } from "../../../../Utils";
 import React = require("react");
-import { ObservableMap, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { Id, ToString } from "../../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { ObjectField } from "../../../../new_fields/ObjectField";
 import { RefField } from "../../../../new_fields/RefField";
 
-interface PivotData {
+export interface ViewDefBounds {
     type: string;
-    text: string;
+    text?: string;
     x: number;
     y: number;
-    width: number;
-    height: number;
-    fontSize: number;
+    z?: number;
+    zIndex?: number;
+    width?: number;
+    height?: number;
+    transition?: string;
+    fontSize?: number;
+    highlight?: boolean;
+    color?: string;
+    payload: any;
 }
 
-export interface ViewDefBounds {
-    x: number;
-    y: number;
+export interface PoolData {
+    x?: number;
+    y?: number;
     z?: number;
-    width: number;
-    height: number;
+    zIndex?: number;
+    width?: number;
+    height?: number;
+    color?: string;
     transition?: string;
+    highlight?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ViewDefResult {
     ele: JSX.Element;
     bounds?: ViewDefBounds;
 }
-
 function toLabel(target: FieldResult<Field>) {
+    if (typeof target === "number" || Number(target)) {
+        const truncated = Number(Number(target).toFixed(0));
+        const precise = Number(Number(target).toFixed(2));
+        return truncated === precise ? Number(target).toFixed(0) : Number(target).toFixed(2);
+    }
     if (target instanceof ObjectField || target instanceof RefField) {
         return target[ToString]();
     }
     return String(target);
 }
+/**
+ * Uses canvas.measureText to compute and return the width of the given text of given font in pixels.
+ * 
+ * @param {String} text The text to be rendered.
+ * @param {String} font The css font descriptor that text is to be rendered with (e.g. "bold 14px verdana").
+ * 
+ * @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/118241/calculate-text-width-with-javascript/21015393#21015393
+ */
+function getTextWidth(text: string, font: string): number {
+    // re-use canvas object for better performance
+    const canvas = (getTextWidth as any).canvas || ((getTextWidth as any).canvas = document.createElement("canvas"));
+    const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
+    context.font = font;
+    const metrics = context.measureText(text);
+    return metrics.width;
+}
+
+interface PivotColumn {
+    docs: Doc[];
+    filters: string[];
+}
+
 
-export function computePivotLayout(poolData: ObservableMap<string, any>, pivotDoc: Doc, childDocs: Doc[], childPairs: { layout: Doc, data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: any) => ViewDefResult[]) {
-    const pivotAxisWidth = NumCast(pivotDoc.pivotWidth, 200);
-    const pivotColumnGroups = new Map<FieldResult<Field>, Doc[]>();
+export function computePivotLayout(
+    poolData: Map<string, PoolData>,
+    pivotDoc: Doc,
+    childDocs: Doc[],
+    filterDocs: Doc[],
+    childPairs: { layout: Doc, data?: Doc }[],
+    panelDim: number[],
+    viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[]
+) {
+    const fieldKey = "data";
+    const pivotColumnGroups = new Map<FieldResult<Field>, PivotColumn>();
 
-    const pivotFieldKey = toLabel(pivotDoc.pivotField);
-    for (const doc of childDocs) {
+    const pivotFieldKey = toLabel(pivotDoc._pivotField);
+    for (const doc of filterDocs) {
         const val = Field.toString(doc[pivotFieldKey] as Field);
         if (val) {
-            !pivotColumnGroups.get(val) && pivotColumnGroups.set(val, []);
-            pivotColumnGroups.get(val)!.push(doc);
+            !pivotColumnGroups.get(val) && pivotColumnGroups.set(val, { docs: [], filters: [val] });
+            pivotColumnGroups.get(val)!.docs.push(doc);
+        }
+    }
+    let nonNumbers = 0;
+    childDocs.map(doc => {
+        const num = toNumber(doc[pivotFieldKey]);
+        if (num === undefined || Number.isNaN(num)) {
+            nonNumbers++;
+        }
+    });
+    const pivotNumbers = nonNumbers / childDocs.length < .1;
+    if (pivotColumnGroups.size > 10) {
+        const arrayofKeys = Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.keys());
+        const sortedKeys = pivotNumbers ? arrayofKeys.sort((n1: FieldResult, n2: FieldResult) => toNumber(n1)! - toNumber(n2)!) : arrayofKeys.sort();
+        const clusterSize = Math.ceil(pivotColumnGroups.size / 10);
+        const numClusters = Math.ceil(sortedKeys.length / clusterSize);
+        for (let i = 0; i < numClusters; i++) {
+            for (let j = i * clusterSize + 1; j < Math.min(sortedKeys.length, (i + 1) * clusterSize); j++) {
+                const curgrp = pivotColumnGroups.get(sortedKeys[i * clusterSize])!;
+                const newgrp = pivotColumnGroups.get(sortedKeys[j])!;
+                curgrp.docs.push(...newgrp.docs);
+                curgrp.filters.push(...newgrp.filters);
+                pivotColumnGroups.delete(sortedKeys[j]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    const fontSize = NumCast(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineFontSize"], panelDim[1] > 58 ? 20 : Math.max(7, panelDim[1] / 3));
+    const desc = `${fontSize}px ${getComputedStyle(document.body).fontFamily}`;
+    const textlen = Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.keys()).map(c => getTextWidth(toLabel(c), desc)).reduce((p, c) => Math.max(p, c), 0 as number);
+    const max_text = Math.min(Math.ceil(textlen / 120) * 28, panelDim[1] / 2);
+    const maxInColumn = Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.values()).reduce((p, s) => Math.max(p, s.docs.length), 1);
+
+    const colWidth = panelDim[0] / pivotColumnGroups.size;
+    const colHeight = panelDim[1] - max_text;
+    let numCols = 0;
+    let bestArea = 0;
+    let pivotAxisWidth = 0;
+    for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+        const numInCol = Math.ceil(maxInColumn / i);
+        const hd = colHeight / numInCol;
+        const wd = colWidth / i;
+        const dim = Math.min(hd, wd);
+        if (dim > bestArea) {
+            bestArea = dim;
+            numCols = i;
+            pivotAxisWidth = dim;
         }
     }
 
-    const minSize = Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.entries()).reduce((min, pair) => Math.min(min, pair[1].length), Infinity);
-    let numCols = NumCast(pivotDoc.pivotNumColumns, Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(minSize)));
     const docMap = new Map<Doc, ViewDefBounds>();
-    const groupNames: PivotData[] = [];
-    numCols = Math.min(panelDim[0] / pivotAxisWidth, numCols);
+    const groupNames: ViewDefBounds[] = [];
 
     const expander = 1.05;
     const gap = .15;
+    const maxColHeight = pivotAxisWidth * expander * Math.ceil(maxInColumn / numCols);
     let x = 0;
-    pivotColumnGroups.forEach((val, key) => {
+    const sortedPivotKeys = pivotNumbers ? Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.keys()).sort((n1: FieldResult, n2: FieldResult) => toNumber(n1)! - toNumber(n2)!) : Array.from(pivotColumnGroups.keys()).sort();
+    sortedPivotKeys.forEach(key => {
+        const val = pivotColumnGroups.get(key)!;
         let y = 0;
         let xCount = 0;
+        const text = toLabel(key);
         groupNames.push({
             type: "text",
-            text: toLabel(key),
+            text,
             x,
-            y: pivotAxisWidth + 50,
+            y: pivotAxisWidth,
             width: pivotAxisWidth * expander * numCols,
-            height: NumCast(pivotDoc.pivotFontSize, 10),
-            fontSize: NumCast(pivotDoc.pivotFontSize, 10)
+            height: max_text,
+            fontSize,
+            payload: val
         });
-        for (const doc of val) {
+        for (const doc of val.docs) {
             const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
             let wid = pivotAxisWidth;
             let hgt = layoutDoc._nativeWidth ? (NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth)) * pivotAxisWidth : pivotAxisWidth;
@@ -85,10 +174,12 @@ export function computePivotLayout(poolData: ObservableMap<string, any>, pivotDo
                 wid = layoutDoc._nativeHeight ? (NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight)) * pivotAxisWidth : pivotAxisWidth;
             }
             docMap.set(doc, {
-                x: x + xCount * pivotAxisWidth * expander + (pivotAxisWidth - wid) / 2 + (val.length < numCols ? (numCols - val.length) * pivotAxisWidth / 2 : 0),
-                y: -y,
+                type: "doc",
+                x: x + xCount * pivotAxisWidth * expander + (pivotAxisWidth - wid) / 2 + (val.docs.length < numCols ? (numCols - val.docs.length) * pivotAxisWidth / 2 : 0),
+                y: -y + (pivotAxisWidth - hgt) / 2,
                 width: wid,
-                height: hgt
+                height: hgt,
+                payload: undefined
             });
             xCount++;
             if (xCount >= numCols) {
@@ -99,21 +190,168 @@ export function computePivotLayout(poolData: ObservableMap<string, any>, pivotDo
         x += pivotAxisWidth * (numCols * expander + gap);
     });
 
-    childPairs.map(pair => {
-        const defaultPosition = {
-            x: NumCast(pair.layout.x),
-            y: NumCast(pair.layout.y),
-            z: NumCast(pair.layout.z),
-            width: NumCast(pair.layout._width),
-            height: NumCast(pair.layout._height)
-        };
-        const pos = docMap.get(pair.layout) || defaultPosition;
-        const data = poolData.get(pair.layout[Id]);
-        if (!data || pos.x !== data.x || pos.y !== data.y || pos.z !== data.z || pos.width !== data.width || pos.height !== data.height) {
-            runInAction(() => poolData.set(pair.layout[Id], { transition: "transform 1s", ...pos }));
+    const dividers = sortedPivotKeys.map((key, i) =>
+        ({ type: "div", color: "lightGray", x: i * pivotAxisWidth * (numCols * expander + gap) - pivotAxisWidth * (expander - 1) / 2, y: -maxColHeight + pivotAxisWidth, width: pivotAxisWidth * numCols * expander, height: maxColHeight, payload: pivotColumnGroups.get(key)!.filters }));
+    groupNames.push(...dividers);
+    return normalizeResults(panelDim, max_text, childPairs, docMap, poolData, viewDefsToJSX, groupNames, 0, [], childDocs.filter(c => !filterDocs.includes(c)));
+}
+
+function toNumber(val: FieldResult<Field>) {
+    return val === undefined ? undefined : NumCast(val, Number(StrCast(val)));
+}
+
+export function computeTimelineLayout(
+    poolData: Map<string, PoolData>,
+    pivotDoc: Doc,
+    childDocs: Doc[],
+    filterDocs: Doc[],
+    childPairs: { layout: Doc, data?: Doc }[],
+    panelDim: number[],
+    viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[]
+) {
+    const fieldKey = "data";
+    const pivotDateGroups = new Map<number, Doc[]>();
+    const docMap = new Map<Doc, ViewDefBounds>();
+    const groupNames: ViewDefBounds[] = [];
+    const timelineFieldKey = Field.toString(pivotDoc._pivotField as Field);
+    const curTime = toNumber(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineCur"]);
+    const curTimeSpan = Cast(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineSpan"], "number", null);
+    const minTimeReq = curTimeSpan === undefined ? Cast(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], "number", null) : curTime && (curTime - curTimeSpan);
+    const maxTimeReq = curTimeSpan === undefined ? Cast(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], "number", null) : curTime && (curTime + curTimeSpan);
+    const fontSize = NumCast(pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineFontSize"], panelDim[1] > 58 ? 20 : Math.max(7, panelDim[1] / 3));
+    const fontHeight = panelDim[1] > 58 ? 30 : panelDim[1] / 2;
+    const findStack = (time: number, stack: number[]) => {
+        const index = stack.findIndex(val => val === undefined || val < x);
+        return index === -1 ? stack.length : index;
+    };
+
+    let minTime = minTimeReq === undefined ? Number.MAX_VALUE : minTimeReq;
+    let maxTime = maxTimeReq === undefined ? -Number.MAX_VALUE : maxTimeReq;
+    filterDocs.map(doc => {
+        const num = NumCast(doc[timelineFieldKey], Number(StrCast(doc[timelineFieldKey])));
+        if (!Number.isNaN(num) && (!minTimeReq || num >= minTimeReq) && (!maxTimeReq || num <= maxTimeReq)) {
+            !pivotDateGroups.get(num) && pivotDateGroups.set(num, []);
+            pivotDateGroups.get(num)!.push(doc);
+            minTime = Math.min(num, minTime);
+            maxTime = Math.max(num, maxTime);
         }
     });
-    return { elements: viewDefsToJSX(groupNames) };
+    if (curTime !== undefined) {
+        if (curTime > maxTime || curTime - minTime > maxTime - curTime) {
+            maxTime = curTime + (curTime - minTime);
+        } else {
+            minTime = curTime - (maxTime - curTime);
+        }
+    }
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineMin"] = minTime = minTimeReq ? Math.min(minTimeReq, minTime) : minTime;
+        pivotDoc[fieldKey + "-timelineMax"] = maxTime = maxTimeReq ? Math.max(maxTimeReq, maxTime) : maxTime;
+    }, 0);
+
+    if (maxTime === minTime) {
+        maxTime = minTime + 1;
+    }
+
+    const arrayofKeys = Array.from(pivotDateGroups.keys());
+    const sortedKeys = arrayofKeys.sort((n1, n2) => n1 - n2);
+    const scaling = panelDim[0] / (maxTime - minTime);
+    let x = 0;
+    let prevKey = Math.floor(minTime);
+
+    if (sortedKeys.length && scaling * (sortedKeys[0] - prevKey) > 25) {
+        groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(prevKey), x: x, y: 0, height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: undefined });
+    }
+    if (!sortedKeys.length && curTime !== undefined) {
+        groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(curTime), x: (curTime - minTime) * scaling, zIndex: 1000, color: "orange", y: 0, height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: undefined });
+    }
+
+    const pivotAxisWidth = NumCast(pivotDoc.pivotTimeWidth, panelDim[1] / 2.5);
+    const stacking: number[] = [];
+    let zind = 0;
+    sortedKeys.forEach(key => {
+        if (curTime !== undefined && curTime > prevKey && curTime <= key) {
+            groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(curTime), x: (curTime - minTime) * scaling, y: 0, zIndex: 1000, color: "orange", height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: key });
+        }
+        const keyDocs = pivotDateGroups.get(key)!;
+        x += scaling * (key - prevKey);
+        const stack = findStack(x, stacking);
+        prevKey = key;
+        if (!stack && (curTime === undefined || Math.abs(x - (curTime - minTime) * scaling) > pivotAxisWidth)) {
+            groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(key), x: x, y: stack * 25, height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: undefined });
+        }
+        layoutDocsAtTime(keyDocs, key);
+    });
+    if (sortedKeys.length && curTime !== undefined && curTime > sortedKeys[sortedKeys.length - 1]) {
+        x = (curTime - minTime) * scaling;
+        groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(curTime), x: x, y: 0, zIndex: 1000, color: "orange", height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: undefined });
+    }
+    if (Math.ceil(maxTime - minTime) * scaling > x + 25) {
+        groupNames.push({ type: "text", text: toLabel(Math.ceil(maxTime)), x: Math.ceil(maxTime - minTime) * scaling, y: 0, height: fontHeight, fontSize, payload: undefined });
+    }
+
+    const divider = { type: "div", color: Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeWorkspace, Doc, null)?.darkScheme ? "dimGray" : "black", x: 0, y: 0, width: panelDim[0], height: -1, payload: undefined };
+    return normalizeResults(panelDim, fontHeight, childPairs, docMap, poolData, viewDefsToJSX, groupNames, (maxTime - minTime) * scaling, [divider], childDocs.filter(c => !filterDocs.includes(c)));
+
+    function layoutDocsAtTime(keyDocs: Doc[], key: number) {
+        keyDocs.forEach(doc => {
+            const stack = findStack(x, stacking);
+            const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+            let wid = pivotAxisWidth;
+            let hgt = layoutDoc._nativeWidth ? (NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth)) * pivotAxisWidth : pivotAxisWidth;
+            if (hgt > pivotAxisWidth) {
+                hgt = pivotAxisWidth;
+                wid = layoutDoc._nativeHeight ? (NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeWidth) / NumCast(layoutDoc._nativeHeight)) * pivotAxisWidth : pivotAxisWidth;
+            }
+            docMap.set(doc, {
+                type: "doc",
+                x: x, y: -Math.sqrt(stack) * pivotAxisWidth / 2 - pivotAxisWidth + (pivotAxisWidth - hgt) / 2,
+                zIndex: (curTime === key ? 1000 : zind++), highlight: curTime === key, width: wid / (Math.max(stack, 1)), height: hgt / (Math.max(stack, 1)), payload: undefined
+            });
+            stacking[stack] = x + pivotAxisWidth;
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+function normalizeResults(panelDim: number[], fontHeight: number, childPairs: { data?: Doc, layout: Doc }[], docMap: Map<Doc, ViewDefBounds>,
+    poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], groupNames: ViewDefBounds[], minWidth: number, extras: ViewDefBounds[],
+    extraDocs: Doc[]): ViewDefResult[] {
+
+    const grpEles = groupNames.map(gn => ({ x: gn.x, y: gn.y, width: gn.width, height: gn.height }) as ViewDefBounds);
+    const docEles = childPairs.filter(d => docMap.get(d.layout)).map(pair => docMap.get(pair.layout) as ViewDefBounds);
+    const aggBounds = aggregateBounds(docEles.concat(grpEles), 0, 0);
+    aggBounds.r = Math.max(minWidth, aggBounds.r - aggBounds.x);
+    const wscale = panelDim[0] / (aggBounds.r - aggBounds.x);
+    let scale = wscale * (aggBounds.b - aggBounds.y) > panelDim[1] ? (panelDim[1]) / (aggBounds.b - aggBounds.y) : wscale;
+    if (Number.isNaN(scale)) scale = 1;
+
+    childPairs.filter(d => docMap.get(d.layout)).map(pair => {
+        const newPosRaw = docMap.get(pair.layout);
+        if (newPosRaw) {
+            const newPos = {
+                x: newPosRaw.x * scale,
+                y: newPosRaw.y * scale,
+                z: newPosRaw.z,
+                highlight: newPosRaw.highlight,
+                zIndex: newPosRaw.zIndex,
+                width: (newPosRaw.width || 0) * scale,
+                height: newPosRaw.height! * scale
+            };
+            poolData.set(pair.layout[Id], { transition: "transform 1s", ...newPos });
+        }
+    });
+    extraDocs.map(ed => poolData.set(ed[Id], { x: 0, y: 0, zIndex: -99 }));
+
+    return viewDefsToJSX(extras.concat(groupNames).map(gname => ({
+        type: gname.type,
+        text: gname.text,
+        x: gname.x * scale,
+        y: gname.y * scale,
+        color: gname.color,
+        width: gname.width === undefined ? undefined : gname.width * scale,
+        height: gname.height === -1 ? 1 : gname.type === "text" ? Math.max(fontHeight * scale, (gname.height || 0) * scale) : (gname.height || 0) * scale,
+        fontSize: gname.fontSize,
+        payload: gname.payload
+    })));
 }
 
 export function AddCustomFreeFormLayout(doc: Doc, dataKey: string): () => void {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index b8fbaef5c..a33146388 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
                 // really hacky stuff to make the DocuLinkBox display where we want it to:
                 //   if there's an element in the DOM with the id of the opposite anchor, then that DOM element is a hyperlink source for the current anchor and we want to place our link box at it's top right
                 //   otherwise, we just use the computed nearest point on the document boundary to the target Document
-                const targetAhyperlink = window.document.getElementById((this.props.LinkDocs[0][afield] as Doc)[Id]);
-                const targetBhyperlink = window.document.getElementById((this.props.LinkDocs[0][bfield] as Doc)[Id]);
+                const targetAhyperlink = window.document.getElementById(this.props.LinkDocs[0][Id] + (this.props.LinkDocs[0][afield] as Doc)[Id]);
+                const targetBhyperlink = window.document.getElementById(this.props.LinkDocs[0][Id] + (this.props.LinkDocs[0][bfield] as Doc)[Id]);
                 if (!targetBhyperlink) {
                     this.props.A.props.Document[afield + "_x"] = (apt.point.x - abounds.left) / abounds.width * 100;
                     this.props.A.props.Document[afield + "_y"] = (apt.point.y - abounds.top) / abounds.height * 100;
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
                         (this.props.B.props.Document[(this.props.B.props as any).fieldKey] as Doc);
                         const m = targetAhyperlink.getBoundingClientRect();
                         const mp = this.props.B.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(m.right, m.top + 5);
-                        this.props.B.props.Document[afield + "_x"] = mp[0] / this.props.B.props.PanelWidth() * 100;
-                        this.props.B.props.Document[afield + "_y"] = mp[1] / this.props.B.props.PanelHeight() * 100;
+                        this.props.B.props.Document[bfield + "_x"] = mp[0] / this.props.B.props.PanelWidth() * 100;
+                        this.props.B.props.Document[bfield + "_y"] = mp[1] / this.props.B.props.PanelHeight() * 100;
                     }, 0);
                 }
             })
@@ -95,10 +95,15 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const pt2 = [bpt.point.x, bpt.point.y];
         const aActive = this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document);
         const bActive = this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document);
-        return !aActive && !bActive ? (null) :
+        const text = StrCast(this.props.A.props.Document.linkRelationship);
+        return !aActive && !bActive ? (null) : (<>
+            <text x={(pt1[0] + pt2[0]) / 2} y={(pt1[1] + pt2[1]) / 2}>
+                {text !== "-ungrouped-" ? text : ""}
+            </text>
             <line key="linkLine" className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine"
                 style={{ opacity: this._opacity, strokeDasharray: "2 2" }}
                 x1={`${pt1[0]}`} y1={`${pt1[1]}`}
-                x2={`${pt2[0]}`} y2={`${pt2[1]}`} />;
+                x2={`${pt2[0]}`} y2={`${pt2[1]}`} />
+        </>);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
index 044d35eca..49ca024a2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { computed, IReactionDisposer } from "mobx";
+import { computed } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
@@ -7,69 +7,12 @@ import { DocumentView } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
 import "./CollectionFreeFormLinksView.scss";
 import { CollectionFreeFormLinkView } from "./CollectionFreeFormLinkView";
 import React = require("react");
-import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { Utils, emptyFunction } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../../documents/DocumentTypes";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component {
-
-    _brushReactionDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
-    componentDidMount() {
-        // this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(
-        //     () => {
-        //         let doclist = DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
-        //         return { doclist: doclist ? doclist : [], xs: doclist.map(d => d.x) };
-        //     },
-        //     () => {
-        //         let doclist = DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
-        //         let views = doclist ? doclist.filter(doc => StrCast(doc.backgroundLayout).indexOf("istogram") !== -1) : [];
-        //         views.forEach((dstDoc, i) => {
-        //             views.forEach((srcDoc, j) => {
-        //                 let dstTarg = dstDoc;
-        //                 let srcTarg = srcDoc;
-        //                 let x1 = NumCast(srcDoc.x);
-        //                 let x2 = NumCast(dstDoc.x);
-        //                 let x1w = NumCast(srcDoc.width, -1);
-        //                 let x2w = NumCast(dstDoc.width, -1);
-        //                 if (x1w < 0 || x2w < 0 || i === j) { }
-        //                 else {
-        //                     let findBrush = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => field.findIndex(brush => {
-        //                         let bdocs = brush instanceof Doc ? Cast(brush.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []) : undefined;
-        //                         return bdocs && bdocs.length && ((bdocs[0] === dstTarg && bdocs[1] === srcTarg)) ? true : false;
-        //                     });
-        //                     let brushAction = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => {
-        //                         let found = findBrush(field);
-        //                         if (found !== -1) {
-        //                             field.splice(found, 1);
-        //                         }
-        //                     };
-        //                     if (Math.abs(x1 + x1w - x2) < 20) {
-        //                         let linkDoc: Doc = new Doc();
-        //                         linkDoc.title = "Histogram Brush";
-        //                         linkDoc.linkDescription = "Brush between " + StrCast(srcTarg.title) + " and " + StrCast(dstTarg.Title);
-        //                         linkDoc.brushingDocs = new List([dstTarg, srcTarg]);
-
-        //                         brushAction = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => {
-        //                             if (findBrush(field) === -1) {
-        //                                 field.push(linkDoc);
-        //                             }
-        //                         };
-        //                     }
-        //                     if (dstTarg.brushingDocs === undefined) dstTarg.brushingDocs = new List<Doc>();
-        //                     if (srcTarg.brushingDocs === undefined) srcTarg.brushingDocs = new List<Doc>();
-        //                     let dstBrushDocs = Cast(dstTarg.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []);
-        //                     let srcBrushDocs = Cast(srcTarg.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []);
-        //                     brushAction(dstBrushDocs);
-        //                     brushAction(srcBrushDocs);
-        //                 }
-        //             });
-        //         });
-        //     });
-    }
-    componentWillUnmount() {
-        this._brushReactionDisposer && this._brushReactionDisposer();
-    }
     @computed
     get uniqueConnections() {
         const connections = DocumentManager.Instance.LinkedDocumentViews.reduce((drawnPairs, connection) => {
@@ -86,8 +29,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component {
             }
             return drawnPairs;
         }, [] as { a: DocumentView, b: DocumentView, l: Doc[] }[]);
-        return connections.filter(c => c.a.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK) // get rid of the filter to show links to documents in addition to document anchors
-            .map(c => <CollectionFreeFormLinkView key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} A={c.a} B={c.b} LinkDocs={c.l} />);
+        return connections.filter(c =>
+            c.a.props.layoutKey && c.b.props.layoutKey && c.a.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK &&
+            c.a.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction && c.b.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction // this prevents links to be drawn to anchors in CollectionTree views -- this is a hack that should be fixed
+        ).map(c => <CollectionFreeFormLinkView key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} A={c.a} B={c.b} LinkDocs={c.l} />);
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -98,4 +43,60 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component {
             {this.props.children}
         </div>;
     }
+    // _brushReactionDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
+    // componentDidMount() {
+    //     this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(
+    //         () => {
+    //             let doclist = DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
+    //             return { doclist: doclist ? doclist : [], xs: doclist.map(d => d.x) };
+    //         },
+    //         () => {
+    //             let doclist = DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
+    //             let views = doclist ? doclist.filter(doc => StrCast(doc.backgroundLayout).indexOf("istogram") !== -1) : [];
+    //             views.forEach((dstDoc, i) => {
+    //                 views.forEach((srcDoc, j) => {
+    //                     let dstTarg = dstDoc;
+    //                     let srcTarg = srcDoc;
+    //                     let x1 = NumCast(srcDoc.x);
+    //                     let x2 = NumCast(dstDoc.x);
+    //                     let x1w = NumCast(srcDoc.width, -1);
+    //                     let x2w = NumCast(dstDoc.width, -1);
+    //                     if (x1w < 0 || x2w < 0 || i === j) { }
+    //                     else {
+    //                         let findBrush = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => field.findIndex(brush => {
+    //                             let bdocs = brush instanceof Doc ? Cast(brush.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []) : undefined;
+    //                             return bdocs && bdocs.length && ((bdocs[0] === dstTarg && bdocs[1] === srcTarg)) ? true : false;
+    //                         });
+    //                         let brushAction = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => {
+    //                             let found = findBrush(field);
+    //                             if (found !== -1) {
+    //                                 field.splice(found, 1);
+    //                             }
+    //                         };
+    //                         if (Math.abs(x1 + x1w - x2) < 20) {
+    //                             let linkDoc: Doc = new Doc();
+    //                             linkDoc.title = "Histogram Brush";
+    //                             linkDoc.linkDescription = "Brush between " + StrCast(srcTarg.title) + " and " + StrCast(dstTarg.Title);
+    //                             linkDoc.brushingDocs = new List([dstTarg, srcTarg]);
+
+    //                             brushAction = (field: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[]) => {
+    //                                 if (findBrush(field) === -1) {
+    //                                     field.push(linkDoc);
+    //                                 }
+    //                             };
+    //                         }
+    //                         if (dstTarg.brushingDocs === undefined) dstTarg.brushingDocs = new List<Doc>();
+    //                         if (srcTarg.brushingDocs === undefined) srcTarg.brushingDocs = new List<Doc>();
+    //                         let dstBrushDocs = Cast(dstTarg.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []);
+    //                         let srcBrushDocs = Cast(srcTarg.brushingDocs, listSpec(Doc), []);
+    //                         brushAction(dstBrushDocs);
+    //                         brushAction(srcBrushDocs);
+    //                     }
+    //                 });
+    //             });
+    //         });
+    // }
+    // componentWillUnmount() {
+    //     this._brushReactionDisposer?.();
+    // }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
index bb9ae4326..92fa2781c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
@@ -8,74 +8,65 @@ import { CollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
 import "./CollectionFreeFormView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
 import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
+import { computed } from "mobx";
+import { FieldResult } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
 
-    protected getCursors(): CursorField[] {
+    @computed protected get cursors(): CursorField[] {
         const doc = this.props.Document;
 
-        const id = CurrentUserUtils.id;
-        if (!id) {
+        let cursors: FieldResult<List<CursorField>>;
+        const { id } = CurrentUserUtils;
+        if (!id || !(cursors = Cast(doc.cursors, listSpec(CursorField)))) {
             return [];
         }
-
-        const cursors = Cast(doc.cursors, listSpec(CursorField));
-
         const now = mobxUtils.now();
-        // const now = Date.now();
-        return (cursors || []).filter(cursor => cursor.data.metadata.id !== id && (now - cursor.data.metadata.timestamp) < 1000);
+        return (cursors || []).filter(({ data: { metadata } }) => metadata.id !== id && (now - metadata.timestamp) < 1000);
     }
 
-    private crosshairs?: HTMLCanvasElement;
-    drawCrosshairs = (backgroundColor: string) => {
-        if (this.crosshairs) {
-            const ctx = this.crosshairs.getContext('2d');
-            if (ctx) {
-                ctx.fillStyle = backgroundColor;
-                ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 20, 20);
-
-                ctx.fillStyle = "black";
-                ctx.lineWidth = 0.5;
-
-                ctx.beginPath();
+    @computed get renderedCursors() {
+        return this.cursors.map(({ data: { metadata, position: { x, y } } }) => {
+            return (
+                <div key={metadata.id} className="collectionFreeFormRemoteCursors-cont"
+                    style={{ transform: `translate(${x - 10}px, ${y - 10}px)` }}
+                >
+                    <canvas className="collectionFreeFormRemoteCursors-canvas"
+                        ref={(el) => {
+                            if (el) {
+                                const ctx = el.getContext('2d');
+                                if (ctx) {
+                                    ctx.fillStyle = "#" + v5(metadata.id, v5.URL).substring(0, 6).toUpperCase() + "22";
+                                    ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 20, 20);
 
-                ctx.moveTo(10, 0);
-                ctx.lineTo(10, 8);
+                                    ctx.fillStyle = "black";
+                                    ctx.lineWidth = 0.5;
 
-                ctx.moveTo(10, 20);
-                ctx.lineTo(10, 12);
+                                    ctx.beginPath();
 
-                ctx.moveTo(0, 10);
-                ctx.lineTo(8, 10);
+                                    ctx.moveTo(10, 0);
+                                    ctx.lineTo(10, 8);
 
-                ctx.moveTo(20, 10);
-                ctx.lineTo(12, 10);
+                                    ctx.moveTo(10, 20);
+                                    ctx.lineTo(10, 12);
 
-                ctx.stroke();
+                                    ctx.moveTo(0, 10);
+                                    ctx.lineTo(8, 10);
 
-                // ctx.font = "10px Arial";
-                // ctx.fillText(Doc.CurrentUserEmail[0].toUpperCase(), 10, 10);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+                                    ctx.moveTo(20, 10);
+                                    ctx.lineTo(12, 10);
 
-    get sharedCursors() {
-        return this.getCursors().map(c => {
-            const m = c.data.metadata;
-            const l = c.data.position;
-            this.drawCrosshairs("#" + v5(m.id, v5.URL).substring(0, 6).toUpperCase() + "22");
-            return (
-                <div key={m.id} className="collectionFreeFormRemoteCursors-cont"
-                    style={{ transform: `translate(${l.x - 10}px, ${l.y - 10}px)` }}
-                >
-                    <canvas className="collectionFreeFormRemoteCursors-canvas"
-                        ref={(el) => { if (el) this.crosshairs = el; }}
+                                    ctx.stroke();
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }}
                         width={20}
                         height={20}
                     />
                     <p className="collectionFreeFormRemoteCursors-symbol">
-                        {m.identifier[0].toUpperCase()}
+                        {metadata.identifier[0].toUpperCase()}
                     </p>
                 </div>
             );
@@ -83,6 +74,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors extends React.Component<CollectionV
     }
 
     render() {
-        return this.sharedCursors;
+        return this.renderedCursors;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index b70697e9a..730392ab5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 .collectionFreeform-customText {
     position: absolute;
     text-align: center;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
 }
 
 .collectionfreeformview-container {
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@
 }
 
 .pullpane-indicator {
-    z-index: 999;
+    z-index: 99999;
     background-color: rgba($color: #000000, $alpha: .4);
     position: absolute;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index cc6a2f4a5..a0dd4f2de 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
 import { library } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 import { faEye } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import { faBraille, faChalkboard, faCompass, faCompressArrowsAlt, faExpandArrowsAlt, faFileUpload, faPaintBrush, faTable, faUpload } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
-import { action, computed, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction, IReactionDisposer } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym, DocListCastAsync, Field } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
+import { Doc, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { documentSchema, positionSchema } from "../../../../new_fields/documentSchemas";
 import { Id } from "../../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
-import { InkTool, InkField, InkData } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
-import { createSchema, makeInterface } from "../../../../new_fields/Schema";
+import { InkData, InkField, InkTool } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
+import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
+import { RichTextField } from "../../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
+import { createSchema, listSpec, makeInterface } from "../../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, NumCast, StrCast, ScriptCast, FieldValue } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
-import { aggregateBounds, emptyFunction, intersectRect, returnOne, Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { TraceMobx } from "../../../../new_fields/util";
+import { GestureUtils } from "../../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils";
+import { aggregateBounds, intersectRect, returnOne, Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { CognitiveServices } from "../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices";
 import { DocServer } from "../../../DocServer";
-import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
-import { DocumentType } from "../../../documents/DocumentTypes";
+import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
-import { DragManager } from "../../../util/DragManager";
+import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "../../../util/DragManager";
 import { HistoryUtil } from "../../../util/History";
 import { InteractionUtils } from "../../../util/InteractionUtils";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
@@ -27,26 +31,18 @@ import { ContextMenu } from "../../ContextMenu";
 import { ContextMenuProps } from "../../ContextMenuItem";
 import { InkingControl } from "../../InkingControl";
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
-import { DocumentContentsView } from "../../nodes/DocumentContentsView";
+import { DocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
 import { FormattedTextBox } from "../../nodes/FormattedTextBox";
 import { pageSchema } from "../../nodes/ImageBox";
 import PDFMenu from "../../pdf/PDFMenu";
+import { CollectionDockingView } from "../CollectionDockingView";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "../CollectionSubView";
-import { computePivotLayout, ViewDefResult } from "./CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines";
+import { computePivotLayout, computeTimelineLayout, PoolData, ViewDefBounds, ViewDefResult } from "./CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines";
 import { CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors } from "./CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors";
 import "./CollectionFreeFormView.scss";
 import MarqueeOptionsMenu from "./MarqueeOptionsMenu";
 import { MarqueeView } from "./MarqueeView";
 import React = require("react");
-import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
-import { TraceMobx } from "../../../../new_fields/util";
-import { GestureUtils } from "../../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils";
-import { CognitiveServices } from "../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices";
-import { RichTextField } from "../../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
-import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
-import { DocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
-import { CollectionDockingView } from "../CollectionDockingView";
-import { MainView } from "../../MainView";
 
 library.add(faEye as any, faTable, faPaintBrush, faExpandArrowsAlt, faCompressArrowsAlt, faCompass, faUpload, faBraille, faChalkboard, faFileUpload);
 
@@ -58,8 +54,8 @@ export const panZoomSchema = createSchema({
     arrangeInit: ScriptField,
     useClusters: "boolean",
     fitToBox: "boolean",
-    xPadding: "number",         // pixels of padding on left/right of collectionfreeformview contents when fitToBox is set
-    yPadding: "number",         // pixels of padding on left/right of collectionfreeformview contents when fitToBox is set
+    _xPadding: "number",         // pixels of padding on left/right of collectionfreeformview contents when fitToBox is set
+    _yPadding: "number",         // pixels of padding on left/right of collectionfreeformview contents when fitToBox is set
     panTransformType: "string",
     scrollHeight: "number",
     fitX: "number",
@@ -82,6 +78,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     private _hitCluster = false;
     private _layoutComputeReaction: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
     private _layoutPoolData = new ObservableMap<string, any>();
+    private _cachedPool: Map<string, any> = new Map();
     @observable private _pullCoords: number[] = [0, 0];
     @observable private _pullDirection: string = "";
 
@@ -122,26 +119,27 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc)).map(dv => dv && SelectionManager.SelectDoc(dv, true));
     }
-    public isCurrent(doc: Doc) { return !doc.isMinimized && (Math.abs(NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) - NumCast(this.Document.currentTimecode, -1)) < 1.5 || NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) === -1); }
+    public isCurrent(doc: Doc) { return (Math.abs(NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) - NumCast(this.Document.currentTimecode, -1)) < 1.5 || NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) === -1); }
 
     public getActiveDocuments = () => {
         return this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map(pair => pair.layout);
     }
 
     @action
-    onDrop = (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
+    onExternalDrop = (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
         const pt = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.pageX, e.pageY);
-        return super.onDrop(e, { x: pt[0], y: pt[1] });
+        return super.onExternalDrop(e, { x: pt[0], y: pt[1] });
     }
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        if (this.props.Document.isBackground) return false;
         const xf = this.getTransform();
         const xfo = this.getTransformOverlay();
         const [xp, yp] = xf.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
         const [xpo, ypo] = xfo.transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
-        if (super.drop(e, de)) {
+        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
             if (de.complete.docDragData) {
                 if (de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.length) {
                     const firstDoc = de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments[0];
@@ -217,6 +215,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
 
     @undoBatch
+    @action
     updateClusters(useClusters: boolean) {
         this.props.Document.useClusters = useClusters;
         this._clusterSets.length = 0;
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 docs.map(doc => this._clusterSets[doc.cluster = NumCast(docFirst.cluster)].push(doc));
             }
             childLayouts.map(child => !this._clusterSets.some((set, i) => Doc.IndexOf(child, set) !== -1 && child.cluster === i) && this.updateCluster(child));
-            childLayouts.map(child => Doc.GetProto(child).clusterStr = child.cluster?.toString());
         }
     }
 
@@ -290,16 +288,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
 
     getClusterColor = (doc: Doc) => {
-        let clusterColor = "";
+        let clusterColor = this.props.backgroundColor?.(doc);
         const cluster = NumCast(doc.cluster);
         if (this.Document.useClusters) {
             if (this._clusterSets.length <= cluster) {
                 setTimeout(() => this.updateCluster(doc), 0);
             } else {
                 // choose a cluster color from a palette
-                const colors = ["#da42429e", "#31ea318c", "#8c4000", "#4a7ae2c4", "#d809ff", "#ff7601", "#1dffff", "yellow", "#1b8231f2", "#000000ad"];
+                const colors = ["#da42429e", "#31ea318c", "rgba(197, 87, 20, 0.55)", "#4a7ae2c4", "rgba(216, 9, 255, 0.5)", "#ff7601", "#1dffff", "yellow", "rgba(27, 130, 49, 0.55)", "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.268)"];
                 clusterColor = colors[cluster % colors.length];
-                const set = this._clusterSets[cluster] && this._clusterSets[cluster].filter(s => s.backgroundColor && (s.backgroundColor !== s.defaultBackgroundColor));
+                const set = this._clusterSets[cluster]?.filter(s => s.backgroundColor);
                 // override the cluster color with an explicitly set color on a non-background document.  then override that with an explicitly set color on a background document
                 set && set.filter(s => !s.isBackground).map(s => clusterColor = StrCast(s.backgroundColor));
                 set && set.filter(s => s.isBackground).map(s => clusterColor = StrCast(s.backgroundColor));
@@ -332,31 +330,12 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 this._lastX = e.pageX;
                 this._lastY = e.pageY;
             }
-            // eraser or scrubber plus anything else mode
+            // eraser plus anything else mode
             else {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 e.preventDefault();
             }
         }
-        // if (e.button === 0 && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey && this.props.active(true)) {
-        //     document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        //     document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-        //     document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        //     document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-        //     if (InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
-        //         this._lastX = e.pageX;
-        //         this._lastY = e.pageY;
-        //     }
-        //     else {
-        //         e.stopPropagation();
-        //         e.preventDefault();
-
-        //         if (InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool !== InkTool.Eraser && InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool !== InkTool.Scrubber) {
-        //             let point = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.pageX, e.pageY);
-        //             this._points.push({ x: point[0], y: point[1] });
-        //         }
-        //     }
-        // }
     }
 
     @action
@@ -470,7 +449,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                             strokes.push(d.inkData.map(pd => ({ X: pd.X + x - left, Y: pd.Y + y - top })));
                         }
                     });
-                    console.log(strokes)
 
                     CognitiveServices.Inking.Appliers.InterpretStrokes(strokes).then((results) => {
                         console.log(results);
@@ -487,7 +465,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                                 if (this._wordPalette.has(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase())) {
                                     inks[i].color = this._wordPalette.get(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase());
                                 }
-                                else {
+                                else if (word.alternates) {
                                     for (const alt of word.alternates) {
                                         if (this._wordPalette.has(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase())) {
                                             inks[i].color = this._wordPalette.get(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase());
@@ -523,30 +501,29 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     @action
     pan = (e: PointerEvent | React.Touch | { clientX: number, clientY: number }): void => {
         // I think it makes sense for the marquee menu to go away when panned. -syip2
-        MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
+        MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance && MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
 
         let x = this.Document._panX || 0;
         let y = this.Document._panY || 0;
-        const docs = this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => pair.layout instanceof Doc && !pair.layout.isMinimized).map(pair => pair.layout);
+        const docs = this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => pair.layout instanceof Doc).map(pair => pair.layout);
         const [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
-        if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay && docs.length) {
+        if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay && docs.length && this.childDataProvider(docs[0])) {
             PDFMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
-            const minx = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).x;//docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].x) : 0;
-            const miny = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).y;//docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].y) : 0;
-            const maxx = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).width + minx;//docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].width) + minx : minx;
-            const maxy = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).height + miny;//docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].height) + miny : miny;
-            const ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc).reduce((range, doc) => {
-                const x = this.childDataProvider(doc).x;//NumCast(doc.x);
-                const y = this.childDataProvider(doc).y;//NumCast(doc.y);
-                const xe = this.childDataProvider(doc).width + x;//x + NumCast(layoutDoc.width);
-                const ye = this.childDataProvider(doc).height + y; //y + NumCast(layoutDoc.height);
+            const minx = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).x;
+            const miny = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).y;
+            const maxx = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).width + minx;
+            const maxy = this.childDataProvider(docs[0]).height + miny;
+            const ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc && this.childDataProvider(doc)).reduce((range, doc) => {
+                const x = this.childDataProvider(doc).x;
+                const y = this.childDataProvider(doc).y;
+                const xe = this.childDataProvider(doc).width + x;
+                const ye = this.childDataProvider(doc).height + y;
                 return [[range[0][0] > x ? x : range[0][0], range[0][1] < xe ? xe : range[0][1]],
                 [range[1][0] > y ? y : range[1][0], range[1][1] < ye ? ye : range[1][1]]];
             }, [[minx, maxx], [miny, maxy]]);
 
             const cscale = this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc ? NumCast(this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc.scale) : 1;
-            const panelDim = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(this.props.PanelWidth() / this.zoomScaling() * cscale,
-                this.props.PanelHeight() / this.zoomScaling() * cscale);
+            const panelDim = [this.props.PanelWidth() * cscale / this.zoomScaling(), this.props.PanelHeight() * cscale / this.zoomScaling()];
             if (ranges[0][0] - dx > (this.panX() + panelDim[0] / 2)) x = ranges[0][1] + panelDim[0] / 2;
             if (ranges[0][1] - dx < (this.panX() - panelDim[0] / 2)) x = ranges[0][0] - panelDim[0] / 2;
             if (ranges[1][0] - dy > (this.panY() + panelDim[1] / 2)) y = ranges[1][1] + panelDim[1] / 2;
@@ -641,12 +618,12 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                         // use the centerx and centery as the "new mouse position"
                         const centerX = Math.min(pt1.clientX, pt2.clientX) + Math.abs(pt2.clientX - pt1.clientX) / 2;
                         const centerY = Math.min(pt1.clientY, pt2.clientY) + Math.abs(pt2.clientY - pt1.clientY) / 2;
+                        // const transformed = this.getTransform().inverse().transformPoint(centerX, centerY);
 
                         if (!this._pullDirection) { // if we are not bezel movement
                             this.pan({ clientX: centerX, clientY: centerY });
                         } else {
                             this._pullCoords = [centerX, centerY];
-                            console.log(MainView.Instance.flyoutWidth);
                         }
 
                         this._lastX = centerX;
@@ -673,20 +650,24 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 const centerY = Math.min(pt1.clientY, pt2.clientY) + Math.abs(pt2.clientY - pt1.clientY) / 2;
                 this._lastX = centerX;
                 this._lastY = centerY;
+                const screenBox = this._mainCont?.getBoundingClientRect();
+
 
                 // determine if we are using a bezel movement
-                if ((this.props.PanelWidth() - this._lastX) < 100) {
-                    this._pullCoords = [this._lastX, this._lastY];
-                    this._pullDirection = "right";
-                } else if (this._lastX < 100) {
-                    this._pullCoords = [this._lastX, this._lastY];
-                    this._pullDirection = "left";
-                } else if (this.props.PanelHeight() - this._lastY < 100) {
-                    this._pullCoords = [this._lastX, this._lastY];
-                    this._pullDirection = "bottom";
-                } else if (this._lastY < 120) { // to account for header
-                    this._pullCoords = [this._lastX, this._lastY];
-                    this._pullDirection = "top";
+                if (screenBox) {
+                    if ((screenBox.right - centerX) < 100) {
+                        this._pullCoords = [centerX, centerY];
+                        this._pullDirection = "right";
+                    } else if (centerX - screenBox.left < 100) {
+                        this._pullCoords = [centerX, centerY];
+                        this._pullDirection = "left";
+                    } else if (screenBox.bottom - centerY < 100) {
+                        this._pullCoords = [centerX, centerY];
+                        this._pullDirection = "bottom";
+                    } else if (centerY - screenBox.top < 100) {
+                        this._pullCoords = [centerX, centerY];
+                        this._pullDirection = "top";
+                    }
                 }
 
 
@@ -700,27 +681,12 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
 
     cleanUpInteractions = () => {
-
         switch (this._pullDirection) {
-
             case "left":
-                console.log('pulled from left');
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "New Collection" }), "left", undefined);
-                break;
             case "right":
-                console.log('pulled from right');
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "New Collection" }), "right", undefined);
-                break;
             case "top":
-                console.log('pulled from top');
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "New Collection" }), "top", undefined);
-                break;
             case "bottom":
-                console.log('pulled from bottom');
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "New Collection" }), "bottom", undefined);
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
+                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "New Collection" }), this._pullDirection);
         }
 
         this._pullDirection = "";
@@ -815,6 +781,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 const offset = annotOn && (contextHgt / 2 * 96 / 72);
                 this.props.Document.scrollY = NumCast(doc.y) - offset;
             }
+
+            afterFocus && setTimeout(afterFocus, 1000);
         } else {
             const layoutdoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
             const newPanX = NumCast(doc.x) + NumCast(layoutdoc._width) / 2;
@@ -832,7 +800,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             Doc.linkFollowHighlight(doc);
 
             afterFocus && setTimeout(() => {
-                if (afterFocus && afterFocus()) {
+                if (afterFocus?.()) {
                     this.Document._panX = savedState.px;
                     this.Document._panY = savedState.py;
                     this.Document.scale = savedState.s;
@@ -843,7 +811,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
 
     }
 
-    setScaleToZoom = (doc: Doc, scale: number = 0.5) => {
+    setScaleToZoom = (doc: Doc, scale: number = 0.75) => {
         this.Document.scale = scale * Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(doc._width), this.props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(doc._height));
     }
 
@@ -855,6 +823,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
 
     @computed get libraryPath() { return this.props.LibraryPath ? [...this.props.LibraryPath, this.props.Document] : []; }
     @computed get onChildClickHandler() { return ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick); }
+    backgroundHalo = () => BoolCast(this.Document.useClusters);
 
     getChildDocumentViewProps(childLayout: Doc, childData?: Doc): DocumentViewProps {
         return {
@@ -863,6 +832,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             Document: childLayout,
             LibraryPath: this.libraryPath,
             layoutKey: undefined,
+            dropAction: StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType,
             //onClick: undefined, // this.props.onClick,  // bcz: check this out -- I don't think we want to inherit click handlers, or we at least need a way to ignore them
             onClick: this.onChildClickHandler,
             ScreenToLocalTransform: childLayout.z ? this.getTransformOverlay : this.getTransform,
@@ -874,6 +844,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             ContainingCollectionDoc: this.props.Document,
             focus: this.focusDocument,
             backgroundColor: this.getClusterColor,
+            backgroundHalo: this.backgroundHalo,
             parentActive: this.props.active,
             bringToFront: this.bringToFront,
             zoomToScale: this.zoomToScale,
@@ -881,93 +852,123 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         };
     }
 
-    getCalculatedPositions(params: { doc: Doc, index: number, collection: Doc, docs: Doc[], state: any }): { x?: number, y?: number, z?: number, width?: number, height?: number, transition?: string, state?: any } {
+    getCalculatedPositions(params: { doc: Doc, index: number, collection: Doc, docs: Doc[], state: any }): PoolData {
         const result = this.Document.arrangeScript?.script.run(params, console.log);
         if (result?.success) {
             return { ...result, transition: "transform 1s" };
         }
         const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(params.doc);
-        return { x: Cast(params.doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(params.doc.y, "number"), z: Cast(params.doc.z, "number"), width: Cast(layoutDoc._width, "number"), height: Cast(layoutDoc._height, "number") };
+        const { x, y, z, color, zIndex } = params.doc;
+        return {
+            x: NumCast(x), y: NumCast(y), z: Cast(z, "number"), color: StrCast(color), zIndex: Cast(zIndex, "number"),
+            width: Cast(layoutDoc._width, "number"), height: Cast(layoutDoc._height, "number")
+        };
     }
 
-    viewDefsToJSX = (views: any[]) => {
+    viewDefsToJSX = (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => {
         return !Array.isArray(views) ? [] : views.filter(ele => this.viewDefToJSX(ele)).map(ele => this.viewDefToJSX(ele)!);
     }
 
-    private viewDefToJSX(viewDef: any): Opt<ViewDefResult> {
+    onViewDefDivClick = (e: React.MouseEvent, payload: any) => {
+        (this.props.Document.onViewDefDivClick as ScriptField)?.script.run({ this: this.props.Document, payload });
+    }
+    private viewDefToJSX(viewDef: ViewDefBounds): Opt<ViewDefResult> {
+        const { x, y, z } = viewDef;
+        const color = StrCast(viewDef.color);
+        const width = Cast(viewDef.width, "number");
+        const height = Cast(viewDef.height, "number");
+        const transform = `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)`;
         if (viewDef.type === "text") {
             const text = Cast(viewDef.text, "string"); // don't use NumCast, StrCast, etc since we want to test for undefined below
-            const x = Cast(viewDef.x, "number");
-            const y = Cast(viewDef.y, "number");
-            const z = Cast(viewDef.z, "number");
-            const width = Cast(viewDef.width, "number");
-            const height = Cast(viewDef.height, "number");
             const fontSize = Cast(viewDef.fontSize, "number");
-            return [text, x, y, width, height].some(val => val === undefined) ? undefined :
+            return [text, x, y].some(val => val === undefined) ? undefined :
                 {
-                    ele: <div className="collectionFreeform-customText" key={(text || "") + x + y + z} style={{ width, height, fontSize, transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)` }}>
+                    ele: <div className="collectionFreeform-customText" key={(text || "") + x + y + z + color} style={{ width, height, color, fontSize, transform }}>
                         {text}
                     </div>,
-                    bounds: { x: x!, y: y!, z: z, width: width!, height: height! }
+                    bounds: viewDef
+                };
+        } else if (viewDef.type === "div") {
+            return [x, y].some(val => val === undefined) ? undefined :
+                {
+                    ele: <div className="collectionFreeform-customDiv" title={viewDef.payload?.join(" ")} key={"div" + x + y + z} onClick={e => this.onViewDefDivClick(e, viewDef)}
+                        style={{ width, height, backgroundColor: color, transform }} />,
+                    bounds: viewDef
                 };
         }
     }
 
     childDataProvider = computedFn(function childDataProvider(this: any, doc: Doc) {
-        if (!doc) {
-            console.log(doc);
-        }
         return this._layoutPoolData.get(doc[Id]);
     }.bind(this));
 
-    doPivotLayout(poolData: ObservableMap<string, any>) {
-        return computePivotLayout(poolData, this.props.Document, this.childDocs,
-            this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)), [this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight()], this.viewDefsToJSX);
+    doTimelineLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>) {
+        return computeTimelineLayout(poolData, this.props.Document, this.childDocs, this.childDocs,
+            this.childLayoutPairs, [this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight()], this.viewDefsToJSX);
+    }
+
+    doPivotLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>) {
+        return computePivotLayout(poolData, this.props.Document, this.childDocs, this.childDocs,
+            this.childLayoutPairs, [this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight()], this.viewDefsToJSX);
     }
 
-    doFreeformLayout(poolData: ObservableMap<string, any>) {
+    doFreeformLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>) {
         const layoutDocs = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout);
         const initResult = this.Document.arrangeInit && this.Document.arrangeInit.script.run({ docs: layoutDocs, collection: this.Document }, console.log);
-        let state = initResult && initResult.success ? initResult.result.scriptState : undefined;
+        const state = initResult && initResult.success ? initResult.result.scriptState : undefined;
         const elements = initResult && initResult.success ? this.viewDefsToJSX(initResult.result.views) : [];
 
         this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map((pair, i) => {
-            const data = poolData.get(pair.layout[Id]);
             const pos = this.getCalculatedPositions({ doc: pair.layout, index: i, collection: this.Document, docs: layoutDocs, state });
-            state = pos.state === undefined ? state : pos.state;
-            if (!data || pos.x !== data.x || pos.y !== data.y || pos.z !== data.z || pos.width !== data.width || pos.height !== data.height || pos.transition !== data.transition) {
-                runInAction(() => poolData.set(pair.layout[Id], pos));
-            }
+            poolData.set(pair.layout[Id], pos);
         });
-        return { elements: elements };
+        return elements;
     }
 
-    get doLayoutComputation() {
-        let computedElementData: { elements: ViewDefResult[] };
-        switch (this.Document._freeformLayoutEngine) {
-            case "pivot": computedElementData = this.doPivotLayout(this._layoutPoolData); break;
-            default: computedElementData = this.doFreeformLayout(this._layoutPoolData); break;
+    @computed get doInternalLayoutComputation() {
+        const newPool = new Map<string, any>();
+        switch (this.props.layoutEngine?.()) {
+            case "timeline": return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doTimelineLayout(newPool) };
+            case "pivot": return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doPivotLayout(newPool) };
         }
-        this.childLayoutPairs.filter((pair, i) => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).forEach(pair =>
-            computedElementData.elements.push({
+        return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doFreeformLayout(newPool) };
+    }
+
+    childLayoutDocFunc = () => this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.() || Cast(this.props.Document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
+    get doLayoutComputation() {
+        const { newPool, computedElementData } = this.doInternalLayoutComputation;
+        runInAction(() =>
+            Array.from(newPool.keys()).map(key => {
+                const lastPos = this._cachedPool.get(key); // last computed pos
+                const newPos = newPool.get(key);
+                if (!lastPos || newPos.x !== lastPos.x || newPos.y !== lastPos.y || newPos.z !== lastPos.z || newPos.zIndex !== lastPos.zIndex || newPos.width !== lastPos.width || newPos.height !== lastPos.height) {
+                    this._layoutPoolData.set(key, newPos);
+                }
+            }));
+        this._cachedPool.clear();
+        Array.from(newPool.keys()).forEach(k => this._cachedPool.set(k, newPool.get(k)));
+        const elements: ViewDefResult[] = computedElementData.slice();
+        this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).forEach(pair =>
+            elements.push({
                 ele: <CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={pair.layout[Id]}  {...this.getChildDocumentViewProps(pair.layout, pair.data)}
                     dataProvider={this.childDataProvider}
+                    LayoutDoc={this.childLayoutDocFunc}
                     jitterRotation={NumCast(this.props.Document.jitterRotation)}
-                    fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox || this.Document._freeformLayoutEngine === "pivot"} />,
+                    fitToBox={this.props.fitToBox || this.props.layoutEngine !== undefined} />,
                 bounds: this.childDataProvider(pair.layout)
             }));
 
-        return computedElementData;
+        return elements;
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
         super.componentDidMount();
-        this._layoutComputeReaction = reaction(() => { TraceMobx(); return this.doLayoutComputation; },
-            action((computation: { elements: ViewDefResult[] }) => computation && (this._layoutElements = computation.elements)),
+        this._layoutComputeReaction = reaction(() => this.doLayoutComputation,
+            (elements) => this._layoutElements = elements || [],
             { fireImmediately: true, name: "doLayout" });
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        this._layoutComputeReaction && this._layoutComputeReaction();
+        this._layoutComputeReaction?.();
     }
     @computed get views() { return this._layoutElements.filter(ele => ele.bounds && !ele.bounds.z).map(ele => ele.ele); }
     elementFunc = () => this._layoutElements;
@@ -979,23 +980,23 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
 
     layoutDocsInGrid = () => {
         UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => {
-            const docs = DocListCast(this.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
+            const docs = this.childLayoutPairs;
             const startX = this.Document._panX || 0;
             let x = startX;
             let y = this.Document._panY || 0;
             let i = 0;
-            const width = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc._width)));
-            const height = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc._height)));
-            for (const doc of docs) {
-                doc.x = x;
-                doc.y = y;
+            const width = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc.layout._width)));
+            const height = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc.layout._height)));
+            docs.forEach(pair => {
+                pair.layout.x = x;
+                pair.layout.y = y;
                 x += width + 20;
                 if (++i === 6) {
                     i = 0;
                     x = startX;
                     y += height + 20;
                 }
-            }
+            });
         }, "arrange contents");
     }
 
@@ -1043,6 +1044,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     // }
 
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+        if (this.props.children && this.props.annotationsKey) return;
         const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
 
         layoutItems.push({ description: "reset view", event: () => { this.props.Document._panX = this.props.Document._panY = 0; this.props.Document.scale = 1; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
@@ -1080,19 +1082,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             }
         });
 
-        layoutItems.push({
-            description: "Add Note ...",
-            subitems: DocListCast((CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.noteTypes as Doc).data).map((note, i) => ({
-                description: (i + 1) + ": " + StrCast(note.title),
-                event: (args: { x: number, y: number }) => this.addLiveTextBox(Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { _width: 200, _height: 100, x: this.getTransform().transformPoint(args.x, args.y)[0], y: this.getTransform().transformPoint(args.x, args.y)[1], _autoHeight: true, layout: note, title: StrCast(note.title) })),
-                icon: "eye"
-            })) as ContextMenuProps[],
-            icon: "eye"
-        });
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Freeform Options ...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
     }
 
-
     private childViews = () => {
         const children = typeof this.props.children === "function" ? (this.props.children as any)() as JSX.Element[] : [];
         return [
@@ -1101,13 +1093,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         ];
     }
 
-    // @observable private _palette?: JSX.Element;
-
     children = () => {
         const eles: JSX.Element[] = [];
         eles.push(...this.childViews());
-        // this._palette && (eles.push(this._palette));
-        // this.currentStroke && (eles.push(this.currentStroke));
         eles.push(<CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />);
         return eles;
     }
@@ -1134,6 +1122,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     }
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
+        const clientRect = this._mainCont?.getBoundingClientRect();
         // update the actual dimensions of the collection so that they can inquired (e.g., by a minimap)
         // this.Document.fitX = this.contentBounds && this.contentBounds.x;
         // this.Document.fitY = this.contentBounds && this.contentBounds.y;
@@ -1141,11 +1130,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         // this.Document.fitH = this.contentBounds && (this.contentBounds.b - this.contentBounds.y);
         // if isAnnotationOverlay is set, then children will be stored in the extension document for the fieldKey.
         // otherwise, they are stored in fieldKey.  All annotations to this document are stored in the extension document
-        // let lodarea = this.Document[WidthSym]() * this.Document[HeightSym]() / this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale / this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale;
         return <div className={"collectionfreeformview-container"}
             ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
             onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}//pointerEvents: SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : undefined,
-            onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={this.onCursorMove} onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
+            onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={this.onCursorMove} onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
             style={{
                 pointerEvents: SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : undefined,
                 transform: this.contentScaling ? `scale(${this.contentScaling})` : "",
@@ -1153,23 +1141,19 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 width: this.contentScaling ? `${100 / this.contentScaling}%` : "",
                 height: this.contentScaling ? `${100 / this.contentScaling}%` : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? (this.props.Document.scrollHeight ? this.Document.scrollHeight : "100%") : this.props.PanelHeight()
             }}>
-            {!this.Document._LODdisable && !this.props.active() && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && !this.props.annotationsKey && this.props.renderDepth > 0 ? // && this.props.CollectionView && lodarea < NumCast(this.Document.LODarea, 100000) ?
+            {!this.Document._LODdisable && !this.props.active() && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && !this.props.annotationsKey && this.props.renderDepth > 0 ?
                 this.placeholder : this.marqueeView}
             <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView elements={this.elementFunc} />
 
             <div className={"pullpane-indicator"}
                 style={{
                     display: this._pullDirection ? "block" : "none",
-                    // width: this._pullDirection === "left" || this._pullDirection === "right" ? Math.abs(this.props.PanelWidth() - this._pullCoords[0]) : this.props.PanelWidth(),
-                    // height: this._pullDirection === "top" || this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? Math.abs(this.props.PanelHeight() - this._pullCoords[1]) : this.props.PanelHeight(),
-                    // top: this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? this._pullCoords[0] : 0,
-                    // left: this._pullDirection === "right" ? this._pullCoords[1] : 0
-                    width: this._pullDirection === "left" ? this._pullCoords[0] : this._pullDirection === "right" ? MainView.Instance.getPWidth() - this._pullCoords[0] + MainView.Instance.flyoutWidth : MainView.Instance.getPWidth(),
-                    height: this._pullDirection === "top" ? this._pullCoords[1] : this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? MainView.Instance.getPHeight() - this._pullCoords[1] : MainView.Instance.getPHeight(),
-                    left: this._pullDirection === "right" ? undefined : 0,
-                    right: this._pullDirection === "right" ? 0 : undefined,
-                    top: this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? undefined : 0,
-                    bottom: this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? 0 : undefined
+                    top: clientRect ? this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? this._pullCoords[1] - clientRect.y : 0 : "auto",
+                    // left: clientRect ? this._pullDirection === "right" ? this._pullCoords[0] - clientRect.x - MainView.Instance.flyoutWidth : 0 : "auto",
+                    left: clientRect ? this._pullDirection === "right" ? this._pullCoords[0] - clientRect.x : 0 : "auto",
+                    width: clientRect ? this._pullDirection === "left" ? this._pullCoords[0] - clientRect.left : this._pullDirection === "right" ? clientRect.right - this._pullCoords[0] : clientRect.width : 0,
+                    height: clientRect ? this._pullDirection === "top" ? this._pullCoords[1] - clientRect.top : this._pullDirection === "bottom" ? clientRect.bottom - this._pullCoords[1] : clientRect.height : 0,
+
                 }}>
             </div>
 
@@ -1184,7 +1168,7 @@ interface CollectionFreeFormOverlayViewProps {
 @observer
 class CollectionFreeFormOverlayView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormOverlayViewProps>{
     render() {
-        return this.props.elements().filter(ele => ele.bounds && ele.bounds.z).map(ele => ele.ele);
+        return this.props.elements().filter(ele => ele.bounds?.z).map(ele => ele.ele);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index e82ca6bf2..276a49570 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc, DocListCast, DataSym, WidthSym, HeightSym } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import { InkField } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
+import { InkField, InkData } from "../../../../new_fields/InkField";
 import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../../new_fields/Schema";
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../../new_fields/SchemaHeaderField";
-import { ComputedField } from "../../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
-import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast, FieldValue } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Cast, NumCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils";
 import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
-import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
 import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
+import { ContextMenu } from "../../ContextMenu";
 import { PreviewCursor } from "../../PreviewCursor";
-import { CollectionViewType } from "../CollectionView";
+import { SubCollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
+import MarqueeOptionsMenu from "./MarqueeOptionsMenu";
 import "./MarqueeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
-import MarqueeOptionsMenu from "./MarqueeOptionsMenu";
-import { SubCollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
 import { CognitiveServices } from "../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../../../new_fields/RichTextField";
-import { InteractionUtils } from "../../../util/InteractionUtils";
+import { CollectionView } from "../CollectionView";
+import { FormattedTextBox } from "../../nodes/FormattedTextBox";
 
 interface MarqueeViewProps {
     getContainerTransform: () => Transform;
@@ -69,7 +68,11 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         //make textbox and add it to this collection
         // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-const
         let [x, y] = this.props.getTransform().transformPoint(this._downX, this._downY);
-        if (e.key === "q" && e.ctrlKey) {
+        if (e.key === ":") {
+            DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(this.props.addLiveTextDocument, this.props.addDocument, x, y);
+
+            ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(this._downX, this._downY);
+        } else if (e.key === "q" && e.ctrlKey) {
             e.preventDefault();
             (async () => {
                 const text: string = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
@@ -103,13 +106,15 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 }
             });
         } else if (!e.ctrlKey) {
-            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(
-                Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { _width: 200, _height: 100, x: x, y: y, _autoHeight: true, title: "-typed text-" }));
-        } else if (e.keyCode > 48 && e.keyCode <= 57) {
-            const notes = DocListCast((CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.noteTypes as Doc).data);
-            const text = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { _width: 200, _height: 100, x: x, y: y, _autoHeight: true, title: "-typed text-" });
-            text.layout = notes[(e.keyCode - 49) % notes.length];
-            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(text);
+            FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = FormattedTextBox.DefaultLayout ? e.key : "";
+            const tbox = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { _width: 200, _height: 100, x: x, y: y, _autoHeight: true, title: "-typed text-" });
+            const template = FormattedTextBox.DefaultLayout;
+            if (template instanceof Doc) {
+                tbox._width = NumCast(template._width);
+                tbox.layoutKey = "layout_" + StrCast(template.title);
+                tbox[StrCast(tbox.layoutKey)] = template;
+            }
+            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(tbox);
         }
         e.stopPropagation();
     }
@@ -303,27 +308,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         this.hideMarquee();
     }
 
-    getCollection = (selected: Doc[], asTemplate: boolean) => {
+    getCollection = (selected: Doc[], asTemplate: boolean, isBackground: boolean = false) => {
         const bounds = this.Bounds;
-        const defaultPalette = ["rgb(114,229,239)", "rgb(255,246,209)", "rgb(255,188,156)", "rgb(247,220,96)", "rgb(122,176,238)",
-            "rgb(209,150,226)", "rgb(127,235,144)", "rgb(252,188,189)", "rgb(247,175,81)",];
-        const colorPalette = Cast(this.props.Document.colorPalette, listSpec("string"));
-        if (!colorPalette) this.props.Document.colorPalette = new List<string>(defaultPalette);
-        const palette = Array.from(Cast(this.props.Document.colorPalette, listSpec("string")) as string[]);
-        const usedPaletted = new Map<string, number>();
-        [...this.props.activeDocuments(), this.props.Document].map(child => {
-            const bg = StrCast(Doc.Layout(child).backgroundColor);
-            if (palette.indexOf(bg) !== -1) {
-                palette.splice(palette.indexOf(bg), 1);
-                if (usedPaletted.get(bg)) usedPaletted.set(bg, usedPaletted.get(bg)! + 1);
-                else usedPaletted.set(bg, 1);
-            }
-        });
-        usedPaletted.delete("#f1efeb");
-        usedPaletted.delete("white");
-        usedPaletted.delete("rgba(255,255,255,1)");
-        const usedSequnce = Array.from(usedPaletted.keys()).sort((a, b) => usedPaletted.get(a)! < usedPaletted.get(b)! ? -1 : usedPaletted.get(a)! > usedPaletted.get(b)! ? 1 : 0);
-        const chosenColor = (usedPaletted.size === 0) ? "white" : palette.length ? palette[0] : usedSequnce[0];
         // const inkData = this.ink ? this.ink.inkData : undefined;
         const creator = asTemplate ? Docs.Create.StackingDocument : Docs.Create.FreeformDocument;
         const newCollection = creator(selected, {
@@ -331,8 +317,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             y: bounds.top,
             _panX: 0,
             _panY: 0,
-            backgroundColor: this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? undefined : chosenColor,
-            defaultBackgroundColor: this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? undefined : chosenColor,
+            isBackground,
+            backgroundColor: this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? "#00000015" : isBackground ? "cyan" : undefined,
             _width: bounds.width,
             _height: bounds.height,
             _LODdisable: true,
@@ -354,11 +340,11 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 this.props.removeDocument(d);
                 d.x = NumCast(d.x) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2;
                 d.y = NumCast(d.y) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2;
-                d.displayTimecode = undefined;
+                d.displayTimecode = undefined;  // bcz: this should be automatic somehow.. along with any other properties that were logically associated with the original collection
                 return d;
             });
         }
-        const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected, e.key === "t");
+        const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected, (e as KeyboardEvent)?.key === "t");
         this.props.addDocument(newCollection);
         this.props.selectDocuments([newCollection], []);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
@@ -382,28 +368,65 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                     wordToColor.set(word, colors[i]);
                 });
             });
-            const inkFields = inks.map(i => Cast(i.data, InkField));
-            CognitiveServices.Inking.Appliers.InterpretStrokes(inkFields.filter(i => i instanceof InkField).map(i => i!.inkData)).then((results) => {
-                const wordResults = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === "inkWord");
-                console.log(wordResults);
-                console.log(results);
-                for (const word of wordResults) {
-                    const indices: number[] = word.strokeIds;
-                    indices.forEach(i => {
-                        if (wordToColor.has(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase())) {
-                            inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase());
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            for (const alt of word.alternates) {
-                                if (wordToColor.has(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase())) {
-                                    inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase());
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    })
+            const strokes: InkData[] = [];
+            inks.forEach(i => {
+                const d = Cast(i.data, InkField);
+                const x = NumCast(i.x);
+                const y = NumCast(i.y);
+                const left = Math.min(...d?.inkData.map(pd => pd.X) ?? [0]);
+                const top = Math.min(...d?.inkData.map(pd => pd.Y) ?? [0]);
+                if (d) {
+                    strokes.push(d.inkData.map(pd => ({ X: pd.X + x - left, Y: pd.Y + y - top })));
                 }
             });
+            CognitiveServices.Inking.Appliers.InterpretStrokes(strokes).then((results) => {
+                // const wordResults = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === "inkWord");
+                // console.log(wordResults);
+                // console.log(results);
+                // for (const word of wordResults) {
+                //     const indices: number[] = word.strokeIds;
+                //     indices.forEach(i => {
+                //         if (wordToColor.has(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase())) {
+                //             inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase());
+                //         }
+                //         else {
+                //             for (const alt of word.alternates) {
+                //                 if (wordToColor.has(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase())) {
+                //                     inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase());
+                //                     break;
+                //                 }
+                //             }
+                //         }
+                //     })
+                // }
+                // const wordResults = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === "inkWord");
+                // for (const word of wordResults) {
+                //     const indices: number[] = word.strokeIds;
+                //     indices.forEach(i => {
+                //         const otherInks: Doc[] = [];
+                //         indices.forEach(i2 => i2 !== i && otherInks.push(inks[i2]));
+                //         inks[i].relatedInks = new List<Doc>(otherInks);
+                //         const uniqueColors: string[] = [];
+                //         Array.from(wordToColor.values()).forEach(c => uniqueColors.indexOf(c) === -1 && uniqueColors.push(c));
+                //         inks[i].alternativeColors = new List<string>(uniqueColors);
+                //         if (wordToColor.has(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase())) {
+                //             inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(word.recognizedText.toLowerCase());
+                //         }
+                //         else if (word.alternates) {
+                //             for (const alt of word.alternates) {
+                //                 if (wordToColor.has(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase())) {
+                //                     inks[i].color = wordToColor.get(alt.recognizedString.toLowerCase());
+                //                     break;
+                //                 }
+                //             }
+                //         }
+                //     });
+                // }
+                const lines = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === "line");
+                console.log(lines);
+                const text = lines.map((l: any) => l.recognizedText).join("\r\n");
+                this.props.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { _width: this.Bounds.width, _height: this.Bounds.height, x: this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width, y: this.Bounds.top, title: text }));
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -411,8 +434,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     summary = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
         const bounds = this.Bounds;
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
-        const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected);
-
         selected.map(d => {
             this.props.removeDocument(d);
             d.x = NumCast(d.x) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2;
@@ -420,25 +441,26 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             d.page = -1;
             return d;
         });
-        newCollection._chromeStatus = "disabled";
-        const summary = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { x: bounds.left, y: bounds.top, _width: 300, _height: 100, _autoHeight: true, backgroundColor: "#e2ad32" /* yellow */, title: "-summary-" });
-        Doc.GetProto(summary).summarizedDocs = new List<Doc>([newCollection]);
-        newCollection.x = bounds.left + bounds.width;
-        Doc.GetProto(newCollection).summaryDoc = summary;
-        Doc.GetProto(newCollection).title = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`summaryTitle(this);`);
-        if (e instanceof KeyboardEvent ? e.key === "s" : true) { // summary is wrapped in an expand/collapse container that also contains the summarized documents in a free form view.
-            const container = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([summary, newCollection], {
-                x: bounds.left, y: bounds.top, _width: 300, _height: 200, _autoHeight: true,
-                _viewType: CollectionViewType.Stacking, _chromeStatus: "disabled", title: "-summary-"
-            });
-            Doc.GetProto(summary).maximizeLocation = "inPlace";  // or "onRight"
-            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(container);
-        } else if (e instanceof KeyboardEvent ? e.key === "S" : false) { // the summary stands alone, but is linked to a collection of the summarized documents - set the OnCLick behavior to link follow to access them
-            Doc.GetProto(summary).maximizeLocation = "inTab";  // or "inPlace", or "onRight"
-            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(summary);
-        }
+        const summary = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { x: bounds.left + bounds.width / 2, y: bounds.top + bounds.height / 2, _width: 200, _height: 200, _fitToBox: true, _showSidebar: true, title: "overview" });
+        const portal = Doc.MakeAlias(summary);
+        Doc.GetProto(summary)[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(summary) + "-annotations"] = new List<Doc>(selected);
+        Doc.GetProto(summary).layout_portal = CollectionView.LayoutString(Doc.LayoutFieldKey(summary) + "-annotations");
+        summary._backgroundColor = "#e2ad32";
+        portal.layoutKey = "layout_portal";
+        portal.title = "document collection";
+        DocUtils.MakeLink({ doc: summary }, { doc: portal }, "summarizing");
+
+        this.props.addLiveTextDocument(summary);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
     }
+    @action
+    background = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
+        const newCollection = this.getCollection([], false, true);
+        this.props.addDocument(newCollection);
+        MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
+        this.hideMarquee();
+        setTimeout(() => this.props.selectDocuments([newCollection], []), 0);
+    }
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
@@ -453,7 +475,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             this.delete();
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
-        if (e.key === "c" || e.key === "t" || e.key === "s" || e.key === "S") {
+        if (e.key === "c" || e.key === "b" || e.key === "t" || e.key === "s" || e.key === "S") {
             this._commandExecuted = true;
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -461,10 +483,12 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             if (e.key === "c" || e.key === "t") {
                 this.collection(e);
             }
-
             if (e.key === "s" || e.key === "S") {
                 this.summary(e);
             }
+            if (e.key === "b") {
+                this.background(e);
+            }
             this.cleanupInteractions(false);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
index f57ba438a..821c8d804 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 .collectionMulticolumnView_contents {
     display: flex;
+    overflow: hidden;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
-    overflow: hidden;
 
     .document-wrapper {
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: column;
+        width: 100%;
 
         .label-wrapper {
             display: flex;
@@ -17,13 +18,13 @@
 
     }
 
-    .resizer {
+    .multiColumnResizer {
         cursor: ew-resize;
         transition: 0.5s opacity ease;
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: column;
 
-        .internal {
+        .multiColumnResizer-hdl {
             width: 100%;
             height: 100%;
             transition: 0.5s background-color ease;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 041eb69da..aa8e1fb43 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
+import { action, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { makeInterface } from '../../../../new_fields/Schema';
-import { documentSchema } from '../../../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
-import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Doc } from '../../../../new_fields/Doc';
-import { NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast, ScriptCast } from '../../../../new_fields/Types';
+import { documentSchema } from '../../../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
+import { makeInterface } from '../../../../new_fields/Schema';
+import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast, Cast } from '../../../../new_fields/Types';
+import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
+import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContentFittingDocumentView } from '../../nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView';
-import { Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import "./collectionMulticolumnView.scss";
-import { computed, trace, observable, action } from 'mobx';
-import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
-import WidthLabel from './MulticolumnWidthLabel';
 import ResizeBar from './MulticolumnResizer';
-import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import WidthLabel from './MulticolumnWidthLabel';
+import { List } from '../../../../new_fields/List';
 
 type MulticolumnDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
 const MulticolumnDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ interface LayoutData {
     starSum: number;
 }
 
-export const WidthUnit = {
+export const DimUnit = {
     Pixel: "px",
     Ratio: "*"
 };
 
-const resolvedUnits = Object.values(WidthUnit);
-const resizerWidth = 4;
+const resolvedUnits = Object.values(DimUnit);
+const resizerWidth = 8;
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocument) {
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
      */
     @computed
     private get ratioDefinedDocs() {
-        return this.childLayoutPairs.map(({ layout }) => layout).filter(({ widthUnit }) => StrCast(widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Ratio);
+        return this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(layout => StrCast(layout.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio);
     }
 
     /**
-     * This loops through all childLayoutPairs and extracts the values for widthUnit
-     * and widthMagnitude, ignoring any that are malformed. Additionally, it then
+     * This loops through all childLayoutPairs and extracts the values for dimUnit
+     * and dimMagnitude, ignoring any that are malformed. Additionally, it then
      * normalizes the ratio values so that one * value is always 1, with the remaining
      * values proportionate to that easily readable metric.
      * @returns the list of the resolved width specifiers (unit and magnitude pairs)
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
     private get resolvedLayoutInformation(): LayoutData {
         let starSum = 0;
         const widthSpecifiers: WidthSpecifier[] = [];
-        this.childLayoutPairs.map(({ layout: { widthUnit, widthMagnitude } }) => {
-            const unit = StrCast(widthUnit);
-            const magnitude = NumCast(widthMagnitude);
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => {
+            const unit = StrCast(pair.layout.dimUnit, "*");
+            const magnitude = NumCast(pair.layout.dimMagnitude, 1);
             if (unit && magnitude && magnitude > 0 && resolvedUnits.includes(unit)) {
-                (unit === WidthUnit.Ratio) && (starSum += magnitude);
+                (unit === DimUnit.Ratio) && (starSum += magnitude);
                 widthSpecifiers.push({ magnitude, unit });
             }
             /**
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
         setTimeout(() => {
             const { ratioDefinedDocs } = this;
             if (this.childLayoutPairs.length) {
-                const minimum = Math.min(...ratioDefinedDocs.map(({ widthMagnitude }) => NumCast(widthMagnitude)));
+                const minimum = Math.min(...ratioDefinedDocs.map(doc => NumCast(doc.dimMagnitude, 1)));
                 if (minimum !== 0) {
-                    ratioDefinedDocs.forEach(layout => layout.widthMagnitude = NumCast(layout.widthMagnitude) / minimum);
+                    ratioDefinedDocs.forEach(layout => layout.dimMagnitude = NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude, 1) / minimum, 1);
                 }
             }
         });
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
     @computed
     private get totalFixedAllocation(): number | undefined {
         return this.resolvedLayoutInformation?.widthSpecifiers.reduce(
-            (sum, { magnitude, unit }) => sum + (unit === WidthUnit.Pixel ? magnitude : 0), 0);
+            (sum, { magnitude, unit }) => sum + (unit === DimUnit.Pixel ? magnitude : 0), 0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
     private get totalRatioAllocation(): number | undefined {
         const layoutInfoLen = this.resolvedLayoutInformation.widthSpecifiers.length;
         if (layoutInfoLen > 0 && this.totalFixedAllocation !== undefined) {
-            return this.props.PanelWidth() - (this.totalFixedAllocation + resizerWidth * (layoutInfoLen - 1));
+            return this.props.PanelWidth() - (this.totalFixedAllocation + resizerWidth * (layoutInfoLen - 1)) - 2 * NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin);
         }
     }
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
         if (columnUnitLength === undefined) {
             return 0; // we're still waiting on promises to resolve
         }
-        let width = NumCast(layout.widthMagnitude);
-        if (StrCast(layout.widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Ratio) {
+        let width = NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude, 1);
+        if (StrCast(layout.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio) {
             width *= columnUnitLength;
         }
         return width;
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
-        if (super.drop(e, de)) {
+    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
             de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(action((d: Doc) => {
-                d.widthUnit = "*";
-                d.widthMagnitude = 1;
+                d.dimUnit = "*";
+                d.dimMagnitude = 1;
             }));
         }
         return false;
@@ -203,6 +203,20 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
 
     @computed get onChildClickHandler() { return ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick); }
 
+    getDisplayDoc(layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) {
+        return <ContentFittingDocumentView
+            {...this.props}
+            Document={layout}
+            DataDocument={layout.resolvedDataDoc as Doc}
+            backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
+            CollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
+            PanelWidth={width}
+            PanelHeight={height}
+            getTransform={dxf}
+            onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
+            renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+        />;
+    }
     /**
      * @returns the resolved list of rendered child documents, displayed
      * at their resolved pixel widths, each separated by a resizer. 
@@ -214,21 +228,14 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
         const collector: JSX.Element[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < childLayoutPairs.length; i++) {
             const { layout } = childLayoutPairs[i];
+            const dxf = () => this.lookupIndividualTransform(layout).translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin), -NumCast(Document._yMargin));
+            const width = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
+            const height = () => PanelHeight() - 2 * NumCast(Document._yMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
             collector.push(
-                <div
-                    className={"document-wrapper"}
-                    key={Utils.GenerateGuid()}
-                >
-                    <ContentFittingDocumentView
-                        {...this.props}
-                        Document={layout}
-                        DataDocument={layout.resolvedDataDoc as Doc}
-                        CollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
-                        PanelWidth={() => this.lookupPixels(layout)}
-                        PanelHeight={() => PanelHeight() - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0)}
-                        getTransform={() => this.lookupIndividualTransform(layout)}
-                        onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
-                    />
+                <div className={"document-wrapper"}
+                    key={"wrapper" + i}
+                    style={{ width: width() }} >
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, width, height)}
                     <WidthLabel
                         layout={layout}
                         collectionDoc={Document}
@@ -236,7 +243,8 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
                 </div>,
                 <ResizeBar
                     width={resizerWidth}
-                    key={Utils.GenerateGuid()}
+                    key={"resizer" + i}
+                    select={this.props.select}
                     columnUnitLength={this.getColumnUnitLength}
                     toLeft={layout}
                     toRight={childLayoutPairs[i + 1]?.layout}
@@ -249,7 +257,11 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocu
 
     render(): JSX.Element {
         return (
-            <div className={"collectionMulticolumnView_contents"} ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}>
+            <div className={"collectionMulticolumnView_contents"}
+                style={{
+                    marginLeft: NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin), marginRight: NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin),
+                    marginTop: NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin), marginBottom: NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin)
+                }} ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}>
                 {this.contents}
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79fb195e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+.collectionMultirowView_contents {
+    display: flex;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    flex-direction: column;
+
+    .document-wrapper {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: row;
+        height: 100%;
+
+        .label-wrapper {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: row;
+            justify-content: center;
+            height: 20px;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    .multiRowResizer {
+        cursor: ns-resize;
+        transition: 0.5s opacity ease;
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: row;
+
+        .multiRowResizer-hdl {
+            width: 100%;
+            height: 100%;
+            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
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e59f8237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import { makeInterface } from '../../../../new_fields/Schema';
+import { documentSchema } from '../../../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Doc } from '../../../../new_fields/Doc';
+import { NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast, ScriptCast } from '../../../../new_fields/Types';
+import { ContentFittingDocumentView } from '../../nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView';
+import { Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import "./collectionMultirowView.scss";
+import { computed, trace, observable, action } from 'mobx';
+import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
+import HeightLabel from './MultirowHeightLabel';
+import ResizeBar from './MultirowResizer';
+import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+
+type MultirowDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
+const MultirowDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
+
+interface HeightSpecifier {
+    magnitude: number;
+    unit: string;
+}
+
+interface LayoutData {
+    heightSpecifiers: HeightSpecifier[];
+    starSum: number;
+}
+
+export const DimUnit = {
+    Pixel: "px",
+    Ratio: "*"
+};
+
+const resolvedUnits = Object.values(DimUnit);
+const resizerHeight = 8;
+
+@observer
+export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView(MultirowDocument) {
+
+    /**
+     * @returns the list of layout documents whose width unit is
+     * *, denoting that it will be displayed with a ratio, not fixed pixel, value
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get ratioDefinedDocs() {
+        return this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(layout => StrCast(layout.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This loops through all childLayoutPairs and extracts the values for dimUnit
+     * and dimUnit, ignoring any that are malformed. Additionally, it then
+     * normalizes the ratio values so that one * value is always 1, with the remaining
+     * values proportionate to that easily readable metric.
+     * @returns the list of the resolved width specifiers (unit and magnitude pairs)
+     * as well as the sum of the * coefficients, i.e. the ratio magnitudes
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get resolvedLayoutInformation(): LayoutData {
+        let starSum = 0;
+        const heightSpecifiers: HeightSpecifier[] = [];
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => {
+            const unit = StrCast(pair.layout.dimUnit, "*");
+            const magnitude = NumCast(pair.layout.dimMagnitude, 1);
+            if (unit && magnitude && magnitude > 0 && resolvedUnits.includes(unit)) {
+                (unit === DimUnit.Ratio) && (starSum += magnitude);
+                heightSpecifiers.push({ magnitude, unit });
+            }
+            /**
+             * Otherwise, the child document is ignored and the remaining
+             * space is allocated as if the document were absent from the child list
+             */
+        });
+
+        /**
+         * Here, since these values are all relative, adjustments during resizing or
+         * manual updating can, though their ratios remain the same, cause the values
+         * themselves to drift toward zero. Thus, whenever we change any of the values,
+         * we normalize everything (dividing by the smallest magnitude).
+         */
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            const { ratioDefinedDocs } = this;
+            if (this.childLayoutPairs.length) {
+                const minimum = Math.min(...ratioDefinedDocs.map(layout => NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude, 1)));
+                if (minimum !== 0) {
+                    ratioDefinedDocs.forEach(layout => layout.dimMagnitude = NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude, 1) / minimum);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        return { heightSpecifiers, starSum };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This returns the total quantity, in pixels, that this
+     * view needs to reserve for child documents that have
+     * (with higher priority) requested a fixed pixel width.
+     * 
+     * If the underlying resolvedLayoutInformation returns null
+     * because we're waiting on promises to resolve, this value will be undefined as well.
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get totalFixedAllocation(): number | undefined {
+        return this.resolvedLayoutInformation?.heightSpecifiers.reduce(
+            (sum, { magnitude, unit }) => sum + (unit === DimUnit.Pixel ? magnitude : 0), 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns the total quantity, in pixels, that this
+     * view needs to reserve for child documents that have
+     * (with lower priority) requested a certain relative proportion of the
+     * remaining pixel width not allocated for fixed widths.
+     * 
+     * If the underlying totalFixedAllocation returns undefined
+     * because we're waiting indirectly on promises to resolve, this value will be undefined as well.
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get totalRatioAllocation(): number | undefined {
+        const layoutInfoLen = this.resolvedLayoutInformation.heightSpecifiers.length;
+        if (layoutInfoLen > 0 && this.totalFixedAllocation !== undefined) {
+            return this.props.PanelHeight() - (this.totalFixedAllocation + resizerHeight * (layoutInfoLen - 1)) - 2 * NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns the total quantity, in pixels, that
+     * 1* (relative / star unit) is worth. For example,
+     * if the configuration has three documents, with, respectively,
+     * widths of 2*, 2* and 1*, and the panel width returns 1000px,
+     * this accessor returns 1000 / (2 + 2 + 1), or 200px.
+     * Elsewhere, this is then multiplied by each relative-width
+     * document's (potentially decimal) * count to compute its actual width (400px, 400px and 200px).
+     * 
+     * If the underlying totalRatioAllocation or this.resolveLayoutInformation return undefined
+     * because we're waiting indirectly on promises to resolve, this value will be undefined as well.
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get rowUnitLength(): number | undefined {
+        if (this.resolvedLayoutInformation && this.totalRatioAllocation !== undefined) {
+            return this.totalRatioAllocation / this.resolvedLayoutInformation.starSum;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This wrapper function exists to prevent mobx from
+     * needlessly rerendering the internal ContentFittingDocumentViews
+     */
+    private getRowUnitLength = () => this.rowUnitLength;
+
+    /**
+     * @param layout the document whose transform we'd like to compute
+     * Given a layout document, this function
+     * returns the resolved width it has requested, in pixels.
+     * @returns the stored row width if already in pixels,
+     * or the ratio width evaluated to a pixel value
+     */
+    private lookupPixels = (layout: Doc): number => {
+        const rowUnitLength = this.rowUnitLength;
+        if (rowUnitLength === undefined) {
+            return 0; // we're still waiting on promises to resolve
+        }
+        let height = NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude, 1);
+        if (StrCast(layout.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio) {
+            height *= rowUnitLength;
+        }
+        return height;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns the transform that will correctly place
+     * the document decorations box, shifted to the right by
+     * the sum of all the resolved row widths of the
+     * documents before the target. 
+     */
+    private lookupIndividualTransform = (layout: Doc) => {
+        const rowUnitLength = this.rowUnitLength;
+        if (rowUnitLength === undefined) {
+            return Transform.Identity(); // we're still waiting on promises to resolve
+        }
+        let offset = 0;
+        for (const { layout: candidate } of this.childLayoutPairs) {
+            if (candidate === layout) {
+                return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -offset);
+            }
+            offset += this.lookupPixels(candidate) + resizerHeight;
+        }
+        return Transform.Identity(); // type coersion, this case should never be hit
+    }
+
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(action((d: Doc) => {
+                d.dimUnit = "*";
+                d.dimMagnitude = 1;
+            }));
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @computed get onChildClickHandler() { return ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick); }
+
+    getDisplayDoc(layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) {
+        return <ContentFittingDocumentView
+            {...this.props}
+            Document={layout}
+            DataDocument={layout.resolvedDataDoc as Doc}
+            backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
+            CollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
+            PanelWidth={width}
+            PanelHeight={height}
+            getTransform={dxf}
+            onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
+            renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+        />;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @returns the resolved list of rendered child documents, displayed
+     * at their resolved pixel widths, each separated by a resizer. 
+     */
+    @computed
+    private get contents(): JSX.Element[] | null {
+        const { childLayoutPairs } = this;
+        const { Document, PanelWidth } = this.props;
+        const collector: JSX.Element[] = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < childLayoutPairs.length; i++) {
+            const { layout } = childLayoutPairs[i];
+            const dxf = () => this.lookupIndividualTransform(layout).translate(-NumCast(Document._xMargin), -NumCast(Document._yMargin));
+            const height = () => this.lookupPixels(layout);
+            const width = () => PanelWidth() - 2 * NumCast(Document._xMargin) - (BoolCast(Document.showWidthLabels) ? 20 : 0);
+            collector.push(
+                <div
+                    className={"document-wrapper"}
+                    key={"wrapper" + i}
+                >
+                    {this.getDisplayDoc(layout, dxf, width, height)}
+                    <HeightLabel
+                        layout={layout}
+                        collectionDoc={Document}
+                    />
+                </div>,
+                <ResizeBar
+                    height={resizerHeight}
+                    key={"resizer" + i}
+                    columnUnitLength={this.getRowUnitLength}
+                    toTop={layout}
+                    toBottom={childLayoutPairs[i + 1]?.layout}
+                />
+            );
+        }
+        collector.pop(); // removes the final extraneous resize bar
+        return collector;
+    }
+
+    render(): JSX.Element {
+        return (
+            <div className={"collectionMultirowView_contents"}
+                style={{
+                    width: `calc(100% - ${2 * NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin)}px)`,
+                    height: `calc(100% - ${2 * NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin)}px)`,
+                    marginLeft: NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin), marginRight: NumCast(this.props.Document._xMargin),
+                    marginTop: NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin), marginBottom: NumCast(this.props.Document._yMargin)
+                }} ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}>
+                {this.contents}
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnResizer.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnResizer.tsx
index 11e210958..e1e604686 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnResizer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnResizer.tsx
@@ -3,19 +3,15 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { observable, action } from "mobx";
 import { Doc } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
-import { WidthUnit } from "./CollectionMulticolumnView";
+import { DimUnit } from "./CollectionMulticolumnView";
+import { UndoManager } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
 
 interface ResizerProps {
     width: number;
     columnUnitLength(): number | undefined;
     toLeft?: Doc;
     toRight?: Doc;
-}
-
-enum ResizeMode {
-    Global = "blue",
-    Pinned = "red",
-    Undefined = "black"
+    select: (isCtrlPressed: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 const resizerOpacity = 1;
@@ -24,18 +20,19 @@ const resizerOpacity = 1;
 export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
     @observable private isHoverActive = false;
     @observable private isResizingActive = false;
-    @observable private resizeMode = ResizeMode.Undefined;
+    private _resizeUndo?: UndoManager.Batch;
 
     @action
-    private registerResizing = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>, mode: ResizeMode) => {
+    private registerResizing = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        this.props.select(false);
         e.stopPropagation();
         e.preventDefault();
-        this.resizeMode = mode;
         window.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
         window.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
         window.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
         window.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
         this.isResizingActive = true;
+        this._resizeUndo = UndoManager.StartBatch("multcol resizing");
     }
 
     private onPointerMove = ({ movementX }: PointerEvent) => {
@@ -46,14 +43,12 @@ export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
         const unitLength = columnUnitLength();
         if (unitLength) {
             if (toNarrow) {
-                const { widthUnit, widthMagnitude } = toNarrow;
-                const scale = widthUnit === WidthUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
-                toNarrow.widthMagnitude = NumCast(widthMagnitude) - Math.abs(movementX) / scale;
+                const scale = StrCast(toNarrow.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
+                toNarrow.dimMagnitude = Math.max(0.05, NumCast(toNarrow.dimMagnitude, 1) - Math.abs(movementX) / scale);
             }
-            if (this.resizeMode === ResizeMode.Pinned && toWiden) {
-                const { widthUnit, widthMagnitude } = toWiden;
-                const scale = widthUnit === WidthUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
-                toWiden.widthMagnitude = NumCast(widthMagnitude) + Math.abs(movementX) / scale;
+            if (toWiden) {
+                const scale = StrCast(toWiden.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
+                toWiden.dimMagnitude = Math.max(0.05, NumCast(toWiden.dimMagnitude, 1) + Math.abs(movementX) / scale);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -61,17 +56,17 @@ export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
     private get isActivated() {
         const { toLeft, toRight } = this.props;
         if (toLeft && toRight) {
-            if (StrCast(toLeft.widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Pixel && StrCast(toRight.widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Pixel) {
+            if (StrCast(toLeft.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel && StrCast(toRight.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
                 return false;
             }
             return true;
         } else if (toLeft) {
-            if (StrCast(toLeft.widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Pixel) {
+            if (StrCast(toLeft.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
                 return false;
             }
             return true;
         } else if (toRight) {
-            if (StrCast(toRight.widthUnit) === WidthUnit.Pixel) {
+            if (StrCast(toRight.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
                 return false;
             }
             return true;
@@ -81,17 +76,18 @@ export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
 
     @action
     private onPointerUp = () => {
-        this.resizeMode = ResizeMode.Undefined;
         this.isResizingActive = false;
         this.isHoverActive = false;
         window.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
         window.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        this._resizeUndo?.end();
+        this._resizeUndo = undefined;
     }
 
     render() {
         return (
             <div
-                className={"resizer"}
+                className={"multiColumnResizer"}
                 style={{
                     width: this.props.width,
                     opacity: this.isActivated && this.isHoverActive ? resizerOpacity : 0
@@ -99,16 +95,7 @@ export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
                 onPointerEnter={action(() => this.isHoverActive = true)}
                 onPointerLeave={action(() => !this.isResizingActive && (this.isHoverActive = false))}
             >
-                <div
-                    className={"internal"}
-                    onPointerDown={e => this.registerResizing(e, ResizeMode.Pinned)}
-                    style={{ backgroundColor: this.resizeMode }}
-                />
-                <div
-                    className={"internal"}
-                    onPointerDown={e => this.registerResizing(e, ResizeMode.Global)}
-                    style={{ backgroundColor: this.resizeMode }}
-                />
+                <div className={"multiColumnResizer-hdl"} onPointerDown={e => this.registerResizing(e)} />
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnWidthLabel.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnWidthLabel.tsx
index b394fed62..5b2054428 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnWidthLabel.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MulticolumnWidthLabel.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { computed } from "mobx";
 import { Doc } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { EditableView } from "../../EditableView";
-import { WidthUnit } from "./CollectionMulticolumnView";
+import { DimUnit } from "./CollectionMulticolumnView";
 
 interface WidthLabelProps {
     layout: Doc;
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ export default class WidthLabel extends React.Component<WidthLabelProps> {
     @computed
     private get contents() {
         const { layout, decimals } = this.props;
-        const getUnit = () => StrCast(layout.widthUnit);
-        const getMagnitude = () => String(+NumCast(layout.widthMagnitude).toFixed(decimals ?? 3));
+        const getUnit = () => StrCast(layout.dimUnit);
+        const getMagnitude = () => String(+NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude).toFixed(decimals ?? 3));
         return (
             <div className={"label-wrapper"}>
                 <EditableView
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class WidthLabel extends React.Component<WidthLabelProps> {
                     SetValue={value => {
                         const converted = Number(value);
                         if (!isNaN(converted) && converted > 0) {
-                            layout.widthMagnitude = converted;
+                            layout.dimMagnitude = converted;
                             return true;
                         }
                         return false;
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export default class WidthLabel extends React.Component<WidthLabelProps> {
                 <EditableView
                     GetValue={getUnit}
                     SetValue={value => {
-                        if (Object.values(WidthUnit).includes(value)) {
-                            layout.widthUnit = value;
+                        if (Object.values(DimUnit).includes(value)) {
+                            layout.dimUnit = value;
                             return true;
                         }
                         return false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowHeightLabel.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowHeightLabel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..899577fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowHeightLabel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { computed } from "mobx";
+import { Doc } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { EditableView } from "../../EditableView";
+import { DimUnit } from "./CollectionMultirowView";
+
+interface HeightLabelProps {
+    layout: Doc;
+    collectionDoc: Doc;
+    decimals?: number;
+}
+
+@observer
+export default class HeightLabel extends React.Component<HeightLabelProps> {
+
+    @computed
+    private get contents() {
+        const { layout, decimals } = this.props;
+        const getUnit = () => StrCast(layout.dimUnit);
+        const getMagnitude = () => String(+NumCast(layout.dimMagnitude).toFixed(decimals ?? 3));
+        return (
+            <div className={"label-wrapper"}>
+                <EditableView
+                    GetValue={getMagnitude}
+                    SetValue={value => {
+                        const converted = Number(value);
+                        if (!isNaN(converted) && converted > 0) {
+                            layout.dimMagnitude = converted;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }}
+                    contents={getMagnitude()}
+                />
+                <EditableView
+                    GetValue={getUnit}
+                    SetValue={value => {
+                        if (Object.values(DimUnit).includes(value)) {
+                            layout.dimUnit = value;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }}
+                    contents={getUnit()}
+                />
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return BoolCast(this.props.collectionDoc.showHeightLabels) ? this.contents : (null);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowResizer.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowResizer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9df8cc3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/MultirowResizer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { observable, action } from "mobx";
+import { Doc } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { DimUnit } from "./CollectionMultirowView";
+import { UndoManager } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
+
+interface ResizerProps {
+    height: number;
+    columnUnitLength(): number | undefined;
+    toTop?: Doc;
+    toBottom?: Doc;
+}
+
+const resizerOpacity = 1;
+
+@observer
+export default class ResizeBar extends React.Component<ResizerProps> {
+    @observable private isHoverActive = false;
+    @observable private isResizingActive = false;
+    private _resizeUndo?: UndoManager.Batch;
+
+    @action
+    private registerResizing = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        e.preventDefault();
+        window.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        window.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        window.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        window.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        this.isResizingActive = true;
+        this._resizeUndo = UndoManager.StartBatch("multcol resizing");
+    }
+
+    private onPointerMove = ({ movementY }: PointerEvent) => {
+        const { toTop: toTop, toBottom: toBottom, columnUnitLength } = this.props;
+        const movingDown = movementY > 0;
+        const toNarrow = movingDown ? toBottom : toTop;
+        const toWiden = movingDown ? toTop : toBottom;
+        const unitLength = columnUnitLength();
+        if (unitLength) {
+            if (toNarrow) {
+                const scale = StrCast(toNarrow.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
+                toNarrow.dimMagnitude = Math.max(0.05, NumCast(toNarrow.dimMagnitude, 1) - Math.abs(movementY) / scale);
+            }
+            if (toWiden) {
+                const scale = StrCast(toWiden.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Ratio ? unitLength : 1;
+                toWiden.dimMagnitude = Math.max(0.05, NumCast(toWiden.dimMagnitude, 1) + Math.abs(movementY) / scale);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private get isActivated() {
+        const { toTop, toBottom } = this.props;
+        if (toTop && toBottom) {
+            if (StrCast(toTop.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel && StrCast(toBottom.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        } else if (toTop) {
+            if (StrCast(toTop.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        } else if (toBottom) {
+            if (StrCast(toBottom.dimUnit, "*") === DimUnit.Pixel) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @action
+    private onPointerUp = () => {
+        this.isResizingActive = false;
+        this.isHoverActive = false;
+        window.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        window.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        this._resizeUndo?.end();
+        this._resizeUndo = undefined;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div
+                className={"multiRowResizer"}
+                style={{
+                    height: this.props.height,
+                    opacity: this.isActivated && this.isHoverActive ? resizerOpacity : 0
+                }}
+                onPointerEnter={action(() => this.isHoverActive = true)}
+                onPointerLeave={action(() => !this.isResizingActive && (this.isHoverActive = false))}
+            >
+                <div className={"multiRowResizer-hdl"} onPointerDown={e => this.registerResizing(e)} />
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+}
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