Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/browngraphicslab/Dash-Web

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 11fececd7..3ed010e8f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1078,8 +1078,11 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProps &
             getComputedStyle(this._ref.current!.parentElement!).top === "0px") {  // if top === 0, then the text box is growing upward (as the overlay caption) which doesn't contribute to the height computation
             const nh = this.Document.isTemplateField ? 0 : NumCast(this.dataDoc.nativeHeight, 0);
             const dh = NumCast(this.layoutDoc.height, 0);
-            this.layoutDoc.height = Math.max(10, (nh ? dh / nh * scrollHeight : scrollHeight) + (this.props.ChromeHeight ? this.props.ChromeHeight() : 0));
-            this.dataDoc.nativeHeight = nh ? scrollHeight : undefined;
+            let newHeight = Math.max(10, (nh ? dh / nh * scrollHeight : scrollHeight) + (this.props.ChromeHeight ? this.props.ChromeHeight() : 0));
+            if (Math.abs(newHeight - dh) > 1) { // bcz: Argh!  without this, we get into a React crash if the same document is opened in a freeform view and in the treeview.  no idea why, but after dragging the freeform document, selecting it, and selecting text, it will compute to 1 pixel higher than the treeview which causes a cycle
+                this.layoutDoc.height = newHeight;
+                this.dataDoc.nativeHeight = nh ? scrollHeight : undefined;
+            }
         }
     }