exracted FollowLinkScript() function. got rid of template parameters to simplify templating.

15 files changed, 65 insertions, 71 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 7600fcac9..8d97ce5af 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Networking } from '../Network';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../util/DragManager';
 import { DirectoryImportBox } from '../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox';
+import { FollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../util/LinkManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                     layout: { view: LinkBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
                     options: {
                         childDontRegisterViews: true,
-                        onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }),
+                        onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                         hideLinkAnchors: true,
                         _height: 150,
                         description: '',
@@ -1694,7 +1695,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                 _width: 15,
                 _height: 15,
                 _xPadding: 0,
-                onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }),
+                onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                 _timecodeToShow: Cast(doc._timecodeToShow, 'number', null),
             });
             Doc.AddDocToList(context, annotationField, pushpin);
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 3d0db04b4..76ea3e3ea 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { OpenWhere } from "../views/nodes/DocumentView";
 import { OverlayView } from "../views/OverlayView";
 import { DragManager } from "./DragManager";
 import { MakeTemplate } from "./DropConverter";
+import { FollowLinkScript } from "./LinkFollower";
 import { LinkManager } from "./LinkManager";
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from "./ScriptingGlobals";
 import { ColorScheme } from "./SettingsManager";
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             {key: "Map",        creator: opts => Docs.Create.MapDocument([], opts),         opts: { _width: 800, _height: 600, _fitWidth: true, _showSidebar: true,  }},
             {key: "Screengrab", creator: Docs.Create.ScreenshotDocument,                    opts: { _width: 400, _height: 200 }},
             {key: "WebCam",     creator: opts => Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", opts),      opts: { _width: 400, _height: 200, recording:true, system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) }},
-            {key: "Button",     creator: Docs.Create.ButtonDocument,                        opts: { _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("followLink(this,altKey)", {altKey:"boolean"}) }},
+            {key: "Button",     creator: Docs.Create.ButtonDocument,                        opts: { _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, onClick: FollowLinkScript()}},
             {key: "Script",     creator: opts => Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(null, opts), opts: { _width: 200, _height: 250, }},
             {key: "DataViz",    creator: opts => Docs.Create.DataVizDocument("/users/rz/Downloads/addresses.csv", opts),   opts: { _width: 300, _height: 300 }},
             {key: "Header",     creator: headerTemplate,                                    opts: { _width: 300, _height: 70, _headerPointerEvents: "all", _headerHeight: 12, _headerFontSize: 9, _autoHeight: true, treeViewHideUnrendered: true}},
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
index f5aae6632..d4d7c66f5 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { action, runInAction } from 'mobx';
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { action, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, FieldResult, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
+import { ScriptField } from '../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
-import { DocumentDecorations } from '../views/DocumentDecorations';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentViewSharedProps, OpenWhere } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, OpenWhere } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { PresBox } from '../views/nodes/trails';
 import { DocumentManager } from './DocumentManager';
 import { LinkManager } from './LinkManager';
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ import { UndoManager } from './UndoManager';
  * - user defined kvps
  */
 export class LinkFollower {
+    @observable public static IsFollowing = false;
     // follows a link - if the target is on screen, it highlights/pans to it.
     // if the target isn't onscreen, then it will open up the target in the lightbox, or in place
     // depending on the followLinkLocation property of the source (or the link itself as a fallback);
     public static FollowLink = (linkDoc: Opt<Doc>, sourceDoc: Doc, altKey: boolean) => {
         const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('follow link click');
-        runInAction(() => (DocumentDecorations.Instance.overrideBounds = true)); // turn off decoration bounds while following links since animations may occur, and DocDecorations is based on screenToLocal which is not always an observable value
+        runInAction(() => (LinkFollower.IsFollowing = true)); // turn off decoration bounds while following links since animations may occur, and DocDecorations is based on screenToLocal which is not always an observable value
         LinkFollower.traverseLink(
             linkDoc,
             sourceDoc,
             action(() => {
                 batch.end();
-                Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(action(() => (DocumentDecorations.Instance.overrideBounds = false)));
+                Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(action(() => (LinkFollower.IsFollowing = false)));
             }),
             altKey ? true : undefined
         );
@@ -124,3 +125,10 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function followLink(doc: Doc, altKey: boolean) {
     SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
     LinkFollower.FollowLink(undefined, doc, altKey);
 });
+
+export function FollowLinkScript() {
+    return ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' });
+}
+export function IsFollowLinkScript(field: FieldResult<Field>) {
+    return ScriptCast(field)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(');
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
index 7e1b32398..8c2ced55a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { action, computed, observable, runInAction, trace } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../fields/RichTextField';
-import { Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { Cast, DocCast, NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick } from '../../Utils';
 import { GoogleAuthenticationManager } from '../apis/GoogleAuthenticationManager';
 import { Pulls, Pushes } from '../apis/google_docs/GoogleApiClientUtils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager } from '../util/DragManager';
+import { IsFollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../util/SelectionManager';
 import { SharingManager } from '../util/SharingManager';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
@@ -24,11 +25,9 @@ import { DocumentLinksButton } from './nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewInternal, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DashFieldView } from './nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView';
 import { GoogleRef } from './nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
+import { PinProps } from './nodes/trails';
 import { TemplateMenu } from './TemplateMenu';
 import React = require('react');
-import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
-import { FontIconBox } from './nodes/button/FontIconBox';
-import { PinProps } from './nodes/trails';
 const higflyout = require('@hig/flyout');
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: () => (DocumentV
                 </Tooltip>
             );
         };
-        const followLink = ScriptCast(targetDoc?.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(');
+        const followLink = IsFollowLinkScript(targetDoc?.onClick);
         return !targetDoc ? null : (
             <Tooltip title={<div className="dash-tooltip">Set onClick to follow primary link</div>}>
                 <div
@@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: () => (DocumentV
                         <LinkPopup
                             key="popup"
                             showPopup={this._showLinkPopup}
-                            linkCreated={link => (link.linkDisplay = !ScriptCast(this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink('))}
+                            linkCreated={link => (link.linkDisplay = !IsFollowLinkScript(this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc.onClick))}
                             linkCreateAnchor={() => this.props.views().lastElement()?.ComponentView?.getAnchor?.(true)}
                             linkFrom={() => this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc}
                         />
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 9bc583ce5..9ffbe083f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { FormattedTextBox } from './nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { ImageBox } from './nodes/ImageBox';
 import React = require('react');
 import { RichTextField } from '../../fields/RichTextField';
+import { LinkFollower } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 
 @observer
 export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; PanelHeight: number; boundsLeft: number; boundsTop: number }, { value: string }> {
@@ -83,10 +84,9 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
         );
     }
 
-    @observable overrideBounds = false;
     @computed
     get Bounds() {
-        if (this.overrideBounds) return { x: 0, y: 0, r: 0, b: 0 };
+        if (LinkFollower.IsFollowing) return { x: 0, y: 0, r: 0, b: 0 };
         const views = SelectionManager.Views();
         return views
             .filter(dv => dv.props.renderDepth > 0)
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                                     {this._isRotating ? null : (
                                         <Tooltip enterDelay={750} title={<div className="dash-tooltip">tap to set rotate center, drag to rotate</div>}>
                                             <div className="documentDecorations-rotation" style={{ pointerEvents: 'all' }} onPointerDown={this.onRotateDown} onContextMenu={e => e.preventDefault()}>
-                                                <IconButton icon={<FaUndo />} isCircle={true} hoverStyle={'lighten'} backgroundColor={Colors.DARK_GRAY} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} />
+                                                <IconButton icon={<FaUndo />} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} />
                                             </div>
                                         </Tooltip>
                                     )}
diff --git a/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx b/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
index 6b4f8ad85..ede387927 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { FormattedTextBox } from './nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { AnchorMenu } from './pdf/AnchorMenu';
 import React = require('react');
 import { ScriptField } from '../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { FollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 export interface MarqueeAnnotatorProps {
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ export class MarqueeAnnotator extends React.Component<MarqueeAnnotatorProps> {
             const anno = savedAnnos[0];
             const containerOffset = this.props.containerOffset?.() || [0, 0];
             const marqueeAnno = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
-                onClick: isLinkButton ? ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }) : undefined,
+                onClick: isLinkButton ? FollowLinkScript() : undefined,
                 backgroundColor: color,
                 annotationOn: this.props.rootDoc,
                 title: 'Annotation on ' + this.props.rootDoc.title,
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
index 0723966e1..031d501ad 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { DocumentView, OpenWhere } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { pasteImageBitmap } from './nodes/WebBoxRenderer';
 import './PropertiesButtons.scss';
 import React = require('react');
+import { IsFollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 const higflyout = require('@hig/flyout');
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
             .filter(dv => dv.docView)
             .map(dv => dv.docView!)
             .forEach(docView => {
-                const linkButton = ScriptCast(docView.props.Document.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(');
+                const linkButton = IsFollowLinkScript(docView.props.Document.onClick);
                 docView.noOnClick();
                 switch (onClick) {
                     case 'enterPortal':
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
         ];
         const list = buttonList.map(value => {
             const click = () => this.handleOptionChange(value[0]);
-            const linkButton = BoolCast(ScriptCast(this.selectedDoc.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink('));
+            const linkButton = IsFollowLinkScript(this.selectedDoc.onClick);
             const followLoc = this.selectedDoc._followLinkLocation;
             const linkedToLightboxView = () => LinkManager.Links(this.selectedDoc).some(link => LinkManager.getOppositeAnchor(link, this.selectedDoc)?._isLightbox);
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index 8d67f0528..b950b4860 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { Shadows } from 'browndash-components';
 import { action, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { extname } from 'path';
 import { Doc, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../fields/Doc';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, ImageCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, ImageCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { DashColor, lightOrDark, Utils } from '../../Utils';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocFocusOrOpen, DocumentManager } from '../util/DocumentManager';
+import { IsFollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../util/LinkManager';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../util/SelectionManager';
 import { ColorScheme, SettingsManager } from '../util/SettingsManager';
@@ -18,13 +20,10 @@ import { InkingStroke } from './InkingStroke';
 import { MainView } from './MainView';
 import { DocumentViewProps } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from './nodes/FieldView';
+import { KeyValueBox } from './nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { SliderBox } from './nodes/SliderBox';
 import './StyleProvider.scss';
 import React = require('react');
-import { KeyValueBox } from './nodes/KeyValueBox';
-import { listSpec } from '../../fields/Schema';
-import { AudioField } from '../../fields/URLField';
-import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 
 export enum StyleProp {
     TreeViewIcon = 'treeViewIcon',
@@ -279,8 +278,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
         case StyleProp.BoxShadow: {
             if (!doc || opacity() === 0 || doc.noShadow) return undefined; // if it's not visible, then no shadow)
             if (doc.boxShadow === 'standard') return Shadows.STANDARD_SHADOW;
-            if (ScriptCast(doc?.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(') && LinkManager.Links(doc).length && ![DocumentType.LINK, DocumentType.INK].includes(doc.type as any))
-                return StrCast(doc?._linkButtonShadow, 'lightblue 0em 0em 1em');
+            if (IsFollowLinkScript(doc?.onClick) && LinkManager.Links(doc).length && ![DocumentType.LINK, DocumentType.INK].includes(doc.type as any)) return StrCast(doc?._linkButtonShadow, 'lightblue 0em 0em 1em');
             switch (doc?.type) {
                 case DocumentType.COL:
                     return StrCast(
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index 5891cfe78..bbd81d06d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
-import { LinkFollower } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
+import { FollowLinkScript, IsFollowLinkScript, LinkFollower } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../util/LinkManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                 backgroundColor: 'rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.5)',
                 useLinkSmallAnchor: true,
                 hideLinkButton: true,
-                onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }),
+                onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                 annotationOn: rootDoc,
                 _timelineLabel: true,
                 borderRounding: anchorEndTime === undefined ? '100%' : undefined,
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
 
     @action
     clickAnchor = (anchorDoc: Doc, clientX: number) => {
-        if (ScriptCast(anchorDoc.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(')) {
+        if (IsFollowLinkScript(anchorDoc.onClick)) {
             LinkFollower.FollowLink(undefined, anchorDoc, false);
         }
         const seekTimeInSeconds = this.anchorStart(anchorDoc) - 0.05;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index 2d12005fb..dbcfe43cf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<
             (this.props.LayoutTemplateString && this.props.Document) ||
             (this.props.layoutKey && StrCast(this.props.Document[this.props.layoutKey]) && this.props.Document) ||
             Doc.Layout(this.props.Document, this.props.layoutKey ? Cast(this.props.Document[this.props.layoutKey], Doc, null) : undefined);
-        return Doc.expandTemplateLayout(template, this.props.Document, this.props.layoutKey);
+        return Doc.expandTemplateLayout(template, this.props.Document);
     }
 
     CreateBindings(onClick: Opt<ScriptField>, onInput: Opt<ScriptField>): JsxBindings {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index a39c3cf8f..f161a7b9b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { DictationManager } from '../../util/DictationManager';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
-import { LinkFollower } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
+import { FollowLinkScript, LinkFollower } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../util/LinkManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
@@ -560,14 +560,14 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     toggleFollowLink = (zoom?: boolean, setTargetToggle?: boolean): void => {
         const hadOnClick = this.rootDoc.onClick;
         this.noOnClick();
-        this.Document.onClick = hadOnClick ? undefined : ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' });
+        this.Document.onClick = hadOnClick ? undefined : FollowLinkScript();
         this.Document.waitForDoubleClickToClick = hadOnClick ? undefined : 'never';
     };
     @undoBatch
     @action
     followLinkOnClick = (): void => {
         this.Document.ignoreClick = false;
-        this.Document.onClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' });
+        this.Document.onClick = FollowLinkScript();
         this.Document.followLinkToggle = false;
         this.Document.followLinkZoom = false;
         this.Document.followLinkLocation = undefined;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             );
         }
         this.Document.followLinkLocation = OpenWhere.lightbox;
-        this.Document.onClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' });
+        this.Document.onClick = FollowLinkScript();
     };
 
     importDocument = () => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 83ad5628c..b144c9318 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { RecordingBox } from './RecordingBox';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 import './VideoBox.scss';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { FollowLinkScript } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
 const path = require('path');
 
 /**
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                 _width: 150,
                 _height: 50,
                 title: (this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode || 0).toString(),
-                onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }),
+                onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
             });
             this.props.addDocument?.(b);
             DocUtils.MakeLink(b, this.rootDoc, { linkRelationship: 'video snapshot' });
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             _nativeHeight: Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc),
             x: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + width,
             y: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y),
-            onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript('followLink(this,altKey)', { altKey: 'boolean' }),
+            onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
             _width: 150,
             _height: (height / width) * 150,
             title: '--snapshot' + NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode) + ' image-',
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
index 61345f891..c00ab6a7e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class DashDocViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashDocViewInternal> {
 
     updateDoc = action((dashDoc: Doc) => {
         this._dashDoc = dashDoc;
-        this._finalLayout = this.props.docId ? dashDoc : Doc.expandTemplateLayout(Doc.Layout(dashDoc), dashDoc, this.props.fieldKey);
+        this._finalLayout = this.props.docId ? dashDoc : Doc.expandTemplateLayout(Doc.Layout(dashDoc), dashDoc);
 
         if (this._finalLayout) {
             if (!Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._finalLayout, dashDoc)) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 809315963..677c4662b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import { schema } from './schema_rts';
 import { SummaryView } from './SummaryView';
 import applyDevTools = require('prosemirror-dev-tools');
 import React = require('react');
+import { IsFollowLinkScript } from '../../../util/LinkFollower';
 const translateGoogleApi = require('translate-google-api');
 
 export const GoogleRef = 'googleDocId';
@@ -1933,7 +1934,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                                 paddingRight: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingX, `${paddingX - selPad}px`),
                                 paddingTop: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingY, `${paddingY - selPad}px`),
                                 paddingBottom: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingY, `${paddingY - selPad}px`),
-                                pointerEvents: !active && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? (ScriptCast(this.layoutDoc.onClick)?.script.originalScript.includes('followLink(') ? 'none' : undefined) : undefined,
+                                pointerEvents: !active && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? (IsFollowLinkScript(this.layoutDoc.onClick) ? 'none' : undefined) : undefined,
                             }}
                         />
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 3a5ba4f75..662792ff0 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -906,57 +906,40 @@ export namespace Doc {
             saveAs(content, doc.title + '.zip'); // glr: Possibly change the name of the document to match the title?
         });
     }
-    //
-    // Determines whether the layout needs to be expanded (as a template).
-    // template expansion is rquired when the layout is a template doc/field and there's a datadoc which isn't equal to the layout template
-    //
-    export function WillExpandTemplateLayout(layoutDoc: Doc, dataDoc?: Doc) {
-        return (layoutDoc.isTemplateForField || layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc) && dataDoc && layoutDoc !== dataDoc;
-    }
 
     const _pendingMap: Map<string, boolean> = new Map();
     //
     // Returns an expanded template layout for a target data document if there is a template relationship
     // between the two. If so, the layoutDoc is expanded into a new document that inherits the properties
     // of the original layout while allowing for individual layout properties to be overridden in the expanded layout.
-    // templateArgs should be equivalent to the layout key that generates the template since that's where the template parameters are stored in ()'s at the end of the key.
-    // NOTE:  the template will have references to "@params" -- the template arguments will be assigned to the '@params' field
-    // so that when the @params key is accessed, it will be rewritten as the key that is stored in the 'params' field and
-    // the derefence will then occur on the rootDocument (the original document).
-    // in the future, field references could be written as @<someparam> and then arguments would be passed in the layout key as:
-    //   layout_mytemplate(somparam=somearg).
-    // then any references to @someparam would be rewritten as accesses to 'somearg' on the rootDocument
-    export function expandTemplateLayout(templateLayoutDoc: Doc, targetDoc?: Doc, templateArgs?: string) {
-        const args = templateArgs?.match(/\(([a-zA-Z0-9._\-]*)\)/)?.[1].replace('()', '') || '';
-        if ((!args && !WillExpandTemplateLayout(templateLayoutDoc, targetDoc)) || !targetDoc) return templateLayoutDoc;
-
-        const templateField = StrCast(templateLayoutDoc.isTemplateForField); // the field that the template renders
+    export function expandTemplateLayout(templateLayoutDoc: Doc, targetDoc?: Doc) {
+        // nothing to do if the layout isn't a template or we don't have a target that's different than the template
+        if (!targetDoc || templateLayoutDoc === targetDoc || (!templateLayoutDoc.isTemplateForField && !templateLayoutDoc.isTemplateDoc)) {
+            return templateLayoutDoc;
+        }
+
+        const templateField = StrCast(templateLayoutDoc.isTemplateForField, Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateLayoutDoc)); // the field that the template renders
         // First it checks if an expanded layout already exists -- if so it will be stored on the dataDoc
         // using the template layout doc's id as the field key.
         // If it doesn't find the expanded layout, then it makes a delegate of the template layout and
         // saves it on the data doc indexed by the template layout's id.
         //
-        const params = args.split('=').length > 1 ? args.split('=')[0] : '';
-        const layoutFielddKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateLayoutDoc);
-        const expandedLayoutFieldKey = (templateField || layoutFielddKey) + '-layout[' + templateLayoutDoc[Id] + (args ? `(${args})` : '') + ']';
+        const expandedLayoutFieldKey = templateField + '-layout[' + templateLayoutDoc[Id] + ']';
         let expandedTemplateLayout = targetDoc?.[expandedLayoutFieldKey];
 
         if (templateLayoutDoc.resolvedDataDoc instanceof Promise) {
             expandedTemplateLayout = undefined;
             _pendingMap.set(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey, true);
-        } else if (expandedTemplateLayout === undefined && !_pendingMap.get(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey + args)) {
+        } else if (expandedTemplateLayout === undefined && !_pendingMap.get(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey)) {
             if (templateLayoutDoc.resolvedDataDoc === (targetDoc.rootDocument || Doc.GetProto(targetDoc))) {
                 expandedTemplateLayout = templateLayoutDoc; // reuse an existing template layout if its for the same document with the same params
             } else {
                 templateLayoutDoc.resolvedDataDoc && (templateLayoutDoc = Cast(templateLayoutDoc.proto, Doc, null) || templateLayoutDoc); // if the template has already been applied (ie, a nested template), then use the template's prototype
                 if (!targetDoc[expandedLayoutFieldKey]) {
-                    _pendingMap.set(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey + args, true);
+                    _pendingMap.set(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey, true);
                     setTimeout(
                         action(() => {
                             const newLayoutDoc = Doc.MakeDelegate(templateLayoutDoc, undefined, '[' + templateLayoutDoc.title + ']');
-                            // the template's arguments are stored in params which is derefenced to find
-                            // the actual field key where the parameterized template data is stored.
-                            newLayoutDoc[params] = args !== '...' ? args : ''; // ... signifies the layout has sub template(s) -- so we have to expand the layout for them so that they can get the correct 'rootDocument' field, but we don't need to reassign their params.  it would be better if the 'rootDocument' field could be passed dynamically to avoid have to create instances
                             newLayoutDoc.rootDocument = targetDoc;
                             const dataDoc = Doc.GetProto(targetDoc);
                             newLayoutDoc.resolvedDataDoc = dataDoc;
@@ -965,7 +948,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
                             }
                             targetDoc[expandedLayoutFieldKey] = newLayoutDoc;
 
-                            _pendingMap.delete(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey + args);
+                            _pendingMap.delete(targetDoc[Id] + expandedLayoutFieldKey);
                         })
                     );
                 }
@@ -982,7 +965,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
             return { layout: childDoc, data: childDoc };
         }
         const resolvedDataDoc = Doc.AreProtosEqual(containerDataDoc, containerDoc) || (!childDoc.isTemplateDoc && !childDoc.isTemplateForField) ? undefined : containerDataDoc;
-        return { layout: Doc.expandTemplateLayout(childDoc, resolvedDataDoc, '()'), data: resolvedDataDoc };
+        return { layout: Doc.expandTemplateLayout(childDoc, resolvedDataDoc), data: resolvedDataDoc };
     }
 
     export function Overwrite(doc: Doc, overwrite: Doc, copyProto: boolean = false): Doc {