got rid of presElementBox instances in favor of a single global instance. allowed docs to be their own view specs.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index c9a5175bb..b5c1bb4c4 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     /// Initializes collection of templates for notes and click functions
     static setupDocTemplates(doc: Doc, field="myTemplates") {
-        DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "presElement", opts => Docs.Create.PresElementBoxDocument(), { });
         const templates = [
             CurrentUserUtils.setupNoteTemplates(doc),
             CurrentUserUtils.setupClickEditorTemplates(doc)
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 56af67802..aaedffc77 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Ty
 import { AudioField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, returnOne, setupMoveUpEvents, StopEvent } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../../DocServer';
-import { Docs } from '../../../documents/Documents';
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @action
     static restoreTargetDocView(bestTargetView: Opt<DocumentView>, activeItem: Doc, transTime: number, pinDocLayout: boolean = BoolCast(activeItem.presPinLayout), pinDataTypes?: pinDataTypes, targetDoc?: Doc) {
         const bestTarget = bestTargetView?.rootDoc ?? (targetDoc?.layout_unrendered ? DocCast(targetDoc?.annotationOn) : targetDoc);
-        if (!bestTarget || activeItem === bestTarget) return;
+        if (!bestTarget) return;
         let changed = false;
         if (pinDocLayout) {
             if (
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         });
         return true;
     };
-    childLayoutTemplate = () => (!this.isTreeOrStack ? DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().presElement) : DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().presElement));
+    childLayoutTemplate = () => Docs.Create.PresElementBoxDocument();
     removeDocument = (doc: Doc) => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.rootDoc, this.fieldKey, doc);
     getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-5, -65); // listBox padding-left and pres-box-cont minHeight
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() - 40;