2 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 936946df0..19119bb56 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number, P
     @observable private _titleControlString: string = "#title";
     @observable private _edtingTitle = false;
     @observable private _hidden = false;
-
+    @observable public AddToSelection = false; // if Shift is pressed, then this should be set so that clicking on the selection background is ignored so overlapped documents can be added to the selection set.
     @observable public Interacting = false;
     @observable public pushIcon: IconProp = "arrow-alt-circle-up";
     @observable public pullIcon: IconProp = "arrow-alt-circle-down";
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number, P
         const resizerScheme = colorScheme ? "documentDecorations-resizer" + colorScheme : "";
 
         const rotation = NumCast(seldoc.rootDoc._jitterRotation);
-        const rdeg = rotation / 180 * Math.PI;
 
         return (<div className={`documentDecorations${colorScheme}`}>
             <div className="documentDecorations-background" style={{
@@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number, P
                 height: (bounds.b - bounds.y + this._resizeBorderWidth) + "px",
                 left: bounds.x - this._resizeBorderWidth / 2,
                 top: bounds.y - this._resizeBorderWidth / 2,
-                pointerEvents: KeyManager.Instance.ShiftPressed || this.Interacting ? "none" : "all",
+                pointerEvents: DocumentDecorations.Instance.AddToSelection || this.Interacting ? "none" : "all",
                 display: SelectionManager.Views().length <= 1 ? "none" : undefined
             }} onPointerDown={this.onBackgroundDown} onContextMenu={e => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }} />
             {bounds.r - bounds.x < 15 && bounds.b - bounds.y < 15 ? (null) : <>
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 914802041..767efdbc2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { random } from "lodash";
-import { action, observable } from "mobx";
+import { action, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { DateField } from "../../fields/DateField";
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { DocumentLinksButton } from "./nodes/DocumentLinksButton";
 import { AnchorMenu } from "./pdf/AnchorMenu";
 
 const modifiers = ["control", "meta", "shift", "alt"];
-type KeyHandler = (keycode: string, e: KeyboardEvent) => KeyControlInfo | Promise<KeyControlInfo>;
+type KeyHandler = (keycode: string, e: KeyboardEvent) => KeyControlInfo;
 type KeyControlInfo = {
     preventDefault: boolean,
     stopPropagation: boolean
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ type KeyControlInfo = {
 export class KeyManager {
     public static Instance: KeyManager = new KeyManager();
     private router = new Map<string, KeyHandler>();
-    @observable ShiftPressed = false;
 
     constructor() {
         const isMac = navigator.platform.toLowerCase().indexOf("mac") >= 0;
@@ -53,11 +52,11 @@ export class KeyManager {
     }
 
     public unhandle = action((e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-        if (e.key?.toLowerCase() === "shift") KeyManager.Instance.ShiftPressed = false;
+        if (e.key?.toLowerCase() === "shift") runInAction(() => DocumentDecorations.Instance.AddToSelection = false);
     });
 
-    public handle = action(async (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-        if (e.key?.toLowerCase() === "shift" && e.ctrlKey && e.altKey) KeyManager.Instance.ShiftPressed = true;
+    public handle = action((e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+        if (e.key?.toLowerCase() === "shift") DocumentDecorations.Instance.AddToSelection = true;
         //if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && e.key.toLocaleLowerCase() === "shift") DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE(true);
         const keyname = e.key && e.key.toLowerCase();
         this.handleGreedy(keyname);
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
             return;
         }
 
-        const control = await handleConstrained(keyname, e);
+        const control = handleConstrained(keyname, e);
 
         control.stopPropagation && e.stopPropagation();
         control.preventDefault && e.preventDefault();
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
         };
     });
 
-    private shift = action(async (keyname: string) => {
+    private shift = action((keyname: string) => {
         const stopPropagation = false;
         const preventDefault = false;
 
@@ -334,9 +333,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
         }
     }
 
-    async printClipboard() {
-        const text: string = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
-    }
+    getClipboard() { return navigator.clipboard.readText(); }
 
     private ctrl_shift = action((keyname: string) => {
         const stopPropagation = true;