1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index fdfd7bd31..bb60586eb 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
         }
 
         export function PileDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
-            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL), new List(documents), { _noAutoscroll: true, ...options, _viewType: CollectionViewType.Pile }, id);
+            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL), new List(documents), { _overflow: "visible", _forceActive: true, _noAutoscroll: true, ...options, _viewType: CollectionViewType.Pile }, id);
         }
 
         export function LinearDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         if (layoutKey && layoutKey !== "layout" && layoutKey !== "layout_icon") doc.deiconifyLayout = layoutKey.replace("layout_", "");
     }
 
-    export function pileup(docList: Doc[], x?: number, y?: number) {
+    export function pileup(docList: Doc[], x?: number, y?: number, create: boolean = true) {
         let w = 0, h = 0;
         runInAction(() => {
             docList.forEach(d => {
@@ -1359,12 +1359,14 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                 d._timecodeToShow = undefined;  // bcz: this should be automatic somehow.. along with any other properties that were logically associated with the original collection
             });
         });
-        const newCollection = Docs.Create.PileDocument(docList, { title: "pileup", x: (x || 0) - 55, y: (y || 0) - 55, _width: 110, _height: 100, _overflow: "visible" });
-        newCollection.x = NumCast(newCollection.x) + NumCast(newCollection._width) / 2 - 55;
-        newCollection.y = NumCast(newCollection.y) + NumCast(newCollection._height) / 2 - 55;
-        newCollection._width = newCollection._height = 110;
-        newCollection._jitterRotation = 10;
-        return newCollection;
+        if (create) {
+            const newCollection = Docs.Create.PileDocument(docList, { title: "pileup", x: (x || 0) - 55, y: (y || 0) - 55, _width: 110, _height: 100, });
+            newCollection.x = NumCast(newCollection.x) + NumCast(newCollection._width) / 2 - 55;
+            newCollection.y = NumCast(newCollection.y) + NumCast(newCollection._height) / 2 - 55;
+            newCollection._width = newCollection._height = 110;
+            newCollection._jitterRotation = 10;
+            return newCollection;
+        }
     }
 
     export function LeavePushpin(doc: Doc, annotationField: string) {