1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 132538ea4..d69e6b810 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { GestureOverlay } from '../../GestureOverlay';
 import { ActiveArrowEnd, ActiveArrowStart, ActiveDash, ActiveFillColor, ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, InkingStroke, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from '../../InkingStroke';
 import { LightboxView } from '../../LightboxView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment, ViewSpecPrefix } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { PresBox } from '../../nodes/trails/PresBox';
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             focusSpeed,
             {
                 pannable: anchor.presPinData ? true : false,
+                viewType: anchor.presPinViewType ? true : false,
             }
         )
             ? focusSpeed
@@ -1627,11 +1628,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (this.props.Document.annotationOn) {
             return this.rootDoc;
         }
+
+        // create an anchor that saves information about the current state of the freeform view (pan, zoom, view type)
         const anchor = Docs.Create.TextanchorDocument({ title: 'ViewSpec - ' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._viewType), presTransition: 500, annotationOn: this.rootDoc });
-        PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinData: { pannable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
-        const proto = Doc.GetProto(anchor);
-        proto[ViewSpecPrefix + '_viewType'] = this.layoutDoc._viewType;
-        proto.docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc.docFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
+        PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinData: { pannable: true, viewType: true } }, this.rootDoc);
+        // bcz TODO: saving document filters should be part of pinDocView...
+        Doc.GetProto(anchor).docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc.docFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
+
         if (addAsAnnotation) {
             if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '-annotations'], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
                 Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '-annotations'], listSpec(Doc), []).push(anchor);