2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 09fc5148e..b2ea7290d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         this._anchorDisposer = reaction(() => [this.props.A.props.ScreenToLocalTransform(), this.props.B.props.ScreenToLocalTransform(), this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document), this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document)],
             action(() => {
                 setTimeout(action(() => this._opacity = 1), 0); // since the render code depends on querying the Dom through getBoudndingClientRect, we need to delay triggering render()
-                setTimeout(action(() => this._opacity = 0.05), 750); // this will unhighlight the link line.
+                setTimeout(action(() => (!this.props.LinkDocs.length || !this.props.LinkDocs[0].linkDisplay) && (this._opacity = 0.05)), 750); // this will unhighlight the link line.
                 const acont = this.props.A.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK ? this.props.A.ContentDiv!.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
                 const bcont = this.props.B.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK ? this.props.B.ContentDiv!.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
                 const adiv = (acont.length ? acont[0] : this.props.A.ContentDiv!);
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
     }
 
     render() {
+        this.props.A.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transform(this.props.B.props.ScreenToLocalTransform());
         const acont = this.props.A.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK ? this.props.A.ContentDiv!.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
         const bcont = this.props.B.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK ? this.props.B.ContentDiv!.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
         const a = (acont.length ? acont[0] : this.props.A.ContentDiv!).getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const aActive = this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document);
         const bActive = this.props.A.isSelected() || Doc.IsBrushed(this.props.A.props.Document);
         const text = StrCast(this.props.A.props.Document.linkRelationship);
-        return !aActive && !bActive ? (null) : (<>
+        return !a.width || !b.width || ((!this.props.LinkDocs.length || !this.props.LinkDocs[0].linkDisplay) && !aActive && !bActive) ? (null) : (<>
             <text x={(pt1[0] + pt2[0]) / 2} y={(pt1[1] + pt2[1]) / 2}>
                 {text !== "-ungrouped-" ? text : ""}
             </text>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
index d12f93f15..702b02a20 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component {
         }, [] as { a: DocumentView, b: DocumentView, l: Doc[] }[]);
         return connections.filter(c =>
             c.a.props.layoutKey && c.b.props.layoutKey && c.a.props.Document.type === DocumentType.LINK &&
-            c.a.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction && c.b.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction // this prevents links to be drawn to anchors in CollectionTree views -- this is a hack that should be fixed
+            c.a.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction && c.b.props.bringToFront !== emptyFunction // bcz: this prevents links to be drawn to anchors in CollectionTree views -- this is a hack that should be fixed
         ).map(c => <CollectionFreeFormLinkView key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} A={c.a} B={c.b} LinkDocs={c.l} />);
     }
 
     render() {
         return <div className="collectionfreeformlinksview-container">
             <svg className="collectionfreeformlinksview-svgCanvas">
-                {SelectionManager.GetIsDragging() ? (null) : this.uniqueConnections}
+                {this.uniqueConnections}
             </svg>
             {this.props.children}
         </div>;