1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index aeda71d01..2df053c50 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
         return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doFreeformLayout(newPool) };
     }
 
+    @observable numLoaded = 0;
     get doLayoutComputation() {
         const { newPool, computedElementData } = this.doInternalLayoutComputation;
         const array = Array.from(newPool.entries());
@@ -1558,8 +1559,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
     }
 
     children = () => {
+        this.numLoaded < this.views.length && setTimeout(action(() => this.numLoaded += 10), 500);
         const children = typeof this.props.children === "function" ? (this.props.children as any)() as JSX.Element[] : [];
-        return [...children, ...this.views, <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />];
+        return [
+            ...children,
+            ...this.views.slice(0, Math.min(this.views.length, this.numLoaded + 10)),
+            <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />
+        ];
     }
 
     chooseGridSpace = (gridSpace: number): number => {