1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 199835dd9..9f7ebc5d9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export interface CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps extends DocumentViewProps {
     dataTransition?: string;
     replica: string;
     CollectionFreeFormView: CollectionFreeFormView;
-    GroupPointerEvents?: () => 'none' | 'all' | undefined; // pointer events for this freeform doc view wrapper that are not passed to the docView.  This allows items in a group to trigger the group to be selected, without selecting the items themselves
 }
 
 @observer
@@ -192,17 +191,27 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
     screenToLocalTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.X, -this.Y);
     returnThis = () => this;
 
+    /// this indicates whether the doc view is activated because of its relationshop to a group
+    //  'group' - this is a group that is activated because it's on an active canvas, but is not part of some other group
+    //  'child' - this is a group child that is activated because its containing group is activated
+    //  'inactive' - this is a group child but it is not active
+    //  undefined - this is not activated by a group
+    isGroupActive = () => {
+        if (this.props.CollectionFreeFormView.isAnyChildContentActive()) return undefined;
+        const isGroup = this.rootDoc._isGroup && (!this.rootDoc.backgroundColor || this.rootDoc.backgroundColor === 'transparent');
+        return isGroup ? (this.props.isDocumentActive?.() ? 'group' : this.props.isGroupActive?.() ? 'child' : 'inactive') : this.props.isGroupActive?.() ? 'child' : undefined;
+    };
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const divProps: DocumentViewProps = {
-            ...OmitKeys(this.props, ['GroupPointerEvents']).omit,
+            ...this.props,
             CollectionFreeFormDocumentView: this.returnThis,
             styleProvider: this.styleProvider,
             ScreenToLocalTransform: this.screenToLocalTransform,
             PanelWidth: this.panelWidth,
             PanelHeight: this.panelHeight,
+            isGroupActive: this.isGroupActive,
         };
-        const isInk = this.layoutDoc._layout_isSvg && !this.props.LayoutTemplateString && !this.layoutDoc._stroke_isInkMask;
         return (
             <div
                 className="collectionFreeFormDocumentView-container"
@@ -214,7 +223,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
                     transition: this.dataProvider?.transition ?? (this.props.dataTransition ? this.props.dataTransition : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.transition : StrCast(this.layoutDoc.dataTransition)),
                     zIndex: this.ZInd,
                     display: this.sizeProvider?.width ? undefined : 'none',
-                    pointerEvents: this.props.GroupPointerEvents?.() ?? (isInk ? 'none' : undefined),
+                    pointerEvents: 'none',
                 }}>
                 {this.props.renderCutoffProvider(this.props.Document) ? (
                     <div style={{ position: 'absolute', width: this.panelWidth(), height: this.panelHeight(), background: 'lightGreen' }} />