1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index c3b0412de..5bdb994c5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ export enum OpenWhereMod {
     bottom = 'bottom',
 }
 
-export const ViewSpecPrefix = 'viewSpec'; // field prefix for anchor fields that are immediately copied over to the target document when link is followed.  Other anchor properties will be copied over in the specific setViewSpec() method on their view (which allows for seting preview values instead of writing to the document)
-
 export interface DocFocusOptions {
     originalTarget?: Doc; // set in JumpToDocument, used by TabDocView to determine whether to fit contents to tab
     willPan?: boolean; // determines whether to pan to target document
@@ -585,13 +583,14 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
     focus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         LightboxView.SetCookie(StrCast(anchor['cookies-set']));
-        // copying over VIEW fields immediately allows the view type to switch to create the right _componentView
-        Array.from(Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(anchor)))
-            .filter(key => key.startsWith(ViewSpecPrefix))
-            .forEach(spec => (this.layoutDoc[spec.replace(ViewSpecPrefix, '')] = (field => (field instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(field) : field))(anchor[spec])));
-        // after a render the general viewSpec should have created the right _componentView, so after a timeout, call the componentview to update its specific view specs
+
+        // Restore viewing specification of target by reading them out of the anchor and applying to the target doc.
+        // after a render the correct _componentView should be created, so after a timeout, call the componentview to update its specific view specs
+        // bcz: TODO: all viewing specs should be restored via the anchor doc in PresBox.restoreTargetDocView called from scrollFocus() below.
         setTimeout(() => this._componentView?.setViewSpec?.(anchor, LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo ? true : false));
         const focusSpeed = this._componentView?.scrollFocus?.(anchor, { ...options, instant: options?.instant || LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo ? true : false });
+
+        // FOCUS: navigate through the display hierarchy making sure the target is in view
         const endFocus = focusSpeed === undefined ? options?.afterFocus : async (moved: boolean) => options?.afterFocus?.(true) ?? ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
         const startTime = Date.now();
         this.props.focus(options?.docTransform ? anchor : this.rootDoc, {