1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index ada3de355..3e154aead 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -343,16 +343,18 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps & Document
                     }, 'click ' + this.Document.title);
                 } else {
                     // onDragStart implies a button doc that we don't want to select when clicking. RootDocument & isTemplateForField implies we're clicking on part of a template instance and we want to select the whole template, not the part
-                    if ((this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this._props.TemplateDataDocument) && !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0)) {
-                        stopPropagate = false; // don't stop propagation for field templates -- want the selection to propagate up to the root document of the template
+                    if (this.layoutDoc.onDragStart && !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0)) {
+                        stopPropagate = false;
                     }
                     preventDefault = false;
                 }
-                const sendToBack = e.altKey;
-                this._singleClickFunc =
-                    // prettier-ignore
-                    clickFunc ?? (() => (sendToBack ? documentView._props.bringToFront?.(this.Document, true) :
-                                        this._props.select(e.ctrlKey||e.shiftKey, e.metaKey)));
+                const sendToBack = e.altKey ? () => documentView._props.bringToFront?.(this.Document, true) : undefined;
+                const selectFunc = () => {
+                    // selecting a view that is part of a template proxies the selection back to the root of the template
+                    const templateRoot = !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0) && this._props.docViewPath?.().reverse().find(dv => !dv._props.TemplateDataDocument); // prettier-ignore
+                    (templateRoot || this._docView)?.select(e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey, e.metaKey);
+                };
+                this._singleClickFunc = clickFunc ?? sendToBack ?? selectFunc;
                 const waitFordblclick = this._props.waitForDoubleClickToClick?.() ?? this.Document.waitForDoubleClickToClick;
                 if ((clickFunc && waitFordblclick !== 'never') || waitFordblclick === 'always') {
                     this._doubleClickTimeout && clearTimeout(this._doubleClickTimeout);
@@ -377,17 +379,15 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps & Document
         this._downX = e.clientX;
         this._downY = e.clientY;
         this._downTime = Date.now();
-        if ((Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None || this._props.addDocTab === returnFalse) && !(this._props.TemplateDataDocument && !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0))) {
-            // click events stop here if the document is active and no modes are overriding it
-            // if this is part of a template, let the event go up to the template root unless right/ctrl clicking
+        // click events stop here if the document is active and no modes are overriding it
+        if (Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None || this._props.addDocTab === returnFalse) {
             if ((this._props.isDocumentActive?.() || this._props.isContentActive?.()) &&
                 !SnappingManager.ExploreMode &&
                 !this.Document.ignoreClick &&
                 e.button === 0 &&
                 !Doc.IsInMyOverlay(this.layoutDoc)
             ) {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                // don't preventDefault.  Goldenlayout, PDF text selection and RTF text selection all need it to go though
+                e.stopPropagation(); // don't preventDefault.  Goldenlayout, PDF text selection and RTF text selection all need it to go though
 
                 // listen to move events when document content isn't active or document is always draggable
                 if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (!this.isContentActive() || BoolCast(this.layoutDoc._dragWhenActive, this._props.dragWhenActive))) {