4 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.scss
index 79364ab8e..484f8c469 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 .documentLinksButton-startLink {
     height: 20px;
     width: 20px;
-    left: -15px;
     position: absolute;
     border-radius: 50%;
     opacity: 0.9;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
index fc314ae8b..4f4f12521 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 
 interface DocumentLinksButtonProps {
     View: DocumentView;
+    Offset?: number[];
+    AlwaysOn?: boolean;
 }
 @observer
 export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProps, {}> {
@@ -79,17 +81,17 @@ export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProp
     @computed
     get linkButton() {
         const links = DocListCast(this.props.View.props.Document.links);
-        return !links.length || links[0].hidden ? (null) :
-            <div title="Drag(create link) Tap(view links)" ref={this._linkButton}>
+        return (!links.length || links[0].hidden) && !this.props.AlwaysOn ? (null) :
+            <div title="Drag(create link) Tap(view links)" ref={this._linkButton} style={{ minWidth: 20, minHeight: 20, position: "absolute", left: this.props.Offset?.[0] }}>
                 <div className={"documentLinksButton"} style={{ backgroundColor: DocumentLinksButton.StartLink ? "transparent" : "" }}
                     onPointerDown={this.onLinkButtonDown}
                     onPointerLeave={action(() => LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo = undefined)}
-                    onPointerEnter={action(e => LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo = {
+                    onPointerEnter={action(e => links.length && (LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo = {
                         addDocTab: this.props.View.props.addDocTab,
                         linkSrc: this.props.View.props.Document,
                         linkDoc: links[0],
                         Location: [e.clientX, e.clientY + 20]
-                    })} >
+                    }))} >
                     {links.length ? links.length : <FontAwesomeIcon className="documentdecorations-icon" icon="link" size="sm" />}
                 </div>
                 {DocumentLinksButton.StartLink && DocumentLinksButton.StartLink !== this.props.View ? <div className={"documentLinksButton-endLink"} onPointerDown={this.completeLink} /> : (null)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 4cb08bab3..8f139e39e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
                 onClick={this.onClickHandler}
                 layoutKey={this.finalLayoutKey} />
             {this.layoutDoc.showLinks ? this.anchors : (null)}
-            {this.props.forcedBackgroundColor?.(this.Document) === "transparent" || this.props.dontRegisterView ? (null) : <DocumentLinksButton View={this} />}
+            {this.props.forcedBackgroundColor?.(this.Document) === "transparent" || this.props.dontRegisterView ? (null) : <DocumentLinksButton View={this} Offset={[-15, 0]} />}
         </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index cdf231985..9eaf27b42 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1193,6 +1193,9 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         }
     }
 
+    ondrop = (eve: React.DragEvent) => {
+        eve.stopPropagation(); // drag n drop of text within text note will generate a new note if not caughst, as will dragging in from outside of Dash.
+    }
     onscrolled = (ev: React.UIEvent) => {
         this.layoutDoc._scrollTop = this._scrollRef.current!.scrollTop;
     }
@@ -1281,7 +1284,9 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                         }
                     })}
                 >
-                    <div className={`formattedTextBox-outer`} style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.sidebarWidthPercent})`, pointerEvents: !this.props.isSelected() ? "none" : undefined }} onScroll={this.onscrolled} ref={this._scrollRef}>
+                    <div className={`formattedTextBox-outer`} ref={this._scrollRef}
+                        style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.sidebarWidthPercent})`, pointerEvents: !this.props.isSelected() ? "none" : undefined }}
+                        onScroll={this.onscrolled} onDrop={this.ondrop} >
                         <div className={`formattedTextBox-inner${rounded}${selclass}`} ref={this.createDropTarget}
                             style={{
                                 padding: `${Math.max(0, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yMargin, this.props.yMargin || 0) + selPad)}px  ${NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, this.props.xMargin || 0) + selPad}px`,