4 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
index 786d6be47..56f40ad69 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { LinkManager } from "../../util/LinkManager";
 import { LinkMenuGroup } from "./LinkMenuGroup";
 import { faTrash } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { library } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 
 library.add(faTrash);
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index 17cd33241..3e28e8572 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ export class LinkMenuItem extends React.Component<LinkMenuItemProps> {
     }
 
     editMoved = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._editRef.current!], new DragManager.DocumentDragData([this.props.linkDoc]), e.x, e.y);
+        const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([this.props.linkDoc]);
+        dragData.dropAction = "alias"; // need to alias the link since it will have its _backgroundColor removed on drop
+        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._editRef.current!], dragData, e.x, e.y);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
index d04da8f5b..61aeb1efa 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, ColorDocument
                     view.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? view.props.Document.layout :
                         view.props.Document.isTemplateForField ? view.props.Document : Doc.GetProto(view.props.Document);
                 if (targetDoc) {
-                    if (StrCast(Doc.Layout(view.props.Document).layout).indexOf("FormattedTextBox") !== -1 && FormattedTextBox.HadSelection) {
-                        Doc.Layout(view.props.Document).color = Doc.UserDoc().bacgroundColor;
+                    if (view.props.LayoutTemplate || view.props.LayoutTemplateString) {  // this situation typically occurs when you have a link dot -- it's _backgroundColor will be transparent (to not obscure the document it's attached to). so try to set its backgroundColor which will be used in the LinkAnchorBox
+                        targetDoc.backgroundColor = Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor;  // bcz: don't know how to change the color of an inline template...
+                    }
+                    else if (StrCast(Doc.Layout(view.props.Document).layout).indexOf("FormattedTextBox") !== -1 && FormattedTextBox.HadSelection) {
+                        Doc.Layout(view.props.Document).color = Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor;
                     } else {
                         Doc.Layout(view.props.Document)._backgroundColor = Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor; // '_backgroundColor' is template specific.  'backgroundColor' would apply to all templates, but has no UI at the moment
                     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
index 233acc481..9f252c651 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, LinkAnch
         TraceMobx();
         const x = this.props.PanelWidth() > 1 ? NumCast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + "_x"], 100) : 0;
         const y = this.props.PanelWidth() > 1 ? NumCast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + "_y"], 100) : 0;
-        const c = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.backgroundColor, "lightblue");
+        const c = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.backgroundColor, StrCast(this.dataDoc.backgroundColor, "lightBlue")); // note this is not where the typical lightBlue default color comes from.  See Documents.Create.LinkDocument()
         const anchor = this.fieldKey === "anchor1" ? "anchor2" : "anchor1";
         const anchorScale = (x === 0 || x === 100 || y === 0 || y === 100) ? 1 : .25;