From a5da5e6246a6fd7500fed8b206fc3540be509eab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jenny Yu <jennyyu212@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:53:44 -0400
Subject: uploading not working (cannot find ffmpeg)

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx | 387 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 194 insertions(+), 193 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 0f51cf9b2..806abb990 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -20,212 +20,213 @@ import { DefaultStyleProvider } from "./StyleProvider";
 export type OverlayDisposer = () => void;
 
 export type OverlayElementOptions = {
-    x: number;
-    y: number;
-    width?: number;
-    height?: number;
-    title?: string;
+      x: number;
+      y: number;
+      width?: number;
+      height?: number;
+      title?: string;
 };
 
 export interface OverlayWindowProps {
-    children: JSX.Element;
-    overlayOptions: OverlayElementOptions;
-    onClick: () => void;
+      children: JSX.Element;
+      overlayOptions: OverlayElementOptions;
+      onClick: () => void;
 }
 
 @observer
 export class OverlayWindow extends React.Component<OverlayWindowProps> {
-    @observable x: number;
-    @observable y: number;
-    @observable width: number;
-    @observable height: number;
-    constructor(props: OverlayWindowProps) {
-        super(props);
-
-        const opts = props.overlayOptions;
-        this.x = opts.x;
-        this.y = opts.y;
-        this.width = opts.width || 200;
-        this.height = opts.height || 200;
-    }
-
-    onPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-    }
-
-    onResizerPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-        document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-    }
-
-    @action
-    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        this.x += e.movementX;
-        this.x = Math.max(Math.min(this.x, window.innerWidth - this.width), 0);
-        this.y += e.movementY;
-        this.y = Math.max(Math.min(this.y, window.innerHeight - this.height), 0);
-    }
-
-    @action
-    onResizerPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        this.width += e.movementX;
-        this.width = Math.max(this.width, 30);
-        this.height += e.movementY;
-        this.height = Math.max(this.height, 30);
-    }
-
-    onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-    }
-
-    onResizerPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-    }
-
-    render() {
-        return (
-            <div className="overlayWindow-outerDiv" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.x}px, ${this.y}px)`, width: this.width, height: this.height }}>
-                <div className="overlayWindow-titleBar" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} >
-                    {this.props.overlayOptions.title || "Untitled"}
-                    <button onClick={this.props.onClick} className="overlayWindow-closeButton">X</button>
-                </div>
-                <div className="overlayWindow-content">
-                    {this.props.children}
-                </div>
-                <div className="overlayWindow-resizeDragger" onPointerDown={this.onResizerPointerDown}></div>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
+      @observable x: number;
+      @observable y: number;
+      @observable width: number;
+      @observable height: number;
+      constructor(props: OverlayWindowProps) {
+            super(props);
+
+            const opts = props.overlayOptions;
+            this.x = opts.x;
+            this.y = opts.y;
+            this.width = opts.width || 200;
+            this.height = opts.height || 200;
+      }
+
+      onPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
+            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+      }
+
+      onResizerPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
+            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+      }
+
+      @action
+      onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+            this.x += e.movementX;
+            this.x = Math.max(Math.min(this.x, window.innerWidth - this.width), 0);
+            this.y += e.movementY;
+            this.y = Math.max(Math.min(this.y, window.innerHeight - this.height), 0);
+      }
+
+      @action
+      onResizerPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+            this.width += e.movementX;
+            this.width = Math.max(this.width, 30);
+            this.height += e.movementY;
+            this.height = Math.max(this.height, 30);
+      }
+
+      onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+      }
+
+      onResizerPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+      }
+
+      render() {
+            return (
+                  <div className="overlayWindow-outerDiv" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.x}px, ${this.y}px)`, width: this.width, height: this.height }}>
+                        <div className="overlayWindow-titleBar" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} >
+                              {this.props.overlayOptions.title || "Untitled"}
+                              <button onClick={this.props.onClick} className="overlayWindow-closeButton">X</button>
+                        </div>
+                        <div className="overlayWindow-content">
+                              {this.props.children}
+                        </div>
+                        <div className="overlayWindow-resizeDragger" onPointerDown={this.onResizerPointerDown}></div>
+                  </div>
+            );
+      }
 }
 
 @observer
 export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
-    public static Instance: OverlayView;
-    @observable.shallow
-    private _elements: JSX.Element[] = [];
-
-    constructor(props: any) {
-        super(props);
-        if (!OverlayView.Instance) {
-            OverlayView.Instance = this;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @action
-    addElement(ele: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
-        const remove = action(() => {
-            const index = this._elements.indexOf(ele);
-            if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
-        });
-        ele = <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="overlayView-wrapperDiv" style={{
-            transform: `translate(${options.x}px, ${options.y}px)`,
-            width: options.width,
-            height: options.height,
-            top: 0,
-            left: 0
-        }}>{ele}</div>;
-        this._elements.push(ele);
-        return remove;
-    }
-
-    @action
-    addWindow(contents: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
-        const remove = action(() => {
-            const index = this._elements.indexOf(contents);
-            if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
-        });
-        contents = <OverlayWindow onClick={remove} key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} overlayOptions={options}>{contents}</OverlayWindow>;
-        this._elements.push(contents);
-        return remove;
-    }
-
-
-    @computed get overlayDocs() {
-        return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
-            let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
-            const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-            const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
-                if (e.buttons === 1) {
-                    d.x = e.clientX + offsetx;
-                    d.y = e.clientY + offsety;
-                }
-                if (e.metaKey) {
-                    const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([d]);
-                    dragData.offset = [-offsetx, -offsety];
-                    dragData.dropAction = "move";
-                    dragData.removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
-                        const docs = (doc instanceof Doc) ? [doc] : doc;
-                        docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null), "data", d));
-                        return true;
-                    };
-                    dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
-                        return dragData.removeDocument!(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
-                    };
-                    DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dref.current!], dragData, down[0], down[1]);
-                    return true;
-                }
-                return false;
+      public static Instance: OverlayView;
+      @observable.shallow
+      private _elements: JSX.Element[] = [];
+
+      constructor(props: any) {
+            super(props);
+            if (!OverlayView.Instance) {
+                  OverlayView.Instance = this;
+            }
+      }
+
+      @action
+      addElement(ele: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
+            const remove = action(() => {
+                  const index = this._elements.indexOf(ele);
+                  if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
             });
-
-            const onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-                setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, onPointerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
-                offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
-                offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
-            };
-            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
-                <DocumentView
-                    Document={d}
-                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                    bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    addDocument={undefined}
-                    removeDocument={undefined}
-                    PanelWidth={returnOne}
-                    PanelHeight={returnOne}
-                    ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                    renderDepth={1}
-                    isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
-                    styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
-                    docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    addDocTab={returnFalse}
-                    pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined} />
-            </div>;
-        });
-    }
-
-    public static ShowSpinner() {
-        return OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<ReactLoading type="spinningBubbles" color="green" height={250} width={250} />, { x: 300, y: 200 });
-    }
-
-
-    render() {
-        return (
-            <div className="overlayView" id="overlayView">
-                <div>
-                    {this._elements}
-                </div>
-                <CollectionFreeFormLinksView key="freeformLinks" />
-                {this.overlayDocs}
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
+            ele = <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="overlayView-wrapperDiv" style={{
+                  transform: `translate(${options.x}px, ${options.y}px)`,
+                  width: options.width,
+                  height: options.height,
+                  top: 0,
+                  left: 0
+            }}>{ele}</div>;
+            this._elements.push(ele);
+            return remove;
+      }
+
+      @action
+      addWindow(contents: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
+            const remove = action(() => {
+                  const index = this._elements.indexOf(contents);
+                  if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
+            });
+            contents = <OverlayWindow onClick={remove} key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} overlayOptions={options}>{contents}</OverlayWindow>;
+            this._elements.push(contents);
+            return remove;
+      }
+
+
+      @computed get overlayDocs() {
+            return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
+                  let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
+                  const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+                  const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
+                        if (e.buttons === 1) {
+                              d.x = e.clientX + offsetx;
+                              d.y = e.clientY + offsety;
+                        }
+                        if (e.metaKey) {
+                              const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([d]);
+                              dragData.offset = [-offsetx, -offsety];
+                              dragData.dropAction = "move";
+                              dragData.removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
+                                    const docs = (doc instanceof Doc) ? [doc] : doc;
+                                    docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null), "data", d));
+                                    return true;
+                              };
+                              dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
+                                    return dragData.removeDocument!(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
+                              };
+                              DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dref.current!], dragData, down[0], down[1]);
+                              return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                  });
+
+                  const onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+                        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, onPointerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+                        offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
+                        offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
+                  };
+
+                  return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
+                        <DocumentView
+                              Document={d}
+                              rootSelected={returnTrue}
+                              bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                              addDocument={undefined}
+                              removeDocument={undefined}
+                              PanelWidth={returnOne}
+                              PanelHeight={returnOne}
+                              ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
+                              renderDepth={1}
+                              isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
+                              isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                              whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                              focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                              styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
+                              layerProvider={undefined}
+                              docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                              addDocTab={returnFalse}
+                              pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                              docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                              docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                              searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                              ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
+                              ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined} />
+                  </div>;
+            });
+      }
+
+      public static ShowSpinner() {
+            return OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<ReactLoading type="spinningBubbles" color="green" height={250} width={250} />, { x: 300, y: 200 });
+      }
+
+
+      render() {
+            return (
+                  <div className="overlayView" id="overlayView">
+                        <div>
+                              {this._elements}
+                        </div>
+                        <CollectionFreeFormLinksView key="freeformLinks" />
+                        {this.overlayDocs}
+                  </div>
+            );
+      }
 }
 // bcz: ugh ... want to be able to pass ScriptingRepl as tag argument, but that doesn't seem to work.. runtime error
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function addOverlayWindow(type: string, options: OverlayElementOptions) {
-    OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, options);
+      OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, options);
 });
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cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 99ae2ccde9dbcf6bae75edea231d4b10c736a692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jenny Yu <jennyyu212@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:09:13 -0400
Subject: feat: recording box turning into video + only one recording box

---
 package-lock.json                                  | 44 ++++++++++++++--------
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |  4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  2 +-
 .../views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx      |  4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   | 16 +++++---
 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 684caa92e..691f56160 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4775,16 +4775,6 @@
             "integrity": "sha1-WW6WmP0MgOEgOMK4LW6xs1tiJNk=",
             "dev": true
         },
-        "d": {
-            "version": "1.0.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d/-/d-1.0.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-m62ShEObQ39CfralilEQRjH6oAMtNCV1xJyEx5LpRYUVN+EviphDgUc/F3hnYbADmkiNs67Y+3ylmlG7Lnu+FA==",
-            "dev": true,
-            "requires": {
-                "es5-ext": "^0.10.50",
-                "type": "^1.0.1"
-            }
-        },
         "d3-array": {
             "version": "2.12.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d3-array/-/d3-array-2.12.1.tgz",
@@ -5812,8 +5802,8 @@
             "integrity": "sha512-/o+BXHmB7ocbHEAs6F2EnG0ogybVVUdkRunTT2glZU9XAaGmhqskrvKwqXuDfNjEO0LZKWdejEEpnq8aM0tOaw=="
         },
         "equation-editor-react": {
-            "version": "github:bobzel/equation-editor-react#75915e852b4b36a6a4cd3e1cbc80598da6b65227",
-            "from": "github:bobzel/equation-editor-react#useLocally",
+            "version": "git+ssh://git@github.com/bobzel/equation-editor-react.git#75915e852b4b36a6a4cd3e1cbc80598da6b65227",
+            "from": "equation-editor-react@github:bobzel/equation-editor-react#useLocally",
             "requires": {
                 "jquery": "^3.4.1",
                 "mathquill": "^0.10.1-a"
@@ -5912,6 +5902,18 @@
                 "d": "1",
                 "es5-ext": "^0.10.35",
                 "es6-symbol": "^3.1.1"
+            },
+            "dependencies": {
+                "d": {
+                    "version": "1.0.1",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d/-/d-1.0.1.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-m62ShEObQ39CfralilEQRjH6oAMtNCV1xJyEx5LpRYUVN+EviphDgUc/F3hnYbADmkiNs67Y+3ylmlG7Lnu+FA==",
+                    "dev": true,
+                    "requires": {
+                        "es5-ext": "^0.10.50",
+                        "type": "^1.0.1"
+                    }
+                }
             }
         },
         "es6-promise": {
@@ -5927,6 +5929,18 @@
             "requires": {
                 "d": "^1.0.1",
                 "ext": "^1.1.2"
+            },
+            "dependencies": {
+                "d": {
+                    "version": "1.0.1",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d/-/d-1.0.1.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-m62ShEObQ39CfralilEQRjH6oAMtNCV1xJyEx5LpRYUVN+EviphDgUc/F3hnYbADmkiNs67Y+3ylmlG7Lnu+FA==",
+                    "dev": true,
+                    "requires": {
+                        "es5-ext": "^0.10.50",
+                        "type": "^1.0.1"
+                    }
+                }
             }
         },
         "escalade": {
@@ -8002,14 +8016,14 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/image-size-stream/-/image-size-stream-1.1.0.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha1-Ivou2mbG31AQh0bacUkmSy0l+Gs=",
             "requires": {
-                "image-size": "github:netroy/image-size#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1",
+                "image-size": "image-size@git+https://github.com/netroy/image-size#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1",
                 "readable-stream": "^1.0.33",
                 "tryit": "^1.0.1"
             },
             "dependencies": {
                 "image-size": {
-                    "version": "github:netroy/image-size#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1",
-                    "from": "github:netroy/image-size#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1"
+                    "version": "git+ssh://git@github.com/netroy/image-size.git#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1",
+                    "from": "image-size@git+https://github.com/netroy/image-size#da2c863807a3e9602617bdd357b0de3ab4a064c1"
                 },
                 "isarray": {
                     "version": "0.0.1",
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 806abb990..f86406997 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                               bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                               addDocument={undefined}
                               removeDocument={undefined}
-                              PanelWidth={returnOne}
-                              PanelHeight={returnOne}
+                              PanelWidth={() => NumCast(d._width)}
+                              PanelHeight={() => NumCast(d._height)}
                               ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                               renderDepth={1}
                               isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 78c6c9776..f48173975 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
             const yshift = () => (this.props.Document.isInkMask ? InkingStroke.MaskDim : Math.abs(this.Yshift) <= 0.001 ? this.props.PanelHeight() : undefined);
             const isPresTreeElement: boolean = this.props.treeViewDoc?.type === DocumentType.PRES;
             const isButton: boolean = this.props.Document.type === DocumentType.FONTICON || this.props.Document._viewType === CollectionViewType.Linear;
-            const isOverlay: boolean = CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.props.Document);
+            // const isOverlay: boolean = CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.props.Document);
             return (<div className="contentFittingDocumentView">
                   {!this.props.Document || !this.props.PanelWidth() ? (null) : (
                         <div className="contentFittingDocumentView-previewDoc" ref={this.ContentRef}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
index 6f9451925..86358e838 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export class RecordingBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent() {
             this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-duration"] = this.videoDuration;
 
             this.layoutDoc.layout = VideoBox.LayoutString(this.fieldKey);
-            this.dataDoc.nativeWidth = this.dataDoc.nativeHeight = undefined;
-            this.layoutDoc._fitWidth = undefined;
+            // this.dataDoc.nativeWidth = this.dataDoc.nativeHeight = undefined;
+            // this.layoutDoc._fitWidth = undefined;
             this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new VideoField(this.result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
       }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index 05f1b0365..f4f33482e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { Tooltip } from "@material-ui/core";
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { DataSym, Doc, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
+import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from "../../../../Utils";
@@ -275,23 +275,27 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
       @action
       startRecording = (targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc) => {
 
-            // TODO: Remove everything that already exists
+            // Remove every recording that already exists in overlay view
+            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+                  if (doc.slides !== null) {
+                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
+                  }
+            })
+
             if (activeItem.recording) {
                   // if we already have an existing recording
                   Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
 
             } else {
                   // if we dont have any recording
-                  console.log(targetDoc.title, activeItem.title);
                   const recording = Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "recording", system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) });
+                  // attach the recording to the slide, and attach the slide to the recording
+                  recording.slides = activeItem
                   activeItem.recording = recording
                   // TODO: Figure out exactly where we want the video to appear
                   const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
-                  console.log("x: ", pt[0], "y: ", pt[1]);
                   recording.x = pt[0];
                   recording.y = pt[1];
-                  console.log(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs)
-                  // Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
                   Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, recording);
             }
 
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 51b4d65fe05939ea27639bc1b5cc66ec99fa54e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 11:30:32 -0400
Subject: fixes to make recordingBox appear on slides after reopening.

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.scss                |  71 +-
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                 | 390 +++++------
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx              |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx | 836 +++++++++++------------
 4 files changed, 650 insertions(+), 649 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss b/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
index d6a6e4301..42efecb98 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
@@ -1,59 +1,60 @@
 .overlayView {
-      position: absolute;
-      pointer-events: none;
-      top: 0;
-      width: 100vw;
-      height: 100vh;
-      /* background-color: pink; */
-      z-index: 100000;
+    position: absolute;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    top: 0;
+    width: 100vw;
+    height: 100vh;
+    /* background-color: pink; */
+    z-index: 100000;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-outerDiv {
-      border-radius: 5px;
-      overflow: hidden;
-      display: flex;
-      flex-direction: column;
-      top: 0;
-      left: 0;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-outerDiv,
 .overlayView-wrapperDiv {
-      position: absolute;
-      z-index: 1;
+    position: absolute;
+    z-index: 1;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-titleBar {
-      flex: 0 1 30px;
-      background: darkslategray;
-      color: whitesmoke;
-      text-align: center;
-      cursor: move;
+    flex: 0 1 30px;
+    background: darkslategray;
+    color: whitesmoke;
+    text-align: center;
+    cursor: move;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-content {
-      flex: 1 1 auto;
-      display: flex;
-      flex-direction: column;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-closeButton {
-      float: right;
-      height: 30px;
-      width: 30px;
+    float: right;
+    height: 30px;
+    width: 30px;
 }
 
 .overlayWindow-resizeDragger {
-      background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
-      position: absolute;
-      right: 0px;
-      bottom: 0px;
-      width: 10px;
-      height: 10px;
-      cursor: nwse-resize;
+    background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0px;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    width: 10px;
+    height: 10px;
+    cursor: nwse-resize;
 }
 
 .overlayView-doc {
-      z-index: 9002; //so that it appears above chroma 
-      position: absolute;
+    z-index: 9002; //so that it appears above chroma 
+    position: absolute;
+    pointer-events: all;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index f86406997..4b8e87b0f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactLoading from 'react-loading';
-import { Doc } from "../../fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, WidthSym, HeightSym } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { Cast, NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from "../../Utils";
@@ -20,213 +20,213 @@ import { DefaultStyleProvider } from "./StyleProvider";
 export type OverlayDisposer = () => void;
 
 export type OverlayElementOptions = {
-      x: number;
-      y: number;
-      width?: number;
-      height?: number;
-      title?: string;
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+    width?: number;
+    height?: number;
+    title?: string;
 };
 
 export interface OverlayWindowProps {
-      children: JSX.Element;
-      overlayOptions: OverlayElementOptions;
-      onClick: () => void;
+    children: JSX.Element;
+    overlayOptions: OverlayElementOptions;
+    onClick: () => void;
 }
 
 @observer
 export class OverlayWindow extends React.Component<OverlayWindowProps> {
-      @observable x: number;
-      @observable y: number;
-      @observable width: number;
-      @observable height: number;
-      constructor(props: OverlayWindowProps) {
-            super(props);
-
-            const opts = props.overlayOptions;
-            this.x = opts.x;
-            this.y = opts.y;
-            this.width = opts.width || 200;
-            this.height = opts.height || 200;
-      }
-
-      onPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-      }
-
-      onResizerPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-            document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-      }
-
-      @action
-      onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            this.x += e.movementX;
-            this.x = Math.max(Math.min(this.x, window.innerWidth - this.width), 0);
-            this.y += e.movementY;
-            this.y = Math.max(Math.min(this.y, window.innerHeight - this.height), 0);
-      }
-
-      @action
-      onResizerPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            this.width += e.movementX;
-            this.width = Math.max(this.width, 30);
-            this.height += e.movementY;
-            this.height = Math.max(this.height, 30);
-      }
-
-      onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-      }
-
-      onResizerPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
-            document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
-      }
-
-      render() {
-            return (
-                  <div className="overlayWindow-outerDiv" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.x}px, ${this.y}px)`, width: this.width, height: this.height }}>
-                        <div className="overlayWindow-titleBar" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} >
-                              {this.props.overlayOptions.title || "Untitled"}
-                              <button onClick={this.props.onClick} className="overlayWindow-closeButton">X</button>
-                        </div>
-                        <div className="overlayWindow-content">
-                              {this.props.children}
-                        </div>
-                        <div className="overlayWindow-resizeDragger" onPointerDown={this.onResizerPointerDown}></div>
-                  </div>
-            );
-      }
+    @observable x: number;
+    @observable y: number;
+    @observable width: number;
+    @observable height: number;
+    constructor(props: OverlayWindowProps) {
+        super(props);
+
+        const opts = props.overlayOptions;
+        this.x = opts.x;
+        this.y = opts.y;
+        this.width = opts.width || 200;
+        this.height = opts.height || 200;
+    }
+
+    onPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+    }
+
+    onResizerPointerDown = (_: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+        document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        this.x += e.movementX;
+        this.x = Math.max(Math.min(this.x, window.innerWidth - this.width), 0);
+        this.y += e.movementY;
+        this.y = Math.max(Math.min(this.y, window.innerHeight - this.height), 0);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    onResizerPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        this.width += e.movementX;
+        this.width = Math.max(this.width, 30);
+        this.height += e.movementY;
+        this.height = Math.max(this.height, 30);
+    }
+
+    onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
+    }
+
+    onResizerPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onResizerPointerMove);
+        document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onResizerPointerUp);
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div className="overlayWindow-outerDiv" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.x}px, ${this.y}px)`, width: this.width, height: this.height }}>
+                <div className="overlayWindow-titleBar" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} >
+                    {this.props.overlayOptions.title || "Untitled"}
+                    <button onClick={this.props.onClick} className="overlayWindow-closeButton">X</button>
+                </div>
+                <div className="overlayWindow-content">
+                    {this.props.children}
+                </div>
+                <div className="overlayWindow-resizeDragger" onPointerDown={this.onResizerPointerDown}></div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 @observer
 export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
-      public static Instance: OverlayView;
-      @observable.shallow
-      private _elements: JSX.Element[] = [];
-
-      constructor(props: any) {
-            super(props);
-            if (!OverlayView.Instance) {
-                  OverlayView.Instance = this;
-            }
-      }
-
-      @action
-      addElement(ele: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
-            const remove = action(() => {
-                  const index = this._elements.indexOf(ele);
-                  if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
+    public static Instance: OverlayView;
+    @observable.shallow
+    private _elements: JSX.Element[] = [];
+
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+        if (!OverlayView.Instance) {
+            OverlayView.Instance = this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    addElement(ele: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
+        const remove = action(() => {
+            const index = this._elements.indexOf(ele);
+            if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
+        });
+        ele = <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="overlayView-wrapperDiv" style={{
+            transform: `translate(${options.x}px, ${options.y}px)`,
+            width: options.width,
+            height: options.height,
+            top: 0,
+            left: 0
+        }}>{ele}</div>;
+        this._elements.push(ele);
+        return remove;
+    }
+
+    @action
+    addWindow(contents: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
+        const remove = action(() => {
+            const index = this._elements.indexOf(contents);
+            if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
+        });
+        contents = <OverlayWindow onClick={remove} key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} overlayOptions={options}>{contents}</OverlayWindow>;
+        this._elements.push(contents);
+        return remove;
+    }
+
+
+    @computed get overlayDocs() {
+        return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
+            let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
+            const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+            const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
+                if (e.buttons === 1) {
+                    d.x = e.clientX + offsetx;
+                    d.y = e.clientY + offsety;
+                }
+                if (e.metaKey) {
+                    const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([d]);
+                    dragData.offset = [-offsetx, -offsety];
+                    dragData.dropAction = "move";
+                    dragData.removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
+                        const docs = (doc instanceof Doc) ? [doc] : doc;
+                        docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null), "data", d));
+                        return true;
+                    };
+                    dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
+                        return dragData.removeDocument!(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
+                    };
+                    DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dref.current!], dragData, down[0], down[1]);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return false;
             });
-            ele = <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="overlayView-wrapperDiv" style={{
-                  transform: `translate(${options.x}px, ${options.y}px)`,
-                  width: options.width,
-                  height: options.height,
-                  top: 0,
-                  left: 0
-            }}>{ele}</div>;
-            this._elements.push(ele);
-            return remove;
-      }
-
-      @action
-      addWindow(contents: JSX.Element, options: OverlayElementOptions): OverlayDisposer {
-            const remove = action(() => {
-                  const index = this._elements.indexOf(contents);
-                  if (index !== -1) this._elements.splice(index, 1);
-            });
-            contents = <OverlayWindow onClick={remove} key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} overlayOptions={options}>{contents}</OverlayWindow>;
-            this._elements.push(contents);
-            return remove;
-      }
-
-
-      @computed get overlayDocs() {
-            return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
-                  let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
-                  const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-                  const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
-                        if (e.buttons === 1) {
-                              d.x = e.clientX + offsetx;
-                              d.y = e.clientY + offsety;
-                        }
-                        if (e.metaKey) {
-                              const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([d]);
-                              dragData.offset = [-offsetx, -offsety];
-                              dragData.dropAction = "move";
-                              dragData.removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
-                                    const docs = (doc instanceof Doc) ? [doc] : doc;
-                                    docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null), "data", d));
-                                    return true;
-                              };
-                              dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
-                                    return dragData.removeDocument!(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
-                              };
-                              DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dref.current!], dragData, down[0], down[1]);
-                              return true;
-                        }
-                        return false;
-                  });
-
-                  const onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-                        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, onPointerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
-                        offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
-                        offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
-                  };
-
-                  return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
-                        <DocumentView
-                              Document={d}
-                              rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                              bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                              addDocument={undefined}
-                              removeDocument={undefined}
-                              PanelWidth={() => NumCast(d._width)}
-                              PanelHeight={() => NumCast(d._height)}
-                              ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                              renderDepth={1}
-                              isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                              isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                              whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                              focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
-                              styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                              layerProvider={undefined}
-                              docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                              addDocTab={returnFalse}
-                              pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                              docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                              docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                              searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                              ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                              ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined} />
-                  </div>;
-            });
-      }
-
-      public static ShowSpinner() {
-            return OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<ReactLoading type="spinningBubbles" color="green" height={250} width={250} />, { x: 300, y: 200 });
-      }
-
-
-      render() {
-            return (
-                  <div className="overlayView" id="overlayView">
-                        <div>
-                              {this._elements}
-                        </div>
-                        <CollectionFreeFormLinksView key="freeformLinks" />
-                        {this.overlayDocs}
-                  </div>
-            );
-      }
+
+            const onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+                setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, onPointerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+                offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
+                offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
+            };
+
+            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
+                <DocumentView
+                    Document={d}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
+                    bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                    addDocument={undefined}
+                    removeDocument={doc => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).map(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), "data", doc)).length ? true : false}
+                    PanelWidth={d[WidthSym]}
+                    PanelHeight={d[HeightSym]}
+                    ScreenToLocalTransform={() => new Transform(-NumCast(d.x), -NumCast(d.y), 1)}
+                    renderDepth={1}
+                    isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
+                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
+                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
+                    layerProvider={undefined}
+                    docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    addDocTab={returnFalse}
+                    pinToPres={emptyFunction}
+                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
+                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined} />
+            </div>;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public static ShowSpinner() {
+        return OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<ReactLoading type="spinningBubbles" color="green" height={250} width={250} />, { x: 300, y: 200 });
+    }
+
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div className="overlayView" id="overlayView">
+                <div>
+                    {this._elements}
+                </div>
+                <CollectionFreeFormLinksView key="freeformLinks" />
+                {this.overlayDocs}
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
 }
 // bcz: ugh ... want to be able to pass ScriptingRepl as tag argument, but that doesn't seem to work.. runtime error
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function addOverlayWindow(type: string, options: OverlayElementOptions) {
-      OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, options);
+    OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, options);
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index e57cb1abe..b424225e7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) / aspect;
         if (Number.isFinite(this.player!.duration)) {
             this.rawDuration = this.player!.duration;
-        }
+        } else this.rawDuration = NumCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-duration"]);
     });
 
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index c13f469cc..cd7b09017 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -31,429 +31,429 @@ import { List } from "../../../../fields/List";
  */
 @observer
 export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
-      public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(PresElementBox, fieldKey); }
-      _heightDisposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
-
-      @observable _dragging = false;
-      // these fields are conditionally computed fields on the layout document that take this document as a parameter
-      @computed get indexInPres() { return Number(this.lookupField("indexInPres")); }  // the index field is where this document is in the presBox display list (since this value is different for each presentation element, the value can't be stored on the layout template which is used by all display elements)
-      @computed get collapsedHeight() { return Number(this.lookupField("presCollapsedHeight")); } // the collapsed height changes depending on the state of the presBox.  We could store this on the presentation element template if it's used by only one presentation - but if it's shared by multiple, then this value must be looked up
-      @computed get presStatus() { return StrCast(this.lookupField("presStatus")); }
-      @computed get itemIndex() { return NumCast(this.lookupField("_itemIndex")); }
-      @computed get presBox() { return Cast(this.lookupField("presBox"), Doc, null); }
-      @computed get targetDoc() { return Cast(this.rootDoc.presentationTargetDoc, Doc, null) || this.rootDoc; }
-
-
-      @observable isShowingVideo = false;
-      @action setIsShowingVideo(shown: boolean) {
-            this.isShowingVideo = shown
-      }
-
-      componentDidMount() {
-            this.layoutDoc.hideLinkButton = true;
-            this._heightDisposer = reaction(() => [this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton, this.collapsedHeight],
-                  params => this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(params[1]) + (Number(params[0]) ? 100 : 0), { fireImmediately: true });
-      }
-      componentWillUnmount() {
-            this._heightDisposer?.();
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Returns a local transformed coordinate array for given coordinates.
-       */
-      ScreenToLocalListTransform = (xCord: number, yCord: number) => [xCord, yCord];
-
-      embedHeight = (): number => 97;
-      // embedWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth();
-      // embedHeight = () => Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 20, this.props.PanelHeight() - this.collapsedHeight);
-      embedWidth = (): number => this.props.PanelWidth() - 35;
-      styleProvider = (doc: (Doc | undefined), props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
-            if (property === StyleProp.Opacity) return 1;
-            return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
-      }
-      /**
-       * The function that is responsible for rendering a preview or not for this
-       * presentation element.
-       */
-      @computed get renderEmbeddedInline() {
-            return !this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton || !this.targetDoc ? (null) :
-                  <div className="presItem-embedded" style={{ height: this.embedHeight(), width: this.embedWidth() }}>
-                        <DocumentView
-                              Document={this.targetDoc}
-                              DataDoc={this.targetDoc[DataSym] !== this.targetDoc && this.targetDoc[DataSym]}
-                              styleProvider={this.styleProvider}
-                              layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
-                              docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                              rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                              addDocument={returnFalse}
-                              removeDocument={returnFalse}
-                              isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
-                              addDocTab={returnFalse}
-                              pinToPres={returnFalse}
-                              fitContentsToDoc={returnTrue}
-                              PanelWidth={this.embedWidth}
-                              PanelHeight={this.embedHeight}
-                              ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                              moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument!}
-                              renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                              focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
-                              whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
-                              bringToFront={returnFalse}
-                              docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                              docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
-                              searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                              ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                              ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
-                              hideLinkButton={true}
-                        />
-                        <div className="presItem-embeddedMask" />
-                  </div>;
-      }
-      @computed get duration() {
-            let durationInS: number;
-            if (this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.AUDIO || this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.VID) { durationInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presEndTime) - NumCast(this.rootDoc.presStartTime); durationInS = Math.round(durationInS * 10) / 10; }
-            else if (this.rootDoc.presDuration) durationInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presDuration) / 1000;
-            else durationInS = 2;
-            return "D: " + durationInS + "s";
-      }
-
-      @computed get transition() {
-            let transitionInS: number;
-            if (this.rootDoc.presTransition) transitionInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presTransition) / 1000;
-            else transitionInS = 0.5;
-            return this.rootDoc.presMovement === PresMovement.Jump || this.rootDoc.presMovement === PresMovement.None ? (null) : "M: " + transitionInS + "s";
-      }
-
-      private _itemRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-      private _dragRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-      private _titleRef: React.RefObject<EditableView> = React.createRef();
-
-
-      @action
-      headerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-            const element = e.target as any;
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            e.preventDefault();
-            if (element && !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
-                  if (PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.has(this.rootDoc)) {
-                        PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.size === 1 && PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, false);
-                        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.startDrag, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
-                  } else {
-                        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, ((e: PointerEvent) => {
-                              PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, false);
-                              return this.startDrag(e);
-                        }), emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
-                  }
-            }
-      }
-
-      headerUp = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            e.preventDefault();
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Function to drag and drop the pres element to a diferent location
-       */
-      startDrag = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            const miniView: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 100;
-            const activeItem = this.rootDoc;
-            const dragArray = PresBox.Instance._dragArray;
-            const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(PresBox.Instance.sortArray());
-            if (!dragData.draggedDocuments.length) dragData.draggedDocuments.push(this.rootDoc);
-            dragData.dropAction = "move";
-            dragData.treeViewDoc = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.props.treeViewDoc;
-            dragData.moveDocument = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.props.moveDocument;
-            const dragItem: HTMLElement[] = [];
-            if (dragArray.length === 1) {
-                  const doc = dragArray[0];
-                  doc.className = miniView ? "presItem-miniSlide" : "presItem-slide";
-                  dragItem.push(doc);
-            } else if (dragArray.length >= 1) {
-                  const doc = document.createElement('div');
-                  doc.className = "presItem-multiDrag";
-                  doc.innerText = "Move " + PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.size + " slides";
-                  doc.style.position = 'absolute';
-                  doc.style.top = (e.clientY) + 'px';
-                  doc.style.left = (e.clientX - 50) + 'px';
-                  dragItem.push(doc);
-            }
-
-            // const dropEvent = () => runInAction(() => this._dragging = false);
-            if (activeItem) {
-                  DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(dragItem.map(ele => ele), dragData, e.clientX, e.clientY, undefined);
-                  // runInAction(() => this._dragging = true);
-                  return true;
-            }
-            return false;
-      }
-
-      onPointerOver = (e: any) => {
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-            document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-      }
-
-      onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-            const slide = this._itemRef.current!;
-            let dragIsPresItem: boolean = DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length > 0 ? true : false;
-            for (const doc of DragManager.docsBeingDragged) {
-                  if (!doc.presentationTargetDoc) dragIsPresItem = false;
-            }
-            if (slide && dragIsPresItem) {
-                  const rect = slide.getBoundingClientRect();
-                  const y = e.clientY - rect.top;  //y position within the element.
-                  const height = slide.clientHeight;
-                  const halfLine = height / 2;
-                  if (y <= halfLine) {
-                        slide.style.borderTop = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
-                        slide.style.borderBottom = "0px";
-                  } else if (y > halfLine) {
-                        slide.style.borderTop = "0px";
-                        slide.style.borderBottom = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
-                  }
-            }
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-      }
-
-      onPointerLeave = (e: any) => {
-            this._itemRef.current!.style.borderTop = "0px";
-            this._itemRef.current!.style.borderBottom = "0px";
-            document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
-      }
-
-      @action
-      toggleProperties = () => {
-            if (CurrentUserUtils.propertiesWidth < 5) {
-                  action(() => (CurrentUserUtils.propertiesWidth = 250));
-            }
-      }
-
-      @undoBatch
-      removeItem = action((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
-            this.props.removeDocument?.(this.rootDoc);
+    public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(PresElementBox, fieldKey); }
+    _heightDisposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
+
+    @observable _dragging = false;
+    // these fields are conditionally computed fields on the layout document that take this document as a parameter
+    @computed get indexInPres() { return Number(this.lookupField("indexInPres")); }  // the index field is where this document is in the presBox display list (since this value is different for each presentation element, the value can't be stored on the layout template which is used by all display elements)
+    @computed get collapsedHeight() { return Number(this.lookupField("presCollapsedHeight")); } // the collapsed height changes depending on the state of the presBox.  We could store this on the presentation element template if it's used by only one presentation - but if it's shared by multiple, then this value must be looked up
+    @computed get presStatus() { return StrCast(this.lookupField("presStatus")); }
+    @computed get itemIndex() { return NumCast(this.lookupField("_itemIndex")); }
+    @computed get presBox() { return Cast(this.lookupField("presBox"), Doc, null); }
+    @computed get targetDoc() { return Cast(this.rootDoc.presentationTargetDoc, Doc, null) || this.rootDoc; }
+
+
+    @observable isShowingVideo = false;
+    @action setIsShowingVideo(shown: boolean) {
+        this.isShowingVideo = shown
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this.layoutDoc.hideLinkButton = true;
+        this._heightDisposer = reaction(() => [this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton, this.collapsedHeight],
+            params => this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(params[1]) + (Number(params[0]) ? 100 : 0), { fireImmediately: true });
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this._heightDisposer?.();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a local transformed coordinate array for given coordinates.
+     */
+    ScreenToLocalListTransform = (xCord: number, yCord: number) => [xCord, yCord];
+
+    embedHeight = (): number => 97;
+    // embedWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth();
+    // embedHeight = () => Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 20, this.props.PanelHeight() - this.collapsedHeight);
+    embedWidth = (): number => this.props.PanelWidth() - 35;
+    styleProvider = (doc: (Doc | undefined), props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
+        if (property === StyleProp.Opacity) return 1;
+        return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
+    }
+    /**
+     * The function that is responsible for rendering a preview or not for this
+     * presentation element.
+     */
+    @computed get renderEmbeddedInline() {
+        return !this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton || !this.targetDoc ? (null) :
+            <div className="presItem-embedded" style={{ height: this.embedHeight(), width: this.embedWidth() }}>
+                <DocumentView
+                    Document={this.targetDoc}
+                    DataDoc={this.targetDoc[DataSym] !== this.targetDoc && this.targetDoc[DataSym]}
+                    styleProvider={this.styleProvider}
+                    layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
+                    docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    rootSelected={returnTrue}
+                    addDocument={returnFalse}
+                    removeDocument={returnFalse}
+                    isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                    addDocTab={returnFalse}
+                    pinToPres={returnFalse}
+                    fitContentsToDoc={returnTrue}
+                    PanelWidth={this.embedWidth}
+                    PanelHeight={this.embedHeight}
+                    ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
+                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument!}
+                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
+                    bringToFront={returnFalse}
+                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
+                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
+                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
+                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
+                    hideLinkButton={true}
+                />
+                <div className="presItem-embeddedMask" />
+            </div>;
+    }
+    @computed get duration() {
+        let durationInS: number;
+        if (this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.AUDIO || this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.VID) { durationInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presEndTime) - NumCast(this.rootDoc.presStartTime); durationInS = Math.round(durationInS * 10) / 10; }
+        else if (this.rootDoc.presDuration) durationInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presDuration) / 1000;
+        else durationInS = 2;
+        return "D: " + durationInS + "s";
+    }
+
+    @computed get transition() {
+        let transitionInS: number;
+        if (this.rootDoc.presTransition) transitionInS = NumCast(this.rootDoc.presTransition) / 1000;
+        else transitionInS = 0.5;
+        return this.rootDoc.presMovement === PresMovement.Jump || this.rootDoc.presMovement === PresMovement.None ? (null) : "M: " + transitionInS + "s";
+    }
+
+    private _itemRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
+    private _dragRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
+    private _titleRef: React.RefObject<EditableView> = React.createRef();
+
+
+    @action
+    headerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        const element = e.target as any;
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (element && !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
             if (PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.has(this.rootDoc)) {
-                  PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.delete(this.rootDoc);
+                PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.size === 1 && PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, false);
+                setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.startDrag, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+            } else {
+                setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, ((e: PointerEvent) => {
+                    PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, false);
+                    return this.startDrag(e);
+                }), emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
             }
-            this.hideRecording();
-            e.stopPropagation();
-      });
-
-      // set the value/title of the individual pres element
-      @undoBatch
-      @action
-      onSetValue = (value: string) => {
-            this.rootDoc.title = !value.trim().length ? "-untitled-" : value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    headerUp = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        e.preventDefault();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to drag and drop the pres element to a diferent location
+     */
+    startDrag = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        const miniView: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 100;
+        const activeItem = this.rootDoc;
+        const dragArray = PresBox.Instance._dragArray;
+        const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(PresBox.Instance.sortArray());
+        if (!dragData.draggedDocuments.length) dragData.draggedDocuments.push(this.rootDoc);
+        dragData.dropAction = "move";
+        dragData.treeViewDoc = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.props.treeViewDoc;
+        dragData.moveDocument = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.props.moveDocument;
+        const dragItem: HTMLElement[] = [];
+        if (dragArray.length === 1) {
+            const doc = dragArray[0];
+            doc.className = miniView ? "presItem-miniSlide" : "presItem-slide";
+            dragItem.push(doc);
+        } else if (dragArray.length >= 1) {
+            const doc = document.createElement('div');
+            doc.className = "presItem-multiDrag";
+            doc.innerText = "Move " + PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.size + " slides";
+            doc.style.position = 'absolute';
+            doc.style.top = (e.clientY) + 'px';
+            doc.style.left = (e.clientX - 50) + 'px';
+            dragItem.push(doc);
+        }
+
+        // const dropEvent = () => runInAction(() => this._dragging = false);
+        if (activeItem) {
+            DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(dragItem.map(ele => ele), dragData, e.clientX, e.clientY, undefined);
+            // runInAction(() => this._dragging = true);
             return true;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Method called for updating the view of the currently selected document
-       * 
-       * @param targetDoc 
-       * @param activeItem 
-       */
-      @undoBatch
-      @action
-      updateView = (targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc) => {
-            if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.PDF || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.WEB || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.RTF) {
-                  const scroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
-                  activeItem.presPinViewScroll = scroll;
-            } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.VID) {
-                  activeItem.presPinTimecode = targetDoc._currentTimecode;
-            } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COMPARISON) {
-                  const clipWidth = targetDoc._clipWidth;
-                  activeItem.presPinClipWidth = clipWidth;
-            } else {
-                  const x = targetDoc._panX;
-                  const y = targetDoc._panY;
-                  const scale = targetDoc._viewScale;
-                  activeItem.presPinViewX = x;
-                  activeItem.presPinViewY = y;
-                  activeItem.presPinViewScale = scale;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    onPointerOver = (e: any) => {
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+        document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+    }
+
+    onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        const slide = this._itemRef.current!;
+        let dragIsPresItem: boolean = DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length > 0 ? true : false;
+        for (const doc of DragManager.docsBeingDragged) {
+            if (!doc.presentationTargetDoc) dragIsPresItem = false;
+        }
+        if (slide && dragIsPresItem) {
+            const rect = slide.getBoundingClientRect();
+            const y = e.clientY - rect.top;  //y position within the element.
+            const height = slide.clientHeight;
+            const halfLine = height / 2;
+            if (y <= halfLine) {
+                slide.style.borderTop = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
+                slide.style.borderBottom = "0px";
+            } else if (y > halfLine) {
+                slide.style.borderTop = "0px";
+                slide.style.borderBottom = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
             }
-      }
-
-      @computed get recordingIsInOverlay() {
-            let isInOverlay = false
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
-                  if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
-                        isInOverlay = true
-                        return
-                  }
-            })
-            return isInOverlay
-      }
-
-      @undoBatch
-      @action
-      hideRecording = () => {
-            console.log("hide recording")
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
-                  if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
-                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
-                  }
-            })
-      }
-
-      @undoBatch
-      @action
-      startRecording = (targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc) => {
-            // Remove every recording that already exists in overlay view
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
-                  if (doc.slides !== null) {
-                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
-                  }
-            })
-
-            if (activeItem.recording) {
-                  // if we already have an existing recording
-                  console.log("recording exists")
-                  console.log(activeItem.recording)
-                  console.log(Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null))
-                  Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
-
-            } else {
-                  console.log("creating new recording")
-                  // if we dont have any recording
-                  const recording = Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "recording", system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) });
-
-                  // attach the recording to the slide, and attach the slide to the recording
-                  recording.slides = activeItem
-                  activeItem.recording = recording
-
-                  // TODO: Figure out exactly where we want the video to appear
-                  const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
-                  recording.x = pt[0];
-                  recording.y = pt[1];
-                  console.log(pt)
-                  Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, recording);
+        }
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+    }
+
+    onPointerLeave = (e: any) => {
+        this._itemRef.current!.style.borderTop = "0px";
+        this._itemRef.current!.style.borderBottom = "0px";
+        document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
+    }
+
+    @action
+    toggleProperties = () => {
+        if (CurrentUserUtils.propertiesWidth < 5) {
+            action(() => (CurrentUserUtils.propertiesWidth = 250));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @undoBatch
+    removeItem = action((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+        this.props.removeDocument?.(this.rootDoc);
+        if (PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.has(this.rootDoc)) {
+            PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.delete(this.rootDoc);
+        }
+        this.hideRecording();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+    });
+
+    // set the value/title of the individual pres element
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    onSetValue = (value: string) => {
+        this.rootDoc.title = !value.trim().length ? "-untitled-" : value;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method called for updating the view of the currently selected document
+     * 
+     * @param targetDoc 
+     * @param activeItem 
+     */
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    updateView = (targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc) => {
+        if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.PDF || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.WEB || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.RTF) {
+            const scroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
+            activeItem.presPinViewScroll = scroll;
+        } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.VID) {
+            activeItem.presPinTimecode = targetDoc._currentTimecode;
+        } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COMPARISON) {
+            const clipWidth = targetDoc._clipWidth;
+            activeItem.presPinClipWidth = clipWidth;
+        } else {
+            const x = targetDoc._panX;
+            const y = targetDoc._panY;
+            const scale = targetDoc._viewScale;
+            activeItem.presPinViewX = x;
+            activeItem.presPinViewY = y;
+            activeItem.presPinViewScale = scale;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @computed get recordingIsInOverlay() {
+        let isInOverlay = false
+        DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
+                isInOverlay = true
+                return
+            }
+        })
+        return isInOverlay
+    }
+
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    hideRecording = () => {
+        console.log("hide recording")
+        DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
+                Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
             }
-      }
-
-      @computed
-      get toolbarWidth(): number {
-            const presBoxDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.presBox);
-            let width: number = NumCast(this.presBox._width);
-            if (presBoxDocView) width = presBoxDocView.props.PanelWidth();
-            if (width === 0) width = 300;
-            return width;
-      }
-
-      @computed get mainItem() {
-            const isSelected: boolean = PresBox.Instance._selectedArray.has(this.rootDoc);
-            const toolbarWidth: number = this.toolbarWidth;
-            const showMore: boolean = this.toolbarWidth >= 300;
-            const miniView: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 110;
-            const presBox: Doc = this.presBox; //presBox
-            const presBoxColor: string = StrCast(presBox._backgroundColor);
-            const presColorBool: boolean = presBoxColor ? (presBoxColor !== Colors.WHITE && presBoxColor !== "transparent") : false;
-            const targetDoc: Doc = this.targetDoc;
-            const activeItem: Doc = this.rootDoc;
-            return (
-                  <div className={`presItem-container`}
-                        key={this.props.Document[Id] + this.indexInPres}
-                        ref={this._itemRef}
-                        style={{
-                              backgroundColor: presColorBool ? isSelected ? "rgba(250,250,250,0.3)" : "transparent" : isSelected ? Colors.LIGHT_BLUE : "transparent",
-                              opacity: this._dragging ? 0.3 : 1
-                        }}
-                        onClick={e => {
-                              e.stopPropagation();
-                              e.preventDefault();
-                              PresBox.Instance.modifierSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, !e.shiftKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey, e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.shiftKey);
-                        }}
-                        onDoubleClick={action(e => {
-                              this.toggleProperties();
-                              PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, true);
-                        })}
-                        onPointerOver={this.onPointerOver}
-                        onPointerLeave={this.onPointerLeave}
-                        onPointerDown={this.headerDown}
-                        onPointerUp={this.headerUp}
-                  >
-                        {miniView ?
-                              // when width is LESS than 110 px 
-                              <div className={`presItem-miniSlide ${isSelected ? "active" : ""}`} ref={miniView ? this._dragRef : null}>
-                                    {`${this.indexInPres + 1}.`}
-                              </div>
-                              :
-                              // when width is MORE than 110 px 
-                              <div className="presItem-number">
-                                    {`${this.indexInPres + 1}.`}
-                              </div>}
-                        {miniView ? (null) : <div ref={miniView ? null : this._dragRef} className={`presItem-slide ${isSelected ? "active" : ""}`}
-                              style={{
-                                    backgroundColor: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                                    boxShadow: presBoxColor && presBoxColor !== "white" && presBoxColor !== "transparent" ? isSelected ? "0 0 0px 1.5px" + presBoxColor : undefined : undefined
-                              }}>
-                              <div className="presItem-name" style={{ maxWidth: showMore ? (toolbarWidth - 195) : toolbarWidth - 105, cursor: isSelected ? 'text' : 'grab' }}>
-                                    <EditableView
-                                          ref={this._titleRef}
-                                          editing={!isSelected ? false : undefined}
-                                          contents={activeItem.title}
-                                          overflow={'ellipsis'}
-                                          GetValue={() => StrCast(activeItem.title)}
-                                          SetValue={this.onSetValue}
-                                    />
-                              </div>
-                              <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Movement speed"}</div></>}><div className="presItem-time" style={{ display: showMore ? "block" : "none" }}>{this.transition}</div></Tooltip>
-                              <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Duration"}</div></>}><div className="presItem-time" style={{ display: showMore ? "block" : "none" }}>{this.duration}</div></Tooltip>
-                              <div className={"presItem-slideButtons"}>
-                                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Update view"}</div></>}>
-                                          <div className="slideButton"
-                                                onClick={() => this.updateView(targetDoc, activeItem)}
-                                                style={{ fontWeight: 700, display: activeItem.presPinView ? "flex" : "none" }}>V</div>
-                                    </Tooltip>
-
-                                    {this.recordingIsInOverlay ?
-                                          <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Hide Recording"}</div></>}>
-                                                <div className="slideButton"
-                                                      onClick={this.hideRecording}
-                                                      style={{ fontWeight: 700 }}>
-                                                      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"video-slash"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
-                                                </div>
-                                          </Tooltip> :
-                                          <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Start recording"}</div></>}>
-                                                <div className="slideButton"
-                                                      onClick={() => this.startRecording(targetDoc, activeItem)}
-                                                      style={{ fontWeight: 700 }}>
-                                                      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"video"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
-                                                </div>
-                                          </Tooltip>
-                                    }
-
-
-                                    {this.indexInPres === 0 ? (null) : <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{activeItem.groupWithUp ? "Ungroup" : "Group with up"}</div></>}>
-                                          <div className="slideButton"
-                                                onClick={() => activeItem.groupWithUp = !activeItem.groupWithUp}
-                                                style={{
-                                                      zIndex: 1000 - this.indexInPres,
-                                                      fontWeight: 700,
-                                                      backgroundColor: activeItem.groupWithUp ? presColorBool ? presBoxColor : Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined,
-                                                      height: activeItem.groupWithUp ? 53 : 18,
-                                                      transform: activeItem.groupWithUp ? "translate(0, -17px)" : undefined
-                                                }}>
-                                                <div style={{ transform: activeItem.groupWithUp ? "rotate(180deg) translate(0, -17.5px)" : "rotate(0deg)" }}>
-                                                      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-up"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
-                                                </div>
-                                          </div>
-                                    </Tooltip>}
-                                    {/* <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton ? "Minimize" : "Expand"}</div></>}><div className={"slideButton"} onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); this.presExpandDocumentClick(); }}>
+        })
+    }
+
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    startRecording = (targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc) => {
+        // Remove every recording that already exists in overlay view
+        DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            if (doc.slides !== null) {
+                Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
+            }
+        })
+
+        if (activeItem.recording) {
+            // if we already have an existing recording
+            console.log("recording exists")
+            console.log(activeItem.recording)
+            console.log(Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null))
+            Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
+
+        } else {
+            console.log("creating new recording")
+            // if we dont have any recording
+            const recording = Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "recording", cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) });
+
+            // attach the recording to the slide, and attach the slide to the recording
+            recording.slides = activeItem
+            activeItem.recording = recording
+
+            // TODO: Figure out exactly where we want the video to appear
+            const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
+            recording.x = pt[0];
+            recording.y = pt[1];
+            console.log(pt)
+            Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, recording);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    get toolbarWidth(): number {
+        const presBoxDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.presBox);
+        let width: number = NumCast(this.presBox._width);
+        if (presBoxDocView) width = presBoxDocView.props.PanelWidth();
+        if (width === 0) width = 300;
+        return width;
+    }
+
+    @computed get mainItem() {
+        const isSelected: boolean = PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.has(this.rootDoc);
+        const toolbarWidth: number = this.toolbarWidth;
+        const showMore: boolean = this.toolbarWidth >= 300;
+        const miniView: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 110;
+        const presBox: Doc = this.presBox; //presBox
+        const presBoxColor: string = StrCast(presBox._backgroundColor);
+        const presColorBool: boolean = presBoxColor ? (presBoxColor !== Colors.WHITE && presBoxColor !== "transparent") : false;
+        const targetDoc: Doc = this.targetDoc;
+        const activeItem: Doc = this.rootDoc;
+        return (
+            <div className={`presItem-container`}
+                key={this.props.Document[Id] + this.indexInPres}
+                ref={this._itemRef}
+                style={{
+                    backgroundColor: presColorBool ? isSelected ? "rgba(250,250,250,0.3)" : "transparent" : isSelected ? Colors.LIGHT_BLUE : "transparent",
+                    opacity: this._dragging ? 0.3 : 1
+                }}
+                onClick={e => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    PresBox.Instance.modifierSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, !e.shiftKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey, e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.shiftKey);
+                }}
+                onDoubleClick={action(e => {
+                    this.toggleProperties();
+                    PresBox.Instance.regularSelect(this.rootDoc, this._itemRef.current!, this._dragRef.current!, true);
+                })}
+                onPointerOver={this.onPointerOver}
+                onPointerLeave={this.onPointerLeave}
+                onPointerDown={this.headerDown}
+                onPointerUp={this.headerUp}
+            >
+                {miniView ?
+                    // when width is LESS than 110 px 
+                    <div className={`presItem-miniSlide ${isSelected ? "active" : ""}`} ref={miniView ? this._dragRef : null}>
+                        {`${this.indexInPres + 1}.`}
+                    </div>
+                    :
+                    // when width is MORE than 110 px 
+                    <div className="presItem-number">
+                        {`${this.indexInPres + 1}.`}
+                    </div>}
+                {miniView ? (null) : <div ref={miniView ? null : this._dragRef} className={`presItem-slide ${isSelected ? "active" : ""}`}
+                    style={{
+                        backgroundColor: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+                        boxShadow: presBoxColor && presBoxColor !== "white" && presBoxColor !== "transparent" ? isSelected ? "0 0 0px 1.5px" + presBoxColor : undefined : undefined
+                    }}>
+                    <div className="presItem-name" style={{ maxWidth: showMore ? (toolbarWidth - 195) : toolbarWidth - 105, cursor: isSelected ? 'text' : 'grab' }}>
+                        <EditableView
+                            ref={this._titleRef}
+                            editing={!isSelected ? false : undefined}
+                            contents={activeItem.title}
+                            overflow={'ellipsis'}
+                            GetValue={() => StrCast(activeItem.title)}
+                            SetValue={this.onSetValue}
+                        />
+                    </div>
+                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Movement speed"}</div></>}><div className="presItem-time" style={{ display: showMore ? "block" : "none" }}>{this.transition}</div></Tooltip>
+                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Duration"}</div></>}><div className="presItem-time" style={{ display: showMore ? "block" : "none" }}>{this.duration}</div></Tooltip>
+                    <div className={"presItem-slideButtons"}>
+                        <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Update view"}</div></>}>
+                            <div className="slideButton"
+                                onClick={() => this.updateView(targetDoc, activeItem)}
+                                style={{ fontWeight: 700, display: activeItem.presPinView ? "flex" : "none" }}>V</div>
+                        </Tooltip>
+
+                        {this.recordingIsInOverlay ?
+                            <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Hide Recording"}</div></>}>
+                                <div className="slideButton"
+                                    onClick={this.hideRecording}
+                                    style={{ fontWeight: 700 }}>
+                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"video-slash"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                                </div>
+                            </Tooltip> :
+                            <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Start recording"}</div></>}>
+                                <div className="slideButton"
+                                    onClick={() => this.startRecording(targetDoc, activeItem)}
+                                    style={{ fontWeight: 700 }}>
+                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"video"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                                </div>
+                            </Tooltip>
+                        }
+
+
+                        {this.indexInPres === 0 ? (null) : <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{activeItem.groupWithUp ? "Ungroup" : "Group with up"}</div></>}>
+                            <div className="slideButton"
+                                onClick={() => activeItem.groupWithUp = !activeItem.groupWithUp}
+                                style={{
+                                    zIndex: 1000 - this.indexInPres,
+                                    fontWeight: 700,
+                                    backgroundColor: activeItem.groupWithUp ? presColorBool ? presBoxColor : Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined,
+                                    height: activeItem.groupWithUp ? 53 : 18,
+                                    transform: activeItem.groupWithUp ? "translate(0, -17px)" : undefined
+                                }}>
+                                <div style={{ transform: activeItem.groupWithUp ? "rotate(180deg) translate(0, -17.5px)" : "rotate(0deg)" }}>
+                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-up"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </Tooltip>}
+                        {/* <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton ? "Minimize" : "Expand"}</div></>}><div className={"slideButton"} onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); this.presExpandDocumentClick(); }}>
                                           <FontAwesomeIcon icon={this.rootDoc.presExpandInlineButton ? "eye-slash" : "eye"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
                                     </div></Tooltip> */}
-                                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Remove from presentation"}</div></>}><div
-                                          className={"slideButton"}
-                                          onClick={this.removeItem}>
-                                          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"trash"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
-                                    </div></Tooltip>
-                              </div>
-                              <div className="presItem-docName" style={{ maxWidth: showMore ? (toolbarWidth - 195) : toolbarWidth - 105 }}>{activeItem.presPinView ? (<><i>View of </i> {targetDoc.title}</>) : targetDoc.title}</div>
-                              {this.renderEmbeddedInline}
-                        </div>}
-                  </div >);
-      }
-
-      render() {
-            return !(this.rootDoc instanceof Doc) || this.targetDoc instanceof Promise ? (null) : this.mainItem;
-      }
+                        <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Remove from presentation"}</div></>}><div
+                            className={"slideButton"}
+                            onClick={this.removeItem}>
+                            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"trash"} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                        </div></Tooltip>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className="presItem-docName" style={{ maxWidth: showMore ? (toolbarWidth - 195) : toolbarWidth - 105 }}>{activeItem.presPinView ? (<><i>View of </i> {targetDoc.title}</>) : targetDoc.title}</div>
+                    {this.renderEmbeddedInline}
+                </div>}
+            </div >);
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return !(this.rootDoc instanceof Doc) || this.targetDoc instanceof Promise ? (null) : this.mainItem;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
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From 57c1b8235b26a1b6a315922b4dc2926e1e597674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 18:17:10 -0400
Subject: removed layerProvider functionality.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  3 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |  4 --
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                |  1 -
 src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx                  |  2 +-
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                  |  1 -
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |  6 ---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |  1 -
 src/client/views/Palette.tsx                       |  1 -
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |  2 -
 src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx                 | 52 +++-------------------
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  1 -
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |  1 -
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      |  2 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  2 -
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       |  1 -
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  2 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        | 19 +-------
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          |  2 -
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 24 +++++-----
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx | 10 ++---
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      |  1 -
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |  1 -
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |  1 -
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      |  1 -
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx   |  1 -
 src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx             |  3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx                |  2 +-
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx |  2 -
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  5 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx               |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx                |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx            |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx           |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx          |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |  6 +--
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx      |  1 -
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   |  1 -
 src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx                |  2 +-
 src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx              |  2 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  2 +-
 src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx                         |  1 -
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |  1 -
 src/server/server_Initialization.ts                |  2 +-
 46 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index d9c2e0d8b..797a129c4 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     _scrollTop?: number; // scroll location for pdfs
     _noAutoscroll?: boolean;// whether collections autoscroll when this item is dragged
     _chromeHidden?: boolean; // whether the editing chrome for a document is hidden
-    _layerTags?: List<string>; // layer tags a document has (used for tab filtering "layers" in document tab)
     _searchDoc?: boolean; // is this a search document (used to change UI for search results in schema view)
     _forceActive?: boolean; // flag to handle pointer events when not selected (or otherwise active)
     _stayInCollection?: boolean;// whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                     childDontRegisterViews: true, _isLinkButton: true, _height: 150, description: "", showCaption: "description",
                     backgroundColor: "lightblue", // lightblue is default color for linking dot and link documents text comment area
                     links: "@links(self)",
-                    _removeDropProperties: new List(["_layerTags", "isLinkButton"]),
+                    _removeDropProperties: new List(["isLinkButton"]),
                 }
             }],
             [DocumentType.LINKDB, {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 79aaf2158..9c176a4fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ interface ViewBoxBaseProps {
     ContainingCollectionDoc: Opt<Doc>;
     DocumentView?: () => DocumentView;
     fieldKey: string;
-    layerProvider?: (doc: Doc, assign?: boolean) => boolean;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isContentActive: () => boolean | undefined;
     renderDepth: number;
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ export interface ViewBoxAnnotatableProps {
     DataDoc?: Doc;
     fieldKey: string;
     filterAddDocument?: (doc: Doc[]) => boolean;  // allows a document that renders a Collection view to filter or modify any documents added to the collection (see PresBox for an example)
-    layerProvider?: (doc: Doc, assign?: boolean) => boolean;
     isContentActive: () => boolean | undefined;
     select: (isCtrlPressed: boolean) => void;
     whenChildContentsActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
@@ -209,13 +207,11 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                             if ([AclAdmin, AclEdit].includes(GetEffectiveAcl(doc))) inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, doc);
                             doc.context = this.props.Document;
                             if (annotationKey ?? this._annotationKeySuffix()) Doc.GetProto(doc).annotationOn = this.props.Document;
-                            this.props.layerProvider?.(doc, true);
                             Doc.AddDocToList(targetDataDoc, annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey, doc);
                         });
                     }
                     else {
                         added.filter(doc => [AclAdmin, AclEdit].includes(GetEffectiveAcl(doc))).map(doc => {  // only make a pushpin if we have acl's to edit the document
-                            this.props.layerProvider?.(doc, true);
                             //DocUtils.LeavePushpin(doc);
                             doc._stayInCollection = undefined;
                             doc.context = this.props.Document;
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 50dca0a99..482b62479 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
                 isContentActive={returnFalse}
                 renderDepth={0}
                 styleProvider={returnEmptyString}
-                layerProvider={undefined}
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
index 3d9c048e5..d0f01c363 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             inkStrokeWidth, inkStrokeWidth + (highlightIndex && closed && fillColor && (new Color(fillColor)).alpha() < 1 ? 6 : 15),
             StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeLineJoin), StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeLineCap),
             StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeBezier), !closed ? "none" : fillColor === "transparent" || suppressFill ? "none" : fillColor, startMarker, endMarker,
-            markerScale, undefined, inkScaleX, inkScaleY, "", this.props.pointerEvents?.() ?? (this.props.layerProvider?.(this.props.Document) === false ? "none" : "visiblepainted"), 0.0,
+            markerScale, undefined, inkScaleX, inkScaleY, "", this.props.pointerEvents?.() ?? (this.rootDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : "visiblepainted"), 0.0,
             false, downHdlr);
         const fsize = +(StrCast(this.props.Document.fontSize, "12px").replace("px", ""));
         // bootsrap 3 style sheet sets line height to be 20px for default 14 point font size. 
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 59ed0dc92..9882693ee 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
                         docFilters={this.docFilters}
                         removeDocument={undefined}
                         styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                        layerProvider={returnTrue}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={this.lightboxScreenToLocal}
                         PanelWidth={this.lightboxWidth}
                         PanelHeight={this.lightboxHeight}
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index db51c54f8..2e1d10955 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
             addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
             pinToPres={emptyFunction}
             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-            layerProvider={undefined}
             styleProvider={undefined}
             rootSelected={returnTrue}
             isContentActive={returnTrue}
@@ -361,7 +360,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                         addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        layerProvider={undefined}
                         styleProvider={this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards || this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myFilesystem ? DashboardStyleProvider : DefaultStyleProvider}
                         rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         removeDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -402,7 +400,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                layerProvider={undefined}
                 isContentActive={returnTrue}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
@@ -516,7 +513,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     dropAction={"alias"}
                     setHeight={returnFalse}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     select={emptyFunction}
@@ -591,7 +587,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     Document={DocumentLinksButton.invisibleWebDoc}
                     dropAction={"move"}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     styleProvider={undefined}
                     isSelected={returnFalse}
                     select={returnFalse}
@@ -673,7 +668,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                             rootSelected={returnFalse}
                             renderDepth={0}
                             setHeight={returnFalse}
-                            layerProvider={undefined}
                             styleProvider={undefined}
                             addDocTab={returnFalse}
                             pinToPres={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 0f51cf9b2..ebad2981d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     addDocTab={returnFalse}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
index 529697f71..954529bc9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
                             focus={emptyFunction}
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             styleProvider={returnEmptyString}
-                            layerProvider={undefined}
                             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                             bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                             docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 21c688421..bba2ac211 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                     fitContentsToDoc={returnTrue}
                     rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     freezeDimensions={true}
                     dontCenter={"y"}
@@ -1010,7 +1009,6 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                             createNewFilterDoc={this.createNewFilterDoc}
                             updateFilterDoc={this.updateFilterDoc}
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            layerProvider={undefined}
                             dontCenter="y"
                         />
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index 5056dedaf..334415b38 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ import React = require("react");
 import { InkingStroke } from './InkingStroke';
 import { TreeSort } from './collections/TreeView';
 
-export enum StyleLayers {
-    Background = "background"
-}
-
 export enum StyleProp {
     TreeViewIcon = "treeViewIcon",
     TreeViewSortings = "treeViewSortings",// options for how to sort tree view items
@@ -56,14 +52,9 @@ export enum StyleProp {
 
 function darkScheme() { return CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard?.colorScheme === ColorScheme.Dark; }
 
-function toggleBackground(doc: Doc) {
+function toggleLockedPosition(doc: Doc) {
     UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => runInAction(() => {
-        const layers = StrListCast(doc._layerTags);
-        if (!layers.includes(StyleLayers.Background)) {
-            if (!layers.length) doc._layerTags = new List<string>([StyleLayers.Background]);
-            else layers.push(StyleLayers.Background);
-        }
-        else layers.splice(layers.indexOf(StyleLayers.Background), 1);
+        doc._lockedPosition = !doc._lockedPosition;
     }), "toggleBackground");
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +77,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
     const isOpen = property.includes(":open");
     const fieldKey = props?.fieldKey ? props.fieldKey + "-" : isCaption ? "caption-" : "";
     const comicStyle = () => doc && !Doc.IsSystem(doc) && Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle === "comic";
-    const isBackground = () => StrListCast(doc?._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background);
+    const isBackground = () => doc && BoolCast(doc._lockedPosition);
     const backgroundCol = () => props?.styleProvider?.(doc, props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
     const opacity = () => props?.styleProvider?.(doc, props, StyleProp.Opacity);
     const showTitle = () => props?.styleProvider?.(doc, props, StyleProp.ShowTitle);
@@ -177,7 +168,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
                 //if (doc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform && doc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Time) return "rgb(62,62,62)";
                 default: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : Colors.WHITE); break;
             }
-            if (docColor && (!doc || props?.layerProvider?.(doc) === false)) docColor = DashColor(docColor).fade(0.5).toString();
+            if (docColor && !doc) docColor = DashColor(docColor).fade(0.5).toString();
             return docColor;
         }
         case StyleProp.BoxShadow: {
@@ -205,17 +196,15 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
         case StyleProp.PointerEvents:
             if (doc?.type === DocumentType.MARKER) return "none";
             if (props?.pointerEvents?.() === "none") return "none";
-            const layer = doc && props?.layerProvider?.(doc);
             const isInk = doc && StrCast(Doc.Layout(doc).layout).includes(InkingStroke.name);
-            if (opacity() === 0 || (isInk && !docProps?.treeViewDoc) || doc?.isInkMask) return "none";
-            if (layer === false && !selected && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return "none";
-            if (!isInk && layer === true) return "all";
+            if (doc?._lockedPosition || opacity() === 0 || (isInk && !docProps?.treeViewDoc) || doc?.isInkMask) return "none";
+            if (!isInk) return "all";
             return undefined;
         case StyleProp.Decorations:
             if (props?.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform || doc?.x !== undefined || doc?.y !== undefined) {
                 return doc && (isBackground() || selected) && (props?.renderDepth || 0) > 0 &&
                     ((doc.type === DocumentType.COL && doc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Pile) || [DocumentType.RTF, DocumentType.IMG, DocumentType.INK].includes(doc.type as DocumentType)) ?
-                    <div className="styleProvider-lock" onClick={() => toggleBackground(doc)}>
+                    <div className="styleProvider-lock" onClick={() => toggleLockedPosition(doc)}>
                         <FontAwesomeIcon icon={isBackground() ? "lock" : "unlock"} style={{ color: isBackground() ? "red" : undefined }} size="lg" />
                     </div>
                     : (null);
@@ -251,30 +240,3 @@ export function DashboardStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<FieldViewProps
     }
     return DefaultStyleProvider(doc, props, property);
 }
-
-//
-// a preliminary semantic-"layering/grouping" mechanism for determining interactive properties of documents
-//  currently, the provider tests whether the docuemnt's layer field matches the activeLayer field of the tab.
-//     if it matches, then the document gets pointer events, otherwise it does not.
-//
-export function DefaultLayerProvider(thisDoc: Doc) {
-    return (doc: Doc, assign?: boolean) => {
-        if (doc.z) return true;
-        if (assign) {
-            const activeLayer = StrCast(thisDoc?.activeLayer);
-            if (activeLayer) {
-                const layers = Cast(doc._layerTags, listSpec("string"), []);
-                if (layers.length && !layers.includes(activeLayer)) layers.push(activeLayer);
-                else if (!layers.length) doc._layerTags = new List<string>([activeLayer]);
-                if (activeLayer === "red" || activeLayer === "green" || activeLayer === "blue") doc._backgroundColor = activeLayer;
-            }
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            if (Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc, thisDoc)) return true;
-            const layers = StrListCast(doc._layerTags);
-            if (!layers.length && !thisDoc?.activeLayer) return true;
-            if (layers.includes(StrCast(thisDoc?.activeLayer))) return true;
-            return false;
-        }
-    };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index b3a24e031..636f7042f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
                 ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                layerProvider={undefined}
                 setHeight={returnFalse}
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 364a2440e..b3fbd4ca4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps>{
                 dropAction={"alias"}
                 setHeight={returnFalse}
                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                layerProvider={undefined}
                 rootSelected={returnTrue}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                 select={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index de307416f..683b6d51d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     // handles dragging and dropping markers in timeline
     @action
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number) {
-        if (!de.embedKey && this.props.layerProvider?.(this.props.Document) !== false && this.props.Document._isGroup) return false;
+        if (!de.embedKey && this.props.Document._isGroup) return false;
         if (!super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return false;
 
         // determine x coordinate of drop and assign it to the documents being dragged  --- see internalDocDrop of collectionFreeFormView.tsx for how it's done when dropping onto a 2D freeform view
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 509005b45..4338dedcc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             PanelWidth={width}
             PanelHeight={height}
             styleProvider={this.styleProvider}
-            layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
             docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
             fitWidth={this.props.childFitWidth}
             isContentActive={emptyFunction}
@@ -543,7 +542,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 41970eb96..5e89016db 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index ee2c28b5f..7c5f49b42 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
             CollectionView: this,
         };
         return (<div className={"collectionView"} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
-            style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.layerProvider?.(this.rootDoc) === false ? "none" : undefined }}>
+            style={{ pointerEvents: this.rootDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : undefined }}>
             {this.showIsTagged()}
             {this.renderSubView(this.collectionViewType, props)}
         </div>);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 8dfc7edc7..73e5a9178 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { Colors, Shadows } from '../global/globalEnums';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
 import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
 import { PinProps, PresBox, PresMovement } from '../nodes/trails';
-import { DefaultLayerProvider, DefaultStyleProvider, StyleLayers, StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
+import { DefaultStyleProvider, StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from './CollectionDockingView';
 import { CollectionDockingViewMenu } from './CollectionDockingViewMenu';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
@@ -94,20 +94,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
 
 
             if (tab.element[0].children[1].children.length === 1) {
-                const toggle = document.createElement("div");
-                toggle.style.width = "10px";
-                toggle.style.height = "calc(100% - 2px)";
-                toggle.style.left = "-2px";
-                toggle.style.bottom = "1px";
-                toggle.style.borderTopRightRadius = "7px";
-                toggle.style.position = "relative";
-                toggle.style.display = "inline-block";
-                toggle.style.background = "transparent";
-                toggle.onclick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-                    if (tab.contentItem === tab.header.parent.getActiveContentItem()) {
-                        tab.DashDoc.activeLayer = tab.DashDoc.activeLayer ? undefined : StyleLayers.Background;
-                    }
-                };
                 iconWrap.className = "lm_iconWrap";
                 iconWrap.id = "lm_iconWrap";
                 closeWrap.className = "lm_iconWrap";
@@ -357,7 +343,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     disableMinimap = () => !this._document || (this._document.layout !== CollectionView.LayoutString(Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this._document)) || this._document?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform);
     hideMinimap = () => this.disableMinimap() || BoolCast(this._document?.hideMinimap);
 
-    @computed get layerProvider() { return this._document && DefaultLayerProvider(this._document); }
     @computed get docView() {
         return !this._activated || !this._document || this._document._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? (null) :
             <><DocumentView key={this._document[Id]} ref={action((r: DocumentView) => this._view = r)}
@@ -369,7 +354,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                 isContentActive={returnTrue}
                 PanelWidth={this.PanelWidth}
                 PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight}
-                layerProvider={this.layerProvider}
                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                 docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance.childDocFilters}
                 docRangeFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance.childDocRangeFilters}
@@ -520,7 +504,6 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
                     docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance.childDocFilters}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 164021358..d608f800c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 styleProvider={this.titleStyleProvider}
-                layerProvider={returnTrue}
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
                 addDocument={undefined}
@@ -760,7 +759,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
             treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView?.props.Document}
             rootSelected={returnTrue}
-            layerProvider={returnTrue}
             docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
             docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
             docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 4f79d19ad..322944d92 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { FormattedTextBox } from "../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox";
 import { PresBox } from "../../nodes/trails/PresBox";
 import { VideoBox } from "../../nodes/VideoBox";
 import { CreateImage } from "../../nodes/WebBoxRenderer";
-import { StyleLayers, StyleProp } from "../../StyleProvider";
+import { StyleProp } from "../../StyleProvider";
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "../CollectionDockingView";
 import { CollectionSubView } from "../CollectionSubView";
 import { CollectionViewType } from "../CollectionView";
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @observable ChildDrag: DocumentView | undefined; // child document view being dragged.  needed to update drop areas of groups when a group item is dragged.
 
     @computed get views() { return this._layoutElements.filter(ele => ele.bounds && !ele.bounds.z).map(ele => ele.ele); }
-    @computed get backgroundEvents() { return this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging(); }
-    @computed get backgroundActive() { return this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false && this.props.isContentActive(); }
     @computed get fitToContentVals() {
         return {
             bounds: { ...this.contentBounds, cx: (this.contentBounds.x + this.contentBounds.r) / 2, cy: (this.contentBounds.y + this.contentBounds.b) / 2 },
@@ -222,8 +220,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
-        if (!de.embedKey && !this.ChildDrag && this.props.layerProvider?.(this.props.Document) !== false && this.props.Document._isGroup) return false;
-        if (!super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return false;
+        if (!de.embedKey && !this.ChildDrag && this.rootDoc._isGroup) return false;
+        if (this.rootDoc._lockedPosition || !super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return false;
         const refDoc = docDragData.droppedDocuments[0];
         const [xpo, ypo] = this.getContainerTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
         const z = NumCast(refDoc.z);
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const nd = [Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc), Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc)];
             layoutDoc._width = NumCast(layoutDoc._width, 300);
             layoutDoc._height = NumCast(layoutDoc._height, nd[0] && nd[1] ? nd[1] / nd[0] * NumCast(layoutDoc._width) : 300);
-            !StrListCast(d._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background) && (d._raiseWhenDragged === undefined ? Doc.UserDoc()._raiseWhenDragged : d._raiseWhenDragged) && (d.zIndex = zsorted.length + 1 + i); // bringToFront
+            (d._raiseWhenDragged === undefined ? Doc.UserDoc()._raiseWhenDragged : d._raiseWhenDragged) && (d.zIndex = zsorted.length + 1 + i); // bringToFront
         }
 
         (docDragData.droppedDocuments.length === 1 || de.shiftKey) && this.updateClusterDocs(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
@@ -418,8 +416,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 styleProp = colors[cluster % colors.length];
                 const set = this._clusterSets[cluster]?.filter(s => s.backgroundColor);
                 // override the cluster color with an explicitly set color on a non-background document.  then override that with an explicitly set color on a background document
-                set?.filter(s => !StrListCast(s._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background)).map(s => styleProp = StrCast(s.backgroundColor));
-                set?.filter(s => StrListCast(s._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background)).map(s => styleProp = StrCast(s.backgroundColor));
+                set?.map(s => styleProp = StrCast(s.backgroundColor));
             }
         } //else if (doc && NumCast(doc.group, -1) !== -1) styleProp = "gray";
         return styleProp;
@@ -1017,7 +1014,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     bringToFront = (doc: Doc, sendToBack?: boolean) => {
-        if (sendToBack || StrListCast(doc._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background)) {
+        if (sendToBack) {
             doc.zIndex = 0;
         } else if (doc.isInkMask) {
             doc.zIndex = 5000;
@@ -1155,7 +1152,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     pointerEvents = () => {
         const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
-        const pointerEvents = this.props.isContentActive() === false ? "none" : this.backgroundActive || this.props.childPointerEvents ? "all" :
+        const pointerEvents = this.props.isContentActive() === false ? "none" : this.props.childPointerEvents ? "all" :
             (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === "pass" && !this.props.isSelected(true))) ? "none" : this.props.pointerEvents?.();
         return pointerEvents;
     }
@@ -1195,7 +1192,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
             docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
             styleProvider={this.getClusterColor}
-            layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
             dataProvider={this.childDataProvider}
             sizeProvider={this.childSizeProvider}
             freezeDimensions={BoolCast(this.props.Document.childFreezeDimensions, this.props.childFreezeDimensions)}
@@ -1614,7 +1610,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const isDocInView = (doc: Doc, rect: { left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number }) => intersectRect(docDims(doc), rect);
 
         const otherBounds = { left: this.panX(), top: this.panY(), width: Math.abs(size[0]), height: Math.abs(size[1]) };
-        let snappableDocs = activeDocs.filter(doc => !StrListCast(doc._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background) && doc.z === undefined && isDocInView(doc, selRect));  // first see if there are any foreground docs to snap to
+        let snappableDocs = activeDocs.filter(doc => doc.z === undefined && isDocInView(doc, selRect));  // first see if there are any foreground docs to snap to
         !snappableDocs.length && (snappableDocs = activeDocs.filter(doc => doc.z === undefined && isDocInView(doc, selRect))); // if not, see if there are background docs to snap to
         !snappableDocs.length && (snappableDocs = activeDocs.filter(doc => doc.z !== undefined && isDocInView(doc, otherBounds))); // if not, then why not snap to floating docs
 
@@ -1739,7 +1735,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
             style={{
                 pointerEvents: this.props.Document.type === DocumentType.MARKER ? "none" :  // bcz: ugh.. this is here to prevent markers, which render as freeform views, from grabbing events -- need a better approach.
-                    this.backgroundEvents ? "all" : this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any,
+                    this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any,
                 transform: `scale(${this.contentScaling || 1})`,
                 width: `${100 / (this.contentScaling || 1)}%`,
                 height: this.isAnnotationOverlay && this.Document.scrollHeight ? NumCast(this.Document.scrollHeight) : `${100 / (this.contentScaling || 1)}%`// : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? (this.Document.scrollHeight ? this.Document.scrollHeight : "100%") : this.props.PanelHeight()
@@ -1767,7 +1763,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     </svg>
                 </div>}
 
-            {this.props.Document._isGroup && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && (this.ChildDrag || this.props.layerProvider?.(this.props.Document) === false) ?
+            {this.props.Document._isGroup && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.ChildDrag ?
                 <div className="collectionFreeForm-groupDropper" ref={this.createGroupEventsTarget} style={{
                     width: this.ChildDrag ? "10000" : "100%",
                     height: this.ChildDrag ? "10000" : "100%",
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 5f303b428..1c4d47d57 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { CollectionView } from "../CollectionView";
 import { MarqueeOptionsMenu } from "./MarqueeOptionsMenu";
 import "./MarqueeView.scss";
 import React = require("react");
-import { StyleLayers } from "../../StyleProvider";
 import { TreeView } from "../TreeView";
 import { VideoBox } from "../../nodes/VideoBox";
 import { ImageField, WebField } from "../../../../fields/URLField";
@@ -348,7 +347,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         this.hideMarquee();
     }
 
-    getCollection = action((selected: Doc[], creator: Opt<(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) => Doc>, layers: string[], makeGroup: Opt<boolean>) => {
+    getCollection = action((selected: Doc[], creator: Opt<(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) => Doc>, makeGroup: Opt<boolean>) => {
         const newCollection = creator ? creator(selected, { title: "nested stack", }) : ((doc: Doc) => {
             Doc.GetProto(doc).data = new List<Doc>(selected);
             Doc.GetProto(doc).title = makeGroup ? "grouping" : "nested freeform";
@@ -357,7 +356,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             return doc;
         })(Doc.MakeCopy(Doc.UserDoc().emptyCollection as Doc, true));
         newCollection.system = undefined;
-        newCollection._layerTags = new List<string>(layers);
         newCollection._width = this.Bounds.width;
         newCollection._height = this.Bounds.height;
         newCollection._isGroup = makeGroup;
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             }));
             this.props.removeDocument?.(selected);
         }
-        const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected, (e as KeyboardEvent)?.key === "t" ? Docs.Create.StackingDocument : undefined, [], group);
+        const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected, (e as KeyboardEvent)?.key === "t" ? Docs.Create.StackingDocument : undefined, group);
         this.props.addDocument?.(newCollection);
         this.props.selectDocuments([newCollection]);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
@@ -531,7 +529,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
 
     @action
     background = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
-        const newCollection = this.getCollection([], undefined, [StyleLayers.Background], undefined);
+        const newCollection = this.getCollection([], undefined, undefined);
         this.props.addDocument?.(newCollection);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
         this.hideMarquee();
@@ -617,7 +615,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 (this.touchesLine(bounds) || this.boundingShape(bounds)) && selection.push(doc);
             }
         };
-        this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => this.props.layerProvider?.(doc) !== false && !doc.z).map(selectFunc);
+        this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => !doc.z && !doc._lockedPosition).map(selectFunc);
         if (!selection.length && selectBackgrounds) this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => doc.z === undefined).map(selectFunc);
         if (!selection.length) this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => doc.z !== undefined).map(selectFunc);
         return selection;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index c615bfb8e..bec582dcd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 focus={emptyFunction}
                 styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 6929a1cd8..92f9b2f49 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
             Document={layout}
             DataDoc={layout.resolvedDataDoc as Doc}
             styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-            layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
             docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
             LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
             LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 7e2b83230..4c4054b09 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
             Document={layout}
             DataDoc={layout.resolvedDataDoc as Doc}
             styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-            layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
             docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
             LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
             LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index a93762ea4..b731479a5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
                     ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
index 605481ddf..bea5b3be6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
                         Document={this._showDoc}
                         DataDoc={this._showDataDoc}
                         styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                        layerProvider={undefined}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         freezeDimensions={true}
                         focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
index c8be9069c..4b33ef8ae 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                     <input defaultValue={""} autoComplete="off" type="text" placeholder="Search for Document..." id="search-input"
                         className="linkPopup-searchBox searchBox-input" /> */}
 
-                    <SearchBox 
+                    <SearchBox
                         Document={CurrentUserUtils.MySearchPanelDoc}
                         DataDoc={CurrentUserUtils.MySearchPanelDoc}
                         linkFrom={linkDoc}
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                        layerProvider={undefined}
                         removeDocument={undefined}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                         PanelWidth={this.getPWidth}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index e28e5b453..d97cb6f84 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             className="audiobox-container"
             onContextMenu={this.specificContextMenu}
             onClick={!this.path && !this._recorder ? this.recordAudioAnnotation : undefined}
-            style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false ? "none" : undefined }}
+            style={{ pointerEvents: this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : undefined }}
         >
             {!this.path ? this.recordingControls : this.playbackControls}
         </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index edadd59c0..5a0ab9110 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import React = require("react");
 export interface CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps extends DocumentViewProps {
     dataProvider?: (doc: Doc, replica: string) => { x: number, y: number, zIndex?: number, opacity?: number, highlight?: boolean, z: number, transition?: string } | undefined;
     sizeProvider?: (doc: Doc, replica: string) => { width: number, height: number } | undefined;
-    layerProvider: ((doc: Doc, assign?: boolean) => boolean) | undefined;
     renderCutoffProvider: (doc: Doc) => boolean;
     zIndex?: number;
     highlight?: boolean;
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
             ...this.props,
             CollectionFreeFormDocumentView: this.returnThis,
             styleProvider: this.styleProvider,
-            layerProvider: this.props.layerProvider,
             ScreenToLocalTransform: this.screenToLocalTransform,
             PanelWidth: this.panelWidth,
             PanelHeight: this.panelHeight,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index f30d093a1..c999b3224 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { DocComponent } from "../DocComponent";
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { InkingStroke } from "../InkingStroke";
 import { LightboxView } from "../LightboxView";
-import { StyleLayers, StyleProp } from "../StyleProvider";
+import { StyleProp } from "../StyleProvider";
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "./CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
 import { DocumentContentsView } from "./DocumentContentsView";
 import { DocumentLinksButton } from './DocumentLinksButton';
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     docViewPath: () => DocumentView[];
     dataTransition?: string; // specifies animation transition - used by collectionPile and potentially other layout engines when changing the size of documents so that the change won't be abrupt
-    layerProvider: undefined | ((doc: Doc, assign?: boolean) => boolean);
     styleProvider: Opt<StyleProviderFunc>;
     focus: DocFocusFunc;
     fitWidth?: (doc: Doc) => boolean;
@@ -474,7 +473,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downY) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD)) {
             let stopPropagate = true;
             let preventDefault = true;
-            !StrListCast(this.props.Document._layerTags).includes(StyleLayers.Background) && (this.rootDoc._raiseWhenDragged === undefined ? Doc.UserDoc()._raiseWhenDragged : this.rootDoc._raiseWhenDragged) && this.props.bringToFront(this.rootDoc);
+            (this.rootDoc._raiseWhenDragged === undefined ? Doc.UserDoc()._raiseWhenDragged : this.rootDoc._raiseWhenDragged) && this.props.bringToFront(this.rootDoc);
             if (this._doubleTap && (this.props.Document.type !== DocumentType.FONTICON || this.onDoubleClickHandler)) {// && !this.onClickHandler?.script) { // disable double-click to show full screen for things that have an on click behavior since clicking them twice can be misinterpreted as a double click
                 if (this._timeout) {
                     clearTimeout(this._timeout);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
index 78adf63cb..a47e17dfc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     treeViewHideHeaderFields={false}
                     dontRegisterView={true}
                     styleProvider={this.FilterStyleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
                     docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
                     scriptContext={this.props.scriptContext}
                     moveDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index e7c43e5cd..3b04aa807 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             style={{
                 width: this.props.PanelWidth() ? undefined : `100%`,
                 height: this.props.PanelWidth() ? undefined : `100%`,
-                pointerEvents: this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false ? "none" : undefined,
+                pointerEvents: this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : undefined,
                 borderRadius
             }} >
             <CollectionFreeFormView {...OmitKeys(this.props, ["NativeWidth", "NativeHeight", "setContentView"]).omit}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index 881cbf2bb..80def3025 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
             docRangeFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
-            layerProvider: undefined,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
             ContainingCollectionView: undefined,
             ContainingCollectionDoc: undefined,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
index 437d29f39..7fd289a97 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     openLinkTargetOnRight = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(Cast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey], Doc, null));
         alias._isLinkButton = undefined;
-        alias._layerTags = undefined;
         alias.layoutKey = "layout";
         this.props.addDocTab(alias, "add:right");
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
index 375434933..ba515fb89 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ export class LinkDocPreview extends React.Component<LinkDocPreviewProps> {
                             moveDocument={returnFalse}
                             rootSelected={returnFalse}
                             styleProvider={this.props.docProps?.styleProvider}
-                            layerProvider={this.props.docProps?.layerProvider}
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                             isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 3b4c94562..c350e3139 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         const borderRadius = borderRad?.includes("px") ? `${Number(borderRad.split("px")[0]) / this.scaling()}px` : borderRad;
         return (<div className="videoBox" onContextMenu={this.specificContextMenu} ref={this._mainCont}
             style={{
-                pointerEvents: this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false ? "none" : undefined,
+                pointerEvents: this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : undefined,
                 borderRadius,
                 overflow: this.props.docViewPath?.().slice(-1)[0].fitWidth ? "auto" : undefined
             }} onWheel={e => { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); }}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index 20e01be05..445df8ddd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     @computed get allAnnotations() { return DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.annotationKey]); }
     @computed get inlineTextAnnotations() { return this.allAnnotations.filter(a => a.textInlineAnnotations); }
     @computed get webField() { return Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey], WebField)?.url; }
-    @computed get webThumb() { return this.props.thumbShown?.() && ImageCast(this.layoutDoc["thumb-frozen"], ImageCast(this.layoutDoc.thumbScrollTop === this.layoutDoc._scrollTop ? this.layoutDoc.thumb : undefined))?.url }
+    @computed get webThumb() { return this.props.thumbShown?.() && ImageCast(this.layoutDoc["thumb-frozen"], ImageCast(this.layoutDoc.thumbScrollTop === this.layoutDoc._scrollTop ? this.layoutDoc.thumb : undefined))?.url; }
 
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                         returnedfilename => setTimeout(action(() => {
                             this.lockout = false;
                             this.layoutDoc.thumb = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
-                            this.layoutDoc.thumbScrollTop = scrollTop
+                            this.layoutDoc.thumbScrollTop = scrollTop;
                         }), 500));
                 })
                 .catch(function (error: any) {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     pointerEvents = () => !this._draggingSidebar && this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== "none" && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? "all" : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : "none";
     annotationPointerEvents = () => this._isAnnotating || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : "none";
     render() {
-        const pointerEvents = this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) === false ? "none" : this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any;
+        const pointerEvents = this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? "none" : this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any;
         const previewScale = this._previewNativeWidth ? 1 - this.sidebarWidth() / this._previewNativeWidth : 1;
         const scale = previewScale * (this.props.scaling?.() || 1);
         const renderAnnotations = (docFilters?: () => string[]) =>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
index 364be461f..1d8e3a2cf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ export class DashDocViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashDocViewInternal> {
                     removeDocument={this.removeDoc}
                     isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
                     isContentActive={this._textBox.props.isContentActive}
-                    layerProvider={this._textBox.props.layerProvider}
                     styleProvider={this._textBox.props.styleProvider}
                     docViewPath={this._textBox.props.docViewPath}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getDocTransform}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 29117794e..f2a222cee 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         const active = this.props.isContentActive();
         const scale = (this.props.scaling?.() || 1) * NumCast(this.layoutDoc._viewScale, 1);
         const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.borderRounding) === "100%" ? "-rounded" : "";
-        const interactive = (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) !== false);
+        const interactive = (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition);
         if (!selected && FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) setTimeout(FormattedTextBoxComment.Hide);
         const minimal = this.props.ignoreAutoHeight;
         const paddingX = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, this.props.xPadding || 0);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 820d7ef96..64f5a296f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     removeDocument = (doc: Doc) => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.rootDoc, this.fieldKey, doc);
     getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-5, -65);// listBox padding-left and pres-box-cont minHeight
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() - 40;
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && this.props.layerProvider?.(this.layoutDoc) !== false) &&
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition) &&
         (this.layoutDoc.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index f4dc9b615..ef918d991 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     Document={this.targetDoc}
                     DataDoc={this.targetDoc[DataSym] !== this.targetDoc && this.targetDoc[DataSym]}
                     styleProvider={this.styleProvider}
-                    layerProvider={this.props.layerProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
index fb2e33e2a..5bdce273d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export
             {DocListCast(this.props.anno.textInlineAnnotations).map(a =>
                 <RegionAnnotation pointerEvents={this.props.pointerEvents} {...this.props} document={a} key={a[Id]} />
             )}
-        </div>
+        </div>;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx b/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
index 2905e96d9..152b7bbcb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class SearchBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<SearchBoxProps>() {
     static foreachRecursiveDoc(docs: Doc[], func: (depth: number, doc: Doc) => void) {
         let newarray: Doc[] = [];
         var depth = 0;
-        let visited: Doc[] = [];
+        const visited: Doc[] = [];
         while (docs.length > 0) {
             newarray = [];
             docs.filter(d => d && !visited.includes(d)).forEach(d => {
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 9de8d0831..194b3ba27 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
         if (status === DocBrushStatus.unbrushed) {
             const lastBrushed = Array.from(brushManager.BrushedDoc.keys()).lastElement();
             if (lastBrushed) {
-                for (var link of LinkManager.Instance.getAllDirectLinks(lastBrushed)) {
+                for (const link of LinkManager.Instance.getAllDirectLinks(lastBrushed)) {
                     const a1 = Cast(link.anchor1, Doc, null);
                     const a2 = Cast(link.anchor2, Doc, null);
                     if (Doc.AreProtosEqual(a1, doc) || Doc.AreProtosEqual(a2, doc) ||
diff --git a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
index 88221732e..418464f0e 100644
--- a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
                         isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                         isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                         focus={emptyFunction}
-                        layerProvider={undefined}
                         styleProvider={() => "rgba(0,0,0,0)"}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index cfcc48608..78ec706d7 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                     isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={this.whitebackground}
-                    layerProvider={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/server/server_Initialization.ts b/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
index bdea57cb2..fd000a83c 100644
--- a/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
+++ b/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function proxyServe(req: any, requrl: string, response: any) {
                 console.log("EROR?: ", e);
             }
         } else req.pipe(request(requrl)).pipe(response);
-    }
+    };
     retrieveHTTPBody = () => {
         req.headers.cookie = "";
         req.pipe(request(requrl))
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From 84e843ccb21dcb95dff11e34b749f4587fc0fd86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 23:21:17 -0400
Subject: fixed mini-pres view css, fixed interaction with mini-pres by fixing
 overlayView panelWidth/height, fixed tabMap to get updated properly to allow
 CloseSplit to work, etc.

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx            | 12 +++---
 src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss  |  7 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx   | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
 5 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index ebad2981d..18b87e3d5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactLoading from 'react-loading';
-import { Doc } from "../../fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { Cast, NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from "../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from "../../Utils";
 import { DocUtils } from "../documents/Documents";
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../util/CurrentUserUtils";
 import { DragManager } from "../util/DragManager";
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     removeDocument={undefined}
-                    PanelWidth={returnOne}
-                    PanelHeight={returnOne}
+                    PanelWidth={d[WidthSym]}
+                    PanelHeight={d[HeightSym]}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     renderDepth={1}
-                    isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                    isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
+                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index 553f84a67..35415ae4e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
                         StrCast(props?.Document.backgroundColor, isCaption ? "rgba(0,0,0,0.4)" : "")));
             switch (doc?.type) {
                 case DocumentType.PRESELEMENT: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? "" : ""); break;
-                case DocumentType.PRES: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : Colors.WHITE); break;
+                case DocumentType.PRES: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? "transparent" : "transparent"); break;
                 case DocumentType.FONTICON: docColor = docColor || Colors.DARK_GRAY; break;
                 case DocumentType.RTF: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : Colors.LIGHT_GRAY); break;
                 case DocumentType.FILTER: docColor = docColor || (darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : "rgba(105, 105, 105, 0.432)"); break;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index d64cb2fd7..ad01be3a3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             tab._disposers = {} as { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer };
             tab.contentItem.config.fixed && (tab.contentItem.parent.config.fixed = true);
             tab.DashDoc = doc;
-            CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.add(tab);
             const iconType: IconProp = Doc.toIcon(doc);
             // setup the title element and set its size according to the # of chars in the title.  Show the full title when clicked.
             const titleEle = tab.titleElement[0];
@@ -186,6 +185,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => tab.contentItem.remove(), "delete tab");
                 });
         }
+        CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.add(tab);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
index 06932d145..a0a2dd4f8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
@@ -1078,11 +1078,13 @@
 .miniPres {
     cursor: grab;
     position: absolute;
-    right: 10;
-    top: 10;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
     opacity: 0.1;
     transition: all 0.4s;
     color: $white;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
 }
 
 .miniPres:hover {
@@ -1101,7 +1103,6 @@
     align-items: center;
     display: flex;
     position: absolute;
-    right: 10px;
     transition: all 0.2s;
 
     .presPanel-button-text {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 0af7715fe..914d6ab15 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { PrefetchProxy } from "../../../../fields/Proxy";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../../fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../../documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../../util/CurrentUserUtils";
@@ -604,27 +604,21 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      * The method called to open the presentation as a minimized view
      */
     @action
-    updateMinimize = () => {
-        const docView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.layoutDoc);
+    updateMinimize = async () => {
         if (CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
-            console.log("case 1");
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
             Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
             CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(this.rootDoc, "right");
-        } else if ((true || this.layoutDoc.context) && docView) {
-            console.log("case 2");
+        } else {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
             clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
             const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
             this.rootDoc.x = pt[0] + (this.props.PanelWidth() - 250);
             this.rootDoc.y = pt[1] + 10;
-            this.rootDoc._height = 35;
-            this.rootDoc._width = 250;
-            docView.props.removeDocument?.(this.layoutDoc);
+            this.rootDoc._height = 30;
+            this.rootDoc._width = 248;
+            this.props.removeDocument?.(this.layoutDoc);
             Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
-        } else {
-            console.log("case 3");
-            // TODO glr: fix this case
         }
     }
 
@@ -2424,6 +2418,31 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         else this.pauseAutoPres();
     }
 
+    @action
+    prevClicked = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        this.back();
+        if (this._presTimer) {
+            clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
+            this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Manual;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
+    nextClicked = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        this.next();
+        if (this._presTimer) {
+            clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
+            this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Manual;
+        }
+    }
+    @undoBatch
+    @action
+    exitClicked = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        this.updateMinimize();
+        this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
+        clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
+    }
+
     @action
     startMarqueeCreateSlide = () => {
         PresBox.startMarquee = true;
@@ -2465,28 +2484,34 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.rootDoc) ?
             <div className="miniPres">
                 <div className="presPanelOverlay" style={{ display: "inline-flex", height: 30, background: '#323232', top: 0, zIndex: 3000000, boxShadow: presKeyEvents ? '0 0 0px 3px ' + Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}>
-                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Loop"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ color: this.layoutDoc.presLoop ? Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }} onClick={() => this.layoutDoc.presLoop = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"redo-alt"} /></div></Tooltip>
+                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Loop"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ color: this.layoutDoc.presLoop ? Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}
+                        onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, () => this.layoutDoc.presLoop = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop, false, false)}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"redo-alt"} /></div></Tooltip>
                     <div className="presPanel-divider"></div>
-                    <div className="presPanel-button" style={{ opacity: presStart ? 0.4 : 1 }} onClick={() => { this.back(); if (this._presTimer) { clearTimeout(this._presTimer); this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Manual; } }}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-left"} /></div>
-                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{this.layoutDoc.presStatus === PresStatus.Autoplay ? "Pause" : "Autoplay"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" onClick={this.startOrPause}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={this.layoutDoc.presStatus === "auto" ? "pause" : "play"} /></div></Tooltip>
-                    <div className="presPanel-button" style={{ opacity: presEnd ? 0.4 : 1 }} onClick={() => { this.next(); if (this._presTimer) { clearTimeout(this._presTimer); this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Manual; } }}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-right"} /></div>
+                    <div className="presPanel-button" style={{ opacity: presStart ? 0.4 : 1 }}
+                        onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, this.prevClicked, false, false)}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-left"} /></div>
+                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{this.layoutDoc.presStatus === PresStatus.Autoplay ? "Pause" : "Autoplay"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button"
+                        onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, this.startOrPause, false, false)}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={this.layoutDoc.presStatus === "auto" ? "pause" : "play"} /></div></Tooltip>
+                    <div className="presPanel-button" style={{ opacity: presEnd ? 0.4 : 1 }}
+                        onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, this.nextClicked, false, false)}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"arrow-right"} /></div>
                     <div className="presPanel-divider"></div>
-                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Click to return to 1st slide"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ border: 'solid 1px white' }} onClick={() => this.gotoDocument(0, this.activeItem)}><b>1</b></div></Tooltip>
+                    <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Click to return to 1st slide"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ border: 'solid 1px white' }}
+                        onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, () => this.gotoDocument(0, this.activeItem), false, false)}><b>1</b></div></Tooltip>
                     <div className="presPanel-button-text">
                         Slide {this.itemIndex + 1} / {this.childDocs.length}
                         {this.playButtonFrames}
                     </div>
-                    <div className="presPanel-divider"></div>
-                    <div className="presPanel-button-text" onClick={undoBatch(action(() => { this.updateMinimize(); this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit; clearTimeout(this._presTimer); }))}>EXIT</div>
+                    <div className="presPanel-divider" />
+                    <div className="presPanel-button-text" onPointerDown={e =>
+                        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, this.exitClicked, false, false)}>EXIT</div>
                 </div>
-            </div>
+            </div >
             :
             <div className="presBox-cont" style={{ minWidth: CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc) ? 240 : undefined }} >
                 {this.topPanel}
                 {this.toolbar}
                 {this.newDocumentToolbarDropdown}
                 <div className="presBox-listCont">
-                    <div className="Slide" style={{ height: `calc(100% - 100px)` }}>
+                    <div className="Slide" style={{ height: `calc(100% - 30px)` }}>
                         {mode !== CollectionViewType.Invalid ?
                             <CollectionView {...this.props}
                                 ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
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From b0408fa264fc8a017c87a17325600d8e458fe711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 01:32:36 -0400
Subject: fixed up overlayDocs a bit so that they can be removed.  made
 audioBox's appear in overlay when clicked from toolbar. add links to audio
 when navigating to doc in lightbox.

---
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                    |  4 ++--
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                      |  2 ++
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                       | 10 +++++++---
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx |  2 ++
 src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx                    |  9 ++++++++-
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index cad86c0a6..51bfdbbd2 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             (doc.emptyWall as Doc).videoWall = true;
         }
         if (doc.emptyAudio === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyAudio = Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, { ...standardOps(), title: "audio recording", _width: 200, _height: 100, });
+            doc.emptyAudio = Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, { ...standardOps(), title: "audio recording", x: 200, y: 200, _width: 200, _height: 100, });
         }
         if (doc.emptyNote === undefined) {
             doc.emptyNote = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { ...standardOps(), title: "text note", _width: 200, _autoHeight: true });
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             { toolTip: "Tap to create a comparison box in a new pane, drag for a comparison box", title: "Compare", icon: "columns", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyComparison as Doc, noviceMode: true },
             { toolTip: "Tap to create a screen grabber in a new pane, drag for a screen grabber", title: "Grab", icon: "photo-video", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyScreenshot as Doc },
             { toolTip: "Tap to create a videoWall", title: "Wall", icon: "photo-video", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyWall as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create an audio recorder in a new pane, drag for an audio recorder", title: "Audio", icon: "microphone", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyAudio as Doc, noviceMode: true },
+            { toolTip: "Tap to create an audio recorder in a overlay pane, drag for an audio recorder", title: "Audio", icon: "microphone", click: 'openInOverlay(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyAudio as Doc, noviceMode: true },
             { toolTip: "Tap to create a button in a new pane, drag for a button", title: "Button", icon: "bolt", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyButton as Doc },
             // { toolTip: "Tap to create a presentation in a new pane, drag for a presentation", title: "Trails", icon: "pres-trail", click: 'openOnRight(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: `Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)`, dragFactory: doc.emptyPresentation as Doc, noviceMode: true },
             { toolTip: "Tap to create a scripting box in a new pane, drag for a scripting box", title: "Script", icon: "terminal", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyScript as Doc },
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 2543111b0..f67f37bfb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
         const target = LightboxView._docTarget = this._future?.pop();
         const targetDocView = target && DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(target);
         if (targetDocView && target) {
+            const l = DocUtils.MakeLinkToActiveAudio(() => targetDocView.ComponentView?.getAnchor?.() || target).lastElement();
+            l && (Cast(l.anchor2, Doc, null).backgroundColor = "lightgreen");
             targetDocView.focus(target, { originalTarget: target, willZoom: true, scale: 0.9 });
             if (LightboxView._history?.lastElement().target !== target) LightboxView._history?.push({ doc, target });
         } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 18b87e3d5..95e146df4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
         return remove;
     }
 
+    removeOverlayDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
+        (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc));
+        return true;
+    }
 
     @computed get overlayDocs() {
         return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
@@ -179,16 +183,16 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                 offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
                 offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
             };
-            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
+            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: 0, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
                 <DocumentView
                     Document={d}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     addDocument={undefined}
-                    removeDocument={undefined}
+                    removeDocument={this.removeOverlayDoc}
                     PanelWidth={d[WidthSym]}
                     PanelHeight={d[HeightSym]}
-                    ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
+                    ScreenToLocalTransform={() => new Transform(-NumCast(d.x), -NumCast(d.y), 1)}
                     renderDepth={1}
                     isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
                     isContentActive={returnTrue}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 5c0d6b1c4..de2106e4a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -475,4 +475,6 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function openInLightbox(doc: any) { LightboxView.AddDocTab(
     "opens up document in a lightbox", "(doc: any)");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function openOnRight(doc: any) { return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, "right"); },
     "opens up document in tab on right side of the screen", "(doc: any)");
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function openInOverlay(doc: any) { return Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc); },
+    "opens up document in screen overlay layer", "(doc: any)");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) { CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, "right", undefined, shiftKey); });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index 9b92762a2..787ad939d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -350,7 +350,14 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         Doc.GetProto(newDoc).recordingSource = this.dataDoc;
         Doc.GetProto(newDoc).recordingStart = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`self.recordingSource["${this.fieldKey}-recordingStart"]`);
         Doc.GetProto(newDoc).mediaState = ComputedField.MakeFunction("self.recordingSource.mediaState");
-        this.props.addDocument?.(newDoc);
+        const overlayDoc = Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc;
+        if (DocListCast(overlayDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(overlayDoc)]).includes(this.rootDoc)) {
+            newDoc.x = this.rootDoc.x;
+            newDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + NumCast(this.rootDoc._height);
+            Doc.AddDocToList(overlayDoc, undefined, newDoc);
+        } else {
+            this.props.addDocument?.(newDoc);
+        }
         e.stopPropagation();
     }
 
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From d3c89f90d376310cd583ae1c6ac4a7eb4c5a03ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 13:39:17 -0400
Subject: fixed dragging items in overlayView to not invalidate DocumentView
 and cause a rerender.  fixed loss of ability to select or drag after dragging
 a recording.

---
 src/Utils.ts                                       |  10 +-
 src/client/util/DragManager.ts                     |   4 -
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |  13 +-
 .../views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx      |  85 ++--
 .../views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingView.tsx     | 491 +++++++++++----------
 5 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 298 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index 6f3a31b49..07e95d438 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ export function setupMoveUpEvents(
     (target as any)._lastTap = Date.now();
     (target as any)._downX = (target as any)._lastX = e.clientX;
     (target as any)._downY = (target as any)._lastY = e.clientY;
+    (target as any)._noClick = false;
 
     const _moveEvent = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
         if (Math.abs(e.clientX - (target as any)._downX) > Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD || Math.abs(e.clientY - (target as any)._downY) > Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD) {
@@ -729,17 +730,20 @@ export function setupMoveUpEvents(
                 clearTimeout((target as any)._doubleTime);
                 (target as any)._doubleTime = undefined;
             }
-            clickEvent(e, (target as any)._doubleTap);
+            (target as any)._noClick = clickEvent(e, (target as any)._doubleTap);
         }
         document.removeEventListener("pointermove", _moveEvent);
         document.removeEventListener("pointerup", _upEvent);
     };
+    const _clickEvent = (e: MouseEvent): void => {
+        if ((target as any)._noClick) e.stopPropagation();
+        document.removeEventListener("click", _clickEvent, true);
+    }
     if (stopPropagation) {
         e.stopPropagation();
         e.preventDefault();
     }
-    document.removeEventListener("pointermove", _moveEvent);
-    document.removeEventListener("pointerup", _upEvent);
     document.addEventListener("pointermove", _moveEvent);
     document.addEventListener("pointerup", _upEvent);
+    document.addEventListener("click", _clickEvent, true);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index f438a8c11..9f8c49081 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ export namespace DragManager {
         options?: DragOptions,
         dropEvent?: () => any
     ) {
-        // stop an 'accidental' on-click drag that may have occured if the user is in presenting mode
-        // note: dragData.dropAction is only undefined when the element itself being dragged without being selected
-        if (Doc.UserDoc()?.presentationMode === 'recording' && dragData.dropAction === undefined) return false;
-
         const addAudioTag = (dropDoc: any) => {
             dropDoc && !dropDoc.creationDate && (dropDoc.creationDate = new DateField);
             dropDoc instanceof Doc && DocUtils.MakeLinkToActiveAudio(() => dropDoc);
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 9d970c06f..6796db51e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { docs } from "googleapis/build/src/apis/docs";
 import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactLoading from 'react-loading';
 import { Doc, WidthSym, HeightSym } from "../../fields/Doc";
@@ -146,6 +148,12 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
         return remove;
     }
 
+    removeOverlayDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).map(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), "data", doc)).length ? true : false;
+
+
+    docScreenToLocalXf = computedFn(function docScreenToLocalXf(this: any, doc: Doc) {
+        return () => new Transform(-NumCast(doc.x), -NumCast(doc.y), 1);
+    }.bind(this));
 
     @computed get overlayDocs() {
         return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
@@ -179,17 +187,16 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                 offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
                 offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
             };
-
             return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
                 <DocumentView
                     Document={d}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     addDocument={undefined}
-                    removeDocument={doc => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).map(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), "data", doc)).length ? true : false}
+                    removeDocument={this.removeOverlayDoc}
                     PanelWidth={d[WidthSym]}
                     PanelHeight={d[HeightSym]}
-                    ScreenToLocalTransform={() => new Transform(-NumCast(d.x), -NumCast(d.y), 1)}
+                    ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docScreenToLocalXf(d)}
                     renderDepth={1}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                     isContentActive={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
index 159271223..eac1c63f9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingBox.tsx
@@ -16,47 +16,46 @@ import { Id } from "../../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 @observer
 export class RecordingBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent() {
 
-      public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(RecordingBox, fieldKey); }
-
-      private _ref: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-
-      constructor(props: any) {
-            super(props);
-      }
-
-      componentDidMount() {
-            console.log("set native width and height")
-            Doc.SetNativeWidth(this.dataDoc, 1280);
-            Doc.SetNativeHeight(this.dataDoc, 720);
-      }
-
-      @observable result: Upload.FileInformation | undefined = undefined
-      @observable videoDuration: number | undefined = undefined
-
-      @action
-      setVideoDuration = (duration: number) => {
-            this.videoDuration = duration
-      }
-
-      @action
-      setResult = (info: Upload.FileInformation, trackScreen: boolean) => {
-            this.result = info
-            this.dataDoc.type = DocumentType.VID;
-            this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-duration"] = this.videoDuration;
-
-            this.dataDoc.layout = VideoBox.LayoutString(this.fieldKey);
-            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new VideoField(this.result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
-            this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-recorded"] = true;
-            // stringify the presenation and store it
-            if (trackScreen) {
-                  this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-presentation"] = JSON.stringify(RecordingApi.Instance.clear());
-            }
-      }
-
-      render() {
-            // console.log("Proto[Is]: ", this.rootDoc.proto?.[Id])
-            return <div className="recordingBox" ref={this._ref}>
-                  {!this.result && <RecordingView setResult={this.setResult} setDuration={this.setVideoDuration} id={this.rootDoc.proto?.[Id]} />}
-            </div>;
-      }
+    public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(RecordingBox, fieldKey); }
+
+    private _ref: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
+
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        console.log("set native width and height")
+        Doc.SetNativeWidth(this.dataDoc, 1280);
+        Doc.SetNativeHeight(this.dataDoc, 720);
+    }
+
+    @observable result: Upload.FileInformation | undefined = undefined
+    @observable videoDuration: number | undefined = undefined
+
+    @action
+    setVideoDuration = (duration: number) => {
+        this.videoDuration = duration
+    }
+
+    @action
+    setResult = (info: Upload.FileInformation, trackScreen: boolean) => {
+        this.result = info
+        this.dataDoc.type = DocumentType.VID;
+        this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-duration"] = this.videoDuration;
+
+        this.dataDoc.layout = VideoBox.LayoutString(this.fieldKey);
+        this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new VideoField(this.result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
+        this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-recorded"] = true;
+        // stringify the presenation and store it
+        if (trackScreen) {
+            this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-presentation"] = JSON.stringify(RecordingApi.Instance.clear());
+        }
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return <div className="recordingBox" ref={this._ref}>
+            {!this.result && <RecordingView setResult={this.setResult} setDuration={this.setVideoDuration} id={this.rootDoc.proto?.[Id]} />}
+        </div>;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingView.tsx
index 5826abd65..b95335792 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/RecordingBox/RecordingView.tsx
@@ -9,273 +9,274 @@ import { Networking } from '../../../Network';
 import { Upload } from '../../../../server/SharedMediaTypes';
 
 import { RecordingApi } from '../../../util/RecordingApi';
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../../Utils';
 
 interface MediaSegment {
-      videoChunks: any[],
-      endTime: number
+    videoChunks: any[],
+    endTime: number
 }
 
 interface IRecordingViewProps {
-      setResult: (info: Upload.FileInformation, trackScreen: boolean) => void
-      setDuration: (seconds: number) => void
-      id: string
+    setResult: (info: Upload.FileInformation, trackScreen: boolean) => void
+    setDuration: (seconds: number) => void
+    id: string
 }
 
 const MAXTIME = 100000;
 
 export function RecordingView(props: IRecordingViewProps) {
 
-      const [recording, setRecording] = useState(false);
-      const recordingTimerRef = useRef<number>(0);
-      const [recordingTimer, setRecordingTimer] = useState(0); // unit is 0.01 second
-      const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
-      const [progress, setProgress] = useState(0);
-
-      const [videos, setVideos] = useState<MediaSegment[]>([]);
-      const videoRecorder = useRef<MediaRecorder | null>(null);
-      const videoElementRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
-
-      const [finished, setFinished] = useState<boolean>(false)
-      const [trackScreen, setTrackScreen] = useState<boolean>(true)
-
-
-
-      const DEFAULT_MEDIA_CONSTRAINTS = {
-            video: {
-                  width: 1280,
-                  height: 720,
-            },
-            audio: {
-                  echoCancellation: true,
-                  noiseSuppression: true,
-                  sampleRate: 44100
-            }
-      }
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-
-            if (finished) {
-                  props.setDuration(recordingTimer * 100)
-                  let allVideoChunks: any = []
-                  videos.forEach((vid) => {
-                        console.log(vid.videoChunks)
-                        allVideoChunks = allVideoChunks.concat(vid.videoChunks)
-                  })
-
-                  const videoFile = new File(allVideoChunks, "video.mkv", { type: allVideoChunks[0].type, lastModified: Date.now() });
-
-                  Networking.UploadFilesToServer(videoFile)
-                        .then((data) => {
-                              const result = data[0].result
-                              if (!(result instanceof Error)) { // convert this screenshotBox into normal videoBox
-                                    props.setResult(result, trackScreen)
-                              } else {
-                                    alert("video conversion failed");
-                              }
-                        })
-
-            }
-
-
-      }, [finished])
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-            // check if the browser supports media devices on first load
-            if (!navigator.mediaDevices) {
-                  console.log('This browser does not support getUserMedia.')
-            }
-            console.log('This device has the correct media devices.')
-      }, [])
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-            // get access to the video element on every render
-            videoElementRef.current = document.getElementById(`video-${props.id}`) as HTMLVideoElement;
-      })
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-            let interval: any = null;
-            if (recording) {
-                  interval = setInterval(() => {
-                        setRecordingTimer(unit => unit + 1);
-                  }, 10);
-            } else if (!recording && recordingTimer !== 0) {
-                  clearInterval(interval);
-            }
-            return () => clearInterval(interval);
-      }, [recording])
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-            setVideoProgressHelper(recordingTimer)
-            recordingTimerRef.current = recordingTimer;
-      }, [recordingTimer])
-
-      const setVideoProgressHelper = (progress: number) => {
-            const newProgress = (progress / MAXTIME) * 100;
-            setProgress(newProgress)
-      }
-      const startShowingStream = async (mediaConstraints = DEFAULT_MEDIA_CONSTRAINTS) => {
-            const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(mediaConstraints)
-
-            videoElementRef.current!.src = ""
-            videoElementRef.current!.srcObject = stream
-            videoElementRef.current!.muted = true
-
-            return stream
-      }
-
-      const record = async () => {
-            const stream = await startShowingStream();
-            videoRecorder.current = new MediaRecorder(stream)
-
-            // temporary chunks of video
-            let videoChunks: any = []
-
-            videoRecorder.current.ondataavailable = (event: any) => {
-                  if (event.data.size > 0) {
-                        videoChunks.push(event.data)
-                  }
-            }
-
-            videoRecorder.current.onstart = (event: any) => {
-                  setRecording(true);
-                  trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.start();
-            }
-
-            videoRecorder.current.onstop = () => {
-                  // if we have a last portion
-                  if (videoChunks.length > 1) {
-                        // append the current portion to the video pieces
-                        setVideos(videos => [...videos, { videoChunks: videoChunks, endTime: recordingTimerRef.current }])
-                  }
-
-                  // reset the temporary chunks
-                  videoChunks = []
-                  setRecording(false);
-                  setFinished(true);
-                  trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.pause();
-            }
-
-            // recording paused
-            videoRecorder.current.onpause = (event: any) => {
-                  // append the current portion to the video pieces
-                  setVideos(videos => [...videos, { videoChunks: videoChunks, endTime: recordingTimerRef.current }])
+    const [recording, setRecording] = useState(false);
+    const recordingTimerRef = useRef<number>(0);
+    const [recordingTimer, setRecordingTimer] = useState(0); // unit is 0.01 second
+    const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
+    const [progress, setProgress] = useState(0);
+
+    const [videos, setVideos] = useState<MediaSegment[]>([]);
+    const videoRecorder = useRef<MediaRecorder | null>(null);
+    const videoElementRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
+
+    const [finished, setFinished] = useState<boolean>(false)
+    const [trackScreen, setTrackScreen] = useState<boolean>(true)
+
+
+
+    const DEFAULT_MEDIA_CONSTRAINTS = {
+        video: {
+            width: 1280,
+            height: 720,
+        },
+        audio: {
+            echoCancellation: true,
+            noiseSuppression: true,
+            sampleRate: 44100
+        }
+    }
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+
+        if (finished) {
+            props.setDuration(recordingTimer * 100)
+            let allVideoChunks: any = []
+            videos.forEach((vid) => {
+                console.log(vid.videoChunks)
+                allVideoChunks = allVideoChunks.concat(vid.videoChunks)
+            })
 
-                  // reset the temporary chunks
-                  videoChunks = []
-                  setRecording(false);
-                  trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.pause();
+            const videoFile = new File(allVideoChunks, "video.mkv", { type: allVideoChunks[0].type, lastModified: Date.now() });
+
+            Networking.UploadFilesToServer(videoFile)
+                .then((data) => {
+                    const result = data[0].result
+                    if (!(result instanceof Error)) { // convert this screenshotBox into normal videoBox
+                        props.setResult(result, trackScreen)
+                    } else {
+                        alert("video conversion failed");
+                    }
+                })
+
+        }
+
+
+    }, [finished])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        // check if the browser supports media devices on first load
+        if (!navigator.mediaDevices) {
+            console.log('This browser does not support getUserMedia.')
+        }
+        console.log('This device has the correct media devices.')
+    }, [])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        // get access to the video element on every render
+        videoElementRef.current = document.getElementById(`video-${props.id}`) as HTMLVideoElement;
+    })
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        let interval: any = null;
+        if (recording) {
+            interval = setInterval(() => {
+                setRecordingTimer(unit => unit + 1);
+            }, 10);
+        } else if (!recording && recordingTimer !== 0) {
+            clearInterval(interval);
+        }
+        return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    }, [recording])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setVideoProgressHelper(recordingTimer)
+        recordingTimerRef.current = recordingTimer;
+    }, [recordingTimer])
+
+    const setVideoProgressHelper = (progress: number) => {
+        const newProgress = (progress / MAXTIME) * 100;
+        setProgress(newProgress)
+    }
+    const startShowingStream = async (mediaConstraints = DEFAULT_MEDIA_CONSTRAINTS) => {
+        const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(mediaConstraints)
+
+        videoElementRef.current!.src = ""
+        videoElementRef.current!.srcObject = stream
+        videoElementRef.current!.muted = true
+
+        return stream
+    }
+
+    const record = async () => {
+        const stream = await startShowingStream();
+        videoRecorder.current = new MediaRecorder(stream)
+
+        // temporary chunks of video
+        let videoChunks: any = []
+
+        videoRecorder.current.ondataavailable = (event: any) => {
+            if (event.data.size > 0) {
+                videoChunks.push(event.data)
             }
-
-            videoRecorder.current.onresume = async (event: any) => {
-                  await startShowingStream();
-                  setRecording(true);
-                  trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.resume();
+        }
+
+        videoRecorder.current.onstart = (event: any) => {
+            setRecording(true);
+            trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.start();
+        }
+
+        videoRecorder.current.onstop = () => {
+            // if we have a last portion
+            if (videoChunks.length > 1) {
+                // append the current portion to the video pieces
+                setVideos(videos => [...videos, { videoChunks: videoChunks, endTime: recordingTimerRef.current }])
             }
 
-            videoRecorder.current.start(200)
-      }
-
-
-      const stop = () => {
-            if (videoRecorder.current) {
-                  if (videoRecorder.current.state !== "inactive") {
-                        videoRecorder.current.stop();
-                        // recorder.current.stream.getTracks().forEach((track: any) => track.stop())
-                  }
+            // reset the temporary chunks
+            videoChunks = []
+            setRecording(false);
+            setFinished(true);
+            trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.pause();
+        }
+
+        // recording paused
+        videoRecorder.current.onpause = (event: any) => {
+            // append the current portion to the video pieces
+            setVideos(videos => [...videos, { videoChunks: videoChunks, endTime: recordingTimerRef.current }])
+
+            // reset the temporary chunks
+            videoChunks = []
+            setRecording(false);
+            trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.pause();
+        }
+
+        videoRecorder.current.onresume = async (event: any) => {
+            await startShowingStream();
+            setRecording(true);
+            trackScreen && RecordingApi.Instance.resume();
+        }
+
+        videoRecorder.current.start(200)
+    }
+
+
+    const stop = () => {
+        if (videoRecorder.current) {
+            if (videoRecorder.current.state !== "inactive") {
+                videoRecorder.current.stop();
+                // recorder.current.stream.getTracks().forEach((track: any) => track.stop())
             }
-      }
+        }
+    }
 
-      const pause = () => {
-            if (videoRecorder.current) {
-                  if (videoRecorder.current.state === "recording") {
-                        videoRecorder.current.pause();
-                  }
+    const pause = () => {
+        if (videoRecorder.current) {
+            if (videoRecorder.current.state === "recording") {
+                videoRecorder.current.pause();
             }
-      }
-
-      const startOrResume = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-            // the code to start or resume does not get triggered if we start dragging the button
-            setupMoveUpEvents({}, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, () => {
-                  if (!videoRecorder.current || videoRecorder.current.state === "inactive") {
-                        record();
-                  } else if (videoRecorder.current.state === "paused") {
-                        videoRecorder.current.resume();
-                  }
-            })
-      }
-
-      const clearPrevious = () => {
-            const numVideos = videos.length
-            setRecordingTimer(numVideos == 1 ? 0 : videos[numVideos - 2].endTime)
-            setVideoProgressHelper(numVideos == 1 ? 0 : videos[numVideos - 2].endTime)
-            setVideos(videos.filter((_, idx) => idx !== numVideos - 1));
-      }
-
-      const handleOnTimeUpdate = () => {
-            if (playing) {
-                  setVideoProgressHelper(videoElementRef.current!.currentTime)
+        }
+    }
+
+    const startOrResume = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        // the code to start or resume does not get triggered if we start dragging the button
+        setupMoveUpEvents({}, e, returnTrue, returnFalse, e => {
+            if (!videoRecorder.current || videoRecorder.current.state === "inactive") {
+                record();
+            } else if (videoRecorder.current.state === "paused") {
+                videoRecorder.current.resume();
             }
-      };
-
-      const millisecondToMinuteSecond = (milliseconds: number) => {
-            const toTwoDigit = (digit: number) => {
-                  return String(digit).length == 1 ? "0" + digit : digit
-            }
-            const minutes = Math.floor((milliseconds % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
-            const seconds = Math.floor((milliseconds % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
-            return toTwoDigit(minutes) + " : " + toTwoDigit(seconds);
-      }
-
-      return (
-            <div className="recording-container">
-                  <div className="video-wrapper">
-                        <video id={`video-${props.id}`}
-                              autoPlay
-                              muted
-                              onTimeUpdate={handleOnTimeUpdate}
-                        />
-                        <div className="recording-sign">
-                              <span className="dot" />
-                              <p className="timer">{millisecondToMinuteSecond(recordingTimer * 10)}</p>
+            return true; // cancels propagation to documentView to avoid selecting it.
+        }, false, false);
+    }
+
+    const clearPrevious = () => {
+        const numVideos = videos.length
+        setRecordingTimer(numVideos == 1 ? 0 : videos[numVideos - 2].endTime)
+        setVideoProgressHelper(numVideos == 1 ? 0 : videos[numVideos - 2].endTime)
+        setVideos(videos.filter((_, idx) => idx !== numVideos - 1));
+    }
+
+    const handleOnTimeUpdate = () => {
+        if (playing) {
+            setVideoProgressHelper(videoElementRef.current!.currentTime)
+        }
+    };
+
+    const millisecondToMinuteSecond = (milliseconds: number) => {
+        const toTwoDigit = (digit: number) => {
+            return String(digit).length == 1 ? "0" + digit : digit
+        }
+        const minutes = Math.floor((milliseconds % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
+        const seconds = Math.floor((milliseconds % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
+        return toTwoDigit(minutes) + " : " + toTwoDigit(seconds);
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <div className="recording-container">
+            <div className="video-wrapper">
+                <video id={`video-${props.id}`}
+                    autoPlay
+                    muted
+                    onTimeUpdate={handleOnTimeUpdate}
+                />
+                <div className="recording-sign">
+                    <span className="dot" />
+                    <p className="timer">{millisecondToMinuteSecond(recordingTimer * 10)}</p>
+                </div>
+                <div className="controls">
+
+                    <div className="controls-inner-container">
+                        <div className="record-button-wrapper">
+                            {recording ?
+                                <button className="stop-button" onPointerDown={pause} /> :
+                                <button className="record-button" onPointerDown={startOrResume} />
+                            }
                         </div>
-                        <div className="controls">
-
-                              <div className="controls-inner-container">
-                                    <div className="record-button-wrapper">
-                                          {recording ?
-                                                <button className="stop-button" onPointerDown={pause} /> :
-                                                <button className="record-button" onPointerDown={startOrResume} />
-                                          }
-                                    </div>
 
-                                    {!recording && (videos.length > 0 ?
+                        {!recording && (videos.length > 0 ?
 
-                                          <div className="options-wrapper video-edit-wrapper">
-                                                {/* <IconContext.Provider value={{ color: "grey", className: "video-edit-buttons" }}>
+                            <div className="options-wrapper video-edit-wrapper">
+                                {/* <IconContext.Provider value={{ color: "grey", className: "video-edit-buttons" }}>
                                                       <MdBackspace onClick={clearPrevious} />
                                                 </IconContext.Provider> */}
-                                                <IconContext.Provider value={{ color: "#cc1c08", className: "video-edit-buttons" }}>
-                                                      <FaCheckCircle onClick={stop} />
-                                                </IconContext.Provider>
-                                          </div>
-
-                                          : <div className="options-wrapper track-screen-wrapper">
-                                                <label className="track-screen">
-                                                      <input type="checkbox" checked={trackScreen} onChange={(e) => { setTrackScreen(e.target.checked) }} />
-                                                      <span className="checkmark"></span>
-                                                      Track Screen
-                                                </label>
-                                          </div>)}
-
-                              </div>
-
-                              <ProgressBar
-                                    progress={progress}
-                                    marks={videos.map((elt) => elt.endTime / MAXTIME * 100)}
-                              // playSegment={playSegment}
-                              />
-                        </div>
-                  </div>
-            </div>)
+                                <IconContext.Provider value={{ color: "#cc1c08", className: "video-edit-buttons" }}>
+                                    <FaCheckCircle onClick={stop} />
+                                </IconContext.Provider>
+                            </div>
+
+                            : <div className="options-wrapper track-screen-wrapper">
+                                <label className="track-screen">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" checked={trackScreen} onChange={(e) => { setTrackScreen(e.target.checked) }} />
+                                    <span className="checkmark"></span>
+                                    Track Screen
+                                </label>
+                            </div>)}
+
+                    </div>
+
+                    <ProgressBar
+                        progress={progress}
+                        marks={videos.map((elt) => elt.endTime / MAXTIME * 100)}
+                    // playSegment={playSegment}
+                    />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
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From 66656a3098577d1ae044019d47102b185e900aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 13:45:06 -0400
Subject: fixed dragging docs in overlay view to not cause a rerender

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 95e146df4..925cc3d2c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactLoading from 'react-loading';
 import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym } from "../../fields/Doc";
@@ -150,6 +151,10 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
         (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc));
         return true;
     }
+    
+    docScreenToLocalXf = computedFn(function docScreenToLocalXf(this: any, doc: Doc) {
+        return () => new Transform(-NumCast(doc.x), -NumCast(doc.y), 1);
+    }.bind(this));
 
     @computed get overlayDocs() {
         return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                 offsetx = NumCast(d.x) - e.clientX;
                 offsety = NumCast(d.y) - e.clientY;
             };
-            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: 0, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
+            return <div className="overlayView-doc" ref={dref} key={d[Id]} onPointerDown={onPointerDown} style={{ top: d.type === 'presentation' ? 0 : undefined, width: NumCast(d._width), height: NumCast(d._height), transform: `translate(${d.x}px, ${d.y}px)` }}>
                 <DocumentView
                     Document={d}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
@@ -192,10 +197,10 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     removeDocument={this.removeOverlayDoc}
                     PanelWidth={d[WidthSym]}
                     PanelHeight={d[HeightSym]}
-                    ScreenToLocalTransform={() => new Transform(-NumCast(d.x), -NumCast(d.y), 1)}
+                    ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docScreenToLocalXf(d)}
                     renderDepth={1}
-                    isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
-                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
+                    isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
+                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-- 
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From 2f3adfaf5dfc3acfa3f1f54c9334aebd3a91575a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 14:23:11 -0400
Subject: fixed bugs just introduced for presbox - numbering, minibox
 selection.

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 925cc3d2c..f5e686473 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docScreenToLocalXf(d)}
                     renderDepth={1}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 980bdf4d6..1a4be8e0c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @observable private presentTools: boolean = false;
     @computed get isTreeOrStack() {return [CollectionViewType.Tree, CollectionViewType.Stacking].includes(StrCast(this.layoutDoc._viewType) as any) }
     @computed get isTree() { return this.layoutDoc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Tree;}
-    @computed get presFieldKey() { return StrCast(this.dataDoc.presFieldKey); }
+    @computed get presFieldKey() { return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.presFieldKey, "data"); }
     @computed get childDocs() { return DocListCast(this.rootDoc[this.presFieldKey]); }
     @observable _treeViewMap: Map<Doc, number> = new Map();
 
@@ -625,15 +625,15 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      * Called when the user changes the view type
      * Either 'List' (stacking) or 'Slides' (carousel)
      */
-    // @undoBatch
+    @undoBatch
     viewChanged = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => {
         //@ts-ignore
         const viewType = e.target.selectedOptions[0].value as CollectionViewType;
+        this.layoutDoc.presFieldKey = this.fieldKey+(viewType === CollectionViewType.Tree ?"-linearized":"");
         // pivot field may be set by the user in timeline view (or some other way) -- need to reset it here
         [CollectionViewType.Tree || CollectionViewType.Stacking].includes(viewType) && (this.rootDoc._pivotField = undefined);
         this.rootDoc._viewType = viewType;
         if (this.isTreeOrStack) {
-            this.layoutDoc.presFieldKey = this.fieldKey+(this.isTree ?"-linearized":"");
             this.layoutDoc._gridGap = 0;
         }
     });
@@ -2463,7 +2463,11 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         }
         if (this._treeViewMap.get(treeViewDoc) !== indexNum) {
             this._treeViewMap.set(treeViewDoc, indexNum);
-            this.dataDoc[this.presFieldKey] = new List<Doc>(this.sort(this._treeViewMap)); // this is a flat array of Docs
+            const sorted = this.sort(this._treeViewMap);
+            const curList = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.presFieldKey]);
+            if (sorted.length !== curList.length || sorted.some((doc,ind) => doc !== curList[ind])) {
+                this.dataDoc[this.presFieldKey] = new List<Doc>(sorted); // this is a flat array of Docs
+            }
         }
         return this.childDocs;
     }
@@ -2489,7 +2493,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const presEnd: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === this.childDocs.length - 1);
         const presStart: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === 0);
         return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.rootDoc) ?
-            <div className="miniPres">
+            <div className="miniPres" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
                 <div className="presPanelOverlay" style={{ display: "inline-flex", height: 30, background: '#323232', top: 0, zIndex: 3000000, boxShadow: presKeyEvents ? '0 0 0px 3px ' + Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}>
                     <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Loop"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ color: this.layoutDoc.presLoop ? Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}
                         onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, () => this.layoutDoc.presLoop = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop, false, false)}><FontAwesomeIcon icon={"redo-alt"} /></div></Tooltip>
-- 
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From 3bf78af650a17db0a836118cb49159fd94cb8de2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 16:49:36 -0400
Subject: from last

---
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index f5e686473..c3c103b50 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docScreenToLocalXf(d)}
                     renderDepth={1}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
+                    isContentActive={retu}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-- 
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From f8840672a7bcb3f337d8e50098f374a1b2d441ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 01:17:24 -0400
Subject: added ability to make thumbnails of dashboards. started to cleanup
 dockingView/goldenlayout undo event handling.  cleaned up tab doc list in
 docking view.  made titles editable again in treeview.  fixed overlay view to
 work with image docs etc by setting top/left in css

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  6 +--
 src/client/goldenLayout.js                         |  2 +-
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                | 26 ++++++++---
 src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx             | 53 ++++++++++------------
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      | 12 +----
 src/client/views/OverlayView.scss                  |  2 +
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |  2 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx    | 21 ++++++---
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        | 28 ++++--------
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          |  4 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 45 ++++++++++--------
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBoxRenderer.js           |  4 +-
 src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx                 |  6 +--
 13 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 817478b2f..acc1e341a 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -671,9 +671,9 @@ export namespace Docs {
             return viewDoc;
         }
 
-        export function ImageDocument(url: string, options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
-            const imgField = new ImageField(url);
-            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.IMG), imgField, { title: basename(url), ...options });
+        export function ImageDocument(url: string|ImageField, options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
+            const imgField =  url instanceof ImageField ? url : new ImageField(url);
+            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.IMG), imgField, { title: basename(imgField.url.href), ...options });
         }
 
         export function PresDocument(options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
diff --git a/src/client/goldenLayout.js b/src/client/goldenLayout.js
index 82b10608d..4735f216f 100644
--- a/src/client/goldenLayout.js
+++ b/src/client/goldenLayout.js
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@
             this.root.callDownwards('_$init');
 
             if (config.maximisedItemId === '__glMaximised') {
-                this.root.getItemsById(config.maximisedItemId)[0].toggleMaximise();
+                this.root.getItemsById(config.maximisedItemId)[0]?.toggleMaximise();
             }
         },
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 51bfdbbd2..885679b64 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { PrefetchProxy } from "../../fields/Proxy";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../fields/RichTextField";
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, NumCast, PromiseValue, StrCast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { nullAudio } from "../../fields/URLField";
+import { ImageField, nullAudio } from "../../fields/URLField";
 import { SharingPermissions } from "../../fields/util";
 import { Utils } from "../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../DocServer";
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ import { TreeView } from "../views/collections/TreeView";
 import { Colors } from "../views/global/globalEnums";
 import { MainView } from "../views/MainView";
 import { ButtonType, NumButtonType } from "../views/nodes/button/FontIconBox";
-import { LabelBox } from "../views/nodes/LabelBox";
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
 import { OverlayView } from "../views/OverlayView";
 import { DocumentManager } from "./DocumentManager";
-import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "./DragManager";
+import { DragManager } from "./DragManager";
 import { makeTemplate, MakeTemplate } from "./DropConverter";
 import { HistoryUtil } from "./History";
 import { LinkManager } from "./LinkManager";
@@ -1185,9 +1184,24 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     public static async snapshotDashboard(userDoc: Doc) {
-        const copy = await CollectionDockingView.Copy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard);
-        Doc.AddDocToList(Cast(userDoc.myDashboards, Doc, null), "data", copy);
-        CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(userDoc, copy);
+        const docView = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.DocumentView?.();
+        const content = docView?.ContentDiv;
+        if (docView && content) {
+            const _width = Number(getComputedStyle(content).width.replace("px",""));
+            const _height = Number(getComputedStyle(content).height.replace("px",""));
+            CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(
+                docView.layoutDoc[Id] + "-icon" + (new Date()).getTime(),
+                content,
+                _width, _height,
+                _width, _height, 0,
+                (iconFile, _nativeWidth, _nativeHeight) => {
+                    const img = Docs.Create.ImageDocument(new ImageField(iconFile), { title: docView.rootDoc.title+"-icon", _width, _height, _nativeWidth, _nativeHeight});
+                    const proto = Cast(img.proto, Doc, null)!;
+                    proto["data-nativeWidth"] = _width;
+                    proto["data-nativeHeight"] = _height;
+                    docView.dataDoc.thumb = img;
+                });
+        }
     }
 
     public static createNewDashboard = async (userDoc: Doc, id?: string) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
index c0645f0ab..103734b9b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
@@ -213,34 +213,31 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: () => (DocumentV
     @undoBatch
     @action
     pinWithView = (targetDoc: Doc) => {
-        if (targetDoc) {
-            TabDocView.PinDoc(targetDoc);
-            setTimeout(() => {
-                const activeDoc = PresBox.Instance.childDocs[PresBox.Instance.childDocs.length - 1];
-                const scrollable = [DocumentType.PDF, DocumentType.RTF, DocumentType.WEB].includes(targetDoc.type as any) || targetDoc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Stacking;
-                const pannable: boolean = ((targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COL && targetDoc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform) || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.IMG);
-                if (scrollable) {
-                    const scroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
-                    activeDoc.presPinView = true;
-                    activeDoc.presPinViewScroll = scroll;
-                } else if ([DocumentType.AUDIO, DocumentType.VID].includes(targetDoc.type as any)) {
-                    activeDoc.presPinView = true;
-                    activeDoc.presStartTime = targetDoc._currentTimecode;
-                    activeDoc.presEndTime = NumCast(targetDoc._currentTimecode) + 0.1;
-                } else if (pannable) {
-                    const x = targetDoc._panX;
-                    const y = targetDoc._panY;
-                    const scale = targetDoc._viewScale;
-                    activeDoc.presPinView = true;
-                    activeDoc.presPinViewX = x;
-                    activeDoc.presPinViewY = y;
-                    activeDoc.presPinViewScale = scale;
-                } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COMPARISON) {
-                    const width = targetDoc._clipWidth;
-                    activeDoc.presPinClipWidth = width;
-                    activeDoc.presPinView = true;
-                }
-            });
+        const activeDoc = targetDoc && TabDocView.PinDoc(targetDoc);
+        if (activeDoc) {
+            const scrollable = [DocumentType.PDF, DocumentType.RTF, DocumentType.WEB].includes(targetDoc.type as any) || targetDoc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Stacking;
+            const pannable: boolean = ((targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COL && targetDoc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform) || targetDoc.type === DocumentType.IMG);
+            if (scrollable) {
+                const scroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
+                activeDoc.presPinView = true;
+                activeDoc.presPinViewScroll = scroll;
+            } else if ([DocumentType.AUDIO, DocumentType.VID].includes(targetDoc.type as any)) {
+                activeDoc.presPinView = true;
+                activeDoc.presStartTime = targetDoc._currentTimecode;
+                activeDoc.presEndTime = NumCast(targetDoc._currentTimecode) + 0.1;
+            } else if (pannable) {
+                const x = targetDoc._panX;
+                const y = targetDoc._panY;
+                const scale = targetDoc._viewScale;
+                activeDoc.presPinView = true;
+                activeDoc.presPinViewX = x;
+                activeDoc.presPinViewY = y;
+                activeDoc.presPinViewScale = scale;
+            } else if (targetDoc.type === DocumentType.COMPARISON) {
+                const width = targetDoc._clipWidth;
+                activeDoc.presPinClipWidth = width;
+                activeDoc.presPinView = true;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index cdf85c905..a30db66e4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -226,17 +226,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         if (received && !this.userDoc) {
             reaction(() => CurrentUserUtils.GuestTarget, target => target && CurrentUserUtils.createNewDashboard(Doc.UserDoc()), { fireImmediately: true });
         } else {
-            if (received && CurrentUserUtils._urlState.sharing) {
-                reaction(() => CollectionDockingView.Instance && CollectionDockingView.Instance.initialized,
-                    initialized => initialized && received && DocServer.GetRefField(received).then(docField => {
-                        if (docField instanceof Doc && docField._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking) {
-                            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docField, "right");
-                        }
-                    }),
-                );
-            }
-            const activeDash = PromiseValue(this.userDoc.activeDashboard);
-            activeDash.then(dash => {
+            PromiseValue(this.userDoc.activeDashboard).then(dash => {
                 if (dash instanceof Doc) CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(this.userDoc, dash);
                 else CurrentUserUtils.createNewDashboard(this.userDoc);
             });
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss b/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
index 555f4298d..f22e68ff5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.scss
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@
 .overlayView-doc {
     z-index: 9002; //so that it appears above chroma 
     position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index c3c103b50..f5e686473 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docScreenToLocalXf(d)}
                     renderDepth={1}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    isContentActive={retu}
+                    isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index de2106e4a..5af72b7d1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionSubView";
 import { CollectionViewType } from './CollectionView';
 import { TabDocView } from './TabDocView';
 import React = require("react");
+import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global /* node */) as any;
 
 @observer
@@ -50,9 +51,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     public _flush: UndoManager.Batch | undefined;
     private _ignoreStateChange = "";
     public tabMap: Set<any> = new Set();
-    public get initialized() { return this._goldenLayout !== null; }
     public get HasFullScreen() { return this._goldenLayout._maximisedItem !== null; }
-    @observable private _goldenLayout: any = null;
+    private _goldenLayout: any = null;
 
     constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @undoBatch
     public static OpenFullScreen(doc: Doc) {
+        SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         if (doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking && doc.layoutKey === "layout") {
             return CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(Doc.UserDoc(), doc);
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return true;
     }
 
-    async setupGoldenLayout() {
+    setupGoldenLayout = async () => {
         const config = StrCast(this.props.Document.dockingConfig);
         if (config) {
             const matches = config.match(/\"documentId\":\"[a-z0-9-]+\"/g);
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
             this.tabMap.clear();
             this._goldenLayout?.destroy();
-            runInAction(() => this._goldenLayout = new GoldenLayout(JSON.parse(config)));
+            this._goldenLayout = new GoldenLayout(JSON.parse(config));
             this._goldenLayout.on('tabCreated', this.tabCreated);
             this._goldenLayout.on('tabDestroyed', this.tabDestroyed);
             this._goldenLayout.on('stackCreated', this.stackCreated);
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     }
                     this._ignoreStateChange = "";
                 });
-            setTimeout(() => this.setupGoldenLayout(), 0);
+            setTimeout(this.setupGoldenLayout);
             //window.addEventListener('resize', this.onResize); // bcz: would rather add this event to the parent node, but resize events only come from Window
         }
     }
@@ -413,19 +414,25 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const docs = !docids ? [] : docids.map(id => DocServer.GetCachedRefField(id)).filter(f => f).map(f => f as Doc);
         const changesMade = this.props.Document.dockcingConfig !== json;
         if (changesMade && !this._flush) {
-            this.props.Document.dockingConfig = json;
-            this.props.Document.data = new List<Doc>(docs);
+            UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => {
+                this.props.Document.dockingConfig = json;
+                this.props.Document.data = new List<Doc>(docs);
+            }, "state changed");
         }
         return changesMade;
     }
 
     tabDestroyed = (tab: any) => {
+        const dview = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.Document;
+        const fieldKey = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.fieldKey;
+        Doc.RemoveDocFromList(dview, fieldKey, tab.DashDoc);
         this.tabMap.delete(tab);
         tab._disposers && Object.values(tab._disposers).forEach((disposer: any) => disposer?.());
         tab.reactComponents?.forEach((ele: any) => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(ele));
         this.stateChanged();
     }
     tabCreated = (tab: any) => {
+        this.tabMap.add(tab);
         tab.contentItem.element[0]?.firstChild?.firstChild?.InitTab?.(tab);  // have to explicitly initialize tabs that reuse contents from previous tabs (ie, when dragging a tab around a new tab is created for the old content)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 0141724ea..75a8207dd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             const iconWrap = document.createElement("div");
             const closeWrap = document.createElement("div");
 
-
             titleEle.size = StrCast(doc.title).length + 3;
             titleEle.value = doc.title;
             titleEle.onkeydown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
@@ -185,14 +184,13 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => tab.contentItem.remove(), "delete tab");
                 });
         }
-        CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.add(tab);
     }
 
     /**
      * Adds a document to the presentation view
      **/
     @action
-    public static async PinDoc(doc: Doc, pinProps?: PinProps) {
+    public static PinDoc(doc: Doc, pinProps?: PinProps) {
         //add this new doc to props.Document
 
         // all docs will be added to the ActivePresentation as stored on CurrentUserUtils
@@ -246,19 +244,14 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                 pinDoc.presMovement = PresMovement.None;
             }
             if (curPres.expandBoolean) pinDoc.presExpandInlineButton = true;
-            const dview = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.Document;
-            const fieldKey = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.fieldKey;
-            const tabdocs = await DocListCastAsync(dview[fieldKey]);
-            runInAction(() => {
-                if (!pinProps?.hidePresBox && !tabdocs?.includes(curPres)) {
-                    tabdocs?.push(curPres);  // bcz: Argh! this is annoying.  if multiple documents are pinned, this will get called multiple times before the presentation view is drawn.  Thus it won't be in the tabdocs list and it will get created multple times.  so need to explicilty add the presbox to the list of open tabs
-                    CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, "right");
-                }
-                PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.clear();
-                pinDoc && PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.set(pinDoc, undefined); //Update selected array
-                DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(doc, false, undefined, []);
-                batch.end();
-            });
+            if (!Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap).map(d => d.DashDoc).includes(curPres)) {
+                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, "right");
+                setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(doc, false, undefined, []), 100); // keeps the pinned doc in view since the sidebar shifts things
+            }
+            PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.clear();
+            pinDoc && PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.set(pinDoc, undefined); //Update selected array
+            setTimeout(batch.end, 500); // need to wait until dockingview (goldenlayout) updates all its structurs
+            return pinDoc;
         }
     }
 
@@ -282,7 +275,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._tabReaction?.();
         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(this._view);
-        this.tab && CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.delete(this.tab);
 
         this.props.glContainer.layoutManager.off("activeContentItemChanged", this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
     }
@@ -430,9 +422,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             }} ref={ref => {
                 if (this._mainCont = ref) {
                     if (this._lastTab) {
-                        console.log("DUP tab")
                         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(this._view);
-                        CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.delete(this._lastTab);
                     }
                     this._lastTab = this.tab;
                     (this._mainCont as any).InitTab = (tab: any) => this.init(tab, this._document);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index befd2020c..09f05f69a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -609,10 +609,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return StrListCast(this.doc.childContextMenuLabels).map((label, i) => ({ script: customScripts[i], filter: customFilters[i], icon: icons[i], label }));
     }
 
-    // TODO: currently doc focus works, but can't seem to edit title
-    // onChildClick = () => this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptCast(this.doc.treeChildClick));
     onChildClick = () => {
-        return this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(self)`)! || this._editTitleScript?.());
+        return this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(self)`)!);
     }
 
     onChildDoubleClick = () => (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && this._openScript?.()) || ScriptCast(this.doc.treeChildDoubleClick);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 77cf0fc84..5f927a2a9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }));
     }
 
-    replaceCanvases = (oldDiv: HTMLElement, newDiv: HTMLElement) => {
+    static replaceCanvases(oldDiv: HTMLElement, newDiv: HTMLElement) {
         if (oldDiv.childNodes && newDiv) {
             for (let i = 0; i < oldDiv.childNodes.length; i++) {
                 this.replaceCanvases(oldDiv.childNodes[i] as HTMLElement, newDiv.childNodes[i] as HTMLElement);
@@ -1508,32 +1508,39 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }
     }
 
-    updateIcon = () => {
-        const docViewContent = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().ContentDiv!;
+    updateIcon = () => CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(
+        this.layoutDoc[Id] + "-icon" + (new Date()).getTime(),
+        this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().ContentDiv!,
+        this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](), this.layoutDoc[HeightSym](), 
+        this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight(), 0, 
+        (iconFile, nativeWidth, nativeHeight) => {
+                    this.dataDoc.icon = new ImageField(iconFile);
+                    this.dataDoc["icon-nativeWidth"] = nativeWidth;
+                    this.dataDoc["icon-nativeHeight"] = nativeHeight;
+        });
+
+    public static UpdateIcon(filename:string, docViewContent:HTMLElement, width: number, height: number, 
+        panelWidth:number, panelHeight: number, scrollTop:number, cb:(iconFile:string, nativeWidth:number, nativeHeight:number) => any) {
         const newDiv = docViewContent.cloneNode(true) as HTMLDivElement;
-        newDiv.style.width = (this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]()).toString();
-        newDiv.style.height = (this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]()).toString();
+        newDiv.style.width = width.toString();
+        newDiv.style.height = height.toString();
         this.replaceCanvases(docViewContent, newDiv);
-        const htmlString = this._mainCont && new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(newDiv);
-        const nativeWidth = this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]();
-        const nativeHeight = this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]();
-
+        const htmlString = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(newDiv);
+        const nativeWidth = width;
+        const nativeHeight = height;
         CreateImage(
-            "",
+            Utils.prepend(""),
             document.styleSheets,
             htmlString,
             nativeWidth,
-            nativeWidth * this.props.PanelHeight() / this.props.PanelWidth(),
-            NumCast(this.layoutDoc._scrollTop)
+            nativeWidth * panelHeight / panelWidth,
+            scrollTop
         ).then
             ((data_url: any) => {
-                VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, this.layoutDoc[Id] + "-icon" + (new Date()).getTime(), true, this.layoutDoc[Id] + "-icon").then(
-                    returnedfilename => setTimeout(action(() => {
-
-                        this.dataDoc.icon = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
-                        this.dataDoc["icon-nativeWidth"] = nativeWidth;
-                        this.dataDoc["icon-nativeHeight"] = nativeHeight;
-                    }), 500));
+                VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, filename).then(
+                    returnedfilename => setTimeout(() => {
+                        cb(returnedfilename as string, nativeWidth, nativeHeight);
+                    }, 500));
             })
             .catch(function (error: any) {
                 console.error('oops, something went wrong!', error);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBoxRenderer.js b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBoxRenderer.js
index d9524dd6e..f3f1bcf5c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBoxRenderer.js
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBoxRenderer.js
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ var ForeignHtmlRenderer = function (styleSheets) {
                 .replace(/noscript/g, "div").replace(/<div class="mediaset"><\/div>/g, "")  // when scripting isn't available (ie, rendering web pages here), <noscript> tags should become <div>'s.  But for Brown CS, there's a layout problem if you leave the empty <mediaset> tag
                 .replace(/<link[^>]*>/g, "")  // don't need to keep any linked style sheets because we've already processed all style sheets above
                 .replace(/srcset="([^ "]*)[^"]*"/g, "src=\"$1\""); // instead of converting each item in the srcset to a data url, just convert the first one and use that
-            let urlsFoundInHtml = getImageUrlsFromFromHtml(contentHtml);
-            const fetchedResources = await getMultipleResourcesAsBase64(webUrl, urlsFoundInHtml);
+            let urlsFoundInHtml = getImageUrlsFromFromHtml(contentHtml).filter(url => !url.startsWith("data:"));
+            const fetchedResources = webUrl ? await getMultipleResourcesAsBase64(webUrl, urlsFoundInHtml) : [];
             for (let i = 0; i < fetchedResources.length; i++) {
                 const r = fetchedResources[i];
                 if (r.resourceUrl) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
index be248ab92..e486bcb52 100644
--- a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                                 await CurrentUserUtils.createNewDashboard(Doc.UserDoc());
                                 batch.end();
                             }}>
-                                {"New"}<FontAwesomeIcon icon="plus" />
+                                New<FontAwesomeIcon icon="plus" />
                             </div>
                             </Tooltip>
                             <Tooltip title={<div className="dash-tooltip">Work on a copy of the dashboard layout</div>} placement="bottom">
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                                     await CurrentUserUtils.snapshotDashboard(Doc.UserDoc());
                                     batch.end();
                                 }}>
-                                    {"Snapshot"}<FontAwesomeIcon icon="camera" />
+                                    Snapshot<FontAwesomeIcon icon="camera" />
                                 </div>
                             </Tooltip>
                             <Tooltip title={<div className="dash-tooltip">Browsing mode for directly navigating to documents</div>} placement="bottom">
                                 <div className="topbar-icon" style={{ background: MainView.Instance._exploreMode ? Colors.LIGHT_BLUE : undefined }} onClick={action(() => MainView.Instance._exploreMode = !MainView.Instance._exploreMode)}>
-                                    {"Explore"}<FontAwesomeIcon icon="map" />
+                                    Explore<FontAwesomeIcon icon="map" />
                                 </div>
                             </Tooltip>
                         </div>
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From c0826fb904f5d2448635b5dae1fc4337fead939e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:31:25 -0400
Subject: lots of changes to try to cleanup CurrentUserUtils so changes can be
 made without rebuilding the DB.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |   10 +-
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                | 1216 +++++++++-----------
 src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts                 |    3 +-
 src/client/util/Scripting.ts                       |    2 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |    2 +-
 src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts               |    2 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |   36 +-
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |    2 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |    5 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx    |    2 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |    6 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |    4 +-
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      |    4 +-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx             |    4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |    8 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx               |    2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |   12 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx      |    2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |    8 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |    5 +-
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |    3 +
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |    2 +-
 22 files changed, 629 insertions(+), 711 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 5f009573e..927996af2 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -178,10 +178,15 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     hidden?: boolean;
     _hidden?: boolean;
     pointerEvents?: string; // pointer events that the documentview should have
-    mediaState?: string; // status of media document: "pendingRecording", "recording", "paused", "playing"
+    mediaState?: string; // status of audio/video media document: "pendingRecording", "recording", "paused", "playing"
+    recording?: boolean; // whether WebCam is recording or not
     autoPlayAnchors?: boolean; // whether to play audio/video when an anchor is clicked in a stackedTimeline.
     dontPlayLinkOnSelect?: boolean;  // whether an audio/video should start playing when a link is followed to it.
     toolTip?: string; // tooltip to display on hover
+    contextMenuFilters?: List<ScriptField>;
+    contextMenuScripts?: List<ScriptField>;
+    contextMenuLabels?: List<string>;
+    contextMenuIcons?: List<string>;
     dontUndo?: boolean; // whether button clicks should be undoable (this is set to true for Undo/Redo/and sidebar buttons that open the siebar panel)
     description?: string; // added for links
     layout?: string | Doc; // default layout string for a document
@@ -238,7 +243,7 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     isPushpin?: boolean;
     isGroup?: boolean; // whether a collection should use a grouping UI behavior
     _removeDropProperties?: List<string>; // list of properties that should be removed from a document when it is dropped.  e.g., a creator button may be forceActive to allow it be dragged, but the forceActive property can be removed from the dropped document
-
+    noteType?: string;
     // BACKGROUND GRID
     _backgroundGridShow?: boolean;
 
@@ -286,6 +291,7 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     clickFactory?: Doc; // document to create when clicking on a button with a suitable onClick script
     onDragStart?: ScriptField; //script to execute at start of drag operation --  e.g., when a "creator" button is dragged this script generates a different document to drop
     cloneFieldFilter?: List<string>; // fields not to copy when the document is clonedclipboard?: Doc;
+    filterBoolean ?: string;
     useCors?: boolean;
     icon?: string;
     target?: Doc; // available for use in scripts as the primary target document
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index b4e18a8bb..afb1442bf 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { computed, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
 import * as rp from 'request-promise';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, DocListCastAsync } from "../../fields/Doc";
+import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, DocListCastAsync, StrListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { InkTool } from "../../fields/InkField";
 import { List } from "../../fields/List";
 import { PrefetchProxy } from "../../fields/Proxy";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../fields/RichTextField";
+import { listSpec } from "../../fields/Schema";
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, NumCast, PromiseValue, StrCast } from "../../fields/Types";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, FieldValue, NumCast, PromiseValue, ScriptCast, StrCast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { ImageField, nullAudio } from "../../fields/URLField";
 import { SharingPermissions } from "../../fields/util";
-import { Utils } from "../../Utils";
+import { OmitKeys, Utils } from "../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../DocServer";
 import { Docs, DocumentOptions, DocUtils } from "../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
@@ -42,17 +43,17 @@ interface Button {
     toolTip?: string;
     icon?: string;
     btnType?: ButtonType;
-    click?: string;
     numBtnType?: NumButtonType;
     numBtnMin?: number;
     numBtnMax?: number;
     switchToggle?: boolean;
-    script?: string;
     width?: number;
-    list?: string[];
+    btnList?: List<string>;
     ignoreClick?: boolean;
     buttonText?: string;
-    hidden?: string;
+    scripts?: { script?: string; onClick?: string; }
+    funcs?: { [key:string]: string };
+    subMenu?: Button[];
 }
 
 export let resolvedPorts: { server: number, socket: number };
@@ -73,101 +74,134 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     @observable public static headerBarHeight: number = 0;
     @observable public static searchPanelWidth: number = 0;
 
-    // sets up the default User Templates - slideView,  headerView
-    static setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc["template-experimental-buttons"] === undefined) {
-            const requiredTypeNameFields = [
-                {
-                    type: "slide", icon: "address-card", template: Docs.Create.MultirowDocument(
-                        [
-                            Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "data", _height: 200, system: true }),
-                            Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: "text", _height: 100, system: true, _fontFamily: StrCast(Doc.UserDoc()._fontFamily), _fontSize: StrCast(Doc.UserDoc()._fontSize) })
-                        ],
-                        { _width: 400, _height: 300, title: "slideView", _xMargin: 3, _yMargin: 3, system: true }
-                    )
-                },
-                {
-                    type: "mobile", icon: "mobile", template: this.mobileButton({ title: "NEW MOBILE BUTTON", onClick: undefined, },
-                        [this.createToolButton({ ignoreClick: true, icon: "mobile", backgroundColor: "transparent" }),
-                        this.mobileTextContainer({},
-                            [this.mobileButtonText({}, "NEW MOBILE BUTTON"), this.mobileButtonInfo({}, "You can customize this button and make it your own.")])
-                        ]
-                    )
-                },
-            ];
-            const requiredTypes = requiredTypeNameFields.map(({ type, icon, template }) => {
-                if (doc[`template-button-${type}`] === undefined) {
-                    template.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(template);
-                    doc[`template-button-${type}`] = CurrentUserUtils.createToolButton({
-                        onDragStart: ScriptField.MakeFunction('copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)'),
-                        dragFactory: new PrefetchProxy(template) as any as Doc,
-                        title: type,
-                        icon,
-                    });
+    static AssignScripts(doc:Doc, scripts?:{ [key: string]: string;}, functions?:{[key:string]: string}) {
+        scripts && Object.keys(scripts).map(key => {
+            if (ScriptCast(doc[key])?.script.originalScript !== scripts[key] && scripts[key]) {
+                doc[key] = ScriptField.MakeScript(scripts[key], { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name,  value:"any", scriptContext: "any" }, {"_readOnly_": true});
+            }
+        }); 
+        functions && Object.keys(functions).map(key => {
+            const cfield = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(doc[key]));
+            if (ScriptCast(cfield)?.script.originalScript !== functions[key] && functions[key]) {
+                doc[key] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(functions[key], { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }, {"_readOnly_": true});
+            }
+        });
+        return doc;
+    }
+    static AssignOpts(doc:Doc|undefined, reqdOpts:DocumentOptions, items?:Doc[]) {
+        if (doc) {
+            const compareValues = (val1:any, val2:any) => {
+                if (val1 instanceof List && val2 instanceof List && val1.length === val2.length) {
+                    return !val1.some(v => !val2.includes(v)) || !val2.some(v => val1.includes(v));
+                }
+                return val1 === val2;
+            }
+            Object.entries(reqdOpts).forEach(pair => {
+                const targetDoc = pair[0].startsWith("_") ? doc : Doc.GetProto(doc as Doc);
+                if (!Object.getOwnPropertyNames(targetDoc).includes(pair[0].replace(/^_/,"")) ||
+                    !compareValues(pair[1], targetDoc[pair[0]])) {
+                    targetDoc[pair[0]] = pair[1];
                 }
-                return doc[`template-button-${type}`] as Doc;
             });
-
-            doc["template-experimental-buttons"] = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(requiredTypes, {
-                title: "Experimental Tools", _xMargin: 0, _showTitle: "title", _chromeHidden: true,
-                hidden: ComputedField.MakeFunction("IsNoviceMode()") as any,
-                _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true,
-                _autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 35, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true,
-                dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }), system: true
-            }));
+            items?.forEach(item => !DocListCast(doc.data).includes(item) && Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.GetProto(doc), "data", item));
         }
-        return doc["template-experimental-buttons"] as Doc;
+        return doc;
     }
 
-    // setup the different note type skins
-    static setupNoteTemplates(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc["template-notes"] === undefined) {
-            const requiredTypeNameFields = [
-                { type: "Note", backgroundColor: "yellow", icon: "sticky-note" },
-                { type: "Idea", backgroundColor: "pink", icon: "lightbulb" },
-                { type: "Topic", backgroundColor: "lightblue", icon: "book-open" }];
-            const requiredTypes = requiredTypeNameFields.map(({ type, backgroundColor, icon }) =>
-                doc[`template-note-${type}`] as Doc ??
-                (() => {
-                    const noteView = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: "text", backgroundColor, system: true, icon });
-                    noteView.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(noteView, true, type);
-                    return doc[`template-note-${type}`] = new PrefetchProxy(noteView);
-                })());
-
-            doc["template-notes"] = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument(requiredTypes, { title: "Note Layouts", _height: 75, system: true }));
-        }
+    // initializes experimental advanced template views - slideView,  headerView
+    static setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc: Doc, field="template-experimental-buttons") {
+        const tempDocs = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const requiredTypeNameFields:{opts:DocumentOptions, template:() => Doc}[] = [
+            {
+                opts:{type: "slide", icon: "address-card"}, template: () => Docs.Create.MultirowDocument(
+                    [
+                        Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "data", _height: 200, system: true }),
+                        Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: "text", _height: 100, system: true, _fontFamily: StrCast(Doc.UserDoc()._fontFamily), _fontSize: StrCast(Doc.UserDoc()._fontSize) })
+                    ],
+                    { _width: 400, _height: 300, title: "slideView", _xMargin: 3, _yMargin: 3, system: true }
+                )
+            },
+            {
+                opts:{type: "mobile", icon: "mobile"}, template: () => this.mobileButton({ title: "NEW MOBILE BUTTON", onClick: undefined, },
+                    [this.createToolButton({ ignoreClick: true, icon: "mobile", backgroundColor: "transparent" }),
+                    this.mobileTextContainer({},
+                        [this.mobileButtonText({}, "NEW MOBILE BUTTON"), this.mobileButtonInfo({}, "You can customize this button and make it your own.")])
+                    ]
+                )
+            },
+        ];
+        const requiredTypes = requiredTypeNameFields.map(({ opts, template }) => {
+            const docType =  DocListCast(tempDocs?.data)?.find(doc => doc.title === opts.type);
+            const reqdOpts = {
+                dragFactory: template(),
+                title: opts.type,
+                icon: opts.icon
+            };
+            const reqdScripts = {onDragStart: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)'};
+            const makeTemp = (doc:Doc) => {
+                doc.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(doc);
+                return doc;
+            }
+            return this.AssignScripts(!docType ? makeTemp(CurrentUserUtils.createToolButton(reqdOpts)) : this.AssignOpts(docType, reqdOpts)!, reqdScripts)!;
+        });
+
+        const reqdOpts = {
+            title: "Experimental Tools", _xMargin: 0, _showTitle: "title", _chromeHidden: true,
+            _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true, system: true,
+            _autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 35, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true,
+        };
+        const reqdScripts = {dropConverter : "convertToButtons(dragData)"};
+        const reqdFuncs = {hidden: "IsNoviceMode()"}
+        return this.AssignScripts(!tempDocs ? 
+                (doc[field] = Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(requiredTypes, reqdOpts)) :
+                this.AssignOpts(tempDocs, reqdOpts, requiredTypes)!, 
+            reqdScripts, reqdFuncs);
+    }
+
+    /// Initializes templates that can be applied to notes
+    static setupNoteTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template-notes") {
+        const tempNotes = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const reqdTempOpts:DocumentOptions[] = [
+            { noteType: "Note", backgroundColor: "yellow", icon: "sticky-note"},
+            { noteType: "Idea", backgroundColor: "pink", icon: "lightbulb" },
+            { noteType: "Topic", backgroundColor: "lightblue", icon: "book-open" }];
+        const reqdNoteList = reqdTempOpts.map(opts => {
+            const reqdOpts = {...opts, title: "text", system: true};
+            const noteType = tempNotes ? DocListCast(tempNotes.data).find(doc => doc.noteType === opts.noteType): undefined;
+            const makeTemp = (doc:Doc, noteType?:string) => {
+                doc.isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(doc, true, noteType??"Note");
+                return doc;
+            }
+            return this.AssignOpts(noteType, reqdOpts) ?? makeTemp(Docs.Create.TextDocument("",reqdOpts), opts.noteType);
+        });
 
-        return doc["template-notes"] as Doc;
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "Note Layouts", _height: 75, system: true };
+        return this.AssignOpts(tempNotes, reqdOpts, reqdNoteList) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(reqdNoteList, reqdOpts));
     }
 
-    // creates Note templates, and initial "user" templates
+    /// Initializes collection of templates for notes and click functions
     static setupDocTemplates(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.templateDocs === undefined) {
-            doc.templateDocs = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([
-                CurrentUserUtils.setupNoteTemplates(doc),
-                CurrentUserUtils.setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc),
-                CurrentUserUtils.setupClickEditorTemplates(doc)
-            ], {
-                title: "template layouts", _xMargin: 0, system: true,
-                dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name })
-            }));
-        }
+        const templates = [
+            CurrentUserUtils.setupNoteTemplates(doc),
+            CurrentUserUtils.setupClickEditorTemplates(doc)
+        ];
+        const reqdOpts = { title: "template layouts", _xMargin: 0, system: true,  };
+        const reqdScripts = {  dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)"  };
+        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc.templateDocs), reqdOpts, templates) ?? (doc.templateDocs = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(templates, reqdOpts)), reqdScripts);
     }
 
     // setup templates for different document types when they are iconified from Document Decorations
-    static setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc: Doc) {
-        const templateIconsDoc = Cast(doc["template-icons"], Doc, null);
+    static setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template-icons") {
+        const templateIconsDoc = DocCast(doc[field]);
 
         const makeIconTemplate = (type: DocumentType | undefined, templateField: string, iconTemplate: () => Doc) => {
             const iconFieldName = "icon" + (type ? "_" + type : "");
             if (!templateIconsDoc?.[iconFieldName]) {
                 const template = MakeTemplate(iconTemplate(), true, iconFieldName, templateField);
                 if (templateIconsDoc) {
-                    templateIconsDoc[iconFieldName] = new PrefetchProxy(template);
-                    Doc.AddDocToList(templateIconsDoc, "data", template);
-                } else {
-                    return template;
+                    templateIconsDoc[iconFieldName] = template;
                 }
+                return template;
             }
         };
         const deiconifyScript = () => ScriptField.MakeScript("deiconifyView(documentView)", { documentView: "any" });
@@ -182,46 +216,57 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const fontBox = () => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
             _nativeHeight: 30, _nativeWidth: 30, _width: 30, _height: 30, system: true, onClick: deiconifyScript()
         });
-        if (!templateIconsDoc) {
-            const newIconsList = [
-                makeIconTemplate(undefined, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "dimgray" })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.AUDIO, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "lightgreen" })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.PDF, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "pink" })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.WEB, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "brown" })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.RTF, "text", () => labelBox({ _showTitle: "creationDate" })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.IMG, "data", () => imageBox("", { _height: undefined, })),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.COL, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {})),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.VID, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {})),
-                makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.BUTTON, "data", fontBox),
-                //nasty hack .. templates are looked up exclusively by type -- but we want a template for a document with a certain field (transcription) .. so this hack and the companion hack in createCustomView does this for now
-                makeIconTemplate("transcription" as any, "transcription", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "orange" })),
-                // makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.PDF, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {}))
-            ].filter(d => d).map(d => d!);
-
-            doc["template-icons"] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(newIconsList, { title: "icon templates", _height: 75, system: true });
-        }
+        const iconTemplates = [
+            makeIconTemplate(undefined, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "dimgray" })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.AUDIO, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "lightgreen" })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.PDF, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "pink" })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.WEB, "title", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "brown" })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.RTF, "text", () => labelBox({ _showTitle: "creationDate" })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.IMG, "data", () => imageBox("", { _height: undefined, })),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.COL, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {})),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.VID, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {})),
+            makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.BUTTON, "data", fontBox),
+            //nasty hack .. templates are looked up exclusively by type -- but we want a template for a document with a certain field (transcription) .. so this hack and the companion hack in createCustomView does this for now
+            makeIconTemplate("transcription" as any, "transcription", () => labelBox({ _backgroundColor: "orange" })),
+            // makeIconTemplate(DocumentType.PDF, "icon", () => imageBox("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", {}))
+        ].filter(d => d).map(d => d!);
+
+        const reqdOpts = { title: "icon templates", _height: 75, system: true };
+        this.AssignOpts(templateIconsDoc, reqdOpts, iconTemplates) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(iconTemplates, reqdOpts));
     }
 
+    /// initalizes the set of default versions of most document types
     static creatorBtnDescriptors(doc: Doc): {
-        title: string, toolTip: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean,
-        click?: string, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc, noviceMode?: boolean, clickFactory?: Doc
+        title: string, toolTip: string, icon: string,  ignoreClick?: boolean, dragFactory?: Doc, 
+        backgroundColor?: string,  clickFactory?: Doc, scripts?: { onClick?: string, onDragStart?: string}, funcs?: {onDragStart?:string, hidden?: string},
     }[] {
         const standardOps = () => ({ _fitWidth: true, system: true, "dragFactory-count": 0, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) });
-        if (doc.emptyPresentation === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyPresentation = Docs.Create.PresDocument({ ...standardOps(), title: "Untitled Presentation", _viewType: CollectionViewType.Stacking, _width: 400, _height: 500, targetDropAction: "alias", _chromeHidden: true, boxShadow: "0 0" });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyCollection === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyCollection = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { ...standardOps(), title: "freeform", _width: 150, _height: 100 });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyPane === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyPane = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { ...standardOps(), title: "Untitled Tab", _backgroundGridShow: true, _width: 500, _height: 800 });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptySlide === undefined) {
-            doc.emptySlide = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {
-                ...standardOps(), title: ComputedField.MakeFunction('self.text?.Text') as any, _viewType: CollectionViewType.Tree, treeViewHasOverlay: true, _fontSize: "20px", _autoHeight: true, "dragFactory-count": undefined,
-                allowOverlayDrop: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.outline, _xMargin: 0, _yMargin: 0, _width: 300, _height: 200, _singleLine: true, backgroundColor: "white"
-            });
-        }
+        const emptyThings:{key:string,  // the field name where the empty thing will be stored
+                          opts:DocumentOptions,   // the document options that are required for the empty thing
+                          funcs?:{[key:string]: any},  // computed fields that are rquired for the empth thing
+                          creator:(opts:DocumentOptions)=> any // how to create the empty thing if it doesn't exist
+              }[] = [
+            {key: "emptyPresentation", creator: Docs.Create.PresDocument,  opts: { title: "Untitled Presentation", _viewType: CollectionViewType.Stacking, _width: 400, _height: 500, targetDropAction: "alias" as any, _chromeHidden: true, boxShadow: "0 0" }},
+            {key: "emptyCollection", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], opts), opts: { title: "freeform", _width: 150, _height: 100 }},
+            {key: "emptyPane", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], opts), opts :  { title: "Untitled Tab", _backgroundGridShow: true, _width: 500, _height: 800 }},
+            {key: "emptySlide", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), funcs: {title: 'self.text?.Text'}, opts: {
+                _viewType: CollectionViewType.Tree, treeViewHasOverlay: true, _fontSize: "20px", _autoHeight: true, 
+                "dragFactory-count": undefined,  allowOverlayDrop: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.outline, _xMargin: 0, _yMargin: 0, _width: 300, _height: 200, _singleLine: true, backgroundColor: "white"
+            }},
+            {key: "emptyComparison", creator: Docs.Create.ComparisonDocument, opts: { title: "Comparer", _width: 300, _height: 300 }},
+            {key: "emptyScript", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(undefined, opts), opts:  { title: "script", _width: 200, _height: 250, }},
+            {key: "emptyScreenshot", creator: Docs.Create.ScreenshotDocument, opts: { title: "empty screenshot", _width: 400, _height: 200 }},
+            {key: "emptyWebCam", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", opts), opts: { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "recording", recording:true, system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) }},
+            {key: "emptyAudio", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, opts), opts: { title: "audio recording", x: 200, y: 200, _width: 200, _height: 100, }},
+            {key: "emptyNote", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.TextDocument("", opts), opts:  { title: "text note", _width: 200, _autoHeight: true }},
+            {key: "emptyButton", creator: Docs.Create.ButtonDocument, opts: { title: "Button", _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, }},
+            {key: "emptyWebpage", creator: (opts) => Docs.Create.WebDocument("http://www.bing.com/", opts), opts: { title: "webpage", _nativeWidth: 850, _height: 512, _width: 400, useCors: true, }},
+            {key: "emptyMap", creator: (opts) =>  Docs.Create.MapDocument([], opts), opts: { title: "map", _showSidebar: true, _width: 800, _height: 600, }}
+        ];
+
+        emptyThings.forEach(thing => 
+            this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[thing.key]), {...standardOps(), ...thing.opts}) ?? (doc[thing.key] = thing.creator({...standardOps(), ...thing.opts})), thing.funcs))
+        
         if (doc.emptyHeader === undefined) {
             const json = {
                 doc: {
@@ -242,196 +287,124 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                 selection: { type: "text", anchor: 1, head: 1 },
                 storedMarks: []
             };
-            const headerTemplate = Docs.Create.RTFDocument(new RichTextField(JSON.stringify(json), ""), {
-                ...standardOps(), title: "text", _height: 70,
-                _headerPointerEvents: "all", _headerHeight: 12, _headerFontSize: 9, _autoHeight: true,
-            }, "header");
             const headerBtnHgt = 10;
-            headerTemplate[DataSym].layout =
+            const headerTemplate = Docs.Create.RTFDocument(new RichTextField(JSON.stringify(json), ""), {
+                ...standardOps(), title: "text", _height: 70, _headerPointerEvents: "all", _headerHeight: 12, _headerFontSize: 9, _autoHeight: true,
+                layout:
                 "<HTMLdiv transformOrigin='top left' width='{100/scale}%' height='{100/scale}%' transform='scale({scale})'>" +
                 `    <FormattedTextBox {...props} dontScale='true' fieldKey={'text'}  height='calc(100% - ${headerBtnHgt}px - {this._headerHeight||0}px)'/>` +
                 "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} dontScale='true' fieldKey={'header'}  dontSelectOnLoad='true' ignoreAutoHeight='true' fontSize='{this._headerFontSize||9}px' height='{(this._headerHeight||0)}px' background='{this._headerColor || MySharedDocs().userColor||`lightGray`}' />" +
                 `    <HTMLdiv fontSize='${headerBtnHgt - 1}px' height='${headerBtnHgt}px' background='yellow' onClick={‘(this._headerHeight=scale*Math.min(Math.max(0,this._height-30),this._headerHeight===0?50:0)) + (this._autoHeightMargins=this._headerHeight ? this._headerHeight+${headerBtnHgt}:0)’}  >Metadata</HTMLdiv>` +
-                "</HTMLdiv>";
+                "</HTMLdiv>"
+            }, "header");
 
             // "<div style={'height:100%'}>" +
             // "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} fieldKey={'header'} dontSelectOnLoad={'true'} ignoreAutoHeight={'true'} pointerEvents='{this._headerPointerEvents||`none`}' fontSize='{this._headerFontSize}px' height='{this._headerHeight}px' background='{this._headerColor||this.target.mySharedDocs.userColor}' />" +
             // "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} fieldKey={'text'} position='absolute' top='{(this._headerHeight)*scale}px' height='calc({100/scale}% - {this._headerHeight}px)'/>" +
             // "</div>";
-            (headerTemplate.proto as Doc).isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(headerTemplate.proto as Doc, true, "headerView");
+            Doc.GetProto(headerTemplate).isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(Doc.GetProto(headerTemplate), true, "headerView");
             doc.emptyHeader = headerTemplate;
         }
-        if (doc.emptyComparison === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyComparison = Docs.Create.ComparisonDocument({ ...standardOps(), title: "Comparer", _width: 300, _height: 300 });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyScript === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyScript = Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(undefined, { ...standardOps(), title: "script", _width: 200, _height: 250, });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyScreenshot === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyScreenshot = Docs.Create.ScreenshotDocument({ ...standardOps(), title: "empty screenshot", _width: 400, _height: 200 });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyWall === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyWall = Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: "recording", system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) });
-            (doc.emptyWall as Doc).recording = true;
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyAudio === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyAudio = Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, { ...standardOps(), title: "audio recording", x: 200, y: 200, _width: 200, _height: 100, });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyNote === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyNote = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { ...standardOps(), title: "text note", _width: 200, _autoHeight: true });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyButton === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyButton = Docs.Create.ButtonDocument({ ...standardOps(), title: "Button", _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyWebpage === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyWebpage = Docs.Create.WebDocument("http://www.bing.com/", { ...standardOps(), title: "webpage", _nativeWidth: 850, _height: 512, _width: 400, useCors: true, });
-        }
-        if (doc.emptyMap === undefined) {
-            doc.emptyMap = Docs.Create.MapDocument([], { ...standardOps(), title: "map", _showSidebar: true, _width: 800, _height: 600, });
-        }
-        if (doc.activeMobileMenu === undefined) {
-            this.setupActiveMobileMenu(doc);
-        }
+        
         return [
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a note in a new pane, drag for a note", title: "Note", icon: "sticky-note", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.clickFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyNote as Doc, noviceMode: true, clickFactory: doc.emptyNote as Doc, },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a collection in a new pane, drag for a collection", title: "Col", icon: "folder", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.clickFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyCollection as Doc, noviceMode: true, clickFactory: doc.emptyPane as Doc, },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a webpage in a new pane, drag for a webpage", title: "Web", icon: "globe-asia", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyWebpage as Doc, noviceMode: true },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a progressive slide", title: "Slide", icon: "file", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptySlide as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a comparison box in a new pane, drag for a comparison box", title: "Compare", icon: "columns", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyComparison as Doc, noviceMode: true },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a screen grabber in a new pane, drag for a screen grabber", title: "Grab", icon: "photo-video", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyScreenshot as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a videoWall", title: "Wall", icon: "photo-video", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyWall as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create an audio recorder in a overlay pane, drag for an audio recorder", title: "Audio", icon: "microphone", click: 'openInOverlay(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyAudio as Doc, noviceMode: true },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a button in a new pane, drag for a button", title: "Button", icon: "bolt", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyButton as Doc },
-            // { toolTip: "Tap to create a presentation in a new pane, drag for a presentation", title: "Trails", icon: "pres-trail", click: 'openOnRight(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: `Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)`, dragFactory: doc.emptyPresentation as Doc, noviceMode: true },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a scripting box in a new pane, drag for a scripting box", title: "Script", icon: "terminal", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyScript as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a mobile view in a new pane, drag for a mobile view", title: "Phone", icon: "mobile", click: 'openOnRight(Doc.UserDoc().activeMobileMenu)', drag: 'this.dragFactory', dragFactory: doc.activeMobileMenu as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a custom header note document, drag for a custom header note", title: "Custom", icon: "window-maximize", click: 'openOnRight(delegateDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'delegateDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyHeader as Doc },
-            { toolTip: "Toggle a Calculator REPL", title: "repl", icon: "calculator", click: 'addOverlayWindow("ScriptingRepl", { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: "Scripting REPL" })' },
-            { toolTip: "Tap to create a map in the new pane, drag for a map", title: "Map", icon: "map-marker-alt", click: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', drag: 'copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)', dragFactory: doc.emptyMap as Doc, noviceMode: true }
-        ];
-
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a note",            title: "Note", icon: "sticky-note",   dragFactory: doc.emptyNote as Doc,        scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a collection",      title: "Col", icon: "folder",         dragFactory: doc.emptyCollection as Doc,  scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.clickFactory))', onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, clickFactory: doc.emptyPane as Doc, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a webpage",         title: "Web", icon: "globe-asia",     dragFactory: doc.emptyWebpage as Doc,     scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a comparison box",  title: "Compare", icon: "columns",    dragFactory: doc.emptyComparison as Doc,  scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create an audio recorder", title: "Audio", icon: "microphone",   dragFactory: doc.emptyAudio as Doc,       scripts: {onClick: 'openInOverlay(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a map",             title: "Map", icon: "map-marker-alt", dragFactory: doc.emptyMap as Doc,         scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a custom note",     title: "Custom", icon: "window-maximize", dragFactory: doc.emptyHeader as Doc,  scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(delegateDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', onDragStart: '{ return delegateDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'},  },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a progressive slide",title: "Slide", icon: "file",        dragFactory: doc.emptySlide as Doc,       scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, funcs: { hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a screen grabber",  title: "Grab", icon: "photo-video",   dragFactory: doc.emptyScreenshot as Doc,  scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, funcs: { hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a WebCam recorder", title: "WebCam", icon: "photo-video", dragFactory: doc.emptyWebCam as Doc,      scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, funcs: { hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'}},
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a button",          title: "Button", icon: "bolt",        dragFactory: doc.emptyButton as Doc,      scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, funcs:{ hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a scripting box",   title: "Script", icon: "terminal",    dragFactory: doc.emptyScript as Doc,      scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))',  onDragStart: '{ return copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory);}'}, funcs: { hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'}},
+            { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a mobile view",     title: "Phone", icon: "mobile",       dragFactory: doc.activeMobileMenu as Doc, scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(Doc.UserDoc().activeMobileMenu)',     onDragStart: 'this.dragFactory'},                             funcs: {hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+            { toolTip: "Toggle a Calculator REPL",                title: "repl", icon: "calculator",                                              scripts: {onClick: 'addOverlayWindow("ScriptingRepl", { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: "Scripting REPL" })' } },
+         // { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a presentation",    title: "Trails", icon: "pres-trail",  dragFactory: doc.emptyPresentation as Doc,scripts: {onClick: 'openOnRight(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory))', onDragStart: `Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = copyDragFactory(this.dragFactory)`}, funcs: {hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+             ];
     }
 
-    // setup the "creator" buttons for the sidebar-- eg. the default set of draggable document creation tools
-    static setupCreatorButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        let alreadyCreatedButtons: string[] = [];
-        const dragCreatorSet = Cast(doc.myItemCreators, Doc, null);
-        if (dragCreatorSet) {
-            alreadyCreatedButtons = DocListCast(dragCreatorSet.data).map(d => StrCast(d.title));
-        }
-        const buttons = CurrentUserUtils.creatorBtnDescriptors(doc).filter(d => !alreadyCreatedButtons?.includes(d.title));
-        const creatorBtns = buttons.map(({ title, toolTip, icon, ignoreClick, drag, click, backgroundColor, dragFactory, noviceMode, clickFactory }) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-            _nativeWidth: 50, _nativeHeight: 50, _width: 35, _height: 35,
-            icon,
-            title,
-            toolTip,
-            btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton,
-            ignoreClick,
-            _dropAction: "alias",
-            onDragStart: drag ? ScriptField.MakeFunction(drag) : undefined,
-            onClick: click ? ScriptField.MakeScript(click) : undefined,
-            backgroundColor: backgroundColor ? backgroundColor : Colors.DARK_GRAY,
-            color: Colors.WHITE,
-            _hideContextMenu: true,
-            _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
-            _stayInCollection: true,
-            dragFactory,
-            clickFactory,
-            hidden: !noviceMode ? ComputedField.MakeFunction("IsNoviceMode()") as any : undefined,
-            system: true,
-        }));
+    /// Initalizes the "creator" buttons for the sidebar-- eg. the default set of draggable document creation tools
+    static setupCreatorButtons(doc: Doc, dragCreatorDoc?:Doc):Doc {
+        const creatorBtns = CurrentUserUtils.creatorBtnDescriptors(doc).map((reqdOpts) => {
+            const btn = dragCreatorDoc ? DocListCast(dragCreatorDoc.data).find(doc => doc.title === reqdOpts.title): undefined;
+            const opts:DocumentOptions = {...OmitKeys(reqdOpts, ["backgroundColor"]).omit,
+                _nativeWidth: 50, _nativeHeight: 50, _width: 35, _height: 35, _hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, _dropAction: "alias",
+                btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, backgroundColor: reqdOpts.backgroundColor ?? Colors.DARK_GRAY, color: Colors.WHITE, system: true,
+                _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
+                };
+            return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(btn, opts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), reqdOpts.scripts, reqdOpts.funcs);
+        });
 
-        if (dragCreatorSet === undefined) {
-            doc.myItemCreators = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(creatorBtns, {
-                title: "Basic Item Creators", _showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true,
-                _autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 40, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true,
-                dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }), system: true
-            }));
-        } else {
-            creatorBtns.forEach(nb => Doc.AddDocToList(doc.myItemCreators as Doc, "data", nb));
-        }
-        return doc.myItemCreators as Doc;
+        const reqdOpts = {
+            title: "Basic Item Creators", _showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, system: true,
+            _autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 40, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true,
+        };
+        const reqdScripts = { dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)" };
+        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(dragCreatorDoc, reqdOpts, creatorBtns) ?? Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(creatorBtns, reqdOpts), reqdScripts);
     }
 
-    static menuBtnDescriptions(doc: Doc) {
-        const badgeValue = ScriptField.MakeFunction("((len) => len ? len: undefined)(docList(self.target.data).filter(doc => !docList(self.target.viewed).includes(doc)).length)")
+    /// returns descriptions needed to buttons for the left sidebar to open up panes displaying different collections of documents
+    static leftSidebarMenuBtnDescriptions(doc: Doc):{title:string, target:Doc, icon:string, scripts:{[key:string]:any}, funcs?:{[key:string]:any}}[] {
+        const badgeValue = "((len) => len && len !== '0' ? len: undefined)(docList(self.target.data).filter(doc => !docList(self.target.viewed).includes(doc)).length.toString())";
         return [
-            { title: "Dashboards", target: Cast(doc.myDashboards, Doc, null), icon: "desktop", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "Search", target: Cast(doc.mySearchPanel, Doc, null), icon: "search", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "Files", target: Cast(doc.myFilesystem, Doc, null), icon: "folder-open", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "Tools", target: Cast(doc.myTools, Doc, null), icon: "wrench", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)', hidden: "IsNoviceMode()" },
-            { title: "Imports", target: Cast(doc.myImportDocs, Doc, null), icon: "upload", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "Recently Closed", target: Cast(doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs, Doc, null), icon: "archive", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "Shared  with me", target: Cast(doc.mySharedDocs, Doc, null), icon: "users", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)', badgeValue},
-            { title: "Trails", target: Cast(doc.myTrails, Doc, null), icon: "pres-trail", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)' },
-            { title: "User Doc", target: Cast(doc.myUserDoc, Doc, null), icon: "address-card", click: 'selectMainMenu(self)', hidden: "IsNoviceMode()" },
+            { title: "Dashboards",      target: CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards,     icon: "desktop",     scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "Search",          target: CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher,       icon: "search",      scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "Files",           target: CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem,     icon: "folder-open", scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "Tools",           target: CurrentUserUtils.MyTools,          icon: "wrench",      scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'}, funcs: {hidden: "IsNoviceMode()"} },
+            { title: "Imports",         target: CurrentUserUtils.MyImports,        icon: "upload",      scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "Recently Closed", target: CurrentUserUtils.MyRecentlyClosed, icon: "archive",     scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "Shared with me",  target: CurrentUserUtils.MySharedDocs,     icon: "users",       scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'}, funcs:{badgeValue:badgeValue}},
+            { title: "Trails",          target: CurrentUserUtils.MyTrails,         icon: "pres-trail",  scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'} },
+            { title: "User Doc",        target: CurrentUserUtils.MyUserDocView,    icon: "address-card",scripts:{onClick: 'selectMainMenu(self)'}, funcs: {hidden: "IsNoviceMode()"} },
         ];
     }
 
-    static async setupMenuPanel(doc: Doc, sharingDocumentId: string, linkDatabaseId: string) {
-        if (doc.menuStack === undefined) {
-            await this.setupLinkDocs(doc, linkDatabaseId);
-            await this.setupSharedDocs(doc, sharingDocumentId);  // sets up the right sidebar collection for mobile upload documents and sharing
-            const menuBtns = CurrentUserUtils.menuBtnDescriptions(doc).map(({ title, target, icon, click, badgeValue, hidden }) =>
-                Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-                    icon,
-                    btnType: ButtonType.MenuButton,
-                    _stayInCollection: true,
-                    _hideContextMenu: true,
-                    _chromeHidden: true,
-                    system: true,
-                    dontUndo: true,
-                    title,
-                    target,
-                    dontRegisterView: true,
-                    hidden: hidden ? ComputedField.MakeFunction("IsNoviceMode()") as any : undefined,
-                    _dropAction: "alias",
-                    _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction", "_stayInCollection"]),
-                    _width: 60,
-                    _height: 60,
-                    badgeValue,
-                    onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript(click, { scriptContext: "any" })
-                })
-            );
-
-            doc.searchBtn = menuBtns.find(btn => btn.title === "Search");
-
-            doc.menuStack = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.StackingDocument(menuBtns, {
-                title: "menuItemPanel",
-                childDropAction: "alias",
-                _chromeHidden: true,
-                backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY,
-                boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",
-                dontRegisterView: true,
-                dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }),
-                ignoreClick: true,
-                _gridGap: 0,
-                _yMargin: 0,
-                _yPadding: 0, _xMargin: 0, _autoHeight: false, _width: 60, _columnWidth: 60, _lockedPosition: true, system: true
-            }));
-        }
-        return doc.menuStack as Doc;
+    /// setup the left sidebar container and panels that can be displayed within it
+    static setupLeftSidebarPanel(doc: Doc, field="myLeftSidebarPanel") {
+        this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), {}) ?? (doc[field] = ((doc:Doc) => {doc.system = true; return doc;})(new Doc()));
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupSearcher(doc, "mySearcher");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupToolsBtnPanel(doc, "myTools");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupImportSidebar(doc, "myImports");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(doc, "myDashboards");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupTrails(doc, "myTrails");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupFilesystem(doc, "myFilesystem");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupRecentlyClosedDocs(doc, "myRecentlyClosed");
+        CurrentUserUtils.setupUserDocView(doc, "myUserDocView");
     }
 
+    /// Initializes the left sidebar menu buttons and the panels they open up
+    static setupLeftSidebarMenu(doc: Doc, field="myLeftSidebarMenu") {
+        this.setupLeftSidebarPanel(doc); // the tools/panels opened up by the menu buttons
+        const myLeftSidebarMenu = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const menuBtns = CurrentUserUtils.leftSidebarMenuBtnDescriptions(doc).map(({ title, target, icon, scripts, funcs }) => {
+            const btnDoc = myLeftSidebarMenu ? DocListCast(myLeftSidebarMenu.data).find(doc => doc.title === title) : undefined;
+            const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+                title, icon, target, btnType: ButtonType.MenuButton, system: true, dontUndo: true,  dontRegisterView: true,
+                _width: 60, _height: 60,  _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, _dropAction: "alias",
+                _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction", "_stayInCollection"]),
+            };
+            return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(btnDoc, reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), scripts, funcs);
+        });
 
-    // Sets up mobile menu if it is undefined creates a new one, otherwise returns existing menu
-    static setupActiveMobileMenu(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.activeMobileMenu === undefined) {
-            doc.activeMobileMenu = this.setupMobileMenu();
-        }
-        return doc.activeMobileMenu as Doc;
+        const reqdStackOpts:DocumentOptions ={
+            title: "menuItemPanel", childDropAction: "alias", backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY, boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",  dontRegisterView: true, ignoreClick: true,
+            _chromeHidden: true, _gridGap: 0, _yMargin: 0, _yPadding: 0, _xMargin: 0, _autoHeight: false, _width: 60, _columnWidth: 60, _lockedPosition: true, system: true
+        };
+        const reqdScripts = { dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)" }
+        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(myLeftSidebarMenu, reqdStackOpts, menuBtns) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.StackingDocument(menuBtns, reqdStackOpts)), reqdScripts);
     }
 
-    // Sets up mobileMenu stacking document
-    static setupMobileMenu() {
-        const menu = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.StackingDocument(this.setupMobileButtons(), {
-            _width: 980, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: false, title: "home", _yMargin: 100, system: true, _chromeHidden: true,
-        }));
-        return menu;
+    // Sets up mobile menu if it is undefined creates a new one, otherwise returns existing menu
+    static setupActiveMobileMenu(doc: Doc, field="activeMobileMenu") {
+        const reqdOpts = { _width: 980, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: false, title: "home", _yMargin: 100, system: true, _chromeHidden: true,};
+        this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts, this.setupMobileButtons()) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.StackingDocument(this.setupMobileButtons(), reqdOpts));
     }
 
-    // SEts up mobile buttons for inside mobile menu
+    // Sets up mobile buttons for inside mobile menu
     static setupMobileButtons(doc?: Doc, buttons?: string[]) {
+        return [];
         const docProtoData: { title: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean, click?: string, backgroundColor?: string, info: string, dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
             { title: "DASHBOARDS", icon: "bars", click: 'switchToMobileLibrary()', backgroundColor: "lightgrey", info: "Access your Dashboards from your mobile, and navigate through all of your documents. " },
             { title: "UPLOAD", icon: "upload", click: 'openMobileUploads()', backgroundColor: "lightgrey", info: "Upload files from your mobile device so they can be accessed on Dash Web." },
@@ -533,375 +506,329 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         });
     }
 
-    static setupLibrary(userDoc: Doc) {
-        return CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(userDoc);
-    }
-
-    // setup the Creator button which will display the creator panel.  This panel will include the drag creators and the color picker.
-    // when clicked, this panel will be displayed in the target container (ie, sidebarContainer)
-    static setupToolsBtnPanel(doc: Doc) {
-        // setup a masonry view of all he creators
-        const creatorBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupCreatorButtons(doc);
-        const templateBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc);
-
-        doc.myCreators = doc.myCreators ?? new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.StackingDocument([creatorBtns, templateBtns], {
-            title: "all Creators", _yMargin: 0, _autoHeight: true, _xMargin: 0, _fitWidth: true,
-            _width: 500, _height: 300, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, system: true, _chromeHidden: true,
-        }));
-        if (!DocListCast(doc.myCreators).includes(creatorBtns) || !DocListCast(doc.myCreators).includes(templateBtns)) Doc.GetProto(doc.myCreators as Doc).data = new List<Doc>([creatorBtns, templateBtns]);
-
-        doc.myColorPicker = doc.myColorPicker ?? new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.ColorDocument({
-            title: "color picker", _width: 220, _dropAction: "alias", _hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, _forceActive: true, _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction", "_stayInCollection", "_hideContextMenu", "forceActive"]), system: true
-        }));
-
-        doc.myTools = doc.myTools ?? new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.StackingDocument([doc.myCreators as Doc], {
-            title: "My Tools", _showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true,
-            system: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, boxShadow: "0 0",
-        })) as any as Doc;
-        if (!DocListCast(doc.myTools).includes(doc.myCreators as Doc)) Doc.GetProto(doc.myTools as Doc).data = new List<Doc>([doc.myCreators as Doc]);
-    }
-
-    static async setupDashboards(doc: Doc) {
-        // setup dashboards library item
-        await doc.myDashboards;
-        if (doc.myDashboards === undefined) {
-            const newDashboard = ScriptField.MakeScript(`createNewDashboard(Doc.UserDoc())`);
-            const newDashboardButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({ onClick: newDashboard, _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Create new dashboard", _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "new dashboard", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, _width: 30, _height: 30, buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", system: true });
-            doc.myDashboards = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {
-                title: "My Dashboards", _showTitle: "title", _height: 400, childHideLinkButton: true, freezeChildren: "remove|add",
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true, buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newDashboardButton,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, isFolder: true, system: true,
-                explainer: "This is your collection of dashboards. A dashboard represents the tab configuration of your workspace. To manage documents as folders, go to the Files."
-            }));
-            const toggleDarkTheme = ScriptField.MakeScript(`this.colorScheme = this.colorScheme ? undefined : "${ColorScheme.Dark}"`);
-            const toggleComic = ScriptField.MakeScript(`toggleComicMode()`);
-            const snapshotDashboard = ScriptField.MakeScript(`snapshotDashboard()`);
-            const shareDashboard = ScriptField.MakeScript(`shareDashboard(self)`);
-            const removeDashboard = ScriptField.MakeScript('removeDashboard(self)');
-            const developerFilter = ScriptField.MakeFunction('!IsNoviceMode()');
-            // (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([newDashboard!, shareDashboard!, removeDashboard!]);
-            // (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Create New Dashboard", "Share Dashboard", "Remove Dashboard"]);
-            // (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuIcons = new List<string>(["plus", "user-friends", "times"]);
-            (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([newDashboard!, toggleDarkTheme!, toggleComic!, snapshotDashboard!, shareDashboard!, removeDashboard!]);
-            (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Create New Dashboard", "Toggle Dark Theme", "Toggle Comic Mode", "Snapshot Dashboard", "Share Dashboard", "Remove Dashboard"]);
-            (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuIcons = new List<string>(["plus", "chalkboard", "tv", "camera", "users", "times"]);
-            (doc.myDashboards as any as Doc).childContextMenuFilters = new List<ScriptField>([undefined as any, developerFilter, developerFilter, developerFilter, undefined as any, undefined as any]);
-        }
-        return doc.myDashboards as any as Doc;
+    /// Search option on the left side button panel
+    static setupSearcher(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            dontRegisterView: true, backgroundColor: "dimgray", ignoreClick: true, title: "Search Panel", system: true, childDropAction: "alias", 
+            _lockedPosition: true, _viewType: CollectionViewType.Schema, _searchDoc: true,
+        };
+        this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.SearchDocument(reqdOpts));
     }
 
-    static setupPresentations(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.myTrails === undefined) {
-            const newTrail = ScriptField.MakeScript(`createNewPresentation()`);
-            const newTrailButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({ onClick: newTrail, _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Create new trail", _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "New trail", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, _width: 30, _height: 30, buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", system: true });
-            doc.myTrails = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {
-                title: "My Trails", _showTitle: "title", _height: 100,
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _fitWidth: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true, buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newTrailButton,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", system: true,
-                explainer: "All of the trails that you have created will appear here."
-            }));
-            (doc.myTrails as any as Doc).contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([newTrail!]);
-            (doc.myTrails as any as Doc).contextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Create New Trail"]);
-            (doc.myTrails as any as Doc).childContextMenuIcons = new List<string>(["plus"]);
-        }
-        return doc.myTrails as any as Doc;
+    /// Initializes the panel of draggable tools that is opened from the left sidebar.
+    static setupToolsBtnPanel(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        const myTools = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const creatorBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupCreatorButtons(doc, DocListCast(myTools?.data)?.length ? DocListCast(myTools.data)[0]:undefined);
+        //const templateBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc);
+        const reqdToolOps:DocumentOptions = {
+            title: "My Tools", system: true, ignoreClick: true, boxShadow: "0 0",
+            _showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, 
+        };
+        this.AssignOpts(myTools, reqdToolOps, [creatorBtns, /*templateBtns*/]) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([creatorBtns, /*templateBtns*/], reqdToolOps));
     }
 
-    static async setupFilesystem(doc: Doc) {
-        await doc.myFilesystem;
-        if (doc.myFilesystem === undefined) {
-            doc.myFileOrphans = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "Unfiled", _stayInCollection: true, system: true, isFolder: true });
-            // doc.myFileRoot = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "file root", _stayInCollection: true, system: true, isFolder: true });
-            const newFolder = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`makeTopLevelFolder()`, { scriptContext: "any" })!;
-            const newFolderButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-                onClick: newFolder, _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Create new folder",
-                _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "New folder", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, _width: 30, _height: 30,
-                buttonText: "New folder", icon: "folder-plus", system: true
-            });
-            doc.myFilesystem = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([doc.myFileOrphans as Doc], {
-                title: "My Documents", _showTitle: "title", buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newFolderButton, _height: 100,
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,
-                isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "proto", system: true,
-                explainer: "This is your file manager where you can create folders to keep track of documents independently of your dashboard."
-            }));
-            (doc.myFilesystem as any as Doc).contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([newFolder]);
-            (doc.myFilesystem as any as Doc).contextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Create new folder"]);
-            (doc.myFilesystem as any as Doc).childContextMenuIcons = new List<string>(["plus"]);
+    /// initializes the left sidebar dashboard pane
+    static setupDashboards(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        var myDashboards = DocCast(doc[field]);
+
+        const newDashboard = `createNewDashboard(Doc.UserDoc())`;
+        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true,  _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true,
+             title: "new dashboard", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new dashboard", buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", system: true };
+        const reqdBtnScript = {onClick: newDashboard,}
+        const newDashboardButton = this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(myDashboards?.buttonMenuDoc), reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), reqdBtnScript);
+       
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            title: "My Dashboards", childHideLinkButton: true, freezeChildren: "remove|add", treeViewHideTitle: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true,
+            targetDropAction: "same", treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, isFolder: true, system: true,  treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true, 
+            buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newDashboardButton, childDropAction: "alias",
+            _showTitle: "title", _height: 400, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true,
+            contextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Create New Dashboard"]),
+            contextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["plus"]),
+            childContextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Toggle Dark Theme", "Toggle Comic Mode", "Snapshot Dashboard", "Share Dashboard", "Remove Dashboard"]),// entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuScripts, childContextMenuIcons, and childContextMenuFilters
+            childContextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["chalkboard", "tv", "camera", "users", "times"]), // entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuScripts, childContextMenuLabels, and childContextMenuFilters
+            explainer: "This is your collection of dashboards. A dashboard represents the tab configuration of your workspace. To manage documents as folders, go to the Files."
+        };
+        myDashboards = this.AssignOpts(myDashboards, reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], reqdOpts));
+        const toggleDarkTheme = `this.colorScheme = this.colorScheme ? undefined : "${ColorScheme.Dark}"`;
+        const contextMenuScripts = [newDashboard];
+        const childContextMenuScripts = [toggleDarkTheme, `toggleComicMode()`, `snapshotDashboard()`, `shareDashboard(self)`, 'removeDashboard(self)']; // entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuLabels, childContextMenuIcons, and childContextMenuFilters
+        const childContextMenuFilters =  ['!IsNoviceMode()', '!IsNoviceMode()', '!IsNoviceMode()', undefined as any, undefined as any];// entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuLabels, childContextMenuIcons, and childContextMenuScripts
+        if (Cast(myDashboards.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== contextMenuScripts.length) {
+            myDashboards.contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>(contextMenuScripts.map(script => ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
+        } 
+        if (Cast(myDashboards.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== childContextMenuScripts.length) {
+            myDashboards.childContextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>(childContextMenuScripts.map(script => ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
+        } 
+        if (Cast(myDashboards.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== childContextMenuFilters.length) {
+            myDashboards.childContextMenuFilters = new List<ScriptField>(childContextMenuFilters.map(script => !script ? script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
         }
-        return doc.myFilesystem as any as Doc;
     }
 
-    static setupRecentlyClosedDocs(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs === undefined) {
-            const clearAll = ScriptField.MakeScript(`getProto(self).data = new List([])`);
-            const clearDocsButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({ onClick: clearAll, _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Empty recently closed", _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "Empty", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, _width: 30, _height: 30, buttonText: "Empty", icon: "trash", system: true });
-            doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {
-                title: "My Recently Closed", _showTitle: "title", buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: clearDocsButton, childHideLinkButton: true,
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", system: true,
-                explainer: "Recently closed documents appear in this menu. They will only be deleted if you explicity empty this list."
-
-            }));
-            (doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs as any as Doc).contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([clearAll!]);
-            (doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs as any as Doc).contextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Empty recently closed"]);
-            (doc.myRecentlyClosedDocs as any as Doc).contextMenuIcons = new List<string>(["trash"]);
-
+    /// initializes the left sidebar Trails pane
+    static setupTrails(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        var myTrails = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true, _width: 30, _height: 30,  _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, 
+            title: "New trail",  toolTip: "Create new trail", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", system: true };
+        const reqdBtnScript = {onClick: `createNewPresentation()`};
+        const newTrailButton = this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(myTrails?.buttonMenuDoc), reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), reqdBtnScript);
+        
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            title: "My Trails", _showTitle: "title", _height: 100,
+            treeViewHideTitle: true, _fitWidth: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true, buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newTrailButton,
+            contextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["plus"]),
+            contextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Create New Trail"]),
+            _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", system: true,
+            explainer: "All of the trails that you have created will appear here."
+        };
+        myTrails = this.AssignOpts(myTrails, reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([],reqdOpts ));
+        const contextMenuScripts = [reqdBtnScript.onClick];
+        if (Cast(myTrails.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== contextMenuScripts.length) {
+            myTrails.contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>(contextMenuScripts.map(script => ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
         }
     }
 
-    static setupFilterDocs(doc: Doc) {
-        // setup Filter item
-        if (doc.currentFilter === undefined) {
-            doc.currentFilter = Docs.Create.FilterDocument({
-                title: "Unnamed Filter", _height: 150,
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _xPadding: 5, _yPadding: 5, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "none",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", system: true, _autoHeight: true, _fitWidth: true
-            });
-            const clearAll = ScriptField.MakeScript(`getProto(self).data = new List([])`);
-            (doc.currentFilter as Doc).contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([clearAll!]);
-            (doc.currentFilter as Doc).contextMenuLabels = new List<string>(["Clear All"]);
-            (doc.currentFilter as Doc).filterBoolean = "AND";
+    /// initializes the left sidebar File system pane
+    static setupFilesystem(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        var myFilesystem = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const reqdOrphansOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "Unfiled", _stayInCollection: true, system: true, isFolder: true };
+        this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc.myFileOrphans), reqdOrphansOpts) ?? (doc.myFileOrphans = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], reqdOrphansOpts));
+        
+        const newFolder = `makeTopLevelFolder()`;
+        const newFolderOpts: DocumentOptions = {
+            _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _width: 30, _height: 30,
+            title: "New folder", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new folder", buttonText: "New folder", icon: "folder-plus", system: true
+        };
+        const newFolderScript = { onClick: newFolder};
+        const newFolderButton = this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(myFilesystem?.buttonMenuDoc), newFolderOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(newFolderOpts), newFolderScript);
+        
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _showTitle: "title", _height: 100, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true, 
+            title: "My Documents", buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newFolderButton, treeViewHideTitle: true, targetDropAction: "proto", system: true,
+            isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, 
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true, childDropAction: "alias",
+            childContextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Create new folder"]),
+            childContextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["plus"]),
+            explainer: "This is your file manager where you can create folders to keep track of documents independently of your dashboard."
+        };
+        myFilesystem = this.AssignOpts(myFilesystem, reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([DocCast(doc.myFileOrphans)], reqdOpts));
+        const childContextMenuScripts = [newFolder];
+        if (Cast(myFilesystem.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== childContextMenuScripts.length) {
+            myFilesystem.childContextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>(childContextMenuScripts.map(script => ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
         }
     }
 
-    static setupUserDoc(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.myUserDoc === undefined) {
-            doc.treeViewOpen = true;
-            doc.treeViewExpandedView = "fields";
-            doc.myUserDoc = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([doc], {
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, title: "My UserDoc", _showTitle: "title",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", system: true
-            })) as any as Doc;
+    /// initializes the panel displaying docs that have been recently closed
+    static setupRecentlyClosedDocs(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _showTitle: "title", _lockedPosition: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, 
+            title: "My Recently Closed", buttonMenu: true, childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewHideTitle: true, childDropAction: "alias", system: true,
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,  boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same",
+            contextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Empty recently closed"]),
+            contextMenuIcons:new List<string>(["trash"]),
+            explainer: "Recently closed documents appear in this menu. They will only be deleted if you explicity empty this list."
+        };
+        const recentlyClosed = this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], reqdOpts));
+
+        const clearAll = (target:string) => `getProto(${target}).data = new List([])`;
+        const clearBtnsOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 30, _height: 30, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, 
+            title: "Empty", target: recentlyClosed, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,  buttonText: "Empty", icon: "trash", system: true,
+            toolTip: "Empty recently closed",};
+        const clearBtnsScripts = {onClick: clearAll("self.target")}
+        const clearDocsButton = this.AssignScripts(
+                this.AssignOpts(DocCast(recentlyClosed?.clearDocsBtn), clearBtnsOpts) ?? (recentlyClosed.clearDocsBtn = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(clearBtnsOpts)),
+                clearBtnsScripts);
+
+        if (recentlyClosed.buttonMenuDoc !== clearDocsButton) Doc.GetProto(recentlyClosed).buttonMenuDoc = clearDocsButton;
+        
+        if (!Cast(recentlyClosed.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField),null)?.find((script) => script.script.originalScript === clearAll("self"))) {
+            recentlyClosed.contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([ScriptField.MakeScript(clearAll("self"))!])
         }
     }
 
-    static setupSidebarContainer(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.sidebar === undefined) {
-            const sidebarContainer = new Doc();
-            sidebarContainer.system = true;
-            doc.sidebar = new PrefetchProxy(sidebarContainer);
-        }
-        return doc.sidebar as Doc;
+    /// creates a new, empty filter doc
+    static createFilterDoc() {
+        const clearAll = `getProto(self).data = new List([])`;
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            _lockedPosition: true,  _autoHeight: true, _fitWidth: true, _height: 150, _xPadding: 5, _yPadding: 5, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, 
+            title: "Unnamed Filter", filterBoolean: "AND", boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", ignoreClick: true, system: true,
+            childDropAction: "none", treeViewHideTitle: true, treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, 
+            childContextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Clear All"]),
+            childContextMenuScripts: new List<ScriptField>([ScriptField.MakeFunction(clearAll)!]),
+        };
+        return Docs.Create.FilterDocument(reqdOpts);
     }
 
-    // setup the list of sidebar mode buttons which determine what is displayed in the sidebar
-    static async setupSidebarButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupSidebarContainer(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupToolsBtnPanel(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupImportSidebar(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupPresentations(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupFilesystem(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupRecentlyClosedDocs(doc);
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupUserDoc(doc);
+    /// initializes the left sidebar panel view of the UserDoc
+    static setupUserDocView(doc: Doc, field:string) {
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            _lockedPosition: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, title: Doc.CurrentUserEmail +"-view",
+            boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", ignoreClick: true, system: true,
+            treeViewHideTitle: true, treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150
+        };
+        if (!doc[field]) this.AssignOpts(doc, {treeViewOpen: true, treeViewExpandedView: "fields" })
+        this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([doc], reqdOpts));
     }
 
-    static linearButtonList = (opts: DocumentOptions, docs: Doc[]) => new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.LinearDocument(docs, {
-        ...opts, _gridGap: 0, _xMargin: 5, _yMargin: 5, boxShadow: "0 0", _forceActive: true,
+    static linearButtonList = (title: string, opts: DocumentOptions, docs: Doc[]) => Docs.Create.LinearDocument(docs, {
+        title, ...opts, _gridGap: 0, _xMargin: 5, _yMargin: 5, boxShadow: "0 0", _forceActive: true,
         dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }),
         _lockedPosition: true, system: true, flexDirection: "row"
-    })) as any as Doc
+    })
 
-    static createToolButton = (opts: DocumentOptions) => new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
+    static createToolButton = (opts: DocumentOptions) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
         btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, _forceActive: true, _dropAction: "alias", _hideContextMenu: true, _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_dropAction", "_hideContextMenu", "stayInCollection"]), _nativeWidth: 40, _nativeHeight: 40, _width: 40, _height: 40, system: true, ...opts,
-    })) as any as Doc
-
-    /// sets up the default list of buttons to be shown in the expanding button menu at the bottom of the Dash window
-    static setupDockedButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.dockedBtns === undefined) {
-            const dockBtn = (opts: DocumentOptions) => CurrentUserUtils.createToolButton({ _width: 30, _height: 30, dontUndo: true, _stayInCollection: true, ...opts });
-            const btnDescs = [
-                { title: "undo", opts: () => ({ icon: "undo-alt", onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("undo()"), toolTip: "Click to undo" }) },
-                { title: "redo", opts: () => ({ icon: "redo-alt", onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("redo()"), toolTip: "Click to redo" }) }
-            ];
-            doc.dockedBtns = CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList({
-                title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, linearViewFloating: true,
-                childDontRegisterViews: true, linearViewIsExpanded: true, linearViewExpandable: true, ignoreClick: true
-            }, btnDescs.map(desc => doc[`dockedBtn-${desc.title}`] as Doc ?? (doc[`dockedBtn-${desc.title}`] = dockBtn({ title: desc.title, ...desc.opts() }))));
+    })
+
+    /// initializes the required buttons in the expanding button menu at the bottom of the Dash window
+    static setupDockedButtons(doc: Doc, field="myDockedBtns") {
+        const dockedBtns = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const dockBtn = (title:string, onClick: string, opts: DocumentOptions) => {
+            const btn = this.AssignOpts(DocListCast(dockedBtns?.data)?.find(doc => doc.title === title), opts) ?? 
+                            CurrentUserUtils.createToolButton({title, ...opts});
+            this.AssignScripts(btn, {onClick})
+            return btn;
         }
+        const btnDescs = [// setup reactions to change the highlights on the undo/redo buttons -- would be better to encode this in the undo/redo buttons, but the undo/redo stacks are not wired up that way yet
+            { title: "undo", click: "undo()", opts: { icon: "undo-alt", toolTip: "Click to undo" }},
+            { title: "redo", click:"redo()", opts: { icon: "redo-alt", toolTip: "Click to redo" }}
+        ];
+        const btns = btnDescs.map(desc => dockBtn(desc.title, desc.click, {_width: 30, _height: 30, dontUndo: true, _stayInCollection: true, ...desc.opts}));
+        const dockBtnsReqdOpts = {
+            title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, linearViewFloating: true,
+            childDontRegisterViews: true, linearViewIsExpanded: true, linearViewExpandable: true, ignoreClick: true
+        };
+        reaction(() => UndoManager.redoStack.slice(), () => Doc.GetProto(btns.find(btn => btn.title === "redo")!).opacity = UndoManager.CanRedo() ? 1 : 0.4, { fireImmediately: true });
+        reaction(() => UndoManager.undoStack.slice(), () => Doc.GetProto(btns.find(btn => btn.title === "undo")!).opacity = UndoManager.CanUndo() ? 1 : 0.4, { fireImmediately: true });
+        return this.AssignOpts(dockedBtns, dockBtnsReqdOpts, btns) ?? (doc[field] = CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList("dockedBtns", dockBtnsReqdOpts, btns));
     }
 
-    static textTools(doc: Doc) {
-        const tools: Button[] =
-            [
-                {
-                    title: "Font", toolTip: "Font", width: 100, btnType: ButtonType.DropdownList, ignoreClick: true,
-                    list: ["Roboto", "Roboto Mono", "Nunito", "Times New Roman", "Arial", "Georgia",
-                        "Comic Sans MS", "Tahoma", "Impact", "Crimson Text"],
-                    script: 'setFont(value, _readOnly_)'
-                },
-                { title: "Size", toolTip: "Font size", width: 75, btnType: ButtonType.NumberButton, numBtnMax: 200, numBtnMin: 0, numBtnType: NumButtonType.DropdownOptions, ignoreClick: true, script: 'setFontSize(value, _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Color", toolTip: "Font color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, icon: "font", ignoreClick: true, script: 'setFontColor(value, _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Bold", toolTip: "Bold (Ctrl+B)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "bold", click: 'toggleBold(_readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Italic", toolTip: "Italic (Ctrl+I)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "italic", click: 'toggleItalic(_readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Under", toolTip: "Underline (Ctrl+U)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "underline", click: 'toggleUnderline(_readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Bullets", toolTip: "Bullet List", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "list", click: 'setBulletList("bullet", _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "#", toolTip: "Number List", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "list-ol", click: 'setBulletList("decimal", _readOnly_)' },
-
-                // { title: "Strikethrough", tooltip: "Strikethrough", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "strikethrough", click: 'toggleStrikethrough()'},
-                // { title: "Superscript", tooltip: "Superscript", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "superscript", click: 'toggleSuperscript()'},
-                // { title: "Subscript", tooltip: "Subscript", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "subscript", click: 'toggleSubscript()'},
-                { title: "Left", toolTip: "Left align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-left", click: 'setAlignment("left", _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Center", toolTip: "Center align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-center", click: 'setAlignment("center", _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Right", toolTip: "Right align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-right", click: 'setAlignment("right", _readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "NoLink", toolTip: "Auto Link", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "link", click: 'toggleNoAutoLinkAnchor(_readOnly_)' },
-            ];
-        return tools;
+    static textTools():Button[] {
+        return [
+            {
+                title: "Font", toolTip: "Font", width: 100, btnType: ButtonType.DropdownList, ignoreClick: true,
+                btnList: new List<string>(["Roboto", "Roboto Mono", "Nunito", "Times New Roman", "Arial", "Georgia", "Comic Sans MS", "Tahoma", "Impact", "Crimson Text"]),
+                scripts :{script : 'setFont(value, _readOnly_)'}
+            },
+            { title: "Size", toolTip: "Font size", width: 75, btnType: ButtonType.NumberButton, numBtnMax: 200, numBtnMin: 0, numBtnType: NumButtonType.DropdownOptions, ignoreClick: true, scripts: {script: '{ return setFontSize(value, _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Color", toolTip: "Font color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, icon: "font", ignoreClick: true, scripts:{script: '{ return setFontColor(value, _readOnly_); }'}},
+            { title: "Bold", toolTip: "Bold (Ctrl+B)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "bold", scripts: {onClick: '{ return toggleBold(_readOnly_); }'} },
+            { title: "Italic", toolTip: "Italic (Ctrl+I)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "italic", scripts: {onClick: '{ return toggleItalic(_readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Under", toolTip: "Underline (Ctrl+U)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "underline",scripts: {onClick:'{ return toggleUnderline(_readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Bullets", toolTip: "Bullet List", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "list", scripts: {onClick: '{ return setBulletList("bullet", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "#", toolTip: "Number List", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "list-ol", scripts: {onClick: '{ return setBulletList("decimal", _readOnly_);}'} },
+
+            // { title: "Strikethrough", tooltip: "Strikethrough", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "strikethrough", scripts: {onClick:: 'toggleStrikethrough()'}},
+            // { title: "Superscript", tooltip: "Superscript", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "superscript", scripts: {onClick:: 'toggleSuperscript()'}},
+            // { title: "Subscript", tooltip: "Subscript", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "subscript", scripts: {onClick:: 'toggleSubscript()'}},
+            { title: "Left", toolTip: "Left align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-left", scripts: {onClick:'{ return setAlignment("left", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            { title: "Center", toolTip: "Center align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-center", scripts: {onClick:'{ return setAlignment("center", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Right", toolTip: "Right align", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "align-right", scripts: {onClick:'{ return setAlignment("right", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "NoLink", toolTip: "Auto Link", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "link", scripts: {onClick:'{ return toggleNoAutoLinkAnchor(_readOnly_);}'}},
+        ];
     }
 
-    static inkTools(doc: Doc) {
-        const tools: Button[] = [
-            { title: "Pen", toolTip: "Pen (Ctrl+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen-nib", click: 'setActiveInkTool("pen", _readOnly_)' },
-            { title: "Write", toolTip: "Write (Ctrl+Shift+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen", click: 'setActiveInkTool("write", _readOnly_)' },
-            { title: "Eraser", toolTip: "Eraser (Ctrl+E)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "eraser", click: 'setActiveInkTool("eraser", _readOnly_)' },
-            // { title: "Highlighter", toolTip: "Highlighter (Ctrl+H)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "highlighter", click: 'setActiveInkTool("highlighter")' },
-            { title: "Circle", toolTip: "Circle (Ctrl+Shift+C)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "circle", click: 'setActiveInkTool("circle", _readOnly_)' },
+    static inkTools():Button[] {
+        return [
+            { title: "Pen", toolTip: "Pen (Ctrl+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen-nib", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("pen", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            { title: "Write", toolTip: "Write (Ctrl+Shift+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("write", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Eraser", toolTip: "Eraser (Ctrl+E)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "eraser", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("eraser", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            // { title: "Highlighter", toolTip: "Highlighter (Ctrl+H)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "highlighter", scripts:{onClick: 'setActiveInkTool("highlighter")'} },
+            { title: "Circle", toolTip: "Circle (Ctrl+Shift+C)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "circle", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("circle", _readOnly_);}'} },
             // { title: "Square", toolTip: "Square (Ctrl+Shift+S)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "square", click: 'setActiveInkTool("square")' },
-            { title: "Line", toolTip: "Line (Ctrl+Shift+L)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "minus", click: 'setActiveInkTool("line", _readOnly_)' },
-            { title: "Fill", toolTip: "Fill color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "fill-drip", script: "setFillColor(value, _readOnly_)" },
-            { title: "Width", toolTip: "Stroke width", btnType: ButtonType.NumberButton, numBtnType: NumButtonType.Slider, numBtnMin: 1, ignoreClick: true, script: 'setStrokeWidth(value, _readOnly_)' },
-            { title: "Color", toolTip: "Stroke color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, icon: "pen", ignoreClick: true, script: 'setStrokeColor(value, _readOnly_)' },
+            { title: "Line", toolTip: "Line (Ctrl+Shift+L)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "minus", scripts:{onClick: '{ return setActiveInkTool("line", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            { title: "Fill", toolTip: "Fill color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "fill-drip", scripts: {script: "{ return setFillColor(value, _readOnly_);}"} },
+            { title: "Width", toolTip: "Stroke width", btnType: ButtonType.NumberButton, numBtnType: NumButtonType.Slider, numBtnMin: 1, ignoreClick: true, scripts: {script: '{ return setStrokeWidth(value, _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Color", toolTip: "Stroke color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, icon: "pen", ignoreClick: true, scripts: {script: '{ return setStrokeColor(value, _readOnly_);}'} },
         ];
-        return tools;
     }
 
-    static schemaTools(doc: Doc) {
-        const tools: Button[] =
-            [{ title: "Show preview", toolTip: "Show preview of selected document", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, buttonText: "Show Preview", icon: "eye", click: 'toggleSchemaPreview(_readOnly_)', }];
-        return tools;
+    static schemaTools():Button[] {
+        return [{ title: "Show preview", toolTip: "Show preview of selected document", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, buttonText: "Show Preview", icon: "eye", scripts:{onClick:'toggleSchemaPreview(_readOnly_)'}, }];
     }
 
-    static webTools(doc: Doc) {
-        const tools: Button[] =
-            [
-                { title: "Back", toolTip: "Go back", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "arrow-left", click: 'webBack(_readOnly_)' },
-                { title: "Forward", toolTip: "Go forward", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "arrow-right", click: 'webForward(_readOnly_)' },
-                //{ title: "Reload", toolTip: "Reload webpage", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "redo-alt", click: 'webReload()' },
-                { title: "URL", toolTip: "URL", width: 250, btnType: ButtonType.EditableText, icon: "lock", ignoreClick: true, script: 'webSetURL(value, _readOnly_)' },
-            ];
-
-        return tools;
+    static webTools() {
+        return [
+            { title: "Back", toolTip: "Go back", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "arrow-left", click: 'webBack(_readOnly_)' },
+            { title: "Forward", toolTip: "Go forward", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "arrow-right", click: 'webForward(_readOnly_)' },
+            //{ title: "Reload", toolTip: "Reload webpage", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "redo-alt", click: 'webReload()' },
+            { title: "URL", toolTip: "URL", width: 250, btnType: ButtonType.EditableText, icon: "lock", ignoreClick: true, script: 'webSetURL(value, _readOnly_)' },
+        ];
     }
 
-    static contextMenuTools(doc: Doc) {
+    static contextMenuTools():Button[] {
         return [
             {
                 title: "Perspective", toolTip: "View", width: 100, btnType: ButtonType.DropdownList, ignoreClick: true,
-                list: [CollectionViewType.Freeform, CollectionViewType.Schema, CollectionViewType.Tree,
-                CollectionViewType.Stacking, CollectionViewType.Masonry, CollectionViewType.Multicolumn,
-                CollectionViewType.Multirow, CollectionViewType.Time, CollectionViewType.Carousel,
-                CollectionViewType.Carousel3D, CollectionViewType.Linear, CollectionViewType.Map,
-                CollectionViewType.Grid],
-                script: 'setView(value, _readOnly_)',
+                btnList: new List<string>([CollectionViewType.Freeform, CollectionViewType.Schema, CollectionViewType.Tree,
+                    CollectionViewType.Stacking, CollectionViewType.Masonry, CollectionViewType.Multicolumn,
+                    CollectionViewType.Multirow, CollectionViewType.Time, CollectionViewType.Carousel,
+                    CollectionViewType.Carousel3D, CollectionViewType.Linear, CollectionViewType.Map,
+                    CollectionViewType.Grid]),
+                scripts: {script: 'setView(value, _readOnly_)'},
             }, // Always show
-            { title: "Back", toolTip: "Prev Animation Frame", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, click: 'prevKeyFrame(_readOnly_)', icon: "chevron-left", hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()' },
-            { title: "Fwd", toolTip: "Next Animation Frame", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, click: 'nextKeyFrame(_readOnly_)', icon: "chevron-right", hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()' },
-            { title: "Fill", toolTip: "Background Fill Color", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "fill-drip", script: "setBackgroundColor(value, _readOnly_)", hidden: 'selectedDocumentType()' }, // Only when a document is selected
-            { title: "Header", toolTip: "Header Color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "heading", script: "setHeaderColor(value, _readOnly_)", hidden: 'selectedDocumentType()', },
-            { title: "Overlay", toolTip: "Overlay", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "layer-group", click: 'toggleOverlay(_readOnly_)', hidden: 'selectedDocumentType(undefined, "freeform", true)' }, // Only when floating document is selected in freeform
+            { title: "Back", toolTip: "Prev Animation Frame", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,icon: "chevron-left",  scripts:{onClick: 'prevKeyFrame(_readOnly_)'}, funcs: {hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'} },
+            { title: "Fwd", toolTip: "Next Animation Frame", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "chevron-right", scripts:{onClick: 'nextKeyFrame(_readOnly_)'}, funcs: {hidden: 'IsNoviceMode()'}},
+            { title: "Fill", toolTip: "Background Fill Color", width: 20, btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "fill-drip", scripts: { script: "setBackgroundColor(value, _readOnly_)"}, funcs:{ hidden: 'selectedDocumentType()' }}, // Only when a document is selected
+            { title: "Header", toolTip: "Header Color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "heading", scripts: {script: "setHeaderColor(value, _readOnly_)"}, funcs : {hidden: 'selectedDocumentType()'} },
+            { title: "Overlay", toolTip: "Overlay", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "layer-group", scripts: {onClick : 'toggleOverlay(_readOnly_)'}, funcs: {hidden: 'selectedDocumentType(undefined, "freeform", true)'} }, // Only when floating document is selected in freeform
             // { title: "Alias", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, icon: "copy", hidden: 'selectedDocumentType()' }, // Only when a document is selected 
-            { title: "Text", type: "textTools", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.textTools(doc), expanded: 'selectedDocumentType("rtf")' }, // Always available
-            { title: "Ink", type: "inkTools", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.inkTools(doc), expanded: 'selectedDocumentType("ink")' }, // Always available
-            { title: "Web", type: "webTools", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.webTools(doc), hidden: 'selectedDocumentType("web")' }, // Only when Web is selected
-            { title: "Schema", type: "schemaTools", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.schemaTools(doc), hidden: 'selectedDocumentType(undefined, "schema")' } // Only when Schema is selected
+            { title: "Text", icon: "text",  subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.textTools(), funcs: { linearViewIsExpanded: `selectedDocumentType("${DocumentType.RTF}")`} }, // Always available
+            { title: "Ink", icon: "ink", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.inkTools(), funcs: { linearViewIsExpanded: `selectedDocumentType("${DocumentType.INK}")`} }, // Always available
+            { title: "Web", icon: "web", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.webTools(), funcs: { linearViewIsExpanded: `selectedDocumentType("${DocumentType.WEB}")`, hidden: `!selectedDocumentType("${DocumentType.WEB}")`} }, // Only when Web is selected
+            { title: "Schema", icon: "schema", subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.schemaTools(), funcs: { linearViewIsExpanded: `selectedDocumentType(undefined, "${CollectionViewType.Schema}")`, hidden: `!selectedDocumentType(undefined, "${CollectionViewType.Schema}")`} } // Only when Schema is selected
         ];
     }
 
-    // Sets up the default context menu buttons
-    static setupContextMenuButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        const btnFunc = (params: Button) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-            title: params.title, icon: params.icon, toolTip: params.toolTip, color: Colors.WHITE, system: true, dontUndo: true, ignoreClick: params.ignoreClick,
+    /// initializes a context menu button for the top bar context menu
+    static setupContextMenuButton(params:Button, btnDoc?:Doc) {
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            title: params.title, btnType: params.btnType, icon: params.icon, toolTip: params.toolTip, ignoreClick: params.ignoreClick, 
+            numBtnType: params.numBtnType, numBtnMin: params.numBtnMin, numBtnMax: params.numBtnMax,_nativeHeight: 30, btnList: params.btnList,
+            backgroundColor: params.scripts?.onClick ? undefined: "transparent", ///  a bit hacky. if an onClick is specified, then we assume we assume a toggle use onClick to get the backgroundColor (see below).  Otherwise, assume a transparent background
             _nativeWidth: params.width ? params.width : 30,
-            _nativeHeight: 30,
             _width: params.width ? params.width : 30,
             _height: 30,
-            btnType: params.btnType,
-            numBtnType: params.numBtnType, numBtnMin: params.numBtnMin, numBtnMax: params.numBtnMax,
-            btnList: new List<string>(params.list),
+            color: Colors.WHITE, system: true, dontUndo: true, 
             _stayInCollection: true,
             _hideContextMenu: true,
             _lockedPosition: true,
             _dropAction: "alias",
             _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction", "_stayInCollection"]),
-            script: params.script ? ScriptField.MakeScript(params.script, { value: "any" }) : undefined,
-            backgroundColor: params.click ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.click) as any : "transparent",
-            onClick: params.click ? ScriptField.MakeScript(params.click, { scriptContext: "any" }, { _readOnly_: false }) : undefined,
-            hidden: params.hidden ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.hidden) as any : undefined,
-        });
-        if (doc.contextMenuBtns === undefined) {
-            doc.contextMenuBtns = CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList(
-                { title: "menu buttons", flexGap: 0, childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearViewIsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearViewExpandable: false, _height: 35 },
-                CurrentUserUtils.contextMenuTools(doc).map(params =>
-                    !params.subMenu ?
-                        btnFunc(params) :
-                        CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList({
-                            title: params.title,
-                            childDontRegisterViews: true,
-                            linearViewSubMenu: true, flexGap: 0, ignoreClick: true,
-                            linearViewExpandable: true, icon: params.title, _height: 30,
-                            linearViewIsExpanded: params.expanded ? !(ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.expanded) as any) : undefined,
-                            hidden: params.hidden ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.hidden) as any : undefined,
-                        }, params.subMenu.map(btnFunc))));
-        } else {
-            const menuBtnList = DocListCast((doc.contextMenuBtns as Doc).data);
-            let prev = "";
-            CurrentUserUtils.contextMenuTools(doc).forEach(params => {
-                const menuBtnDoc = menuBtnList.find(doc => doc.title === params.title);
-                if (!menuBtnDoc) {
-                    const newMenuBtnDoc = !params.subMenu ?
-                        btnFunc(params) :
-                        CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList({
-                            title: params.title,
-                            childDontRegisterViews: true,
-                            linearViewSubMenu: true, flexGap: 0, ignoreClick: true,
-                            linearViewExpandable: true, icon: params.title, _height: 30,
-                            linearViewIsExpanded: params.expanded ? !(ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.expanded) as any) : undefined,
-                            hidden: params.hidden ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(params.hidden) as any : undefined,
-                        }, params.subMenu.map(btnFunc));
-                    const after = menuBtnList.find(doc => doc.title === prev);
-                    Doc.AddDocToList(doc.contextMenuBtns as Doc, "data", newMenuBtnDoc, after, false, !after);
-                }
-                const subMenuBtnList = menuBtnDoc?.data ? DocListCast(menuBtnDoc.data) : undefined;
-                if (menuBtnDoc && subMenuBtnList && params.subMenu && DocListCast(doc.data).length !== subMenuBtnList.length) {
-                    let prevSub = "";
-                    params.subMenu.forEach(sub => {
-                        if (!subMenuBtnList.find(doc => doc.title === sub.title)) {
-                            const newSubMenuBtnDoc = btnFunc(sub);
-                            const after = subMenuBtnList.find(doc => doc.title === prevSub);
-                            Doc.AddDocToList(menuBtnDoc, "data", newSubMenuBtnDoc, after, false, !prevSub);
-                        }
-                        prevSub = params.title;
-                    });
-                }
-                prev = params.title;
-            });
+        };
+        const reqdFuncs:{[key:string]:any} = {
+            ...params.funcs,
+            backgroundColor: params.scripts?.onClick /// a bit hacky.  if onClick is set, then we assume it returns a color value when queried with '_readOnly_'.  This will be true for toggle buttons, but not generally
         }
+        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(btnDoc, reqdOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdOpts), params.scripts, reqdFuncs);
     }
 
-    // sets up the default set of documents to be shown in the Overlay layer
-    static setupOverlays(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.myOverlayDocs === undefined) {
-            doc.myOverlayDocs = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: "overlay documents", backgroundColor: "#aca3a6", system: true }));
-        }
+    /// Initializes all the default buttons for the top bar context menu
+    static setupContextMenuButtons(doc: Doc, field="myContextMenuBtns") {
+        const ctxtMenuBtnsDoc = DocCast(doc[field]);
+        const ctxtMenuBtns = CurrentUserUtils.contextMenuTools().map(params => {
+            const menuBtnDoc = DocListCast(ctxtMenuBtnsDoc?.data).find(doc => doc.title === params.title);
+            if (!params.subMenu) {
+                return this.setupContextMenuButton(params, menuBtnDoc);
+            } else {
+                const reqdSubMenuOpts = { title: params.title, icon: params.icon, childDontRegisterViews: true, flexGap: 0, _height: 30, ignoreClick: true,
+                    linearViewSubMenu: true, linearViewExpandable: true, };
+                const reqdSubMenuFuncs:{[key:string]:any} = { ...params.funcs};
+                return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(menuBtnDoc, reqdSubMenuOpts) ??
+                        CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList("submenu", reqdSubMenuOpts, params.subMenu.map(sub =>
+                            this.setupContextMenuButton(sub, DocListCast(menuBtnDoc?.data).find(doc => doc.title === sub.title))
+                        )), undefined, reqdSubMenuFuncs);
+            }
+        });
+        const reqdCtxtOpts = { title: "menu buttons", flexGap: 0, childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearViewIsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearViewExpandable: false, _height: 35 };
+        return this.AssignOpts(ctxtMenuBtnsDoc, reqdCtxtOpts) ?? (doc[field] = CurrentUserUtils.linearButtonList("contextMenuButtons", reqdCtxtOpts, ctxtMenuBtns));
     }
 
-    // the initial presentation Doc to use
-    static setupDefaultPresentation(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc["template-presentation"] === undefined) {
-            doc["template-presentation"] = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.PresElementBoxDocument({
-                title: "pres element template", backgroundColor: "transparent", _xMargin: 5, _fitWidth: true, _height: 46, isTemplateDoc: true, isTemplateForField: "data", system: true
-            }));
-        }
+    /// collection of documents rendered in the overlay layer above all tabs and other UI
+    static setupOverlays(doc: Doc, field = "myOverlayDocs") {
+        const reqdOpts = { title: "overlay documents", backgroundColor: "#aca3a6", system: true };
+        return this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], reqdOpts));
     }
-
-    // Sharing sidebar is where shared documents are contained
+    
+    /// The database of all links on all documents
     static async setupLinkDocs(doc: Doc, linkDatabaseId: string) {
         if (doc.myLinkDatabase === undefined) {
             let linkDocs = Docs.newAccount ? undefined : await DocServer.GetRefField(linkDatabaseId);
@@ -915,6 +842,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             doc.myLinkDatabase = new PrefetchProxy(linkDocs);
         }
     }
+
+    /// Shared documents option on the left side button panel
     // A user's sharing document is where all documents that are shared to that user are placed.  
     // When the user views one of these documents, it will be added to the sharing documents 'viewed' list field
     // The sharing document also stores the user's color value which helps distinguish shared documents from personal documents
@@ -941,37 +870,26 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         };
         
         const sharedDocs = Docs.newAccount ? undefined : DocCast(doc.mySharedDocs) ?? DocCast(await DocServer.GetRefField(sharingDocumentId + "outer"));
-        if (!(sharedDocs instanceof Doc)) {
-            doc.mySharedDocs = new PrefetchProxy(
-                Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {...sharedDocOpts, ...sharedRequiredDocOpts}, sharingDocumentId + "outer", sharingDocumentId));
-        } else {
-            Object.entries(sharedRequiredDocOpts).forEach(pair => {
-                const targetDoc = pair[0].startsWith("_") ? sharedDocs as Doc : Doc.GetProto(sharedDocs as Doc);
-                targetDoc[pair[0]] = pair[1];
-            });
-        }
+        return this.AssignOpts(DocCast(sharedDocs), sharedRequiredDocOpts) ?? 
+            (doc.mySharedDocs = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], {...sharedDocOpts, ...sharedRequiredDocOpts}, sharingDocumentId + "outer", sharingDocumentId));
     }
 
-    // Import sidebar is where shared documents are contained
-    static setupImportSidebar(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.myImportDocs === undefined) {
-            const newImportButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({ onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("importDocument()"), _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Import from computer", _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, buttonText: "Import", icon: "upload", system: true });
-            doc.myImportDocs = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], {
-                title: "My Imports", _forceActive: true, buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newImportButton, ignoreClick: true, _showTitle: "title", _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
-                childDropAction: "copy", _autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, system: true, _chromeHidden: true,
-                dontRegisterView: true, explainer: "This is where documents that are Imported into Dash will go."
-            }));
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Search sidebar is where searches within the document are performed
-    static setupSearchSidebar(doc: Doc) {
-        if (doc.mySearchPanel === undefined) {
-            doc.mySearchPanel = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.SearchDocument({
-                dontRegisterView: true, backgroundColor: "dimgray", ignoreClick: true, _searchDoc: true,
-                childDropAction: "alias", _lockedPosition: true, _viewType: CollectionViewType.Schema, title: "Search Panel", system: true
-            })) as any as Doc;
-        }
+    /// Import option on the left side button panel 
+    static setupImportSidebar(doc: Doc, field:string) {  
+        const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
+            title: "My Imports", _forceActive: true, buttonMenu: true, ignoreClick: true, _showTitle: "title", 
+            _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
+            childDropAction: "copy", _autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, system: true, _chromeHidden: true,
+            dontRegisterView: true, explainer: "This is where documents that are Imported into Dash will go."
+        };
+        const myImports = this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], reqdOpts));
+    
+        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Import from computer",
+            _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, 
+            buttonText: "Import", icon: "upload", system: true };
+        const reqdBtnScripts = { onClick: "importDocument()" };
+        const newImportBtn = this.AssignOpts(DocCast(myImports.buttonMenuDoc), reqdBtnOpts) ?? (myImports.buttonMenuDoc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts));
+        this.AssignScripts(newImportBtn, reqdBtnScripts);
     }
 
     static setupClickEditorTemplates(doc: Doc) {
@@ -1033,8 +951,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             }, { fireImmediately: true });
         // Document properties on load
         doc.system = true;
-        doc.noviceMode = doc.noviceMode === undefined ? "true" : doc.noviceMode;
         doc.title = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
+        doc.noviceMode = doc.noviceMode === undefined ? "true" : doc.noviceMode;
         doc._raiseWhenDragged = true;
         doc._showLabel = true;
         doc._showMenuLabel = true;
@@ -1053,29 +971,22 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         doc.defaultAclPrivate = BoolCast(doc.defaultAclPrivate, false);
         doc.activeCollectionNestedBackground = Cast(doc.activeCollectionNestedBackground, "string", null);
         doc.noviceMode = BoolCast(doc.noviceMode, true);
-        doc.savedFilters = new List<Doc>();
+        !doc.savedFilters && (doc.savedFilters = new List<Doc>());
         doc.filterDocCount = 0;
         doc.freezeChildren = "remove|add";
         doc.myPublishedDocs = doc.myPublishedDocs ?? new List<Doc>();
-        doc.myHeaderBarDoc = doc.myHeaderBarDoc ?? Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "header bar", system: true });
+        doc.myHeaderBar = doc.myHeaderBar?? Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "header bar", system: true }); // drop down panel at top of dashboard for stashing documents
+        await this.setupLinkDocs(doc, linkDatabaseId);
+        await this.setupSharedDocs(doc, sharingDocumentId);  // sets up the right sidebar collection for mobile upload documents and sharing
         this.setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc);  // creates a set of icon templates triggered by the document deoration icon
         this.setupDocTemplates(doc); // sets up the template menu of templates
-        this.setupImportSidebar(doc); // sets up the import sidebar
-        this.setupSearchSidebar(doc); // sets up the search sidebar
         this.setupActiveMobileMenu(doc); // sets up the current mobile menu for Dash Mobile
-        this.setupOverlays(doc);  // documents in overlay layer
-        this.setupContextMenuButtons(doc); // set up context menu buttons
+        this.setupOverlays(doc);  // sets up the overlay panel where documents and other widgets can be added to float over the rest of the dashboard
+        this.setupContextMenuButtons(doc); // set up the row of buttons at the top of the dashboard that change depending on what is selected
         this.setupDockedButtons(doc);  // the bottom bar of font icons
-        await this.setupSidebarButtons(doc); // the pop-out left sidebar of tools/panels
-        await this.setupMenuPanel(doc, sharingDocumentId, linkDatabaseId);
+        this.setupLeftSidebarMenu(doc); // the left-side column of buttons that open their contents in a flyout panel on the left
         if (!doc.globalScriptDatabase) doc.globalScriptDatabase = Docs.Prototypes.MainScriptDocument();
 
-        setTimeout(() => this.setupDefaultPresentation(doc), 0); // presentation that's initially triggered
-
-        // setup reactions to change the highlights on the undo/redo buttons -- would be better to encode this in the undo/redo buttons, but the undo/redo stacks are not wired up that way yet
-        doc["dockedBtn-undo"] && reaction(() => UndoManager.undoStack.slice(), () => Doc.GetProto(doc["dockedBtn-undo"] as Doc).opacity = UndoManager.CanUndo() ? 1 : 0.4, { fireImmediately: true });
-        doc["dockedBtn-redo"] && reaction(() => UndoManager.redoStack.slice(), () => Doc.GetProto(doc["dockedBtn-redo"] as Doc).opacity = UndoManager.CanRedo() ? 1 : 0.4, { fireImmediately: true });
-
         setTimeout(() => DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE(), 2500);
         doc.fieldInfos = await Docs.setupFieldInfos();
         if (doc.activeDashboard instanceof Doc) {
@@ -1227,7 +1138,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     public static async snapshotDashboard(userDoc: Doc) {
         const copy = await CollectionDockingView.Copy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard);
-        Doc.AddDocToList(Cast(userDoc.myDashboards, Doc, null), "data", copy);
+        Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards, "data", copy);
         CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(userDoc, copy);
     }
 
@@ -1277,15 +1188,24 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         return tbox;
     }
 
-    public static get DockedBtns() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().dockedBtns, Doc, null); }
-    public static get MySearchPanelDoc() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().mySearchPanelDoc, Doc, null); }
-    public static get ActiveDashboard() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard, Doc, null); }
-    public static get MyHeaderBarDoc() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myHeaderBarDoc, Doc, null); }
-    public static get ActivePresentation() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation, Doc, null); }
-    public static get MyRecentlyClosed() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myRecentlyClosedDocs, Doc, null); }
-    public static get MyDashboards() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards, Doc, null); }
-    public static get EmptyPane() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyPane, Doc, null); }
-    public static get OverlayDocs() { return DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc)?.data); }
+    public static get MyUserDocView() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myUserDocView); }
+    public static get MyDockedBtns() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myDockedBtns); }
+    public static get MySearcher() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().mySearcher); }
+    public static get MyFilesystem() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myFilesystem); }
+    public static get MyHeaderBar() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myHeaderBar); }
+    public static get MyTools() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myTools); }
+    public static get MyDashboards() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards); }
+    public static get MyLeftSidebarMenu() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myLeftSidebarMenu); }
+    public static get MyLeftSidebarPanel() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myLeftSidebarPanel); }
+    public static get MySharedDocs() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().mySharedDocs); }
+    public static get MyTrails() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myTrails); }
+    public static get MyImports() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myImports); }
+    public static get MyContextMenuBtns() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myContextMenuBtns); }
+    public static get MyRecentlyClosed() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myRecentlyClosed); }
+    public static get MyOverlayDocs() { return DocListCast(DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs)?.data); }
+    public static get ActiveDashboard() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard); }
+    public static get ActivePresentation() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation); }
+    public static get EmptyPane() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyPane); }
     public static set SelectedTool(tool: InkTool) { Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool; }
     @computed public static get SelectedTool(): InkTool { return StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool, InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
 }
@@ -1298,7 +1218,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function openDragFactory(dragFactory: Doc) {
         view && SelectionManager.SelectView(view, false);
     }
 });
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function MySharedDocs() { return Doc.SharingDoc(); }, "document containing all shared Docs");
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function MySharedDocs() { return CurrentUserUtils.MySharedDocs; }, "document containing all shared Docs");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function IsNoviceMode() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode; }, "is Dash in novice mode");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function toggleComicMode() { Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle = Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle === "comic" ? undefined : "comic"; }, "switches between comic and normal document rendering");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function snapshotDashboard() { CurrentUserUtils.snapshotDashboard(Doc.UserDoc()); }, "creates a snapshot copy of a dashboard");
@@ -1329,15 +1249,15 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function selectedDocumentType(docType?: DocumentType, colTy
         const parentDoc: Doc = Cast(selected.context, Doc, null);
         selected = parentDoc;
     }
-    if (selected && docType && selected.type === docType) return false;
-    else if (selected && colType && selected.viewType === colType) return false;
-    else if (selected && !colType && !docType) return false;
-    else return true;
+    if (selected && docType && selected.type === docType) return true;
+    else if (selected && colType && selected.viewType === colType) return true;
+    else if (selected && !colType && !docType) return true;
+    else return false;
 });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function makeTopLevelFolder() {
     const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "Untitled folder", _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true });
     TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: folder[Id], parent: undefined };
-    return Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.UserDoc().myFilesystem as Doc, "data", folder);
+    return Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem, "data", folder);
 });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function nextKeyFrame(readOnly: boolean) {
     if (readOnly) return;
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index a82f99d5a..0435cd535 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CollectionView } from '../views/collections/CollectionView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../views/LightboxView';
 import { DocumentView, ViewAdjustment } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { LinkAnchorBox } from '../views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox';
+import { CurrentUserUtils } from './CurrentUserUtils';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from './ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from './SelectionManager';
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ export function DocFocusOrOpen(doc: Doc, collectionDoc?: Doc) {
         Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
     }
     else {
-        const context = doc.context !== Doc.UserDoc().myFilesystem && Cast(doc.context, Doc, null);
+        const context = doc.context !== CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem && Cast(doc.context, Doc, null);
         const showDoc = context || doc;
         const bestAlias = showDoc === Doc.GetProto(showDoc) ? DocListCast(showDoc.aliases).find(doc => !doc.context && doc.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail) : showDoc;
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/Scripting.ts b/src/client/util/Scripting.ts
index 223b0268c..3791bec73 100644
--- a/src/client/util/Scripting.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/Scripting.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export function CompileScript(script: string, options: ScriptOptions = {}): Comp
         paramList.push(`${key}: ${typeof val === "object" ? Object.getPrototypeOf(val).constructor.name : typeof val}`);
     }
     const paramString = paramList.join(", ");
-    const body = addReturn ? `return ${script};` : script;
+    const body = addReturn && !script.startsWith("{ return") ? `return ${script};` : script;
     const reqTypes = requiredType ? `: ${requiredType}` : '';
     const funcScript = `(function(${paramString})${reqTypes} { ${body} })`;
     host.writeFile("file.ts", funcScript);
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 8486b3d62..be5927497 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                 const toRemove = value.filter(v => docs.includes(v));
 
                 if (toRemove.length !== 0) {
-                    const recent = Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myRecentlyClosedDocs, Doc) as Doc;
+                    const recent = CurrentUserUtils.MyRecentlyClosed;
                     toRemove.forEach(doc => {
                         leavePushpin && DocUtils.LeavePushpin(doc, annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey);
                         Doc.RemoveDocFromList(targetDataDoc, annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey, doc);
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 767efdbc2..16d7c9a23 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
                 if (SelectionManager.Views().length === 1 && SelectionManager.Views()[0].ComponentView?.search) {
                     SelectionManager.Views()[0].ComponentView?.search?.("", false, false);
                 } else {
-                    const searchBtn = Doc.UserDoc().searchBtn as Doc;
+                    const searchBtn = CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher;
                     if (searchBtn) {
                         MainView.Instance.selectMenu(searchBtn);
                     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 5fd76c388..7e3916b3f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { PrefetchProxy } from '../../fields/Proxy';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { PromiseValue, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { DocCast, PromiseValue, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../Utils';
 import { GoogleAuthenticationManager } from '../apis/GoogleAuthenticationManager';
 import { DocServer } from '../DocServer';
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     @observable private _dashUIWidth: number = 0;   // width of entire main dashboard region including left menu buttons and properties panel (but not including the dashboard selector button row)
     @observable private _dashUIHeight: number = 0;  // height of entire main dashboard region including top menu buttons
     @observable private _panelContent: string = "none";
-    @observable private _sidebarContent: any = this.userDoc?.sidebar;
+    @observable private _sidebarContent: any = CurrentUserUtils.MyLeftSidebarPanel;
     @observable private _leftMenuFlyoutWidth: number = 0;
 
     @computed private get dashboardTabHeight() { return 27; } //  27 comes form lm.config.defaultConfig.dimensions.headerHeight in goldenlayout.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     @computed private get userDoc() { return Doc.UserDoc(); }
     @computed private get colorScheme() { return StrCast(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard?.colorScheme); }
     @computed private get mainContainer() { return this.userDoc ? CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard : CurrentUserUtils.GuestDashboard; }
-    @computed private get headerBarDoc() { return this.userDoc ? CurrentUserUtils.MyHeaderBarDoc : CurrentUserUtils.MyHeaderBarDoc; }
+    @computed private get headerBarDoc() { return CurrentUserUtils.MyHeaderBar; }
     @computed public get mainFreeform(): Opt<Doc> { return (docs => (docs?.length > 1) ? docs[1] : undefined)(DocListCast(this.mainContainer!.data)); }
 
     headerBarDocWidth = () => this.mainDocViewWidth();
@@ -249,24 +249,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
 
     @action
     createNewFolder = async () => {
-        if (!await this.userDoc.myFilesystem) {
-            this.userDoc.myFileOrphans = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "Unfiled", _stayInCollection: true, system: true, isFolder: true });
-            const newFolder = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`createNewFolder()`, { scriptContext: "any" })!;
-            const newFolderButton: Doc = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-                onClick: newFolder, _forceActive: true, toolTip: "New folder", _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "New folder",
-                btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, _width: 30, _height: 30, buttonText: "New folder", icon: "folder-plus", system: true
-            });
-            this.userDoc.myFilesystem = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([this.userDoc.myFileOrphans as Doc], {
-                title: "My Documents", _showTitle: "title", buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newFolderButton, _height: 100,
-                treeViewHideTitle: true, _xMargin: 5, _yMargin: 5, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, childDropAction: "alias",
-                treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150, ignoreClick: true,
-                isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "proto", system: true,
-                explainer: "This is your file manager where you can create folders to keep track of documents independently of your dashboard."
-            }));
-        }
         const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: "Untitled folder", _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true });
-        Doc.AddDocToList(this.userDoc.myFilesystem as Doc, "data", folder);
+        Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem, "data", folder);
     }
 
     @observable _exploreMode = false;
@@ -397,7 +381,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                         addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        styleProvider={this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards || this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myFilesystem ? DashboardStyleProvider : DefaultStyleProvider}
+                        styleProvider={this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards || this._sidebarContent.proto === CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem ? DashboardStyleProvider : DefaultStyleProvider}
                         rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         removeDocument={returnFalse}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={this.mainContainerXf}
@@ -423,7 +407,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     @computed get leftMenuPanel() {
         return <div key="menu" className="mainView-leftMenuPanel">
             <DocumentView
-                Document={Doc.UserDoc().menuStack as Doc}
+                Document={CurrentUserUtils.MyLeftSidebarMenu}
                 DataDoc={undefined}
                 addDocument={undefined}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
@@ -531,9 +515,9 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         this._leftMenuFlyoutWidth = 0;
     });
 
-    remButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg: boolean, doc) => flg && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Doc.UserDoc().dockedBtns as Doc, "data", doc), true);
+    remButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg: boolean, doc) => flg && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns, "data", doc), true);
     moveButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.remButtonDoc(doc) && addDocument(doc);
-    addButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg: boolean, doc) => flg && Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.UserDoc().dockedBtns as Doc, "data", doc), true);
+    addButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg: boolean, doc) => flg && Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns, "data", doc), true);
 
     buttonBarXf = () => {
         if (!this._docBtnRef.current) return Transform.Identity();
@@ -543,9 +527,9 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
 
     @computed get docButtons() {
         return !(this.userDoc.dockedBtns instanceof Doc) ? (null) :
-            <div className="mainView-docButtons" ref={this._docBtnRef} style={{ height: !this.userDoc.dockedBtns.linearViewIsExpanded ? "42px" : undefined }} >
+            <div className="mainView-docButtons" ref={this._docBtnRef} style={{ height: !CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns.linearViewIsExpanded ? "42px" : undefined }} >
                 <CollectionLinearView
-                    Document={this.userDoc.dockedBtns}
+                    Document={CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns}
                     DataDoc={undefined}
                     fieldKey={"data"}
                     dropAction={"alias"}
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index ab5dc74c9..bdb3bb857 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
     }.bind(this));
 
     @computed get overlayDocs() {
-        return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs?.map(d => {
+        return CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.map(d => {
             let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
             const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
             const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 16eb95cf4..2cf334ae1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
      * If it doesn't exist, it creates it.
      */
     checkFilterDoc() {
-        if (!this.selectedDoc.currentFilter) CurrentUserUtils.setupFilterDocs(this.selectedDoc);
+        if (!this.selectedDoc.currentFilter) this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -944,8 +944,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
         this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
         (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
         (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = undefined;
-        CurrentUserUtils.setupFilterDocs(this.selectedDoc);
+        this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index d2687df17..1ebbe08ef 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     tabDestroyed = (tab: any) => {
-        Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyHeaderBarDoc, "data", tab.DashDoc);
+        Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyHeaderBar, "data", tab.DashDoc);
         Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyRecentlyClosed, "data", tab.DashDoc, undefined, true, true);
         const dview = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.Document;
         const fieldKey = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.fieldKey;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 39f6466d6..1c25421f5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps>{
     }
 
     @computed get contMenuButtons() {
-        const selDoc = Doc.UserDoc().contextMenuBtns;
+        const selDoc = CurrentUserUtils.MyContextMenuBtns;
         return !(selDoc instanceof Doc) ? (null) : <div className="collectionMenu-contMenuButtons" ref={this._docBtnRef} style={{ height: this.props.panelHeight() }} >
             <CollectionLinearView
                 Document={selDoc}
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
                  self.target._searchFilterDocs = compareLists(self['target-searchFilterDocs'],self.target._searchFilterDocs) ? undefined: copyField(self['target-searchFilterDocs']);`,
         immediate: undoBatch((source: Doc[]) => { this.target._docFilters = undefined; this.target._searchFilterDocs = undefined; }),
         initialize: (button: Doc) => {
-            button['target-docFilters'] = (Cast(Doc.UserDoc().mySearchPanelDoc, Doc, null)._docFilters || Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard, Doc, null)._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ?
-                ObjectField.MakeCopy((Cast(Doc.UserDoc().mySearchPanelDoc, Doc, null)._docFilters || Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard, Doc, null)._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+            button['target-docFilters'] = (CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ?
+                ObjectField.MakeCopy((CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
             button['target-searchFilterDocs'] = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._searchFilterDocs instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._searchFilterDocs as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
         },
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 52e99f26b..c07e44fcc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     onPointerWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
-        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || (this.layoutDoc._fitWidth && this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight) || CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.props.Document) || this.props.Document.treeViewOutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
+        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || (this.layoutDoc._fitWidth && this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight) || CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.props.Document) || this.props.Document.treeViewOutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
         if (!e.ctrlKey && this.props.Document.scrollHeight !== undefined) { // things that can scroll vertically should do that instead of zooming
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 else if (ranges.yrange.max <= (panY - panelDim[1] / 2)) panY = ranges.yrange.min - panelDim[1] / 2;
             }
         }
-        if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform || LightboxView.LightboxDoc || CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.Document)) {
+        if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform || LightboxView.LightboxDoc || CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.Document)) {
             this._viewTransition = panTime;
             const scale = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
             const minScale = NumCast(this.rootDoc._viewScaleMin, 1);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index 9b1cb1601..c31267e87 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     }}>
                     {this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => this.getDisplayDoc(pair.layout))}
                 </div>
-                {!DocumentLinksButton.StartLink || this.layoutDoc !== CurrentUserUtils.DockedBtns ? null :
+                {!DocumentLinksButton.StartLink || this.layoutDoc !== CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns ? null :
                     <span className="bottomPopup-background" style={{ pointerEvents: "all" }}
                         onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} >
                         <span className="bottomPopup-text" >
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                             </span>
                         </Tooltip>
                     </span>}
-                {!CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying || !CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying.length || this.layoutDoc !== CurrentUserUtils.DockedBtns ? (null) :
+                {!CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying || !CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying.length || this.layoutDoc !== CurrentUserUtils.MyDockedBtns ? (null) :
                     <span className="bottomPopup-background">
                         <span className="bottomPopup-text">
                             Currently playing:
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
index 4b33ef8ae..a6f6bd35f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                         className="linkPopup-searchBox searchBox-input" /> */}
 
                     <SearchBox
-                        Document={CurrentUserUtils.MySearchPanelDoc}
-                        DataDoc={CurrentUserUtils.MySearchPanelDoc}
+                        Document={CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher}
+                        DataDoc={CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher}
                         linkFrom={linkDoc}
                         linkSearch={true}
                         fieldKey="data"
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 60d16f044..e2b37d2b4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             this._downX = touch.clientX;
             this._downY = touch.clientY;
             if (!e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble) {
-                if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !e.ctrlKey && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) e.stopPropagation();
+                if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !e.ctrlKey && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) e.stopPropagation();
                 this.removeMoveListeners();
                 this.addMoveListeners();
                 this.removeEndListeners();
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         if (e.cancelBubble && this.props.isDocumentActive?.()) {
             this.removeMoveListeners();
         }
-        else if (!e.cancelBubble && (this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        else if (!e.cancelBubble && (this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             const touch = me.touchEvent.changedTouches.item(0);
             if (touch && (Math.abs(this._downX - touch.clientX) > 3 || Math.abs(this._downY - touch.clientY) > 3)) {
                 if (!e.altKey && (!this.topMost || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler)) {
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 !this.Document.ignoreClick &&
                 !e.ctrlKey &&
                 (e.button === 0 || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE)) &&
-                !CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+                !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 // don't preventDefault anymore.  Goldenlayout, PDF text selection and RTF text selection all need it to go though
                 //if (this.props.isSelected(true) && this.rootDoc.type !== DocumentType.PDF && this.layoutDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking) e.preventDefault();
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         if (e.cancelBubble) return;
         if ((InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool))) return;
 
-        if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             if (Math.abs(this._downX - e.clientX) > 3 || Math.abs(this._downY - e.clientY) > 3) {
                 if (!e.altKey && (!this.topMost || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && (e.buttons === 1 || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE))) {
                     document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
index e3708d7b9..5add09653 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     constructor(props: Readonly<FieldViewProps>) {
         super(props);
         const targetDoc = FilterBox.targetDoc;
-        if (targetDoc && !targetDoc.currentFilter) CurrentUserUtils.setupFilterDocs(targetDoc);
+        if (targetDoc && !targetDoc.currentFilter) targetDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
     }
     public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(FilterBox, fieldKey); }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index 10974ca03..967158cbf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -156,20 +156,22 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
 
         runInAction(() => {
             this._annotationKeySuffix = () => this._urlHash + "-annotations";
+            const reqdFuncs:{[key:string]: string} = {};
             // bcz: need to make sure that doc.data-annotations points to the currently active web page's annotations (this could/should be when the doc is created)
-            this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-annotations"] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-annotations"`);
-            this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-sidebar"] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-sidebar"`);
+            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + "-annotations"] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-annotations"`;
+            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + "-sidebar"] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-sidebar"`;
+            CurrentUserUtils.AssignScripts(this.dataDoc, {}, reqdFuncs);
         });
-        reaction(() => this.props.isSelected() || this.isAnyChildContentActive() || Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.props.Document),
+        reaction(() => this.props.isSelected(true) || this.isAnyChildContentActive() || Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.props.Document),
             async (selected) => {
                 if (selected) {
                     this._webPageHasBeenRendered = true;
-                } else if ((!this.props.isContentActive() || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) &&   // update thumnail when unselected AND (no child annotation is active OR we've started dragging the document in which case no additional deselect will occur so this is the only chance to update the thumbnail)
+                } else if ((!this.props.isContentActive(true) || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) &&   // update thumnail when unselected AND (no child annotation is active OR we've started dragging the document in which case no additional deselect will occur so this is the only chance to update the thumbnail)
                     !this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.docView?._pendingDoubleClick && // don't create a thumbnail when double-clicking to enter lightbox because thumbnail will be empty
                     LightboxView.LightboxDoc !== this.rootDoc) { // don't create a thumbnail if entering Lightbox from maximize either, since thumb will be empty.
                     this.updateThumb();
                 }
-            }, { fireImmediately: this.props.isSelected() || this.isAnyChildContentActive() || (Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.props.Document) ? true : false) });
+            }, { fireImmediately: this.props.isSelected(true) || this.isAnyChildContentActive() || (Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegreeUnmemoized(this.props.Document) ? true : false) });
 
         this._disposers.autoHeight = reaction(() => this.layoutDoc._autoHeight,
             autoHeight => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
index 97e6eddfe..f29dfe489 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<ButtonProps>() {
                     <div className={`menuButton ${this.type}`} style={{ color, backgroundColor }}>
                         {this.icon === "pres-trail" ? trailsIcon : <FontAwesomeIcon className={`fontIconBox-icon-${this.type}`} icon={this.icon} color={color} />}
                         {menuLabel}
-                        <FontIconBadge value={ScriptCast(this.Document.badgeValue,null)?.script.run({self:this.Document}).result} />
+                        <FontIconBadge value={Cast(this.Document.badgeValue,"string",null)} />
                     </div >
                 );
                 break;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 1dd6fef9b..52b03b0a5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      */
     @action
     updateMinimize = async () => {
-        if (CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        if (CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
             Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
             CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(this.rootDoc, "right");
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 }
                 break;
             case "Escape":
-                if (CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) { this.updateMinimize(); }
+                if (CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) { this.updateMinimize(); }
                 else if (this.layoutDoc.presStatus === "edit") { this._selectedArray.clear(); this._eleArray.length = this._dragArray.length = 0; }
                 else this.layoutDoc.presStatus = "edit";
                 if (this._presTimer) clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const presKeyEvents: boolean = (this.isPres && this._presKeyEventsActive && this.rootDoc === Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation);
         const presEnd: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === this.childDocs.length - 1);
         const presStart: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === 0);
-        return CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.rootDoc) ?
+        return CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.rootDoc) ?
             <div className="miniPres" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
                 <div className="presPanelOverlay" style={{ display: "inline-flex", height: 30, background: '#323232', top: 0, zIndex: 3000000, boxShadow: presKeyEvents ? '0 0 0px 3px ' + Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}>
                     <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Loop"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ color: this.layoutDoc.presLoop ? Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 </div>
             </div >
             :
-            <div className="presBox-cont" style={{ minWidth: CurrentUserUtils.OverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc) ? 240 : undefined }} >
+            <div className="presBox-cont" style={{ minWidth: CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc) ? 240 : undefined }} >
                 {this.topPanel}
                 {this.toolbar}
                 {this.newDocumentToolbarDropdown}
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 7b72787d1..94be286f5 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -941,6 +941,9 @@ export namespace Doc {
     export function isBrushedHighlightedDegree(doc: Doc) {
         return Doc.IsHighlighted(doc) ? DocBrushStatus.highlighted : Doc.IsBrushedDegree(doc);
     }
+    export function isBrushedHighlightedDegreeUnmemoized(doc: Doc) {
+        return Doc.IsHighlighted(doc) ? DocBrushStatus.highlighted : Doc.IsBrushedDegreeUnmemoized(doc);
+    }
 
     export class DocBrush {
         BrushedDoc: ObservableMap<Doc, boolean> = new ObservableMap();
@@ -980,7 +983,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
     export function SearchQuery(): string { return manager._searchQuery; }
     export function SetSearchQuery(query: string) { runInAction(() => manager._searchQuery = query); }
     export function UserDoc(): Doc { return manager._user_doc; }
-    export function SharingDoc(): Doc { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().mySharedDocs, Doc, null); }
+    export function SharingDoc(): Doc { return CurrentUserUtils.MySharedDocs; }
     export function LinkDBDoc(): Doc { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myLinkDatabase, Doc, null); }
     export function SetUserDoc(doc: Doc) { return (manager._user_doc = doc); }
 
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index d1e565774..37b9be31b 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ const _setterImpl = action(function (target: any, prop: string | symbol | number
             delete target.__fields[prop];
         } else {
             target.__fieldKeys && (target.__fieldKeys[prop] = true);
+            // if (target.__fields[prop] !== value) {
+            //     console.log("ASSIGN " + prop + " " + value);
+            // }
             target.__fields[prop] = value;
         }
         //if (typeof value === "object" && !(value instanceof ObjectField)) debugger;
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 78ec706d7..c5c6fb688 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
 
     constructor(props: Readonly<{}>) {
         super(props);
-        this._library = CurrentUserUtils.setupLibrary(Doc.UserDoc()); // to access documents in Dash Web
+        this._library = CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(Doc.UserDoc()); // to access documents in Dash Web
         MobileInterface.Instance = this;
     }
 
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From b292a055401af6236e0537cfad603016d77a535a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:40:07 -0400
Subject: a bunch of changes to make some userDoc() field accesses more
 typesafe by going through CurrentUserUtils.  Some normalization of
 naming/functionality in CurrentUserUtils

---
 src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx             |   2 +-
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |   6 +-
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                | 118 +++++++++++----------
 src/client/util/SettingsManager.tsx                |  16 +--
 src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx                 |   4 +-
 src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx                 |   4 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |   6 +-
 src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx             |   2 +-
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                |  12 +--
 src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts               |   8 +-
 src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts            |   4 +-
 src/client/views/InkTranscription.tsx              |   2 +-
 src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx                  |   2 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |   4 +-
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |   8 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx             |   4 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |  86 ++++++++-------
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  11 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx    |  22 ++--
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |  35 +++---
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |   2 +-
 .../CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx          |   4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       |   8 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  14 +--
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |   2 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          |   6 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |  30 +++---
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |   6 +-
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx   |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx                |   5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx                |   3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  40 +++----
 src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx               |  47 ++++----
 src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx                |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx                |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx           |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |   6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |   6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx      |  35 +++---
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |  12 +--
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx     |   1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  30 +++---
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   |  16 +--
 src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx                 |   2 +-
 src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx                 |  10 +-
 src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx        |   2 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  18 ++--
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |   2 +-
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |  20 ++--
 49 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 335 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
index c5ff2db68..e14dc60b4 100644
--- a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export class YoutubeBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
 
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
         return (
             <>
                 <div className={classname}  >
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 927996af2..f96bffb3c 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
             ![DocumentType.LINK, DocumentType.MARKER, DocumentType.LABEL].includes(viewDoc.type as any) && DocUtils.MakeLinkToActiveAudio(() => viewDoc);
 
             !Doc.IsSystem(dataDoc) && ![DocumentType.MARKER, DocumentType.KVP, DocumentType.LINK, DocumentType.LINKANCHOR].includes(proto.type as any) &&
-                !dataDoc.isFolder && !dataProps.annotationOn && Doc.AddDocToList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myFileOrphans, Doc, null), "data", dataDoc);
+                !dataDoc.isFolder && !dataProps.annotationOn && Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyFileOrphans, undefined, dataDoc);
 
             updateCachedAcls(dataDoc);
             updateCachedAcls(viewDoc);
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
             I.rotation = 0;
             I.data = new InkField(points);
             I.creationDate = new DateField;
-            I["acl-Public"] = Doc.UserDoc()?.defaultAclPrivate ? SharingPermissions.None : SharingPermissions.Augment;
+            I["acl-Public"] = Doc.defaultAclPrivate ? SharingPermissions.None : SharingPermissions.Augment;
             I["acl-Override"] = "None";
             I.links = ComputedField.MakeFunction("links(self)");
             I[Initializing] = false;
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             created = Docs.Create.RecordingDocument((field).url.href, resolved);
             layout = RecordingBox.LayoutString;
         } else if (field instanceof InkField) {
-            created = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool, ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), ActiveFillColor(), ActiveArrowStart(), ActiveArrowEnd(), ActiveDash(), (field).inkData, resolved);
+            created = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool, ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), ActiveFillColor(), ActiveArrowStart(), ActiveArrowEnd(), ActiveDash(), (field).inkData, resolved);
             layout = InkingStroke.LayoutString;
         } else if (field instanceof List && field[0] instanceof Doc) {
             created = Docs.Create.StackingDocument(DocListCast(field), resolved);
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index afb1442bf..7a38886fe 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     @observable public static headerBarHeight: number = 0;
     @observable public static searchPanelWidth: number = 0;
 
-    static AssignScripts(doc:Doc, scripts?:{ [key: string]: string;}, functions?:{[key:string]: string}) {
+    static AssignScripts(doc:Doc, scripts?:{ [key: string]: string;}, funcs?:{[key:string]: string}) {
         scripts && Object.keys(scripts).map(key => {
             if (ScriptCast(doc[key])?.script.originalScript !== scripts[key] && scripts[key]) {
                 doc[key] = ScriptField.MakeScript(scripts[key], { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name,  value:"any", scriptContext: "any" }, {"_readOnly_": true});
             }
         }); 
-        functions && Object.keys(functions).map(key => {
+        funcs && Object.keys(funcs).map(key => {
             const cfield = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(doc[key]));
-            if (ScriptCast(cfield)?.script.originalScript !== functions[key] && functions[key]) {
-                doc[key] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(functions[key], { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }, {"_readOnly_": true});
+            if (ScriptCast(cfield)?.script.originalScript !== funcs[key] && funcs[key]) {
+                doc[key] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(funcs[key], { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }, {"_readOnly_": true});
             }
         });
         return doc;
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     /// Initializes collection of templates for notes and click functions
-    static setupDocTemplates(doc: Doc) {
+    static setupDocTemplates(doc: Doc, field="myTemplates") {
         const templates = [
             CurrentUserUtils.setupNoteTemplates(doc),
             CurrentUserUtils.setupClickEditorTemplates(doc)
         ];
         const reqdOpts = { title: "template layouts", _xMargin: 0, system: true,  };
         const reqdScripts = {  dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)"  };
-        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc.templateDocs), reqdOpts, templates) ?? (doc.templateDocs = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(templates, reqdOpts)), reqdScripts);
+        return this.AssignScripts(this.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts, templates) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument(templates, reqdOpts)), reqdScripts);
     }
 
     // setup templates for different document types when they are iconified from Document Decorations
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static setupCreatorButtons(doc: Doc, dragCreatorDoc?:Doc):Doc {
         const creatorBtns = CurrentUserUtils.creatorBtnDescriptors(doc).map((reqdOpts) => {
             const btn = dragCreatorDoc ? DocListCast(dragCreatorDoc.data).find(doc => doc.title === reqdOpts.title): undefined;
-            const opts:DocumentOptions = {...OmitKeys(reqdOpts, ["backgroundColor"]).omit,
+            const opts:DocumentOptions = {...OmitKeys(reqdOpts, ["funcs", "scripts", "backgroundColor"]).omit,
                 _nativeWidth: 50, _nativeHeight: 50, _width: 35, _height: 35, _hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, _dropAction: "alias",
                 btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, backgroundColor: reqdOpts.backgroundColor ?? Colors.DARK_GRAY, color: Colors.WHITE, system: true,
                 _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         if (Cast(myDashboards.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== childContextMenuFilters.length) {
             myDashboards.childContextMenuFilters = new List<ScriptField>(childContextMenuFilters.map(script => !script ? script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(script)!));
         }
+        return myDashboards;
     }
 
     /// initializes the left sidebar Trails pane
@@ -728,13 +729,13 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     static inkTools():Button[] {
         return [
-            { title: "Pen", toolTip: "Pen (Ctrl+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen-nib", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("pen", _readOnly_);}' }},
-            { title: "Write", toolTip: "Write (Ctrl+Shift+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("write", _readOnly_);}'} },
-            { title: "Eraser", toolTip: "Eraser (Ctrl+E)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "eraser", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("eraser", _readOnly_);}' }},
-            // { title: "Highlighter", toolTip: "Highlighter (Ctrl+H)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "highlighter", scripts:{onClick: 'setActiveInkTool("highlighter")'} },
-            { title: "Circle", toolTip: "Circle (Ctrl+Shift+C)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "circle", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveInkTool("circle", _readOnly_);}'} },
-            // { title: "Square", toolTip: "Square (Ctrl+Shift+S)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "square", click: 'setActiveInkTool("square")' },
-            { title: "Line", toolTip: "Line (Ctrl+Shift+L)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "minus", scripts:{onClick: '{ return setActiveInkTool("line", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            { title: "Pen", toolTip: "Pen (Ctrl+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen-nib", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveTool("pen", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            { title: "Write", toolTip: "Write (Ctrl+Shift+P)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "pen", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveTool("write", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            { title: "Eraser", toolTip: "Eraser (Ctrl+E)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "eraser", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveTool("eraser", _readOnly_);}' }},
+            // { title: "Highlighter", toolTip: "Highlighter (Ctrl+H)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "highlighter", scripts:{onClick: 'setActiveTool("highlighter")'} },
+            { title: "Circle", toolTip: "Circle (Ctrl+Shift+C)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "circle", scripts:{onClick:'{ return setActiveTool("circle", _readOnly_);}'} },
+            // { title: "Square", toolTip: "Square (Ctrl+Shift+S)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "square", click: 'setActiveTool("square")' },
+            { title: "Line", toolTip: "Line (Ctrl+Shift+L)", btnType: ButtonType.ToggleButton, icon: "minus", scripts:{onClick: '{ return setActiveTool("line", _readOnly_);}' }},
             { title: "Fill", toolTip: "Fill color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, ignoreClick: true, icon: "fill-drip", scripts: {script: "{ return setFillColor(value, _readOnly_);}"} },
             { title: "Width", toolTip: "Stroke width", btnType: ButtonType.NumberButton, numBtnType: NumButtonType.Slider, numBtnMin: 1, ignoreClick: true, scripts: {script: '{ return setStrokeWidth(value, _readOnly_);}'} },
             { title: "Color", toolTip: "Stroke color", btnType: ButtonType.ColorButton, icon: "pen", ignoreClick: true, scripts: {script: '{ return setStrokeColor(value, _readOnly_);}'} },
@@ -941,41 +942,39 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     static async updateUserDocument(doc: Doc, sharingDocumentId: string, linkDatabaseId: string) {
-        if (!doc.globalGroupDatabase) doc.globalGroupDatabase = Docs.Prototypes.MainGroupDocument();
-        await DocListCastAsync((doc.globalGroupDatabase as Doc).data);
-        reaction(() => DateCast((doc.globalGroupDatabase as Doc)["data-lastModified"]),
+        doc.globalGroupDatabase ?? (doc.globalGroupDatabase = Docs.Prototypes.MainGroupDocument());
+        await DocListCastAsync(DocCast(doc.globalGroupDatabase).data);
+        reaction(() => DateCast(DocCast(doc.globalGroupDatabase)["data-lastModified"]),
             async () => {
-                const groups = await DocListCastAsync((doc.globalGroupDatabase as Doc).data);
+                const groups = await DocListCastAsync(DocCast(doc.globalGroupDatabase).data);
                 const mygroups = groups?.filter(group => JSON.parse(StrCast(group.members)).includes(Doc.CurrentUserEmail)) || [];
                 SnappingManager.SetCachedGroups(["Public", ...mygroups?.map(g => StrCast(g.title))]);
             }, { fireImmediately: true });
         // Document properties on load
-        doc.system = true;
-        doc.title = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
-        doc.noviceMode = doc.noviceMode === undefined ? "true" : doc.noviceMode;
-        doc._raiseWhenDragged = true;
-        doc._showLabel = true;
-        doc._showMenuLabel = true;
-        doc.textAlign = StrCast(doc.textAlign, "left");
-        doc.activeInkColor = StrCast(doc.activeInkColor, "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
-        doc.activeInkWidth = Number(StrCast(doc.activeInkWidth, "1"));
-        doc.activeInkBezier = StrCast(doc.activeInkBezier, "0");
-        doc.activeFillColor = StrCast(doc.activeFillColor, "");
-        doc.activeArrowStart = StrCast(doc.activeArrowStart, "");
-        doc.activeArrowEnd = StrCast(doc.activeArrowEnd, "");
-        doc.activeDash = StrCast(doc.activeDash, "0");
-        doc.fontSize = StrCast(doc.fontSize, "12px");
-        doc.fontFamily = StrCast(doc.fontFamily, "Arial");
-        doc.fontColor = StrCast(doc.fontColor, "black");
-        doc.fontHighlight = StrCast(doc.fontHighlight, "");
-        doc.defaultAclPrivate = BoolCast(doc.defaultAclPrivate, false);
-        doc.activeCollectionNestedBackground = Cast(doc.activeCollectionNestedBackground, "string", null);
-        doc.noviceMode = BoolCast(doc.noviceMode, true);
-        !doc.savedFilters && (doc.savedFilters = new List<Doc>());
+        doc.system ?? (doc.system = true);
+        doc.title ?? (doc.title = Doc.CurrentUserEmail);
+        Doc.noviceMode ?? (Doc.noviceMode = true);
+        doc._raiseWhenDragged ?? (doc._raiseWhenDragged = true);
+        doc._showLabel ?? (doc._showLabel = true);
+        doc._showMenuLabel ?? (doc._showMenuLabel = true);
+        doc.textAlign ?? (doc.textAlign = "left");
+        doc.activeInkColor ?? (doc.activeInkColor = "rgb(0, 0, 0)");;
+        doc.activeInkWidth ?? (doc.activeInkWidth = 1);
+        doc.activeInkBezier ?? (doc.activeInkBezier = "0");
+        doc.activeFillColor ?? (doc.activeFillColor = "");
+        doc.activeArrowStart ?? (doc.activeArrowStart = "");
+        doc.activeArrowEnd ?? (doc.activeArrowEnd = "");
+        doc.activeDash ?? (doc.activeDash == "0");
+        doc.fontSize ?? (doc.fontSize = "12px");
+        doc.fontFamily ?? (doc.fontFamily = "Arial");
+        doc.fontColor ?? (doc.fontColor = "black");
+        doc.fontHighlight ?? (doc.fontHighlight = "");
+        doc.defaultAclPrivate ?? (doc.defaultAclPrivate = false);
+        doc.savedFilters ?? (doc.savedFilters = new List<Doc>());
         doc.filterDocCount = 0;
         doc.freezeChildren = "remove|add";
-        doc.myPublishedDocs = doc.myPublishedDocs ?? new List<Doc>();
-        doc.myHeaderBar = doc.myHeaderBar?? Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "header bar", system: true }); // drop down panel at top of dashboard for stashing documents
+        doc.myPublishedDocs ?? (doc.myPublishedDocs = new List<Doc>());
+        doc.myHeaderBar ?? (doc.myHeaderBar = Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], { title: "header bar", system: true })); // drop down panel at top of dashboard for stashing documents
         await this.setupLinkDocs(doc, linkDatabaseId);
         await this.setupSharedDocs(doc, sharingDocumentId);  // sets up the right sidebar collection for mobile upload documents and sharing
         this.setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc);  // creates a set of icon templates triggered by the document deoration icon
@@ -985,7 +984,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         this.setupContextMenuButtons(doc); // set up the row of buttons at the top of the dashboard that change depending on what is selected
         this.setupDockedButtons(doc);  // the bottom bar of font icons
         this.setupLeftSidebarMenu(doc); // the left-side column of buttons that open their contents in a flyout panel on the left
-        if (!doc.globalScriptDatabase) doc.globalScriptDatabase = Docs.Prototypes.MainScriptDocument();
+        doc.globalScriptDatabase ?? ( doc.globalScriptDatabase = Docs.Prototypes.MainScriptDocument());
 
         setTimeout(() => DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE(), 2500);
         doc.fieldInfos = await Docs.setupFieldInfos();
@@ -1022,7 +1021,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                     const userDoc = Docs.newAccount ? new Doc(userDocumentId, true) : field as Doc;
                     Docs.newAccount &&(userDoc.activePage = "home");
                     const updated = this.updateUserDocument(Doc.SetUserDoc(userDoc), sharingDocumentId, linkDatabaseId);
-                    (await DocListCastAsync(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myLinkDatabase, Doc, null)?.data))?.forEach(async link => { // make sure anchors are loaded to avoid incremental updates to computedFn's in LinkManager
+                    (await DocListCastAsync(Doc.LinkDBDoc()?.data))?.forEach(async link => { // make sure anchors are loaded to avoid incremental updates to computedFn's in LinkManager
                         const a1 = await Cast(link?.anchor1, Doc, null);
                         const a2 = await Cast(link?.anchor2, Doc, null);
                     });
@@ -1097,7 +1096,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                     }
                 }
             } else if (input.files && input.files.length !== 0) {
-                const importDocs = Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myImportDocs, Doc, null);
+                const importDocs = CurrentUserUtils.MyImports;
                 const disposer = OverlayView.ShowSpinner();
                 DocListCastAsync(importDocs.data).then(async list => {
                     const results = await DocUtils.uploadFilesToDocs(Array.from(input.files || []), {});
@@ -1115,9 +1114,10 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     public static CaptureDashboardThumbnail() {
+        const activeDashboard = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
         const docView = CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.DocumentView?.();
         const content = docView?.ContentDiv;
-        if (docView && content) {
+        if (docView && content && activeDashboard) {
             const _width = Number(getComputedStyle(content).width.replace("px",""));
             const _height = Number(getComputedStyle(content).height.replace("px",""));
             return CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(
@@ -1130,20 +1130,22 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                     const proto = Cast(img.proto, Doc, null)!;
                     proto["data-nativeWidth"] = _width;
                     proto["data-nativeHeight"] = _height;
-                    Doc.GetProto(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard).thumb = img;
+                    Doc.GetProto(activeDashboard).thumb = img;
                 });
         }
 
     }
 
     public static async snapshotDashboard(userDoc: Doc) {
-        const copy = await CollectionDockingView.Copy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard);
-        Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards, "data", copy);
-        CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(userDoc, copy);
+        if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard) {
+            const copy = await CollectionDockingView.Copy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard);
+            Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards, "data", copy);
+            CurrentUserUtils.openDashboard(userDoc, copy);
+        }
     }
 
     public static closeActiveDashboard = () => {
-          Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard = undefined;
+        CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard = undefined;
     }
 
     public static createNewDashboard = async (userDoc: Doc, id?: string) => {
@@ -1195,6 +1197,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     public static get MyHeaderBar() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myHeaderBar); }
     public static get MyTools() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myTools); }
     public static get MyDashboards() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards); }
+    public static get MyFileOrphans() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myFileOrphans); }
+    public static get MyTemplates() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myTemplates); }
     public static get MyLeftSidebarMenu() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myLeftSidebarMenu); }
     public static get MyLeftSidebarPanel() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myLeftSidebarPanel); }
     public static get MySharedDocs() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().mySharedDocs); }
@@ -1202,12 +1206,16 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     public static get MyImports() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myImports); }
     public static get MyContextMenuBtns() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myContextMenuBtns); }
     public static get MyRecentlyClosed() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myRecentlyClosed); }
-    public static get MyOverlayDocs() { return DocListCast(DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs)?.data); }
+    public static get MyOverlayDocs() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs); }
     public static get ActiveDashboard() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard); }
+    public static set ActiveDashboard(val:Doc|undefined) { Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard = val; }
     public static get ActivePresentation() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation); }
+    public static set ActivePresentation(val) { Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = val; }
+    public static get ActivePage() { return StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activePage); }
+    public static set ActivePage(val) { Doc.UserDoc().activePage = val; }
     public static get EmptyPane() { return DocCast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyPane); }
-    public static set SelectedTool(tool: InkTool) { Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool; }
-    @computed public static get SelectedTool(): InkTool { return StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool, InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
+    public static set ActiveTool(tool: InkTool) { Doc.UserDoc().activeTool = tool; }
+    public static get ActiveTool(): InkTool { return StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeTool, InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
 }
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function openDragFactory(dragFactory: Doc) {
@@ -1219,7 +1227,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function openDragFactory(dragFactory: Doc) {
     }
 });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function MySharedDocs() { return CurrentUserUtils.MySharedDocs; }, "document containing all shared Docs");
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function IsNoviceMode() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode; }, "is Dash in novice mode");
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function IsNoviceMode() { return Doc.noviceMode; }, "is Dash in novice mode");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function toggleComicMode() { Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle = Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle === "comic" ? undefined : "comic"; }, "switches between comic and normal document rendering");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function snapshotDashboard() { CurrentUserUtils.snapshotDashboard(Doc.UserDoc()); }, "creates a snapshot copy of a dashboard");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function createNewDashboard() { return CurrentUserUtils.createNewDashboard(Doc.UserDoc()); }, "creates a new dashboard when called");
diff --git a/src/client/util/SettingsManager.tsx b/src/client/util/SettingsManager.tsx
index 6a26dfdc7..382274462 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SettingsManager.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/SettingsManager.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class SettingsManager extends React.Component<{}> {
     @observable activeTab = "Accounts";
 
     @computed get backgroundColor() { return Doc.UserDoc().activeCollectionBackground; }
-    @computed get colorScheme() { return CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard.colorScheme; }
+    @computed get colorScheme() { return CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard?.colorScheme; }
 
     constructor(props: {}) {
         super(props);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class SettingsManager extends React.Component<{}> {
         }
     }
 
-    @undoBatch selectUserMode = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode = (e.currentTarget as any)?.value === "Novice");
+    @undoBatch selectUserMode = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => Doc.noviceMode = (e.currentTarget as any)?.value === "Novice");
     @undoBatch changeShowTitle = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => Doc.UserDoc().showTitle = (e.currentTarget as any).value ? "title" : undefined);
     @undoBatch changeFontFamily = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => Doc.UserDoc().fontFamily = (e.currentTarget as any).value);
     @undoBatch changeFontSize = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => Doc.UserDoc().fontSize = (e.currentTarget as any).value);
@@ -78,19 +78,21 @@ export class SettingsManager extends React.Component<{}> {
     @undoBatch
     @action
     changeColorScheme = action((e: React.ChangeEvent) => {
+        const activeDashboard= CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
+        if (!activeDashboard) return;
         const scheme: ColorScheme = (e.currentTarget as any).value;
         switch (scheme) {
             case ColorScheme.Light:
-                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard.colorScheme = undefined; // undefined means ColorScheme.Light until all CSS is updated with values for each color scheme (e.g., see MainView.scss, DocumentDecorations.scss)
+                activeDashboard.colorScheme = undefined; // undefined means ColorScheme.Light until all CSS is updated with values for each color scheme (e.g., see MainView.scss, DocumentDecorations.scss)
                 addStyleSheetRule(SettingsManager._settingsStyle, "lm_header", { background: "#d3d3d3 !important" });
                 break;
             case ColorScheme.Dark:
-                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard.colorScheme = ColorScheme.Dark;
+                activeDashboard.colorScheme = ColorScheme.Dark;
                 addStyleSheetRule(SettingsManager._settingsStyle, "lm_header", { background: "black !important" });
                 break;
             case ColorScheme.System: default:
                 window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').addEventListener('change', e => {
-                    CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard.colorScheme = e.matches ? ColorScheme.Dark : undefined; // undefined means ColorScheme.Light until all CSS is updated with values for each color scheme (e.g., see MainView.scss, DocumentDecorations.scss)
+                    activeDashboard.colorScheme = e.matches ? ColorScheme.Dark : undefined; // undefined means ColorScheme.Light until all CSS is updated with values for each color scheme (e.g., see MainView.scss, DocumentDecorations.scss)
                 });
                 break;
         }
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ export class SettingsManager extends React.Component<{}> {
             <div className="tab-column">
                 <div className="tab-column-title">Modes</div>
                 <div className="tab-column-content">
-                    <select className="modes-select" onChange={this.selectUserMode} defaultValue={Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? "Novice" : "Developer"}>
+                    <select className="modes-select" onChange={this.selectUserMode} defaultValue={Doc.noviceMode ? "Novice" : "Developer"}>
                         <option key={"Novice"} value={"Novice"}> Novice </option>
                         <option key={"Developer"} value={"Developer"}> Developer</option>
                     </select>
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ export class SettingsManager extends React.Component<{}> {
                     <button onClick={() => GroupManager.Instance?.open()}>Manage groups</button>
                     <div className="default-acl">
                         <input className="acl-check" type="checkbox" checked={BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc()?.defaultAclPrivate)}
-                            onChange={action(() => Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate = !Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate)} />
+                            onChange={action(() => Doc.defaultAclPrivate = !Doc.defaultAclPrivate)} />
                         <div className="acl-text">Default access private</div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
index f439d4488..d77633b8d 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export class SharingManager extends React.Component<{}> {
         const dropdownValues: string[] = Object.values(SharingPermissions);
         if (!uniform) dropdownValues.unshift("-multiple-");
         if (override) dropdownValues.unshift("None");
-        return dropdownValues.filter(permission => !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode || ![SharingPermissions.View, SharingPermissions.SelfEdit].includes(permission as any)).map(permission =>
+        return dropdownValues.filter(permission => !Doc.noviceMode || ![SharingPermissions.View, SharingPermissions.SelfEdit].includes(permission as any)).map(permission =>
         (
             <option key={permission} value={permission}>
                 {permission}
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ export class SharingManager extends React.Component<{}> {
                         </div>
 
                         <div className="acl-container">
-                            {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) :
+                            {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) :
                                 <div className="layoutDoc-acls">
                                     <input type="checkbox" onChange={action(() => this.layoutDocAcls = !this.layoutDocAcls)} checked={this.layoutDocAcls} /> <label>Layout</label>
                                 </div>}
diff --git a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
index efc1644fe..9a0f25fe3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
 
       clickDashboard = async (e: React.MouseEvent, dashboard: Doc) => {
             if (e.detail === 2) {
-                  Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard = dashboard;
-                  Doc.UserDoc().activePage = "dashboard";
+                  CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard = dashboard;
+                  CurrentUserUtils.ActivePage = "dashboard";
             }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index be5927497..169bd3873 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function ViewBoxBaseComponent<P extends ViewBoxBaseProps>() {
 
         isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (
             this.props.isContentActive?.() === false ? false :
-                (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None ||
+                (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ||
                     (this.props.isContentActive?.() || this.props.Document.forceActive ||
                         this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) ||
                         this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction)) ? true : undefined))
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
 
                     if (effectiveAcl === AclAugment) {
                         added.map(doc => {
-                            if ([AclAdmin, AclEdit].includes(GetEffectiveAcl(doc))) inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, doc);
+                            if ([AclAdmin, AclEdit].includes(GetEffectiveAcl(doc)) && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard) inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, doc);
                             doc.context = this.props.Document;
                             if (annotationKey ?? this._annotationKeySuffix()) Doc.GetProto(doc).annotationOn = this.props.Document;
                             Doc.AddDocToList(targetDataDoc, annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey, doc);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                             doc.context = this.props.Document;
                             if (annotationKey ?? this._annotationKeySuffix()) Doc.GetProto(doc).annotationOn = this.props.Document;
 
-                            inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, doc);
+                            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard && inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, doc);
                         });
                         const annoDocs = targetDataDoc[annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey] as List<Doc>;
                         if (annoDocs instanceof List) annoDocs.push(...added);
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
index 0bbe473d7..9b8f7238d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: () => (DocumentV
             <div className="documentButtonBar-button">
                 {this.menuButton}
             </div>
-            {/* {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) : <div className="documentButtonBar-button">
+            {/* {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) : <div className="documentButtonBar-button">
                 {this.moreButton}
             </div>} */}
         </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 6afe64868..e960f5cca 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
             // and this seems to be the only way of differentiating pen and touch on touch events
             if (pt.radiusX > 1 && pt.radiusY > 1) {
                 InkTranscription.Instance.createInkGroup();
-                Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
+                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
                 this.prevPoints.set(pt.identifier, pt);
             }
         }
@@ -498,18 +498,18 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, returnFalse, action((e: PointerEvent, doubleTap?: boolean) => {
                 if (doubleTap) {
                     InkTranscription.Instance.createInkGroup();
-                    CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None;
+                    CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
                     return;
                 }
             }));
         }
-        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE)) {
-                CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Write;
+                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Write;
             }
             this._points.push({ X: e.clientX, Y: e.clientY });
             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onPointerMove, this.onPointerUp, emptyFunction);
-            // if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter) SetActiveInkColor("rgba(245, 230, 95, 0.75)");
+            // if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Highlighter) SetActiveInkColor("rgba(245, 230, 95, 0.75)");
         }
     }
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
                 this._points = [];
                 if (!CollectionFreeFormViewChrome.Instance?._keepPrimitiveMode) {
                     this.InkShape = "";
-                    Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
+                    CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
                 }
             }
             // if we're not drawing in a toolglass try to recognize as gesture
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 16d7c9a23..f5122df3f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
 
     public handle = action((e: KeyboardEvent) => {
         if (e.key?.toLowerCase() === "shift") DocumentDecorations.Instance.AddToSelection = true;
-        //if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && e.key.toLocaleLowerCase() === "shift") DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE(true);
+        //if (!Doc.noviceMode && e.key.toLocaleLowerCase() === "shift") DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE(true);
         const keyname = e.key && e.key.toLowerCase();
         this.handleGreedy(keyname);
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
                 DocumentLinksButton.StartLink = undefined;
                 DocumentLinksButton.StartLinkView = undefined;
                 InkStrokeProperties.Instance._controlButton = false;
-                CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None;
+                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
                 DragManager.CompleteWindowDrag?.(true);
                 var doDeselect = true;
                 if (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) {
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ export class KeyManager {
                     }
                 }
                 break;
-            case "e": CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Eraser;
+            case "e": CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Eraser;
                 break;
-            case "p": CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Pen;
+            case "p": CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Pen;
                 break;
             case "o":
                 const target = SelectionManager.Docs().lastElement();
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts b/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
index 0449da483..471ad09e9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export class InkStrokeProperties {
 
     constructor() {
         InkStrokeProperties._Instance = this;
-        reaction(() => this._controlButton, button => button && (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None));
-        reaction(() => CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool, tool => (tool !== InkTool.None) && (this._controlButton = false));
+        reaction(() => this._controlButton, button => button && (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None));
+        reaction(() => CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool, tool => (tool !== InkTool.None) && (this._controlButton = false));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkTranscription.tsx b/src/client/views/InkTranscription.tsx
index 8ab54918c..487bbcd00 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkTranscription.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkTranscription.tsx
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export class InkTranscription extends React.Component {
  */
 createInkGroup() {
     // TODO nda - if document being added to is a inkGrouping then we can just add to that group
-    if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Write) {
+    if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Write) {
         CollectionFreeFormView.collectionsWithUnprocessedInk.forEach(ffView => {
             // TODO: nda - will probably want to go through ffView unprocessed docs and then see if any of the inksToGroup docs are in it and only use those
             const selected = ffView.unprocessedDocs;
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
index aa5a815ac..35d89d2b1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             onClick: (e: React.MouseEvent) => this._handledClick && e.stopPropagation(),
             onContextMenu: () => {
                 const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
-                !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && cm?.addItem({ description: "Recognize Writing", event: this.analyzeStrokes, icon: "paint-brush" });
+                !Doc.noviceMode && cm?.addItem({ description: "Recognize Writing", event: this.analyzeStrokes, icon: "paint-brush" });
                 cm?.addItem({ description: "Toggle Mask", event: () => InkingStroke.toggleMask(this.rootDoc), icon: "paint-brush" });
                 cm?.addItem({ description: "Edit Points", event: action(() => InkStrokeProperties.Instance._controlButton = !InkStrokeProperties.Instance._controlButton), icon: "paint-brush" });
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 7e3916b3f..791c64630 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                         addDocTab={this.addDocTabFunc}
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        styleProvider={this._sidebarContent.proto === Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards || this._sidebarContent.proto === CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem ? DashboardStyleProvider : DefaultStyleProvider}
+                        styleProvider={this._sidebarContent.proto === CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards || this._sidebarContent.proto === CurrentUserUtils.MyFilesystem ? DashboardStyleProvider : DefaultStyleProvider}
                         rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         removeDocument={returnFalse}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={this.mainContainerXf}
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                             <GestureOverlay> {this.mainDashboardArea}   </GestureOverlay>
                         </>;
                     case "home":  return <DashboardView/>;
-                } })(StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activePage))
+                } })(CurrentUserUtils.ActivePage)
             }
             
             <PreviewCursor />
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index bdb3bb857..598fff29a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactLoading from 'react-loading';
-import { Doc, WidthSym, HeightSym } from "../../fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, WidthSym, HeightSym, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { Cast, NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from "../../Utils";
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
     }
 
     removeOverlayDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
-        (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc));
+        (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(doc => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, doc));
         return true;
     }
     
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
     }.bind(this));
 
     @computed get overlayDocs() {
-        return CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.map(d => {
+        return DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).map(d => {
             let offsetx = 0, offsety = 0;
             const dref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
             const onPointerMove = action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[]) => {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                     dragData.dropAction = "move";
                     dragData.removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
                         const docs = (doc instanceof Doc) ? [doc] : doc;
-                        docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null), "data", d));
+                        docs.forEach(d => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, d));
                         return true;
                     };
                     dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
index 74055f057..9c6d9a108 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
                     {list}
                 </div>
             </div>
-            {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) : <div onPointerDown={this.editOnClickScript} className="onClickFlyout-editScript"> Edit onClick Script</div>}
+            {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) : <div onPointerDown={this.editOnClickScript} className="onClickFlyout-editScript"> Edit onClick Script</div>}
         </div>;
     }
     @computed
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
         const isTree = this.selectedDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Tree;
         const isTabView = this.selectedTabView;
         const toggle = (ele: JSX.Element | null, style?: React.CSSProperties) => <div className="propertiesButtons-button" style={style}> {ele} </div>;
-        const isNovice = Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode;
+        const isNovice = Doc.noviceMode;
         return !this.selectedDoc ? (null) :
             <div className="propertiesButtons">
                 {toggle(this.titleButton)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 2cf334ae1..90c86fa18 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { InkField } from "../../fields/InkField";
 import { List } from "../../fields/List";
 import { ComputedField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../fields/Types";
+import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast, DocCast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { denormalizeEmail, GetEffectiveAcl, SharingPermissions } from "../../fields/util";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from "../../Utils";
 import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
      */
     @undoBatch
     changePermissions = (e: any, user: string) => {
-        const docs = SelectionManager.Views().length < 2 ? [this.selectedDoc] : SelectionManager.Views().map(docView => docView.props.Document);
+        const docs = SelectionManager.Views().length < 2 ? (this.selectedDoc ? [this.selectedDoc]:[]) : SelectionManager.Views().map(docView => docView.props.Document);
         SharingManager.Instance.shareFromPropertiesSidebar(user, e.currentTarget.value as SharingPermissions, docs);
     }
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
             value={permission}
             onChange={e => this.changePermissions(e, user)}>
             {dropdownValues.filter(permission =>
-                !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode || ![SharingPermissions.View, SharingPermissions.SelfEdit].includes(permission as any)).map(permission =>
+                !Doc.noviceMode || ![SharingPermissions.View, SharingPermissions.SelfEdit].includes(permission as any)).map(permission =>
                     <option key={permission} value={permission}>  {permission}  </option>)}
         </select>;
     }
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
 
         // all selected docs
         const docs = SelectionManager.Views().length < 2 ?
-            [this.layoutDocAcls ? this.selectedDoc : this.selectedDoc[DataSym]]
+            [this.layoutDocAcls ? this.selectedDoc : this.selectedDoc?.[DataSym]]
             : SelectionManager.Views().map(docView => this.layoutDocAcls ? docView.props.Document : docView.props.Document[DataSym]);
 
         const target = docs[0];
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
             {!this.openSharing ? (null) :
                 <div className="propertiesView-sharing-content">
                     <div className="propertiesView-buttonContainer">
-                        {!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (<div className="propertiesView-acls-checkbox">
+                        {!Doc.noviceMode ? (<div className="propertiesView-acls-checkbox">
                             <Checkbox
                                 color="primary"
                                 onChange={action(() => this.layoutDocAcls = !this.layoutDocAcls)}
@@ -931,42 +931,46 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
      * If it doesn't exist, it creates it.
      */
     checkFilterDoc() {
-        if (!this.selectedDoc.currentFilter) this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
+        if (!this.selectedDoc?.currentFilter) this.selectedDoc!.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a new currentFilter for this.filterDoc, 
      */
     createNewFilterDoc = () => {
-        const currentDocFilters = this.selectedDoc._docFilters;
-        const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc._docFilters = new List<string>();
-        this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
-        (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
-        (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
+        if (this.selectedDoc) {
+            const currentDocFilters = this.selectedDoc._docFilters;
+            const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc._docFilters = new List<string>();
+            this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = CurrentUserUtils.createFilterDoc();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Updates this.filterDoc's currentFilter and saves the docFilters on the currentFilter
      */
     updateFilterDoc = (doc: Doc) => {
-        if (doc === this.selectedDoc.currentFilter) return; // causes problems if you try to reapply the same doc
-        const savedDocFilters = doc._docFiltersList;
-        const currentDocFilters = this.selectedDoc._docFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc._docFilters = new List<string>();
-        (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
-        doc._docFiltersList = new List<string>();
-        this.selectedDoc._docFilters = savedDocFilters;
-
-        const savedDocRangeFilters = doc._docRangeFiltersList;
-        const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
-        (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
-        this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
-        doc._docRangeFiltersList = new List<string>();
-        this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = savedDocRangeFilters;
+        if (this.selectedDoc) {
+            if (doc === this.selectedDoc.currentFilter) return; // causes problems if you try to reapply the same doc
+            const savedDocFilters = doc._docFiltersList;
+            const currentDocFilters = this.selectedDoc._docFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc._docFilters = new List<string>();
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
+            doc._docFiltersList = new List<string>();
+            this.selectedDoc._docFilters = savedDocFilters;
+
+            const savedDocRangeFilters = doc._docRangeFiltersList;
+            const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
+            doc._docRangeFiltersList = new List<string>();
+            this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = savedDocRangeFilters;
+        }
     }
 
     @computed get filtersSubMenu() {
@@ -1059,13 +1063,13 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={this.openFields ? "caret-down" : "caret-right"} size="lg" color="white" />
                 </div>
             </div>
-            {!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && this.openFields ? <div className="propertiesView-fields-checkbox">
+            {!Doc.noviceMode && this.openFields ? <div className="propertiesView-fields-checkbox">
                 {this.fieldsCheckbox}
                 <div className="propertiesView-fields-checkbox-text">Layout</div>
             </div> : null}
             {!this.openFields ? (null) :
                 <div className="propertiesView-fields-content">
-                    {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? this.noviceFields : this.expandedField}
+                    {Doc.noviceMode ? this.noviceFields : this.expandedField}
                 </div>}
         </div>;
     }
@@ -1122,7 +1126,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
 
     @undoBatch
     handleDescriptionChange = action((value: string) => {
-        if (LinkManager.currentLink) {
+        if (LinkManager.currentLink && this.selectedDoc) {
             this.selectedDoc.description = value;
             this.description = value;
             return true;
@@ -1131,7 +1135,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
 
     @undoBatch
     handleLinkRelationshipChange = action((value: string) => {
-        if (LinkManager.currentLink) {
+        if (LinkManager.currentLink && this.selectedDoc) {
             this.selectedDoc.linkRelationship = value;
             this.relationship = value;
             return true;
@@ -1188,7 +1192,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
 
     @undoBatch
     changeFollowBehavior = action((follow: string) => {
-        if (LinkManager.currentLink) {
+        if (LinkManager.currentLink && this.selectedDoc) {
             this.selectedDoc.followLinkLocation = follow;
             return true;
         }
@@ -1219,18 +1223,18 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
     }
 
     toggleAnchor = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc.linkAutoMove = !this.selectedDoc.linkAutoMove)));
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc && (this.selectedDoc.linkAutoMove = !this.selectedDoc.linkAutoMove))));
     }
 
     toggleArrow = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc.displayArrow = !this.selectedDoc.displayArrow)));
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc && (this.selectedDoc.displayArrow = !this.selectedDoc.displayArrow))));
     }
 
     toggleZoomToTarget1 = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => Cast(this.selectedDoc.anchor1, Doc, null).followLinkZoom = !Cast(this.selectedDoc.anchor1, Doc, null).followLinkZoom)));
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc && (DocCast(this.selectedDoc.anchor1).followLinkZoom = !DocCast(this.selectedDoc.anchor1).followLinkZoom))));
     }
     toggleZoomToTarget2 = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => Cast(this.selectedDoc.anchor2, Doc, null).followLinkZoom = !Cast(this.selectedDoc.anchor2, Doc, null).followLinkZoom)));
+        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, undoBatch(action(() => this.selectedDoc && (DocCast(this.selectedDoc.anchor2).followLinkZoom = !DocCast(this.selectedDoc.anchor2).followLinkZoom))));
     }
 
     @computed
@@ -1238,7 +1242,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
         return <input
             autoComplete={"off"}
             id="link_relationship_input"
-            value={StrCast(this.selectedDoc.linkRelationship)}
+            value={StrCast(this.selectedDoc?.linkRelationship)}
             onKeyDown={this.onRelationshipKey}
             onBlur={this.onSelectOutRelationship}
             onChange={e => this.handleLinkRelationshipChange(e.currentTarget.value)}
@@ -1252,7 +1256,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
         return <input
             autoComplete={"off"}
             id="link_description_input"
-            value={StrCast(this.selectedDoc.description)}
+            value={StrCast(this.selectedDoc?.description)}
             onKeyDown={this.onDescriptionKey}
             onBlur={this.onSelectOutDesc}
             onChange={e => this.handleDescriptionChange(e.currentTarget.value)}
@@ -1273,7 +1277,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
     // }
 
     render() {
-        const isNovice = BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode);
+        const isNovice = Doc.noviceMode;
         if (!this.selectedDoc && !this.isPres) {
             return <div className="propertiesView" style={{ width: this.props.width }}>
                 <div className="propertiesView-title" style={{ width: this.props.width }}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index 636f7042f..689ee4fc1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
 import { DefaultStyleProvider } from "./StyleProvider";
 import './TemplateMenu.scss';
 import React = require("react");
+import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../util/CurrentUserUtils";
 
 @observer
 class TemplateToggle extends React.Component<{ template: string, checked: boolean, toggle: (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>, template: string) => void }> {
@@ -111,22 +112,22 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
         const firstDoc = this.props.docViews[0].props.Document;
         const templateName = StrCast(firstDoc.layoutKey, "layout").replace("layout_", "");
         const noteTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()["template-notes"], Doc, null)?.data);
-        const addedTypes = Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? [] : DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()["template-buttons"], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const addedTypes = Doc.noviceMode ? [] : DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()["template-buttons"], Doc, null)?.data);
         const layout = Doc.Layout(firstDoc);
         const templateMenu: Array<JSX.Element> = [];
         this.props.templates?.forEach((checked, template) =>
             templateMenu.push(<TemplateToggle key={template} template={template} checked={checked} toggle={this.toggleTemplate} />));
         templateMenu.push(<OtherToggle key={"audio"} name={"Audio"} checked={firstDoc._showAudio ? true : false} toggle={this.toggleAudio} />);
         templateMenu.push(<OtherToggle key={"default"} name={"Default"} checked={templateName === "layout"} toggle={this.toggleDefault} />);
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && templateMenu.push(<OtherToggle key={"chrome"} name={"Chrome"} checked={!layout._chromeHidden} toggle={this.toggleChrome} />);
+        !Doc.noviceMode && templateMenu.push(<OtherToggle key={"chrome"} name={"Chrome"} checked={!layout._chromeHidden} toggle={this.toggleChrome} />);
         addedTypes.concat(noteTypes).map(template => template.treeViewChecked = this.templateIsUsed(firstDoc, template));
         this._addedKeys && Array.from(this._addedKeys).filter(key => !noteTypes.some(nt => nt.title === key)).forEach(template => templateMenu.push(
             <OtherToggle key={template} name={template} checked={templateName === template} toggle={e => this.toggleLayout(e, template)} />));
         return <ul className="template-list" style={{ display: "block" }}>
-            {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) : <input placeholder="+ layout" ref={this._customRef} onKeyPress={this.onCustomKeypress} />}
+            {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) : <input placeholder="+ layout" ref={this._customRef} onKeyPress={this.onCustomKeypress} />}
             {templateMenu}
-            {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) : <CollectionTreeView
-                Document={Doc.UserDoc().templateDocs as Doc}
+            {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) : <CollectionTreeView
+                Document={CurrentUserUtils.MyTemplates}
                 CollectionView={undefined}
                 ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 1ebbe08ef..5f36a7a51 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
         }
         if (!e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble && !InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE) && !InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) &&
-            ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+            ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     }
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     stackCreated = (stack: any) => {
         stack.header?.element.on('mousedown', (e: any) => {
-            if (e.target === stack.header?.element[0] && e.button === 2) {
-                const dashboard= CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
+            const dashboard = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
+            if (dashboard && e.target === stack.header?.element[0] && e.button === 2) {
                 dashboard["pane-count"] = NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"]) + 1;
                 const docToAdd = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
                     _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), _backgroundGridShow: true, _fitWidth: true, title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"])}`,
@@ -462,12 +462,14 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             .click(action(() => {
                 // stack.config.fixed = !stack.config.fixed;  // force the stack to have a fixed size
                 const dashboard = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
-                dashboard["pane-count"] = NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"]) + 1;
-                const docToAdd = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
-                    _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), _fitWidth: true, _backgroundGridShow: true, title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"])}`
-                });
-                this.props.Document.isShared && inheritParentAcls(this.props.Document, docToAdd);
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, "", stack);
+                if (dashboard) {
+                    dashboard["pane-count"] = NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"]) + 1;
+                    const docToAdd = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
+                        _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), _fitWidth: true, _backgroundGridShow: true, title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard["pane-count"])}`
+                    });
+                    this.props.Document.isShared && inheritParentAcls(this.props.Document, docToAdd);
+                    CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, "", stack);
+                }
             }));
     }
 
@@ -480,6 +482,6 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function openInLightbox(doc: any) { LightboxView.AddDocTab(
     "opens up document in a lightbox", "(doc: any)");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function openOnRight(doc: any) { return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, "right"); },
     "opens up document in tab on right side of the screen", "(doc: any)");
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function openInOverlay(doc: any) { return Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc); },
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function openInOverlay(doc: any) { return Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, doc); },
     "opens up document in screen overlay layer", "(doc: any)");
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) { CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, "right", undefined, shiftKey); });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 1c25421f5..9b1bb5b97 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -268,17 +268,20 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
                  self.target._searchFilterDocs = compareLists(self['target-searchFilterDocs'],self.target._searchFilterDocs) ? undefined: copyField(self['target-searchFilterDocs']);`,
         immediate: undoBatch((source: Doc[]) => { this.target._docFilters = undefined; this.target._searchFilterDocs = undefined; }),
         initialize: (button: Doc) => {
-            button['target-docFilters'] = (CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ?
-                ObjectField.MakeCopy((CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
-            button['target-searchFilterDocs'] = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._searchFilterDocs instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard._searchFilterDocs as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+            const activeDash = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
+            if (activeDash) {
+                button['target-docFilters'] = (CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ?
+                    ObjectField.MakeCopy((CurrentUserUtils.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+                button['target-searchFilterDocs'] = activeDash._searchFilterDocs instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeDash._searchFilterDocs as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+            }
         },
     };
 
-    @computed get _freeform_commands() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? [this._viewCommand, this._saveFilterCommand] : [this._viewCommand, this._saveFilterCommand, this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand, this._narrativeCommand]; }
-    @computed get _stacking_commands() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? undefined : [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand]; }
-    @computed get _masonry_commands() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? undefined : [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand]; }
-    @computed get _schema_commands() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? undefined : [this._templateCommand, this._narrativeCommand]; }
-    @computed get _doc_commands() { return Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? undefined : [this._openLinkInCommand, this._onClickCommand]; }
+    @computed get _freeform_commands() { return Doc.noviceMode ? [this._viewCommand, this._saveFilterCommand] : [this._viewCommand, this._saveFilterCommand, this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand, this._narrativeCommand]; }
+    @computed get _stacking_commands() { return Doc.noviceMode ? undefined : [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand]; }
+    @computed get _masonry_commands() { return Doc.noviceMode ? undefined : [this._contentCommand, this._templateCommand]; }
+    @computed get _schema_commands() { return Doc.noviceMode ? undefined : [this._templateCommand, this._narrativeCommand]; }
+    @computed get _doc_commands() { return Doc.noviceMode ? undefined : [this._openLinkInCommand, this._onClickCommand]; }
     @computed get _tree_commands() { return undefined; }
     private get _buttonizableCommands() {
         switch (this.props.type) {
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
     @action
     startRecording = () => {
         const doc = Docs.Create.ScreenshotDocument({ title: "screen recording", _fitWidth: true, _width: 400, _height: 200, mediaState: "pendingRecording" });
-        //Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
+        //Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, doc);
         CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, "right");
     }
 
@@ -691,8 +694,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
     @action clearKeepPrimitiveMode() { this._selectedPrimitive = this._shapePrims.length; }
     @action primCreated() {
         if (!this._keepPrimitiveMode) { //get out of ink mode after each stroke=
-            if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter && GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor) SetActiveInkColor(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor);
-            CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None;
+            if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Highlighter && GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor) SetActiveInkColor(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor);
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
             this._selectedPrimitive = this._shapePrims.length;
             SetActiveArrowStart("none");
             SetActiveArrowEnd("none");
@@ -734,11 +737,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
             if (this._selectedPrimitive !== i) {
                 this._selectedPrimitive = i;
                 if (this._title[i] === "highlighter") {
-                    CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Highlighter;
+                    CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Highlighter;
                     GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor = ActiveInkColor();
                     SetActiveInkColor("rgba(245, 230, 95, 0.75)");
                 } else {
-                    CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Pen;
+                    CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Pen;
                 }
                 SetActiveArrowStart(this._head[i]);
                 SetActiveArrowEnd(this._end[i]);
@@ -747,7 +750,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
                 GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = this._shapePrims[i];
             } else {
                 this._selectedPrimitive = this._shapePrims.length;
-                CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None;
+                CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
                 SetActiveArrowStart("");
                 SetActiveArrowEnd("");
                 GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = "";
@@ -840,7 +843,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
                         {this.widthPicker}
                         {this.colorPicker}
                         {this.fillPicker}
-                        {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode || this.props.isDoc ? (null) :
+                        {Doc.noviceMode || this.props.isDoc ? (null) :
                             <>
                                 <Tooltip key="back" title={<div className="dash-tooltip">Back Frame</div>} placement="bottom">
                                     <div className="backKeyframe" onClick={this.prevKeyframe}>
@@ -879,7 +882,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionView
         const val = value.toLowerCase();
         const docs = DocListCast(this.document[this.props.fieldKey]);
 
-        if (Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (Doc.noviceMode) {
             if (docs instanceof Doc) {
                 const keys = Object.keys(docs).filter(key => key.indexOf("title") >= 0 || key.indexOf("author") >= 0 ||
                     key.indexOf("creationDate") >= 0 || key.indexOf("lastModified") >= 0 ||
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index dddae4a34..277fcd59c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             <>
                 {buttonMenu || noviceExplainer ? <div className="documentButtonMenu">
                     {buttonMenu ? this.buttonMenu : null}
-                    {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && noviceExplainer ?
+                    {Doc.noviceMode && noviceExplainer ?
                         <div className="documentExplanation">
                             {noviceExplainer}
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index 7f96217b8..f3a798143 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                     }
                 }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt"
             }));
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Doc Fields ...", subitems: docItems, icon: "eye" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Containers ...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Doc Fields ...", subitems: docItems, icon: "eye" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Containers ...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
         ContextMenu.Instance.setDefaultItem("::", (name: string): void => {
             Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)[name] = "";
             const created = Docs.Create.TextDocument("", { title: name, _width: 250, _autoHeight: true });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index e809bfbce..ba72fb7b9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @computed get treeChildren() { TraceMobx(); return this.props.childDocuments || this.childDocs; }
     @computed get outlineMode() { return this.doc.treeViewType === TreeViewType.outline; }
     @computed get fileSysMode() { return this.doc.treeViewType === TreeViewType.fileSystem; }
-    @computed get dashboardMode() { return this.doc === Doc.UserDoc().myDashboards; }
+    @computed get dashboardMode() { return this.doc === CurrentUserUtils.MyDashboards; }
 
     @observable _explainerHeight = 0; // height of the description of the tree view
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     // these should stay in synch with counterparts in DocComponent.ts ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent
     @observable _isAnyChildContentActive = false;
     whenChildContentsActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive));
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None ||
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ||
         (this.props.isContentActive?.() || this.props.Document.forceActive ||
             this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isAnyChildContentActive ||
             this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction)) ? true : false)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     }
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         // need to test if propagation has stopped because GoldenLayout forces a parallel react hierarchy to be created for its top-level layout
-        if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
             layoutItems.push({ description: "Make tree state " + (this.doc.treeViewOpenIsTransient ? "persistent" : "transient"), event: () => this.doc.treeViewOpenIsTransient = !this.doc.treeViewOpenIsTransient, icon: "paint-brush" });
             layoutItems.push({ description: (this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields ? "Show" : "Hide") + " Header Fields", event: () => this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields = !this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields, icon: "paint-brush" });
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     }
 
     @computed get noviceExplainer() {
-        return !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.explainer ? (null) :
+        return !Doc.noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.explainer ? (null) :
             <div className="documentExplanation"> {this.rootDoc.explainer} </div>;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 965f0a352..4b5c5e3fb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         subItems.push({ description: "Masonry", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Masonry), icon: "columns" });
         subItems.push({ description: "Carousel", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Carousel), icon: "columns" });
         subItems.push({ description: "3D Carousel", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Carousel3D), icon: "columns" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && subItems.push({ description: "Pivot/Time", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Time), icon: "columns" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && subItems.push({ description: "Map", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Map), icon: "globe-americas" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && subItems.push({ description: "Pivot/Time", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Time), icon: "columns" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && subItems.push({ description: "Map", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Map), icon: "globe-americas" });
         subItems.push({ description: "Grid", event: () => func(CollectionViewType.Grid), icon: "th-list" });
 
         if (!Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc) && !this.rootDoc.isGroup && !this.rootDoc.annotationOn) {
@@ -184,16 +184,16 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
 
             const options = cm.findByDescription("Options...");
             const optionItems = options && "subitems" in options ? options.subitems : [];
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? optionItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${this.rootDoc.forceActive ? "Select" : "Force"} Contents Active`, event: () => this.rootDoc.forceActive = !this.rootDoc.forceActive, icon: "project-diagram" }) : null;
+            !Doc.noviceMode ? optionItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${this.rootDoc.forceActive ? "Select" : "Force"} Contents Active`, event: () => this.rootDoc.forceActive = !this.rootDoc.forceActive, icon: "project-diagram" }) : null;
             if (this.rootDoc.childLayout instanceof Doc) {
                 optionItems.push({ description: "View Child Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childLayout as Doc, "add:right"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
             if (this.rootDoc.childClickedOpenTemplateView instanceof Doc) {
                 optionItems.push({ description: "View Child Detailed Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childClickedOpenTemplateView as Doc, "add:right"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && optionItems.push({ description: `${this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer ? "Unset" : "Set"} inPlace Container`, event: () => this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer = !this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer, icon: "project-diagram" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && optionItems.push({ description: `${this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer ? "Unset" : "Set"} inPlace Container`, event: () => this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer = !this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer, icon: "project-diagram" });
 
-            if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+            if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
                 optionItems.push({
                     description: "Create Branch", event: async () => this.props.addDocTab(await BranchCreate(this.rootDoc), "add:right"), icon: "project-diagram"
                 });
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
 
             !options && cm.addItem({ description: "Options...", subitems: optionItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
 
-            if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && !this.rootDoc.annotationOn) {
+            if (!Doc.noviceMode && !this.rootDoc.annotationOn) {
                 const existingOnClick = cm.findByDescription("OnClick...");
                 const onClicks = existingOnClick && "subitems" in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
                 const funcs = [{ key: "onChildClick", name: "On Child Clicked" }, { key: "onChildDoubleClick", name: "On Child Double Clicked" }];
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
                 !Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc) && !existingOnClick && cm.addItem({ description: "OnClick...", noexpand: true, subitems: onClicks, icon: "mouse-pointer" });
             }
 
-            if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+            if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
                 const more = cm.findByDescription("More...");
                 const moreItems = more && "subitems" in more ? more.subitems : [];
                 moreItems.push({ description: "Export Image Hierarchy", icon: "columns", event: () => ImageUtils.ExportHierarchyToFileSystem(this.rootDoc) });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 022b9fa24..70db121d1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             pinDoc && PresBox.Instance?._selectedArray.set(pinDoc, undefined); //Update selected array
         });
         if (!Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap).map(d => d.DashDoc).includes(curPres)) {
-            const docs = Cast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs, Doc, null).data, listSpec(Doc), []);
+            const docs = Cast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.data, listSpec(Doc), []);
             if (docs.includes(curPres)) docs.splice(docs.indexOf(curPres), 1);
             CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, "right");
             setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(docList.lastElement(), false, undefined, []), 100); // keeps the pinned doc in view since the sidebar shifts things
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 59dc5671b..704b8989a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return this.doc.viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? this.fieldKey :
             this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey :
                 this.props.treeView.fileSysMode ? (this.doc.isFolder ? this.fieldKey : "aliases") : // for displaying 
-                    this.props.treeView.outlineMode || this.childDocs ? this.fieldKey : Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? "layout" : StrCast(this.props.treeView.doc.treeViewExpandedView, "fields");
+                    this.props.treeView.outlineMode || this.childDocs ? this.fieldKey : Doc.noviceMode ? "layout" : StrCast(this.props.treeView.doc.treeViewExpandedView, "fields");
     }
 
     @computed get doc() { return this.props.document; }
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const links = () => DocListCast(this.doc.links).length && !this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? "links" : "";
         const data = () => this.childDocs || this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey : "";
         const aliases = () => this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? "" : "aliases";
-        const fields = () => Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? "" : "fields";
-        const layout = (Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) || this.doc.viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ["layout"];
+        const fields = () => Doc.noviceMode ? "" : "fields";
+        const layout = (Doc.noviceMode) || this.doc.viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ["layout"];
         return [data(), ...layout, ...(this.props.treeView.fileSysMode ? [aliases(), links(), annos()] : []), fields()].filter(m => m);
     }
     @action
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index c07e44fcc..ffe146ae4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 !this.props.Document._isGroup && // group freeforms don't pan when dragged -- instead let the event go through to allow the group itself to drag
                 !InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE) &&
                 !InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE)) {
-                switch (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool) {
+                switch (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool) {
                     case InkTool.Highlighter:
                         break;
                     // TODO: nda - this where we want to create the new "writingDoc" collection that we add strokes to
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     this.addMoveListeners();
                     this.removeEndListeners();
                     this.addEndListeners();
-                    if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+                    if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None) {
                         this._lastX = pt.pageX;
                         this._lastY = pt.pageY;
                         e.preventDefault();
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             case GestureUtils.Gestures.Stroke:
                 const points = ge.points;
                 const B = this.getTransform().transformBounds(ge.bounds.left, ge.bounds.top, ge.bounds.width, ge.bounds.height);
-                const inkDoc = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool, ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), ActiveFillColor(), ActiveArrowStart(), ActiveArrowEnd(), ActiveDash(), points,
+                const inkDoc = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool, ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), ActiveFillColor(), ActiveArrowStart(), ActiveArrowEnd(), ActiveDash(), points,
                     { title: "ink stroke", x: B.x - ActiveInkWidth() / 2, y: B.y - ActiveInkWidth() / 2, _width: B.width + ActiveInkWidth(), _height: B.height + ActiveInkWidth() });
-                if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Write) {
+                if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Write) {
                     this.unprocessedDocs.push(inkDoc);
                     CollectionFreeFormView.collectionsWithUnprocessedInk.add(this);
                 }
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
         if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE)) return;
         if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE)) {
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
             if (this.props.isContentActive(true)) e.stopPropagation();
         } else if (!e.cancelBubble) {
             if (this.tryDragCluster(e, this._hitCluster)) {
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (!e.cancelBubble) {
             const myTouches = InteractionUtils.GetMyTargetTouches(me, this.prevPoints, true);
             if (myTouches[0]) {
-                if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+                if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None) {
                     if (this.tryDragCluster(e, this._hitCluster)) {
                         e.stopPropagation(); // doesn't actually stop propagation since all our listeners are listening to events on 'document'  however it does mark the event as cancelBubble=true which we test for in the move event handlers
                         e.preventDefault();
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     onPointerWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
-        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || (this.layoutDoc._fitWidth && this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight) || CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.props.Document) || this.props.Document.treeViewOutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
+        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || (this.layoutDoc._fitWidth && this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight) || DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.props.Document) || this.props.Document.treeViewOutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
         if (!e.ctrlKey && this.props.Document.scrollHeight !== undefined) { // things that can scroll vertically should do that instead of zooming
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 else if (ranges.yrange.max <= (panY - panelDim[1] / 2)) panY = ranges.yrange.min - panelDim[1] / 2;
             }
         }
-        if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform || LightboxView.LightboxDoc || CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.Document)) {
+        if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform || LightboxView.LightboxDoc || DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.Document)) {
             this._viewTransition = panTime;
             const scale = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
             const minScale = NumCast(this.rootDoc._viewScaleMin, 1);
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const appearance = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("Appearance...");
         const appearanceItems = appearance && "subitems" in appearance ? appearance.subitems : [];
         appearanceItems.push({ description: "Reset View", event: () => { this.props.Document._panX = this.props.Document._panY = 0; this.props.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = 1; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Reset default note style", event: () => Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout = undefined, icon: "eye" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Reset default note style", event: () => Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout = undefined, icon: "eye" });
         appearanceItems.push({ description: `${this.fitContentsToBox ? "Make Zoomable" : "Scale to Window"}`, event: () => this.Document._fitContentsToBox = !this.fitContentsToBox, icon: !this.fitContentsToBox ? "expand-arrows-alt" : "compress-arrows-alt" });
         appearanceItems.push({ description: `Pin View`, event: () => TabDocView.PinDoc(this.rootDoc, {pinDocView:true, panelWidth: this.props.PanelWidth(), panelHeight:this.props.PanelHeight()}), icon: "map-pin" });
         //appearanceItems.push({ description: `update icon`, event: this.updateIcon, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
@@ -1640,27 +1640,27 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
         // this.props.Document._isGroup && this.childDocs.filter(s => s.type === DocumentType.INK).length > 0 && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Ink to math", event: () => this.transcribeStrokes(true), icon: "square-root-alt" });
 
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? appearanceItems.push({ description: "Arrange contents in grid", event: this.layoutDocsInGrid, icon: "table" }) : null;
+        !Doc.noviceMode ? appearanceItems.push({ description: "Arrange contents in grid", event: this.layoutDocsInGrid, icon: "table" }) : null;
         !appearance && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Appearance...", subitems: appearanceItems, icon: "eye" });
 
         const viewctrls = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("UI Controls...");
         const viewCtrlItems = viewctrls && "subitems" in viewctrls ? viewctrls.subitems : [];
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? viewCtrlItems.push({ description: (Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines ? "Hide" : "Show") + " Snap Lines", event: () => Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines = !Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" }) : null;
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? viewCtrlItems.push({ description: (this.Document._useClusters ? "Hide" : "Show") + " Clusters", event: () => this.updateClusters(!this.Document._useClusters), icon: "braille" }) : null;
+        !Doc.noviceMode ? viewCtrlItems.push({ description: (Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines ? "Hide" : "Show") + " Snap Lines", event: () => Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines = !Doc.UserDoc().showSnapLines, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" }) : null;
+        !Doc.noviceMode ? viewCtrlItems.push({ description: (this.Document._useClusters ? "Hide" : "Show") + " Clusters", event: () => this.updateClusters(!this.Document._useClusters), icon: "braille" }) : null;
         !viewctrls && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "UI Controls...", subitems: viewCtrlItems, icon: "eye" });
 
         const options = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("Options...");
         const optionItems = options && "subitems" in options ? options.subitems : [];
-        !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode &&
+        !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && !Doc.noviceMode &&
             optionItems.push({ description: (this._showAnimTimeline ? "Close" : "Open") + " Animation Timeline", event: action(() => this._showAnimTimeline = !this._showAnimTimeline), icon: "eye" });
         this.props.renderDepth && optionItems.push({ description: "Use Background Color as Default", event: () => Cast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyCollection, Doc, null)._backgroundColor = StrCast(this.layoutDoc._backgroundColor), icon: "palette" });
-        if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             optionItems.push({ description: (!Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc) || !Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc) ? "Freeze" : "Unfreeze") + " Aspect", event: this.toggleNativeDimensions, icon: "snowflake" });
         }
         !options && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Options...", subitems: optionItems, icon: "eye" });
         const mores = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("More...");
         const moreItems = mores && "subitems" in mores ? mores.subitems : [];
-        if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             moreItems.push({ description: "Export collection", icon: "download", event: async () => Doc.Zip(this.props.Document) });
             moreItems.push({ description: "Import exported collection", icon: "upload", event: ({ x, y }) => this.importDocument(x, y) });
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 051da795f..b62020a04 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     onClick = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         if (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD &&
             Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downY) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD) {
-            if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+            if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None) {
                 if (!(e.nativeEvent as any).marqueeHit) {
                     (e.nativeEvent as any).marqueeHit = true;
                     if (!this.props.trySelectCluster(e.shiftKey)) {
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         const newCollection = creator ? creator(selected, { title: "nested stack", }) : ((doc: Doc) => {
             Doc.GetProto(doc).data = new List<Doc>(selected);
             Doc.GetProto(doc).title = makeGroup ? "grouping" : "nested freeform";
-            !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && Doc.AddDocToList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myFileOrphans, Doc, null), "data", Doc.GetProto(doc));
+            !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyFileOrphans, undefined, Doc.GetProto(doc));
             doc._panX = doc._panY = 0;
             return doc;
         })(Doc.MakeCopy(Doc.UserDoc().emptyCollection as Doc, true));
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         return <div className="marqueeView"
             style={{
                 overflow: StrCast(this.props.Document._overflow),
-                cursor: [InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool) || this._visible || PresBox.startMarquee ? "crosshair" : "pointer"
+                cursor: [InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool) || this._visible || PresBox.startMarquee ? "crosshair" : "pointer"
             }}
 
             onDragOver={e => e.preventDefault()}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
index 0875c80b3..9653f2808 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaHeaders.tsx
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export class KeysDropdown extends React.Component<KeysDropdownProps> {
         const whitelistKeys = ["context", "author", "*lastModified", "text", "data", "tags", "creationDate"];
         const keyOptions = this._searchTerm === "" ? this.props.possibleKeys : this.props.possibleKeys.filter(key => key.toUpperCase().indexOf(this._searchTerm.toUpperCase()) > -1);
         const showKeys = new Set<string>();
-        [...keyOptions, ...whitelistKeys].forEach(key => (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ||
+        [...keyOptions, ...whitelistKeys].forEach(key => (!Doc.noviceMode ||
             whitelistKeys.includes(key)
             || ((!key.startsWith("_") && key[0] === key[0].toUpperCase()) || key[0] === "#")) ? showKeys.add(key) : null);
         return Array.from(showKeys.keys()).filter(key => !this._searchTerm || key.includes(this._searchTerm));
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index 669622455..8e24fce11 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -348,11 +348,10 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             Doc.GetProto(newDoc).recordingSource = this.dataDoc;
             Doc.GetProto(newDoc).recordingStart = ComputedField.MakeFunction(`self.recordingSource["${this.fieldKey}-recordingStart"]`);
             Doc.GetProto(newDoc).mediaState = ComputedField.MakeFunction("self.recordingSource.mediaState");
-            const overlayDoc = Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc;
-            if (DocListCast(overlayDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(overlayDoc)]).includes(this.rootDoc)) {
+            if (DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.rootDoc)) {
                 newDoc.x = this.rootDoc.x;
                 newDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + NumCast(this.rootDoc._height);
-                Doc.AddDocToList(overlayDoc, undefined, newDoc);
+                Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, newDoc);
             } else {
                 this.props.addDocument?.(newDoc);
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
index d975baf9b..6d05fca5e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @undoBatch
     @action
     static switchColor(color: ColorState) {
-        // Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor = Utils.colorString(color); // bcz: this can't go here ... needs a proper home in the settings panel
         SetActiveInkColor(color.hex);
 
         SelectionManager.Views().map(view => {
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             style={{ transform: `scale(${scaling})`, width: `${100 * scaling}%`, height: `${100 * scaling}%` }} >
 
             <SketchPicker
-                onChange={c => CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && ColorBox.switchColor(c)}
+                onChange={c => CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && ColorBox.switchColor(c)}
                 color={StrCast(SelectionManager.Views()?.[0]?.rootDoc?._backgroundColor, ActiveInkColor())}
                 presetColors={['#D0021B', '#F5A623', '#F8E71C', '#8B572A', '#7ED321', '#417505', '#9013FE', '#4A90E2', '#50E3C2', '#B8E986',
                     '#000000', '#4A4A4A', '#9B9B9B', '#FFFFFF', '#f1efeb', 'transparent']}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index e2b37d2b4..4d84a8ad2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             this._downX = touch.clientX;
             this._downY = touch.clientY;
             if (!e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble) {
-                if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !e.ctrlKey && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) e.stopPropagation();
+                if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !e.ctrlKey && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) e.stopPropagation();
                 this.removeMoveListeners();
                 this.addMoveListeners();
                 this.removeEndListeners();
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         if (e.cancelBubble && this.props.isDocumentActive?.()) {
             this.removeMoveListeners();
         }
-        else if (!e.cancelBubble && (this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        else if (!e.cancelBubble && (this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             const touch = me.touchEvent.changedTouches.item(0);
             if (touch && (Math.abs(this._downX - touch.clientX) > 3 || Math.abs(this._downY - touch.clientY) > 3)) {
                 if (!e.altKey && (!this.topMost || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler)) {
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     });
 
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.INK && CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Eraser) return;
+        if (this.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.INK && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Eraser) return;
         // continue if the event hasn't been canceled AND we are using a mouse or this has an onClick or onDragStart function (meaning it is a button document)
-        if (!(InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.MOUSETYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool))) {
+        if (!(InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.MOUSETYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool))) {
             if (!InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE)) {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 if (SelectionManager.IsSelected(this.props.DocumentView(), true) && this.props.Document._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking) e.preventDefault(); // goldenlayout needs to be able to move its tabs, so can't preventDefault for it
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 !this.Document.ignoreClick &&
                 !e.ctrlKey &&
                 (e.button === 0 || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE)) &&
-                !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+                !DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 // don't preventDefault anymore.  Goldenlayout, PDF text selection and RTF text selection all need it to go though
                 //if (this.props.isSelected(true) && this.rootDoc.type !== DocumentType.PDF && this.layoutDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking) e.preventDefault();
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
         if (e.cancelBubble) return;
-        if ((InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool))) return;
+        if ((InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || [InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool))) return;
 
-        if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        if ((this.props.isDocumentActive?.() || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && !DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             if (Math.abs(this._downX - e.clientX) > 3 || Math.abs(this._downY - e.clientY) > 3) {
                 if (!e.altKey && (!this.topMost || this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.onClickHandler) && (e.buttons === 1 || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE))) {
                     document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
     @action
     onContextMenu = (e?: React.MouseEvent, pageX?: number, pageY?: number) => {
-        if (e && this.rootDoc._hideContextMenu && Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (e && this.rootDoc._hideContextMenu && Doc.noviceMode) {
             e.preventDefault();
             e.stopPropagation();
             //!this.props.isSelected(true) && SelectionManager.SelectView(this.props.DocumentView(), false);
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             const templateDoc = Cast(this.props.Document[StrCast(this.props.Document.layoutKey)], Doc, null);
             const appearance = cm.findByDescription("UI Controls...");
             const appearanceItems: ContextMenuProps[] = appearance && "subitems" in appearance ? appearance.subitems : [];
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && templateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Open Template   ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, "add:right"), icon: "eye" });
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && appearanceItems.push({
+            !Doc.noviceMode && templateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Open Template   ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, "add:right"), icon: "eye" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && appearanceItems.push({
                 description: "Add a Field", event: () => {
                     const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(this.rootDoc);
                     alias.layout = FormattedTextBox.LayoutString("newfield");
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             !appearance && cm.addItem({ description: "UI Controls...", subitems: appearanceItems, icon: "compass" });
 
             if (!Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc) && this.rootDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking && this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Tree) {
-                !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && appearanceItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${!this.layoutDoc._showAudio ? "Show" : "Hide"} Audio Button`, event: action(() => this.layoutDoc._showAudio = !this.layoutDoc._showAudio), icon: "microphone" });
+                !Doc.noviceMode && appearanceItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${!this.layoutDoc._showAudio ? "Show" : "Hide"} Audio Button`, event: action(() => this.layoutDoc._showAudio = !this.layoutDoc._showAudio), icon: "microphone" });
                 const existingOnClick = cm.findByDescription("OnClick...");
                 const onClicks: ContextMenuProps[] = existingOnClick && "subitems" in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
 
@@ -778,8 +778,8 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 }
                 !zorders && cm.addItem({ description: "ZOrder...", noexpand: true, subitems: zorderItems, icon: "compass" });
 
-                !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && onClicks.push({ description: "Enter Portal", event: this.makeIntoPortal, icon: "window-restore" });
-                !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && onClicks.push({ description: "Toggle Detail", event: this.setToggleDetail, icon: "concierge-bell" });
+                !Doc.noviceMode && onClicks.push({ description: "Enter Portal", event: this.makeIntoPortal, icon: "window-restore" });
+                !Doc.noviceMode && onClicks.push({ description: "Toggle Detail", event: this.setToggleDetail, icon: "concierge-bell" });
                 this.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView && onClicks.push({ description: (this.Document.followLinkZoom ? "Don't" : "") + " zoom following link", event: () => this.Document.followLinkZoom = !this.Document.followLinkZoom, icon: this.Document.ignoreClick ? "unlock" : "lock" });
 
                 if (!this.Document.annotationOn) {
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             }
 
             const funcs: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-            if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) {
+            if (!Doc.noviceMode && this.layoutDoc.onDragStart) {
                 funcs.push({ description: "Drag an Alias", icon: "edit", event: () => this.Document.dragFactory && (this.layoutDoc.onDragStart = ScriptField.MakeFunction('getAlias(this.dragFactory)')) });
                 funcs.push({ description: "Drag a Copy", icon: "edit", event: () => this.Document.dragFactory && (this.layoutDoc.onDragStart = ScriptField.MakeFunction('getCopy(this.dragFactory, true)')) });
                 funcs.push({ description: "Drag Document", icon: "edit", event: () => this.layoutDoc.onDragStart = undefined });
@@ -813,8 +813,8 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             const more = cm.findByDescription("More...");
             const moreItems = more && "subitems" in more ? more.subitems : [];
             if (!Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc)) {
-                (this.rootDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking || !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) && moreItems.push({ description: "Share", event: () => SharingManager.Instance.open(this.props.DocumentView()), icon: "users" });
-                if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+                (this.rootDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking || !Doc.noviceMode) && moreItems.push({ description: "Share", event: () => SharingManager.Instance.open(this.props.DocumentView()), icon: "users" });
+                if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
                     moreItems.push({ description: "Make View of Metadata Field", event: () => Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc), icon: "concierge-bell" });
                     moreItems.push({ description: `${this.Document._chromeHidden ? "Show" : "Hide"} Chrome`, event: () => this.Document._chromeHidden = !this.Document._chromeHidden, icon: "project-diagram" });
 
@@ -835,9 +835,9 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             const help = cm.findByDescription("Help...");
             const helpItems: ContextMenuProps[] = help && "subitems" in help ? help.subitems : [];
             helpItems.push({ description: "Show Fields ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "add:right"), icon: "layer-group" });
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Text Shortcuts Ctrl+/", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.PdfDocument("/assets/cheat-sheet.pdf", { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "add:right"), icon: "keyboard" });
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Print Document in Console", event: () => console.log(this.props.Document), icon: "hand-point-right" });
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Print DataDoc in Console", event: () => console.log(this.props.Document[DataSym]), icon: "hand-point-right" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Text Shortcuts Ctrl+/", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.PdfDocument("/assets/cheat-sheet.pdf", { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "add:right"), icon: "keyboard" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Print Document in Console", event: () => console.log(this.props.Document), icon: "hand-point-right" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: "Print DataDoc in Console", event: () => console.log(this.props.Document[DataSym]), icon: "hand-point-right" });
             cm.addItem({ description: "Help...", noexpand: true, subitems: helpItems, icon: "question" });
         }
 
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     setContentView = action((view: { getAnchor?: () => Doc, forward?: () => boolean, back?: () => boolean }) => this._componentView = view);
     isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => {
         return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : (
-            CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None ||
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ||
             SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ||
             this.rootSelected() ||
             this.props.Document.forceActive ||
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
index 5add09653..17b57cb3b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { List } from "../../../fields/List";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../../fields/RichTextField";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../fields/Schema";
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
+import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast, DocCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         return "data";
     }
     @computed static get targetDocChildren() {
-        return DocListCast(FilterBox.targetDoc?.[FilterBox.targetDocChildKey] || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard.data);
+        return DocListCast(FilterBox.targetDoc?.[FilterBox.targetDocChildKey] || CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard?.data);
     }
 
     @observable _loaded = false;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
 
         const keys = new Set<string>(noviceFields);
         this.allDocs.forEach(doc => SearchBox.documentKeys(doc).filter(key => keys.add(key)));
-        return Array.from(keys.keys()).filter(key => key[0]).filter(key => key[0] === "#" || key.indexOf("lastModified") !== -1 || (key[0] === key[0].toUpperCase() && !key.startsWith("_")) || noviceFields.includes(key) || !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode).sort();
+        return Array.from(keys.keys()).filter(key => key[0]).filter(key => key[0] === "#" || key.indexOf("lastModified") !== -1 || (key[0] === key[0].toUpperCase() && !key.startsWith("_")) || noviceFields.includes(key) || !Doc.noviceMode).sort();
     }
 
 
@@ -167,23 +167,25 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     removeFilterDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).map(doc => this.removeFilter(StrCast(doc.title))).length ? true : false;
     public removeFilter = (filterName: string) => {
         const targetDoc = FilterBox.targetDoc;
-        const filterDoc = targetDoc.currentFilter as Doc;
-        const attributes = DocListCast(filterDoc.data);
-        const found = attributes.findIndex(doc => doc.title === filterName);
-        if (found !== -1) {
-            (filterDoc.data as List<Doc>).splice(found, 1);
-            const docFilter = Cast(targetDoc._docFilters, listSpec("string"));
-            if (docFilter) {
-                let index: number;
-                while ((index = docFilter.findIndex(item => item.split(":")[0] === filterName)) !== -1) {
-                    docFilter.splice(index, 1);
+        if (targetDoc) {
+            const filterDoc = targetDoc.currentFilter as Doc;
+            const attributes = DocListCast(filterDoc.data);
+            const found = attributes.findIndex(doc => doc.title === filterName);
+            if (found !== -1) {
+                (filterDoc.data as List<Doc>).splice(found, 1);
+                const docFilter = Cast(targetDoc._docFilters, listSpec("string"));
+                if (docFilter) {
+                    let index: number;
+                    while ((index = docFilter.findIndex(item => item.split(":")[0] === filterName)) !== -1) {
+                        docFilter.splice(index, 1);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            const docRangeFilters = Cast(targetDoc._docRangeFilters, listSpec("string"));
-            if (docRangeFilters) {
-                let index: number;
-                while ((index = docRangeFilters.findIndex(item => item.split(":")[0] === filterName)) !== -1) {
-                    docRangeFilters.splice(index, 3);
+                const docRangeFilters = Cast(targetDoc._docRangeFilters, listSpec("string"));
+                if (docRangeFilters) {
+                    let index: number;
+                    while ((index = docRangeFilters.findIndex(item => item.split(":")[0] === filterName)) !== -1) {
+                        docRangeFilters.splice(index, 3);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      */
     facetClick = (facetHeader: string) => {
         const { targetDoc, targetDocChildren } = FilterBox;
+        if (!targetDoc) return;
         const found = this.activeAttributes.findIndex(doc => doc.title === facetHeader);
         if (found !== -1) {
             this.removeFilter(facetHeader);
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      */
     @action
     changeBool = (e: any) => {
-        (FilterBox.targetDoc.currentFilter as Doc).filterBoolean = e.currentTarget.value;
+        FilterBox.targetDoc && (DocCast(FilterBox.targetDoc.currentFilter).filterBoolean = e.currentTarget.value);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      * Changes the title of the filterDoc
      */
     onTitleValueChange = (val: string) => {
-        this.props.Document.title = val || `FilterDoc for ${FilterBox.targetDoc.title}`;
+        this.props.Document.title = val || `FilterDoc for ${FilterBox.targetDoc?.title}`;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             </div>
 
             <div className="filterBox-select-bool">
-                <select className="filterBox-selection" onChange={this.changeBool} defaultValue={StrCast((FilterBox.targetDoc.currentFilter as Doc)?.filterBoolean)}>
+                <select className="filterBox-selection" onChange={this.changeBool} defaultValue={StrCast((FilterBox.targetDoc?.currentFilter as Doc)?.filterBoolean)}>
                     <option value="AND" key="AND">AND</option>
                     <option value="OR" key="OR">OR</option>
                 </select>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index 8c27b3508..60eb48114 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             funcs.push({ description: "Rotate Clockwise 90", event: this.rotate, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
             funcs.push({ description: `Show ${this.layoutDoc._showFullRes ? "Dynamic Res" : "Full Res"}`, event: this.resolution, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
             funcs.push({ description: "Copy path", event: () => Utils.CopyText(this.choosePath(field.url)), icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
-            if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+            if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
                 funcs.push({ description: "Export to Google Photos", event: () => GooglePhotos.Transactions.UploadImages([this.props.Document]), icon: "caret-square-right" });
 
                 const existingAnalyze = ContextMenu.Instance?.findByDescription("Analyzers...");
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         return <div className="imageBox-annotationLayer" style={{ height: this.props.PanelHeight() }} ref={this._annotationLayer} />;
     }
     marqueeDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && NumCast(this.rootDoc._viewScale,1) <= NumCast(this.rootDoc.viewScaleMin,1) && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && NumCast(this.rootDoc._viewScale,1) <= NumCast(this.rootDoc.viewScaleMin,1) && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action(e => {
                 MarqueeAnnotator.clearAnnotations(this._savedAnnotations);
                 this._marqueeing = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
index b0b050cea..b58a9affb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class LabelBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<(FieldViewProps & LabelBoxPro
     get paramsDoc() { return Doc.AreProtosEqual(this.layoutDoc, this.dataDoc) ? this.dataDoc : this.layoutDoc; }
     specificContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         const funcs: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && funcs.push({
+        !Doc.noviceMode && funcs.push({
             description: "Clear Script Params", event: () => {
                 const params = Cast(this.paramsDoc["onClick-paramFieldKeys"], listSpec("string"), []);
                 params?.map(p => this.paramsDoc[p] = undefined);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
index 5f4c17ee6..0b7264d79 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
 
     @action
     onMarqueeDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action(e => {
                 MarqueeAnnotator.clearAnnotations(this._savedAnnotations);
                 this._marqueeing = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         //     moveDocument={this.moveDocument}
         //     addDocument={this.sidebarAddDocument}
         //     childPointerEvents={true}
-        //     pointerEvents={CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None || this._isAnnotating || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : "none"} />;
+        //     pointerEvents={CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None || this._isAnnotating || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "all" : "none"} />;
         return <div className="mapBox" ref={this._ref}>
             {/*console.log(apiKey)*/}
             {/* <LoadScript
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index b14a1f0f6..ddfbf50df 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
       // renders the video and audio
       @computed get content() {
             const field = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], VideoField);
-            const interactive = CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+            const interactive = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
             const classname = "videoBox-content" + (this._fullScreen ? "-fullScreen" : "") + interactive;
             return !field ? <div key="loading">Loading</div> :
                   <div className="videoBox-contentContainer" key="container" style={{ mixBlendMode: "multiply" }}>
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                   this._disposers.youtubeReactionDisposer?.();
                   this._disposers.reactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode, () => !this._playing && this.Seek(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode)));
                   this._disposers.youtubeReactionDisposer = reaction(
-                        () => CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting,
+                        () => CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting,
                         (interactive) => iframe.style.pointerEvents = interactive ? "all" : "none", { fireImmediately: true });
             };
             if (typeof (YT) === undefined) setTimeout(() => this.loadYouTube(iframe), 100);
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
 
       // starts marquee selection
       marqueeDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-            if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.layoutDoc._viewScale === 1 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+            if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.layoutDoc._viewScale === 1 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
                   setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action(e => {
                         MarqueeAnnotator.clearAnnotations(this._savedAnnotations);
                         this._marqueeing = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index 967158cbf..d14af49ea 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
         const funcs: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         if (!cm.findByDescription("Options...")) {
-            !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && funcs.push({ description: (this.layoutDoc.useCors ? "Don't Use" : "Use") + " Cors", event: () => this.layoutDoc.useCors = !this.layoutDoc.useCors, icon: "snowflake" });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && funcs.push({ description: (this.layoutDoc.useCors ? "Don't Use" : "Use") + " Cors", event: () => this.layoutDoc.useCors = !this.layoutDoc.useCors, icon: "snowflake" });
             funcs.push({
                 description: (this.layoutDoc.allowScripts ? "Prevent" : "Allow") + " Scripts", event: () => {
                     this.layoutDoc.allowScripts = !this.layoutDoc.allowScripts;
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
 
     @action
     onMarqueeDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action(e => {
                 MarqueeAnnotator.clearAnnotations(this._savedAnnotations);
                 this._marqueeing = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             (NumCast(this.layoutDoc.nativeWidth) - Doc.NativeWidth(this.dataDoc)) * this.props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(this.layoutDoc.nativeWidth))
 
     @computed get content() {
-        const interactive = !this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.docView?._pendingDoubleClick && this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== "none" && CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance?.Interacting;
+        const interactive = !this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.docView?._pendingDoubleClick && this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== "none" && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance?.Interacting;
         return <div className={"webBox-cont" + (interactive ? "-interactive" : "")}
             onKeyDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}
             style={{ width: !this.layoutDoc.forceReflow ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey + "-nativeWidth"]) || `100%` : "100%", }}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
index f29dfe489..3af6a3d51 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { StringIterator } from 'lodash';
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<ButtonProps>() {
     useAsPrototype = (): void => { this.layoutDoc.onDragStart = ScriptField.MakeFunction('makeDelegate(this.dragFactory, true)'); };
 
     specificContextMenu = (): void => {
-        if (!Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode) {
+        if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
             cm.addItem({ description: "Show Template", event: this.showTemplate, icon: "tag" });
             cm.addItem({ description: "Use as Render Template", event: this.dragAsTemplate, icon: "tag" });
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<ButtonProps>() {
 
         // Get items to place into the list
         const list = this.buttonList.map((value) => {
-            if (Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && !noviceList.includes(value)) {
+            if (Doc.noviceMode && !noviceList.includes(value)) {
                 return;
             }
             return <div className="list-item" key={`${value}`}
@@ -567,8 +568,8 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function setHeaderColor(color?: string, checkResult?: boole
 // toggle: Set overlay status of selected document
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function toggleOverlay(checkResult?: boolean) {
     const selected = SelectionManager.Views().length ? SelectionManager.Views()[0] : undefined;
-    if (checkResult && selected) {
-        if (NumCast(selected.Document.z) >= 1) return Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE;
+    if (checkResult) {
+        if (NumCast(selected?.Document.z) >= 1) return Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE;
         return "transparent";
     }
     selected ? selected.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().float() : console.log("[FontIconBox.tsx] toggleOverlay failed");
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function toggleItalic(checkResult?: boolean) {
 
 export function checkInksToGroup() {
     // console.log("getting here to inks group");
-    if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Write) {
+    if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Write) {
         CollectionFreeFormView.collectionsWithUnprocessedInk.forEach(ffView => {
             // TODO: nda - will probably want to go through ffView unprocessed docs and then see if any of the inksToGroup docs are in it and only use those
             // find all inkDocs in ffView.unprocessedDocs that are within 200 pixels of each other
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ export function checkInksToGroup() {
 
 export function createInkGroup(inksToGroup?: Doc[], isSubGroup?: boolean) {
     // TODO nda - if document being added to is a inkGrouping then we can just add to that group
-    if (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.Write) {
+    if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.Write) {
         CollectionFreeFormView.collectionsWithUnprocessedInk.forEach(ffView => {
             // TODO: nda - will probably want to go through ffView unprocessed docs and then see if any of the inksToGroup docs are in it and only use those
             const selected = ffView.unprocessedDocs;
@@ -785,38 +786,38 @@ export function createInkGroup(inksToGroup?: Doc[], isSubGroup?: boolean) {
 
 
 /** INK
- *      setActiveInkTool
+ *      setActiveTool
  *      setStrokeWidth
  *      setStrokeColor
  **/
 
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function setActiveInkTool(tool: string, checkResult?: boolean) {
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function setActiveTool(tool: string, checkResult?: boolean) {
     InkTranscription.Instance?.createInkGroup();
     if (checkResult) {
-        return ((Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool === tool && !GestureOverlay.Instance?.InkShape) || GestureOverlay.Instance?.InkShape === tool) ?
+        return ((CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === tool && !GestureOverlay.Instance?.InkShape) || GestureOverlay.Instance?.InkShape === tool) ?
             Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : "transparent";
     }
     if (["circle", "square", "line"].includes(tool)) {
         if (GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape === tool) {
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
             GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = InkTool.None;
         } else {
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.Pen;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Pen;
             GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = tool;
         }
     } else if (tool) { // pen or eraser
-        if (Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool === tool && !GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape) {
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
-        } else if (tool == "write") {
+        if (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === tool && !GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape) {
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
+        } else if (tool == InkTool.Write) {
             // console.log("write mode selected - create groupDoc here!", tool)
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = tool;
             GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = "";
         } else {
-            Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = tool as any;
             GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = "";
         }
     } else {
-        Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = InkTool.None;
+        CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 16a523b40..90199618b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         const highlighting: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const noviceHighlighting = ["Audio Tags", "My Text", "Text from Others", "Bold Text"];
         const expertHighlighting = [...noviceHighlighting, "Important Items", "Ignore Items", "Disagree Items", "By Recent Minute", "By Recent Hour"];
-        (Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? noviceHighlighting : expertHighlighting).forEach(option =>
+        (Doc.noviceMode ? noviceHighlighting : expertHighlighting).forEach(option =>
             highlighting.push({
                 description: (FormattedTextBox._globalHighlights.indexOf(option) === -1 ? "Highlight " : "Unhighlight ") + option, event: () => {
                     e.stopPropagation();
@@ -663,11 +663,11 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
             }));
 
         const uicontrols: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && uicontrols.push({ description: `${FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate ? "Don't" : ""} Show Menu on Selections`, event: () => FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate = !FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && uicontrols.push({ description: `${FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate ? "Don't" : ""} Show Menu on Selections`, event: () => FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate = !FormattedTextBox._canAnnotate, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
         uicontrols.push({ description: !this.Document._noSidebar ? "Hide Sidebar Handle" : "Show Sidebar Handle", event: () => this.layoutDoc._noSidebar = !this.layoutDoc._noSidebar, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
         uicontrols.push({ description: `${this.layoutDoc._showAudio ? "Hide" : "Show"} Dictation Icon`, event: () => this.layoutDoc._showAudio = !this.layoutDoc._showAudio, icon: "expand-arrows-alt" });
         uicontrols.push({ description: "Show Highlights...", noexpand: true, subitems: highlighting, icon: "hand-point-right" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && uicontrols.push({
+        !Doc.noviceMode && uicontrols.push({
             description: "Broadcast Message", event: () => DocServer.GetRefField("rtfProto").then(proto =>
                 proto instanceof Doc && (proto.BROADCAST_MESSAGE = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey], RichTextField)?.Text)), icon: "expand-arrows-alt"
         });
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         const appearanceItems = appearance && "subitems" in appearance ? appearance.subitems : [];
         appearanceItems.push({ description: "Change Perspective...", noexpand: true, subitems: changeItems, icon: "external-link-alt" });
         // this.rootDoc.isTemplateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: "Make Default Layout", event: async () => Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout = new PrefetchProxy(this.rootDoc), icon: "eye" });
-        !Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && appearanceItems.push({
+        !Doc.noviceMode && appearanceItems.push({
             description: "Make Default Layout", event: () => {
                 if (!this.layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc) {
                     const title = StrCast(this.rootDoc.title);
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                     noSidebar={true}
                     fieldKey={this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType === "translation" ? `${this.fieldKey}-translation` : `${this.fieldKey}-annotations`} />;
         };
-        return <div className={"formattedTextBox-sidebar" + (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool !== InkTool.None ? "-inking" : "")}
+        return <div className={"formattedTextBox-sidebar" + (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ? "-inking" : "")}
             style={{ width: `${this.sidebarWidthPercent}`, backgroundColor: `${this.sidebarColor}` }}>
             {renderComponent(StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType))}
         </div>;
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         const active = this.props.isContentActive();
         const scale = (this.props.scaling?.() || 1) * NumCast(this.layoutDoc._viewScale, 1);
         const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.borderRounding) === "100%" ? "-rounded" : "";
-        const interactive = (CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition);
+        const interactive = (CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition);
         if (!selected && FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) setTimeout(FormattedTextBoxComment.Hide);
         const minimal = this.props.ignoreAutoHeight;
         const paddingX = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, this.props.xPadding || 0);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
index 9bc2e5628..98343a261 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export class RichTextMenu extends AntimodeMenu<AntimodeMenuProps>   {
         runInAction(() => {
             RichTextMenu.Instance = this;
             this._canFade = false;
-            //this.Pinned = BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc()["menuRichText-pinned"]);
             this.Pinned = true;
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 52b03b0a5..0d2cffc2c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @computed get presElement() { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().presElement, Doc, null); }
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
-        if (Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = this.rootDoc) runInAction(() => PresBox.Instance = this);
+        if (CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation = this.rootDoc) runInAction(() => PresBox.Instance = this);
         if (!this.presElement) { // create exactly one presElmentBox template to use by any and all presentations.
             Doc.UserDoc().presElement = new PrefetchProxy(Docs.Create.PresElementBoxDocument({
                 title: "pres element template", type: DocumentType.PRESELEMENT, _fitWidth: true, _xMargin: 0, isTemplateDoc: true, isTemplateForField: "data"
@@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         this.layoutDoc._gridGap = 0;
         this.layoutDoc._yMargin = 0;
         this.turnOffEdit(true);
-        DocListCastAsync((Doc.UserDoc().myTrails as Doc).data).then(pres =>
-            !pres?.includes(this.rootDoc) && Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.UserDoc().myTrails as Doc, "data", this.rootDoc));
+        DocListCastAsync(CurrentUserUtils.MyTrails.data).then(pres =>
+            !pres?.includes(this.rootDoc) && Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyTrails, "data", this.rootDoc));
         this._disposers.selection = reaction(() => SelectionManager.Views(),
             views => views.some(view => view.props.Document === this.rootDoc) && this.updateCurrentPresentation());
     }
 
     @action
     updateCurrentPresentation = (pres?: Doc) => {
-        if (pres) Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = pres;
-        else Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation = this.rootDoc;
+        if (pres) CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation = pres;
+        else CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation = this.rootDoc;
         document.removeEventListener("keydown", PresBox.keyEventsWrapper, true);
         document.addEventListener("keydown", PresBox.keyEventsWrapper, true);
         this._presKeyEventsActive = true;
@@ -623,9 +623,9 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
      */
     @action
     updateMinimize = async () => {
-        if (CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
+        if (DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
-            Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
+            Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, this.rootDoc);
             CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(this.rootDoc, "right");
         } else {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             this.rootDoc.y = pt[1] + 10;
             this.rootDoc._height = 30;
             this.rootDoc._width = 248;
-            Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, this.rootDoc);
+            Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, this.rootDoc);
             this.props.removeDocument?.(this.layoutDoc);
         }
     }
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     removeDocument = (doc: Doc) => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.rootDoc, this.fieldKey, doc);
     getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-5, -65);// listBox padding-left and pres-box-cont minHeight
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() - 40;
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition) &&
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition) &&
         (this.layoutDoc.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
 
     /**
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 }
                 break;
             case "Escape":
-                if (CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc)) { this.updateMinimize(); }
+                if (DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) { this.updateMinimize(); }
                 else if (this.layoutDoc.presStatus === "edit") { this._selectedArray.clear(); this._eleArray.length = this._dragArray.length = 0; }
                 else this.layoutDoc.presStatus = "edit";
                 if (this._presTimer) clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const propTitle = CurrentUserUtils.propertiesWidth > 0 ? "Close Presentation Panel" : "Open Presentation Panel";
         const mode = StrCast(this.rootDoc._viewType) as CollectionViewType;
         const isMini: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 100;
-        const presKeyEvents: boolean = (this.isPres && this._presKeyEventsActive && this.rootDoc === Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation);
+        const presKeyEvents: boolean = (this.isPres && this._presKeyEventsActive && this.rootDoc === CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation);
         const activeColor = Colors.LIGHT_BLUE;
         const inactiveColor = Colors.WHITE;
         return (mode === CollectionViewType.Carousel3D) ? (null) : (
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     value={mode}>
                     <option onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} value={CollectionViewType.Stacking}>List</option>
                     <option onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} value={CollectionViewType.Tree}>Tree</option>
-                    {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode ? (null) : <option onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} value={CollectionViewType.Carousel3D}>3D Carousel</option>}
+                    {Doc.noviceMode ? (null) : <option onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} value={CollectionViewType.Carousel3D}>3D Carousel</option>}
                 </select>}
                 <div className="presBox-presentPanel" style={{ opacity: this.childDocs.length ? 1 : 0.3 }}>
                     <span className={`presBox-button ${this.layoutDoc.presStatus === "edit" ? "present" : ""}`}>
@@ -2508,10 +2508,10 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         // needed to ensure that the childDocs are loaded for looking up fields
         this.childDocs.slice();
         const mode = StrCast(this.rootDoc._viewType) as CollectionViewType;
-        const presKeyEvents: boolean = (this.isPres && this._presKeyEventsActive && this.rootDoc === Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation);
+        const presKeyEvents: boolean = (this.isPres && this._presKeyEventsActive && this.rootDoc === CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation);
         const presEnd: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === this.childDocs.length - 1);
         const presStart: boolean = !this.layoutDoc.presLoop && (this.itemIndex === 0);
-        return CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.rootDoc) ?
+        return DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.rootDoc) ?
             <div className="miniPres" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
                 <div className="presPanelOverlay" style={{ display: "inline-flex", height: 30, background: '#323232', top: 0, zIndex: 3000000, boxShadow: presKeyEvents ? '0 0 0px 3px ' + Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}>
                     <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Loop"}</div></>}><div className="presPanel-button" style={{ color: this.layoutDoc.presLoop ? Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE : undefined }}
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 </div>
             </div >
             :
-            <div className="presBox-cont" style={{ minWidth: CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.includes(this.layoutDoc) ? 240 : undefined }} >
+            <div className="presBox-cont" style={{ minWidth: DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc) ? 240 : undefined }} >
                 {this.topPanel}
                 {this.toolbar}
                 {this.newDocumentToolbarDropdown}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index 50df00612..1a2f4b93f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
 
       @computed get recordingIsInOverlay() {
             let isInOverlay = false
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.data).forEach((doc) => {
                   if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
                         isInOverlay = true
                         return
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
       }
 
       removeAllRecordingInOverlay = () => {
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.data).forEach((doc) => {
                   if (doc.slides === this.rootDoc) {
-                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
+                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, doc);
                   }
             })
       }
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             this.removeAllRecordingInOverlay()
             if (activeItem.recording) {
                   // if we already have an existing recording
-                  Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
+                  Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
 
             }
       }
@@ -348,15 +348,15 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
       @action
       startRecording = (activeItem: Doc) => {
             // Remove every recording that already exists in overlay view
-            DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc).data).forEach((doc) => {
+            DocListCast(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs.data).forEach((doc) => {
                   if (doc.slides !== null) {
-                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, doc);
+                        Doc.RemoveDocFromList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, doc);
                   }
             })
 
             if (activeItem.recording) {
                   // if we already have an existing recording
-                  Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
+                  Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, Cast(activeItem.recording, Doc, null));
 
             } else {
                   // if we dont have any recording
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                   // make recording box appear in the bottom right corner of the screen
                   recording.x = window.innerWidth - recording[WidthSym]() - 20;
                   recording.y = window.innerHeight - recording[HeightSym]() - 20;
-                  Doc.AddDocToList((Doc.UserDoc().myOverlayDocs as Doc), undefined, recording);
+                  Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, recording);
             }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index 0ded1bb3c..2869d4f2d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         if ((e.button !== 0 || e.altKey) && this.props.isContentActive(true)) {
             this._setPreviewCursor?.(e.clientX, e.clientY, true, false);
         }
-        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool)) {
+        if (!e.altKey && e.button === 0 && this.props.isContentActive(true) && ![InkTool.Highlighter, InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool)) {
             this.props.select(false);
             MarqueeAnnotator.clearAnnotations(this._savedAnnotations);
             this._marqueeing = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
diff --git a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
index 0db3950a2..1de0c0b10 100644
--- a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ import "./TopBar.scss";
 export class TopBar extends React.Component {
       navigateToHome = () => {
             CurrentUserUtils.CaptureDashboardThumbnail()?.then(() => {
-                Doc.UserDoc().activePage = "home";
+                CurrentUserUtils.ActivePage = "home";
                 CurrentUserUtils.closeActiveDashboard(); // bcz: if we do this, we need some other way to keep track, for user convenience, of the last dashboard in use
             });
       }
       render() {
-            const activeDashboard = Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeDashboard, Doc, null)
+            const activeDashboard = CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard;
             return (
                   //TODO:glr Add support for light / dark mode
                   <div style={{ pointerEvents: "all", background: Colors.DARK_GRAY, borderBottom: Borders.STANDARD }} className="topbar-container">
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                                     }}>{Doc.CurrentUserEmail}</div> : (null)}
                               </div>
                               <div className="topbar-center" >
-                                    <div className="topbar-title" onClick={() => SelectionManager.SelectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(activeDashboard)!, false)}>
+                                    <div className="topbar-title" onClick={() => activeDashboard && SelectionManager.SelectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(activeDashboard)!, false)}>
                                           {activeDashboard ? StrCast(activeDashboard.title) : "Dash"}
                                     </div>
                                     <div className="topbar-button-icon" onClick={e => {
-                                        const dashView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(activeDashboard);
+                                        const dashView = activeDashboard && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(activeDashboard);
                                         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Dashboard View", event: this.navigateToHome, icon: "edit" });
                                         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Snapshot Dashboard", event: async () => {
                                             const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch("snapshot");
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                                     <div className="topbar-button-text" onClick={() => {SharingManager.Instance.open(undefined, activeDashboard)}}>
                                         {/* TODO: if this is my dashboard, display share
                                         if this is a shared dashboard, display "view original or view annotated" */}
-                                        { Doc.GetProto(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard)?.author ===  Doc.CurrentUserEmail ?  "Share": "view original" }
+                                        { CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard && (Doc.GetProto(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard)?.author ===  Doc.CurrentUserEmail ?  "Share": "view original") }
                                     </div>
                                     <div className="topbar-button-icon" onClick={() => window.open(
                                           "https://brown-dash.github.io/Dash-Documentation/", "_blank")}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
index e0d328c89..6c0c9b301 100644
--- a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class DashWebRTCVideo extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormDocumentV
             </div >;
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
 
         return (
             <>
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 94be286f5..74213652b 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { FieldId, RefField } from "./RefField";
 import { RichTextField } from "./RichTextField";
 import { listSpec } from "./Schema";
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "./ScriptField";
-import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast, ToConstructor } from "./Types";
+import { BoolCast, Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast, ToConstructor } from "./Types";
 import { AudioField, ImageField, MapField, PdfField, VideoField, WebField } from "./URLField";
 import { deleteProperty, GetEffectiveAcl, getField, getter, inheritParentAcls, makeEditable, makeReadOnly, normalizeEmail, setter, SharingPermissions, updateFunction } from "./util";
 import JSZip = require("jszip");
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ export class Doc extends RefField {
     }
 
     private [CachedUpdates]: { [key: string]: () => void | Promise<any> } = {};
+    public static get noviceMode() { return BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode); }
+    public static set noviceMode(val) { Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode = val; }
+    public static get defaultAclPrivate() { return Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate; }
+    public static set defaultAclPrivate(val) { Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate = val; }
     public static CurrentUserEmail: string = "";
     public static get CurrentUserEmailNormalized() { return normalizeEmail(Doc.CurrentUserEmail); }
     public async [HandleUpdate](diff: any) {
@@ -805,7 +809,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.GetProto(copy)[DataSym], "aliases", copy);
         }
         copy.context = undefined;
-        Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate && (copy["acl-Public"] = "Not Shared");
+        Doc.defaultAclPrivate && (copy["acl-Public"] = "Not Shared");
         if (retitle) {
             copy.title = incrementTitleCopy(StrCast(copy.title));
         }
@@ -861,7 +865,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
             const applied = ApplyTemplateTo(templateDoc, target, targetKey, templateDoc.title + "(..." + _applyCount++ + ")");
             target.layoutKey = targetKey;
             applied && (Doc.GetProto(applied).type = templateDoc.type);
-            Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate && (applied["acl-Public"] = "Not Shared");
+            Doc.defaultAclPrivate && (applied["acl-Public"] = "Not Shared");
             return applied;
         }
         return undefined;
@@ -1234,19 +1238,19 @@ export namespace Doc {
 
     export function isDocPinned(doc: Doc) {
         //add this new doc to props.Document
-        const curPres = Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation, Doc) as Doc;
+        const curPres = CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation;
         return !curPres ? false : DocListCast(curPres.data).findIndex((val) => Doc.AreProtosEqual(val, doc)) !== -1;
     }
 
     export function copyDragFactory(dragFactory: Doc) {
         const ndoc = dragFactory.isTemplateDoc ? Doc.ApplyTemplate(dragFactory) : Doc.MakeCopy(dragFactory, true);
-        ndoc && Doc.AddDocToList(Cast(Doc.UserDoc().myFileOrphans, Doc, null), "data", Doc.GetProto(ndoc));
+        ndoc && Doc.AddDocToList(CurrentUserUtils.MyFileOrphans, "data", Doc.GetProto(ndoc));
         if (ndoc && dragFactory["dragFactory-count"] !== undefined) {
             dragFactory["dragFactory-count"] = NumCast(dragFactory["dragFactory-count"]) + 1;
             Doc.SetInPlace(ndoc, "title", ndoc.title + " " + NumCast(dragFactory["dragFactory-count"]).toString(), true);
         }
 
-        if (ndoc) inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, ndoc);
+        if (ndoc && CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard) inheritParentAcls(CurrentUserUtils.ActiveDashboard, ndoc);
 
         return ndoc;
     }
@@ -1448,7 +1452,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function DOC(id: string) { console.log("Can't parse a docum
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function assignDoc(doc: Doc, field: string, id: string) { return Doc.assignDocToField(doc, field, id); });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function docCast(doc: FieldResult): any { return DocCastAsync(doc); });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function activePresentationItem() {
-    const curPres = Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation as Doc;
+    const curPres = CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation;
     return curPres && DocListCast(curPres[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(curPres)])[NumCast(curPres._itemIndex)];
 });
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function selectedDocs(container: Doc, excludeCollections: boolean, prevValue: any) {
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index 37b9be31b..8fb35981b 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export function inheritParentAcls(parent: Doc, child: Doc) {
     const dataDoc = parent[DataSym];
     for (const key of Object.keys(dataDoc)) {
         // if the default acl mode is private, then don't inherit the acl-Public permission, but set it to private.
-        const permission = (key === "acl-Public" && Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate) ? AclPrivate : dataDoc[key];
+        const permission = (key === "acl-Public" && Doc.defaultAclPrivate) ? AclPrivate : dataDoc[key];
         key.startsWith("acl") && distributeAcls(key, permission, child);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index c5c6fb688..fe8100997 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ library.add(...[faTasks, faReply, faQuoteLeft, faHandPointLeft, faFolderOpen, fa
 @observer
 export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
     static Instance: MobileInterface;
-    private _library: Promise<Doc>;
+    private _library: Doc;
     private _mainDoc: any = CurrentUserUtils.setupActiveMobileMenu(Doc.UserDoc());
     @observable private _sidebarActive: boolean = false; //to toggle sidebar display
     @observable private _imageUploadActive: boolean = false; //to toggle image upload
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
 
     constructor(props: Readonly<{}>) {
         super(props);
-        this._library = CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(Doc.UserDoc()); // to access documents in Dash Web
+        this._library = CurrentUserUtils.setupDashboards(Doc.UserDoc(), "myDashboards"); // to access documents in Dash Web
         MobileInterface.Instance = this;
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
     componentDidMount = () => {
         // if the home menu is in list view -> adjust the menu toggle appropriately
         this._menuListView = this._homeDoc._viewType === "stacking" ? true : false;
-        CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None; // ink should intially be set to none
+        CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None; // ink should intially be set to none
         Doc.UserDoc().activeMobile = this._homeDoc; // active mobile set to home
         AudioBox.Enabled = true;
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
      * Method called when 'Library' button is pressed on the home screen
      */
     switchToLibrary = async () => {
-        this._library.then(library => this.switchCurrentView(library));
+        this.switchCurrentView(this._library);
         runInAction(() => this._homeMenu = false);
         this.toggleSidebar();
     }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
         // Case 1: Parent document is 'dashboards'
         if (doc === Cast(this._library, Doc) as Doc) {
             this.dashboards = null;
-            this._library.then(library => this.switchCurrentView(library));
+            this.switchCurrentView(this._library);
             // Case 2: Parent document is the 'home' menu (root node)
         } else if (doc === Cast(this._homeDoc, Doc) as Doc) {
             this._homeMenu = true;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
     @action
     returnMain = () => {
         this._parents = [this._homeDoc];
-        this._library.then(library => this.switchCurrentView(library));
+        this.switchCurrentView(this._library);
         this._homeMenu = false;
         this.dashboards = null;
     }
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
         button.style.color = this._ink ? "black" : "white";
 
         if (!this._ink) {
-            CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.Pen;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.Pen;
             this._ink = true;
         } else {
-            CurrentUserUtils.SelectedTool = InkTool.None;
+            CurrentUserUtils.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
             this._ink = false;
         }
     }
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
             return <div className="docButton"
                 title={Doc.isDocPinned(this._activeDoc) ? "Unpin from presentation" : "Pin to presentation"}
                 style={{ backgroundColor: isPinned ? "black" : "white", color: isPinned ? "white" : "black" }}
-                onClick={e => TabDocView.PinDoc(this._activeDoc, { unpin: isPinned })}>
+                onClick={e => TabDocView.PinDoc(this._activeDoc)}>
                 <FontAwesomeIcon className="documentdecorations-icon" size="sm" icon="map-pin" />
             </div>;
         } else return (null);
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
     // For setting up the presentation document for the home menu
     @action
     setupDefaultPresentation = () => {
-        const presentation = Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activePresentation, Doc) as Doc;
+        const presentation = CurrentUserUtils.ActivePresentation;
 
         if (presentation) {
             this.switchCurrentView(presentation);
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