From 3d8bd17fa4f031f2223840b336c313a18e7e87aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:29:48 -0500
Subject: fixed following link 'inPlace' from within lightbox to do same thing
 as if out of lightbox.  fixed contentActive behavior for multicolumn view. 
 removed progressivize from presbox.

---
 .../collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx        | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 465dbfe6d..e5a2d9007 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionMulticolumnView.scss';
 import ResizeBar from './MulticolumnResizer';
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
         }
         return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
     };
-    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive();
-    isChildContentActive = () =>
-        ((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive() ? true : false;
+    focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, options);
+    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
     getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
         return (
             <DocumentView
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
-                focus={this.props.focus}
+                focus={this.focusDocument}
                 docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From b7d4f932d826d48aca4c7c058e05ceaea9c43057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:35:13 -0500
Subject: mostly changing strings to enums

---
 src/client/util/DictationManager.ts                |   6 +-
 src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts                    |   4 +-
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                  |  16 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |  28 +-
 .../views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx       |  45 ++-
 src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx  |   6 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |   4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx    |  26 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx |  12 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       |  22 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |   4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx       | 351 +++++++++-------
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  11 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |  34 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          |   8 +-
 .../CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx            |   4 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |  23 +-
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |   9 +-
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx     | 447 +++++++++++----------
 .../CollectionSchemaMovableRow.tsx                 |   3 +-
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx   |   6 +-
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  35 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx             |   5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx            |  65 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx           |   5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx          |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |   3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx      |   3 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx    |   3 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |   4 +-
 .../formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts    |   3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  13 +-
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |   2 +-
 34 files changed, 668 insertions(+), 550 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
index 0a61f3478..203d4ad62 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Utils } from '../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DictationOverlay } from '../views/DictationOverlay';
-import { DocumentView } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { SelectionManager } from './SelectionManager';
 import { UndoManager } from './UndoManager';
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                 {
                     action: (target: DocumentView) => {
                         const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(target.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 });
-                        target.props.addDocTab(kvp, 'add:right');
+                        target.props.addDocTab(kvp, OpenWhere.addRight);
                     },
                 },
             ],
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                         const proseMirrorState = `{"doc":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"ordered_list","content":[{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"${prompt}"}]}]}]}]},"selection":{"type":"text","anchor":${anchor},"head":${head}}}`;
                         proto.data = new RichTextField(proseMirrorState);
                         proto.backgroundColor = '#eeffff';
-                        target.props.addDocTab(newBox, 'add:right');
+                        target.props.addDocTab(newBox, OpenWhere.addRight);
                     },
                 },
             ],
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
index 68716a207..a3eb7ed7a 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentDecorations } from '../views/DocumentDecorations';
 import { LightboxView } from '../views/LightboxView';
-import { DocumentViewSharedProps, ViewAdjustment } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentViewSharedProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DocumentManager } from './DocumentManager';
 import { LinkManager } from './LinkManager';
 import { UndoManager } from './UndoManager';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class LinkFollower {
         const createViewFunc = (doc: Doc, followLoc: string, finished?: Opt<() => void>) => {
             const createTabForTarget = (didFocus: boolean) =>
                 new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => {
-                    const where = LightboxView.LightboxDoc ? 'inPlace' : StrCast(sourceDoc.followLinkLocation, followLoc);
+                    const where = LightboxView.LightboxDoc ? OpenWhere.inPlace : (StrCast(sourceDoc.followLinkLocation, followLoc) as OpenWhere);
                     docViewProps.addDocTab(doc, where);
                     setTimeout(() => {
                         const targDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(doc); // get first document view available within the lightbox if that's open, or anywhere otherwise.
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 5660a34e9..1f58763d1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { TabDocView } from './collections/TabDocView';
 import { GestureOverlay } from './GestureOverlay';
 import './LightboxView.scss';
 import { MainView } from './MainView';
-import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DefaultStyleProvider, wavyBorderPath } from './StyleProvider';
 
 interface LightboxViewProps {
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
             this._docFilters = (f => (this._docFilters ? [this._docFilters.push(f) as any, this._docFilters][1] : [f]))(`cookies:${cookie}:provide`);
         }
     }
-    public static AddDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: string, layoutTemplate?: Doc, openInTabFunc?: any) => {
-        const inPlaceView = DocCast(doc.context) ? DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(DocCast(doc.context)) : undefined;
-        if (inPlaceView) {
-            inPlaceView.dataDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(inPlaceView.rootDoc)] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
-            return true;
+    public static AddDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere, layoutTemplate?: Doc, openInTabFunc?: any) => {
+        if (location !== OpenWhere.lightbox) {
+            const inPlaceView = DocCast(doc.context) ? DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(DocCast(doc.context)) : undefined;
+            if (inPlaceView) {
+                inPlaceView.dataDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(inPlaceView.rootDoc)] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         LightboxView.openInTabFunc = openInTabFunc;
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
                     title={'open in tab'}
                     onClick={e => {
                         e.stopPropagation();
-                        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(LightboxView._docTarget || LightboxView._doc!, '');
+                        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(LightboxView._docTarget || LightboxView._doc!, OpenWhereMod.none);
                         //LightboxView.openInTabFunc(LightboxView._docTarget || LightboxView._doc!, "inPlace");
                         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
                         LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(undefined);
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 392b4eeeb..c151aebcd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import { LinkMenu } from './linking/LinkMenu';
 import './MainView.scss';
 import { AudioBox } from './nodes/AudioBox';
 import { DocumentLinksButton } from './nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
-import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DashFieldViewMenu } from './nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from './nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { RichTextMenu } from './nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu';
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     @action
     createNewPresentation = () => {
         const pres = Doc.MakeCopy(Doc.UserDoc().emptyTrail as Doc, true);
-        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(pres, 'right');
+        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(pres, OpenWhereMod.right);
         Doc.MyTrails && Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyTrails, 'data', pres); // Doc.MyTrails should be created in createDashboard
         Doc.ActivePresentation = pres;
     };
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     @action
     openPresentation = (pres: Doc) => {
         if (pres.type === DocumentType.PRES) {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(pres, 'right');
+            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(pres, OpenWhereMod.right);
             Doc.MyTrails && (Doc.ActivePresentation = pres);
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyTrails, 'data', pres);
             this.closeFlyout();
@@ -683,20 +683,20 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
 
     sidebarScreenToLocal = () => new Transform(0, -this.topOfSidebarDoc, 1);
     mainContainerXf = () => this.sidebarScreenToLocal().translate(-this.leftScreenOffsetOfMainDocView, 0);
-    addDocTabFunc = (doc: Doc, location: string): boolean => {
-        const locationFields = doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? ['dashboard'] : location.split(':');
-        const locationParams = locationFields.length > 1 ? locationFields[1] : '';
+    addDocTabFunc = (doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere): boolean => {
+        const whereFields = doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [OpenWhere.dashboard] : location.split(':');
+        const whereMods = whereFields.length > 1 ? whereFields[1] : '';
         if (doc.dockingConfig) return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
         // prettier-ignore
-        switch (locationFields[0]) {
+        switch (whereFields[0]) {
             default:
-            case 'inPlace':
-            case 'lightbox':   return LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, location);
-            case 'add':        return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, locationParams);
-            case 'dashboard':  return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
-            case 'close':      return CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc, locationParams);
-            case 'fullScreen': return CollectionDockingView.OpenFullScreen(doc);
-            case 'toggle':     return CollectionDockingView.ToggleSplit(doc, locationParams);
+            case OpenWhere.inPlace:
+            case OpenWhere.lightbox:   return LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, location);
+            case OpenWhere.add:        return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, whereMods as OpenWhereMod);
+            case OpenWhere.dashboard:  return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
+            case OpenWhere.close:      return CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc, whereMods);
+            case OpenWhere.fullScreen: return CollectionDockingView.OpenFullScreen(doc);
+            case OpenWhere.toggle:     return CollectionDockingView.ToggleSplit(doc, whereMods as OpenWhereMod);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
index 4ead8eaf0..25ac44078 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-import { computed } from "mobx";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import * as React from "react";
-import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
-import { Cast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction } from "../../Utils";
-import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
-import { LinkManager } from "../util/LinkManager";
-import { SelectionManager } from "../util/SelectionManager";
-import { LinkMenu } from "./linking/LinkMenu";
+import { computed } from 'mobx';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../fields/Doc';
+import { Cast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { emptyFunction } from '../../Utils';
+import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { LinkManager } from '../util/LinkManager';
+import { SelectionManager } from '../util/SelectionManager';
+import { LinkMenu } from './linking/LinkMenu';
+import { OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import './PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.scss';
 
 type PropertiesDocBacklinksSelectorProps = {
-    Document: Doc,
-    Stack?: any,
-    hideTitle?: boolean,
-    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: string): void
+    Document: Doc;
+    Stack?: any;
+    hideTitle?: boolean;
+    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere): void;
 };
 
 @observer
@@ -40,14 +41,16 @@ export class PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDo
 
         if (otherdoc) {
             otherdoc.hidden = false;
-            this.props.addDocTab(Doc.IsPrototype(otherdoc) ? Doc.MakeDelegate(otherdoc) : otherdoc, "toggle:right");
+            this.props.addDocTab(Doc.IsPrototype(otherdoc) ? Doc.MakeDelegate(otherdoc) : otherdoc, (OpenWhere.toggle + ':' + OpenWhereMod.right) as OpenWhere);
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
-        return !SelectionManager.Views().length ? (null) : <div>
-            {this.props.hideTitle ? (null) : <p key="contexts">Contexts:</p>}
-            <LinkMenu docView={SelectionManager.Views().lastElement()} clearLinkEditor={emptyFunction} itemHandler={this.getOnClick} position={{ x: 0 }} />
-        </div>;
+        return !SelectionManager.Views().length ? null : (
+            <div>
+                {this.props.hideTitle ? null : <p key="contexts">Contexts:</p>}
+                <LinkMenu docView={SelectionManager.Views().lastElement()} clearLinkEditor={emptyFunction} itemHandler={this.getOnClick} position={{ x: 0 }} />
+            </div>
+        );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
index 9d89ee036..2c7da5931 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocFocusOrOpen } from '../util/DocumentManager';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from './collections/CollectionDockingView';
-import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import './PropertiesDocContextSelector.scss';
 
 type PropertiesDocContextSelectorProps = {
     DocView?: DocumentView;
     Stack?: any;
     hideTitle?: boolean;
-    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: string): void;
+    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere): void;
 };
 
 @observer
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class PropertiesDocContextSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDocC
             col._panY = NumCast(target.y) + NumCast(target._height) / 2;
         }
         col.hidden = false;
-        this.props.addDocTab(col, 'toggle:right');
+        this.props.addDocTab(col, (OpenWhere.toggle + ':' + OpenWhereMod.right) as OpenWhere);
         setTimeout(() => DocFocusOrOpen(Doc.GetProto(this.props.DocView!.props.Document), col), 100);
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index e5ff9e267..93a3fd253 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { Transform } from '../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from './EditableView';
 import { InkStrokeProperties } from './InkStrokeProperties';
-import { DocumentView, StyleProviderFunc } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere, StyleProviderFunc } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FilterBox } from './nodes/FilterBox';
 import { KeyValueBox } from './nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { PresBox } from './nodes/trails';
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ interface PropertiesViewProps {
     width: number;
     height: number;
     styleProvider?: StyleProviderFunc;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
 }
 
 @observer
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 434466505..8cbe548c7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm';
 import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import { TabDocView } from './TabDocView';
 import React = require('react');
+import { OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 @observer
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static ReplaceTab(document: Doc, panelName: string, stack: any, addToSplit?: boolean): boolean {
+    public static ReplaceTab(document: Doc, panelName: OpenWhereMod, stack: any, addToSplit?: boolean): boolean {
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         if (!instance) return false;
         const newConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, panelName);
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @undoBatch
-    public static ToggleSplit(doc: Doc, location: string, stack?: any, panelName?: string) {
+    public static ToggleSplit(doc: Doc, location: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string) {
         return CollectionDockingView.Instance && Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap.keys()).findIndex(tab => tab.DashDoc === doc) !== -1
             ? CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc)
             : CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, location, stack, panelName);
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: string, stack?: any, panelName?: string) {
+    public static AddSplit(document: Doc, pullSide: OpenWhereMod, stack?: any, panelName?: string) {
         if (document?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking) return DashboardView.openDashboard(document);
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const tab = Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance.tabMap).find(tab => tab.DashDoc === document);
@@ -208,14 +209,15 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 // if row
                 switch (pullSide) {
                     default:
-                    case 'right':
+                    case OpenWhereMod.none:
+                    case OpenWhereMod.right:
                         glayRoot.contentItems[0].addChild(newContentItem());
                         break;
-                    case 'left':
+                    case OpenWhereMod.left:
                         glayRoot.contentItems[0].addChild(newContentItem(), 0);
                         break;
-                    case 'top':
-                    case 'bottom':
+                    case OpenWhereMod.top:
+                    case OpenWhereMod.bottom:
                         // if not going in a row layout, must add already existing content into column
                         const rowlayout = glayRoot.contentItems[0];
                         const newColumn = rowlayout.layoutManager.createContentItem({ type: 'column' }, instance._goldenLayout);
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard['pane-count'])}`,
                 });
                 this.props.Document.isShared && inheritParentAcls(this.props.Document, docToAdd);
-                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, '', stack);
+                CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, OpenWhereMod.none, stack);
             }
         });
 
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                             title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard['pane-count'])}`,
                         });
                         this.props.Document.isShared && inheritParentAcls(this.props.Document, docToAdd);
-                        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, '', stack);
+                        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(docToAdd, OpenWhereMod.none, stack);
                     }
                 })
             );
@@ -568,14 +570,14 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(
     function openInLightbox(doc: any) {
-        LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, 'lightbox');
+        LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.lightbox);
     },
     'opens up document in a lightbox',
     '(doc: any)'
 );
 ScriptingGlobals.add(
     function openOnRight(doc: any) {
-        return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, 'right');
+        return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
     },
     'opens up document in tab on right side of the screen',
     '(doc: any)'
@@ -588,5 +590,5 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(
     '(doc: any)'
 );
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) {
-    CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, 'right', undefined, shiftKey);
+    CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, OpenWhereMod.right, undefined, shiftKey);
 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index b0f64ed60..29670a1a7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -180,14 +180,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return () => this.props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
     }
 
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: string) => {
-        if (where === 'inPlace' && this.layoutDoc.isInPlaceContainer) {
-            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
-    };
-
     scrollToBottom = () => {
         smoothScroll(500, this._mainCont!, this._mainCont!.scrollHeight);
     };
@@ -274,7 +266,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                 contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.contentPointerEvents)}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
-                addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
+                addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                 bringToFront={returnFalse}
                 scriptContext={this.props.scriptContext}
                 pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index 38e240ac6..e95622630 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import './CollectionPileView.scss';
 import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
 import React = require('react');
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { computePassLayout, computeStarburstLayout } from './collectionFreeForm';
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
@@ -19,8 +21,8 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        if (this.layoutEngine() !== 'pass' && this.layoutEngine() !== 'starburst') {
-            this.Document._pileLayoutEngine = 'pass';
+        if (this.layoutEngine() !== computePassLayout.name && this.layoutEngine() !== computeStarburstLayout.name) {
+            this.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         }
         this._originalChrome = this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden;
         this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden = true;
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     // returns the contents of the pileup in a CollectionFreeFormView
     @computed get contents() {
-        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === 'starburst';
+        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name;
         return (
             <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: isStarburst || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none' }}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     // toggles the pileup between starburst to compact
     toggleStarburst = action(() => {
-        if (this.layoutEngine() === 'starburst') {
+        if (this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name) {
             const defaultSize = 110;
             this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize) / 2;
             this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize) / 2;
@@ -83,12 +85,12 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
             DocUtils.pileup(this.childDocs, undefined, undefined, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) / 2, false);
             this.layoutDoc._panX = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._panY = -10;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = 'pass';
+            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         } else {
             const defaultSize = 25;
             !this.layoutDoc._starburstRadius && (this.layoutDoc._starburstRadius = 250);
             !this.layoutDoc._starburstDocScale && (this.layoutDoc._starburstDocScale = 2.5);
-            if (this.layoutEngine() === 'pass') {
+            if (this.layoutEngine() === computePassLayout.name) {
                 this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
                 this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[HeightSym]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
                 this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth = this.layoutDoc[WidthSym]();
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
             this.layoutDoc._panX = this.layoutDoc._panY = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._width = this.layoutDoc._height = defaultSize;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = 'starburst';
+            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computeStarburstLayout.name;
         }
     });
 
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         const doc = this.childDocs[0];
                         doc.x = e.clientX;
                         doc.y = e.clientY;
-                        this.props.addDocTab(doc, 'inParent') && (this.props.removeDocument?.(doc) || false);
+                        this.props.addDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.inParent) && (this.props.removeDocument?.(doc) || false);
                         dist = 0;
                     }
                 }
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(false);
             },
             emptyFunction,
-            e.shiftKey && this.layoutEngine() === 'pass',
-            this.layoutEngine() === 'pass' && e.shiftKey
+            e.shiftKey && this.layoutEngine() === computePassLayout.name,
+            this.layoutEngine() === computePassLayout.name && e.shiftKey
         ); // this sets _doubleTap
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 175051d5c..aa4583af6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return () => this.props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
     }
 
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: string) => {
+    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => {
         if (where === 'inPlace' && this.layoutDoc.isInPlaceContainer) {
             this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
             return true;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 3dd9d2d84..ac896a8fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-import { toUpper } from "lodash";
-import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc, Opt, StrListCast } from "../../../fields/Doc";
-import { List } from "../../../fields/List";
-import { ObjectField } from "../../../fields/ObjectField";
-import { RichTextField } from "../../../fields/RichTextField";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../fields/Schema";
-import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from "../../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from "../../../Utils";
-import { Docs } from "../../documents/Documents";
-import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
-import { DocumentManager } from "../../util/DocumentManager";
-import { ScriptingGlobals } from "../../util/ScriptingGlobals";
-import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
-import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
-import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
-import { ViewSpecPrefix } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
-import { ViewDefBounds } from "./collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines";
-import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView";
-import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
-import "./CollectionTimeView.scss";
-import React = require("react");
+import { toUpper } from 'lodash';
+import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import { Doc, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
+import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
+import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
+import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
+import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
+import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
+import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
+import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
+import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
+import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
+import { ViewSpecPrefix } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { computePivotLayout, computeTimelineLayout, ViewDefBounds } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines';
+import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView';
+import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import './CollectionTimeView.scss';
+import React = require('react');
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
     _changing = false;
-    @observable _layoutEngine = "pivot";
+    @observable _layoutEngine = computePivotLayout.name;
     @observable _collapsed: boolean = false;
     @observable _childClickedScript: Opt<ScriptField>;
     @observable _viewDefDivClick: Opt<ScriptField>;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
     getAnchor = () => {
         const anchor = Docs.Create.HTMLAnchorDocument([], {
             title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`"${this.pivotField}"])`) as any,
-            annotationOn: this.rootDoc
+            annotationOn: this.rootDoc,
         });
 
         // save view spec information for anchor
@@ -43,81 +43,103 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
         proto.pivotField = this.pivotField;
         proto.docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc._docFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
         proto.docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
-        proto[ViewSpecPrefix + "_viewType"] = this.layoutDoc._viewType;
+        proto[ViewSpecPrefix + '_viewType'] = this.layoutDoc._viewType;
 
         // store anchor in annotations list of document (not technically needed since these anchors are never drawn)
-        if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-annotations"], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
-            Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-annotations"], listSpec(Doc), []).push(anchor);
+        if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '-annotations'], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
+            Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '-annotations'], listSpec(Doc), []).push(anchor);
         } else {
-            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-annotations"] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
+            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '-annotations'] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
         }
         return anchor;
-    }
+    };
 
     async componentDidMount() {
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
         //const detailView = (await DocCastAsync(this.props.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView)) || DocUtils.findTemplate("detailView", StrCast(this.rootDoc.type), "");
         ///const childText = "const alias = getAlias(self); switchView(alias, detailView); alias.dropAction='alias'; alias.removeDropProperties=new List<string>(['dropAction']); useRightSplit(alias, shiftKey); ";
         runInAction(() => {
-            this._childClickedScript = ScriptField.MakeScript("openInLightbox(self)", { this: Doc.name });
-            this._viewDefDivClick = ScriptField.MakeScript("pivotColumnClick(this,payload)", { payload: "any" });
+            this._childClickedScript = ScriptField.MakeScript('openInLightbox(self)', { this: Doc.name });
+            this._viewDefDivClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('pivotColumnClick(this,payload)', { payload: 'any' });
         });
     }
 
-    get pivotField() { return this._focusPivotField || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField); }
+    get pivotField() {
+        return this._focusPivotField || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField);
+    }
     @action
     setViewSpec = (anchor: Doc, preview: boolean) => {
-        if (preview) {   // if in preview, then override document's fields with view spec
+        if (preview) {
+            // if in preview, then override document's fields with view spec
             this._focusFilters = StrListCast(Doc.GetProto(anchor).docFilters);
             this._focusRangeFilters = StrListCast(Doc.GetProto(anchor).docRangeFilters);
             this._focusPivotField = StrCast(anchor.pivotField);
-        } else if (anchor.pivotField !== undefined) {  // otherwise set document's fields based on anchor view spec
+        } else if (anchor.pivotField !== undefined) {
+            // otherwise set document's fields based on anchor view spec
             this.layoutDoc._prevFilterIndex = 1;
             this.layoutDoc._pivotField = StrCast(anchor.pivotField);
             this.layoutDoc._docFilters = new List<string>(StrListCast(anchor.docFilters));
             this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>(StrListCast(anchor.docRangeFilters));
         }
         return 0;
-    }
+    };
 
     layoutEngine = () => this._layoutEngine;
-    toggleVisibility = action(() => this._collapsed = !this._collapsed);
+    toggleVisibility = action(() => (this._collapsed = !this._collapsed));
 
     onMinDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
-            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
-            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
-            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"] = minReq + (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
-            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineSpan"] = undefined;
-            return false;
-        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
-    }
+        setupMoveUpEvents(
+            this,
+            e,
+            action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+                const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMinReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMin'], 0));
+                const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMaxReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMax'], 10));
+                this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMinReq'] = minReq + ((maxReq - minReq) * delta[0]) / this.props.PanelWidth();
+                this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineSpan'] = undefined;
+                return false;
+            }),
+            returnFalse,
+            emptyFunction
+        );
+    };
 
     onMaxDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
-            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
-            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
-            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"] = maxReq + (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
-            return false;
-        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
-    }
+        setupMoveUpEvents(
+            this,
+            e,
+            action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+                const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMinReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMin'], 0));
+                const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMaxReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMax'], 10));
+                this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMaxReq'] = maxReq + ((maxReq - minReq) * delta[0]) / this.props.PanelWidth();
+                return false;
+            }),
+            returnFalse,
+            emptyFunction
+        );
+    };
 
     onMidDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
-            const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMin"], 0));
-            const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMax"], 10));
-            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMinReq"] = minReq - (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
-            this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "-timelineMaxReq"] = maxReq - (maxReq - minReq) * delta[0] / this.props.PanelWidth();
-            return false;
-        }), returnFalse, emptyFunction);
-    }
+        setupMoveUpEvents(
+            this,
+            e,
+            action((e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
+                const minReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMinReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMin'], 0));
+                const maxReq = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMaxReq'], NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMax'], 10));
+                this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMinReq'] = minReq - ((maxReq - minReq) * delta[0]) / this.props.PanelWidth();
+                this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-timelineMaxReq'] = maxReq - ((maxReq - minReq) * delta[0]) / this.props.PanelWidth();
+                return false;
+            }),
+            returnFalse,
+            emptyFunction
+        );
+    };
 
     goTo = (prevFilterIndex: number) => {
-        this.layoutDoc._pivotField = this.layoutDoc["_prevPivotFields" + prevFilterIndex];
-        this.layoutDoc._docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc["_prevDocFilter" + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
-        this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc["_prevDocRangeFilters" + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._pivotField = this.layoutDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex];
+        this.layoutDoc._docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
         this.layoutDoc._prevFilterIndex = prevFilterIndex;
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     contentsDown = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
@@ -127,37 +149,58 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
         } else {
             this.layoutDoc._docFilters = new List([]);
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     dontScaleFilter = (doc: Doc) => doc.type === DocumentType.RTF;
     @computed get contents() {
-        return <div className="collectionTimeView-innards" key="timeline" style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() ? undefined : "none" }}
-            onClick={this.contentsDown}>
-            <CollectionFreeFormView {...this.props}
-                engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, docFilters: this.childDocFilters, docRangeFilters: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
-                fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
-                childClickScript={this._childClickedScript}
-                viewDefDivClick={this._viewDefDivClick}
-                //dontScaleFilter={this.dontScaleFilter}
-                layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine} />
-        </div>;
+        return (
+            <div className="collectionTimeView-innards" key="timeline" style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() ? undefined : 'none' }} onClick={this.contentsDown}>
+                <CollectionFreeFormView
+                    {...this.props}
+                    engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, docFilters: this.childDocFilters, docRangeFilters: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
+                    fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
+                    childClickScript={this._childClickedScript}
+                    viewDefDivClick={this._viewDefDivClick}
+                    //dontScaleFilter={this.dontScaleFilter}
+                    layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine}
+                />
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 
     public static SyncTimelineToPresentation(doc: Doc) {
         const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(doc);
-        doc[fieldKey + "-timelineCur"] = ComputedField.MakeFunction("(activePresentationItem()[this._pivotField || 'year'] || 0)");
+        doc[fieldKey + '-timelineCur'] = ComputedField.MakeFunction("(activePresentationItem()[this._pivotField || 'year'] || 0)");
     }
     specificMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const doc = this.layoutDoc;
 
-        layoutItems.push({ description: "Force Timeline", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = "timeline"; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
-        layoutItems.push({ description: "Force Pivot", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = "pivot"; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
-        layoutItems.push({ description: "Auto Time/Pivot layout", event: () => { doc._forceRenderEngine = undefined; }, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
-        layoutItems.push({ description: "Sync with presentation", event: () => CollectionTimeView.SyncTimelineToPresentation(doc), icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
+        layoutItems.push({
+            description: 'Force Timeline',
+            event: () => {
+                doc._forceRenderEngine = computeTimelineLayout.name;
+            },
+            icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
+        });
+        layoutItems.push({
+            description: 'Force Pivot',
+            event: () => {
+                doc._forceRenderEngine = computePivotLayout.name;
+            },
+            icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
+        });
+        layoutItems.push({
+            description: 'Auto Time/Pivot layout',
+            event: () => {
+                doc._forceRenderEngine = undefined;
+            },
+            icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
+        });
+        layoutItems.push({ description: 'Sync with presentation', event: () => CollectionTimeView.SyncTimelineToPresentation(doc), icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
 
-        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Options...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "eye" });
-    }
+        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Options...', subitems: layoutItems, icon: 'eye' });
+    };
     @computed get _allFacets() {
         const facets = new Set<string>();
         this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(child)).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
@@ -169,37 +212,40 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const keySet: Set<string> = new Set();
 
-        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => this._allFacets.filter(fieldKey =>
-            pair.layout[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField ||
-            typeof (pair.layout[fieldKey]) === "number" ||
-            typeof (pair.layout[fieldKey]) === "boolean" ||
-            typeof (pair.layout[fieldKey]) === "string").filter(fieldKey => fieldKey[0] !== "_" && (fieldKey[0] !== "#" || fieldKey === "#") && (fieldKey === "tags" || fieldKey[0] === toUpper(fieldKey)[0])).map(fieldKey => keySet.add(fieldKey)));
-        Array.from(keySet).map(fieldKey =>
-            docItems.push({ description: ":" + fieldKey, event: () => this.layoutDoc._pivotField = fieldKey, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" }));
-        docItems.push({ description: ":default", event: () => this.layoutDoc._pivotField = undefined, icon: "compress-arrows-alt" });
-        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pivot Fields ...", subitems: docItems, icon: "eye" });
+        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair =>
+            this._allFacets
+                .filter(fieldKey => pair.layout[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'number' || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'boolean' || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'string')
+                .filter(fieldKey => fieldKey[0] !== '_' && (fieldKey[0] !== '#' || fieldKey === '#') && (fieldKey === 'tags' || fieldKey[0] === toUpper(fieldKey)[0]))
+                .map(fieldKey => keySet.add(fieldKey))
+        );
+        Array.from(keySet).map(fieldKey => docItems.push({ description: ':' + fieldKey, event: () => (this.layoutDoc._pivotField = fieldKey), icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' }));
+        docItems.push({ description: ':default', event: () => (this.layoutDoc._pivotField = undefined), icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
+        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Pivot Fields ...', subitems: docItems, icon: 'eye' });
         const pt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(x, y);
-        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y, ":");
-    }
+        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y, ':');
+    };
 
     @computed get pivotKeyUI() {
-        return <div className={"pivotKeyEntry"}>
-            <EditableView
-                GetValue={returnEmptyString}
-                SetValue={(value: any) => {
-                    if (value?.length) {
-                        this.layoutDoc._pivotField = value;
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                    return false;
-                }}
-                toggle={this.toggleVisibility}
-                background={"#f1efeb"} // this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : "#f1efeb";
-                contents={":" + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField)}
-                showMenuOnLoad={true}
-                display={"inline"}
-                menuCallback={this.menuCallback} />
-        </div>;
+        return (
+            <div className={'pivotKeyEntry'}>
+                <EditableView
+                    GetValue={returnEmptyString}
+                    SetValue={(value: any) => {
+                        if (value?.length) {
+                            this.layoutDoc._pivotField = value;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }}
+                    toggle={this.toggleVisibility}
+                    background={'#f1efeb'} // this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : "#f1efeb";
+                    contents={':' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField)}
+                    showMenuOnLoad={true}
+                    display={'inline'}
+                    menuCallback={this.menuCallback}
+                />
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -211,55 +257,62 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
         });
         const forceLayout = StrCast(this.layoutDoc._forceRenderEngine);
-        const doTimeline = forceLayout ? (forceLayout === "timeline") : nonNumbers / this.childDocs.length < 0.1 && this.props.PanelWidth() / this.props.PanelHeight() > 6;
-        if (doTimeline !== (this._layoutEngine === "timeline")) {
+        const doTimeline = forceLayout ? forceLayout === computeTimelineLayout.name : nonNumbers / this.childDocs.length < 0.1 && this.props.PanelWidth() / this.props.PanelHeight() > 6;
+        if (doTimeline !== (this._layoutEngine === computeTimelineLayout.name)) {
             if (!this._changing) {
                 this._changing = true;
-                setTimeout(action(() => {
-                    this._layoutEngine = doTimeline ? "timeline" : "pivot";
-                    this._changing = false;
-                }), 0);
+                setTimeout(
+                    action(() => {
+                        this._layoutEngine = doTimeline ? computeTimelineLayout.name : computePivotLayout.name;
+                        this._changing = false;
+                    }),
+                    0
+                );
             }
         }
 
-        return <div className={"collectionTimeView" + (doTimeline ? "" : "-pivot")} onContextMenu={this.specificMenu}
-            style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), height: "100%" }}>
-            {this.pivotKeyUI}
-            {this.contents}
-            {!this.props.isSelected() || !doTimeline ? (null) : <>
-                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-min collectionTimeView-thumb" key="min" onPointerDown={this.onMinDown} />
-                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-max collectionTimeView-thumb" key="mid" onPointerDown={this.onMaxDown} />
-                <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-mid collectionTimeView-thumb" key="max" onPointerDown={this.onMidDown} />
-            </>}
-        </div>;
+        return (
+            <div className={'collectionTimeView' + (doTimeline ? '' : '-pivot')} onContextMenu={this.specificMenu} style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), height: '100%' }}>
+                {this.pivotKeyUI}
+                {this.contents}
+                {!this.props.isSelected() || !doTimeline ? null : (
+                    <>
+                        <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-min collectionTimeView-thumb" key="min" onPointerDown={this.onMinDown} />
+                        <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-max collectionTimeView-thumb" key="mid" onPointerDown={this.onMaxDown} />
+                        <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-mid collectionTimeView-thumb" key="max" onPointerDown={this.onMidDown} />
+                    </>
+                )}
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 }
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBounds) {
-    const pivotField = StrCast(pivotDoc._pivotField) || "author";
+    const pivotField = StrCast(pivotDoc._pivotField) || 'author';
     let prevFilterIndex = NumCast(pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex);
     const originalFilter = StrListCast(ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField));
-    pivotDoc["_prevDocFilter" + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField);
-    pivotDoc["_prevDocRangeFilters" + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField);
-    pivotDoc["_prevPivotFields" + prevFilterIndex] = pivotField;
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex] = pivotField;
     pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = ++prevFilterIndex;
     pivotDoc._docFilters = new List();
-    setTimeout(action(() => {
-        const filterVals = (bounds.payload as string[]);
-        filterVals.map(filterVal => Doc.setDocFilter(pivotDoc, pivotField, filterVal, "check"));
-        const pivotView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(pivotDoc);
-        if (pivotDoc && pivotView?.ComponentView instanceof CollectionTimeView && filterVals.length === 1) {
-            if (pivotView?.ComponentView.childDocs.length && pivotView.ComponentView.childDocs[0][filterVals[0]]) {
-                pivotDoc._pivotField = filterVals[0];
+    setTimeout(
+        action(() => {
+            const filterVals = bounds.payload as string[];
+            filterVals.map(filterVal => Doc.setDocFilter(pivotDoc, pivotField, filterVal, 'check'));
+            const pivotView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(pivotDoc);
+            if (pivotDoc && pivotView?.ComponentView instanceof CollectionTimeView && filterVals.length === 1) {
+                if (pivotView?.ComponentView.childDocs.length && pivotView.ComponentView.childDocs[0][filterVals[0]]) {
+                    pivotDoc._pivotField = filterVals[0];
+                }
             }
-        }
-        const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._docFilters);
-        if (newFilters.length && originalFilter.length &&
-            newFilters.lastElement() === originalFilter.lastElement()) {
-            pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = --prevFilterIndex;
-            pivotDoc["_prevDocFilter" + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
-            pivotDoc["_prevDocRangeFilters" + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
-            pivotDoc["_prevPivotFields" + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
-        }
-    }));
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+            const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._docFilters);
+            if (newFilters.length && originalFilter.length && newFilters.lastElement() === originalFilter.lastElement()) {
+                pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = --prevFilterIndex;
+                pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
+                pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
+                pivotDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
+            }
+        })
+    );
+});
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 625d4e9e5..917d7618c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent, ViewBoxAnnotatableProps } from '../DocComponent';
+import { OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { CollectionCarousel3DView } from './CollectionCarousel3DView';
 import { CollectionCarouselView } from './CollectionCarouselView';
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
                 vtype => {
                     const newRendition = Doc.MakeAlias(this.rootDoc);
                     newRendition._viewType = vtype;
-                    this.props.addDocTab(newRendition, 'add:right');
+                    this.props.addDocTab(newRendition, OpenWhere.addRight);
                     return newRendition;
                 },
                 false
@@ -184,17 +185,17 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
             const optionItems = options && 'subitems' in options ? options.subitems : [];
             !Doc.noviceMode ? optionItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${this.rootDoc.forceActive ? 'Select' : 'Force'} Contents Active`, event: () => (this.rootDoc.forceActive = !this.rootDoc.forceActive), icon: 'project-diagram' }) : null;
             if (this.rootDoc.childLayout instanceof Doc) {
-                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childLayout as Doc, 'add:right'), icon: 'project-diagram' });
+                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childLayout as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
             }
             if (this.rootDoc.childClickedOpenTemplateView instanceof Doc) {
-                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Detailed Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childClickedOpenTemplateView as Doc, 'add:right'), icon: 'project-diagram' });
+                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Detailed Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc.childClickedOpenTemplateView as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
             }
             !Doc.noviceMode && optionItems.push({ description: `${this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer ? 'Unset' : 'Set'} inPlace Container`, event: () => (this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer = !this.rootDoc.isInPlaceContainer), icon: 'project-diagram' });
 
             if (!Doc.noviceMode && false) {
                 optionItems.push({
                     description: 'Create Branch',
-                    event: async () => this.props.addDocTab(await BranchCreate(this.rootDoc), 'add:right'),
+                    event: async () => this.props.addDocTab(await BranchCreate(this.rootDoc), OpenWhere.addRight),
                     icon: 'project-diagram',
                 });
                 optionItems.push({
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
                         event: (obj: any) => {
                             const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(this.rootDoc);
                             DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(alias, undefined, func.key);
-                            this.props.addDocTab(alias, 'add:right');
+                            this.props.addDocTab(alias, OpenWhere.addRight);
                         },
                     })
                 );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index e21649648..2cc588b78 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { DashboardView } from '../DashboardView';
 import { Colors, Shadows } from '../global/globalEnums';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
 import { MainView } from '../MainView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DashFieldView } from '../nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView';
 import { PinProps, PresBox, PresMovement } from '../nodes/trails';
 import { DefaultStyleProvider, StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
         ) {
             const docs = Cast(Doc.MyOverlayDocs.data, listSpec(Doc), []);
             if (docs.includes(curPres)) docs.splice(docs.indexOf(curPres), 1);
-            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, 'right');
+            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, OpenWhereMod.right);
             setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(docList.lastElement(), false, undefined, []), 100); // keeps the pinned doc in view since the sidebar shifts things
         }
         setTimeout(batch.end, 500); // need to wait until dockingview (goldenlayout) updates all its structurs
@@ -343,34 +343,30 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     //                                  "replace:right" - will replace the stack on the right named "right" if it exists, or create a stack on the right with that name,
     //                                   "replace:monkeys" - will replace any tab that has the label 'monkeys', or a tab with that label will be created by default on the right
     //  inPlace - will add the document to any collection along the path from the document to the docking view that has a field isInPlaceContainer. if none is found, inPlace adds a tab to current stack
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: string) => {
+    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        const locationFields = doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? ['dashboard'] : location.split(':');
-        const locationParams = locationFields.length > 1 ? locationFields[1] : '';
+        const locationFields = doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [OpenWhere.dashboard] : location.split(':');
+        const locationParams: OpenWhereMod = locationFields.length > 1 ? (locationFields[1] as OpenWhereMod) : OpenWhereMod.none;
         switch (locationFields[0]) {
-            case 'dashboard':
+            case OpenWhere.dashboard:
                 return DashboardView.openDashboard(doc);
-            case 'close':
+            case OpenWhere.close:
                 return CollectionDockingView.CloseSplit(doc, locationParams);
-            case 'fullScreen':
+            case OpenWhere.fullScreen:
                 return CollectionDockingView.OpenFullScreen(doc);
-            case 'replace':
+            case OpenWhere.replace:
                 return CollectionDockingView.ReplaceTab(doc, locationParams, this.stack);
-            // case "lightbox": {
-            //     // TabDocView.PinDoc(doc, { hidePresBox: true });
-            //     return LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, location, undefined, this.addDocTab);
-            // }
-            case 'inPlace':
+            case OpenWhere.inPlace:
                 const inPlaceView = DocCast(doc.context) ? DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(DocCast(doc.context)) : undefined;
                 if (inPlaceView) {
                     inPlaceView.dataDoc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(inPlaceView.rootDoc)] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
                     return true;
-                }
-            case 'lightbox':
+                } // fall through to lightbox
+            case OpenWhere.lightbox:
                 return LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, location, undefined, this.addDocTab);
-            case 'toggle':
+            case OpenWhere.toggle:
                 return CollectionDockingView.ToggleSplit(doc, locationParams, this.stack);
-            case 'add':
+            case OpenWhere.add:
             default:
                 return CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, locationParams, this.stack);
         }
@@ -509,7 +505,7 @@ interface TabMinimapViewProps {
     document: Doc;
     hideMinimap: () => boolean;
     tabView: () => DocumentView | undefined;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     PanelWidth: () => number;
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     background: () => string;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 13cf64558..bd326f917 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { TREE_BULLET_WIDTH } from '../global/globalCssVariables.scss';
-import { DocumentView, DocumentViewInternal, DocumentViewProps, StyleProviderFunc } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, DocumentViewInternal, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, StyleProviderFunc } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { RichTextMenu } from '../nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu';
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     containerCollection: Doc;
     renderDepth: number;
     dropAction: dropActionType;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     panelWidth: () => number;
     panelHeight: () => number;
     addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => boolean;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             const bestAlias =
                 docView.props.Document.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail && !Doc.IsPrototype(docView.props.Document) ? docView.props.Document : DocListCast(this.props.document.aliases).find(doc => !doc.context && doc.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail);
             const nextBestAlias = DocListCast(this.props.document.aliases).find(doc => doc.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail);
-            this.props.addDocTab(bestAlias ?? nextBestAlias ?? Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.document), 'lightbox');
+            this.props.addDocTab(bestAlias ?? nextBestAlias ?? Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.document), OpenWhere.lightbox);
         }
     };
 
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         remove: undefined | ((doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean),
         move: DragManager.MoveFunction,
         dropAction: dropActionType,
-        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean,
+        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean,
         styleProvider: undefined | StyleProviderFunc,
         screenToLocalXf: () => Transform,
         isContentActive: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
index 54be6ba0f..7dd9cdb8b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ interface PivotColumn {
     filters: string[];
 }
 
-export function computerPassLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc, childPairs: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], engineProps: any) {
+export function computePassLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc, childPairs: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], engineProps: any) {
     const docMap = new Map<string, PoolData>();
     childPairs.forEach(({ layout, data }, i) => {
         docMap.set(layout[Id], {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function computerPassLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Do
     return normalizeResults(panelDim, 12, docMap, poolData, viewDefsToJSX, [], 0, []);
 }
 
-export function computerStarburstLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc, childPairs: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], engineProps: any) {
+export function computeStarburstLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc, childPairs: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], engineProps: any) {
     const mustFit = pivotDoc[WidthSym]() !== panelDim[0]; // if a panel size is set that's not the same as the pivot doc's size, then assume this is in a panel for a content fitting view (like a grid) in which case everything must be scaled to stay within the panel
     const docMap = new Map<string, PoolData>();
     const docSize = mustFit ? panelDim[0] * 0.33 : 75; // assume an icon sized at 75
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 57cccec4a..8cabf060d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { GestureOverlay } from '../../GestureOverlay';
 import { ActiveArrowEnd, ActiveArrowStart, ActiveDash, ActiveFillColor, ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, InkingStroke, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from '../../InkingStroke';
 import { LightboxView } from '../../LightboxView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, ViewAdjustment, ViewSpecPrefix } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment, ViewSpecPrefix } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { PresBox } from '../../nodes/trails/PresBox';
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import { TreeViewType } from '../CollectionTreeView';
 import { TabDocView } from '../TabDocView';
-import { computePivotLayout, computerPassLayout, computerStarburstLayout, computeTimelineLayout, PoolData, ViewDefBounds, ViewDefResult } from './CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines';
+import { computePivotLayout, computePassLayout as computePassLayout, computeStarburstLayout, computeTimelineLayout, PoolData, ViewDefBounds, ViewDefResult } from './CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines';
 import { CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors } from './CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors';
 import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
 import { MarqueeView } from './MarqueeView';
@@ -1272,7 +1272,8 @@ 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.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === 'pass' && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+        const pointerEvents =
+            this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
         return pointerEvents;
     };
     getChildDocView(entry: PoolData) {
@@ -1328,8 +1329,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             />
         );
     }
-    addDocTab = action((doc: Doc, where: string) => {
-        if (where === 'inParent') {
+    addDocTab = action((doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => {
+        if (where === OpenWhere.inParent) {
             (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(doc => {
                 const pt = this.getTransform().transformPoint(NumCast(doc.x), NumCast(doc.y));
                 doc.x = pt[0];
@@ -1337,7 +1338,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             });
             return this.props.addDocument?.(doc) || false;
         }
-        if (where === 'inPlace' && this.layoutDoc.isInPlaceContainer) {
+        if (where === OpenWhere.inPlace && this.layoutDoc.isInPlaceContainer) {
             this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = doc instanceof Doc ? doc : new List<Doc>(doc as any as Doc[]);
             return true;
         }
@@ -1457,10 +1458,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const newPool = new Map<string, PoolData>();
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (this.layoutEngine) {
-            case 'pass':      return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computerPassLayout) };
-            case 'timeline':  return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computeTimelineLayout) };
-            case 'pivot':     return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computePivotLayout) };
-            case 'starburst': return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computerStarburstLayout) };
+            case computePassLayout.name :      return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computePassLayout) };
+            case computeTimelineLayout.name:  return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computeTimelineLayout) };
+            case computePivotLayout.name:     return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computePivotLayout) };
+            case computeStarburstLayout.name: return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doEngineLayout(newPool, computeStarburstLayout) };
         }
         return { newPool, computedElementData: this.doFreeformLayout(newPool) };
     }
@@ -1724,7 +1725,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             doc.x = scr?.[0];
             doc.y = scr?.[1];
         });
-        this.props.addDocTab(childDocs as any as Doc, 'inParent');
+        this.props.addDocTab(childDocs as any as Doc, OpenWhere.inParent);
         this.props.ContainingCollectionView?.removeDocument(this.props.Document);
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index e5a2d9007..b88da5191 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -234,13 +234,6 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: string) => {
-        if (where === 'inPlace' && this.layoutDoc.isInPlaceContainer) {
-            this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey] = new List<Doc>([doc]);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
-    };
     focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, options);
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
     isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
@@ -278,7 +271,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
-                addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
+                addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                 pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
                 bringToFront={returnFalse}
             />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index adcd9e1e3..ef75fb159 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
-import React = require("react");
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { extname } from "path";
-import DatePicker from "react-datepicker";
-import { CellInfo } from "react-table";
-import { DateField } from "../../../../fields/DateField";
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
-import { Id } from "../../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
-import { List } from "../../../../fields/List";
-import { SchemaHeaderField } from "../../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField";
-import { ComputedField } from "../../../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from "../../../../fields/Types";
-import { ImageField } from "../../../../fields/URLField";
-import { emptyFunction, Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
-import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
-import { DocumentType } from "../../../documents/DocumentTypes";
-import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
-import { DragManager } from "../../../util/DragManager";
-import { KeyCodes } from "../../../util/KeyCodes";
-import { CompileScript } from "../../../util/Scripting";
-import { SearchUtil } from "../../../util/SearchUtil";
-import { SnappingManager } from "../../../util/SnappingManager";
-import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
+import React = require('react');
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import { extname } from 'path';
+import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
+import { CellInfo } from 'react-table';
+import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
+import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
+import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
+import { ComputedField } from '../../../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
+import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
+import { emptyFunction, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { Docs } from '../../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
+import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import { KeyCodes } from '../../../util/KeyCodes';
+import { CompileScript } from '../../../util/Scripting';
+import { SearchUtil } from '../../../util/SearchUtil';
+import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
+import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import '../../../views/DocumentDecorations.scss';
-import { EditableView } from "../../EditableView";
+import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
 import { MAX_ROW_HEIGHT } from '../../global/globalCssVariables.scss';
-import { DocumentIconContainer } from "../../nodes/DocumentIcon";
-import { OverlayView } from "../../OverlayView";
-import { CollectionView } from "../CollectionView";
-import "./CollectionSchemaView.scss";
+import { DocumentIconContainer } from '../../nodes/DocumentIcon';
+import { OverlayView } from '../../OverlayView';
+import { CollectionView } from '../CollectionView';
+import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 
 // intialize cell properties
 export interface CellProps {
@@ -46,10 +47,9 @@ export interface CellProps {
     // currently unused
     renderDepth: number;
     // called when a button is pressed on the node itself
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
-    moveDocument?: (document: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined,
-        addDocument: (document: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => boolean;
+    moveDocument?: (document: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => boolean;
     isFocused: boolean;
     changeFocusedCellByIndex: (row: number, col: number) => void;
     // set whether the cell is in the isEditing mode
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
     // return a field key that is corrected for whether it COMMENT
     public static resolvedFieldKey(column: string, rowDoc: Doc) {
         const fieldKey = column;
-        if (fieldKey.startsWith("*")) {
+        if (fieldKey.startsWith('*')) {
             const rootKey = fieldKey.substring(1);
             const allKeys = [...Array.from(Object.keys(rowDoc)), ...Array.from(Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(rowDoc)))];
             const matchedKeys = allKeys.filter(key => key.includes(rootKey));
@@ -82,33 +82,37 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
     protected _rowDataDoc = Doc.GetProto(this.props.rowProps.original);
     // methods for dragging and dropping
     protected _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
-    @observable contents: string = "";
+    @observable contents: string = '';
 
-    componentDidMount() { document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown); }
-    componentWillUnmount() { document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown); }
+    componentDidMount() {
+        document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
+    }
 
     @action
     onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => {
         // If a cell is editable and clicked, hitting enter shoudl allow the user to edit it
         if (this.props.isFocused && this.props.isEditable && e.keyCode === KeyCodes.ENTER) {
-            document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+            document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
             this._isEditing = true;
             this.props.setIsEditing(true);
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     isEditingCallback = (isEditing: boolean): void => {
         // a general method that takes a boolean that determines whether the cell should be in
         // is-editing mode
         // remove the event listener if it's there
-        document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+        document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
         // it's not already in is-editing mode, re-add the event listener
-        isEditing && document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+        isEditing && document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
         this._isEditing = isEditing;
         this.props.setIsEditing(isEditing);
         this.props.changeFocusedCellByIndex(this.props.row, this.props.col);
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = async (e: React.PointerEvent): Promise<void> => {
@@ -119,19 +123,19 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
         this.props.setPreviewDoc(this.props.rowProps.original);
 
         let url: string;
-        if (url = StrCast(this.props.rowProps.row.href)) {
+        if ((url = StrCast(this.props.rowProps.row.href))) {
             // opens up the the doc in a new window, blurring the old one
             try {
                 new URL(url);
                 const temp = window.open(url)!;
                 temp.blur();
                 window.focus();
-            } catch { }
+            } catch {}
         }
 
         const doc = Cast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey], Doc, null);
         doc && this.props.setPreviewDoc(doc);
-    }
+    };
 
     @undoBatch
     applyToDoc = (doc: Doc, row: number, col: number, run: (args?: { [name: string]: any }) => any) => {
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
         doc[this.renderFieldKey] = res.result;
         return true;
         // return whether the change was successful
-    }
+    };
 
     private drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         // if the drag has data at its completion
@@ -151,41 +155,51 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
             if (de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.length === 1) {
                 // update the renderFieldKey
                 this._rowDataDoc[this.renderFieldKey] = de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments[0];
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 // create schema document reflecting the new column arrangement
-                const coll = Docs.Create.SchemaDocument([new SchemaHeaderField("title", "#f1efeb")], de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments, {});
+                const coll = Docs.Create.SchemaDocument([new SchemaHeaderField('title', '#f1efeb')], de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments, {});
                 this._rowDataDoc[this.renderFieldKey] = coll;
             }
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     protected dropRef = (ele: HTMLElement | null) => {
         // if the drop disposer is not undefined, run its function
         this._dropDisposer?.();
         // if ele is not null, give ele a non-undefined drop disposer
         ele && (this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this)));
-    }
+    };
 
     returnHighlights(contents: string, positions?: number[]) {
         if (positions) {
             const results = [];
             StrCast(this.props.Document._searchString);
             const length = StrCast(this.props.Document._searchString).length;
-            const color = contents ? "black" : "grey";
+            const color = contents ? 'black' : 'grey';
 
-            results.push(<span key="-1" style={{ color }}>{contents?.slice(0, positions[0])}</span>);
+            results.push(
+                <span key="-1" style={{ color }}>
+                    {contents?.slice(0, positions[0])}
+                </span>
+            );
             positions.forEach((num, cur) => {
-                results.push(<span key={"start" + cur} style={{ backgroundColor: "#FFFF00", color }}>{contents?.slice(num, num + length)}</span>);
+                results.push(
+                    <span key={'start' + cur} style={{ backgroundColor: '#FFFF00', color }}>
+                        {contents?.slice(num, num + length)}
+                    </span>
+                );
                 let end = 0;
-                cur === positions.length - 1 ? end = contents.length : end = positions[cur + 1];
-                results.push(<span key={"end" + cur} style={{ color }}>{contents?.slice(num + length, end)}</span>);
-            }
-            );
+                cur === positions.length - 1 ? (end = contents.length) : (end = positions[cur + 1]);
+                results.push(
+                    <span key={'end' + cur} style={{ color }}>
+                        {contents?.slice(num + length, end)}
+                    </span>
+                );
+            });
             return results;
         }
-        return <span style={{ color: contents ? "black" : "grey" }}>{contents ? contents?.valueOf() : "undefined"}</span>;
+        return <span style={{ color: contents ? 'black' : 'grey' }}>{contents ? contents?.valueOf() : 'undefined'}</span>;
     }
 
     @computed get renderFieldKey() {
@@ -199,10 +213,9 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
             const aliasdoc = await SearchUtil.GetAliasesOfDocument(this._rowDataDoc);
             const targetContext = aliasdoc.length <= 0 ? undefined : Cast(aliasdoc[0].context, Doc, null);
             // Jump to the this document
-            DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(this._rowDoc, false, emptyFunction, targetContext ? [targetContext] : [],
-                undefined, undefined, undefined, () => this.props.setPreviewDoc(this._rowDoc));
+            DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(this._rowDoc, false, emptyFunction, targetContext ? [targetContext] : [], undefined, undefined, undefined, () => this.props.setPreviewDoc(this._rowDoc));
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     renderCellWithType(type: string | undefined) {
         const dragRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
@@ -214,29 +227,29 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
 
         const onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
             // e.buttons === 1 means the left moue pointer is down
-            if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && (type === "document" || type === undefined)) {
-                dragRef.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer doc-drag-over";
+            if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && (type === 'document' || type === undefined)) {
+                dragRef.current!.className = 'collectionSchemaView-cellContainer doc-drag-over';
             }
         };
         const onPointerLeave = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
             // change the class name to indicate that the cell is no longer being dragged
-            dragRef.current!.className = "collectionSchemaView-cellContainer";
+            dragRef.current!.className = 'collectionSchemaView-cellContainer';
         };
 
         let contents = Field.toString(field as Field);
         // display 2 hyphens instead of a blank box for empty cells
-        contents = contents === "" ? "--" : contents;
+        contents = contents === '' ? '--' : contents;
 
         // classname reflects the tatus of the cell
-        let className = "collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper";
-        if (this._isEditing) className += " editing";
-        if (this.props.isFocused && this.props.isEditable) className += " focused";
-        if (this.props.isFocused && !this.props.isEditable) className += " inactive";
+        let className = 'collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper';
+        if (this._isEditing) className += ' editing';
+        if (this.props.isFocused && this.props.isEditable) className += ' focused';
+        if (this.props.isFocused && !this.props.isEditable) className += ' inactive';
 
         const positions = [];
-        if (StrCast(this.props.Document._searchString).toLowerCase() !== "") {
+        if (StrCast(this.props.Document._searchString).toLowerCase() !== '') {
             // term is ...promise pending... if the field is a Promise, otherwise it is the cell's contents
-            let term = (field instanceof Promise) ? "...promise pending..." : contents.toLowerCase();
+            let term = field instanceof Promise ? '...promise pending...' : contents.toLowerCase();
             const search = StrCast(this.props.Document._searchString).toLowerCase();
             let start = term.indexOf(search);
             let tally = 0;
@@ -256,56 +269,60 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
                 positions.pop();
             }
         }
-        const placeholder = type === "number" ? "0" : contents === "" ? "--" : "undefined";
+        const placeholder = type === 'number' ? '0' : contents === '' ? '--' : 'undefined';
         return (
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContainer" style={{ cursor: field instanceof Doc ? "grab" : "auto" }}
-                ref={dragRef} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onClick={action(e => this._isEditing = true)} onPointerEnter={onPointerEnter} onPointerLeave={onPointerLeave}>
+            <div
+                className="collectionSchemaView-cellContainer"
+                style={{ cursor: field instanceof Doc ? 'grab' : 'auto' }}
+                ref={dragRef}
+                onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
+                onClick={action(e => (this._isEditing = true))}
+                onPointerEnter={onPointerEnter}
+                onPointerLeave={onPointerLeave}>
                 <div className={className} ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1}>
-                    <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" ref={type === undefined || type === "document" ? this.dropRef : null}>
-                        {!this.props.Document._searchDoc ?
+                    <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" ref={type === undefined || type === 'document' ? this.dropRef : null}>
+                        {!this.props.Document._searchDoc ? (
                             <EditableView
                                 editing={this._isEditing}
                                 isEditingCallback={this.isEditingCallback}
-                                display={"inline"}
+                                display={'inline'}
                                 contents={contents}
-                                height={"auto"}
+                                height={'auto'}
                                 maxHeight={Number(MAX_ROW_HEIGHT)}
                                 placeholder={placeholder}
                                 GetValue={() => {
                                     const cfield = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(field));
                                     const cscript = cfield instanceof ComputedField ? cfield.script.originalScript : undefined;
-                                    const cfinalScript = cscript?.split("return")[cscript.split("return").length - 1];
-                                    return cscript ? (cfinalScript?.endsWith(";") ? `:=${cfinalScript?.substring(0, cfinalScript.length - 2)}` : cfinalScript) :
-                                        Field.IsField(cfield) ? Field.toScriptString(cfield) : "";
+                                    const cfinalScript = cscript?.split('return')[cscript.split('return').length - 1];
+                                    return cscript ? (cfinalScript?.endsWith(';') ? `:=${cfinalScript?.substring(0, cfinalScript.length - 2)}` : cfinalScript) : Field.IsField(cfield) ? Field.toScriptString(cfield) : '';
                                 }}
                                 SetValue={action((value: string) => {
                                     // sets what is displayed after the user makes an input
                                     let retVal = false;
-                                    if (value.startsWith(":=") || value.startsWith("=:=")) {
+                                    if (value.startsWith(':=') || value.startsWith('=:=')) {
                                         // decides how to compute a value when given either of the above strings
-                                        const script = value.substring(value.startsWith("=:=") ? 3 : 2);
-                                        retVal = this.props.setComputed(script, value.startsWith(":=") ? this._rowDataDoc : this._rowDoc, this.renderFieldKey, this.props.row, this.props.col);
+                                        const script = value.substring(value.startsWith('=:=') ? 3 : 2);
+                                        retVal = this.props.setComputed(script, value.startsWith(':=') ? this._rowDataDoc : this._rowDoc, this.renderFieldKey, this.props.row, this.props.col);
                                     } else {
                                         // check if the input is a number
                                         let inputIsNum = true;
                                         for (const s of value) {
-                                            if (isNaN(parseInt(s)) && !(s === ".") && !(s === ",")) {
+                                            if (isNaN(parseInt(s)) && !(s === '.') && !(s === ',')) {
                                                 inputIsNum = false;
                                             }
                                         }
                                         // check if the input is a boolean
-                                        const inputIsBool: boolean = value === "false" || value === "true";
-                                        // what to do in the case 
-                                        if (!inputIsNum && !inputIsBool && !value.startsWith("=")) {
+                                        const inputIsBool: boolean = value === 'false' || value === 'true';
+                                        // what to do in the case
+                                        if (!inputIsNum && !inputIsBool && !value.startsWith('=')) {
                                             // if it's not a number, it's a string, and should be processed as such
-                                            // strips the string of quotes when it is edited to prevent quotes form being added to the text automatically 
+                                            // strips the string of quotes when it is edited to prevent quotes form being added to the text automatically
                                             // after each edit
                                             let valueSansQuotes = value;
                                             if (this._isEditing) {
                                                 const vsqLength = valueSansQuotes.length;
                                                 // get rid of outer quotes
-                                                valueSansQuotes = valueSansQuotes.substring(value.startsWith("\"") ? 1 : 0,
-                                                    valueSansQuotes.charAt(vsqLength - 1) === "\"" ? vsqLength - 1 : vsqLength);
+                                                valueSansQuotes = valueSansQuotes.substring(value.startsWith('"') ? 1 : 0, valueSansQuotes.charAt(vsqLength - 1) === '"' ? vsqLength - 1 : vsqLength);
                                             }
                                             let inputAsString = '"';
                                             // escape any quotes in the string
@@ -319,27 +336,27 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
                                             // add a closing quote
                                             inputAsString += '"';
                                             //two options here: we can strip off outer quotes or we can figure out what's going on with the script
-                                            const script = CompileScript(inputAsString, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: "number", $c: "number", $: "any" } });
+                                            const script = CompileScript(inputAsString, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: 'number', $c: 'number', $: 'any' } });
                                             const changeMade = inputAsString.length !== value.length || inputAsString.length - 2 !== value.length;
                                             // change it if a change is made, otherwise, just compile using the old cell conetnts
                                             script.compiled && (retVal = this.applyToDoc(changeMade ? this._rowDoc : this._rowDataDoc, this.props.row, this.props.col, script.run));
                                             // handle numbers and expressions
-                                        } else if (inputIsNum || value.startsWith("=")) {
+                                        } else if (inputIsNum || value.startsWith('=')) {
                                             //TODO: make accept numbers
-                                            const inputscript = value.substring(value.startsWith("=") ? 1 : 0);
+                                            const inputscript = value.substring(value.startsWith('=') ? 1 : 0);
                                             // if commas are not stripped, the parser only considers the numbers after the last comma
-                                            let inputSansCommas = "";
+                                            let inputSansCommas = '';
                                             for (const s of inputscript) {
-                                                if (!(s === ",")) {
+                                                if (!(s === ',')) {
                                                     inputSansCommas += s;
                                                 }
                                             }
-                                            const script = CompileScript(inputSansCommas, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: "number", $c: "number", $: "any" } });
+                                            const script = CompileScript(inputSansCommas, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: 'number', $c: 'number', $: 'any' } });
                                             const changeMade = value.length - 2 !== value.length;
                                             script.compiled && (retVal = this.applyToDoc(changeMade ? this._rowDoc : this._rowDataDoc, this.props.row, this.props.col, script.run));
                                             // handle booleans
                                         } else if (inputIsBool) {
-                                            const script = CompileScript(value, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: "number", $c: "number", $: "any" } });
+                                            const script = CompileScript(value, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: 'number', $c: 'number', $: 'any' } });
                                             const changeMade = value.length - 2 !== value.length;
                                             script.compiled && (retVal = this.applyToDoc(changeMade ? this._rowDoc : this._rowDataDoc, this.props.row, this.props.col, script.run));
                                         }
@@ -352,33 +369,47 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
                                 })}
                                 OnFillDown={async (value: string) => {
                                     // computes all of the value preceded by :=
-                                    const script = CompileScript(value, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: "number", $c: "number", $: "any" } });
-                                    script.compiled && DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]).
-                                        forEach((doc, i) => value.startsWith(":=") ?
-                                            this.props.setComputed(value.substring(2), Doc.GetProto(doc), this.renderFieldKey, i, this.props.col) :
-                                            this.applyToDoc(Doc.GetProto(doc), i, this.props.col, script.run));
+                                    const script = CompileScript(value, { requiredType: type, typecheck: false, editable: true, addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name, $r: 'number', $c: 'number', $: 'any' } });
+                                    script.compiled &&
+                                        DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]).forEach((doc, i) =>
+                                            value.startsWith(':=') ? this.props.setComputed(value.substring(2), Doc.GetProto(doc), this.renderFieldKey, i, this.props.col) : this.applyToDoc(Doc.GetProto(doc), i, this.props.col, script.run)
+                                        );
                                 }}
                             />
-                            :
+                        ) : (
                             this.returnHighlights(contents, positions)
-                        }
-                    </div >
+                        )}
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
     }
 
-    render() { return this.renderCellWithType(undefined); }
+    render() {
+        return this.renderCellWithType(undefined);
+    }
 }
 
 @observer
-export class CollectionSchemaNumberCell extends CollectionSchemaCell { render() { return this.renderCellWithType("number"); } }
+export class CollectionSchemaNumberCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
+    render() {
+        return this.renderCellWithType('number');
+    }
+}
 
 @observer
-export class CollectionSchemaBooleanCell extends CollectionSchemaCell { render() { return this.renderCellWithType("boolean"); } }
+export class CollectionSchemaBooleanCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
+    render() {
+        return this.renderCellWithType('boolean');
+    }
+}
 
 @observer
-export class CollectionSchemaStringCell extends CollectionSchemaCell { render() { return this.renderCellWithType("string"); } }
+export class CollectionSchemaStringCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
+    render() {
+        return this.renderCellWithType('string');
+    }
+}
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaDateCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
@@ -396,24 +427,24 @@ export class CollectionSchemaDateCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
         // ^ DateCast is always undefined for some reason, but that is what the field should be set to
         this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey] = new DateField(date as Date);
         //}
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
-        return !this.props.isFocused ? <span onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>{this._date ? Field.toString(this._date as Field) : "--"}</span> :
-            <DatePicker
-                selected={this._date?.date || new Date}
-                onSelect={date => this.handleChange(date)}
-                onChange={date => this.handleChange(date)}
-            />;
+        return !this.props.isFocused ? (
+            <span onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>{this._date ? Field.toString(this._date as Field) : '--'}</span>
+        ) : (
+            <DatePicker selected={this._date?.date || new Date()} onSelect={date => this.handleChange(date)} onChange={date => this.handleChange(date)} />
+        );
     }
 }
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaDocCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
-
     _overlayDisposer?: () => void;
 
-    @computed get _doc() { return FieldValue(Cast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey], Doc)); }
+    @computed get _doc() {
+        return FieldValue(Cast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey], Doc));
+    }
 
     @action
     onSetValue = (value: string) => {
@@ -422,7 +453,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaDocCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
         const script = CompileScript(value, {
             addReturn: true,
             typecheck: true,
-            transformer: DocumentIconContainer.getTransformer()
+            transformer: DocumentIconContainer.getTransformer(),
         });
         // compile the script
         const results = script.compiled && script.run();
@@ -432,44 +463,43 @@ export class CollectionSchemaDocCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
-    }
+    };
 
-    componentWillUnmount() { this.onBlur(); }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this.onBlur();
+    }
 
-    onBlur = () => { this._overlayDisposer?.(); };
+    onBlur = () => {
+        this._overlayDisposer?.();
+    };
     onFocus = () => {
         this.onBlur();
         this._overlayDisposer = OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<DocumentIconContainer />, { x: 0, y: 0 });
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     isEditingCallback = (isEditing: boolean): void => {
         // the isEditingCallback from a general CollectionSchemaCell
-        document.removeEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
-        isEditing && document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyDown);
+        document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
+        isEditing && document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
         this._isEditing = isEditing;
         this.props.setIsEditing(isEditing);
         this.props.changeFocusedCellByIndex(this.props.row, this.props.col);
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
         // if there's a doc, render it
-        return !this._doc ? this.renderCellWithType("document") :
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1}
-                onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
-            >
-                <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents-document"
-                    style={{ padding: "5.9px" }}
-                    ref={this.dropRef}
-                    onFocus={this.onFocus}
-                    onBlur={this.onBlur}
-                >
+        return !this._doc ? (
+            this.renderCellWithType('document')
+        ) : (
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>
+                <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents-document" style={{ padding: '5.9px' }} ref={this.dropRef} onFocus={this.onFocus} onBlur={this.onBlur}>
                     <EditableView
                         editing={this._isEditing}
                         isEditingCallback={this.isEditingCallback}
-                        display={"inline"}
-                        contents={this._doc.title || "--"}
-                        height={"auto"}
+                        display={'inline'}
+                        contents={this._doc.title || '--'}
+                        height={'auto'}
                         maxHeight={Number(MAX_ROW_HEIGHT)}
                         GetValue={() => StrCast(this._doc?.title)}
                         SetValue={action((value: string) => {
@@ -477,33 +507,36 @@ export class CollectionSchemaDocCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
                             return true;
                         })}
                     />
-                </div >
-                <div onClick={() => this._doc && this.props.addDocTab(this._doc, "add:right")} className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents-docButton">
+                </div>
+                <div onClick={() => this._doc && this.props.addDocTab(this._doc, OpenWhere.addRight)} className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents-docButton">
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon="external-link-alt" size="lg" />
                 </div>
-            </div>;
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 }
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaImageCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
-
     choosePath(url: URL) {
-        if (url.protocol === "data") return url.href; // if the url ises the data protocol, just return the href
+        if (url.protocol === 'data') return url.href; // if the url ises the data protocol, just return the href
         if (url.href.indexOf(window.location.origin) === -1) return Utils.CorsProxy(url.href); // otherwise, put it through the cors proxy erver
-        if (!/\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$/.test(url.href.toLowerCase())) return url.href;//Why is this here — good question
+        if (!/\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$/.test(url.href.toLowerCase())) return url.href; //Why is this here — good question
 
         const ext = extname(url.href);
-        return url.href.replace(ext, "_o" + ext);
+        return url.href.replace(ext, '_o' + ext);
     }
 
     render() {
         const field = Cast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey], ImageField, null); // retrieve the primary image URL that is being rendered from the data doc
-        const alts = DocListCast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey + "-alternates"]); // retrieve alternate documents that may be rendered as alternate images
-        const altpaths = alts.map(doc => Cast(doc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(doc)], ImageField, null)?.url).filter(url => url).map(url => this.choosePath(url)); // access the primary layout data of the alternate documents
+        const alts = DocListCast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey + '-alternates']); // retrieve alternate documents that may be rendered as alternate images
+        const altpaths = alts
+            .map(doc => Cast(doc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(doc)], ImageField, null)?.url)
+            .filter(url => url)
+            .map(url => this.choosePath(url)); // access the primary layout data of the alternate documents
         const paths = field ? [this.choosePath(field.url), ...altpaths] : altpaths;
         // If there is a path, follow it; otherwise, follow a link to a default image icon
-        const url = paths.length ? paths : [Utils.CorsProxy("http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png")];
+        const url = paths.length ? paths : [Utils.CorsProxy('http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png')];
 
         const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(this._rowDoc); // aspect ratio
         let width = Math.min(75, this.props.rowProps.width); // get a with that is no smaller than 75px
@@ -511,25 +544,28 @@ export class CollectionSchemaImageCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
         width = height * aspect; // increase the width of the image if necessary to maintain proportionality
 
         const reference = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-        return <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>
-            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" key={this._rowDoc[Id]} ref={reference}>
-                <img src={url[0]}
-                    width={paths.length ? width : "20px"}
-                    height={paths.length ? height : "20px"} />
-            </div >
-        </div>;
+        return (
+            <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>
+                <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" key={this._rowDoc[Id]} ref={reference}>
+                    <img src={url[0]} width={paths.length ? width : '20px'} height={paths.length ? height : '20px'} />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 }
 
-
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaListCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
     _overlayDisposer?: () => void;
 
-    @computed get _field() { return this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey]; }
-    @computed get _optionsList() { return this._field as List<any>; }
+    @computed get _field() {
+        return this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey];
+    }
+    @computed get _optionsList() {
+        return this._field as List<any>;
+    }
     @observable private _opened = false; // whether the list is opened
-    @observable private _text = "select an item";
+    @observable private _text = 'select an item';
     @observable private _selectedNum = 0; // the index of the list item selected
 
     @action
@@ -538,102 +574,109 @@ export class CollectionSchemaListCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
         this._optionsList[this._selectedNum] = this._text = value;
 
         (this._field as List<any>).splice(this._selectedNum, 1, value);
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     onSelected = (element: string, index: number) => {
         // if an item is selected, the private variables should update to reflect this
         this._text = element;
         this._selectedNum = index;
-    }
+    };
 
     onFocus = () => {
         this._overlayDisposer?.();
         this._overlayDisposer = OverlayView.Instance.addElement(<DocumentIconContainer />, { x: 0, y: 0 });
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
         const link = false;
         const reference = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
-        // if the list is not opened, don't display it; otherwise, do. 
+        // if the list is not opened, don't display it; otherwise, do.
         if (this._optionsList?.length) {
-            const options = !this._opened ? (null) :
+            const options = !this._opened ? null : (
                 <div>
                     {this._optionsList.map((element, index) => {
                         const val = Field.toString(element);
-                        return <div className="collectionSchemaView-dropdownOption" key={index} style={{ padding: "6px" }} onPointerDown={(e) => this.onSelected(StrCast(element), index)} >
-                            {val}
-                        </div>;
+                        return (
+                            <div className="collectionSchemaView-dropdownOption" key={index} style={{ padding: '6px' }} onPointerDown={e => this.onSelected(StrCast(element), index)}>
+                                {val}
+                            </div>
+                        );
                     })}
-                </div>;
-
-            const plainText = <div style={{ padding: "5.9px" }}>{this._text}</div>;
-            const textarea = <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" key={this._rowDoc[Id]} style={{ padding: "5.9px" }} ref={this.dropRef} >
-                <EditableView
-                    editing={this._isEditing}
-                    isEditingCallback={this.isEditingCallback}
-                    display={"inline"}
-                    contents={this._text}
-                    height={"auto"}
-                    maxHeight={Number(MAX_ROW_HEIGHT)}
-                    GetValue={() => this._text}
-                    SetValue={action((value: string) => {
-                        // add special for params 
-                        this.onSetValue(value);
-                        return true;
-                    })}
-                />
-            </div >;
+                </div>
+            );
+
+            const plainText = <div style={{ padding: '5.9px' }}>{this._text}</div>;
+            const textarea = (
+                <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" key={this._rowDoc[Id]} style={{ padding: '5.9px' }} ref={this.dropRef}>
+                    <EditableView
+                        editing={this._isEditing}
+                        isEditingCallback={this.isEditingCallback}
+                        display={'inline'}
+                        contents={this._text}
+                        height={'auto'}
+                        maxHeight={Number(MAX_ROW_HEIGHT)}
+                        GetValue={() => this._text}
+                        SetValue={action((value: string) => {
+                            // add special for params
+                            this.onSetValue(value);
+                            return true;
+                        })}
+                    />
+                </div>
+            );
 
             //☰
             return (
                 <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>
                     <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellContents" key={this._rowDoc[Id]} ref={reference}>
                         <div className="collectionSchemaView-dropDownWrapper">
-                            <button type="button" className="collectionSchemaView-dropdownButton" style={{ right: "length", position: "relative" }}
-                                onClick={action(e => this._opened = !this._opened)} >
-                                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={this._opened ? "caret-up" : "caret-down"} size="sm" />
+                            <button type="button" className="collectionSchemaView-dropdownButton" style={{ right: 'length', position: 'relative' }} onClick={action(e => (this._opened = !this._opened))}>
+                                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={this._opened ? 'caret-up' : 'caret-down'} size="sm" />
                             </button>
                             <div className="collectionSchemaView-dropdownText"> {link ? plainText : textarea} </div>
                         </div>
                         {options}
-                    </div >
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             );
         }
-        return this.renderCellWithType("list");
+        return this.renderCellWithType('list');
     }
 }
 
-
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaCheckboxCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
-    @computed get _isChecked() { return BoolCast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey]); }
+    @computed get _isChecked() {
+        return BoolCast(this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey]);
+    }
 
     render() {
         const reference = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
         return (
             <div className="collectionSchemaView-cellWrapper" ref={this._focusRef} tabIndex={-1} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}>
-                <input type="checkbox" checked={this._isChecked} onChange={e => this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey] = e.target.checked} />
+                <input type="checkbox" checked={this._isChecked} onChange={e => (this._rowDoc[this.renderFieldKey] = e.target.checked)} />
             </div>
         );
     }
 }
 
-
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaButtons extends CollectionSchemaCell {
     // the navigation buttons for schema view when it is used for search.
     render() {
-        return !this.props.Document._searchDoc || ![DocumentType.PDF, DocumentType.RTF].includes(StrCast(this._rowDoc.type) as DocumentType) ? <></> :
-            <div style={{ paddingTop: 8, paddingLeft: 3 }} >
+        return !this.props.Document._searchDoc || ![DocumentType.PDF, DocumentType.RTF].includes(StrCast(this._rowDoc.type) as DocumentType) ? (
+            <></>
+        ) : (
+            <div style={{ paddingTop: 8, paddingLeft: 3 }}>
                 <button style={{ padding: 2, left: 77 }} onClick={() => Doc.SearchMatchNext(this._rowDoc, true)}>
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon="arrow-up" size="sm" />
                 </button>
-                <button style={{ padding: 2 }} onClick={() => Doc.SearchMatchNext(this._rowDoc, false)} >
+                <button style={{ padding: 2 }} onClick={() => Doc.SearchMatchNext(this._rowDoc, false)}>
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon="arrow-down" size="sm" />
                 </button>
-            </div>;
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaMovableRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaMovableRow.tsx
index f872637e5..3cb2df7d3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaMovableRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaMovableRow.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 
 export interface MovableRowProps {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ export class MovableRow extends React.Component<React.PropsWithChildren<MovableR
                             <div className="row-option" style={{ cursor: 'grab' }} ref={reference} onPointerDown={onItemDown}>
                                 <FontAwesomeIcon icon="grip-vertical" size="sm" />
                             </div>
-                            <div className="row-option" onClick={() => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.rowInfo.original, 'add:right')}>
+                            <div className="row-option" onClick={() => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.rowInfo.original, OpenWhere.addRight)}>
                                 <FontAwesomeIcon icon="external-link-alt" size="sm" />
                             </div>
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
index fafea5ce3..45ad4f86b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import '../../../views/DocumentDecorations.scss';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH, SCHEMA_DIVIDER_WIDTH } from '../../global/globalCssVariables.scss';
-import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionView } from '../CollectionView';
 import {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export interface SchemaTableProps {
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     active: (outsideReaction: boolean | undefined) => boolean | undefined;
     onDrop: (e: React.DragEvent<Element>, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: (() => void) | undefined) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isFocused: (document: Doc, outsideReaction: boolean) => boolean;
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ export class SchemaTable extends React.Component<SchemaTableProps> {
     };
 
     onOpenClick = () => {
-        this._showDoc && this.props.addDocTab(this._showDoc, 'add:right');
+        this._showDoc && this.props.addDocTab(this._showDoc, OpenWhere.addRight);
     };
 
     getPreviewTransform = (): Transform => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 570039550..868822fbf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { CollectionFreeFormView } from '../collections/collectionFreeForm/Collec
 import { DocComponent } from '../DocComponent';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import './CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss';
-import { DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from './DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 import React = require('react');
 
 export interface CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps extends DocumentViewProps {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
                 topDoc.x = spt[0];
                 topDoc.y = spt[1];
                 this.props.removeDocument?.(topDoc);
-                this.props.addDocTab(topDoc, 'inParent');
+                this.props.addDocTab(topDoc, OpenWhere.inParent);
             } else {
                 const spt = this.screenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
                 const fpt = screenXf.transformPoint(spt[0], spt[1]);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index fb07f1033..2729a5047 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ export enum ViewAdjustment {
     doNothing = 0,
 }
 
+export enum OpenWhere {
+    inPlace = 'inPlace',
+    lightbox = 'lightbox',
+    add = 'add',
+    addRight = 'add:right',
+    addBottom = 'add:bottom',
+    dashboard = 'dashboard',
+    close = 'close',
+    fullScreen = 'fullScreen',
+    toggle = 'toggle',
+    replace = 'replace',
+    inParent = 'inParent',
+}
+export enum OpenWhereMod {
+    none = '',
+    left = 'left',
+    right = 'right',
+    top = 'top',
+    bottom = 'bottom',
+}
+
 export const ViewSpecPrefix = 'viewSpec'; // field prefix for anchor fields that are immediately copied over to the target document when link is followed.  Other anchor properties will be copied over in the specific setViewSpec() method on their view (which allows for seting preview values instead of writing to the document)
 
 export interface DocFocusOptions {
@@ -139,7 +160,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     showTitle?: () => string;
     whenChildContentsActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
     rootSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean; // whether the root of a template has been selected
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     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)
     addDocument?: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean;
     removeDocument?: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean;
@@ -474,7 +495,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         const pt = me.touchEvent.touches[me.touchEvent.touches.length - 1];
         RadialMenu.Instance.openMenu(pt.pageX - 15, pt.pageY - 15);
 
-        // RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "add:right"), icon: "map-pin", selected: -1 });
+        // RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), OpenWhere.addRight), icon: "map-pin", selected: -1 });
         const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this.props.Document[DataSym]);
         (effectiveAcl === AclEdit || effectiveAcl === AclAdmin) &&
             RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({
@@ -485,7 +506,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 icon: 'external-link-square-alt',
                 selected: -1,
             });
-        // RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open in a new tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, "add:right"), icon: "trash", selected: -1 });
+        // RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open in a new tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: "trash", selected: -1 });
         RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Pin', event: () => this.props.pinToPres(this.props.Document, {}), icon: 'map-pin', selected: -1 });
         RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Open', event: () => MobileInterface.Instance.handleClick(this.props.Document), icon: 'trash', selected: -1 });
 
@@ -586,7 +607,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                         );
                     UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => (func().result?.select === true ? this.props.select(false) : ''), 'on double click');
                 } else if (!Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc) && !this.rootDoc.isLinkButton) {
-                    UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => LightboxView.AddDocTab(this.rootDoc, 'lightbox', this.props.LayoutTemplate?.(), this.props.addDocTab), 'double tap');
+                    UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => LightboxView.AddDocTab(this.rootDoc, OpenWhere.lightbox, this.props.LayoutTemplate?.(), this.props.addDocTab), 'double tap');
                     SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
                     Doc.UnBrushDoc(this.props.Document);
                 }
@@ -857,7 +878,7 @@ 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.noviceMode && templateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Open Template   ', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, 'add:right'), icon: 'eye' });
+            !Doc.noviceMode && templateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Open Template   ', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'eye' });
             !Doc.noviceMode &&
                 appearanceItems.push({
                     description: 'Add a Field',
@@ -957,8 +978,8 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         }
         const help = cm.findByDescription('Help...');
         const helpItems: ContextMenuProps[] = help && 'subitems' in help ? help.subitems : [];
-        helpItems.push({ description: 'Show Metadata', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), 'add:right'), icon: 'layer-group' });
-        !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' });
+        helpItems.push({ description: 'Show Metadata', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'layer-group' });
+        !Doc.noviceMode && helpItems.push({ description: 'Text Shortcuts Ctrl+/', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.PdfDocument('/assets/cheat-sheet.pdf', { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), OpenWhere.addRight), 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' });
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
index 7d04c4b64..18c5b81ec 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import e = require('express');
 import { FormattedTextBox } from './formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { ImageBox } from './ImageBox';
+import { OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 
 export type KVPScript = {
     script: CompiledScript;
@@ -259,8 +260,8 @@ export class KeyValueBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         openItems.push({
             description: 'Default Perspective',
             event: () => {
-                this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, 'close');
-                this.props.addDocTab(this.fieldDocToLayout, 'add:right');
+                this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, OpenWhere.close);
+                this.props.addDocTab(this.fieldDocToLayout, OpenWhere.addRight);
             },
             icon: 'image',
         });
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index 80def3025..e74ef4a39 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 import { action, observable } from 'mobx';
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Field, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne, returnZero, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyDoclist, emptyPath } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
-import { EditableView } from "../EditableView";
+import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { KeyValueBox } from './KeyValueBox';
-import "./KeyValueBox.scss";
-import "./KeyValuePair.scss";
-import React = require("react");
+import './KeyValueBox.scss';
+import './KeyValuePair.scss';
+import React = require('react');
 import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../StyleProvider';
+import { OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 
 // Represents one row in a key value plane
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export interface KeyValuePairProps {
     keyWidth: number;
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     PanelWidth: () => number;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
 }
 @observer
 export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
@@ -34,23 +35,23 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
     @action
     handleCheck = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
         this.isChecked = e.currentTarget.checked;
-    }
+    };
 
     @action
     uncheck = () => {
         this.checkbox.current!.checked = false;
         this.isChecked = false;
-    }
+    };
 
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         const value = this.props.doc[this.props.keyName];
         if (value instanceof Doc) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
-            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(value, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "add:right"), icon: "layer-group" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Open Fields', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(value, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'layer-group' });
             ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY);
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
         const props: FieldViewProps = {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
             isSelected: returnFalse,
             setHeight: returnFalse,
             select: emptyFunction,
-            dropAction: "alias",
+            dropAction: 'alias',
             bringToFront: emptyFunction,
             renderDepth: 1,
             isContentActive: returnFalse,
@@ -92,30 +93,30 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
             doc = doc.proto;
         }
         const parenCount = Math.max(0, protoCount - 1);
-        const keyStyle = protoCount === 0 ? "black" : "blue";
+        const keyStyle = protoCount === 0 ? 'black' : 'blue';
 
-        const hover = { transition: "0.3s ease opacity", opacity: this.isPointerOver || this.isChecked ? 1 : 0 };
+        const hover = { transition: '0.3s ease opacity', opacity: this.isPointerOver || this.isChecked ? 1 : 0 };
 
         return (
-            <tr className={this.props.rowStyle} onPointerEnter={action(() => this.isPointerOver = true)} onPointerLeave={action(() => this.isPointerOver = false)}>
+            <tr className={this.props.rowStyle} onPointerEnter={action(() => (this.isPointerOver = true))} onPointerLeave={action(() => (this.isPointerOver = false))}>
                 <td className="keyValuePair-td-key" style={{ width: `${this.props.keyWidth}%` }}>
                     <div className="keyValuePair-td-key-container">
-                        <button style={hover} className="keyValuePair-td-key-delete" onClick={undoBatch(() => {
-                            if (Object.keys(props.Document).indexOf(props.fieldKey) !== -1) {
-                                delete props.Document[props.fieldKey];
-                            }
-                            else delete props.Document.proto![props.fieldKey];
-                        })}>
+                        <button
+                            style={hover}
+                            className="keyValuePair-td-key-delete"
+                            onClick={undoBatch(() => {
+                                if (Object.keys(props.Document).indexOf(props.fieldKey) !== -1) {
+                                    delete props.Document[props.fieldKey];
+                                } else delete props.Document.proto![props.fieldKey];
+                            })}>
                             X
                         </button>
-                        <input
-                            className={"keyValuePair-td-key-check"}
-                            type="checkbox"
-                            style={hover}
-                            onChange={this.handleCheck}
-                            ref={this.checkbox}
-                        />
-                        <div className="keyValuePair-keyField" style={{ color: keyStyle }}>{"(".repeat(parenCount)}{props.fieldKey}{")".repeat(parenCount)}</div>
+                        <input className={'keyValuePair-td-key-check'} type="checkbox" style={hover} onChange={this.handleCheck} ref={this.checkbox} />
+                        <div className="keyValuePair-keyField" style={{ color: keyStyle }}>
+                            {'('.repeat(parenCount)}
+                            {props.fieldKey}
+                            {')'.repeat(parenCount)}
+                        </div>
                     </div>
                 </td>
                 <td className="keyValuePair-td-value" style={{ width: `${100 - this.props.keyWidth}%` }} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}>
@@ -123,13 +124,13 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
                         <EditableView
                             contents={contents}
                             maxHeight={36}
-                            height={"auto"}
+                            height={'auto'}
                             GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(props.Document, props.fieldKey)}
-                            SetValue={(value: string) =>
-                                KeyValueBox.SetField(props.Document, props.fieldKey, value)} />
+                            SetValue={(value: string) => KeyValueBox.SetField(props.Document, props.fieldKey, value)}
+                        />
                     </div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
         );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
index d6cf79f87..be9565452 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import './LinkAnchorBox.scss';
 import { LinkDocPreview } from './LinkDocPreview';
 import React = require('react');
+import { OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 const higflyout = require('@hig/flyout');
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
@@ -88,13 +89,13 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     };
 
     openLinkDocOnRight = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
-        this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc, 'add:right');
+        this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc, OpenWhere.addRight);
     };
     openLinkTargetOnRight = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(Cast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey], Doc, null));
         alias._isLinkButton = undefined;
         alias.layoutKey = 'layout';
-        this.props.addDocTab(alias, 'add:right');
+        this.props.addDocTab(alias, OpenWhere.addRight);
     };
     @action
     openLinkEditor = action((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
index a47577701..135fbca31 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { LinkFollower } from '../../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../util/LinkManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DocumentView, DocumentViewSharedProps } from './DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView, DocumentViewSharedProps, OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 import './LinkDocPreview.scss';
 import React = require('react');
 import { LinkEditor } from '../linking/LinkEditor';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export class LinkDocPreview extends React.Component<LinkDocPreviewProps> {
             LinkDocPreview.Clear();
             LinkFollower.FollowLink(this._linkDoc, this._linkSrc, this.props.docProps, false);
         } else if (this.props.hrefs?.length) {
-            this.props.docProps?.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument(this.props.hrefs[0], { title: this.props.hrefs[0], _nativeWidth: 850, _width: 200, _height: 400, useCors: true }), 'add:right');
+            this.props.docProps?.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument(this.props.hrefs[0], { title: this.props.hrefs[0], _nativeWidth: 850, _width: 200, _height: 400, useCors: true }), OpenWhere.addRight);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 70ac84fa4..82d5b00f9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { RecordingBox } from './RecordingBox';
 import './VideoBox.scss';
 import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
+import { OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 const path = require('path');
 
 /**
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             this.player && this._contentRef && this._contentRef.requestFullscreen();
         }
         try {
-            this._youtubePlayer && this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc, 'add');
+            this._youtubePlayer && this.props.addDocTab(this.rootDoc, OpenWhere.add);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log('Video FullScreen Exception:', e);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
index 42d20ba99..c71552a6f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { ActiveFillColor, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, SetAc
 import { InkTranscription } from '../../InkTranscription';
 import { StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '.././FieldView';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../DocumentView';
 import { RichTextMenu } from '../formattedText/RichTextMenu';
 import { WebBox } from '../WebBox';
 import { FontIconBadge } from './FontIconBadge';
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<ButtonProps>() {
     }
     showTemplate = (): void => {
         const dragFactory = Cast(this.layoutDoc.dragFactory, Doc, null);
-        dragFactory && this.props.addDocTab(dragFactory, 'add:right');
+        dragFactory && this.props.addDocTab(dragFactory, OpenWhere.addRight);
     };
     dragAsTemplate = (): void => {
         this.layoutDoc.onDragStart = ScriptField.MakeFunction('getCopy(this.dragFactory, true)');
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
index 1e7cb6ea5..63347015b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { NodeSelection } from 'prosemirror-state';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../DocumentView';
 
 export class DashFieldView {
     dom: HTMLDivElement; // container for label and value
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
             list.map(c => c.heading).indexOf(this._fieldKey) === -1 && list.push(new SchemaHeaderField(this._fieldKey, '#f1efeb'));
             list.map(c => c.heading).indexOf('text') === -1 && list.push(new SchemaHeaderField('text', '#f1efeb'));
             alias._pivotField = this._fieldKey.startsWith('#') ? '#' : this._fieldKey;
-            this.props.tbox.props.addDocTab(alias, 'add:right');
+            this.props.tbox.props.addDocTab(alias, OpenWhere.addRight);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index fdd61463d..ce4639b76 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import { LightboxView } from '../../LightboxView';
 import { AnchorMenu } from '../../pdf/AnchorMenu';
 import { SidebarAnnos } from '../../SidebarAnnos';
 import { StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
-import { DocumentViewInternal } from '../DocumentView';
+import { DocumentViewInternal, OpenWhere } from '../DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../FieldView';
 import { LinkDocPreview } from '../LinkDocPreview';
 import { DashDocCommentView } from './DashDocCommentView';
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                     const func = () => {
                         const docView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(audiodoc);
                         if (!docView) {
-                            this.props.addDocTab(audiodoc, 'add:bottom');
+                            this.props.addDocTab(audiodoc, OpenWhere.addBottom);
                             setTimeout(func);
                         } else docView.ComponentView?.playFrom?.(timecode, Cast(anchor.timecodeToHide, 'number', null)); // bcz: would be nice to find the next audio tag in the doc and play until that
                     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
index 3d9bd6add..68b0488a2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { GetEffectiveAcl } from '../../../../fields/util';
 import { Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
+import { OpenWhere } from '../DocumentView';
 import { liftListItem, sinkListItem } from './prosemirrorPatches.js';
 
 const mac = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' ? /Mac/.test(navigator.platform) : false;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
     //Command to create a new Tab with a PDF of all the command shortcuts
     bind('Mod-/', (state: EditorState, dispatch: (tx: Transaction) => void) => {
         const newDoc = Docs.Create.PdfDocument(Utils.prepend('/assets/cheat-sheet.pdf'), { _width: 300, _height: 300 });
-        props.addDocTab(newDoc, 'add:right');
+        props.addDocTab(newDoc, OpenWhere.addRight);
     });
 
     //Commands to modify BlockType
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index e19b53f50..adfd2fda1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { SettingsManager } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from '../../collections/CollectionDockingView';
-import { CollectionFreeFormView, MarqueeViewBounds } from '../../collections/collectionFreeForm';
+import { CollectionFreeFormView, computeTimelineLayout, MarqueeViewBounds } from '../../collections/collectionFreeForm';
 import { CollectionView } from '../../collections/CollectionView';
 import { TabDocView } from '../../collections/TabDocView';
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from '../../DocComponent';
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { ScriptingBox } from '../ScriptingBox';
 import './PresBox.scss';
 import { PresEffect, PresMovement, PresStatus } from './PresEnums';
 import { map } from 'bluebird';
+import { OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../DocumentView';
 const { Howl } = require('howler');
 
 export interface PinProps {
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         );
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
         this._unmounting = false;
-        this.rootDoc._forceRenderEngine = 'timeline';
+        this.rootDoc._forceRenderEngine = computeTimelineLayout.name;
         this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
         this.layoutDoc._gridGap = 0;
         this.layoutDoc._yMargin = 0;
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             self._eleArray.splice(0, self._eleArray.length, ...eleViewCache);
         });
         const openInTab = (doc: Doc, finished?: () => void) => {
-            (collectionDocView ?? this).props.addDocTab(doc, '');
+            (collectionDocView ?? this).props.addDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.add);
             this.layoutDoc.presCollection = targetDoc;
             // this still needs some fixing
             setTimeout(resetSelection, 500);
@@ -725,7 +726,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         if (DocListCast(Doc.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc)) {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
             Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Doc.MyOverlayDocs, undefined, this.rootDoc);
-            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(this.rootDoc, 'right');
+            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(this.rootDoc, OpenWhereMod.right);
         } else {
             this.layoutDoc.presStatus = PresStatus.Edit;
             clearTimeout(this._presTimer);
@@ -1760,7 +1761,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 TabDocView.PinDoc(doc, {});
                 this.gotoDocument(this.childDocs.length, this.activeItem);
             } else {
-                this.props.addDocTab(doc, 'add:right');
+                this.props.addDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.addRight);
             }
         }
     };
@@ -2322,7 +2323,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     static NavigateToDoc(bestTarget: Doc, activeItem: Doc) {
         const srcContext = Cast(bestTarget.context, Doc, null) ?? Cast(Cast(bestTarget.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.context, Doc, null);
         const openInTab = (doc: Doc, finished?: () => void) => {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, 'right');
+            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
             finished?.();
         };
         PresBox.NavigateToTarget(bestTarget, activeItem, openInTab, srcContext);
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 8265de445..2ae597b0b 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                     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)}>
+                    onClick={e => TabDocView.PinDoc(this._activeDoc, {})}>
                     <FontAwesomeIcon className="documentdecorations-icon" size="sm" icon="map-pin" />
                 </div>
             );
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 0c38e4dc096d6abf82ef11286616856b7119c6e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 21:24:09 -0500
Subject: replace jumpToDocument with showDocument.  restructure code to get
 rid of scrollFocus by adding getView() and fixing focus() and
 restoreTargetView

---
 src/Utils.ts                                       |  27 +++
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |   2 +-
 src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts                 | 235 +++++++--------------
 .../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx    |   2 +-
 src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts                    |  56 +----
 src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx                 |   2 +-
 src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx                  |   8 +-
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                  |   4 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |   2 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx             |   4 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |   2 +-
 src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx                  |   2 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx |  15 +-
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      |   4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  13 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx       |   6 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |  10 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 151 ++++---------
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |   3 +-
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      |   2 +-
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |   3 +-
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |   1 -
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx     |   2 +-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx          |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx                |   7 +-
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx |   7 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx           |  19 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  66 ++----
 src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx               |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx         |  20 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx                |   7 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx          |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx                  |  24 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |  35 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |  82 ++++---
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |  28 +--
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss         |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          | 160 +++++++-------
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   |   2 +-
 src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx                 |   9 +-
 src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx              |   2 +-
 src/fields/ScriptField.ts                          |   7 +-
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |   6 +-
 43 files changed, 410 insertions(+), 635 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index 22c8cb902..ae1478943 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import v4 = require('uuid/v4');
 import v5 = require('uuid/v5');
 import { ColorState } from 'react-color';
+import * as rp from 'request-promise';
 import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
 import { Colors } from './client/views/global/globalEnums';
 import { Message } from './server/Message';
@@ -34,6 +35,31 @@ export namespace Utils {
         return v5(seed, v5.URL);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Uploads an image buffer to the server and stores with specified filename.  by default the image
+     * is stored at multiple resolutions each retrieved by using the filename appended with _o, _s, _m, _l (indicating original, small, medium, or large)
+     * @param imageUri the bytes of the image
+     * @param returnedFilename the base filename to store the image on the server
+     * @param nosuffix optionally suppress creating multiple resolution images
+     */
+    export async function convertDataUri(imageUri: string, returnedFilename: string, nosuffix = false, replaceRootFilename?: string) {
+        try {
+            const posting = Utils.prepend('/uploadURI');
+            const returnedUri = await rp.post(posting, {
+                body: {
+                    uri: imageUri,
+                    name: returnedFilename,
+                    nosuffix,
+                    replaceRootFilename,
+                },
+                json: true,
+            });
+            return returnedUri;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('VideoBox :' + e);
+        }
+    }
+
     export function GetScreenTransform(ele?: HTMLElement): { scale: number; translateX: number; translateY: number } {
         if (!ele) {
             return { scale: 1, translateX: 1, translateY: 1 };
@@ -218,6 +244,7 @@ export namespace Utils {
     }
 
     export function scrollIntoView(targetY: number, targetHgt: number, scrollTop: number, contextHgt: number, minSpacing: number, scrollHeight: number) {
+        if (!targetHgt) return targetY; // if there's no height, then assume that
         if (scrollTop + contextHgt < Math.min(scrollHeight, targetY + minSpacing + targetHgt)) {
             return Math.ceil(targetY + minSpacing + targetHgt - contextHgt);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index ebd06dbe2..98469a2f9 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
     }
 
     export function DefaultFocus(doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) {
-        options?.afterFocus?.(false);
+        return undefined;
     }
 
     export let ActiveRecordings: { props: FieldViewProps; getAnchor: (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => Doc }[] = [];
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index 0d10bed43..1a38e9aff 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+import { loadAsync } from 'jszip';
 import { action, observable, ObservableSet, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { AnimationSym, Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { listSpec } from '../../fields/Schema';
 import { Cast, DocCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { AudioField } from '../../fields/URLField';
-import { returnFalse } from '../../Utils';
-import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { emptyFunction } from '../../Utils';
+import { CollectionViewType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from '../views/collections/CollectionDockingView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from '../views/collections/collectionFreeForm';
 import { CollectionView } from '../views/collections/CollectionView';
+import { TabDocView } from '../views/collections/TabDocView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../views/LightboxView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod, ViewAdjustment } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { MainView } from '../views/MainView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, OpenWhere, OpenWhereMod } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { FormattedTextBox } from '../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { LinkAnchorBox } from '../views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox';
+import { PresBox } from '../views/nodes/trails';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from './ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from './SelectionManager';
 const { Howl } = require('howler');
@@ -165,12 +170,12 @@ export class DocumentManager {
     public getLightboxDocumentView = (toFind: Doc, originatingDoc: Opt<Doc> = undefined): DocumentView | undefined => {
         const views: DocumentView[] = [];
         Array.from(DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews).map(view => LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(view.docViewPath) && Doc.AreProtosEqual(view.rootDoc, toFind) && views.push(view));
-        return views?.find(view => view.ContentDiv?.getBoundingClientRect().width && view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || views?.find(view => view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || (views.length ? views[0] : undefined);
+        return views?.find(view => view.ContentDiv?.getBoundingClientRect().width /*&& view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || views?.find(view => view.props.focus !== returnFalse*/) || (views.length ? views[0] : undefined);
     };
     public getFirstDocumentView = (toFind: Doc, originatingDoc: Opt<Doc> = undefined): DocumentView | undefined => {
         if (LightboxView.LightboxDoc) return DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(toFind, originatingDoc);
         const views = this.getDocumentViews(toFind); //.filter(view => view.rootDoc !== originatingDoc);
-        return views?.find(view => view.ContentDiv?.getBoundingClientRect().width && view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || views?.find(view => view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || (views.length ? views[0] : undefined);
+        return views?.find(view => view.ContentDiv?.getBoundingClientRect().width /*&& view.props.focus !== returnFalse) || views?.find(view => view.props.focus !== returnFalse*/) || (views.length ? views[0] : undefined);
     };
     public getDocumentViews(toFindIn: Doc): DocumentView[] {
         const toFind =
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
 
     static GetContextPath(doc: Opt<Doc>, includeExistingViews?: boolean) {
         if (!doc) return [];
-        const srcContext = Cast(doc.context, Doc, null) ?? Cast(Cast(doc.annotationOn, Doc, null)?.context, Doc, null);
+        const srcContext = Cast(doc.context, Doc, null) ?? Cast(doc.annotationOn, Doc, null);
         var containerDocContext = srcContext ? [srcContext, doc] : [doc];
         while (
             containerDocContext.length &&
@@ -235,171 +240,91 @@ export class DocumentManager {
         CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
         finished?.();
     };
-    public jumpToDocument = (
+
+    // shows a documentView by:
+    // traverses down through the viewPath of contexts to the view:
+    //           focusing on each context
+    public showDocumentView = async (targetDocView: DocumentView, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+        const docViewPath = targetDocView.docViewPath.slice();
+        let rootContextView = docViewPath.shift();
+        return rootContextView && this.focusViewsInPath(rootContextView, options, async () => ({ childDocView: docViewPath.shift(), viewSpec: undefined }));
+    };
+
+    // shows a document by first:
+    //           traversing down through the contexts that contain target until an existing view is found
+    //           if no container view is found, create one by: opening an existing tab that has the top-level view, or showing the top-level context in the lightbox.
+    // once a containing view is found, it then traverses back down through the contexts to the target document by:
+    //           focusing on each context
+    //           and finally restoring the targetDoc to the viewSpec specified by the last document which may either be the targetDoc, or a viewSpec that describes the targetDoc configuration
+    public showDocument = async (
         targetDoc: Doc, // document to display
         options: DocFocusOptions, // options for how to navigate to target
-        createViewFunc = DocumentManager.addView, // how to create a view of the doc if it doesn't exist
-        docContextPath: Doc[], // context to load that should contain the target
         finished?: () => void
-    ): void => {
-        const originalTarget = options.originalTarget ?? targetDoc;
-        const docView = this.getFirstDocumentView(targetDoc, options.originatingDoc);
-        const annotatedDoc = Cast(targetDoc.annotationOn, Doc, null);
-        const resolvedTarget = targetDoc.type === DocumentType.MARKER ? annotatedDoc ?? docView?.rootDoc ?? targetDoc : docView?.rootDoc ?? targetDoc; // if target is a marker, then focus toggling should apply to the document it's on since the marker itself doesn't have a hidden field
-        var wasHidden = resolvedTarget.hidden;
-        if (wasHidden) {
-            runInAction(() => {
-                resolvedTarget.hidden = false; // if the target is hidden, un-hide it here.
-                docView?.props.bringToFront(resolvedTarget);
-            });
-        }
-        const focusAndFinish = action((didFocus: boolean) => {
-            const finalTargetDoc = resolvedTarget;
-            if (options.toggleTarget) {
-                if (!didFocus && !wasHidden) {
-                    // don't toggle the hidden state if the doc was already un-hidden as part of this document traversal
-                    finalTargetDoc.hidden = !finalTargetDoc.hidden;
-                }
-            } else {
-                finalTargetDoc.hidden && (finalTargetDoc.hidden = undefined);
-                !options.noSelect && docView?.select(false);
-            }
-            if (targetDoc.textHtml && options.zoomTextSelections) {
-                const containerView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(finalTargetDoc);
-                if (containerView) {
-                    containerView.htmlOverlayEffect = StrCast(options?.effect?.presEffect, StrCast(options?.effect?.followLinkAnimEffect));
-                    containerView.textHtmlOverlay = StrCast(targetDoc.textHtml);
-                    DocumentManager._overlayViews.add(containerView);
-                    if (Doc.UnhighlightTimer) {
-                        Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(() => {
-                            DocumentManager.removeOverlayViews();
-                            containerView.htmlOverlayEffect = '';
-                        });
-                    } else setTimeout(() => (containerView.htmlOverlayEffect = ''));
-                }
-            }
-            finished?.();
+    ) => {
+        const docContextPath = DocumentManager.GetContextPath(targetDoc, true);
+        let rootContextView = await new Promise<DocumentView>(res => {
+            const viewIndex = docContextPath.findIndex(doc => this.getDocumentView(doc));
+            if (viewIndex !== -1) return res(this.getDocumentView(docContextPath[viewIndex])!);
+            docContextPath.some(doc => TabDocView.Activate(doc)) || MainView.addDocTabFunc(docContextPath[0], options.openLocation as OpenWhere);
+            this.AddViewRenderedCb(docContextPath[0], dv => res(dv));
         });
-        const annoContainerView = (!wasHidden || resolvedTarget !== annotatedDoc) && annotatedDoc && this.getFirstDocumentView(annotatedDoc);
-        if (annoContainerView) {
-            if (annoContainerView.props.Document.layoutKey === 'layout_icon') {
-                return annoContainerView.iconify(() => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(targetDoc, () => this.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, { ...options, originalTarget, toggleTarget: false }, createViewFunc, docContextPath, finished)), 30);
-            }
-            if (!docView && targetDoc.type !== DocumentType.MARKER) {
-                annoContainerView.focus(targetDoc, options); // this allows something like a PDF view to remove its doc filters to expose the target so that it can be found in the retry code below
-            }
-        }
 
-        const contextDoc = docContextPath.length ? docContextPath[0] : undefined;
-        const remainingDocContext = docContextPath.length ? docContextPath.slice(1) : [];
-        const targetDocContext = contextDoc || annotatedDoc;
-        const targetDocContextView = (targetDocContext && this.getFirstDocumentView(targetDocContext)) || (wasHidden && annoContainerView); // if we have an annotation container and the target was hidden, then try again because we just un-hid the document above
-        const focusView = !docView && targetDoc.type === DocumentType.MARKER && annoContainerView ? annoContainerView : docView;
-        if (focusView) {
-            // if (focusView.rootDoc === originalTarget) {
-            if (!options.noSelect) Doc.linkFollowHighlight(focusView.rootDoc, undefined, options.effect); //TODO:glr make this a setting in PresBox
-            else {
-                Doc.linkFollowHighlight(focusView.rootDoc, undefined, options.effect); //TODO:glr make this a setting in PresBox
-                focusView.rootDoc[AnimationSym] = options.effect;
-                if (Doc.UnhighlightTimer) {
-                    Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(action(() => (focusView.rootDoc[AnimationSym] = undefined)));
-                }
-            }
-            //}
-            if (options.playAudio) DocumentManager.playAudioAnno(focusView.rootDoc);
-            const doFocus = (forceDidFocus: boolean) => {
-                if (options.openInLightbox || (!options.originatingDoc?.followLinkLocation && DocCast(focusView.rootDoc.context)?._isLightbox)) {
-                    focusView.props.addDocTab(targetDoc, OpenWhere.lightbox);
-                    focusAndFinish(true);
-                } else {
-                    focusView.focus(originalTarget, {
-                        ...options,
-                        originalTarget,
-                        afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) =>
-                            new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => {
-                                focusAndFinish(forceDidFocus || didFocus);
-                                res(ViewAdjustment.doNothing);
-                            }),
-                    });
-                }
-            };
-            if (focusView.props.Document.layoutKey === 'layout_icon' && focusView.rootDoc.type !== DocumentType.SCRIPTING) {
-                focusView.iconify(() => doFocus(true));
-            } else {
-                doFocus(false);
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (!targetDocContext) {
-                // we don't have a view and there's no context specified ... create a new view of the target using the dockFunc or default
-                createViewFunc(Doc.BrushDoc(targetDoc), () => focusAndFinish(true)); // bcz: should we use this?: Doc.MakeAlias(targetDoc)));
-            } else {
-                // otherwise try to get a view of the context of the target
-                if (targetDocContextView) {
-                    // we found a context view and aren't forced to create a new one ... focus on the context first..
-                    wasHidden = wasHidden || targetDocContextView.rootDoc.hidden;
-                    targetDocContextView.rootDoc.hidden = false; // make sure context isn't hidden
+        docContextPath.shift();
+        const childViewIterator = async () => {
+            const innerDoc = docContextPath.shift();
+            return { viewSpec: innerDoc, childDocView: innerDoc && !innerDoc.unrendered ? (await rootContextView.ComponentView?.getView?.(innerDoc)) ?? this.getDocumentView(innerDoc) : undefined };
+        };
+        const target = await this.focusViewsInPath(rootContextView, options, childViewIterator);
+        this.restoreDocView(target.viewSpec, target.docView, options, target.contextView ?? target.docView, targetDoc);
 
-                    if (targetDocContext.layoutKey === 'layout_icon') {
-                        return targetDocContextView.iconify(
-                            () => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(targetDoc, () => this.jumpToDocument(resolvedTarget ?? targetDoc, { ...options /* originalTarget - needed? */ }, createViewFunc, docContextPath, finished)),
-                            30
-                        );
-                    }
+        finished?.();
+    };
 
-                    const contextFocusTime = options.zoomTime ? options.zoomTime / 2 : 500;
-                    const remainingFocustime = options.zoomTime ? options.zoomTime - contextFocusTime : undefined;
-                    targetDocContextView.setViewTransition('transform', contextFocusTime);
-                    // this makes focusing on contexts run in parallel -- jutmp to document below makes them run sequentially
-                    this.AddViewRenderedCb(targetDoc, () => this.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, { ...options, zoomTime: remainingFocustime }, createViewFunc, remainingDocContext, finished));
-                    targetDocContextView.props.focus(targetDocContextView.rootDoc, {
-                        ...options,
-                        zoomTime: contextFocusTime,
-                        // originalTarget, // needed?
-                        afterFocus: async () => {
-                            // now find the target document within the context
-                            if (targetDoc._timecodeToShow) {
-                                // if the target has a timecode, it should show up once the (presumed) video context scrubs to the display timecode;
-                                targetDocContext._currentTimecode = targetDoc.anchorTimecodeToShow;
-                                finished?.();
-                            } else {
-                                // otherwise, just look for the target document in this context view now that we've focused the context view
-                                if (this.getFirstDocumentView(resolvedTarget)) {
-                                    // test again for the target view snce we presumably created the context above by focusing on it
-                                    this.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, { ...options, zoomTime: remainingFocustime }, createViewFunc, remainingDocContext, finished);
-                                } else if (targetDoc.layout) {
-                                    // there will no layout for a TEXTANCHOR type document
-                                    createViewFunc(Doc.BrushDoc(targetDoc), finished); //  create a new view of the target
-                                }
-                            }
-                            return ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
-                        },
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    if (docContextPath.length && docContextPath[0]?.layoutKey === 'layout_icon') {
-                        Doc.deiconifyView(docContextPath[0]);
-                        this.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, options, createViewFunc, docContextPath, finished);
-                    } else {
-                        // there's no context view so we need to create one first and try again when that finishes
-                        createViewFunc(
-                            targetDocContext, // after creating the context, this calls the finish function that will retry looking for the target
-                            () => this.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, { ...options }, (doc: Doc, finished?: () => void) => doc !== targetDocContext && createViewFunc(doc, finished), remainingDocContext, finished)
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+    focusViewsInPath = async (docView: DocumentView, options: DocFocusOptions, iterator: () => Promise<{ viewSpec: Opt<Doc>; childDocView: Opt<DocumentView> }>) => {
+        let contextView: DocumentView | undefined; // view containing context that contains target
+        while (true) {
+            docView.rootDoc.layoutKey === 'layout_icon' ? await new Promise<void>(res => docView.iconify(res)) : undefined;
+            docView.props.focus(docView.rootDoc, options); // focus the view within its container
+            const { childDocView, viewSpec } = await iterator();
+            if (!childDocView) return { viewSpec: viewSpec ?? docView.rootDoc, docView, contextView };
+            contextView = docView;
+            docView = childDocView;
         }
     };
+
+    @action
+    restoreDocView(viewSpec: Opt<Doc>, docView: DocumentView, options: DocFocusOptions, contextView: Opt<DocumentView>, targetDoc: Doc) {
+        if (viewSpec && docView) {
+            if (docView.ComponentView instanceof FormattedTextBox) docView.ComponentView?.focus(viewSpec, options);
+            PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, viewSpec, options.zoomTime ?? 500);
+            Doc.linkFollowHighlight(docView.rootDoc, undefined, options.effect);
+            if (options.playAudio) DocumentManager.playAudioAnno(docView.rootDoc);
+            if (options.toggleTarget) docView.rootDoc.hidden = !docView.rootDoc.hidden;
+            if (options.effect) docView.rootDoc[AnimationSym] = options.effect;
+
+            if (options.zoomTextSelections && Doc.UnhighlightTimer && contextView && viewSpec.textHtml) {
+                // if the docView is a text anchor, the contextView is the PDF/Web/Text doc
+                contextView.htmlOverlayEffect = StrCast(options?.effect?.presEffect, StrCast(options?.effect?.followLinkAnimEffect));
+                contextView.textHtmlOverlay = StrCast(targetDoc.textHtml);
+                DocumentManager._overlayViews.add(contextView);
+            }
+            Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(() => {
+                docView.rootDoc[AnimationSym] = undefined;
+                DocumentManager.removeOverlayViews();
+                contextView && (contextView.htmlOverlayEffect = '');
+            });
+        }
+    }
 }
 export function DocFocusOrOpen(doc: Doc, collectionDoc?: Doc) {
     const cv = collectionDoc && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(collectionDoc);
     const dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, (cv?.ComponentView as CollectionFreeFormView)?.props.CollectionView);
-    if (dv && Doc.AreProtosEqual(dv.props.Document, doc)) {
-        dv.props.focus(dv.props.Document, { willPanZoom: true });
-        Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
+    if (dv) {
+        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocumentView(dv, { willZoomCentered: true });
     } else {
         const context = doc.context !== Doc.MyFilesystem && Cast(doc.context, Doc, null);
         const showDoc = context || doc;
-        CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(Doc.BestAlias(showDoc), OpenWhereMod.right) && context && setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(Doc.GetProto(doc))?.focus(doc, {}));
+        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(Doc.BestAlias(showDoc), { openLocation: OpenWhere.addRight }, () => DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(doc, { willZoomCentered: true }));
     }
 }
 ScriptingGlobals.add(DocFocusOrOpen);
diff --git a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
index 7f0c8a3e8..559958c2b 100644
--- a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
+++ b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class DirectoryImportBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
             await GooglePhotos.Export.CollectionToAlbum({ collection: importContainer });
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.GetProto(parent.props.Document), 'data', importContainer);
             !this.persistent && this.props.removeDocument && this.props.removeDocument(doc);
-            DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(importContainer, { willPanZoom: true }, undefined, []);
+            DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(importContainer, { willZoomCentered: true });
         }
 
         runInAction(() => {
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
index b40c7bdf9..c9a178db7 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkFollower.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import { action, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
-import { List } from '../../fields/List';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
-import { CollectionFreeFormView } from '../views/collections/collectionFreeForm';
 import { DocumentDecorations } from '../views/DocumentDecorations';
-import { LightboxView } from '../views/LightboxView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentViewSharedProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentViewSharedProps, OpenWhere } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { PresBox } from '../views/nodes/trails';
 import { DocumentManager } from './DocumentManager';
-import { LinkManager } from './LinkManager';
 import { SelectionManager } from './SelectionManager';
 import { UndoManager } from './UndoManager';
 
@@ -32,46 +28,10 @@ export class LinkFollower {
     // depending on the followLinkLocation property of the source (or the link itself as a fallback);
     public static FollowLink = (linkDoc: Opt<Doc>, sourceDoc: Doc, docViewProps: DocumentViewSharedProps, altKey: boolean) => {
         const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('follow link click');
-        // open up target if it's not already in view ...
-        const createViewFunc = (doc: Doc, followLoc: string, finished?: Opt<() => void>) => {
-            const createTabForTarget = (didFocus: boolean) =>
-                new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => {
-                    const where = LightboxView.LightboxDoc ? OpenWhere.lightbox : (StrCast(sourceDoc.followLinkLocation, followLoc) as OpenWhere);
-                    const lightbox = where === OpenWhere.lightbox && DocumentManager.GetContextPath(doc).find(container => container.isLightbox && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(container));
-                    const addDocTab = lightbox ? DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(lightbox)?.ComponentView?.addDocTab : undefined;
-                    (addDocTab ?? docViewProps.addDocTab)(doc, where);
-                    setTimeout(() => {
-                        const targDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(doc); // get first document view available within the lightbox if that's open, or anywhere otherwise.
-                        if (targDocView) {
-                            targDocView.props.focus(doc, {
-                                willPan: true,
-                                willPanZoom: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoom, false),
-                                afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) => {
-                                    finished?.();
-                                    res(ViewAdjustment.resetView);
-                                    return new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res2 => res2(ViewAdjustment.doNothing));
-                                },
-                            });
-                        } else {
-                            finished?.();
-                            res(BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoom) ? ViewAdjustment.resetView : ViewAdjustment.doNothing);
-                        }
-                    }, 100);
-                });
-
-            if (!sourceDoc.followLinkZoom) {
-                createTabForTarget(false);
-            } else {
-                // first focus & zoom onto this (the clicked document).  Then execute the function to focus on the target
-                docViewProps.focus(sourceDoc, { willPan: true, willPanZoom: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoom, true), zoomTime: 1000, zoomScale: 1, afterFocus: createTabForTarget });
-            }
-        };
         runInAction(() => (DocumentDecorations.Instance.overrideBounds = true)); // turn off decoration bounds while following links since animations may occur, and DocDecorations is based on screenToLocal which is not always an observable value
         LinkFollower.traverseLink(
             linkDoc,
             sourceDoc,
-            createViewFunc,
-            docViewProps.ContainingCollectionDoc,
             action(() => {
                 batch.end();
                 Doc.AddUnHighlightWatcher(action(() => (DocumentDecorations.Instance.overrideBounds = false)));
@@ -80,7 +40,7 @@ export class LinkFollower {
         );
     };
 
-    public static traverseLink(link: Opt<Doc>, sourceDoc: Doc, createViewFunc: CreateViewFunc, currentContext?: Doc, finished?: () => void, traverseBacklink?: boolean) {
+    public static traverseLink(link: Opt<Doc>, sourceDoc: Doc, finished?: () => void, traverseBacklink?: boolean) {
         const linkDocs = link ? [link] : DocListCast(sourceDoc.links);
         const firstDocs = linkDocs.filter(linkDoc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(linkDoc.anchor1 as Doc, sourceDoc) || Doc.AreProtosEqual((linkDoc.anchor1 as Doc).annotationOn as Doc, sourceDoc)); // link docs where 'doc' is anchor1
         const secondDocs = linkDocs.filter(linkDoc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(linkDoc.anchor2 as Doc, sourceDoc) || Doc.AreProtosEqual((linkDoc.anchor2 as Doc).annotationOn as Doc, sourceDoc)); // link docs where 'doc' is anchor2
@@ -104,15 +64,17 @@ export class LinkFollower {
             ) as Doc;
             if (target) {
                 const doFollow = (canToggle?: boolean) => {
+                    const toggleTarget = canToggle && BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkToggle);
                     const options: DocFocusOptions = {
                         playAudio: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkAudio),
-                        toggleTarget: canToggle && BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkToggle),
+                        toggleTarget,
+                        noSelect: true,
                         willPan: true,
-                        willPanZoom: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoom, false),
+                        willZoomCentered: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoom, false),
                         zoomTime: NumCast(sourceDoc.followLinkTransitionTime, 500),
                         zoomScale: Cast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoomScale, 'number', null),
                         easeFunc: StrCast(sourceDoc.followLinkEase, 'ease') as any,
-                        openInLightbox: sourceDoc.followLinkLocation === OpenWhere.lightbox,
+                        openLocation: StrCast(sourceDoc.followLinkLocation, OpenWhere.lightbox),
                         effect: sourceDoc,
                         originatingDoc: sourceDoc,
                         zoomTextSelections: BoolCast(sourceDoc.followLinkZoomText),
@@ -125,9 +87,7 @@ export class LinkFollower {
                         }
                         finished?.();
                     } else {
-                        const containerDocContext = DocumentManager.GetContextPath(target);
-                        const targetContexts = !sourceDoc.followLinkToOuterContext && containerDocContext.length ? [containerDocContext.lastElement()] : containerDocContext;
-                        DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(target, options, (doc, finished) => createViewFunc(doc, StrCast(linkDoc.followLinkLocation, OpenWhere.lightbox), finished), targetContexts, allFinished);
+                        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(target, options, allFinished);
                     }
                 };
                 let movedTarget = false;
diff --git a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
index 36095700c..3c05af4bb 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export class SharingManager extends React.Component<{}> {
                 onClick={() => {
                     let context: Opt<CollectionView>;
                     if (this.targetDoc && this.targetDocView && docs.length === 1 && (context = this.targetDocView.props.ContainingCollectionView)) {
-                        DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(this.targetDoc, { willPanZoom: true }, undefined, [context.props.Document]);
+                        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(this.targetDoc, { willZoomCentered: true });
                     }
                 }}
                 onPointerEnter={action(() => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
index 73e46a553..4f08a8e22 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
@@ -91,18 +91,12 @@ export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         if (anchor) {
             anchor.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
             // /* addAsAnnotation &&*/ this.addDocument(anchor);
-            PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), pannable: true, inkable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
+            PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), inkable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
             return anchor;
         }
         return this.rootDoc;
     };
 
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        if (this._subContentView) return this._subContentView?.scrollFocus?.(docView, anchor, options);
-
-        const focusSpeed = options.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500;
-        return PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed) ? focusSpeed : undefined;
-    };
     /**
      * @returns the center of the ink stroke in the ink document's coordinate space (not screen space, and not the ink data coordinate space);
      * DocumentDecorations calls getBounds() on DocumentViews which call getCenter() if defined - in the case of ink it needs to be defined since
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 8d60da0dd..2567d44bb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
         if (targetDocView && target) {
             const l = DocUtils.MakeLinkToActiveAudio(() => targetDocView.ComponentView?.getAnchor?.(true) || target).lastElement();
             l && (Cast(l.anchor2, Doc, null).backgroundColor = 'lightgreen');
-            targetDocView.focus(target, { originalTarget: target, willPanZoom: true, zoomScale: 0.9 });
+            DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(target, { willZoomCentered: true, zoomScale: 0.9 });
             if (LightboxView._history?.lastElement().target !== target) LightboxView._history?.push({ doc, target });
         } else {
             if (!target && LightboxView.path.length) {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
         const docView = DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(target || doc);
         if (docView) {
             LightboxView._docTarget = target;
-            target && docView.focus(target, { willPanZoom: true, zoomScale: 0.9 });
+            target && DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(target, { willZoomCentered: true, zoomScale: 0.9 });
         } else {
             LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(doc, target);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 95c0f3755..e1ba5943d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         document.addEventListener('dash', (e: any) => {
             // event used by chrome plugin to tell Dash which document to focus on
             const id = FormattedTextBox.GetDocFromUrl(e.detail);
-            DocServer.GetRefField(id).then(doc => (doc instanceof Doc ? DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(doc, { willPan: false }, undefined, []) : null));
+            DocServer.GetRefField(id).then(doc => (doc instanceof Doc ? DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(doc, { willPan: false }) : null));
         });
         document.addEventListener('linkAnnotationToDash', Hypothesis.linkListener);
         this.initEventListeners();
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
index a5c01490f..ac1b66013 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../util/UndoManager';
 import { Colors } from './global/globalEnums';
 import { InkingStroke } from './InkingStroke';
 import { DocumentView, OpenWhere } from './nodes/DocumentView';
-import { VideoBox } from './nodes/VideoBox';
 import { pasteImageBitmap } from './nodes/WebBoxRenderer';
 import './PropertiesButtons.scss';
 import React = require('react');
 import { LinkManager } from '../util/LinkManager';
+import { Utils } from '../../Utils';
 const higflyout = require('@hig/flyout');
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
                     setTimeout(() =>
                         pasteImageBitmap((data_url: any, error: any) => {
                             error && console.log(error);
-                            data_url && VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, doc[Id] + '-thumb-frozen', true).then(returnedfilename => (doc['thumb-frozen'] = new ImageField(returnedfilename)));
+                            data_url && Utils.convertDataUri(data_url, doc[Id] + '-thumb-frozen', true).then(returnedfilename => (doc['thumb-frozen'] = new ImageField(returnedfilename)));
                         })
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 5105cc615..e750dc43a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                         NativeHeight={layoutDoc.type === DocumentType.RTF ? this.rtfHeight : undefined}
                         PanelWidth={panelWidth}
                         PanelHeight={panelHeight}
-                        focus={returnFalse}
+                        focus={emptyFunction}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
                         docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
diff --git a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
index b9af28413..74ea624a6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
         return target;
     };
     makeDocUnfiltered = (doc: Doc) => {
-        if (DocListCast(this.props.rootDoc[this.sidebarKey]).includes(doc)) {
+        if (DocListCast(this.props.rootDoc[this.sidebarKey]).find(anno => Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc.unrendered ? DocCast(doc.annotationOn) : doc, anno))) {
             if (this.props.layoutDoc[this.filtersKey]) {
                 this.props.layoutDoc[this.filtersKey] = new List<string>();
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index 0e1601f35..6035871cd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { CursorProperty } from 'csstype';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { DataSym, Doc, Field, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
-import { Copy, Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
+import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Ty
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
-import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -187,20 +186,16 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     // let's dive in and get the actual document we want to drag/move around
     focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         Doc.BrushDoc(doc);
-        let focusSpeed = 0;
         const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find((node: any) => node.id === doc[Id]);
         if (found) {
             const top = found.getBoundingClientRect().top;
             const localTop = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(0, top);
             if (Math.floor(localTop[1]) !== 0) {
-                smoothScroll((focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500), this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
+                let focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500;
+                smoothScroll(focusSpeed, this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
+                return focusSpeed;
             }
         }
-        const endFocus = async (moved: boolean) => (options?.afterFocus ? options?.afterFocus(moved) : ViewAdjustment.doNothing);
-        this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, {
-            ...options,
-            afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) => new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => setTimeout(async () => res(await endFocus(didFocus)), focusSpeed)),
-        });
     };
 
     styleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index 6fd4c8c0a..572fbfec2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
 
     // starting the drag event for anchor resizing
     onAnchorDown = (e: React.PointerEvent, anchor: Doc, left: boolean): void => {
-        this.props._timeline?.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+        //this.props._timeline?.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
         const newTime = (e: PointerEvent) => {
             const rect = (e.target as any).getBoundingClientRect();
             return this.props.toTimeline(e.clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
             },
             e => {
                 this.props.setTime(newTime(e));
-                this.props._timeline?.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+                // this.props._timeline?.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
                 undo?.end();
             },
             emptyFunction
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 6314b4529..4805a748b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -250,20 +250,17 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         Doc.BrushDoc(doc);
 
-        let focusSpeed = 0;
         const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find((node: any) => node.id === doc[Id]);
         if (found) {
             const top = found.getBoundingClientRect().top;
             const localTop = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(0, top);
             if (Math.floor(localTop[1]) !== 0) {
-                smoothScroll((focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500), this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
+                let focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500;
+                smoothScroll(focusSpeed, this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
+                return focusSpeed;
             }
         }
-        const endFocus = async (moved: boolean) => options?.afterFocus?.(moved) ?? ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
-        this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, {
-            ...options,
-            afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) => new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => setTimeout(async () => res(await endFocus(didFocus)), focusSpeed)),
-        });
+        return undefined;
     };
 
     styleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 437b22040..89b2fbfe3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     @action
-    scrollPreview = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+    scrollPreview = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, focusSpeed: number, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         // if in preview, then override document's fields with view spec
-        this._focusFilters = StrListCast(anchor.presPinDocFilters);
+        this._focusFilters = StrListCast(anchor.presDocFilters);
         this._focusRangeFilters = StrListCast(anchor.presPinDocRangeFilters);
-        this._focusPivotField = StrCast(anchor.presPinPivotField);
+        this._focusPivotField = StrCast(anchor.presPivotField);
         return undefined;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 042c2b71b..99283996e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
             const docs = Cast(Doc.MyOverlayDocs.data, listSpec(Doc), []);
             if (docs.includes(curPres)) docs.splice(docs.indexOf(curPres), 1);
             CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(curPres, OpenWhereMod.right);
-            setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(docList.lastElement(), { willPan: true }, undefined, []), 100); // keeps the pinned doc in view since the sidebar shifts things
+            setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(docList.lastElement(), { willPan: true }), 100); // keeps the pinned doc in view since the sidebar shifts things
         }
         setTimeout(batch.end, 500); // need to wait until dockingview (goldenlayout) updates all its structurs
     }
@@ -388,13 +388,17 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     getCurrentFrame = () => {
         return NumCast(Cast(PresBox.Instance.childDocs[PresBox.Instance.itemIndex].presentationTargetDoc, Doc, null)._currentFrame);
     };
+    static Activate = (tabDoc: Doc) => {
+        const tab = Array.from(CollectionDockingView.Instance?.tabMap!).find(tab => tab.DashDoc === tabDoc);
+        tab?.header.parent.setActiveContentItem(tab.contentItem); // glr: Panning does not work when this is set - (this line is for trying to make a tab that is not topmost become topmost)
+        return tab !== undefined;
+    };
     @action
     focusFunc = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        options?.afterFocus?.(false);
-
         if (!this.tab.header.parent._activeContentItem || this.tab.header.parent._activeContentItem !== this.tab.contentItem) {
             this.tab.header.parent.setActiveContentItem(this.tab.contentItem); // glr: Panning does not work when this is set - (this line is for trying to make a tab that is not topmost become topmost)
         }
+        return undefined;
     };
     active = () => this._isActive;
     @observable _forceInvalidateScreenToLocal = 0;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 79832eb39..63b566f28 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, Opt, StrListCast, WidthSym } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, Opt, WidthSym } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkData, InkField, InkTool, PointData, Segment } from '../../../../fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, FieldValue, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } fro
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../../fields/util';
 import { GestureUtils } from '../../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils';
-import { aggregateBounds, emptyFunction, intersectRect, returnFalse, returnTransparent, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { aggregateBounds, emptyFunction, intersectRect, returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { CognitiveServices } from '../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
-import { HistoryUtil } from '../../../util/History';
 import { InteractionUtils } from '../../../util/InteractionUtils';
 import { ReplayMovements } from '../../../util/ReplayMovements';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
@@ -33,15 +32,15 @@ import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH } from '../../../views/global/globalCssVariables.scss';
 import { Timeline } from '../../animationtimeline/Timeline';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
+import { DocumentDecorations } from '../../DocumentDecorations';
 import { GestureOverlay } from '../../GestureOverlay';
 import { ActiveArrowEnd, ActiveArrowStart, ActiveDash, ActiveFillColor, ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveIsInkMask, InkingStroke, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from '../../InkingStroke';
 import { LightboxView } from '../../LightboxView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from '../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, ViewAdjustment } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from '../../nodes/trails/PresBox';
-import { VideoBox } from '../../nodes/VideoBox';
 import { CreateImage } from '../../nodes/WebBoxRenderer';
 import { StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ import { CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors } from './CollectionFreeFormRemoteCurso
 import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
 import { MarqueeView } from './MarqueeView';
 import React = require('react');
-import { DocumentDecorations } from '../../DocumentDecorations';
-import { PresEffect } from '../../nodes/trails';
 
 export type collectionFreeformViewProps = {
     annotationLayerHostsContent?: boolean; // whether to force scaling of content (needed by ImageBox)
@@ -300,6 +297,30 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return dispTime === -1 || curTime === -1 || (curTime - dispTime >= -1e-4 && curTime <= endTime);
     }
 
+    focus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+        const xfToCollection = options?.docTransform ?? Transform.Identity();
+        const savedState = { panX: NumCast(this.Document._panX), panY: NumCast(this.Document._panY), scale: options?.willZoomCentered ? this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] : undefined };
+        const cantTransform = this.fitContentsToBox || ((this.rootDoc._isGroup || this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform) && !LightboxView.LightboxDoc);
+        const { panX, panY, scale } = cantTransform || (!options.willPan && !options.willZoomCentered) ? savedState : this.calculatePanIntoView(anchor, xfToCollection, options?.willZoomCentered ? options?.zoomScale || 0.75 : undefined);
+
+        // focus on the document in the collection
+        const didMove = !cantTransform && !anchor.z && (panX !== savedState.panX || panY !== savedState.panY || scale !== savedState.scale);
+        // glr: freeform transform speed can be set by adjusting presTransition field - needs a way of knowing when presentation is not active...
+        if (didMove) {
+            const focusTime = options?.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500;
+            options.zoomScale && scale && (this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = scale);
+            this.setPan(panX, panY, focusTime, true); // docs that are floating in their collection can't be panned to from their collection -- need to propagate the pan to a parent freeform somehow
+            return focusTime;
+        }
+    };
+
+    getView = async (doc: Doc): Promise<Opt<DocumentView>> => {
+        return new Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>(res => {
+            const findDoc = (finish: (dv: DocumentView) => void) => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => finish(dv));
+            findDoc(dv => res(dv));
+        });
+    };
+
     @action
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
         if (!de.embedKey && !this.ChildDrag && this.rootDoc._isGroup) return false;
@@ -1199,79 +1220,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return new Promise<number>(res => setTimeout(() => res(runInAction(() => (this._panZoomTransition = 0))), this._panZoomTransition)); // set transition to be smooth, then reset
     }
 
-    _focusCount = 0;
-    focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        const state = HistoryUtil.getState();
-
-        // TODO This technically isn't correct if type !== "doc", as
-        // currently nothing is done, but we should probably push a new state
-        if (state.type === 'doc' && this.Document._panX !== undefined && this.Document._panY !== undefined) {
-            const init = state.initializers![this.Document[Id]];
-            if (!init) {
-                state.initializers![this.Document[Id]] = { panX: NumCast(this.Document._panX), panY: NumCast(this.Document._panY) };
-                HistoryUtil.pushState(state);
-            } else if (init.panX !== this.Document._panX || init.panY !== this.Document._panY) {
-                init.panX = NumCast(this.Document._panX);
-                init.panY = NumCast(this.Document._panY);
-                HistoryUtil.pushState(state);
-            }
-        }
-        // if (SelectionManager.Views().length !== 1 || SelectionManager.Views()[0].Document !== doc) {
-        //     SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        // }
-        if (this.props.getScrollHeight || this.props.Document.scrollTop !== undefined || this.props.Document.currentTimecode !== undefined) {
-            this.props.focus(doc, options);
-        } else {
-            const xfToCollection = options?.docTransform ?? Transform.Identity();
-            const savedState = { panX: NumCast(this.Document._panX), panY: NumCast(this.Document._panY), scale: options?.willPanZoom ? this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] : undefined };
-            const newState = HistoryUtil.getState();
-            const cantTransform = this.fitContentsToBox || ((this.rootDoc._isGroup || this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform) && !LightboxView.LightboxDoc);
-            const { panX, panY, scale } = cantTransform || (!options.willPan && !options.willPanZoom) ? savedState : this.calculatePanIntoView(doc, xfToCollection, options?.willPanZoom ? options?.zoomScale || 0.75 : undefined);
-            if (!cantTransform) {
-                // only pan and zoom to focus on a document if the document is not an annotation in an annotation overlay collection
-                newState.initializers![this.Document[Id]] = { panX, panY };
-                HistoryUtil.pushState(newState);
-            }
-            // focus on the document in the collection
-            const didMove = !cantTransform && !doc.z && (panX !== savedState.panX || panY !== savedState.panY || scale !== savedState.scale);
-            const focusSpeed = options?.instant ? 0 : didMove ? options.zoomTime ?? 500 : 0;
-            // glr: freeform transform speed can be set by adjusting presTransition field - needs a way of knowing when presentation is not active...
-            if (didMove) {
-                options.zoomScale && scale && (this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = scale);
-                this.setPan(panX, panY, focusSpeed, true); // docs that are floating in their collection can't be panned to from their collection -- need to propagate the pan to a parent freeform somehow
-            }
-
-            const focusCount = ++this._focusCount;
-            const startTime = Date.now();
-            // focus on this collection within its parent view.  the parent view after focusing determines whether to reset the view change within the collection
-            const endFocus = async (moved: boolean) => {
-                doc.hidden && Doc.UnHighlightDoc(doc);
-                const resetView = options?.afterFocus ? await options?.afterFocus(moved) : ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
-                if (resetView) {
-                    const restoreState = savedState;
-                    if (typeof restoreState !== 'boolean') {
-                        this.Document._panX = restoreState.panX;
-                        this.Document._panY = restoreState.panY;
-                        this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = restoreState.scale;
-                    }
-                }
-                this._focusCount === focusCount && didMove && runInAction(() => (this._panZoomTransition = 0));
-                return resetView;
-            };
-            const xf = !cantTransform
-                ? Transform.Identity()
-                : this.props.isAnnotationOverlay
-                ? new Transform(NumCast(this.rootDoc.x), NumCast(this.rootDoc.y), this.rootDoc[WidthSym]() / Doc.NativeWidth(this.rootDoc))
-                : new Transform(NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.rootDoc[WidthSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.rootDoc._panX), NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.rootDoc[HeightSym]() / 2 - NumCast(this.rootDoc._panY), 1);
-
-            this.props.focus(!cantTransform ? this.rootDoc : doc, {
-                ...options,
-                docTransform: xf,
-                afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) => new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => setTimeout(async () => res(await endFocus(didMove || didFocus)), Math.max(0, focusSpeed - (Date.now() - startTime)))),
-            });
-        }
-    };
-
     calculatePanIntoView = (doc: Doc, xf: Transform, scale?: number) => {
         const layoutdoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
         const pt = xf.transformPoint(NumCast(doc.x), NumCast(doc.y));
@@ -1371,7 +1319,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
                 isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                focus={this.focusDocument}
+                focus={this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.props.focus : this.focus}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
@@ -1602,17 +1550,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return elements;
     }
 
-    @action
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        const focusSpeed = options.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500;
-        if (options.preview) {
-            this._focusFilters = StrListCast(anchor.presPinDocFilters);
-            this._focusRangeFilters = StrListCast(anchor.presPinDocRangeFilters);
-            return undefined;
-        }
-        return PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed) ? focusSpeed : undefined;
-    }; // sets viewing information for a componentview, typically when following a link. 'preview' tells the view to use the values without writing to the document
-
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
         // create an anchor that saves information about the current state of the freeform view (pan, zoom, view type)
         const anchor = Docs.Create.CollectionAnchorDocument({ title: 'ViewSpec - ' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._viewType), unrendered: true, presTransition: 500, annotationOn: this.rootDoc });
@@ -1744,7 +1681,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const nativeHeight = height;
         return CreateImage(Utils.prepend(''), document.styleSheets, htmlString, nativeWidth, (nativeWidth * panelHeight) / panelWidth, (scrollTop * panelHeight) / realNativeHeight)
             .then(async (data_url: any) => {
-                const returnedFilename = await VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, filename, noSuffix, replaceRootFilename);
+                const returnedFilename = await Utils.convertDataUri(data_url, filename, noSuffix, replaceRootFilename);
                 cb(returnedFilename as string, nativeWidth, nativeHeight);
             })
             .catch(function (error: any) {
@@ -2303,21 +2240,21 @@ class CollectionFreeFormBackgroundGrid extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFor
 }
 
 export function CollectionBrowseClick(dv: DocumentView, clientX: number, clientY: number) {
+    const browseTransitionTime = 500;
     SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-    dv.props.focus(dv.props.Document, {
-        willPanZoom: true,
-        zoomScale: 0.8,
-        afterFocus: async didMove => {
-            if (!didMove) {
-                const selfFfview = dv.ComponentView instanceof CollectionFreeFormView ? dv.ComponentView : undefined;
-                const parFfview = dv.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
-                const ffview = selfFfview && selfFfview.rootDoc[selfFfview.props.scaleField || '_viewScale'] !== 0.5 ? selfFfview : parFfview; // if focus doc is a freeform that is not at it's default 0.5 scale, then zoom out on it.  Otherwise, zoom out on the parent ffview
-                await ffview?.zoomSmoothlyAboutPt(ffview.getTransform().transformPoint(clientX, clientY), 0.5);
-            }
-            return ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
-        },
-    });
-    Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
+    if (
+        dv.props.focus(dv.props.Document, {
+            willZoomCentered: true,
+            zoomScale: 0.8,
+            zoomTime: browseTransitionTime,
+        }) === undefined
+    ) {
+        const selfFfview = dv.ComponentView instanceof CollectionFreeFormView ? dv.ComponentView : undefined;
+        const parFfview = dv.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
+        const ffview = selfFfview && selfFfview.rootDoc[selfFfview.props.scaleField || '_viewScale'] !== 0.5 ? selfFfview : parFfview; // if focus doc is a freeform that is not at it's default 0.5 scale, then zoom out on it.  Otherwise, zoom out on the parent ffview
+        ffview?.zoomSmoothlyAboutPt(ffview.getTransform().transformPoint(clientX, clientY), 0.5, browseTransitionTime);
+        Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv?.props.Document, false);
+    }
 }
 ScriptingGlobals.add(CollectionBrowseClick);
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function nextKeyFrame(readOnly: boolean) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index bd33c4d80..a73627165 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
-import { VideoBox } from '../../nodes/VideoBox';
 import { pasteImageBitmap } from '../../nodes/WebBoxRenderer';
 import { PreviewCursor } from '../../PreviewCursor';
 import { SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 pasteImageBitmap((data: any, error: any) => {
                     error && console.log(error);
                     data &&
-                        VideoBox.convertDataUri(data, this.props.Document[Id] + '-thumb-frozen').then(returnedfilename => {
+                        Utils.convertDataUri(data, this.props.Document[Id] + '-thumb-frozen').then(returnedfilename => {
                             this.props.Document['thumb-frozen'] = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
                         });
                 })
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index b9cda7130..d54e8ce98 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     Currently playing:
                     {CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying.map((clip, i) => (
                         <>
-                            <span className="audio-title" onPointerDown={() => DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(clip.rootDoc, { willPanZoom: true }, undefined, [])}>
+                            <span className="audio-title" onPointerDown={() => DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(clip.rootDoc, { willZoomCentered: true })}>
                                 {clip.rootDoc.title + (i === CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying.length - 1 ? '  ' : ',')}
                             </span>
                             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={!clip.ComponentView?.IsPlaying?.() ? 'play' : 'pause'} size="lg" onPointerDown={() => clip.ComponentView?.TogglePause?.()} />{' '}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index b88da5191..88d045fa7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
-    focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, options);
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
     isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
     getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
-                focus={this.focusDocument}
+                focus={this.props.focus}
                 docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 407deaabd..f18917bef 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
-    focusDocument = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, options);
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
     isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
     getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index 97a6c5c18..18ddd881b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaCell extends React.Component<CellProps> {
             const aliasdoc = await SearchUtil.GetAliasesOfDocument(this._rowDataDoc);
             const targetContext = aliasdoc.length <= 0 ? undefined : Cast(aliasdoc[0].context, Doc, null);
             // Jump to the this document
-            DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(this._rowDoc, { willPan: true }, emptyFunction, targetContext ? [targetContext] : [], () => this.props.setPreviewDoc(this._rowDoc));
+            DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(this._rowDoc, { willPan: true }, () => this.props.setPreviewDoc(this._rowDoc));
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index a2a2255e6..cdac91a62 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export class LinkMenuItem extends React.Component<LinkMenuItemProps> {
                             ? Cast(this.props.linkDoc.anchor12, Doc, null)
                             : undefined;
 
-                    if (focusDoc) this.props.docView.ComponentView?.scrollFocus?.(focusDoc, { instant: true });
+                    if (focusDoc) this.props.docView.props.focus(focusDoc, { instant: true });
                     LinkFollower.FollowLink(this.props.linkDoc, this.props.sourceDoc, this.props.docView.props, false);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index 3966aecf6..4c26468b9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
     @observable _muted: boolean = false;
     @observable _paused: boolean = false; // is recording paused
     // @observable rawDuration: number = 0; // computed from the length of the audio element when loaded
-
-    constructor(props: any) {
-        super(props);
-        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
-    }
-
     @computed get recordingStart() {
         return DateCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-recordingStart'])?.date.getTime();
     }
@@ -118,6 +112,7 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
 
     @action
     componentDidMount() {
+        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
         if (this.path) {
             this.mediaState = media_state.Paused;
             this.setPlayheadTime(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.clipStart));
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 9a32556f8..901415d1e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
             }
             CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.animFields.forEach(val => (doc[val.key] = ComputedField.MakeInterpolatedNumber(val.key, 'activeFrame', doc, currTimecode, val.val)));
             CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.animStringFields.forEach(val => (doc[val] = ComputedField.MakeInterpolatedString(val, 'activeFrame', doc, currTimecode)));
-            CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.animDataFields(doc).forEach(val => (Doc.GetProto(doc)[val] = ComputedField.MakeInterpolatedDataField(val, 'activeFrame', Doc.GetProto(doc), currTimecode)));
-            const targetDoc = doc.type === DocumentType.RTF ? Doc.GetProto(doc) : doc; // data fields, like rtf 'text' exist on the data doc, so
-            doc !== targetDoc && (targetDoc.context = doc.context); // the computed fields don't see the layout doc -- need to copy the context to the data doc (HACK!!!) and set the activeFrame on the data doc (HACK!!!)
+            CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.animDataFields(doc).forEach(val => (doc[val] = ComputedField.MakeInterpolatedDataField(val, 'activeFrame', doc, currTimecode)));
+            const targetDoc = doc; // data fields, like rtf 'text' exist on the data doc, so
+            //doc !== targetDoc && (targetDoc.context = doc.context); // the computed fields don't see the layout doc -- need to copy the context to the data doc (HACK!!!) and set the activeFrame on the data doc (HACK!!!)
             targetDoc.activeFrame = ComputedField.MakeFunction('self.context?._currentFrame||0');
             targetDoc.dataTransition = 'inherit';
         });
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
     panelWidth = () => this.sizeProvider?.width || this.props.PanelWidth?.();
     panelHeight = () => this.sizeProvider?.height || this.props.PanelHeight?.();
     screenToLocalTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.X, -this.Y);
-    focusDoc = (doc: Doc) => this.props.focus(doc, {});
     returnThis = () => this;
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
index dd03b9b99..ecffe6c4f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, OmitKeys, returnFalse, returnNone, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
+import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import './ComparisonBox.scss';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from './DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
+import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 import React = require('react');
 
 @observer
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
 
     @observable _animating = '';
 
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
+    }
+
     protected createDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null, fieldKey: string, disposerId: number) => {
         this._disposers[disposerId]?.();
         if (ele) {
@@ -72,6 +78,17 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
         return false;
     };
 
+    getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
+        const anchor = Docs.Create.ImageanchorDocument({ title: 'ImgAnchor:' + this.rootDoc.title, presTransition: 1000, unrendered: true, annotationOn: this.rootDoc });
+        if (anchor) {
+            if (!addAsAnnotation) anchor.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+            /* addAsAnnotation &&*/ this.addDocument(anchor);
+            PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), clippable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
+            return anchor;
+        }
+        return this.rootDoc;
+    };
+
     @undoBatch
     clearDoc = (e: React.MouseEvent, fieldKey: string) => {
         e.stopPropagation; // prevent click event action (slider movement) in registerSliding
@@ -103,7 +120,7 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
                 <>
                     <DocumentView
                         ref={r => {
-                            whichDoc !== targetDoc && r?.focus(whichDoc, { instant: true });
+                            //whichDoc !== targetDoc && r?.focus(whichDoc, { instant: true });
                         }}
                         {...OmitKeys(this.props, ['NativeWidth', 'NativeHeight']).omit}
                         isContentActive={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index f2aaa5cbc..dcccd1143 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ declare class MediaRecorder {
     constructor(e: any);
 }
 
-export enum ViewAdjustment {
-    resetView = 1,
-    doNothing = 0,
-}
-
 export enum OpenWhere {
     lightbox = 'lightbox',
     add = 'add',
@@ -96,33 +91,30 @@ export enum OpenWhereMod {
 }
 
 export interface DocFocusOptions {
-    originalTarget?: Doc; // set in JumpToDocument, used by TabDocView to determine whether to fit contents to tab
     willPan?: boolean; // determines whether to pan to target document
-    willPanZoom?: boolean; // determines whether to zoom in on target document
+    willZoomCentered?: boolean; // determines whether to zoom in on target document
     zoomScale?: number; // percent of containing frame to zoom into document
     zoomTime?: number;
-    afterFocus?: DocAfterFocusFunc; // function to call after focusing on a document
     docTransform?: Transform; // when a document can't be panned and zoomed within its own container (say a group), then we need to continue to move up the render hierarchy to find something that can pan and zoom.  when this happens the docTransform must accumulate all the transforms of each level of the hierarchy
     instant?: boolean; // whether focus should happen instantly (as opposed to smooth zoom)
     preview?: boolean; // whether changes should be previewed by the componentView or written to the document
     effect?: Doc; // animation effect for focus
     noSelect?: boolean; // whether target should be selected after focusing
     playAudio?: boolean; // whether to play audio annotation on focus
-    openInLightbox?: boolean; // whether to open target in lightbox or just focus on it
+    openLocation?: string; // where to open a missing document
     zoomTextSelections?: boolean; // whether to display a zoomed overlay of anchor text selections
     toggleTarget?: boolean; // whether to toggle target on and off
     originatingDoc?: Doc; // document that triggered the focus
     easeFunc?: 'linear' | 'ease'; // transition method for scrolling
 }
-export type DocAfterFocusFunc = (notFocused: boolean) => Promise<ViewAdjustment>;
-export type DocFocusFunc = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => void;
+export type DocFocusFunc = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => Opt<number>;
 export type StyleProviderFunc = (doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => any;
 export interface DocComponentView {
     updateIcon?: () => void; // updates the icon representation of the document
     getAnchor?: (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinData?: PinProps) => Doc; // returns an Anchor Doc that represents the current state of the doc's componentview (e.g., the current playhead location of a an audio/video box)
-    scrollPreview?: (docView: DocumentView, doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => Opt<number>; // returns the duration of the focus
-    scrollFocus?: (docView: DocumentView, doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => Opt<number>; // returns the duration of the focus
+    scrollPreview?: (docView: DocumentView, doc: Doc, focusSpeed: number, options: DocFocusOptions) => Opt<number>; // returns the duration of the focus
     brushView?: (view: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number }) => void;
+    getView?: (doc: Doc) => Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>; // returns a nested DocumentView for the specified doc or undefined
     addDocTab?: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean; // determines how to add a document - used in following links to open the target ina local lightbox
     reverseNativeScaling?: () => boolean; // DocumentView's setup screenToLocal based on the doc having a nativeWidth/Height.  However, some content views (e.g., FreeFormView w/ fitContentsToBox set) may ignore the native dimensions so this flags the DocumentView to not do Nativre scaling.
     shrinkWrap?: () => void; // requests a document to display all of its contents with no white space.  currently only implemented (needed?) for freeform views
@@ -131,10 +123,10 @@ export interface DocComponentView {
     getKeyFrameEditing?: () => boolean; // whether the document is in keyframe editing mode (if it is, then all hidden documents that are not active at the keyframe time will still be shown)
     setKeyFrameEditing?: (set: boolean) => void; // whether the document is in keyframe editing mode (if it is, then all hidden documents that are not active at the keyframe time will still be shown)
     playFrom?: (time: number, endTime?: number) => void;
-    Pause?: () => void;
-    IsPlaying?: () => boolean;
-    TogglePause?: (keep?: boolean) => void;
-    setFocus?: () => void;
+    Pause?: () => void; // pause a media document (eg, audio/video)
+    IsPlaying?: () => boolean; // is a media document playing
+    TogglePause?: (keep?: boolean) => void; // toggle media document playing state
+    setFocus?: () => void; // sets input focus to the componentView
     componentUI?: (boundsLeft: number, boundsTop: number) => JSX.Element | null;
     incrementalRendering?: () => void;
     fieldKey?: string;
@@ -583,32 +575,15 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         }
     };
 
-    focus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        LightboxView.SetCookie(StrCast(anchor['cookies-set']));
-
-        // Restore viewing specification of target by reading them out of the anchor and applying to the target doc.
-        const presItem = DocCast(options.originatingDoc); // if originating doc was a presItem, then anchor will be its proto.  use presItem instead
-        const targetMatch = Doc.AreProtosEqual(anchor, this.rootDoc) || (DocCast(anchor)?.unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(anchor.annotationOn), this.rootDoc)) ? true : false;
-        const scrollFocus =
-            (LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo ? this._componentView?.scrollPreview : undefined) ??
-            this._componentView?.scrollFocus ??
-            ((docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => (focusSpeed => (PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed) ? focusSpeed : undefined))(options.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500));
-        const focusSpeed = targetMatch && scrollFocus?.(this.props.DocumentView(), presItem?.proto === anchor ? presItem : anchor, options);
-
-        // FOCUS: navigate through the display hierarchy making sure the target is in view
-        const endFocus = focusSpeed === undefined ? options?.afterFocus : async (moved: boolean) => options?.afterFocus?.(true) ?? ViewAdjustment.doNothing;
-        const startTime = Date.now();
-        this.props.focus(options?.docTransform ? anchor : this.rootDoc, {
-            ...options,
-            afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) =>
-                new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(async res =>
-                    setTimeout(
-                        async () => res(endFocus ? await endFocus(didFocus || focusSpeed !== undefined) : ViewAdjustment.doNothing), //
-                        didFocus ? Math.max(0, (options.zoomTime ?? 500) - (Date.now() - startTime)) : 0
-                    )
-                ),
-        });
+    defaultRestoreTargetView = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, focusSpeed: number, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+        const targetMatch =
+            Doc.AreProtosEqual(anchor, this.rootDoc) || // anchor is this document, so anchor's properties apply to this document
+            (DocCast(anchor)?.unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(anchor.annotationOn), this.rootDoc)) // the anchor is an unrendered annotation on this document, so anchor properties applie to this document
+                ? true
+                : false;
+        return targetMatch && PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed) ? focusSpeed : undefined;
     };
+
     onClick = action((e: React.MouseEvent | React.PointerEvent) => {
         if (!this.Document.ignoreClick && this.props.renderDepth >= 0 && Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downX) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downY) < Utils.DRAG_THRESHOLD) {
             let stopPropagate = true;
@@ -1201,7 +1176,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.screenToLocal}
                     rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                     onClick={this.onClickFunc}
-                    focus={this.focus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     layoutKey={this.finalLayoutKey}
                 />
                 {this.layoutDoc.hideAllLinks ? null : this.allLinkEndpoints}
@@ -1242,8 +1217,8 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             link =>
                 Doc.AreProtosEqual(link.anchor1 as Doc, this.rootDoc) ||
                 Doc.AreProtosEqual(link.anchor2 as Doc, this.rootDoc) ||
-                ((link.anchor1 as Doc).unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual((link.anchor1 as Doc).annotationOn as Doc, this.rootDoc)) ||
-                ((link.anchor2 as Doc).unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual((link.anchor2 as Doc).annotationOn as Doc, this.rootDoc))
+                ((link.anchor1 as Doc)?.unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual((link.anchor1 as Doc)?.annotationOn as Doc, this.rootDoc)) ||
+                ((link.anchor2 as Doc)?.unrendered && Doc.AreProtosEqual((link.anchor2 as Doc)?.annotationOn as Doc, this.rootDoc))
         );
     }
     @computed get allLinks() {
@@ -1721,7 +1696,6 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
     }
 
     toggleNativeDimensions = () => this.docView && Doc.toggleNativeDimensions(this.layoutDoc, this.docView.NativeDimScaling, this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight());
-    focus = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.docView?.focus(doc, options);
     getBounds = () => {
         if (!this.docView || !this.docView.ContentDiv || this.props.Document.type === DocumentType.PRES || this.props.treeViewDoc || Doc.AreProtosEqual(this.props.Document, Doc.UserDoc())) {
             return undefined;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
index 78ba499ec..d41a4bb82 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FilterBox.tsx
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ export class FilterBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         isContentActive={returnTrue}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
                         treeViewHideTitle={true}
-                        focus={returnFalse}
+                        focus={emptyFunction}
                         onCheckedClick={this.scriptField}
                         treeViewHideHeaderFields={false}
                         dontRegisterView={true}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
index 8fa01c97a..75b4907cd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent } from '../DocComponent';
 import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from './DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
+import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 
 const EquationSchema = createSchema({});
 
@@ -37,23 +38,18 @@ export class FunctionPlotBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>
     componentDidMount() {
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
         reaction(
-            () => [DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey]).map(doc => doc?.text), this.layoutDoc.width, this.layoutDoc.height, this.dataDoc.xRange, this.dataDoc.yRange],
+            () => [DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey]).map(doc => doc?.text), this.layoutDoc.width, this.layoutDoc.height, this.rootDoc.xRange, this.rootDoc.yRange],
             () => this.createGraph()
         );
     }
-    getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => {
+    getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
         const anchor = Docs.Create.TextanchorDocument({ annotationOn: this.rootDoc, unrendered: true });
-        anchor.xRange = new List<number>(Array.from(this._plot.options.xAxis.domain));
-        anchor.yRange = new List<number>(Array.from(this._plot.options.yAxis.domain));
+        PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), datarange: true } }, this.rootDoc);
+        anchor.presXRange = new List<number>(Array.from(this._plot.options.xAxis.domain));
+        anchor.presYRange = new List<number>(Array.from(this._plot.options.yAxis.domain));
         if (addAsAnnotation) this.addDocument(anchor);
         return anchor;
     };
-    @action
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        this.dataDoc.xRange = new List<number>(Array.from(Cast(doc.xRange, listSpec('number'), Cast(this.dataDoc.xRange, listSpec('number'), [-10, 10]))));
-        this.dataDoc.yRange = new List<number>(Array.from(Cast(doc.yRange, listSpec('number'), Cast(this.dataDoc.xRange, listSpec('number'), [-1, 9]))));
-        return 0;
-    };
     createGraph = (ele?: HTMLDivElement) => {
         this._plotEle = ele || this._plotEle;
         const width = this.props.PanelWidth();
@@ -65,8 +61,8 @@ export class FunctionPlotBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>
                 target: '#' + this._plotEle.id,
                 width,
                 height,
-                xAxis: { domain: Cast(this.dataDoc.xRange, listSpec('number'), [-10, 10]) },
-                yAxis: { domain: Cast(this.dataDoc.xRange, listSpec('number'), [-1, 9]) },
+                xAxis: { domain: Cast(this.rootDoc.xRange, listSpec('number'), [-10, 10]) },
+                yAxis: { domain: Cast(this.rootDoc.yRange, listSpec('number'), [-1, 9]) },
                 grid: true,
                 data: fns.map(fn => ({
                     fn,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index 363cd1d94..c6d4cb694 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
 import { createSchema } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { DashColor, emptyFunction, OmitKeys, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnOne, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { CognitiveServices, Confidence, Service, Tag } from '../../cognitive_ser
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { Networking } from '../../Network';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../views/ContextMenu';
@@ -26,15 +27,13 @@ import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent, ViewBoxAnnotatableProps } from '../DocComp
 import { MarqueeAnnotator } from '../MarqueeAnnotator';
 import { AnchorMenu } from '../pdf/AnchorMenu';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
+import { OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 import { FaceRectangles } from './FaceRectangles';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import './ImageBox.scss';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 import React = require('react');
 import Color = require('color');
-import { LinkDocPreview } from './LinkDocPreview';
-import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 
 export const pageSchema = createSchema({
     googlePhotosUrl: 'string',
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
index 1eab06381..bbe9b4323 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class LinkDocPreview extends React.Component<LinkDocPreviewProps> {
                         <DocumentView
                             ref={r => {
                                 const targetanchor = this._linkDoc && this._linkSrc && LinkManager.getOppositeAnchor(this._linkDoc, this._linkSrc);
-                                targetanchor && this._targetDoc !== targetanchor && r?.focus(targetanchor, {});
+                                targetanchor && this._targetDoc !== targetanchor && r?.props.focus?.(targetanchor, {});
                             }}
                             Document={this._targetDoc!}
                             moveDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
index 6b2f2246a..5f207cc0d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { emptyFunction, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { KeyCodes } from '../../util/KeyCodes';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from '../collections/collectionFreeForm';
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { ImageBox } from './ImageBox';
 import './PDFBox.scss';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
-import { VideoBox } from './VideoBox';
 import React = require('react');
 
 @observer
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             4
         )
             .then((data_url: any) => {
-                VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, region[Id]).then(returnedfilename =>
+                Utils.convertDataUri(data_url, region[Id]).then(returnedfilename =>
                     setTimeout(
                         action(() => {
                             croppingProto.data = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
@@ -207,17 +207,16 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         }
         return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
     };
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        let didToggle = false;
-        if (DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.fieldKey + '-sidebar']).includes(anchor) && !this.SidebarShown) {
-            this.toggleSidebar(options.preview);
-            didToggle = true;
-        }
-        if (this._sidebarRef?.current?.makeDocUnfiltered(anchor)) return 1;
+    focus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         this._initialScrollTarget = anchor;
-        PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, options.zoomTime ?? 500);
-        return this._pdfViewer?.scrollFocus(anchor, NumCast(anchor.presPinViewScroll, NumCast(anchor.y)), options) ?? (didToggle ? 1 : undefined);
+        return this._pdfViewer?.scrollFocus(anchor, NumCast(anchor.y, NumCast(anchor.presViewScroll)), options);
+    };
+
+    getView = async (doc: Doc) => {
+        if (this._sidebarRef?.current?.makeDocUnfiltered(doc) && !this.SidebarShown) this.toggleSidebar(false);
+        return new Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>(res => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => res(dv)));
     };
+
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
         let ele: Opt<HTMLDivElement> = undefined;
         if (this._pdfViewer?.selectionContent()) {
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         this._pdfViewer = pdfViewer;
         const docView = this.props.DocumentView?.();
         if (this._initialScrollTarget && docView) {
-            this.scrollFocus(docView, this._initialScrollTarget, { instant: true });
+            this.focus(this._initialScrollTarget, { instant: true });
             this._initialScrollTarget = undefined;
         }
     };
@@ -498,6 +497,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                         layoutDoc={this.layoutDoc}
                         dataDoc={this.dataDoc}
                         pdf={this._pdf!}
+                        focus={this.focus}
                         url={this.pdfUrl!.url.pathname}
                         isContentActive={this.isPdfContentActive}
                         anchorMenuClick={this.anchorMenuClick}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 1f2eee086..7df3d5f24 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { basename } from 'path';
-import * as rp from 'request-promise';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, HeightSym, WidthSym } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { InkTool } from '../../../fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
@@ -52,30 +51,6 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
     public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) {
         return FieldView.LayoutString(VideoBox, fieldKey);
     }
-    /**
-     * Uploads an image buffer to the server and stores with specified filename.  by default the image
-     * is stored at multiple resolutions each retrieved by using the filename appended with _o, _s, _m, _l (indicating original, small, medium, or large)
-     * @param imageUri the bytes of the image
-     * @param returnedFilename the base filename to store the image on the server
-     * @param nosuffix optionally suppress creating multiple resolution images
-     */
-    public static async convertDataUri(imageUri: string, returnedFilename: string, nosuffix = false, replaceRootFilename?: string) {
-        try {
-            const posting = Utils.prepend('/uploadURI');
-            const returnedUri = await rp.post(posting, {
-                body: {
-                    uri: imageUri,
-                    name: returnedFilename,
-                    nosuffix,
-                    replaceRootFilename,
-                },
-                json: true,
-            });
-            return returnedUri;
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.log('VideoBox :' + e);
-        }
-    }
 
     static _youtubeIframeCounter: number = 0;
     static heightPercent = 80; // height of video relative to videoBox when timeline is open
@@ -243,8 +218,8 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         }
     }
 
+    _keepCurrentlyPlaying = false; // flag to prevent document when paused from being removed from global 'currentlyPlaying' list
     IsPlaying = () => this._playing;
-    _keepCurrentlyPlaying = false;
     TogglePause = () => {
         if (!this._playing) this.Play();
         else {
@@ -369,7 +344,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             const retitled = StrCast(this.rootDoc.title).replace(/[ -\.:]/g, '');
             const encodedFilename = encodeURIComponent('snapshot' + retitled + '_' + (this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode || 0).toString().replace(/\./, '_'));
             const filename = basename(encodedFilename);
-            VideoBox.convertDataUri(dataUrl, filename).then((returnedFilename: string) => returnedFilename && (cb ?? this.createRealSummaryLink)(returnedFilename, downX, downY));
+            Utils.convertDataUri(dataUrl, filename).then((returnedFilename: string) => returnedFilename && (cb ?? this.createRealSummaryLink)(returnedFilename, downX, downY));
         }
     };
 
@@ -439,6 +414,10 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         }
     };
 
+    // getView = async (doc: Doc) => {
+    //     return new Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>(res => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => res(dv)));
+    // };
+
     // extracts video thumbnails and saves them as field of doc
     getVideoThumbnails = () => {
         if (this.dataDoc.thumbnails !== undefined) return;
@@ -455,7 +434,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
             canvas.getContext('2d')?.drawImage(video, 0, 0, video.videoWidth, video.videoHeight, 0, 0, 100, 100);
             const retitled = StrCast(this.rootDoc.title).replace(/[ -\.:]/g, '');
             const encodedFilename = encodeURIComponent('thumbnail' + retitled + '_' + video.currentTime.toString().replace(/\./, '_'));
-            thumbnailPromises?.push(VideoBox.convertDataUri(canvas.toDataURL(), basename(encodedFilename), true));
+            thumbnailPromises?.push(Utils.convertDataUri(canvas.toDataURL(), basename(encodedFilename), true));
             const newTime = video.currentTime + video.duration / (VideoBox.numThumbnails - 1);
             if (newTime < video.duration) {
                 video.currentTime = newTime;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index f5eab51c2..b1acef44a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { ImageField, WebField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { emptyFunction, getWordAtPoint, OmitKeys, returnFalse, returnOne, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll, StopEvent, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
@@ -32,10 +33,9 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere } from './DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { LinkDocPreview } from './LinkDocPreview';
-import { VideoBox } from './VideoBox';
+import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 import './WebBox.scss';
 import React = require('react');
-import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
 const { CreateImage } = require('./WebBoxRenderer');
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 const htmlToText = require('html-to-text');
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return this.allAnnotations.filter(a => a.textInlineAnnotations);
     }
     @computed get webField() {
-        return Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey], WebField)?.url;
+        return Cast(this.rootDoc[this.props.fieldKey], WebField)?.url;
     }
     @computed get webThumb() {
         return (
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                         console.log('BAD DATA IN THUMB CREATION');
                         return;
                     }
-                    VideoBox.convertDataUri(data_url, this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon' + new Date().getTime(), true, this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon').then(returnedfilename =>
+                    Utils.convertDataUri(data_url, this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon' + new Date().getTime(), true, this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon').then(returnedfilename =>
                         setTimeout(
                             action(() => {
                                 this.rootDoc.thumbLockout = false;
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             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)
-            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + '-annotations'] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-annotations"`;
+            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + '-annotations'] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-annotations"])`;
             reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + '-annotations-setter'] = `this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-annotations"] = value`;
-            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + '-sidebar'] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-sidebar"`;
-            DocUtils.AssignScripts(this.dataDoc, {}, reqdFuncs);
+            reqdFuncs[this.fieldKey + '-sidebar'] = `copyField(this["${this.fieldKey}-"+urlHash(this["${this.fieldKey}"]?.url?.toString())+"-sidebar"])`;
+            DocUtils.AssignScripts(this.rootDoc, {}, reqdFuncs);
         });
         reaction(
             () => this.props.isSelected(true) || this.isAnyChildContentActive() || Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.props.Document),
@@ -294,32 +294,25 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
 
     setBrushViewer = (func?: (view: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number }) => void) => (this._setBrushViewer = func);
     brushView = (view: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number }) => this._setBrushViewer?.(view);
-    focus = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        !doc.unrendered && this.props.DocumentView?.() && this.scrollFocus(this.props.DocumentView?.(), doc, {});
-        this.props.focus(doc, options);
-    };
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        if (this._url && StrCast(anchor.webUrl) !== this._url) this.submitURL(StrCast(anchor.webUrl), options.preview);
-        if (DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.fieldKey + '-sidebar']).includes(anchor) && !this.SidebarShown) {
-            this.toggleSidebar(options.preview);
-        }
-        if (this._sidebarRef?.current?.makeDocUnfiltered(anchor)) return 1;
+    focus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         if (anchor !== this.rootDoc && this._outerRef.current) {
             const windowHeight = this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-            const scrollTo = !anchor[HeightSym]()
-                ? NumCast(anchor.y)
-                : Utils.scrollIntoView(NumCast(anchor.y), anchor[HeightSym](), NumCast(this.layoutDoc._scrollTop), windowHeight, windowHeight * 0.1, Math.max(NumCast(anchor.y) + anchor[HeightSym](), this._scrollHeight));
-            const focusSpeed = options.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500;
-            if (scrollTo !== undefined && this._initialScroll === undefined) {
-                this.goTo(scrollTo, focusSpeed, options.easeFunc);
-                PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed);
-                return focusSpeed;
-            } else if (!this._webPageHasBeenRendered || !this._scrollHeight || this._initialScroll !== undefined) {
-                this._initialScroll = scrollTo;
-                return PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, anchor, focusSpeed) ? focusSpeed : undefined;
+            const scrollTo = Utils.scrollIntoView(NumCast(anchor.y), anchor[HeightSym](), NumCast(this.layoutDoc._scrollTop), windowHeight, windowHeight * 0.1, Math.max(NumCast(anchor.y) + anchor[HeightSym](), this._scrollHeight));
+            if (scrollTo !== undefined) {
+                if (this._initialScroll === undefined) {
+                    this.goTo(scrollTo, options.zoomTime ?? 500, options.easeFunc);
+                } else {
+                    this._initialScroll = scrollTo;
+                }
             }
         }
-        return undefined;
+    };
+
+    getView = async (doc: Doc) => {
+        if (this.rootDoc.layoutKey === 'layout_icon') this.props.DocumentView?.().iconify();
+        if (this._url && StrCast(doc.webUrl) !== this._url) this.submitURL(StrCast(doc.webUrl));
+        if (this._sidebarRef?.current?.makeDocUnfiltered(doc) && !this.SidebarShown) this.toggleSidebar(false);
+        return new Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>(res => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => res(dv)));
     };
 
     sidebarAddDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => {
@@ -545,14 +538,14 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     };
 
     forward = (checkAvailable?: boolean) => {
-        const future = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'), []);
-        const history = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'), []);
+        const future = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'), []);
+        const history = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'), []);
         if (checkAvailable) return future.length;
         runInAction(() => {
             if (future.length) {
                 const curUrl = this._url;
-                this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'] = new List<string>([...history, this._url]);
-                this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(future.pop()!));
+                this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'] = new List<string>([...history, this._url]);
+                this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(future.pop()!));
                 if (this._webUrl === this._url) {
                     this._webUrl = curUrl;
                     setTimeout(action(() => (this._webUrl = this._url)));
@@ -566,15 +559,15 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     };
 
     back = (checkAvailable?: boolean) => {
-        const future = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'));
-        const history = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'), []);
+        const future = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'));
+        const history = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'), []);
         if (checkAvailable) return history.length;
         runInAction(() => {
             if (history.length) {
                 const curUrl = this._url;
-                if (future === undefined) this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'] = new List<string>([this._url]);
-                else this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'] = new List<string>([...future, this._url]);
-                this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(history.pop()!));
+                if (future === undefined) this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'] = new List<string>([this._url]);
+                else this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'] = new List<string>([...future, this._url]);
+                this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(history.pop()!));
                 if (this._webUrl === this._url) {
                     this._webUrl = curUrl;
                     setTimeout(action(() => (this._webUrl = this._url)));
@@ -601,11 +594,11 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         if (!newUrl) return;
         if (!newUrl.startsWith('http')) newUrl = 'http://' + newUrl;
         try {
-            const future = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'));
-            const history = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'));
+            const future = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-future'], listSpec('string'));
+            const history = Cast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'], listSpec('string'));
             const url = this.webField?.toString();
             if (url && !preview) {
-                this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'] = new List<string>([...(history || []), url]);
+                this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '-history'] = new List<string>([...(history || []), url]);
                 this.layoutDoc._scrollTop = 0;
                 if (this._webPageHasBeenRendered) {
                     this.layoutDoc.thumb = undefined;
@@ -616,7 +609,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                 future && (future.length = 0);
             }
             if (!preview) {
-                this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(newUrl));
+                this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey] = new WebField(new URL(newUrl));
                 !dontUpdateIframe && (this._webUrl = this._url);
             }
         } catch (e) {
@@ -742,7 +735,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     @computed get urlContent() {
         if (this._hackHide || (this.webThumb && !this._webPageHasBeenRendered && LightboxView.LightboxDoc !== this.rootDoc)) return null;
         this.props.thumbShown?.();
-        const field = this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey];
+        const field = this.rootDoc[this.props.fieldKey];
         let view;
         if (field instanceof HtmlField) {
             view = <span className="webBox-htmlSpan" contentEditable onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: field.html }} />;
@@ -849,7 +842,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     toggleSidebar = action((preview: boolean = false) => {
         var nativeWidth = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey + '-nativeWidth']);
         if (!nativeWidth) {
-            const defaultNativeWidth = this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey] instanceof WebField ? 850 : this.Document[WidthSym]();
+            const defaultNativeWidth = this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey] instanceof WebField ? 850 : this.Document[WidthSym]();
             Doc.SetNativeWidth(this.dataDoc, Doc.NativeWidth(this.dataDoc) || defaultNativeWidth);
             Doc.SetNativeHeight(this.dataDoc, Doc.NativeHeight(this.dataDoc) || (this.Document[HeightSym]() / this.Document[WidthSym]()) * defaultNativeWidth);
             nativeWidth = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey + '-nativeWidth']);
@@ -1006,6 +999,7 @@ 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() || Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ? 'all' : 'none');
     render() {
+        setTimeout(() => DocListCast(this.rootDoc[this.annotationKey]).forEach(doc => (doc.webUrl = this._url)));
         const previewScale = this._previewNativeWidth ? 1 - this.sidebarWidth() / this._previewNativeWidth : 1;
         const pointerEvents = this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any);
         const scale = previewScale * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index dc7a11e6e..d857b150c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -230,16 +230,8 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
         }
     }
 
-    sidebarAddDocTab = (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => {
-        if (DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-sidebar']).includes(doc) && !this.SidebarShown) {
-            this.toggleSidebar(false);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
-    };
-
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
-        if (!pinProps) return this.rootDoc;
+        if (!pinProps && this._editorView?.state.selection.empty) return this.rootDoc;
         const anchor = Docs.Create.TextanchorDocument({ annotationOn: this.rootDoc, unrendered: true });
         this.addDocument(anchor);
         this.makeLinkAnchor(anchor, OpenWhere.addRight, undefined, 'Anchored Selection', false, addAsAnnotation);
@@ -948,12 +940,15 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
         return anchorDoc ?? this.rootDoc;
     }
 
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, textAnchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        let didToggle = false;
-        if (DocListCast(this.Document[this.fieldKey + '-sidebar']).includes(textAnchor) && !this.SidebarShown) {
-            this.toggleSidebar(options.preview);
-            didToggle = true;
+    getView = async (doc: Doc) => {
+        if (DocListCast(this.rootDoc[this.SidebarKey]).find(anno => Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc.unrendered ? DocCast(doc.annotationOn) : doc, anno))) {
+            !this.SidebarShown && this.toggleSidebar(false);
+            setTimeout(() => this._sidebarRef?.current?.makeDocUnfiltered(doc));
         }
+        return new Promise<Opt<DocumentView>>(res => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => res(dv)));
+    };
+    focus = (textAnchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+        const focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500;
         const textAnchorId = textAnchor[Id];
         const findAnchorFrag = (frag: Fragment, editor: EditorView) => {
             const nodes: Node[] = [];
@@ -992,7 +987,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
 
             const content = (ret.frag as any)?.content;
             if ((ret.frag.size > 2 || (content?.length && content[0].type === this._editorView.state.schema.nodes.audiotag)) && ret.start >= 0) {
-                !options.instant && (this._focusSpeed = 500);
+                !options.instant && (this._focusSpeed = focusSpeed);
                 let selection = TextSelection.near(editor.state.doc.resolve(ret.start)); // default to near the start
                 if (ret.frag.firstChild) {
                     selection = TextSelection.between(editor.state.doc.resolve(ret.start), editor.state.doc.resolve(ret.start + ret.frag.firstChild.nodeSize)); // bcz: looks better to not have the target selected
@@ -1004,9 +999,6 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 setTimeout(() => clearStyleSheetRules(FormattedTextBox._highlightStyleSheet), Math.max(this._focusSpeed || 0, 3000));
             }
         }
-        const finalFocusSpeed = this._didScroll ? this._focusSpeed : didToggle ? 1 : undefined;
-        PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(docView, textAnchor, finalFocusSpeed ?? 0);
-        return finalFocusSpeed; // if we actually scrolled, then return some focusSpeed
     };
 
     // if the scroll height has changed and we're in autoHeight mode, then we need to update the textHeight component of the doc.
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
index fd202590e..eb91c82f3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     height: 100%;
     min-height: 35px;
     letter-spacing: 2px;
-    overflow: hidden;
+    //overflow: hidden;
     transition: 0.7s opacity ease;
 
     .presBox-listCont {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index ab4822117..94962650a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export interface pinDataTypes {
     pivot?: boolean;
     temporal?: boolean;
     clippable?: boolean;
+    datarange?: boolean;
     dataview?: boolean;
     textview?: boolean;
     poslayoutview?: boolean;
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const pannable = [DocumentType.IMG, DocumentType.PDF].includes(targetType) || (targetType === DocumentType.COL && target?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform);
         const temporal = [DocumentType.AUDIO, DocumentType.VID].includes(targetType);
         const clippable = [DocumentType.COMPARISON].includes(targetType);
+        const datarange = [DocumentType.FUNCPLOT].includes(targetType);
         const dataview = [DocumentType.INK, DocumentType.COL, DocumentType.IMG].includes(targetType) && target?.activeFrame === undefined;
         const poslayoutview = [DocumentType.COL].includes(targetType) && target?.activeFrame === undefined;
         const textview = [DocumentType.RTF].includes(targetType) && target?.activeFrame === undefined;
@@ -350,23 +352,33 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             if (
                 bestTarget.x !== NumCast(activeItem.presX, NumCast(bestTarget.x)) ||
                 bestTarget.y !== NumCast(activeItem.presY, NumCast(bestTarget.y)) ||
-                bestTarget.rotation !== NumCast(activeItem.presRot, NumCast(bestTarget.rotation)) ||
+                bestTarget.rotation !== NumCast(activeItem.presRotation, NumCast(bestTarget.rotation)) ||
                 bestTarget.width !== NumCast(activeItem.presWidth, NumCast(bestTarget.width)) ||
                 bestTarget.height !== NumCast(activeItem.presHeight, NumCast(bestTarget.height))
             ) {
                 bestTarget._dataTransition = `all ${transTime}ms`;
                 bestTarget.x = NumCast(activeItem.presX, NumCast(bestTarget.x));
                 bestTarget.y = NumCast(activeItem.presY, NumCast(bestTarget.y));
-                bestTarget.rotation = NumCast(activeItem.presRot, NumCast(bestTarget.rotation));
+                bestTarget.rotation = NumCast(activeItem.presRotation, NumCast(bestTarget.rotation));
                 bestTarget.width = NumCast(activeItem.presWidth, NumCast(bestTarget.width));
                 bestTarget.height = NumCast(activeItem.presHeight, NumCast(bestTarget.height));
                 setTimeout(() => (bestTarget._dataTransition = undefined), transTime + 10);
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
-        if (pinDataTypes?.clippable || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPinClipWidth !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget._clipWidth !== activeItem.presPinClipWidth) {
-                bestTarget._clipWidth = activeItem.presPinClipWidth;
+        if (pinDataTypes?.datarange || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presXRange !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget.xRange !== activeItem.presXRange) {
+                bestTarget.xRange = (activeItem.presXRange as ObjectField)?.[Copy]();
+                changed = true;
+            }
+            if (bestTarget.yRange !== activeItem.presYRange) {
+                bestTarget.yRange = (activeItem.presYRange as ObjectField)?.[Copy]();
+                changed = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (pinDataTypes?.clippable || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presClipWidth !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget._clipWidth !== activeItem.presClipWidth) {
+                bestTarget._clipWidth = activeItem.presClipWidth;
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
@@ -381,8 +393,8 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 Doc.GetProto(bestTarget).fillColor = activeItem.presFillColor;
                 changed = true;
             }
-            if (bestTarget.color !== activeItem.color) {
-                Doc.GetProto(bestTarget).color = activeItem.color;
+            if (bestTarget.color !== activeItem.presColor) {
+                Doc.GetProto(bestTarget).color = activeItem.presColor;
                 changed = true;
             }
             if (bestTarget.width !== activeItem.width) {
@@ -394,31 +406,31 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
-        if ((pinDataTypes?.viewType && activeItem.presPinViewType !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPinViewType !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget._viewType !== activeItem.presPinViewType) {
-                bestTarget._viewType = activeItem.presPinViewType;
+        if ((pinDataTypes?.viewType && activeItem.presViewType !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presViewType !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget._viewType !== activeItem.presViewType) {
+                bestTarget._viewType = activeItem.presViewType;
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
 
-        if ((pinDataTypes?.filters && activeItem.presPinDocFilters !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPinDocFilters !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget.docFilters !== activeItem.presPinDocFilters) {
-                bestTarget.docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeItem.presPinDocFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
+        if ((pinDataTypes?.filters && activeItem.presDocFilters !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presDocFilters !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget.docFilters !== activeItem.presDocFilters) {
+                bestTarget.docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeItem.presDocFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
 
-        if ((pinDataTypes?.pivot && activeItem.presPinPvitoField !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPinPivotField !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget.pivotField !== activeItem.presPinPivotField) {
-                bestTarget.pivotField = activeItem.presPinPivotField;
+        if ((pinDataTypes?.pivot && activeItem.presPivotField !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPivotField !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget.pivotField !== activeItem.presPivotField) {
+                bestTarget.pivotField = activeItem.presPivotField;
                 bestTarget._prevFilterIndex = 1; // need to revisit this...see CollectionTimeView
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
 
-        if (pinDataTypes?.scrollable || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presPinViewScroll !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget._scrollTop !== activeItem.presPinViewScroll) {
-                bestTarget._scrollTop = activeItem.presPinViewScroll;
+        if (pinDataTypes?.scrollable || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presViewScroll !== undefined)) {
+            if (bestTarget._scrollTop !== activeItem.presViewScroll) {
+                bestTarget._scrollTop = activeItem.presViewScroll;
                 changed = true;
                 const contentBounds = Cast(activeItem.presPinViewBounds, listSpec('number'));
                 if (contentBounds) {
@@ -479,7 +491,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 });
             setTimeout(() => Array.from(transitioned).forEach(action(doc => (doc._dataTransition = undefined))), transTime + 10);
         }
-        if (pinDataTypes?.pannable || (!pinDataTypes && (activeItem.presPinViewBounds !== undefined || activeItem.presPinViewX !== undefined || activeItem.presPinViewScale !== undefined))) {
+        if (pinDataTypes?.pannable || (!pinDataTypes && (activeItem.presPinViewBounds !== undefined || activeItem.presPanX !== undefined || activeItem.presViewScale !== undefined))) {
             const contentBounds = Cast(activeItem.presPinViewBounds, listSpec('number'));
             if (contentBounds) {
                 const viewport = { panX: (contentBounds[0] + contentBounds[2]) / 2, panY: (contentBounds[1] + contentBounds[3]) / 2, width: contentBounds[2] - contentBounds[0], height: contentBounds[3] - contentBounds[1] };
@@ -492,10 +504,10 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     dv.ComponentView?.brushView?.(viewport);
                 }
             } else {
-                if (bestTarget._panX !== activeItem.presPinViewX || bestTarget._panY !== activeItem.presPinViewY || bestTarget._viewScale !== activeItem.presPinViewScale) {
-                    bestTarget._panX = activeItem.presPinViewX;
-                    bestTarget._panY = activeItem.presPinViewY;
-                    bestTarget._viewScale = activeItem.presPinViewScale;
+                if (bestTarget._panX !== activeItem.presPanX || bestTarget._panY !== activeItem.presPanY || bestTarget._viewScale !== activeItem.presViewScale) {
+                    bestTarget._panX = activeItem.presPanX;
+                    bestTarget._panY = activeItem.presPanY;
+                    bestTarget._viewScale = activeItem.presViewScale;
                     changed = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -514,7 +526,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             pinDoc.presPinLayout = true;
             pinDoc.presX = NumCast(targetDoc.x);
             pinDoc.presY = NumCast(targetDoc.y);
-            pinDoc.presRot = NumCast(targetDoc.rotation);
+            pinDoc.presRotation = NumCast(targetDoc.rotation);
             pinDoc.presWidth = NumCast(targetDoc.width);
             pinDoc.presHeight = NumCast(targetDoc.height);
         }
@@ -526,6 +538,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 pinProps.pinData.pannable ||
                 pinProps.pinData.viewType ||
                 pinProps.pinData.clippable ||
+                pinProps.pinData.datarange ||
                 pinProps.pinData.dataview ||
                 pinProps.pinData.textview ||
                 pinProps.pinData.poslayoutview ||
@@ -546,8 +559,12 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 pinDoc.presWidth = targetDoc._width;
                 pinDoc.presHeight = targetDoc._height;
             }
-            if (pinProps.pinData.scrollable) pinDoc.presPinViewScroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
-            if (pinProps.pinData.clippable) pinDoc.presPinClipWidth = targetDoc._clipWidth;
+            if (pinProps.pinData.scrollable) pinDoc.presViewScroll = targetDoc._scrollTop;
+            if (pinProps.pinData.clippable) pinDoc.presClipWidth = targetDoc._clipWidth;
+            if (pinProps.pinData.datarange) {
+                pinDoc.presXRange = undefined; //targetDoc?.xrange;
+                pinDoc.presYRange = undefined; //targetDoc?.yrange;
+            }
             if (pinProps.pinData.poslayoutview)
                 pinDoc.presPinLayoutData = new List<string>(
                     DocListCast(targetDoc[fkey] as ObjectField).map(d =>
@@ -564,13 +581,13 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         })
                     )
                 );
-            if (pinProps.pinData.viewType) pinDoc.presPinViewType = targetDoc._viewType;
-            if (pinProps.pinData.filters) pinDoc.presPinDocFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(targetDoc.docFilters as ObjectField);
-            if (pinProps.pinData.pivot) pinDoc.presPinPivotField = targetDoc._pivotField;
+            if (pinProps.pinData.viewType) pinDoc.presViewType = targetDoc._viewType;
+            if (pinProps.pinData.filters) pinDoc.presDocFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(targetDoc.docFilters as ObjectField);
+            if (pinProps.pinData.pivot) pinDoc.presPivotField = targetDoc._pivotField;
             if (pinProps.pinData.pannable) {
-                pinDoc.presPinViewX = NumCast(targetDoc._panX);
-                pinDoc.presPinViewY = NumCast(targetDoc._panY);
-                pinDoc.presPinViewScale = NumCast(targetDoc._viewScale, 1);
+                pinDoc.presPanX = NumCast(targetDoc._panX);
+                pinDoc.presPanY = NumCast(targetDoc._panY);
+                pinDoc.presViewScale = NumCast(targetDoc._viewScale, 1);
             }
             if (pinProps.pinData.temporal) {
                 pinDoc.presStartTime = targetDoc._currentTimecode;
@@ -582,9 +599,9 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             // If pinWithView option set then update scale and x / y props of slide
             const bounds = pinProps.pinViewport;
             pinDoc.presPinView = true;
-            pinDoc.presPinViewScale = NumCast(targetDoc._viewScale, 1);
-            pinDoc.presPinViewX = bounds.left + bounds.width / 2;
-            pinDoc.presPinViewY = bounds.top + bounds.height / 2;
+            pinDoc.presViewScale = NumCast(targetDoc._viewScale, 1);
+            pinDoc.presPanX = bounds.left + bounds.width / 2;
+            pinDoc.presPanY = bounds.top + bounds.height / 2;
             pinDoc.presPinViewBounds = new List<number>([bounds.left, bounds.top, bounds.left + bounds.width, bounds.top + bounds.height]);
         }
     }
@@ -618,14 +635,10 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             }
             finished();
         });
-        const createDocView = (doc: Doc, finished?: () => void) => {
-            DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, () => finished?.());
-            LightboxView.AddDocTab(doc, OpenWhere.lightbox);
-        };
-        PresBox.NavigateToTarget(targetDoc, activeItem, createDocView, resetSelection);
+        PresBox.NavigateToTarget(targetDoc, activeItem, resetSelection);
     };
 
-    static NavigateToTarget(targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc, createDocView: any, finished?: () => void) {
+    static NavigateToTarget(targetDoc: Doc, activeItem: Doc, finished?: () => void) {
         if (activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.None && targetDoc.type === DocumentType.SCRIPTING) {
             (DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(targetDoc)?.ComponentView as ScriptingBox)?.onRun?.();
             return;
@@ -634,7 +647,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const presTime = NumCast(activeItem.presTransition, effect ? 750 : 500);
         const options: DocFocusOptions = {
             willPan: activeItem.presMovement !== PresMovement.None,
-            willPanZoom: activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Zoom || activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Jump || activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Center,
+            willZoomCentered: activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Zoom || activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Jump || activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Center,
             zoomScale: activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Center ? 0 : NumCast(activeItem.presZoom, 1),
             zoomTime: activeItem.presMovement === PresMovement.Jump ? 0 : Math.min(Math.max(effect ? 750 : 500, (effect ? 0.2 : 1) * presTime), presTime),
             effect: activeItem,
@@ -644,38 +657,23 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             zoomTextSelections: BoolCast(activeItem.presZoomText),
             playAudio: BoolCast(activeItem.presPlayAudio),
         };
-        const restoreLayout = () => {
-            // After navigating to the document, if it is added as a presPinView then it will
-            // adjust the pan and scale to that of the pinView when it was added.
-            const pinDocLayout = (BoolCast(activeItem.presPinLayout) || BoolCast(activeItem.presPinView)) && DocCast(targetDoc.context)?._currentFrame === undefined;
-            if (activeItem.presPinData || activeItem.presPinView || pinDocLayout) {
-                // targetDoc may or may not be displayed.  so get the first available document (or alias) view that matches targetDoc and use it
-                // PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(targetDoc), { pinDocLayout }, activeItem, NumCast(activeItem.presTransition, 500), undefined, targetDoc);
-            }
-        };
-        const finishAndRestoreLayout = () => {
-            finished?.();
-            restoreLayout();
-        };
-        const containerDocContext = DocumentManager.GetContextPath(targetDoc);
-
-        let context = containerDocContext.length ? containerDocContext[0] : targetDoc;
         if (activeItem.presOpenInLightbox) {
-            if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(DocCast(DocCast(targetDoc.annotationOn) ?? targetDoc))) {
-                context = DocCast(targetDoc.annotationOn) ?? targetDoc;
-                LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(context); // openInTab(targetDoc);
+            const context = DocCast(targetDoc.annotationOn) ?? targetDoc;
+            if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(context)) {
+                LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(context);
             }
         }
         if (targetDoc) {
             if (activeItem.presentationTargetDoc instanceof Doc) activeItem.presentationTargetDoc[AnimationSym] = undefined;
 
             DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(LightboxView.LightboxDoc, dv => {
-                if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(DocCast(context.annotationOn) ?? context)) {
+                // if target or the doc it annotates is not in the lightbox, then close the lightbox
+                if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getLightboxDocumentView(DocCast(targetDoc.annotationOn) ?? targetDoc)) {
                     LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(undefined);
                 }
-                DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(targetDoc, options, createDocView, containerDocContext, finishAndRestoreLayout);
+                DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(targetDoc, options, finished);
             });
-        } else finishAndRestoreLayout();
+        } else finished?.();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -992,11 +990,14 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         presDocView && SelectionManager.SelectView(presDocView, false);
     };
 
-    focusElement = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this.selectElement(doc);
+    focusElement = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
+        this.selectElement(doc);
+        return undefined;
+    };
 
     //Regular click
     @action
-    selectElement = async (doc: Doc, noNav = false) => {
+    selectElement = (doc: Doc, noNav = false) => {
         CollectionStackedTimeline.CurrentlyPlaying?.map((clip, i) => clip?.ComponentView?.Pause?.());
         if (noNav) {
             const index = this.childDocs.indexOf(doc);
@@ -1192,15 +1193,15 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     }
                 } else if (doc.presPinView && presCollection === tagDoc && dv) {
                     // Case B: Document is presPinView and is presCollection
-                    const scale: number = 1 / NumCast(doc.presPinViewScale);
+                    const scale: number = 1 / NumCast(doc.presViewScale);
                     const height: number = dv.props.PanelHeight() * scale;
                     const width: number = dv.props.PanelWidth() * scale;
                     const indWidth = width / 10;
                     const indHeight = Math.max(height / 10, 15);
                     const indEdge = Math.max(indWidth, indHeight);
                     const indFontSize = indEdge * 0.8;
-                    const xLoc: number = NumCast(doc.presPinViewX) - width / 2;
-                    const yLoc: number = NumCast(doc.presPinViewY) - height / 2;
+                    const xLoc: number = NumCast(doc.presPanX) - width / 2;
+                    const yLoc: number = NumCast(doc.presPanY) - height / 2;
                     docs.push(tagDoc);
                     order.push(
                         <>
@@ -1233,8 +1234,8 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                 if ((index = 0)) pathPoints = n1x + ',' + n1y;
                 else pathPoints = pathPoints + ' ' + n1x + ',' + n1y;
             } else if (doc.presPinView) {
-                const n1x = NumCast(doc.presPinViewX);
-                const n1y = NumCast(doc.presPinViewY);
+                const n1x = NumCast(doc.presPanX);
+                const n1y = NumCast(doc.presPanY);
                 if ((index = 0)) pathPoints = n1x + ',' + n1y;
                 else pathPoints = pathPoints + ' ' + n1x + ',' + n1y;
             }
@@ -1960,12 +1961,6 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         );
     }
 
-    scrollFocus = (docView: DocumentView, doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        // this.gotoDocument(0);
-        // this.startOrPause(false);
-        return undefined;
-    };
-
     _keyTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
 
     /**
@@ -2041,9 +2036,10 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const propTitle = SettingsManager.propertiesWidth > 0 ? 'Close Presentation Panel' : 'Open Presentation Panel';
         const mode = StrCast(this.rootDoc._viewType) as CollectionViewType;
         const isMini: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 100;
+        const inOverlay = DocListCast(Doc.MyOverlayDocs?.data).includes(this.layoutDoc);
         const activeColor = Colors.LIGHT_BLUE;
         const inactiveColor = Colors.WHITE;
-        return mode === CollectionViewType.Carousel3D ? null : (
+        return mode === CollectionViewType.Carousel3D || inOverlay ? null : (
             <div id="toolbarContainer" className={'presBox-toolbar'}>
                 {/* <Tooltip title={<><div className="dash-tooltip">{"Add new slide"}</div></>}><div className={`toolbar-button ${this.newDocumentTools ? "active" : ""}`} onClick={action(() => this.newDocumentTools = !this.newDocumentTools)}>
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"plus"} />
@@ -2404,11 +2400,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         );
     }
     static NavigateToDoc(bestTarget: Doc, activeItem: Doc) {
-        const openInTab = (doc: Doc, finished?: () => void) => {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddSplit(doc, OpenWhereMod.right);
-            finished?.();
-        };
-        PresBox.NavigateToTarget(bestTarget, activeItem, openInTab);
+        PresBox.NavigateToTarget(bestTarget, activeItem);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index d19b78dbc..698a2817e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const targetDoc = DocCast(presTargetDoc.annotationOn) ?? presTargetDoc;
         activeItem.presX = NumCast(targetDoc.x);
         activeItem.presY = NumCast(targetDoc.y);
-        activeItem.presRot = NumCast(targetDoc.rotation);
+        activeItem.presRotation = NumCast(targetDoc.rotation);
         activeItem.presWidth = NumCast(targetDoc.width);
         activeItem.presHeight = NumCast(targetDoc.height);
         activeItem.presPinLayout = true;
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index ffc49e4f3..86d14c22e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         let focusSpeed: Opt<number>;
         if (doc !== this.props.rootDoc && mainCont) {
             const windowHeight = this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-            const scrollTo = doc.unrendered ? scrollTop : Utils.scrollIntoView(scrollTop, doc[HeightSym](), NumCast(this.props.layoutDoc._scrollTop), windowHeight, windowHeight * 0.1, this._scrollHeight);
+            const scrollTo = Utils.scrollIntoView(scrollTop, doc[HeightSym](), NumCast(this.props.layoutDoc._scrollTop), windowHeight, windowHeight * 0.1, this._scrollHeight);
             if (scrollTo !== undefined && scrollTo !== this.props.layoutDoc._scrollTop) {
                 if (!this._pdfViewer) this._initialScroll = { loc: scrollTo, easeFunc: options.easeFunc };
-                else if (!options.instant && !options.preview) this._scrollStopper = smoothScroll((focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500), mainCont, scrollTo, options.easeFunc, this._scrollStopper);
+                else if (!options.instant) this._scrollStopper = smoothScroll((focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500), mainCont, scrollTo, options.easeFunc, this._scrollStopper);
                 else this._mainCont.current?.scrollTo({ top: Math.abs(scrollTo || 0) });
             }
         } else {
@@ -518,10 +518,6 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
 
-    focus = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
-        !doc.unrendered && this.props.DocumentView?.() && this.scrollToAnnotation(doc);
-        this.props.focus(doc, options);
-    };
     renderAnnotations = (docFilters?: () => string[], mixBlendMode?: any, display?: string) => (
         <div
             className="pdfViewerDash-overlay"
@@ -544,7 +540,6 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
                 PanelWidth={this.panelWidth}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.overlayTransform}
                 dropAction={'alias'}
-                focus={this.focus}
                 docFilters={docFilters}
                 select={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx b/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
index 4c4275ce7..3ba60edd7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/search/SearchBox.tsx
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ export class SearchBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<SearchBoxProps>() {
      * or opening it in a new tab.
      */
     selectElement = async (doc: Doc, finishFunc: () => void) => {
-        await DocumentManager.Instance.jumpToDocument(doc, { willPanZoom: true }, undefined, [], finishFunc);
+        await DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(doc, { willZoomCentered: true }, finishFunc);
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/fields/ScriptField.ts b/src/fields/ScriptField.ts
index 5f02bd73d..16da0f9e2 100644
--- a/src/fields/ScriptField.ts
+++ b/src/fields/ScriptField.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,12 @@ export class ComputedField extends ScriptField {
             doc[`${fieldKey}-indexed`] = flist;
         }
         const getField = ScriptField.CompileScript(`getIndexVal(self['${fieldKey}-indexed'], self.${interpolatorKey})`, {}, true, {});
-        const setField = ScriptField.CompileScript(`setIndexVal(self['${fieldKey}-indexed'], self.${interpolatorKey}, value)`, { value: 'any' }, true, {});
+        const setField = ScriptField.CompileScript(
+            `{setIndexVal (self['${fieldKey}-indexed'], self.${interpolatorKey}, value); console.log(self["data-indexed"][self.${interpolatorKey}],self.data,self["data-indexed"]))}`,
+            { value: 'any' },
+            false,
+            {}
+        );
         return getField.compiled ? new ComputedField(getField, setField?.compiled ? setField : undefined) : undefined;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index 6024705ec..e517e7604 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -335,8 +335,10 @@ export function setter(target: any, in_prop: string | symbol | number, value: an
             return true;
         }
     }
-    if (target.__fields[prop] instanceof ComputedField && target.__fields[prop].setterscript && value !== undefined && !(value instanceof ComputedField)) {
-        return ScriptCast(target.__fields[prop])?.setterscript?.run({ self: target[SelfProxy], this: target[SelfProxy], value }).success ? true : false;
+    if (target.__fields[prop] instanceof ComputedField) {
+        if (target.__fields[prop].setterscript && value !== undefined && !(value instanceof ComputedField)) {
+            return ScriptCast(target.__fields[prop])?.setterscript?.run({ self: target[SelfProxy], this: target[SelfProxy], value }).success ? true : false;
+        }
     }
     return _setter(target, prop, value, receiver);
 }
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 3a3e496dda5f9a1f5286a2c9f62524de59794ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 03:37:41 -0400
Subject: overhaul of selection api so that schema and other views behave like
 freeform and use document views onClick for selection

---
 src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts                |  45 +--
 .../views/collections/CollectionCarousel3DView.tsx | 149 +++++-----
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |   2 +-
 .../CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx            |   7 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |   9 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu.tsx      |   2 -
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |   3 +-
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |   3 +-
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      | 318 +++++++++------------
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx  |  31 +-
 .../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss      |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  18 +-
 12 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 309 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts b/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
index 0f4f77588..313c255a0 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ModalManager } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { action, observable, ObservableMap } from 'mobx';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ import { ScriptingGlobals } from './ScriptingGlobals';
 export namespace SelectionManager {
     class Manager {
         @observable IsDragging: boolean = false;
-        SelectedViews: ObservableMap<DocumentView, Doc> = new ObservableMap();
+        SelectedViewsMap: ObservableMap<DocumentView, Doc> = new ObservableMap();
+        @observable SelectedViews: DocumentView[] = [];
         @observable SelectedSchemaDocument: Doc | undefined;
 
         @action
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
         @action
         SelectView(docView: DocumentView, ctrlPressed: boolean): void {
             // if doc is not in SelectedDocuments, add it
-            if (!manager.SelectedViews.get(docView) && docView.props.Document.type !== DocumentType.MARKER) {
+            if (!manager.SelectedViewsMap.get(docView) && docView.props.Document.type !== DocumentType.MARKER) {
                 if (!ctrlPressed) {
                     if (LinkManager.currentLink && !LinkManager.Links(docView.rootDoc).includes(LinkManager.currentLink) && docView.rootDoc !== LinkManager.currentLink) {
                         LinkManager.currentLink = undefined;
@@ -28,33 +30,38 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
                     this.DeselectAll();
                 }
 
-                manager.SelectedViews.set(docView, docView.rootDoc);
+                manager.SelectedViews.push(docView);
+                manager.SelectedViewsMap.set(docView, docView.rootDoc);
                 docView.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(true);
-            } else if (!ctrlPressed && (Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.entries()).length > 1 || manager.SelectedSchemaDocument)) {
-                Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.keys()).map(dv => dv !== docView && dv.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(false));
+            } else if (!ctrlPressed && (Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.entries()).length > 1 || manager.SelectedSchemaDocument)) {
+                Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.keys()).map(dv => dv !== docView && dv.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(false));
                 manager.SelectedSchemaDocument = undefined;
-                manager.SelectedViews.clear();
-                manager.SelectedViews.set(docView, docView.rootDoc);
+                manager.SelectedViews.length = 0;
+                manager.SelectedViewsMap.clear();
+                manager.SelectedViews.push(docView);
+                manager.SelectedViewsMap.set(docView, docView.rootDoc);
             }
         }
         @action
-        DeselectView(docView: DocumentView): void {
-            if (manager.SelectedViews.get(docView)) {
-                manager.SelectedViews.delete(docView);
+        DeselectView(docView?: DocumentView): void {
+            if (docView && manager.SelectedViewsMap.get(docView)) {
+                manager.SelectedViewsMap.delete(docView);
+                manager.SelectedViews.splice(manager.SelectedViews.indexOf(docView), 1);
                 docView.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(false);
             }
         }
         @action
         DeselectAll(): void {
             manager.SelectedSchemaDocument = undefined;
-            Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.keys()).forEach(dv => dv.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(false));
-            manager.SelectedViews.clear();
+            Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.keys()).forEach(dv => dv.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(false));
+            manager.SelectedViewsMap.clear();
+            manager.SelectedViews.length = 0;
         }
     }
 
     const manager = new Manager();
 
-    export function DeselectView(docView: DocumentView): void {
+    export function DeselectView(docView?: DocumentView): void {
         manager.DeselectView(docView);
     }
     export function SelectView(docView: DocumentView, ctrlPressed: boolean): void {
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
 
     const IsSelectedCache = computedFn(function isSelected(doc: DocumentView) {
         // wrapping get() in a computedFn only generates mobx() invalidations when the return value of the function for the specific get parameters has changed
-        return manager.SelectedViews.get(doc) ? true : false;
+        return manager.SelectedViewsMap.get(doc) ? true : false;
     });
     // computed functions, such as used in IsSelected generate errors if they're called outside of a
     // reaction context.  Specifying the context with 'outsideReaction' allows an efficiency feature
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
         return !doc
             ? false
             : outsideReaction
-            ? manager.SelectedViews.get(doc)
+            ? manager.SelectedViewsMap.get(doc)
                 ? true
                 : false // get() accesses a hashtable -- setting anything in the hashtable generates a mobx invalidation for every get()
             : IsSelectedCache(doc);
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
     export function DeselectAll(except?: Doc): void {
         let found: DocumentView | undefined = undefined;
         if (except) {
-            for (const view of Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.keys())) {
+            for (const view of Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.keys())) {
                 if (view.props.Document === except) found = view;
             }
         }
@@ -95,13 +102,15 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
     }
 
     export function Views(): Array<DocumentView> {
-        return Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.keys()); //.filter(dv => manager.SelectedViews.get(dv)?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking);
+        return manager.SelectedViews;
+        // Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.keys()); //.filter(dv => manager.SelectedViews.get(dv)?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking);
     }
     export function SelectedSchemaDoc(): Doc | undefined {
         return manager.SelectedSchemaDocument;
     }
     export function Docs(): Doc[] {
-        return Array.from(manager.SelectedViews.values()).filter(doc => doc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking);
+        return manager.SelectedViews.map(dv => dv.rootDoc).filter(doc => doc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking);
+        // Array.from(manager.SelectedViewsMap.values()).filter(doc => doc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking);
     }
 }
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function SelectionManager_selectedDocType(type: string, expertMode: boolean, checkContext?: boolean) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarousel3DView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarousel3DView.tsx
index 01f41869e..57ff1b292 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarousel3DView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarousel3DView.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { OmitKeys, returnFalse, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
-import "./CollectionCarousel3DView.scss";
+import './CollectionCarousel3DView.scss';
 import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
 
 @observer
@@ -20,134 +20,143 @@ export class CollectionCarousel3DView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     private _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
 
-    componentWillUnmount() { this._dropDisposer?.(); }
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this._dropDisposer?.();
+    }
 
-    protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => { //used for stacking and masonry view
+    protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+        //used for stacking and masonry view
         this._dropDisposer?.();
         if (ele) {
             this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.layoutDoc);
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     panelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / 3;
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() * 0.6;
     onChildDoubleClick = () => ScriptCast(this.layoutDoc.onChildDoubleClick);
+    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isChildContentActive = () => (this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
+
     @computed get content() {
         const currentIndex = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex);
-        const displayDoc = (childPair: { layout: Doc, data: Doc }) => {
-            return <DocumentView  {...OmitKeys(this.props, ["NativeWidth", "NativeHeight", "childLayoutTemplate", "childLayoutString"]).omit}
-                onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClick}
-                renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
-                LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
-                Document={childPair.layout}
-                DataDoc={childPair.data}
-                PanelWidth={this.panelWidth}
-                PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
-                bringToFront={returnFalse}
-            />;
+        const displayDoc = (childPair: { layout: Doc; data: Doc }) => {
+            return (
+                <DocumentView
+                    {...OmitKeys(this.props, ['NativeWidth', 'NativeHeight', 'childLayoutTemplate', 'childLayoutString']).omit}
+                    onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClick}
+                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
+                    LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
+                    Document={childPair.layout}
+                    DataDoc={childPair.data}
+                    isContentActive={this.isChildContentActive}
+                    isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
+                    PanelWidth={this.panelWidth}
+                    PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
+                    bringToFront={returnFalse}
+                />
+            );
         };
 
-        return (this.childLayoutPairs.map((childPair, index) => {
+        return this.childLayoutPairs.map((childPair, index) => {
             return (
-                <div key={childPair.layout[Id]}
-                    className={`collectionCarousel3DView-item${index === currentIndex ? "-active" : ""} ${index}`}
-                    style={index === currentIndex ?
-                        { opacity: '1', transform: 'scale(1.3)', width: this.panelWidth() } :
-                        { opacity: '0.5', transform: 'scale(0.6)', userSelect: 'none', width: this.panelWidth() }}>
+                <div
+                    key={childPair.layout[Id]}
+                    className={`collectionCarousel3DView-item${index === currentIndex ? '-active' : ''} ${index}`}
+                    style={index === currentIndex ? { opacity: '1', transform: 'scale(1.3)', width: this.panelWidth() } : { opacity: '0.5', transform: 'scale(0.6)', userSelect: 'none', width: this.panelWidth() }}>
                     {displayDoc(childPair)}
-                </div>);
-        }));
+                </div>
+            );
+        });
     }
 
     changeSlide = (direction: number) => {
         this.layoutDoc._itemIndex = (NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex) + direction + this.childLayoutPairs.length) % this.childLayoutPairs.length;
-    }
+    };
 
     onArrowClick = (e: React.MouseEvent, direction: number) => {
         e.stopPropagation();
         this.changeSlide(direction);
-        !this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn && (this.layoutDoc.showScrollButton = (direction === 1) ? "fwd" : "back"); // while autoscroll is on, keep the other autoscroll button hidden
+        !this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn && (this.layoutDoc.showScrollButton = direction === 1 ? 'fwd' : 'back'); // while autoscroll is on, keep the other autoscroll button hidden
         !this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn && this.fadeScrollButton(); // keep pause button visible while autoscroll is on
-    }
+    };
 
     interval?: number;
     startAutoScroll = (direction: number) => {
         this.interval = window.setInterval(() => {
             this.changeSlide(direction);
         }, this.scrollSpeed);
-    }
+    };
 
     stopAutoScroll = () => {
         window.clearInterval(this.interval);
         this.interval = undefined;
         this.fadeScrollButton();
-    }
+    };
 
     toggleAutoScroll = (direction: number) => {
         this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn = this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? false : true;
         this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? this.startAutoScroll(direction) : this.stopAutoScroll();
-    }
+    };
 
     fadeScrollButton = () => {
         window.setTimeout(() => {
-            !this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn && (this.layoutDoc.showScrollButton = "none"); //fade away after 1.5s if it's not clicked.
+            !this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn && (this.layoutDoc.showScrollButton = 'none'); //fade away after 1.5s if it's not clicked.
         }, 1500);
-    }
+    };
 
     @computed get buttons() {
         if (!this.props.isContentActive()) return null;
-        return <div className="arrow-buttons" >
-            <div key="back" className="carousel3DView-back" style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }}
-                onClick={(e) => this.onArrowClick(e, -1)}
-            >
-                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"angle-left"} size={"2x"} />
-            </div>
-            <div key="fwd" className="carousel3DView-fwd" style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }}
-                onClick={(e) => this.onArrowClick(e, 1)}
-            >
-                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"angle-right"} size={"2x"} />
+        return (
+            <div className="arrow-buttons">
+                <div key="back" className="carousel3DView-back" style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }} onClick={e => this.onArrowClick(e, -1)}>
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'angle-left'} size={'2x'} />
+                </div>
+                <div key="fwd" className="carousel3DView-fwd" style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }} onClick={e => this.onArrowClick(e, 1)}>
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'angle-right'} size={'2x'} />
+                </div>
+                {this.autoScrollButton}
             </div>
-            {this.autoScrollButton}
-        </div>;
+        );
     }
 
     @computed get autoScrollButton() {
         const whichButton = this.layoutDoc.showScrollButton;
-        return <>
-            <div className={`carousel3DView-back-scroll${whichButton === "back" ? "" : "-hidden"}`} style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }}
-                onClick={() => this.toggleAutoScroll(-1)}>
-                {this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"pause"} size={"1x"} /> : <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"angle-double-left"} size={"1x"} />}
-            </div>
-            <div className={`carousel3DView-fwd-scroll${whichButton === "fwd" ? "" : "-hidden"}`} style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }}
-                onClick={() => this.toggleAutoScroll(1)}>
-                {this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"pause"} size={"1x"} /> : <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"angle-double-right"} size={"1x"} />}
-            </div>
-        </>;
+        return (
+            <>
+                <div className={`carousel3DView-back-scroll${whichButton === 'back' ? '' : '-hidden'}`} style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }} onClick={() => this.toggleAutoScroll(-1)}>
+                    {this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'pause'} size={'1x'} /> : <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'angle-double-left'} size={'1x'} />}
+                </div>
+                <div className={`carousel3DView-fwd-scroll${whichButton === 'fwd' ? '' : '-hidden'}`} style={{ background: `${StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor)}` }} onClick={() => this.toggleAutoScroll(1)}>
+                    {this.layoutDoc.autoScrollOn ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'pause'} size={'1x'} /> : <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'angle-double-right'} size={'1x'} />}
+                </div>
+            </>
+        );
     }
 
     @computed get dots() {
-        return (this.childLayoutPairs.map((_child, index) =>
-            <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className={`dot${index === NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex) ? "-active" : ""}`}
-                onClick={() => this.layoutDoc._itemIndex = index} />));
+        return this.childLayoutPairs.map((_child, index) => <div key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className={`dot${index === NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex) ? '-active' : ''}`} onClick={() => (this.layoutDoc._itemIndex = index)} />);
     }
 
     render() {
         const index = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._itemIndex);
         const translateX = this.panelWidth() * (1 - index);
 
-        return <div className="collectionCarousel3DView-outer" ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-            style={{
-                background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                color: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.Color),
-            }}  >
-            <div className="carousel-wrapper" style={{ transform: `translateX(${translateX}px)` }}>
-                {this.content}
-            </div>
-            {this.props.Document._chromeHidden ? (null) : this.buttons}
-            <div className="dot-bar">
-                {this.dots}
+        return (
+            <div
+                className="collectionCarousel3DView-outer"
+                ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
+                style={{
+                    background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+                    color: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.Color),
+                }}>
+                <div className="carousel-wrapper" style={{ transform: `translateX(${translateX}px)` }}>
+                    {this.content}
+                </div>
+                {this.props.Document._chromeHidden ? null : this.buttons}
+                <div className="dot-bar">{this.dots}</div>
             </div>
-        </div>;
+        );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index eafa50d27..51624689e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         return StrCast(this.rootDoc.childLayoutString, this.props.childLayoutString);
     }
 
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isContentActive();
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isContentActive() || this.isAnyChildContentActive();
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
index fa0695fb2..81b0c4d8a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLayoutEngines.tsx
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ export function computeStarburstLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc
             zIndex: NumCast(layout.zIndex),
             pair: { layout, data },
             replica: '',
+            color: 'white',
+            backgroundColor: 'white',
         });
     });
     const divider = { type: 'div', color: 'transparent', x: -burstRadius[0], y: 0, width: 15, height: 15, payload: undefined };
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ function normalizeResults(
         .map(ele => {
             const newPosRaw = ele[1];
             if (newPosRaw) {
-                const newPos = {
+                const newPos: PoolData = {
                     x: newPosRaw.x * scale,
                     y: newPosRaw.y * scale,
                     z: newPosRaw.z,
@@ -417,6 +419,9 @@ function normalizeResults(
                     zIndex: newPosRaw.zIndex,
                     width: (newPosRaw.width || 0) * scale,
                     height: newPosRaw.height! * scale,
+                    backgroundColor: newPosRaw.backgroundColor,
+                    opacity: newPosRaw.opacity,
+                    color: newPosRaw.color,
                     pair: ele[1].pair,
                 };
                 poolData.set(newPos.pair.layout[Id] + (newPos.replica || ''), { transition: 'all 1s', ...newPos });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 3a8edb1a5..4f81af95d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1291,10 +1291,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     };
     pointerEvents = () => {
         const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
-        const pointerEvents =
-            this.props.isContentActive() === false || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting
-                ? 'none'
-                : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+        const pointerEvents = DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting
+            ? 'none'
+            : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
         return pointerEvents;
     };
     getChildDocView(entry: PoolData) {
@@ -1995,7 +1994,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         TraceMobx();
         return (
             <div
-                className={'collectionfreeformview-container'}
+                className="collectionfreeformview-container"
                 ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
                 onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
                 onClick={this.onClick}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu.tsx
index 9581563ce..c9168d40a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { unimplementedFunction } from '../../../../Utils';
-import { DocumentType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
-import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { AntimodeMenu, AntimodeMenuProps } from '../../AntimodeMenu';
 
 @observer
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 88d045fa7..b73b1d779 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import { action, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
-import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionMulticolumnView.scss';
 import ResizeBar from './MulticolumnResizer';
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index f18917bef..0cca83803 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import { action, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
-import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionMultirowView.scss';
 import HeightLabel from './MultirowHeightLabel';
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 151e6cbef..ad31113a2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import React = require('react');
-import { action, computed, observable, ObservableMap, ObservableSet, untracked } from 'mobx';
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { action, computed, observable, ObservableMap, trace, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, StrListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../../fields/RichTextField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../../fields/Schema';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTransparent, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
@@ -17,18 +19,14 @@ import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
-import { DocComponentView, DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
+import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
+import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 import { SchemaColumnHeader } from './SchemaColumnHeader';
 import { SchemaRowBox } from './SchemaRowBox';
-import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../../StyleProvider';
-import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
-import { ScriptField } from '../../../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { IconButton } from 'browndash-components';
-import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
 
 export enum ColumnType {
     Number,
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ const defaultColumnKeys: string[] = ['title', 'type', 'author', 'creationDate',
 @observer
 export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _ref: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
-    private _selectedDocSortedArray: Doc[] = [];
     private _closestDropIndex: number = 0;
     private _previewRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     private _makeNewColumn: boolean = false;
@@ -53,13 +50,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     public static _rowMenuWidth: number = 100;
     public static _previewDividerWidth: number = 4;
 
-    @observable _lastSelectedRow: number | undefined;
     @computed get _selectedDocs() {
-        return new Set(SelectionManager.Docs().filter(doc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(doc.context), this.props.Document)));
+        return SelectionManager.Docs().filter(doc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(doc.context), this.props.Document));
     }
     @observable _rowEles: ObservableMap = new ObservableMap<Doc, HTMLDivElement>();
     @observable _colEles: HTMLDivElement[] = [];
-    @observable _isDragging: boolean = false;
     @observable _displayColumnWidths: number[] | undefined;
     @observable _columnMenuIndex: number | undefined;
     @observable _menuOptions: string[] = [];
@@ -133,7 +128,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.props.setContentView?.(this as DocComponentView);
+        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
         document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown);
     }
 
@@ -143,24 +138,36 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @action
     onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-        if (this._selectedDocs.size > 0) {
-            if (e.key == 'ArrowDown') {
-                const lastDoc = Array.from(this._selectedDocs.values()).lastElement();
-                const lastIndex = this.rowIndex(lastDoc);
-                if (lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < this.childDocs.length - 1) {
-                    !e.shiftKey && this.clearSelection();
-                    const newDoc = this.childDocs[lastIndex + 1];
-                    this.addDocToSelection(newDoc, e.shiftKey, lastIndex + 1);
-                }
-            }
-            if (e.key == 'ArrowUp') {
-                const firstDoc = Array.from(this._selectedDocs.values())[0];
-                const firstIndex = this.rowIndex(firstDoc);
-                if (firstIndex > 0 && firstIndex < this.childDocs.length) {
-                    !e.shiftKey && this.clearSelection();
-                    const newDoc = this.childDocs[firstIndex - 1];
-                    this.addDocToSelection(newDoc, e.shiftKey, firstIndex - 1);
-                }
+        if (this._selectedDocs.length > 0) {
+            switch (e.key) {
+                case 'ArrowDown':
+                    {
+                        const lastDoc = this._selectedDocs.lastElement();
+                        const lastIndex = this.rowIndex(lastDoc);
+                        const curDoc = this.childDocs[lastIndex];
+                        if (lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < this.childDocs.length - 1) {
+                            !e.shiftKey && this.clearSelection();
+                            const newDoc = this.childDocs[lastIndex + 1];
+                            if (this._selectedDocs.includes(newDoc)) SelectionManager.DeselectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(curDoc));
+                            else this.addDocToSelection(newDoc, e.shiftKey, lastIndex + 1);
+                        }
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case 'ArrowUp':
+                    {
+                        const firstDoc = this._selectedDocs.lastElement();
+                        const firstIndex = this.rowIndex(firstDoc);
+                        const curDoc = this.childDocs[firstIndex];
+                        if (firstIndex > 0 && firstIndex < this.childDocs.length) {
+                            !e.shiftKey && this.clearSelection();
+                            const newDoc = this.childDocs[firstIndex - 1];
+                            if (this._selectedDocs.includes(newDoc)) SelectionManager.DeselectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(curDoc));
+                            else this.addDocToSelection(newDoc, e.shiftKey, firstIndex - 1);
+                        }
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+                    }
+                    break;
             }
         }
     };
@@ -326,60 +333,25 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     addDocToSelection = (doc: Doc, extendSelection: boolean, index: number) => {
         const rowDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
         if (rowDocView) SelectionManager.SelectView(rowDocView, extendSelection);
-        this._lastSelectedRow = index;
-    };
-
-    @action
-    removeDocFromSelection = (doc: Doc) => {
-        const rowDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
-        if (rowDocView) SelectionManager.DeselectView(rowDocView);
-        if (this._selectedDocs.size === 0) {
-            this._lastSelectedRow = undefined;
-        }
     };
 
     @action
-    clearSelection = () => {
-        SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        this._lastSelectedRow = undefined;
-    };
-
-    rowOnClickScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction('scriptContext.selectRow(self, shiftKey, ctrlKey || metaKey)', { scriptContext: 'any', shiftKey: 'boolean', ctrlKey: 'boolean', metaKey: 'boolean' })!;
-
-    @action
-    selectRow = (doc: Doc, shift: boolean, ctrl: boolean) => {
-        const index = this.childDocs.indexOf(doc);
-        if (index < 0) return;
-        if (shift && this._lastSelectedRow !== undefined) {
-            const startRow = Math.min(this._lastSelectedRow, index);
-            const endRow = Math.max(this._lastSelectedRow, index);
-            for (let i = startRow; i <= endRow; i++) {
-                const currDoc = this.childDocs[i];
-                if (!this._selectedDocs.has(currDoc)) this.addDocToSelection(currDoc, true, i);
-            }
-            this._lastSelectedRow = index;
-        } else if (ctrl) {
-            if (!this._selectedDocs.has(doc)) {
-                this.addDocToSelection(doc, true, index);
-            } else {
-                this.removeDocFromSelection(doc);
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (!this._selectedDocs.has(doc)) {
-                this.clearSelection();
-                this.addDocToSelection(doc, false, index);
-            }
+    clearSelection = () => SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
+
+    selectRows = (rootDoc: Doc, lastSelected: Doc) => {
+        const index = this.childDocs.indexOf(rootDoc);
+        const lastSelectedRow = this.childDocs.indexOf(lastSelected);
+        const startRow = Math.min(lastSelectedRow, index);
+        const endRow = Math.max(lastSelectedRow, index);
+        for (let i = startRow; i <= endRow; i++) {
+            const currDoc = this.childDocs[i];
+            if (!this._selectedDocs.includes(currDoc)) this.addDocToSelection(currDoc, true, i);
         }
     };
 
-    @action
-    sortedSelectedDocs = (): Doc[] => {
-        return this.childDocs.filter(doc => this._selectedDocs.has(doc));
-    };
+    sortedSelectedDocs = () => this.childDocs.filter(doc => this._selectedDocs.includes(doc));
 
-    setDropIndex = (index: number) => {
-        this._closestDropIndex = index;
-    };
+    setDropIndex = (index: number) => (this._closestDropIndex = index);
 
     @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
@@ -394,17 +366,20 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 return total + curr;
             }, CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
             this.swapColumns(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, i);
+            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
-        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
-            this._isDragging = false;
-            const pushedDocs: Doc[] = this.childDocs.filter((doc: Doc, index: number) => index >= this._closestDropIndex && !this._selectedDocs.has(doc));
+        const draggedDocs = de.complete.docDragData?.draggedDocuments;
+        if (draggedDocs && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            const pushedDocs = this.childDocs.filter((doc, index) => index >= this._closestDropIndex && !draggedDocs.includes(doc));
             this.props.removeDocument?.(pushedDocs);
-            this.props.removeDocument?.(this._selectedDocSortedArray);
-            this.addDocument(this._selectedDocSortedArray);
+            this.props.removeDocument?.(draggedDocs);
+            this.addDocument(draggedDocs);
             this.addDocument(pushedDocs);
             this.setSort(undefined);
-            this.clearSelection();
+            SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
+            setTimeout(() => draggedDocs.forEach(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => dv.select(true))), 100);
+            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -412,46 +387,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @action
     onExternalDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
-        super.onExternalDrop(
-            e,
-            {},
-            undoBatch(
-                action(docus => {
-                    this._isDragging = false;
-                    docus.map((doc: Doc) => {
-                        this.addDocument(doc);
-                    });
-                })
-            )
-        );
+        super.onExternalDrop(e, {}, undoBatch(action(docus => docus.map((doc: Doc) => this.addDocument(doc)))));
         this.setSort(undefined);
     };
 
-    @action
-    startDrag = (e: PointerEvent, doc: Doc, index: number) => {
-        if (!this._selectedDocs.has(doc)) {
-            this.clearSelection();
-            this.addDocToSelection(doc, false, index);
-        }
-        this._isDragging = true;
-        this._selectedDocSortedArray = this.sortedSelectedDocs();
-        const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(this._selectedDocSortedArray, 'move');
-        dragData.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
-        const dragItem: HTMLElement[] = Array.from(this._selectedDocs.values()).map((doc: Doc) => this._rowEles.get(doc));
-
-        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(
-            dragItem.map(ele => ele),
-            dragData,
-            e.clientX,
-            e.clientY,
-            undefined
-        );
-        return true;
-    };
-
-    onDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onDividerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
-    };
+    onDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onDividerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
 
     @action
     onDividerMove = (e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
@@ -557,9 +497,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return undefined;
     };
 
-    isChildContentActive = () =>
-        this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && (this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || BoolCast(this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive)) ? true : this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() === false || this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive === false ? false : undefined;
-
     @computed get fieldDefaultInput() {
         switch (this._newFieldType) {
             case ColumnType.Number:
@@ -644,23 +581,17 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
             description: 'Change field',
-            event: () => {
-                this.openColumnMenu(index, false);
-            },
+            event: () => this.openColumnMenu(index, false),
             icon: 'pencil-alt',
         });
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
             description: 'Filter field',
-            event: () => {
-                this.openFilterMenu(index);
-            },
+            event: () => this.openFilterMenu(index),
             icon: 'filter',
         });
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
             description: 'Delete column',
-            event: () => {
-                this.removeColumn(index);
-            },
+            event: () => this.removeColumn(index),
             icon: 'trash',
         });
         ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y, undefined, false);
@@ -672,9 +603,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this._menuOptions = this.documentKeys.filter(value => value.toLowerCase().includes(this._menuValue.toLowerCase()));
     };
 
-    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => {
-        return StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
-    };
+    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
 
     removeFieldFilters = (field: string) => {
         this.getFieldFilters(field).forEach(filter => {
@@ -694,9 +623,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     @action
-    updateFilterSearch = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-        this._filterValue = e.target.value;
-    };
+    updateFilterSearch = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => (this._filterValue = e.target.value);
 
     @computed get newFieldMenu() {
         return (
@@ -705,7 +632,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     <input
                         type="radio"
                         name="newFieldType"
-                        id=""
                         checked={this._newFieldType == ColumnType.Number}
                         onChange={action(() => {
                             this._newFieldType = ColumnType.Number;
@@ -718,7 +644,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     <input
                         type="radio"
                         name="newFieldType"
-                        id=""
                         checked={this._newFieldType == ColumnType.Boolean}
                         onChange={action(() => {
                             this._newFieldType = ColumnType.Boolean;
@@ -731,7 +656,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     <input
                         type="radio"
                         name="newFieldType"
-                        id=""
                         checked={this._newFieldType == ColumnType.String}
                         onChange={action(() => {
                             this._newFieldType = ColumnType.String;
@@ -880,13 +804,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         );
     }
 
-    tableWidthFunc = () => this.tableWidth;
-    rowHeightFunc = () => CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight;
-    rowClickScriptFunc = () => this.rowOnClickScript;
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive();
     screenToLocal = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.tableWidth, 0);
     previewWidthFunc = () => this.previewWidth;
     render() {
+        trace();
         return (
             <div
                 className="collectionSchemaView"
@@ -894,6 +816,12 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     this._ref = ele;
                     this.createDashEventsTarget(ele);
                 }}
+                onPointerDown={e => {
+                    // this is analogous to the panning code for a freeform view.
+                    // however, schema views don't pan so it does nothing.  but it does eat the pointerDown event
+                    // if the content is active to prevent the schema from being dragged
+                    this.isContentActive() && setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, emptyFunction, false);
+                }}
                 onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}>
                 <div className="schema-table">
                     <div className="schema-header-row" style={{ height: CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight }}>
@@ -927,53 +855,16 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     </div>
                     {this._columnMenuIndex !== undefined && this.renderColumnMenu}
                     {this._filterColumnIndex !== undefined && this.renderFilterMenu}
-                    <div className="schema-table-content">
-                        {this.childDocs.map((doc: Doc, index: number) => {
-                            const dataDoc = !doc.isTemplateDoc && !doc.isTemplateForField && !doc.PARAMS ? undefined : this.props.DataDoc;
-                            let dref: Opt<DocumentView>;
-                            return (
-                                <div className="schema-row-wrapper" style={{ maxHeight: CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight }}>
-                                    <DocumentView
-                                        {...this.props}
-                                        ref={r => (dref = r || undefined)}
-                                        LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
-                                        LayoutTemplateString={SchemaRowBox.LayoutString(this.props.fieldKey)}
-                                        Document={doc}
-                                        DataDoc={dataDoc}
-                                        ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
-                                        ContainingCollectionDoc={this.Document}
-                                        PanelWidth={this.tableWidthFunc}
-                                        PanelHeight={this.rowHeightFunc}
-                                        styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                                        focus={this.focusDocument}
-                                        docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                                        docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
-                                        searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                                        rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                                        ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                                        bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                                        isDocumentActive={this.isContentActive}
-                                        isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                                        hideDecorations={true}
-                                        hideTitle={true}
-                                        hideDocumentButtonBar={true}
-                                        hideLinkAnchors={true}
-                                        fitWidth={returnTrue}
-                                        onClick={this.rowClickScriptFunc}
-                                        scriptContext={this}
-                                    />
-                                </div>
-                            );
-                        })}
-                    </div>
+                    <CollectionSchemaViewDocs schema={this} />
+
                     <EditableView GetValue={returnEmptyString} SetValue={this.addNewTextDoc} placeholder={"Type ':' for commands"} contents={'+ New Node'} menuCallback={this.menuCallback} />
                 </div>
                 {this.previewWidth > 0 && <div className="schema-preview-divider" style={{ width: CollectionSchemaView._previewDividerWidth }} onPointerDown={this.onDividerDown}></div>}
                 {this.previewWidth > 0 && (
                     <div style={{ width: `${this.previewWidth}px` }} ref={ref => (this._previewRef = ref)}>
-                        {this._lastSelectedRow !== undefined && (
+                        {Array.from(this._selectedDocs).lastElement() && (
                             <DocumentView
-                                Document={this.childDocs[this._lastSelectedRow]}
+                                Document={Array.from(this._selectedDocs).lastElement()}
                                 DataDoc={undefined}
                                 fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                                 dontCenter={'y'}
@@ -1007,3 +898,54 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         );
     }
 }
+
+interface CollectionSchemaViewDocsProps {
+    schema: CollectionSchemaView;
+}
+
+@observer
+class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsProps> {
+    tableWidthFunc = () => this.props.schema.tableWidth;
+    rowHeightFunc = () => CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight;
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div className="schema-table-content">
+                {this.props.schema.childDocs.map((doc: Doc, index: number) => {
+                    const dataDoc = !doc.isTemplateDoc && !doc.isTemplateForField && !doc.PARAMS ? undefined : this.props.schema.props.DataDoc;
+                    return (
+                        <div className="schema-row-wrapper" style={{ maxHeight: CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight }}>
+                            <DocumentView
+                                {...this.props.schema.props}
+                                LayoutTemplate={this.props.schema.props.childLayoutTemplate}
+                                LayoutTemplateString={SchemaRowBox.LayoutString(this.props.schema.props.fieldKey)}
+                                Document={doc}
+                                DataDoc={dataDoc}
+                                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.schema.props.CollectionView}
+                                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.schema.Document}
+                                PanelWidth={this.tableWidthFunc}
+                                PanelHeight={this.rowHeightFunc}
+                                styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
+                                focus={this.props.schema.focusDocument}
+                                docFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
+                                docRangeFilters={this.props.schema.childDocRangeFilters}
+                                searchFilterDocs={this.props.schema.searchFilterDocs}
+                                rootSelected={this.props.schema.rootSelected}
+                                ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
+                                bringToFront={emptyFunction}
+                                isDocumentActive={this.props.schema.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.schema.props.isDocumentActive : this.props.schema.isContentActive}
+                                isContentActive={emptyFunction}
+                                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={active => this.props.schema.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged(active)}
+                                hideDecorations={true}
+                                hideTitle={true}
+                                hideDocumentButtonBar={true}
+                                hideLinkAnchors={true}
+                                fitWidth={returnTrue}
+                                scriptContext={this}
+                            />
+                        </div>
+                    );
+                })}
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 87284be70..0c8c0ee59 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React = require('react');
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, computed } from 'mobx';
+import { computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import { emptyFunction, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from '../../DocComponent';
 import { Colors } from '../../global/globalEnums';
@@ -36,24 +36,30 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         return this.schemaView?.rowIndex(this.rootDoc) ?? -1;
     }
 
-    @action
-    onRowPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        if (!this.isContentActive()) return;
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, e => this.schemaView?.startDrag(e, this.rootDoc, this.rowIndex) ?? true, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
+    componentDidMount(): void {
+        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
+    }
+
+    select = (ctrlKey: boolean, shiftKey: boolean) => {
+        if (!this.schemaView) return;
+        const lastSelected = Array.from(this.schemaView._selectedDocs).lastElement();
+        if (shiftKey && lastSelected) this.schemaView.selectRows(this.rootDoc, lastSelected);
+        else {
+            this.props.select?.(ctrlKey);
+        }
     };
 
     onPointerEnter = (e: any) => {
-        if (!this.schemaView?._isDragging) return;
+        //if (!this.schemaView?._isDragging) return;
+        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
         document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
     };
 
     onPointerMove = (e: any) => {
-        if (!this.schemaView?._isDragging) return;
-        let dragIsRow: boolean = true;
-        DragManager.docsBeingDragged.forEach(doc => {
-            dragIsRow = this.schemaView?._selectedDocs.has(doc) ?? false;
-        });
+        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
+        const dragIsRow = DragManager.docsBeingDragged.some(doc => doc.context === this.schemaDoc); //  this.schemaView?._selectedDocs.has(doc) ?? false;
+
         if (this._ref && dragIsRow) {
             const rect = this._ref.getBoundingClientRect();
             const y = e.clientY - rect.top; //y position within the element.
@@ -88,7 +94,6 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         ? { height: CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight, backgroundColor: Colors.LIGHT_BLUE, pointerEvents: this.schemaView?.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined /*, opacity: this.props.dragging ? 0.5 : 1 */ }
                         : { height: CollectionSchemaView._rowHeight, pointerEvents: this.schemaView?.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined }
                 }
-                onPointerDown={this.onRowPointerDown}
                 onPointerEnter={this.onPointerEnter}
                 onPointerLeave={this.onPointerLeave}
                 ref={(row: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss
index 724394025..f99011b8f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.scss
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     touch-action: manipulation;
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
-    pointer-events: none;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    //pointer-events: none;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index c13934945..1f717932e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export interface DocComponentView {
     addDocTab?: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean; // determines how to add a document - used in following links to open the target ina local lightbox
     reverseNativeScaling?: () => boolean; // DocumentView's setup screenToLocal based on the doc having a nativeWidth/Height.  However, some content views (e.g., FreeFormView w/ fitContentsToBox set) may ignore the native dimensions so this flags the DocumentView to not do Nativre scaling.
     shrinkWrap?: () => void; // requests a document to display all of its contents with no white space.  currently only implemented (needed?) for freeform views
+    select?: (ctrlKey: boolean, shiftKey: boolean) => void;
     menuControls?: () => JSX.Element; // controls to display in the top menu bar when the document is selected.
     isAnyChildContentActive?: () => boolean; // is any child content of the document active
     getKeyFrameEditing?: () => boolean; // whether the document is in keyframe editing mode (if it is, then all hidden documents that are not active at the keyframe time will still be shown)
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewInternalProps extends DocumentViewProps {
     NativeHeight: () => number;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isHovering: () => boolean;
-    select: (ctrlPressed: boolean) => void;
+    select: (ctrlPressed: boolean, shiftPress?: boolean) => void;
     DocumentView: () => DocumentView;
     viewPath: () => DocumentView[];
 }
@@ -538,7 +539,9 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
     startDragging(x: number, y: number, dropAction: dropActionType, hideSource = false) {
         if (this._mainCont.current) {
-            const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([this.props.Document]);
+            const views = SelectionManager.Views().filter(dv => dv.docView?._mainCont.current);
+            const selected = views.some(dv => dv.rootDoc === this.Document) ? views : [this.props.DocumentView()];
+            const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(selected.map(dv => dv.rootDoc));
             const [left, top] = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().scale(this.NativeDimScaling).inverse().transformPoint(0, 0);
             dragData.offset = this.props
                 .ScreenToLocalTransform()
@@ -551,8 +554,13 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             dragData.canEmbed = this.props.canEmbedOnDrag;
             const ffview = this.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
             ffview && runInAction(() => (ffview.ChildDrag = this.props.DocumentView()));
-            DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._mainCont.current], dragData, x, y, { hideSource: hideSource || (!dropAction && !this.layoutDoc.onDragStart && !this.props.dontHideOnDrag) }, () =>
-                setTimeout(action(() => ffview && (ffview.ChildDrag = undefined)))
+            DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(
+                selected.map(dv => dv.docView!._mainCont.current!),
+                dragData,
+                x,
+                y,
+                { hideSource: hideSource || (!dropAction && !this.layoutDoc.onDragStart && !this.props.dontHideOnDrag) },
+                () => setTimeout(action(() => ffview && (ffview.ChildDrag = undefined)))
             ); // this needs to happen after the drop event is processed.
             ffview?.setupDragLines(false);
         }
@@ -659,7 +667,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                         }),
                         350
                     );
-                    this.props.select(e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey);
+                    (this._componentView?.select ?? this.props.select)(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.shiftKey);
                 }
                 preventDefault = false;
             }
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 5cd64622f14ede408d3baca4a10d155b60392e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:22:07 -0400
Subject: lots of changes to get rid of ContainingCollectionDoc and
 ContainingCollectionView props.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  8 +--
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                |  2 +-
 src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts                 | 83 ++++++++++------------
 src/client/util/DragManager.ts                     |  4 +-
 .../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx    |  6 +-
 src/client/util/ReplayMovements.ts                 | 64 ++++++-----------
 src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts                |  6 +-
 src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx                 |  5 +-
 src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts                  | 36 +++++-----
 src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx                 | 17 ++---
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |  1 -
 src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx           |  8 +--
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                |  4 +-
 src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts            |  3 +-
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                  |  4 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      | 20 ++----
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   | 10 +--
 src/client/views/Palette.tsx                       | 31 ++++----
 src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx  | 22 ++++--
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |  2 -
 src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx                 | 11 ++-
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  2 -
 .../views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx   |  1 -
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |  6 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx |  4 --
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       |  2 +-
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      |  2 -
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  4 --
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       | 10 +--
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  5 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |  6 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          | 54 ++++++--------
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 31 ++++----
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      |  5 +-
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |  2 -
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |  2 -
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      |  6 +-
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx  |  2 +-
 .../collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx           |  2 -
 src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx          | 21 +-----
 src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx             |  4 +-
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx |  7 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx    |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx     |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            | 12 ++--
 src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx               |  1 +
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx            |  2 -
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx          |  4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx           |  5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx      |  4 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx      |  7 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx    |  5 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx | 20 ++++--
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   | 27 ++++---
 src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx                 | 51 ++-----------
 src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx                         | 76 ++++++++++----------
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |  4 +-
 58 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 456 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 8d97ce5af..09b45a481 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -1285,10 +1285,6 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         return rangeFilteredDocs;
     }
 
-    export function DefaultFocus(doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) {
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
     export let ActiveRecordings: { props: FieldViewProps; getAnchor: (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => Doc }[] = [];
 
     export function MakeLinkToActiveAudio(getSourceDoc: () => Doc | undefined, broadcastEvent = true) {
@@ -1299,10 +1295,9 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         });
     }
 
-    export function MakeLink(source: Doc, target: Doc, linkSettings: { linkRelationship?: string; description?: string; linkDisplay?: boolean }, id?: string, allowParCollectionLink?: boolean, showPopup?: number[]) {
+    export function MakeLink(source: Doc, target: Doc, linkSettings: { linkRelationship?: string; description?: string; linkDisplay?: boolean }, id?: string, showPopup?: number[]) {
         if (!linkSettings.linkRelationship) linkSettings.linkRelationship = target.type === DocumentType.RTF ? 'Commentary:Comments On' : 'link';
         const sv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(source);
-        if (!allowParCollectionLink && sv?.props.ContainingCollectionDoc === target) return;
         if (target.doc === Doc.UserDoc()) return undefined;
 
         const makeLink = action((linkDoc: Doc, showPopup?: number[]) => {
@@ -1371,7 +1366,6 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                         value: 'any',
                         _readOnly_: 'boolean',
                         scriptContext: 'any',
-                        thisContainer: Doc.name,
                         documentView: Doc.name,
                         heading: Doc.name,
                         checked: 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 76ea3e3ea..abf7313a4 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const tempClicks = DocCast(doc[field]);
         const reqdClickOpts:DocumentOptions = {_width: 300, _height:200, system: true};
         const reqdTempOpts:{opts:DocumentOptions, script: string}[] = [
-            { opts: { title: "Open In Target",        targetScriptKey: "onChildClick"},       script: "docCast(thisContainer.target).then((target) => target && (target.proto.data = new List([self])))"},
+            { opts: { title: "Open In Target",        targetScriptKey: "onChildClick"},       script: "docCast(documentView?.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc.target).then((target) => target && (target.proto.data = new List([self])))"},
             { opts: { title: "Open Detail On Right",  targetScriptKey: "onChildDoubleClick"}, script: `openDoc(self.doubleClickView.${OpenWhere.addRight})`}];
         const reqdClickList = reqdTempOpts.map(opts => {
             const allOpts = {...reqdClickOpts, ...opts.opts};
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index ccf370662..ad89e8653 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-import { loadAsync } from 'jszip';
-import { action, observable, ObservableSet, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, observable, ObservableSet } from 'mobx';
 import { AnimationSym, Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { listSpec } from '../../fields/Schema';
 import { Cast, DocCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { AudioField } from '../../fields/URLField';
-import { emptyFunction } from '../../Utils';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from '../views/collections/CollectionDockingView';
-import { CollectionFreeFormView } from '../views/collections/collectionFreeForm';
-import { CollectionView } from '../views/collections/CollectionView';
 import { TabDocView } from '../views/collections/TabDocView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../views/LightboxView';
 import { MainView } from '../views/MainView';
@@ -39,7 +35,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
     private _viewRenderedCbs: { doc: Doc; func: (dv: DocumentView) => any }[] = [];
     public AddViewRenderedCb = (doc: Opt<Doc>, func: (dv: DocumentView) => any) => {
         if (doc) {
-            const dv = this.getDocumentViewById(doc[Id]);
+            const dv = this.getDocumentView(doc);
             this._viewRenderedCbs.push({ doc, func });
             if (dv) {
                 this.callAddViewFuncs(dv);
@@ -129,42 +125,24 @@ export class DocumentManager {
         return this.getDocumentViewsById(doc[Id]);
     }
 
-    public getDocumentViewById(id: string, preferredCollection?: CollectionView): DocumentView | undefined {
-        if (!id) return undefined;
-        let toReturn: DocumentView | undefined;
-        const passes = preferredCollection ? [preferredCollection, undefined] : [undefined];
-
-        for (const pass of passes) {
-            Array.from(DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews).map(view => {
-                if (view.rootDoc[Id] === id && (!pass || view.props.ContainingCollectionView === preferredCollection)) {
-                    toReturn = view;
-                    return;
-                }
-            });
-            if (!toReturn) {
-                Array.from(DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews).map(view => {
-                    const doc = view.rootDoc.proto;
-                    if (doc && doc[Id] === id && (!pass || view.props.ContainingCollectionView === preferredCollection)) {
-                        toReturn = view;
-                    }
-                });
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return toReturn;
-    }
-
-    public getDocumentView(toFind: Doc, preferredCollection?: CollectionView): DocumentView | undefined {
-        const found =
+    public getDocumentView(toFind: Doc | undefined, preferredCollection?: DocumentView): DocumentView | undefined {
+        const doc =
+            // bcz: this was temporary code used to match documents by data url instead of by id. intended only for repairing the DB
             // Array.from(DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews).find(
             //     dv =>
             //         ((dv.rootDoc.data as any)?.url?.href && (dv.rootDoc.data as any)?.url?.href === (toFind.data as any)?.url?.href) ||
             //         ((DocCast(dv.rootDoc.annotationOn)?.data as any)?.url?.href && (DocCast(dv.rootDoc.annotationOn)?.data as any)?.url?.href === (DocCast(toFind.annotationOn)?.data as any)?.url?.href)
             // )?.rootDoc ??
             toFind;
-        return this.getDocumentViewById(found[Id], preferredCollection);
+        const docViewArray = Array.from(DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews);
+        const passes = !doc ? [] : preferredCollection ? [preferredCollection, undefined] : [undefined];
+        return passes.reduce(
+            (pass, toReturn) =>
+                toReturn ??
+                docViewArray.filter(view => view.rootDoc === doc).find(view => !pass || view.props.docViewPath().lastElement() === preferredCollection) ??
+                docViewArray.filter(view => Doc.GetProto(view.rootDoc) === doc).find(view => !pass || view.props.docViewPath().lastElement() === preferredCollection),
+            undefined as Opt<DocumentView>
+        );
     }
 
     public getLightboxDocumentView = (toFind: Doc, originatingDoc: Opt<Doc> = undefined): DocumentView | undefined => {
@@ -247,7 +225,8 @@ export class DocumentManager {
     public showDocumentView = async (targetDocView: DocumentView, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         const docViewPath = targetDocView.docViewPath.slice();
         let rootContextView = docViewPath.shift();
-        return rootContextView && this.focusViewsInPath(rootContextView, options, async () => ({ childDocView: docViewPath.shift(), viewSpec: undefined }));
+        await (rootContextView && this.focusViewsInPath(rootContextView, options, async () => ({ childDocView: docViewPath.shift(), viewSpec: undefined })));
+        if (options.toggleTarget && (!options.didMove || targetDocView.rootDoc.hidden)) targetDocView.rootDoc.hidden = !targetDocView.rootDoc.hidden;
     };
 
     // shows a document by first:
@@ -318,15 +297,25 @@ export class DocumentManager {
         }
     }
 }
-export function DocFocusOrOpen(doc: Doc, collectionDoc?: Doc) {
-    const cv = collectionDoc && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(collectionDoc);
-    const dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, (cv?.ComponentView as CollectionFreeFormView)?.props.CollectionView);
-    if (dv) {
-        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocumentView(dv, { willZoomCentered: true });
-    } else {
-        const context = doc.context !== Doc.MyFilesystem && Cast(doc.context, Doc, null);
-        const showDoc = context || doc;
-        DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(Doc.BestAlias(showDoc), { openLocation: OpenWhere.addRight }, () => DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(doc, { willZoomCentered: true }));
-    }
+export function DocFocusOrOpen(doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions = { willZoomCentered: true, openLocation: OpenWhere.addRight }, containingDoc?: Doc) {
+    const func = () => {
+        const cv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(containingDoc);
+        const dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, cv);
+        if (dv && (!containingDoc || dv.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.Document === containingDoc)) {
+            DocumentManager.Instance.showDocumentView(dv, options).then(() => dv && Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv.rootDoc));
+        } else {
+            const showDoc = Doc.BestAlias(DocCast((containingDoc ?? doc.context) !== Doc.MyFilesystem ? containingDoc ?? doc.context : undefined, doc));
+            DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(showDoc, { ...options, toggleTarget: undefined }, () => DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(doc, options)).then(() => {
+                const cv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(containingDoc);
+                const dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, cv);
+                dv && Doc.linkFollowHighlight(dv.rootDoc);
+            });
+        }
+    };
+    if (doc.hidden) {
+        doc.hidden = false;
+        options.toggleTarget = false;
+        setTimeout(func);
+    } else func();
 }
 ScriptingGlobals.add(DocFocusOrOpen);
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index 7d2aa813f..7e6de5e67 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ import { DateField } from '../../fields/DateField';
 import { Doc, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { List } from '../../fields/List';
 import { PrefetchProxy } from '../../fields/Proxy';
-import { listSpec } from '../../fields/Schema';
-import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, Utils } from '../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../documents/Documents';
 import * as globalCssVariables from '../views/global/globalCssVariables.scss';
diff --git a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
index 559958c2b..76b1323c4 100644
--- a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
+++ b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import { AcceptableMedia, Upload } from '../../../server/SharedMediaTypes';
 import { Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { GooglePhotos } from '../../apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils';
 import { Docs, DocumentOptions, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { Networking } from '../../Network';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../../views/nodes/FieldView';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../DocumentManager';
 import './DirectoryImportBox.scss';
 import ImportMetadataEntry, { keyPlaceholder, valuePlaceholder } from './ImportMetadataEntry';
 import React = require('react');
+import _ = require('lodash');
 
 const unsupported = ['text/html', 'text/plain'];
 
@@ -155,8 +157,8 @@ export class DirectoryImportBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
             x: NumCast(doc.x),
             y: NumCast(doc.y) + offset,
         };
-        const parent = this.props.ContainingCollectionView;
-        if (parent) {
+        const parent = _.nth(this.props.docViewPath(), -2); // last element of path is this box's document view, 2nd to last is any collection or other document that may contain it.
+        if (parent?.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.COL) {
             let importContainer: Doc;
             if (docs.length < 50) {
                 importContainer = Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(docs, options);
diff --git a/src/client/util/ReplayMovements.ts b/src/client/util/ReplayMovements.ts
index d5bffc5e2..40261985a 100644
--- a/src/client/util/ReplayMovements.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/ReplayMovements.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { CollectionDockingView } from '../views/collections/CollectionDockingVie
 import { DocServer } from '../DocServer';
 import { Movement, Presentation } from './TrackMovements';
 import { OpenWhereMod } from '../views/nodes/DocumentView';
+import { returnTransparent } from '../../Utils';
 
 export class ReplayMovements {
     private timers: NodeJS.Timeout[] | null;
@@ -60,17 +61,11 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
             return;
         }
 
-        let docIdtoDoc: Map<string, Doc> = new Map();
-        try {
-            docIdtoDoc = await this.loadPresentation(presentation);
-        } catch {
-            console.error('[recordingApi.ts] setVideoBox(): error loading presentation - no replay movements');
-            throw 'error loading docs from server';
-        }
+        const docIdtoDoc = this.loadPresentation(presentation);
 
         this.videoBoxDisposeFunc = reaction(
             () => ({ playing: videoBox._playing, timeViewed: videoBox.player?.currentTime || 0 }),
-            ({ playing, timeViewed }) => (playing ? this.playMovements(presentation, docIdtoDoc, timeViewed) : this.pauseMovements())
+            ({ playing, timeViewed }) => (playing ? this.playMovements(presentation, timeViewed) : this.pauseMovements())
         );
         this.videoBox = videoBox;
     };
@@ -93,45 +88,33 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
         this.pauseMovements();
     };
 
-    loadPresentation = async (presentation: Presentation) => {
+    loadPresentation = (presentation: Presentation) => {
         const { movements } = presentation;
         if (movements === null) {
             throw '[recordingApi.ts] followMovements() failed: no presentation data';
         }
 
         // generate a set of all unique docIds
-        const docIds = new Set<string>();
-        for (const { docId } of movements) {
-            if (!docIds.has(docId)) docIds.add(docId);
-        }
-
-        const docIdtoDoc = new Map<string, Doc>();
-
-        let refFields = await DocServer.GetRefFields([...docIds.keys()]);
-        for (const docId in refFields) {
-            if (!refFields[docId]) {
-                throw `one field was undefined`;
-            }
-            docIdtoDoc.set(docId, refFields[docId] as Doc);
+        const docs = new Set<Doc>();
+        for (const { doc } of movements) {
+            if (!docs.has(doc)) docs.add(doc);
         }
-        // console.info('loadPresentation refFields', refFields, docIdtoDoc);
 
-        return docIdtoDoc;
+        return docs;
     };
 
     // returns undefined if the docView isn't open on the screen
-    getCollectionFFView = (docId: string) => {
-        const isInView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(docId);
+    getCollectionFFView = (doc: Doc) => {
+        const isInView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
         if (isInView) {
             return isInView.ComponentView as CollectionFreeFormView;
         }
     };
 
     // will open the doc in a tab then return the CollectionFFView that holds it
-    openTab = (docId: string, docIdtoDoc: Map<string, Doc>) => {
-        const doc = docIdtoDoc.get(docId);
-        if (doc == undefined) {
-            console.error(`docIdtoDoc did not contain docId ${docId}`);
+    openTab = (doc: Doc) => {
+        if (doc === undefined) {
+            console.error(`doc undefined`);
             return undefined;
         }
         // console.log('openTab', docId, doc);
@@ -149,13 +132,12 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
         document.Document._panY = panY;
     };
 
-    getFirstMovements = (movements: Movement[]): Map<string, Movement> => {
+    getFirstMovements = (movements: Movement[]): Map<Doc, Movement> => {
         if (movements === null) return new Map();
         // generate a set of all unique docIds
-        const docIdtoFirstMove = new Map();
+        const docIdtoFirstMove = new Map<Doc, Movement>();
         for (const move of movements) {
-            const { docId } = move;
-            if (!docIdtoFirstMove.has(docId)) docIdtoFirstMove.set(docId, move);
+            if (!docIdtoFirstMove.has(move.doc)) docIdtoFirstMove.set(move.doc, move);
         }
         return docIdtoFirstMove;
     };
@@ -165,7 +147,7 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
         Doc.UserDoc().presentationMode = 'none';
     };
 
-    public playMovements = (presentation: Presentation, docIdtoDoc: Map<string, Doc>, timeViewed: number = 0) => {
+    public playMovements = (presentation: Presentation, timeViewed: number = 0) => {
         // console.info('playMovements', presentation, timeViewed, docIdtoDoc);
 
         if (presentation.movements === null || presentation.movements.length === 0) {
@@ -183,13 +165,13 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
         const handleFirstMovements = () => {
             // if the first movement is a closed tab, open it
             const firstMovement = filteredMovements[0];
-            const isClosed = this.getCollectionFFView(firstMovement.docId) === undefined;
-            if (isClosed) this.openTab(firstMovement.docId, docIdtoDoc);
+            const isClosed = this.getCollectionFFView(firstMovement.doc) === undefined;
+            if (isClosed) this.openTab(firstMovement.doc);
 
             // for the open tabs, set it to the first move
             const docIdtoFirstMove = this.getFirstMovements(filteredMovements);
-            for (const [docId, firstMove] of docIdtoFirstMove) {
-                const colFFView = this.getCollectionFFView(docId);
+            for (const [doc, firstMove] of docIdtoFirstMove) {
+                const colFFView = this.getCollectionFFView(doc);
                 if (colFFView) this.zoomAndPan(firstMove, colFFView);
             }
         };
@@ -200,12 +182,12 @@ export class ReplayMovements {
             const timeDiff = movement.time - timeViewed * 1000;
 
             return setTimeout(() => {
-                const collectionFFView = this.getCollectionFFView(movement.docId);
+                const collectionFFView = this.getCollectionFFView(movement.doc);
                 if (collectionFFView) {
                     this.zoomAndPan(movement, collectionFFView);
                 } else {
                     // tab wasn't open - open it and play the movement
-                    const openedColFFView = this.openTab(movement.docId, docIdtoDoc);
+                    const openedColFFView = this.openTab(movement.doc);
                     console.log('openedColFFView', openedColFFView);
                     openedColFFView && this.zoomAndPan(movement, openedColFFView);
                 }
diff --git a/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts b/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
index 313c255a0..bfad93334 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/SelectionManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { ModalManager } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { action, observable, ObservableMap } from 'mobx';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
@@ -64,8 +63,9 @@ export namespace SelectionManager {
     export function DeselectView(docView?: DocumentView): void {
         manager.DeselectView(docView);
     }
-    export function SelectView(docView: DocumentView, ctrlPressed: boolean): void {
-        manager.SelectView(docView, ctrlPressed);
+    export function SelectView(docView: DocumentView | undefined, ctrlPressed: boolean): void {
+        if (!docView) DeselectAll();
+        else manager.SelectView(docView, ctrlPressed);
     }
     export function SelectSchemaViewDoc(document: Opt<Doc>, deselectAllFirst?: boolean): void {
         if (deselectAllFirst) manager.DeselectAll();
diff --git a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
index 3c05af4bb..a73eda04c 100644
--- a/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/SharingManager.tsx
@@ -370,11 +370,10 @@ export class SharingManager extends React.Component<{}> {
         const docs = SelectionManager.Views().length > 1 ? SelectionManager.Views().map(docView => docView.props.Document) : [this.targetDoc];
         return (
             <span
-                className={'focus-span'}
+                className="focus-span"
                 title={title}
                 onClick={() => {
-                    let context: Opt<CollectionView>;
-                    if (this.targetDoc && this.targetDocView && docs.length === 1 && (context = this.targetDocView.props.ContainingCollectionView)) {
+                    if (this.targetDoc && this.targetDocView && docs.length === 1) {
                         DocumentManager.Instance.showDocument(this.targetDoc, { willZoomCentered: true });
                     }
                 }}
diff --git a/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts b/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
index 4a2ccd706..2f16307b3 100644
--- a/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type Movement = {
     panX: number;
     panY: number;
     scale: number;
-    docId: string;
+    doc: Doc;
 };
 
 export type Presentation = {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class TrackMovements {
     private tracking: boolean;
     private absoluteStart: number;
     // instance variable for holding the FFViews and their disposers
-    private recordingFFViews: Map<string, IReactionDisposer> | null;
+    private recordingFFViews: Map<Doc, IReactionDisposer> | null;
     private tabChangeDisposeFunc: IReactionDisposer | null;
 
     // create static instance and getter for global use
@@ -55,33 +55,33 @@ export class TrackMovements {
         return this.currentPresentation.movements === null;
     }
 
-    private addRecordingFFView(doc: Doc, key: string = doc[Id]): void {
+    private addRecordingFFView(doc: Doc): void {
         // console.info('adding dispose func : docId', key, 'doc', doc);
 
         if (this.recordingFFViews === null) {
             console.warn('addFFView on null RecordingApi');
             return;
         }
-        if (this.recordingFFViews.has(key)) {
-            console.warn('addFFView : key already in map');
+        if (this.recordingFFViews.has(doc)) {
+            console.warn('addFFView : doc already in map');
             return;
         }
 
         const disposeFunc = reaction(
             () => ({ x: NumCast(doc.panX, -1), y: NumCast(doc.panY, -1), scale: NumCast(doc.viewScale, 0) }),
-            res => res.x !== -1 && res.y !== -1 && this.tracking && this.trackMovement(res.x, res.y, key, res.scale)
+            res => res.x !== -1 && res.y !== -1 && this.tracking && this.trackMovement(res.x, res.y, doc, res.scale)
         );
-        this.recordingFFViews?.set(key, disposeFunc);
+        this.recordingFFViews?.set(doc, disposeFunc);
     }
 
-    private removeRecordingFFView = (key: string) => {
+    private removeRecordingFFView = (doc: Doc) => {
         // console.info('removing dispose func : docId', key);
         if (this.recordingFFViews === null) {
             console.warn('removeFFView on null RecordingApi');
             return;
         }
-        this.recordingFFViews.get(key)?.();
-        this.recordingFFViews.delete(key);
+        this.recordingFFViews.get(doc)?.();
+        this.recordingFFViews.delete(doc);
     };
 
     // in the case where only one tab was changed (updates not across dashboards), set only one to true
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ export class TrackMovements {
 
         // so that the size comparisons are correct, we must filter to only the FFViews
         const isFFView = (doc: Doc) => doc && 'viewType' in doc && doc.viewType === 'freeform';
-        const tabbedFFViews = new Set<string>();
+        const tabbedFFViews = new Set<Doc>();
         for (const DashDoc of tabbedDocs) {
-            if (isFFView(DashDoc)) tabbedFFViews.add(DashDoc[Id]);
+            if (isFFView(DashDoc)) tabbedFFViews.add(DashDoc);
         }
 
         // new tab was added - need to add it
         if (tabbedFFViews.size > this.recordingFFViews.size) {
             for (const DashDoc of tabbedDocs) {
-                if (!this.recordingFFViews.has(DashDoc[Id])) {
+                if (!this.recordingFFViews.has(DashDoc)) {
                     if (isFFView(DashDoc)) {
                         this.addRecordingFFView(DashDoc);
 
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ export class TrackMovements {
         }
         // tab was removed - need to remove it from recordingFFViews
         else if (tabbedFFViews.size < this.recordingFFViews.size) {
-            for (const [key] of this.recordingFFViews) {
-                if (!tabbedFFViews.has(key)) {
-                    this.removeRecordingFFView(key);
+            for (const [doc] of this.recordingFFViews) {
+                if (!tabbedFFViews.has(doc)) {
+                    this.removeRecordingFFView(doc);
                     if (onlyOne) return;
                 }
             }
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class TrackMovements {
         }
     };
 
-    private trackMovement = (panX: number, panY: number, docId: string, scale: number = 0) => {
+    private trackMovement = (panX: number, panY: number, doc: Doc, scale: number = 0) => {
         // ensure we are recording to track
         if (!this.tracking) {
             console.error('[recordingApi.ts] trackMovements(): tracking is false');
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export class TrackMovements {
         // get the time
         const time = new Date().getTime() - this.absoluteStart;
         // make new movement object
-        const movement: Movement = { time, panX, panY, scale, docId };
+        const movement: Movement = { time, panX, panY, scale, doc };
 
         // add that movement to the current presentation data's movement array
         this.currentPresentation.movements && this.currentPresentation.movements.push(movement);
diff --git a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
index 2b586b0e2..dee161931 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
@@ -109,17 +109,8 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
                     />
                 </div>
                 <div className="button-bar">
-                    <Button text="Cancel" borderRadius={10} hoverStyle={'gray'} fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY} onClick={this.abortCreateNewDashboard} />
-                    <Button
-                        text="Create"
-                        borderRadius={10}
-                        backgroundColor={Colors.LIGHT_BLUE}
-                        hoverStyle={'darken'}
-                        fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY}
-                        onClick={() => {
-                            this.createNewDashboard(this.newDashboardName!, this.newDashboardColor);
-                        }}
-                    />
+                    <Button text="Cancel" onClick={this.abortCreateNewDashboard} />
+                    <Button text="Create" onClick={() => this.createNewDashboard(this.newDashboardName!, this.newDashboardColor)} />
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
@@ -163,7 +154,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
                 <div className="dashboard-view">
                     <div className="left-menu">
                         <div className="new-dashboard-button">
-                            <Button icon={<FaPlus />} hoverStyle="darken" backgroundColor={Colors.LIGHT_BLUE} size={Size.MEDIUM} fontSize={FontSize.HEADER} text="New" onClick={() => this.setNewDashboardName('')} borderRadius={50} />
+                            <Button icon={<FaPlus />} size={Size.MEDIUM} text="New" onClick={() => this.setNewDashboardName('')} />
                         </div>
                         <div className={`text-button ${this.selectedDashboardGroup === DashboardGroup.MyDashboards && 'selected'}`} onClick={() => this.selectDashboardGroup(DashboardGroup.MyDashboards)}>
                             My Dashboards
@@ -196,7 +187,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
                                                 e.stopPropagation();
                                                 this.onContextMenu(dashboard, e);
                                             }}>
-                                            <IconButton isCircle={true} size={Size.SMALL} hoverStyle="gray" icon={<FontAwesomeIcon color="black" size="lg" icon="bars" />} />
+                                            <Button size={Size.SMALL} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon color="black" size="lg" icon="bars" />} />
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 9fc1487a0..a59189fd2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export function DocComponent<P extends DocComponentProps>() {
 interface ViewBoxBaseProps {
     Document: Doc;
     DataDoc?: Doc;
-    ContainingCollectionDoc: Opt<Doc>;
     DocumentView?: () => DocumentView;
     fieldKey: string;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 9ffbe083f..9a4aaf00e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { ImageBox } from './nodes/ImageBox';
 import React = require('react');
 import { RichTextField } from '../../fields/RichTextField';
 import { LinkFollower } from '../util/LinkFollower';
+import _ = require('lodash');
 
 @observer
 export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; PanelHeight: number; boundsLeft: number; boundsTop: number }, { value: string }> {
@@ -303,8 +304,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
     };
 
-    onSelectorClick = () => SelectionManager.Views()?.[0]?.props.ContainingCollectionView?.props.select(false);
-
+    onSelectorClick = () => SelectionManager.Views()?.[0]?.props.docViewPath?.().lastElement()?.select(false);
     /**
      * Handles setting up events when user clicks on the border radius editor
      * @param e PointerEvent
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
             seldocview.props.hideDeleteButton ||
             seldocview.rootDoc.hideDeleteButton ||
             SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => {
-                const collectionAcl = docView.props.ContainingCollectionView ? GetEffectiveAcl(docView.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?.[DataSym]) : AclEdit;
+                const collectionAcl = docView.props.docViewPath()?.lastElement() ? GetEffectiveAcl(docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement().rootDoc[DataSym]) : AclEdit;
                 return docView.rootDoc.stayInCollection || (collectionAcl !== AclAdmin && collectionAcl !== AclEdit && GetEffectiveAcl(docView.rootDoc) !== AclAdmin);
             });
 
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                                     <div key="b" className={`documentDecorations-bottomResizer ${resizerScheme}`} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onContextMenu={e => e.preventDefault()} />
                                     <div key="br" className={`documentDecorations-bottomRightResizer ${resizerScheme}`} onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onContextMenu={e => e.preventDefault()} />
 
-                                    {seldocview.props.renderDepth <= 1 || !seldocview.props.ContainingCollectionView ? null : topBtn('selector', 'arrow-alt-circle-up', undefined, this.onSelectorClick, 'tap to select containing document')}
+                                    {seldocview.props.renderDepth <= 1 || !seldocview.props.docViewPath().lastElement() ? null : topBtn('selector', 'arrow-alt-circle-up', undefined, this.onSelectorClick, 'tap to select containing document')}
                                 </>
                             )}
                             {useRounding && (
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 0feccb742..13faae783 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -1010,14 +1010,12 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
                 renderDepth={0}
                 styleProvider={returnEmptyString}
                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                focus={emptyFunction}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                 docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
             />
         );
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts b/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
index e6df0801c..156825f41 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/InkStrokeProperties.ts
@@ -373,10 +373,11 @@ export class InkStrokeProperties {
 
     snapToAllCurves = (screenDragPt: { X: number; Y: number }, inkView: DocumentView, snapData: { nearestPt: { X: number; Y: number }; distance: number }, ink: InkData, controlIndex: number) => {
         const containingCollection = inkView.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
+        const containingDocView = inkView.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.DocumentView?.();
         containingCollection?.childDocs
             .filter(doc => doc.type === DocumentType.INK)
             .forEach(doc => {
-                const testInkView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, containingCollection?.props.CollectionView);
+                const testInkView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, containingDocView);
                 const snapped = testInkView?.ComponentView?.snapPt?.(screenDragPt, doc === inkView.rootDoc ? this.excludeSelfSnapSegs(ink, controlIndex) : []);
                 if (snapped && snapped.distance < snapData.distance) {
                     const snappedInkPt = doc === inkView.rootDoc ? snapped.nearestPt : inkView.ComponentView?.ptFromScreen?.(testInkView?.ComponentView?.ptToScreen?.(snapped.nearestPt) ?? { X: 0, Y: 0 }); // convert from snapped ink coordinate system to dragged ink coordinate system by converting to/from screen space
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 976c8763e..69eec8456 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
                             docFilters={this.docFilters}
                             docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                            ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                             addDocument={undefined}
                             removeDocument={undefined}
                             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
                             pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
                             bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                             onBrowseClick={MainView.Instance.exploreMode}
-                            focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                            focus={emptyFunction}
                         />
                     </GestureOverlay>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 60459cf30..0384d925e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -595,14 +595,12 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     PanelWidth={this.headerBarDocWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.headerBarDocHeight}
                     renderDepth={0}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -626,14 +624,12 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this._hideUI ? this.mainScreenToLocalXf : Transform.Identity}
                     PanelWidth={this.mainDocViewWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.mainDocViewHeight}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     suppressSetHeight={true}
                     renderDepth={this._hideUI ? 0 : -1}
                 />
@@ -727,14 +723,12 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                         renderDepth={0}
                         isContentActive={returnTrue}
                         scriptContext={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.props.Document}
-                        focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                        focus={emptyFunction}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                         docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
                 {this.docButtons}
@@ -758,7 +752,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     PanelHeight={this.leftMenuHeight}
                     renderDepth={0}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                     isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
@@ -766,8 +760,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     scriptContext={this}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -900,13 +892,11 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     PanelWidth={this.leftMenuFlyoutWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.leftMenuFlyoutHeight}
                     renderDepth={0}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 />
                 {['watching', 'recording'].includes(String(this.userDoc?.presentationMode) ?? '') ? <div style={{ border: '.5rem solid green', padding: '5px' }}>{StrCast(this.userDoc?.presentationMode)}</div> : <></>}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index ec22128d4..bdc48d03a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, observable, trace } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, retu
 import { DocUtils } from '../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager } from '../util/DragManager';
-import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { Transform } from '../util/Transform';
 import { CollectionFreeFormLinksView } from './collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView';
 import { LightboxView } from './LightboxView';
 import { MainView } from './MainView';
 import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import './OverlayView.scss';
-import { ScriptingRepl } from './ScriptingRepl';
-import { DefaultStyleProvider, testDocProps } from './StyleProvider';
+import { DefaultStyleProvider } from './StyleProvider';
 
 export type OverlayDisposer = () => void;
 
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                             isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                             isContentActive={returnTrue}
                             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                            focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                            focus={emptyFunction}
                             styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             addDocTab={d.type === DocumentType.PRES ? MainView.addDocTabFunc : returnFalse}
@@ -231,8 +229,6 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                             docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                            ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                         />
                     </div>
                 );
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
index 954529bc9..3ad28c418 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
-import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import * as React from "react";
-import { Doc } from "../../fields/Doc";
-import { NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, emptyPath } from "../../Utils";
-import { Transform } from "../util/Transform";
-import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
-import "./Palette.scss";
+import { IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Doc } from '../../fields/Doc';
+import { NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, emptyPath } from '../../Utils';
+import { Transform } from '../util/Transform';
+import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import './Palette.scss';
 
 export interface PaletteProps {
     x: number;
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
     componentDidMount = () => {
         this._selectedDisposer = reaction(
             () => NumCast(this.props.thumbDoc.selectedIndex),
-            (i) => this._selectedIndex = i,
+            i => (this._selectedIndex = i),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
-    }
+    };
 
     componentWillUnmount = () => {
         this._selectedDisposer?.();
-    }
+    };
 
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="palette-container" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.props.x}px, ${this.props.y}px)` }}>
                 <div className="palette-thumb" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.props.thumb[0] - this.props.x}px, ${this.props.thumb[1] - this.props.y}px)` }}>
-                    <div className="palette-thumbContent" style={{ transform: `translate(-${(this._selectedIndex * 50) + 10}px, 0px)` }}>
+                    <div className="palette-thumbContent" style={{ transform: `translate(-${this._selectedIndex * 50 + 10}px, 0px)` }}>
                         <DocumentView
                             Document={this.props.thumbDoc}
                             DataDoc={undefined}
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
                             docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                            ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined} />
+                        />
                         <div className="palette-cover" style={{ transform: `translate(${Math.max(0, this._selectedIndex) * 50.75 + 23}px, 0px)` }}></div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
index 2c7da5931..93eec61f3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocContextSelector.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export class PropertiesDocContextSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDocC
     @computed get _docs() {
         if (!this.props.DocView) return [];
         const target = this.props.DocView.props.Document;
-        const targetContext = this.props.DocView.props.ContainingCollectionDoc;
+        const targetContext = this.props.DocView.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc;
         const aliases = DocListCast(target.aliases);
-        const containerProtos = aliases.filter(alias => alias.context && alias.context instanceof Doc && Cast(alias.context, Doc, null) !== targetContext).reduce((set, alias) => set.add(Cast(alias.context, Doc, null)), new Set<Doc>());
+        const containerProtos = aliases.filter(alias => alias.context && alias.context instanceof Doc).reduce((set, alias) => set.add(Cast(alias.context, Doc, null)), new Set<Doc>());
         const containerSets = Array.from(containerProtos.keys()).map(container => DocListCast(container.aliases));
         const containers = containerSets.reduce((p, set) => {
             set.map(s => p.add(s));
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class PropertiesDocContextSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDocC
         return doclayouts
             .filter(doc => !Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc, CollectionDockingView.Instance?.props.Document))
             .filter(doc => !Doc.IsSystem(doc))
+            .filter(doc => doc !== targetContext)
             .map(doc => ({ col: doc, target }));
     }
 
@@ -53,8 +54,21 @@ export class PropertiesDocContextSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDocC
             col._panY = NumCast(target.y) + NumCast(target._height) / 2;
         }
         col.hidden = false;
-        this.props.addDocTab(col, (OpenWhere.toggle + ':' + OpenWhereMod.right) as OpenWhere);
-        setTimeout(() => DocFocusOrOpen(Doc.GetProto(this.props.DocView!.props.Document), col), 100);
+        //this.props.addDocTab(col, (OpenWhere.toggle + ':' + OpenWhereMod.right) as OpenWhere);
+        setTimeout(
+            () =>
+                this.props.DocView &&
+                DocFocusOrOpen(
+                    Doc.GetProto(this.props.DocView.props.Document),
+                    {
+                        //
+                        willZoomCentered: true,
+                        openLocation: (OpenWhere.toggle + ':' + OpenWhereMod.right) as OpenWhere,
+                    },
+                    col
+                ),
+            100
+        );
     };
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index fbc7d7696..6582c3f2a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -341,8 +341,6 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                         docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
                         addDocument={returnFalse}
                         moveDocument={undefined}
                         removeDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index b950b4860..739d6d819 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { TreeSort } from './collections/TreeView';
 import { Colors } from './global/globalEnums';
 import { InkingStroke } from './InkingStroke';
 import { MainView } from './MainView';
-import { DocumentViewProps } from './nodes/DocumentView';
+import { DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FieldViewProps } from './nodes/FieldView';
 import { KeyValueBox } from './nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { SliderBox } from './nodes/SliderBox';
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
                 default:
                     return doc.z
                         ? `#9c9396  ${StrCast(doc?.boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}` // if it's a floating doc, give it a big shadow
-                        : props?.ContainingCollectionDoc?._useClusters
+                        : props?.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc._useClusters
                         ? `${backgroundCol()} ${StrCast(doc.boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
                         : NumCast(doc.group, -1) !== -1
                         ? `gray ${StrCast(doc.boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
             return undefined; // fixes problem with tree view elements getting pointer events when the tree view is not active
         case StyleProp.Decorations:
             const lock = () => {
-                if (props?.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform) {
+                if (props?.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform) {
                     return doc?.pointerEvents !== 'none' ? null : (
                         <div className="styleProvider-lock" onClick={() => toggleLockedPosition(doc)}>
                             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={'lock'} style={{ color: 'red' }} size="lg" />
@@ -383,10 +383,7 @@ export function DashboardStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<FieldViewProps
         return doc._viewType === CollectionViewType.Docking ? null : (
             <>
                 {DashboardToggleButton(doc, 'hidden', 'eye-slash', 'eye', () => {
-                    doc.hidden = doc.hidden ? undefined : true;
-                    if (!doc.hidden) {
-                        DocFocusOrOpen(doc, props?.ContainingCollectionDoc);
-                    }
+                    DocFocusOrOpen(doc, { toggleTarget: true, willPan: true, openLocation: OpenWhere.addRight }, props?.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc);
                 })}
             </>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index 45db240a9..c5a501aa6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
                 <CollectionTreeView
                     Document={Doc.MyTemplates}
                     CollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                     setHeight={returnFalse}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
index c0220f804..0e4556eb4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         onClick={this.onContentClick}
                         hideCaptions={showCaptions ? true : false}
                         renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                         LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
                         LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
                         Document={curDoc.layout}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 225743748..2007f73aa 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -642,8 +640,8 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
                         key="float"
                         style={{
                             backgroundColor: this.props.docView.layoutDoc.z ? '121212' : undefined,
-                            pointerEvents: this.props.docView.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? 'none' : undefined,
-                            color: this.props.docView.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? 'dimgrey' : undefined,
+                            pointerEvents: this.props.docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? 'none' : undefined,
+                            color: this.props.docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? 'dimgrey' : undefined,
                         }}
                         onClick={undoBatch(() => this.props.docView.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().float())}>
                         <FontAwesomeIcon icon={['fab', 'buffer']} size={'lg'} />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index aec0734b4..80e81bc1c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
@@ -632,8 +630,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
                         docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
                         searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
             );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index ba90ed8cd..fd9b0c0ce 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
         // pileups are designed to go away when they are empty.
         this._disposers.selected = reaction(
             () => this.childDocs.length,
-            num => !num && this.props.ContainingCollectionView?.removeDocument(this.props.Document)
+            num => !num && this.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.removeDocument?.(this.props.Document)
         );
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index bbd81d06d..22a575989 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -815,8 +815,6 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={focusFunc}
                     isContentActive={returnFalse}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index a85ee0e02..67f5dc9f4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -346,8 +346,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                 xPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childXPadding, this.props.childXPadding)}
                 yPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childYPadding, this.props.childYPadding)}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -678,8 +676,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
                         docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
                         searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
             );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 4a11e8f0b..92932fb61 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             this.props.removeDocument?.(doc);
             if (ind > 0) {
                 FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoad = prev[Id];
-                DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(prev, this.props.CollectionView)?.select(false);
+                DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(prev, this.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.doc}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                 moveDocument={returnFalse}
                 removeDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             this,
             this.doc,
             this.props.DataDoc,
-            this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc,
+            undefined,
             undefined,
             addDoc,
             this.remove,
@@ -331,10 +329,10 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                     addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                     moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
+                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                     rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     PanelWidth={this.return35}
                     PanelHeight={this.return35}
@@ -347,8 +345,6 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                     docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
                     docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 />
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index bc25ad43a..53fbcc3cc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
             CollectionView: this,
         };
         return (
-            <div className={'collectionView'} onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu} style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform && this.rootDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : undefined }}>
+            <div
+                className="collectionView"
+                onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
+                style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform && 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 458712999..ef8f395c5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     hideTitle={this.props.keyValue}
                     Document={this._document}
                     DataDoc={!Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._document[DataSym], this._document) ? this._document[DataSym] : undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     onBrowseClick={MainView.Instance.exploreMode}
                     waitForDoubleClickToClick={MainView.Instance.waitForDoubleClick}
                     isContentActive={returnTrue}
@@ -580,8 +578,6 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
                     Document={this.props.document}
                     CollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     childLayoutTemplate={this.childLayoutTemplate} // bcz: Ugh .. should probably be rendering a CollectionView or the minimap should be part of the collectionFreeFormView to avoid having to set stuff like this.
                     noOverlay={true} // don't render overlay Docs since they won't scale
@@ -603,7 +599,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     renderDepth={0}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 75e76019e..8b1dfc767 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     prevSibling?: Doc;
     document: Doc;
     dataDoc?: Doc;
-    containerCollection: Doc;
+    treeViewParent: Doc;
     renderDepth: number;
     dropAction: dropActionType;
     addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return this.validExpandViewTypes.includes(StrCast(this.doc.treeViewExpandedView)) ? StrCast(this.doc.treeViewExpandedView) : this.defaultExpandedView;
     }
     @computed get MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT() {
-        return NumCast(this.props.containerCollection.maxEmbedHeight, 200);
+        return NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent.maxEmbedHeight, 200);
     }
     @computed get dataDoc() {
         return this.props.document.treeViewChildrenOnRoot ? this.doc : this.doc[DataSym];
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const ind = this.dataDoc[key].indexOf(doc);
 
         const res = (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => flg && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.dataDoc, key, doc), true);
-        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.dataDoc[key][ind - 1], this.props.treeView.props.CollectionView)?.select(false);
+        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.dataDoc[key][ind - 1], this.props.treeView.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
         return res;
     };
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         };
         const addDoc = inside ? localAdd : parentAddDoc;
         const move = (!dropAction || dropAction === 'proto' || dropAction === 'move' || dropAction === 'same') && moveDocument;
-        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.containerCollection)?.freezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
+        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.freezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
         if (canAdd) {
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
             const res = UndoManager.RunInTempBatch(() => droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false));
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     getTransform = () => this.refTransform(this._tref.current);
     embeddedPanelWidth = () => this.props.panelWidth() / (this.props.treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     embeddedPanelHeight = () => {
-        const layoutDoc = (temp => temp && Doc.expandTemplateLayout(temp, this.props.document, ''))(this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.layoutDoc;
+        const layoutDoc = (temp => temp && Doc.expandTemplateLayout(temp, this.props.document))(this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.layoutDoc;
         return Math.min(
             layoutDoc[HeightSym](),
             this.MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT,
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 return layoutDoc._fitWidth
                     ? !Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc)
                         ? NumCast(layoutDoc._height)
-                        : Math.min((this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc))) / (Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc) || NumCast(this.props.containerCollection._height)))
+                        : Math.min((this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc))) / (Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc) || NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent._height)))
                     : (this.embeddedPanelWidth() * layoutDoc[HeightSym]()) / layoutDoc[WidthSym]();
             })()
         );
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     this,
                     doc,
                     undefined,
-                    this.props.containerCollection,
+                    this.props.treeViewParent,
                     this.props.prevSibling,
                     addDoc,
                     remDoc,
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                                   this,
                                   this.layoutDoc,
                                   this.dataDoc,
-                                  this.props.containerCollection,
+                                  this.props.treeViewParent,
                                   this.props.prevSibling,
                                   addDoc,
                                   remDoc,
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             this.onCheckedClick?.script.run(
                 {
                     this: this.doc.isTemplateForField && this.props.dataDoc ? this.props.dataDoc : this.doc,
-                    heading: this.props.containerCollection.title,
+                    heading: this.props.treeViewParent.title,
                     checked: this.doc.treeViewChecked === 'check' ? 'x' : this.doc.treeViewChecked === 'x' ? 'remove' : 'check',
                     containingTreeView: this.props.treeView.props.Document,
                 },
@@ -724,9 +724,11 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
 
     @observable headerEleWidth = 0;
-    @computed get headerElements() {
+    @computed get titleButtons() {
+        const customHeaderButtons = this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.Decorations);
         return this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() || this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields ? null : (
             <>
+                {customHeaderButtons} {/* e.g.,. hide button is set by dashboardStyleProvider */}
                 {this.doc.hideContextMenu ? null : (
                     <FontAwesomeIcon
                         title="context menu"
@@ -779,9 +781,7 @@ 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 }));
     };
 
-    onChildClick = () => {
-        return this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(self)`)!);
-    };
+    onChildClick = () => this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(self)`)!);
 
     onChildDoubleClick = () => ScriptCast(this.props.treeView.Document.treeViewChildDoubleClick, !this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? this._openScript?.() : null);
 
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 styleProvider={this.titleStyleProvider}
                 enableDragWhenActive={true}
                 onClickScriptDisable="never" // tree docViews have a script to show fields, etc.
-                docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
+                docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
                 treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
                 addDocument={undefined}
                 addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
@@ -937,12 +937,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.treeView.props.CollectionView}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
             />
         );
-
-        const buttons = this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, { ...this.props.treeView.props, ContainingCollectionDoc: this.props.parentTreeView?.doc }, StyleProp.Decorations + (Doc.IsSystem(this.props.containerCollection) ? ':afterHeader' : ''));
         return (
             <>
                 <div
@@ -958,8 +954,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     {view}
                 </div>
                 <div className="treeView-rightButtons" ref={action((r: any) => r && (this.headerEleWidth = r.getBoundingClientRect().width))}>
-                    {buttons} {/* hide and lock buttons */}
-                    {this.headerElements}
+                    {this.titleButtons}
                 </div>
             </>
         );
@@ -1017,8 +1012,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.containerCollection}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
                     addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                     moveDocument={this.move}
                     removeDocument={this.props.removeDoc}
@@ -1131,7 +1124,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         childDocs: Doc[],
         treeView: CollectionTreeView,
         parentTreeView: CollectionTreeView | TreeView | undefined,
-        containerCollection: Doc,
+        treeViewParent: Doc,
         dataDoc: Doc | undefined,
         parentCollectionDoc: Doc | undefined,
         containerPrevSibling: Doc | undefined,
@@ -1162,19 +1155,19 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         hierarchyIndex?: number[],
         renderCount?: number
     ) {
-        const viewSpecScript = Cast(containerCollection.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
+        const viewSpecScript = Cast(treeViewParent.viewSpecScript, ScriptField);
         if (viewSpecScript) {
             childDocs = childDocs.filter(d => viewSpecScript.script.run({ doc: d }, console.log).result);
         }
 
-        const docs = TreeView.sortDocs(childDocs, StrCast(containerCollection.treeViewSortCriterion, TreeSort.None));
+        const docs = TreeView.sortDocs(childDocs, StrCast(treeViewParent.treeViewSortCriterion, TreeSort.None));
         const rowWidth = () => panelWidth() - treeBulletWidth() * (treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
         const treeViewRefs = new Map<Doc, TreeView | undefined>();
         return docs
             .filter(child => child instanceof Doc)
             .map((child, i) => {
                 if (renderCount && i > renderCount) return null;
-                const pair = Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(containerCollection, dataDoc, child);
+                const pair = Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(treeViewParent, dataDoc, child);
                 if (!pair.layout || pair.data instanceof Promise) {
                     return null;
                 }
@@ -1192,10 +1185,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     }
                 };
                 const indent = i === 0 ? undefined : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, docs[i - 1], undefined, treeViewRefs.get(docs[i - 1]));
-                const outdent =
-                    parentCollectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Tree
-                        ? undefined
-                        : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, parentCollectionDoc, containerPrevSibling, parentTreeView instanceof TreeView ? parentTreeView.props.parentTreeView : undefined);
+                const outdent = !parentCollectionDoc ? undefined : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, parentCollectionDoc, containerPrevSibling, parentTreeView instanceof TreeView ? parentTreeView.props.parentTreeView : undefined);
                 const addDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => add(doc, relativeTo ?? docs[i], before !== undefined ? before : false);
                 const childLayout = Doc.Layout(pair.layout);
                 const rowHeight = () => {
@@ -1208,7 +1198,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         ref={r => treeViewRefs.set(child, r ? r : undefined)}
                         document={pair.layout}
                         dataDoc={pair.data}
-                        containerCollection={containerCollection}
+                        treeViewParent={treeViewParent}
                         prevSibling={docs[i]}
                         // TODO: [AL] add these
                         hierarchyIndex={hierarchyIndex ? [...hierarchyIndex, i + 1] : undefined}
@@ -1220,7 +1210,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         onCheckedClick={onCheckedClick}
                         onChildClick={onChildClick}
                         renderDepth={renderDepth}
-                        removeDoc={StrCast(containerCollection.freezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
+                        removeDoc={StrCast(treeViewParent.freezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
                         addDocument={addDocument}
                         styleProvider={styleProvider}
                         panelWidth={rowWidth}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 7ae7be3c8..a3f5e73fb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     };
     selectDocuments = (docs: Doc[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.CollectionView)).map(dv => dv && SelectionManager.SelectView(dv, true));
+        docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.())).map(dv => dv && SelectionManager.SelectView(dv, true));
     };
     addDocument = (newBox: Doc | Doc[]) => {
         let retVal = false;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         // glr: freeform transform speed can be set by adjusting presTransition field - needs a way of knowing when presentation is not active...
         if (didMove) {
             const focusTime = options?.instant ? 0 : options.zoomTime ?? 500;
-            options.zoomScale && scale && (this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = scale);
+            (options.zoomScale || options.willZoomCentered) && scale && (this.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = scale);
             this.setPan(panX, panY, focusTime, true); // docs that are floating in their collection can't be panned to from their collection -- need to propagate the pan to a parent freeform somehow
             return focusTime;
         }
@@ -378,19 +378,17 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 1
             );
             if (sorted.length && refDoc && NumCast(sorted[0].layout.y) < NumCast(refDoc.y)) {
-                const topIndexed = NumCast(refDoc.y) < NumCast(sorted[0].layout.y) + NumCast(sorted[0].layout._height);
+                const topIndexed = NumCast(refDoc.y) < NumCast(sorted[0].layout.y) + NumCast(sorted[0].layout._height) / 2;
                 const deltay = sorted.length > 1 ? NumCast(refDoc.y) - (NumCast(sorted[0].layout.y) + (topIndexed ? 0 : NumCast(sorted[0].layout._height))) : 0;
                 const deltax = sorted.length > 1 ? NumCast(refDoc.x) - NumCast(sorted[0].layout.x) : 0;
 
                 let lastx = NumCast(refDoc.x);
                 let lasty = NumCast(refDoc.y) + (topIndexed ? 0 : NumCast(refDoc._height));
-                setTimeout(
-                    action(() =>
-                        sorted.slice(1).forEach((pair, i) => {
-                            lastx = pair.layout.x = lastx + deltax;
-                            lasty = (pair.layout.y = lasty + deltay) + (topIndexed ? 0 : NumCast(pair.layout._height));
-                        })
-                    )
+                runInAction(() =>
+                    sorted.slice(1).forEach((pair, i) => {
+                        lastx = pair.layout.x = lastx + deltax;
+                        lasty = (pair.layout.y = lasty + deltay) + (topIndexed ? 0 : NumCast(pair.layout._height));
+                    })
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const ptsParent = e instanceof PointerEvent ? e : e.targetTouches.item(0);
             if (ptsParent) {
                 const eles = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(cd => (this.props.Document._useClusters ? NumCast(cd.cluster) : NumCast(cd.group, -1)) === cluster);
-                const clusterDocs = eles.map(ele => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(ele, this.props.CollectionView)!);
+                const clusterDocs = eles.map(ele => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(ele, this.props.DocumentView?.())!);
                 const { left, top } = clusterDocs[0].getBounds() || { left: 0, top: 0 };
                 const de = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(eles, e.ctrlKey || e.altKey ? 'alias' : undefined);
                 de.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
@@ -872,7 +870,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const eraserMax = { X: Math.max(lastPoint.X, currPoint.X), Y: Math.max(lastPoint.Y, currPoint.Y) };
 
         return this.childDocs
-            .map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.CollectionView))
+            .map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.()))
             .filter(inkView => inkView?.ComponentView instanceof InkingStroke)
             .map(inkView => ({ inkViewBounds: inkView!.getBounds(), inkStroke: inkView!.ComponentView as InkingStroke, inkView: inkView! }))
             .filter(
@@ -966,7 +964,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this.childDocs
             .filter(doc => doc.type === DocumentType.INK && !doc.dontIntersect)
             .forEach(doc => {
-                const otherInk = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.CollectionView)?.ComponentView as InkingStroke;
+                const otherInk = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.())?.ComponentView as InkingStroke;
                 const { inkData: otherInkData } = otherInk?.inkScaledData() ?? { inkData: [] };
                 const otherScreenPts = otherInkData.map(point => otherInk.ptToScreen(point));
                 const otherCtrlPts = otherScreenPts.map(spt => (ink.ComponentView as InkingStroke).ptFromScreen(spt));
@@ -1121,7 +1119,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     nudge = (x: number, y: number, nudgeTime: number = 500) => {
-        if (this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform || this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc._panX !== undefined) {
+        const collectionDoc = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().rootDoc;
+        if (collectionDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Freeform || collectionDoc._panX !== undefined) {
             this.setPan(
                 NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + ((this.props.PanelWidth() / 2) * x) / this.zoomScaling(), // nudge x,y as a function of panel dimension and scale
                 NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + ((this.props.PanelHeight() / 2) * -y) / this.zoomScaling(),
@@ -1256,8 +1255,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 replica={entry.replica}
                 suppressSetHeight={this.layoutEngine ? true : false}
                 renderCutoffProvider={this.renderCutoffProvider}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
                 CollectionFreeFormView={this}
                 LayoutTemplate={childLayout.z ? undefined : this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
                 LayoutTemplateString={childLayout.z ? undefined : this.props.childLayoutString}
@@ -1779,7 +1776,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 const lines = text.split('\n');
                 const height = 30 + 15 * lines.length;
 
-                this.props.ContainingCollectionView?.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { title: lines[0], x: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) + 20, y: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y), _width: 200, _height: height }));
+                this.addDocument(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { title: lines[0], x: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x) + NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) + 20, y: NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y), _width: 200, _height: height }));
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index c7d9b6619..97eed7752 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
                     docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -251,8 +249,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 self: this.rootDoc,
                                 _readOnly_: false,
                                 scriptContext: this.props.scriptContext,
-                                thisContainer: this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc,
-                                documentView: this.props.docViewPath().lastElement(),
+                                documentView: this.props.DocumentView?.(),
                             });
                             this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked;
                         })}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index b73b1d779..78d3d1b6e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 0cca83803..4d61dc272 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
-                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index fd9bcf681..6d5a73e55 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                                 dontCenter={'y'}
                                 onClickScriptDisable="always"
-                                focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                                focus={emptyFunction}
                                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                                 PanelWidth={this.previewWidthFunc}
@@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.CollectionView?.props.Document}
-                                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                                 addDocument={this.addRow}
                                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
@@ -849,8 +847,6 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 Document={doc}
                                 DataDoc={dataDoc}
                                 renderDepth={this.props.schema.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.schema.props.CollectionView}
-                                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.schema.Document}
                                 PanelWidth={this.tableWidthFunc}
                                 PanelHeight={this.rowHeightFunc}
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 2defaae00..856537927 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     }
 
     @computed get schemaDoc() {
-        return this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc!;
+        return this.props.DocumentView?.().props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc;
     }
 
     @computed get rowIndex() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index 13e45963e..5f8ffe8b0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
-            ContainingCollectionView: undefined,
-            ContainingCollectionDoc: undefined,
             fieldKey: this.props.fieldKey,
             rootSelected: returnFalse,
             isSelected: returnFalse,
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index 29e7cd3ad..d703c9595 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -44,25 +44,10 @@ export async function StartLinkTargetsDrag(dragEle: HTMLElement, docView: Docume
         }
 
         const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(moddrag.length ? moddrag : draggedDocs);
-        dragData.moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
-            docView.props.removeDocument?.(doc);
-            addDocument(doc);
-            return true;
-        };
-        const containingView = docView.props.ContainingCollectionView;
-        const finishDrag = (e: DragManager.DragCompleteEvent) =>
-            e.docDragData &&
-            (e.docDragData.droppedDocuments = dragData.draggedDocuments.reduce((droppedDocs, d) => {
-                const dvs = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViews(d).filter(dv => dv.props.ContainingCollectionView === containingView);
-                if (dvs.length) {
-                    dvs.forEach(dv => droppedDocs.push(dv.props.Document));
-                } else {
-                    droppedDocs.push(Doc.MakeAlias(d));
-                }
-                return droppedDocs;
-            }, [] as Doc[]));
+        dragData.canEmbed = true;
+        dragData.moveDocument = (docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.ComponentView as any)?.props.CollectionView?.moveDocument; // this is equal to docView.props.moveDocument, but moveDocument is not a defined prop of a DocumentView .. but maybe it should be?
 
-        DragManager.StartDrag([dragEle], dragData, downX, downY, undefined, finishDrag);
+        DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([dragEle], dragData, downX, downY, undefined);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
index 7bdace2b6..5f2d4a7b6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
@@ -85,15 +85,13 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                         PanelWidth={this.getPWidth}
                         PanelHeight={this.getPHeight}
                         renderDepth={0}
-                        focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                        focus={emptyFunction}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                         docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 9bdb2cee7..24b9f3b25 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
     }
 
     @action public float = () => {
-        const { Document: topDoc, ContainingCollectionView: container } = this.props;
-        const screenXf = container?.screenToLocalTransform();
+        const topDoc = this.rootDoc;
+        const containerDocView = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement();
+        const screenXf = containerDocView?.screenToLocalTransform();
         if (screenXf) {
             SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
             if (topDoc.z) {
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
                 topDoc.x = fpt[0];
                 topDoc.y = fpt[1];
             }
-            setTimeout(() => SelectionManager.SelectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(topDoc, container)!, false), 0);
+            setTimeout(() => SelectionManager.SelectView(DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(topDoc, containerDocView), false), 0);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index dbcfe43cf..76a5ce7b3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<
             // these are the properties in  DocumentViewProps that need to be removed to pass on only DocumentSharedViewProps to the FieldViews
             'hideResizeHandles',
             'hideTitle',
-            'treeViewDoc',
             'contentPointerEvents',
             'radialMenu',
             'LayoutTemplateString',
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
index df3299eef..47705d53d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProp
             } else if (startLink !== endLink) {
                 endLink = endLinkView?.docView?._componentView?.getAnchor?.(true, pinProps) || endLink;
                 startLink = DocumentLinksButton.StartLinkView?.docView?._componentView?.getAnchor?.(true) || startLink;
-                const linkDoc = DocUtils.MakeLink(startLink, endLink, { linkRelationship: DocumentLinksButton.AnnotationId ? 'hypothes.is annotation' : undefined }, undefined, true);
+                const linkDoc = DocUtils.MakeLink(startLink, endLink, { linkRelationship: DocumentLinksButton.AnnotationId ? 'hypothes.is annotation' : undefined });
 
                 LinkManager.currentLink = linkDoc;
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index f161a7b9b..be07f1fe5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     DataDoc?: Doc;
     contentBounds?: () => undefined | { x: number; y: number; r: number; b: number };
     fitContentsToBox?: () => boolean; // used by freeformview to fit its contents to its panel. corresponds to _fitContentsToBox property on a Document
-    ContainingCollectionView: Opt<CollectionView>;
-    ContainingCollectionDoc: Opt<Doc>;
     suppressSetHeight?: boolean;
     thumbShown?: () => boolean;
     setContentView?: (view: DocComponentView) => any;
@@ -179,6 +177,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     bringToFront: (doc: Doc, sendToBack?: boolean) => void;
     canEmbedOnDrag?: boolean;
+    treeViewDoc?: Doc;
     xPadding?: number;
     yPadding?: number;
     dropAction?: dropActionType;
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ export interface DocumentViewProps extends DocumentViewSharedProps {
     hideOpenButton?: boolean;
     hideDeleteButton?: boolean;
     hideLinkAnchors?: boolean;
-    treeViewDoc?: Doc;
     isDocumentActive?: () => boolean | undefined; // whether a document should handle pointer events
     isContentActive: () => boolean | undefined; // whether document contents should handle pointer events
     contentPointerEvents?: string; // pointer events allowed for content of a document view.  eg. set to "none" in menuSidebar for sharedDocs so that you can select a document, but not interact with its contents
@@ -429,7 +427,6 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                             this: this.layoutDoc,
                             self: this.rootDoc,
                             scriptContext: this.props.scriptContext,
-                            thisContainer: this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc,
                             documentView: this.props.DocumentView(),
                             clientX, clientY,  altKey,  shiftKey,  ctrlKey,
                             value: undefined,
@@ -456,7 +453,6 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                                 self: this.rootDoc,
                                 _readOnly_: false,
                                 scriptContext: this.props.scriptContext,
-                                thisContainer: this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc,
                                 documentView: this.props.DocumentView(),
                                 clientX,
                                 clientY,
@@ -605,7 +601,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 }
                 if (de.complete.annoDragData || this.rootDoc !== linkdrag.linkSourceDoc.context) {
                     const dropDoc = de.complete.annoDragData?.dropDocument ?? this._componentView?.getAnchor?.(true) ?? this.rootDoc;
-                    de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkdrag.linkSourceDoc, dropDoc, {}, undefined, undefined, [de.x, de.y - 50]);
+                    de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkdrag.linkSourceDoc, dropDoc, {}, undefined, [de.x, de.y - 50]);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -697,7 +693,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             !Doc.noviceMode && templateDoc && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Open Template   ', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'eye' });
             !appearance && appearanceItems.length && 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) {
+            if (!Doc.IsSystem(this.rootDoc) && this.rootDoc._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking && this.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Tree) {
                 const existingOnClick = cm.findByDescription('OnClick...');
                 const onClicks: ContextMenuProps[] = existingOnClick && 'subitems' in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
 
@@ -1446,7 +1442,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
     scaleToScreenSpace = () => (1 / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)) * this.screenToLocalTransform().Scale;
     docViewPathFunc = () => this.docViewPath;
     isSelected = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => SelectionManager.IsSelected(this, outsideReaction);
-    select = (extendSelection: boolean) => SelectionManager.SelectView(this, !SelectionManager.Views().some(v => v.props.Document === this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc) && extendSelection);
+    select = (extendSelection: boolean) => SelectionManager.SelectView(this, extendSelection);
     NativeWidth = () => this.effectiveNativeWidth;
     NativeHeight = () => this.effectiveNativeHeight;
     PanelWidth = () => this.panelWidth;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
index 8d3534a5c..86779e0dd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface FieldViewProps extends DocumentViewSharedProps {
     // See currentUserUtils headerTemplate for examples of creating text boxes from html which set some of these fields
     // Also, see InkingStroke for examples of creating text boxes from render() methods which set some of these fields
     backgroundColor?: string;
+    treeViewDoc?: Doc;
     color?: string;
     fontSize?: number;
     height?: number;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index 94434dce7..7ea6d42ff 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
-            ContainingCollectionView: undefined,
-            ContainingCollectionDoc: undefined,
             fieldKey: this.props.keyName,
             rootSelected: returnFalse,
             isSelected: returnFalse,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
index fcc5b6975..c58b5dd8c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
@@ -271,14 +271,12 @@ export class LinkDocPreview extends React.Component<LinkDocPreviewProps> {
                             docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
-                            ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
                             renderDepth={0}
                             suppressSetHeight={true}
                             PanelWidth={this.width}
                             PanelHeight={this.height}
                             pointerEvents={returnNone}
-                            focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                            focus={emptyFunction}
                             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
                             ignoreAutoHeight={true} // need to ignore autoHeight otherwise autoHeight text boxes will expand beyond the preview panel size.
                             bringToFront={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
index db11a7776..e015024fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ export class ScreenshotBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
                             addDocument={returnFalse}
                             CollectionView={undefined}
                             ScreenToLocalTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
-                            renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                            ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc}>
+                            renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}>
                             <>
                                 {this.threed}
                                 {this.content}
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ export class ScreenshotBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
                                 moveDocument={returnFalse}
                                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc}></FormattedTextBox>
+                            />
                         )}
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
index 8eacfbc51..1a75a7e76 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -568,12 +568,12 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function setBackgroundColor(color?: string, checkResult?: b
     if (selectedViews.length) {
         if (checkResult) {
             const selView = selectedViews.lastElement();
-            const layoutFrameNumber = Cast(selView.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._currentFrame, 'number'); // frame number that container is at which determines layout frame values
+            const layoutFrameNumber = Cast(selView.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._currentFrame, 'number'); // frame number that container is at which determines layout frame values
             const contentFrameNumber = Cast(selView.rootDoc?._currentFrame, 'number', layoutFrameNumber ?? null); // frame number that content is at which determines what content is displayed
             return CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.getStringValues(selView?.rootDoc, contentFrameNumber).backgroundColor ?? 'transparent';
         }
         selectedViews.forEach(dv => {
-            const layoutFrameNumber = Cast(dv.props.ContainingCollectionDoc?._currentFrame, 'number'); // frame number that container is at which determines layout frame values
+            const layoutFrameNumber = Cast(dv.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc?._currentFrame, 'number'); // frame number that container is at which determines layout frame values
             const contentFrameNumber = Cast(dv.rootDoc?._currentFrame, 'number', layoutFrameNumber ?? null); // frame number that content is at which determines what content is displayed
             if (contentFrameNumber !== undefined) {
                 CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.setStringValues(contentFrameNumber, dv.rootDoc, { backgroundColor: color });
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
index c00ab6a7e..b31fc01ff 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import { DocServer } from '../../../DocServer';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { ColorScheme } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
-import { DocumentView } from '../DocumentView';
+import { DocFocusOptions, DocumentView } from '../DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from './FormattedTextBox';
 import React = require('react');
-import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
 
 export class DashDocView {
     dom: HTMLSpanElement; // container for label and value
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ export class DashDocViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashDocViewInternal> {
         const { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._spanRef.current);
         return new Transform(-translateX, -translateY, 1).scale(1 / scale);
     };
-    outerFocus = (target: Doc) => this._textBox.props.focus(this._textBox.props.Document, {}); // ideally, this would scroll to show the focus target
+    outerFocus = (target: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => this._textBox.focus(target, options); // ideally, this would scroll to show the focus target
 
     onKeyDown = (e: any) => {
         e.stopPropagation();
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@ export class DashDocViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashDocViewInternal> {
                     docFilters={this.props.tbox?.props.docFilters}
                     docRangeFilters={this.props.tbox?.props.docRangeFilters}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.tbox?.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={this._textBox.props.ContainingCollectionView}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={this._textBox.props.ContainingCollectionDoc}
                 />
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
index f23426bb3..c43206629 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
@@ -235,10 +235,7 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
     };
 
     createPivotForField = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
-        let container = this.props.tbox.props.ContainingCollectionView;
-        while (container?.props.Document.isTemplateForField || container?.props.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
-            container = container.props.ContainingCollectionView;
-        }
+        let container = this.props.tbox.props.DocumentView?.().props.docViewPath().lastElement();
         if (container) {
             const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(container.props.Document);
             alias._viewType = CollectionViewType.Time;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 677c4662b..bc2a5d797 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 // embed document when dragg marked as embed
             } else if (de.embedKey) {
                 const target = dragData.droppedDocuments[0];
-                target._fitContentsToBox = true;
                 const node = schema.nodes.dashDoc.create({
                     width: target[WidthSym](),
                     height: target[HeightSym](),
@@ -552,6 +551,8 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 if (!['alias', 'copy'].includes((dragData.dropAction ?? '') as any)) {
                     dragData.removeDocument?.(dragData.draggedDocuments[0]);
                 }
+                target._fitContentsToBox = true;
+                target.context = this.rootDoc;
                 const view = this._editorView!;
                 view.dispatch(view.state.tr.insert(view.posAtCoords({ left: de.x, top: de.y })!.pos, node));
                 e.stopPropagation();
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
         if (this._editorView && this._recordingStart) {
             if (this._break) {
                 const textanchorFunc = () => {
-                    const tanch = Docs.Create.TextanchorDocument({ title: 'dictation anchor' });
+                    const tanch = Docs.Create.TextanchorDocument({ title: 'dictation anchor', unrendered: true });
                     return this.addDocument(tanch) ? tanch : undefined;
                 };
                 const link = DocUtils.MakeLinkToActiveAudio(textanchorFunc, false).lastElement();
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
             let hadStart = start !== 0;
             frag.forEach((node, index) => {
                 const examinedNode = findAnchorNode(node, editor);
-                if (examinedNode?.node && (examinedNode.node.textContent || examinedNode.node.type === this._editorView?.state.schema.nodes.audiotag)) {
+                if (examinedNode?.node && (examinedNode.node.textContent || examinedNode.node.type === this._editorView?.state.schema.nodes.dashDoc || examinedNode.node.type === this._editorView?.state.schema.nodes.audiotag)) {
                     nodes.push(examinedNode.node);
                     !hadStart && (start = index + examinedNode.start);
                     hadStart = true;
@@ -971,9 +972,15 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 }
                 return undefined;
             }
+            if (node.type === this._editorView?.state.schema.nodes.dashDoc) {
+                if (node.attrs.docId === textAnchorId) {
+                    return { node, start: 0 };
+                }
+                return undefined;
+            }
             if (!node.isText) {
                 const content = findAnchorFrag(node.content, editor);
-                return { node: node.copy(content.frag), start: content.start };
+                if (content.frag.childCount) return { node: content.frag.childCount ? content.frag.child(0) : node, start: content.start };
             }
             const marks = [...node.marks];
             const linkIndex = marks.findIndex(mark => mark.type === editor.state.schema.marks.linkAnchor);
@@ -987,7 +994,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
             const ret = findAnchorFrag(editor.state.doc.content, editor);
 
             const content = (ret.frag as any)?.content;
-            if ((ret.frag.size > 2 || (content?.length && content[0].type === this._editorView.state.schema.nodes.audiotag)) && ret.start >= 0) {
+            if ((ret.frag.size || (content?.length && content[0].type === this._editorView.state.schema.nodes.dashDoc) || (content?.length && content[0].type === this._editorView.state.schema.nodes.audiotag)) && ret.start >= 0) {
                 !options.instant && (this._focusSpeed = focusSpeed);
                 let selection = TextSelection.near(editor.state.doc.resolve(ret.start)); // default to near the start
                 if (ret.frag.firstChild) {
@@ -998,6 +1005,9 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 addStyleSheetRule(FormattedTextBox._highlightStyleSheet, `${escAnchorId}`, { background: 'yellow', transform: 'scale(3)', 'transform-origin': 'left bottom' });
                 setTimeout(() => (this._focusSpeed = undefined), this._focusSpeed);
                 setTimeout(() => clearStyleSheetRules(FormattedTextBox._highlightStyleSheet), Math.max(this._focusSpeed || 0, 3000));
+                return focusSpeed;
+            } else {
+                return this.props.focus(this.rootDoc, options);
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 3589a9065..807a19771 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -2457,7 +2457,6 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         {mode !== CollectionViewType.Invalid ? (
                             <CollectionView
                                 {...this.props}
-                                ContainingCollectionDoc={this.props.Document}
                                 PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth}
                                 PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
                                 childIgnoreNativeSize={true}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index 92696240b..502eef373 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     // Idea: this boolean will determine whether to automatically show the video when this preselement is selected.
     // @observable static showVideo: boolean = false;
     @computed get indexInPres() {
-        return DocListCast(this.presBox[StrCast(this.presBox.presFieldKey, 'data')]).indexOf(this.rootDoc);
+        return DocListCast(this.presBox?.[StrCast(this.presBox.presFieldKey, 'data')]).indexOf(this.rootDoc);
     } // 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 expandViewHeight() {
         return 100;
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         return this.presBoxView?.selectedArray;
     }
     @computed get presBoxView() {
-        const vpath = this.props.docViewPath();
-        return vpath.length > 1 ? (vpath[vpath.length - 2].ComponentView as PresBox) : undefined;
+        return this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.ComponentView as PresBox;
     }
     @computed get presBox() {
-        return this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc!;
+        return this.props.DocumentView?.().props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc;
     }
     @computed get targetDoc() {
         return Cast(this.rootDoc.presentationTargetDoc, Doc, null) || this.rootDoc;
@@ -110,14 +109,12 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
                     docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
                     removeDocument={returnFalse}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                     moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument!}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
                     addDocTab={returnFalse}
                     pinToPres={returnFalse}
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(this.presBoxView?.sortArray() ?? []);
         if (!dragData.draggedDocuments.length) dragData.draggedDocuments.push(this.rootDoc);
         dragData.dropAction = 'move';
-        dragData.treeViewDoc = this.presBox._viewType === CollectionViewType.Tree ? this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc : undefined; // this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.treeViewDoc;
+        dragData.treeViewDoc = this.presBox?._viewType === CollectionViewType.Tree ? this.presBox : undefined; // this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.treeViewDoc;
         dragData.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
         const dragItem: HTMLElement[] = [];
         if (dragArray.length === 1) {
@@ -269,7 +266,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @undoBatch
     removeItem = action((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         e.stopPropagation();
-        if (this.indexInPres < (this.presBoxView?.itemIndex || 0)) {
+        if (this.presBox && this.indexInPres < (this.presBoxView?.itemIndex || 0)) {
             this.presBox.itemIndex = (this.presBoxView?.itemIndex || 0) - 1;
         }
         this.props.removeDocument?.(this.rootDoc);
@@ -406,15 +403,15 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     @computed
     get toolbarWidth(): number {
         const presBoxDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(this.presBox);
-        let width: number = NumCast(this.presBox._width);
+        let width: number = NumCast(this.presBox?._width);
         if (presBoxDocView) width = presBoxDocView.props.PanelWidth();
         if (width === 0) width = 300;
         return width;
     }
 
     @computed get presButtons() {
-        const presBox: Doc = this.presBox; //presBox
-        const presBoxColor: string = StrCast(presBox._backgroundColor);
+        const presBox = 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;
@@ -494,10 +491,10 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
 
     @computed get mainItem() {
         const isSelected: boolean = this.selectedArray?.has(this.rootDoc) ? true : false;
-        const isCurrent: boolean = this.presBox._itemIndex === this.indexInPres;
+        const isCurrent: boolean = this.presBox?._itemIndex === this.indexInPres;
         const miniView: boolean = this.toolbarWidth <= 110;
-        const presBox: Doc = this.presBox; //presBox
-        const presBoxColor: string = StrCast(presBox._backgroundColor);
+        const presBox = this.presBox; //presBox
+        const presBoxColor: string = StrCast(presBox?._backgroundColor);
         const presColorBool: boolean = presBoxColor ? presBoxColor !== Colors.WHITE && presBoxColor !== 'transparent' : false;
         const activeItem: Doc = this.rootDoc;
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
index f2e9be61d..d63c25dbe 100644
--- a/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/topbar/TopBar.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
         return (
             <div className="topbar-left">
                 {Doc.ActiveDashboard ? (
-                    <IconButton onClick={this.navigateToHome} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="home" />} isCircle={true} hoverStyle="gray" color={this.textColor} />
+                    <IconButton onClick={this.navigateToHome} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="home" />} color={this.textColor} />
                 ) : (
                     <div className="logo-container">
                         <img className="logo" src="/assets/medium-blue-light-blue-circle.png" alt="dash logo"></img>
@@ -55,18 +55,7 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                     </div>
                 )}
                 {Doc.ActiveDashboard && (
-                    <Button
-                        text="Explore"
-                        tooltip="Browsing mode for directly navigating to documents"
-                        fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY}
-                        isActive={MainView.Instance._exploreMode}
-                        size={Size.SMALL}
-                        color={this.textColor}
-                        borderRadius={5}
-                        hoverStyle="gray"
-                        iconPosition="right"
-                        onClick={action(() => (MainView.Instance._exploreMode = !MainView.Instance._exploreMode))}
-                    />
+                    <Button text="Explore" tooltip="Browsing mode for directly navigating to documents" size={Size.SMALL} color={this.textColor} onClick={action(() => (MainView.Instance._exploreMode = !MainView.Instance._exploreMode))} />
                 )}
             </div>
         );
@@ -94,13 +83,8 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                 <Button
                     text={StrCast(Doc.ActiveDashboard.title)}
                     tooltip="Browsing mode for directly navigating to documents"
-                    fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY}
                     size={Size.SMALL}
                     color={'white'}
-                    type="outline"
-                    backgroundColor={Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}
-                    borderRadius={5}
-                    hoverStyle="none"
                     onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent) => {
                         const dashView = Doc.ActiveDashboard && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(Doc.ActiveDashboard);
                         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Open Dashboard View', event: this.navigateToHome, icon: 'edit' });
@@ -121,21 +105,13 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
                     onClick={() => {
                         SharingManager.Instance.open(undefined, Doc.ActiveDashboard);
                     }}
-                    type="outline"
-                    fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY}
                     size={Size.SMALL}
-                    borderRadius={5}
-                    hoverStyle="gray"
                 />
                 {!Doc.noviceMode && (
                     <IconButton
-                        fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY}
-                        isCircle={true}
                         tooltip="Work on a copy of the dashboard layout"
                         size={Size.SMALL}
                         color={this.textColor}
-                        borderRadius={Borders.STANDARD}
-                        hoverStyle="gray"
                         onClick={async () => {
                             const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('snapshot');
                             await DashboardView.snapshotDashboard();
@@ -156,26 +132,9 @@ export class TopBar extends React.Component {
     @computed get topbarRight() {
         return (
             <div className="topbar-right">
-                <IconButton size={Size.SMALL} isCircle={true} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} backgroundColor={Colors.DARK_GRAY} hoverStyle="gray" onClick={() => ReportManager.Instance.open()} icon={<FaBug />} />
-                <IconButton
-                    size={Size.SMALL}
-                    isCircle={true}
-                    color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY}
-                    backgroundColor={Colors.DARK_GRAY}
-                    hoverStyle="gray"
-                    onClick={() => window.open('https://brown-dash.github.io/Dash-Documentation/', '_blank')}
-                    icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="question-circle" />}
-                />
-                <IconButton
-                    size={Size.SMALL}
-                    isCircle={true}
-                    color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY}
-                    backgroundColor={Colors.DARK_GRAY}
-                    hoverStyle="gray"
-                    isActive={SettingsManager.Instance.isOpen}
-                    onClick={() => SettingsManager.Instance.open()}
-                    icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="cog" />}
-                />
+                <IconButton size={Size.SMALL} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} onClick={() => ReportManager.Instance.open()} icon={<FaBug />} />
+                <IconButton size={Size.SMALL} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} onClick={() => window.open('https://brown-dash.github.io/Dash-Documentation/', '_blank')} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="question-circle" />} />
+                <IconButton size={Size.SMALL} color={Colors.LIGHT_GRAY} onClick={() => SettingsManager.Instance.open()} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="cog" />} />
                 {/* <Button text={'Logout'} borderRadius={5} hoverStyle={'gray'} backgroundColor={Colors.DARK_GRAY} color={this.textColor} fontSize={FontSize.SECONDARY} onClick={() => window.location.assign(Utils.prepend('/logout'))} /> */}
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
index 64baa351c..a0b437354 100644
--- a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ import { listSpec } from '../fields/Schema';
 import { Cast, FieldValue } from '../fields/Types';
 import { nullAudio } from '../fields/URLField';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue, emptyPath } from '../Utils';
-import "./ImageUpload.scss";
+import './ImageUpload.scss';
 import { MobileInterface } from './MobileInterface';
 import React = require('react');
 
 @observer
 export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
-    @observable public _audioCol: Doc = FieldValue(Cast(Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([Cast(Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, { title: "mobile audio", _width: 500, _height: 100 }), Doc) as Doc], { title: "mobile audio", _width: 300, _height: 300, _fitContentsToBox: true, boxShadow: "0 0" }), Doc)) as Doc;
+    @observable public _audioCol: Doc = FieldValue(
+        Cast(
+            Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([Cast(Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, { title: 'mobile audio', _width: 500, _height: 100 }), Doc) as Doc], { title: 'mobile audio', _width: 300, _height: 300, _fitContentsToBox: true, boxShadow: '0 0' }),
+            Doc
+        )
+    ) as Doc;
 
     /**
      * Handles the onclick functionality for the 'Restart' button
@@ -28,25 +33,36 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
     @action
     clearUpload = () => {
         for (let i = 1; i < 8; i++) {
-            this.setOpacity(i, "0.2");
+            this.setOpacity(i, '0.2');
         }
-        this._audioCol = FieldValue(Cast(
-            Docs.Create.FreeformDocument(
-                [Cast(Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, {
-                    title: "mobile audio",
-                    _width: 500,
-                    _height: 100
-                }), Doc) as Doc], { title: "mobile audio", _width: 300, _height: 300, _fitContentsToBox: true, boxShadow: "0 0" }), Doc)) as Doc;
-    }
+        this._audioCol = FieldValue(
+            Cast(
+                Docs.Create.FreeformDocument(
+                    [
+                        Cast(
+                            Docs.Create.AudioDocument(nullAudio, {
+                                title: 'mobile audio',
+                                _width: 500,
+                                _height: 100,
+                            }),
+                            Doc
+                        ) as Doc,
+                    ],
+                    { title: 'mobile audio', _width: 300, _height: 300, _fitContentsToBox: true, boxShadow: '0 0' }
+                ),
+                Doc
+            )
+        ) as Doc;
+    };
 
-    /** 
+    /**
      * Handles the onClick of the 'Close' button
      * Reset upload interface and toggle audio
      */
     closeUpload = () => {
         this.clearUpload();
         MobileInterface.Instance.toggleAudio();
-    }
+    };
 
     /**
      * Handles the on click of the 'Upload' button.
@@ -57,14 +73,14 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
         const audioDoc = this._audioCol;
         const data = Cast(audioRightSidebar.data, listSpec(Doc));
         for (let i = 1; i < 8; i++) {
-            setTimeout(() => this.setOpacity(i, "1"), i * 200);
+            setTimeout(() => this.setOpacity(i, '1'), i * 200);
         }
         if (data) {
             data.push(audioDoc);
         }
         // Resets uploader after 3 seconds
         setTimeout(this.clearUpload, 3000);
-    }
+    };
 
     // Returns the upload audio menu
     private get uploadInterface() {
@@ -72,11 +88,13 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
             <>
                 <ContextMenu />
                 <DictationOverlay />
-                <div style={{ display: "none" }}><RichTextMenu key="rich" /></div>
+                <div style={{ display: 'none' }}>
+                    <RichTextMenu key="rich" />
+                </div>
                 <div className="closeUpload" onClick={() => this.closeUpload()}>
-                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="window-close" size={"lg"} />
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="window-close" size={'lg'} />
                 </div>
-                <FontAwesomeIcon icon="microphone" size="lg" style={{ fontSize: "130" }} />
+                <FontAwesomeIcon icon="microphone" size="lg" style={{ fontSize: '130' }} />
                 <div className="audioUpload_cont">
                     <DocumentView
                         Document={this._audioCol}
@@ -96,12 +114,10 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
                         isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                         isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                         focus={emptyFunction}
-                        styleProvider={() => "rgba(0,0,0,0)"}
+                        styleProvider={() => 'rgba(0,0,0,0)'}
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                        ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
                 <div className="restart_label" onClick={this.clearUpload}>
@@ -125,28 +141,16 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
 
     // Handles the setting of the loading bar
     setOpacity = (index: number, opacity: string) => {
-        const slab = document.getElementById("slab0" + index);
+        const slab = document.getElementById('slab0' + index);
         if (slab) {
             slab.style.opacity = opacity;
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     @observable private dialogueBoxOpacity = 1;
     @observable private overlayOpacity = 0.4;
 
     render() {
-        return (
-            <MainViewModal
-                contents={this.uploadInterface}
-                isDisplayed={true}
-                interactive={true}
-                dialogueBoxDisplayedOpacity={this.dialogueBoxOpacity}
-                overlayDisplayedOpacity={this.overlayOpacity}
-                closeOnExternalClick={this.closeUpload}
-            />
-        );
+        return <MainViewModal contents={this.uploadInterface} isDisplayed={true} interactive={true} dialogueBoxDisplayedOpacity={this.dialogueBoxOpacity} overlayDisplayedOpacity={this.overlayOpacity} closeOnExternalClick={this.closeUpload} />;
     }
-
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 2ae597b0b..a543c2f70 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                     renderDepth={0}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
                     isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                    focus={DocUtils.DefaultFocus}
+                    focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={this.whitebackground}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                     docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
-                    ContainingCollectionDoc={undefined}
                 />
             </div>
         );
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From bf16eca7a84adfdf1c5970e7e4793568ee70325d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:14:29 -0400
Subject: fixed updating cached docs when opening a backlinks collection. 
 added some FieldInfo types and added 'enumeration' field display in schema
 view.  fixed bug in schema view column sizing.   updated a bunch of standard
 field names to be more consistent.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  | 471 +++++++++++----------
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                | 115 ++---
 src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts                 |   2 +-
 src/client/util/DragManager.ts                     |   2 +-
 src/client/util/LinkManager.ts                     |   2 +-
 src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts                  |   3 +-
 src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx                 |   9 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |   2 -
 src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx             |   2 +-
 src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx           |  16 +-
 src/client/views/FilterPanel.tsx                   |  12 +-
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                |   8 +-
 src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx                  |  12 +-
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      |  20 +-
 src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx              |   2 +-
 src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx                   |   4 +-
 src/client/views/Palette.tsx                       |   4 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx             |   4 +-
 .../views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx       |   4 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |  44 +-
 src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx                  |  12 +-
 src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx                 |  23 +-
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |   4 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |  10 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx | 104 ++---
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       |  21 +-
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      |  14 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  12 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx |  29 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx       |  18 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       |  12 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |   8 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          |  24 +-
 .../CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx                 |  16 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |  14 +-
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |   2 +-
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      |  18 +-
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |   4 +-
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |   4 +-
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss     |   2 +-
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      |  56 +--
 .../collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx        |   3 +-
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx  |  10 +-
 .../collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx           |  55 ++-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx         |   2 +-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx             |   4 +-
 .../views/nodes/DataVizBox/components/TableBox.tsx |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx     |   6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |  43 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx            |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx                |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx           |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx          |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx           |   8 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx          |   8 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBoxInfoWindow.tsx |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx                  |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.scss               |   5 -
 src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.tsx                |  38 --
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |   4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |   8 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx      |   2 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx      |   4 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |  22 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  14 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   |  10 +-
 src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx                 |  10 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  44 +-
 src/fields/documentSchemas.ts                      |  10 +-
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |   8 +-
 src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx                         |  10 +-
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |   4 +-
 72 files changed, 740 insertions(+), 761 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.scss
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.tsx

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index c1abd6e71..a91d5806c 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -110,18 +110,28 @@ class DocInfo extends FInfo {
     }
 }
 class DimInfo extends FInfo {
-    fieldType? = 'DimUnit';
+    fieldType? = 'enumeration';
     values? = [DimUnit.Pixel, DimUnit.Ratio];
-    readOnly = true;
+    readOnly = false;
 }
 class PEInfo extends FInfo {
-    fieldType? = 'pointerEvents';
+    fieldType? = 'enumeration';
     values? = ['all', 'none'];
-    readOnly = true;
+    readOnly = false;
 }
 class DAInfo extends FInfo {
-    fieldType? = 'dropActionType';
+    fieldType? = 'enumeration';
     values? = ['embed', 'copy', 'move', 'same', 'proto', 'none'];
+    readOnly = false;
+}
+class CTypeInfo extends FInfo {
+    fieldType? = 'enumeration';
+    values? = Array.from(Object.keys(CollectionViewType));
+    readOnly = false;
+}
+class DTypeInfo extends FInfo {
+    fieldType? = 'enumeration';
+    values? = Array.from(Object.keys(DocumentType));
     readOnly = true;
 }
 class DateInfo extends FInfo {
@@ -134,272 +144,267 @@ type STRt = StrInfo | string;
 type DOCt = DocInfo | Doc;
 type DIMt = DimInfo | typeof DimUnit.Pixel | typeof DimUnit.Ratio;
 type PEVt = PEInfo | 'none' | 'all';
+type COLLt = CTypeInfo | CollectionViewType;
 type DROPt = DAInfo | dropActionType;
 type DATEt = DateInfo | number;
+type DTYPEt = DTypeInfo | string;
 export class DocumentOptions {
+    // coordinate and dimensions depending on view
     x?: NUMt = new NumInfo('x coordinate of document in a freeform view');
     y?: NUMt = new NumInfo('y coordinage of document in a freeform view');
     z?: NUMt = new NumInfo('whether document is in overlay (1) or not (0)', false, [1, 0]);
-    isSystem?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is this a system created/owned doc', true);
-    type?: STRt = new StrInfo('type of document', true, Array.from(Object.keys(DocumentType)));
-    title?: string;
-    author_date?: DATEt = new DateInfo('date the document was created', true);
-    _dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
-    allowOverlayDrop?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('can documents be dropped onto this document without using dragging title bar or holding down embed key (ctrl)?', true);
-    childDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to the source document when it's dropped onto a child of a collection ");
-    targetDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the source document when ??? ');
-    userColor?: STRt = new StrInfo('color associated with a Dash user (seen in header fields of shared documents)');
-    color?: STRt = new StrInfo('foreground color data doc');
-    backgroundColor?: STRt = new StrInfo('background color for data doc');
-    _layout_autoHeight?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether document automatically resizes vertically to display contents');
-    _headerHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('height of document header used for displaying title');
-    _headerFontSize?: NUMt = new NumInfo('font size of header of custom notes');
-    _headerPointerEvents?: PEVt = new PEInfo('types of events the header of a custom text document can consume');
-    _freeform_panX?: NUMt = new NumInfo('horizontal pan location of a freeform view');
-    _freeform_panY?: NUMt = new NumInfo('vertical pan location of a freeform view');
+    _dimMagnitude?: NUMt = new NumInfo("magnitude of collectionMulti{row,col} element's width or height");
+    _dimUnit?: DIMt = new DimInfo("units of collectionMulti{row,col} element's width or height - 'px' or '*' for pixels or relative units");
+    lat?: NUMt = new NumInfo('latitude coordinate for map views');
+    lng?: NUMt = new NumInfo('longitude coordinate for map views');
+    _timecodeToShow?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the time that a document should be displayed (e.g., when an annotation shows up as a video plays)');
+    _timecodeToHide?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the time that a document should be hidden');
     _width?: NUMt = new NumInfo('displayed width of a document');
     _height?: NUMt = new NumInfo('displayed height of document');
     data_nativeWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native width of data field contents (e.g., the pixel width of an image)');
     data_nativeHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native height of data field contents (e.g., the pixel height of an image)');
+    linearBtnWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('unexpanded width of a linear menu button (button "width" changes when it expands)');
     _nativeWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native width of document contents (e.g., the pixel width of an image)');
     _nativeHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native height of document contents (e.g., the pixel height of an image)');
     _nativeDimModifiable?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('native dimensions can be modified using document decoration reizers');
     _nativeHeightUnfrozen?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('native height can be changed independent of width by dragging decoration resizers');
-    _dimMagnitude?: NUMt = new NumInfo("magnitude of collectionMulti{row,col} element's width or height");
-    _dimUnit?: DIMt = new DimInfo("units of collectionMulti{row,col} element's width or height - 'px' or '*' for pixels or relative units");
+
+    'acl-Public'?: string; // public permissions
+    '_acl-Public'?: string; // public permissions
+    type?: DTYPEt = new DTypeInfo('type of document', true);
+    _type_collection?: COLLt = new CTypeInfo('how collection is rendered'); // sub type of a collection
+    title?: STRt = new StrInfo('title of document');
+    caption?: RichTextField;
+    author?: string; // STRt = new StrInfo('creator of document'); // bcz: don't change this. Otherwise, the userDoc's field Infos will have a FieldInfo assigned to its author field which will render it unreadable
+    author_date?: DATEt = new DateInfo('date the document was created', true);
+    annotationOn?: DOCt = new DocInfo('document annotated by this document');
+    color?: STRt = new StrInfo('foreground color data doc');
+    hidden?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the document is not rendered by its collection');
+    backgroundColor?: STRt = new StrInfo('background color for data doc');
+    opacity?: NUMt = new NumInfo('document opacity');
+    viewTransitionTime?: NUMt = new NumInfo('transition duration for view parameters');
+    dontRegisterView?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('are views of this document registered so that they can be found when following links, etc');
+    dontUndo?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether button clicks should be undoable (true for Undo/Redo/and sidebar) AND whether modifications to document are undoable (true for linearview menu buttons to prevent open/close from entering undo stack)');
+    _headerHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('height of document header used for displaying title');
+    _headerFontSize?: NUMt = new NumInfo('font size of header of custom notes');
+    _headerPointerEvents?: PEVt = new PEInfo('types of events the header of a custom text document can consume');
+    _lockedPosition?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo("lock the x,y coordinates of the document so that it can't be dragged");
+    _lockedTransform?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('lock the freeform_panx,freeform_pany and scale parameters of the document so that it be panned/zoomed');
+
+    layout?: string | Doc; // default layout string or template document
+    layout_keyValue?: STRt = new StrInfo('layout definition for showing keyValue view of document');
+    layout_explainer?: STRt = new StrInfo('explanation displayed at top of a collection to describe its purpose');
+    layout_headerButton?: DOCt = new DocInfo('the (button) Doc to display at the top of a collection.');
+    layout_disableBrushing?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to suppress border highlighting');
+    layout_unrendered?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('denotes an annotation that is not rendered with a DocumentView (e.g, rtf/pdf text selections and links to scroll locations in web/pdf)');
+    layout_hideOpenButton?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the open full screen button when selected');
+    layout_hideDocumentButtonBar?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the document decorations lower button bar when selected');
+    layout_hideLinkAnchors?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('suppresses link anchor dots from being displayed');
+    layout_hideAllLinks?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether all individual blue anchor dots should be hidden');
+    layout_hideResizeHandles?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the resize handles when selected');
+    layout_hideLinkButton?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the blue link counter button should be hidden');
+    layout_hideDecorationTitle?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to suppress the document decortations title when selected');
+    layout_borderRounding?: string;
+    layout_boxShadow?: string; // box-shadow css string OR "standard" to use dash standard box shadow
+    layout_maxAutoHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('maximum height for newly created (eg, from pasting) text documents');
+    _layout_autoHeight?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether document automatically resizes vertically to display contents');
+    _layout_curPage?: NUMt = new NumInfo('current page of a PDF or other? paginated document');
+    _layout_currentTimecode?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the current timecode of a time-based document (e.g., current time of a video)  value is in seconds');
+    _layout_hideContextMenu?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the context menu can be shown');
     _layout_fitWidth?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether document should scale its contents to fit its rendered width or not (e.g., for PDFviews)');
-    _layoutFitContentsToBox?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a freeformview should zoom/scale to create a shrinkwrapped view of its content');
-    _contentBounds?: List<number>; // the (forced) bounds of the document to display. format is: [left, top, right, bottom]
-    _lockedPosition?: boolean; // lock the x,y coordinates of the document so that it can't be dragged
-    _lockedTransform?: boolean; // lock the freeform_panx,freeform_pany and scale parameters of the document so that it be panned/zoomed
-    _followLinkToggle?: boolean; // whether document, when clicked, toggles display of its link target
+    _layout_fitContentsToBox?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a freeformview should zoom/scale to create a shrinkwrapped view of its content');
+    _layout_fieldKey?: STRt = new StrInfo('the field key containing the current layout definition');
+    _layout_enableAltContentUI?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to show alternate content button');
     _layout_showTitle?: string; // field name to display in header (:hover is an optional suffix)
-    _layout_altContentUI?: boolean; // whether to show alternate content button
-    _isLightbox?: boolean; // whether a collection acts as a lightbox by opening lightbox links by hiding all other documents in collection besides link target
+    _layout_showSidebar?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether an annotationsidebar should be displayed for text docuemnts');
     _layout_showCaption?: string; // which field to display in the caption area.  leave empty to have no caption
-    _layoutScrollTop?: 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
-    _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)
-    enableDragWhenActive?: boolean; // allow dragging even if document contentts are active (e.g., tree, groups)
-    _stayInCollection?: boolean; // whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere
-    _raiseWhenDragged?: boolean; // whether a document is brought to front when dragged.
-    _hideContextMenu?: boolean; // whether the context menu can be shown
-    _type_collection?: string; // sub type of a collection
-    type_collection?: string; // sub type of a collection
-    _gridGap?: number; // gap between items in masonry view
-    freeform?: string; // placeholder just so that the key value pane has a divider to render for freeform view data
-    _freeform_scale?: number; // how much a freeform view has been scaled (zoomed)
-    _overflow?: string; // set overflow behavior
-    _xMargin?: number; // gap between left edge of document and start of masonry/stacking layouts
-    _yMargin?: number; // gap between top edge of dcoument and start of masonry/stacking layouts
-    _xPadding?: number;
-    _yPadding?: number;
-    _carousel_index?: number; // which item index the carousel viewer is showing
-    _layout_showSidebar?: boolean; //whether an annotationsidebar should be displayed for text docuemnts
+
+    _chromeHidden?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the editing chrome for a document is hidden');
+    _gridGap?: NUMt = new NumInfo('gap between items in masonry view');
+    _xMargin?: NUMt = new NumInfo('gap between left edge of document and start of masonry/stacking layouts');
+    _yMargin?: NUMt = new NumInfo('gap between top edge of dcoument and start of masonry/stacking layouts');
+    _xPadding?: NUMt = new NumInfo('x padding');
+    _yPadding?: NUMt = new NumInfo('y padding');
     _singleLine?: boolean; // whether label box is restricted to one line of text
     _createDocOnCR?: boolean; // whether carriage returns and tabs create new text documents
-    _minFontSize?: number; // minimum font size for labelBoxes
-    _maxFontSize?: number; // maximum font size for labelBoxes
-    _columnWidth?: number;
-    _columnsHideIfEmpty?: boolean; // whether stacking view column headings should be hidden
-    _text_fontSize?: string;
-    _text_fontFamily?: string;
-    _text_fontWeight?: string;
-    _pivotField?: string; // field key used to determine headings for sections in stacking, masonry, pivot views
-    _layout_curPage?: number; // current page of a PDF or other? paginated document
-    _layout_currentTimecode?: number; // the current timecode of a time-based document (e.g., current time of a video)  value is in seconds
-    _currentFrame?: number; // the current frame of a frame-based collection (e.g., progressive slide)
-    _timecodeToShow?: number; // the time that a document should be displayed (e.g., when an annotation shows up as a video plays)
-    _timecodeToHide?: number; // the time that a document should be hidden
-    _timelineLabel?: boolean; // whether the document exists on a timeline
+    _columnWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('width of table column');
+    _columnsHideIfEmpty?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether stacking view column headings should be hidden');
     _caption_xMargin?: NUMt = new NumInfo('x margin of caption inside of a carousel collection', true);
     _caption_yMargin?: NUMt = new NumInfo('y margin of caption inside of a carousel collection', true);
     icon_nativeWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native width of icon view', true);
     icon_nativeHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('native height of icon view', true);
-    dragFactory_count?: NUMt = new NumInfo('number of items created from a drag button (used for setting title with incrementing index)', true);
-    openFactoryLocation?: string; // an OpenWhere value to place the factory created document
-    openFactoryAsDelegate?: boolean; //
-    lat?: number;
-    lng?: number;
-    infoWindowOpen?: boolean;
-    author?: string;
-    _layout_fieldKey?: string;
-    fieldValues?: List<any>; // possible field values used by fieldInfos
-    fieldType?: string; // type of afield used by fieldInfos
-    layout_unrendered?: boolean; // denotes an annotation that is not rendered with a DocumentView (e.g, rtf/pdf text selections and links to scroll locations in web/pdf)
-    'acl-Public'?: string; // public permissions
-    '_acl-Public'?: string; // public permissions
-    version?: string; // version identifier for a document
-    label?: string;
-    hidden?: boolean;
-    _hidden?: boolean;
-    pointerEvents?: string; // pointer events that the documentview should have
-    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.
-    linkSource?: Doc; // the source document for a collection of backlinks
+    _text_fontSize?: string;
+    _text_fontFamily?: string;
+    _text_fontWeight?: string;
+    _pivotField?: string; // field key used to determine headings for sections in stacking, masonry, pivot views
+
+    infoWindowOpen?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether info window corresponding to pin is open (on MapDocuments)');
+    _carousel_index?: NUMt = new NumInfo('which item index the carousel viewer is showing');
+    _label_minFontSize?: NUMt = new NumInfo('minimum font size for labelBoxes');
+    _label_maxFontSize?: NUMt = new NumInfo('maximum font size for labelBoxes');
+    stroke_width?: NUMt = new NumInfo('width of an ink stroke');
+    icon_label?: STRt = new StrInfo('label to use for a fontIcon doc (otherwise, the title is used)');
+    mediaState?: STRt = new StrInfo('status of audio/video media document: "pendingRecording", "recording", "paused", "playing"');
+    recording?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether WebCam is recording or not');
+    autoPlayAnchors?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to play audio/video when an anchor is clicked in a stackedTimeline.');
+    dontPlayLinkOnSelect?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether an audio/video should start playing when a link is followed to it.');
     updateContentsScript?: ScriptField; // reactive script invoked when viewing a document that can update contents of a collection (or do anything)
     toolTip?: string; // tooltip to display on hover
     toolType?: string; // type of pen tool
-    expertMode?: boolean; // something available only in expert (not novice) mode
+    expertMode?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('something available only in expert (not novice) mode');
+
+    contentPointerEvents?: string; // pointer events allowed for content of a document view.  eg. set to "none" in menuSidebar for sharedDocs so that you can select a document, but not interact with its contents
     contextMenuFilters?: List<ScriptField>;
     contextMenuScripts?: List<ScriptField>;
     contextMenuLabels?: List<string>;
     contextMenuIcons?: List<string>;
-    defaultDoubleClick?: 'ignore' | 'default'; // ignore double clicks, or deafult (undefined) means open document full screen
-    waitForDoubleClickToClick?: 'always' | 'never' | 'default'; // whether a click function wait for double click to expire.  'default' undefined = wait only if there's a click handler, "never" = never wait, "always" = alway wait
-    dontUndo?: boolean; // whether button clicks should be undoable ( true for Undo/Redo/and sidebar) AND whether modifications to document are undoable (true for linearview menu buttons to prevent open/close from entering undo stack)
-    layout?: string | Doc; // default layout string for a document
-    contentPointerEvents?: string; // pointer events allowed for content of a document view.  eg. set to "none" in menuSidebar for sharedDocs so that you can select a document, but not interact with its contents
-    childLimitHeight?: number; // whether to limit the height of collection children.  0 - means  height can be no bigger than width
+    childFilters_boolean?: string;
+    childFilters?: List<string>;
+    childLimitHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('whether to limit the height of collection children.  0 - means  height can be no bigger than width');
     childLayoutTemplate?: Doc; // template for collection to use to render its children (see PresBox layout in tree view)
     childLayoutString?: string; // template string for collection to use to render its children
-    childDocumentsActive?: boolean; // whether child documents are active when parent is document active
-    childDontRegisterViews?: boolean;
-    childHideLinkButton?: boolean; // hide link buttons on all children
+    childDocumentsActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether child documents are active when parent is document active');
+    childDontRegisterViews?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether child document views should be registered so that they can be found when following links, etc');
+    childHideLinkButton?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('hide link buttons on all children');
     childContextMenuFilters?: List<ScriptField>;
     childContextMenuScripts?: List<ScriptField>;
     childContextMenuLabels?: List<string>;
     childContextMenuIcons?: List<string>;
-    followLinkZoom?: boolean; // whether to zoom to the target of a link
-    layout_hideLinkButton?: boolean; // whether the blue link counter button should be hidden
-    disableDocBrushing?: boolean; // whether to suppress border highlighting
-    layout_hideDecorationTitle?: boolean;
-    hideOpenButton?: boolean;
-    layout_hideResizeHandles?: boolean;
-    hideDocumentButtonBar?: boolean;
-    hideAllLinks?: boolean; // whether all individual blue anchor dots should be hidden
-    isTemplateForField?: string; // the field key for which the containing document is a rendering template
-    isTemplateDoc?: boolean;
     targetScriptKey?: string; // where to write a template script (used by collections with click templates which need to target onClick, onDoubleClick, etc)
-    templates?: List<string>;
-    hero?: ImageField; // primary image that best represents a compound document (e.g., for a buxton device document that has multiple images)
-    caption?: RichTextField;
-    opacity?: number;
-    defaultBackgroundColor?: string;
-    _layout_autoMoveAnchors?: boolean; // whether link endpoint should move around the edges of a document to make shortest path to other link endpoint
-    layout_hideLinkAnchors?: boolean; // suppresses link anchor dots from being displayed
-    isFolder?: boolean;
-    lastFrame?: number; // the last frame of a frame-based collection (e.g., progressive slide)
-    activeFrame?: number; // the active frame of a document in a frame base collection
-    appearFrame?: number; // the frame in which the document appears
-    viewTransitionTime?: number; // transition duration for view parameters
-    presPanX?: number; // panX saved as a view spec
-    presPanY?: number; // panY saved as a view spec
-    presViewScale?: number; // viewScale saved as a view Spec
-    presTransition?: number; //the time taken for the transition TO a document
-    presDuration?: number; //the duration of the slide in presentation view
-    presZoomText?: boolean; // whether text anchors should shown in a larger box when following links to make them stand out
-    borderRounding?: string;
-    boxShadow?: string; // box-shadow css string OR "standard" to use dash standard box shadow
+
+    lastFrame?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the last frame of a frame-based collection (e.g., progressive slide)');
+    activeFrame?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the active frame of a document in a frame base collection');
+    appearFrame?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the frame in which the document appears');
+    _currentFrame?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the current frame of a frame-based collection (e.g., progressive slide)');
+
+    isSystem?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is this a system created/owned doc', true);
+    isBaseProto?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is doc a base level prototype for data documents as opposed to data documents which are prototypes for layout documents.  base protos are not cloned during a deep');
+    isTemplateForField?: string; // the field key for which the containing document is a rendering template
+    isTemplateDoc?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is the document a template for creating other documents');
+    isGroup?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('should collection use a grouping UI behavior');
+    isFolder?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is document a tree view folder');
+    _isTimelineLabel?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is document a timeline label');
+    _isLightbox?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a collection acts as a lightbox by opening lightbox links by hiding all other documents in collection besides link target');
+
+    presPanX?: NUMt = new NumInfo('panX saved as a view spec');
+    presPanY?: NUMt = new NumInfo('panY saved as a view spec');
+    presViewScale?: NUMt = new NumInfo('viewScale saved as a view Spec');
+    presTransition?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the time taken for the transition TO a document');
+    presDuration?: NUMt = new NumInfo('the duration of the slide in presentation view');
+    presZoomText?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether text anchors should shown in a larger box when following links to make them stand out');
+
     data?: any;
-    isBaseProto?: boolean; // this Doc is base level prototype for data documents as opposed to data documents which are prototypes for layout documents.  base protos are not cloned during a deep
-    dontRegisterView?: boolean;
-    lookupField?: ScriptField; // script that returns the value of a field. This script is passed the rootDoc, layoutDoc, field, and container of the document.  see PresBox.
+    data_useCors?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether CORS protocol should be used for web page');
     columnHeaders?: List<SchemaHeaderField>; // headers for stacking views
     schemaHeaders?: List<SchemaHeaderField>; // headers for schema view
-    dockingConfig?: string;
-    annotationOn?: Doc;
-    followLinkToggle?: 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
+    dockingConfig?: STRt = new StrInfo('configuration of golden layout windows (applies only if doc is rendered as a CollectionDockingView)');
+    icon?: string; // icon used by fonticonbox to render button
     noteType?: string;
-    // BACKGROUND GRID
+
+    // freeform properties
     _freeform_backgroundGrid?: boolean;
+    _freeform_scale?: NUMt = new NumInfo('how much a freeform view has been scaled (zoomed)');
+    _freeform_panX?: NUMt = new NumInfo('horizontal pan location of a freeform view');
+    _freeform_panY?: NUMt = new NumInfo('vertical pan location of a freeform view');
+    _freeform_noAutoPan?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('disables autopanning when this item is dragged');
+    _freeform_noZoom?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('disables zooming');
 
     //BUTTONS
     buttonText?: string;
-    iconShape?: string; // shapes of the fonticon border
     btnType?: string;
     btnList?: List<string>;
     docColorBtn?: string;
     userColorBtn?: string;
-    canClick?: string;
     script?: ScriptField;
-    numBtnMax?: number;
-    numBtnMin?: number;
+    numBtnMax?: NUMt = new NumInfo('maximum value of a number button');
+    numBtnMin?: NUMt = new NumInfo('minimum value of a number button');
     switchToggle?: boolean;
     badgeValue?: ScriptField;
 
     //LINEAR VIEW
-    linearViewIsExpanded?: boolean; // is linear view expanded
-    linearViewExpandable?: boolean; // can linear view be expanded
-    linearViewToggleButton?: string; // button to open close linear view group
-    linearViewSubMenu?: boolean;
-    linearBtnWidth?: number;
-    flexGap?: number; // Linear view flex gap
+    linearView_IsExpanded?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is linear view expanded');
+    linearView_Expandable?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('can linear view be expanded');
+    linearView_SubMenu?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('is doc a sub menu of more linear views');
+    flexGap?: NUMt = new NumInfo('Linear view flex gap');
     flexDirection?: 'unset' | 'row' | 'column' | 'row-reverse' | 'column-reverse';
 
-    layout_linkView?: Doc; // view template for a link document
-    layout_keyValue?: string; // view tempalte for key value docs
     link_description?: string; // added for links
     link_relationship?: string; // type of relatinoship a link represents
-    layout_linkDisplay?: boolean; // whether a link line should be dipslayed between the two link anchors
-    layout_linkDisplayArrow?: boolean; // whether to display link's directional arrowhead
+    link_displayLine?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a link line should be dipslayed between the two link anchors');
+    link_displayArrow?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo("whether to display link's directional arrowhead");
     link_anchor_1?: Doc;
     link_anchor_2?: Doc;
-    link_anchor_1_useLinkSmallAnchor?: boolean; // whether link_anchor_1 of a link should use a miniature anchor dot (as when the anchor is a text selection)
-    link_anchor_2_useLinkSmallAnchor?: boolean; // whether link_anchor_1 of a link should use a miniature anchor dot (as when the anchor is a text selection)
-    ignoreClick?: boolean;
+    link_autoMoveAnchors?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether link endpoint should move around the edges of a document to make shortest path to other link endpoint');
+    link_anchor_1_useSmallAnchor?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether link_anchor_1 of a link should use a miniature anchor dot (as when the anchor is a text selection)');
+    link_anchor_2_useSmallAnchor?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether link_anchor_1 of a link should use a miniature anchor dot (as when the anchor is a text selection)');
+    link_relationshipList?: List<string>; // for storing different link relationships (when set by user in the link editor)
+    link_relationshipSizes?: List<number>; //stores number of links contained in each relationship
+    link_colorList?: List<string>; // colors of links corresponding to specific link relationships
+    followLinkZoom?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to zoom to the target of a link');
+    followLinkToggle?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether target of link should be toggled on and off when following a link to it');
+    followLinkLocation?: STRt = new StrInfo('where to open link target when following link');
+    followLinkAnimEffect?: STRt = new StrInfo('animation effect triggered on target of link');
+    followLinkAnimDirection?: STRt = new StrInfo('direction modifier for animation effect');
+
+    ignoreClick?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether clicks on document should be ignored');
     onClick?: ScriptField;
     onDoubleClick?: ScriptField;
     onChildClick?: ScriptField; // script given to children of a collection to execute when they are clicked
     onChildDoubleClick?: ScriptField; // script given to children of a collection to execute when they are double clicked
+    defaultDoubleClick?: 'ignore' | 'default'; // ignore double clicks, or deafult (undefined) means open document full screen
+    waitForDoubleClickToClick?: 'always' | 'never' | 'default'; // whether a click function wait for double click to expire.  'default' undefined = wait only if there's a click handler, "never" = never wait, "always" = alway wait
     onPointerDown?: ScriptField;
     onPointerUp?: ScriptField;
+    dragFactory_count?: NUMt = new NumInfo('number of items created from a drag button (used for setting title with incrementing index)', true);
+    openFactoryLocation?: string; // an OpenWhere value to place the factory created document
+    openFactoryAsDelegate?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('create a delegate of the factory');
+    _forceActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('flag to handle pointer events when not selected (or otherwise active)');
+    enableDragWhenActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('allow dragging even if document contentts are active (e.g., tree, groups)');
+    _stayInCollection?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere');
+    _raiseWhenDragged?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a document is brought to front when dragged.');
+    allowOverlayDrop?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('can documents be dropped onto this document without using dragging title bar or holding down embed key (ctrl)?', true);
+    childDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to the source document when it's dropped onto a child of a collection ");
+    targetDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the source document when ??? ');
+    _dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
+    _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
+    cloneFieldFilter?: List<string>; // fields not to copy when the document is clonedclipboard?: Doc;
     dropConverter?: ScriptField; // script to run when documents are dropped on this Document.
     dragFactory?: Doc; // document to create when dragging with a suitable onDragStart script
     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;
-    data_useCors?: boolean;
-    icon?: string; // icon used by fonticonbox to render button
-    target?: Doc; // available for use in scripts as the primary target document
-    sourcePanel?: Doc; // panel to display in 'targetContainer' as the result of a button onClick script
-    targetContainer?: Doc; // document whose proto will be set to 'panel' as the result of a onClick click script
-    searchFileTypes?: List<string>; // file types allowed in a search query
-    stroke_width?: number;
-    freezeChildren?: string; // whether children are now allowed to be added and or removed from a collection
-    treeViewHideTitle?: boolean; // whether to hide the top document title of a tree view
-    treeViewHideUnrendered?: boolean; // tells tree view not to display documents that have an 'layout_unrendered' tag unless they also have a treeViewFieldKey tag (presBox)
-    treeViewHideHeaderIfTemplate?: boolean; // whether to hide the header for a document in a tree view only if a childLayoutTemplate is provided (presBox)
-    treeViewHideHeader?: boolean; // whether to hide the header for a document in a tree view
-    treeViewHideHeaderFields?: boolean; // whether to hide the drop down options for tree view items.
+    target?: Doc; // available for use in scripts.  used to provide a document parameter to the script (Note, this is a convenience entry since any field could be used for parameterizing a script)
+
+    treeViewHideTitle?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the top document title of a tree view');
+    treeViewHideUnrendered?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo("tells tree view not to display documents that have an 'layout_unrendered' tag unless they also have a treeViewFieldKey tag (presBox)");
+    treeViewHideHeaderIfTemplate?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the header for a document in a tree view only if a childLayoutTemplate is provided (presBox)');
+    treeViewHideHeader?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the header for a document in a tree view');
+    treeViewHideHeaderFields?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether to hide the drop down options for tree view items.');
     treeViewChildDoubleClick?: ScriptField; //
-    // Action Button
-    buttonMenu?: boolean; // whether a action button should be displayed
-    buttonMenuDoc?: Doc;
-    explainer?: string;
-
-    treeViewOpenIsTransient?: boolean; // ignores the treeViewOpen Doc flag, allowing a treeViewItem's expand/collapse state to be independent of other views of the same document in the same or any other tree view
-    _treeViewOpen?: boolean; // whether this document is expanded in a tree view  (note: need _ and regular versions since this can be specified for both proto and layout docs)
-    treeViewOpen?: boolean; // whether this document is expanded in a tree view
+    treeViewOpenIsTransient?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo("ignores the treeViewOpen Doc flag, allowing a treeViewItem's expand/collapse state to be independent of other views of the same document in the same or any other tree view");
+    treeViewOpen?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether this document is expanded in a tree view');
     treeViewExpandedView?: string; // which field/thing is displayed when this item is opened in tree view
-    treeViewExpandedViewLock?: boolean; // whether the expanded view can be changed
+    treeViewExpandedViewLock?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the expanded view can be changed');
     treeViewChecked?: ScriptField; // script to call when a tree view checkbox is checked
-    treeViewTruncateTitleWidth?: number;
-    treeViewHasOverlay?: boolean; // whether the treeview has an overlay for freeform annotations
+    treeViewTruncateTitleWidth?: NUMt = new NumInfo('maximum width of a treew view title before truncation');
+    treeViewHasOverlay?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the treeview has an overlay for freeform annotations');
     treeViewType?: string; // whether treeview is a Slide, file system, or (default) collection hierarchy
-    sidebarColor?: string; // background color of text sidebar
-    sidebarViewType?: string; // collection type of text sidebar
-    docMaxAutoHeight?: number; // maximum height for newly created (eg, from pasting) text documents
+    treeViewFreezeChildren?: STRt = new StrInfo('set (add, remove, add|remove) to disable adding, removing or both from collection');
+
+    sidebar_color?: string; // background color of text sidebar
+    sidebar_collectionType?: string; // collection type of text sidebar
+
     text?: string;
-    textTransform?: string; // is linear view expanded
-    letterSpacing?: string; // is linear view expanded
+    textTransform?: string;
+    letterSpacing?: string;
     iconTemplate?: string; // name of icon template style
-    selectedIndex?: number; // which item in a linear view has been selected using the "thumb doc" ui
+    selectedIndex?: NUMt = new NumInfo("which item in a linear view has been selected using the 'thumb doc' ui");
+
+    fieldValues?: List<any>; // possible values a field can have (used by FieldInfo's only)
+    fieldType?: string; // display type of a field, e.g. string, number, enumeration (used by FieldInfo's only)
+
     clipboard?: Doc;
-    searchQuery?: string; // for quersyBox
-    useLinkSmallAnchor?: boolean; // whether links to this document should use a miniature linkAnchorBox
-    border?: string; //for searchbox
     hoverBackgroundColor?: string; // background color of a label when hovered
-    link_relationshipList?: List<string>; // for storing different link relationships (when set by user in the link editor)
-    link_relationshipSizes?: List<number>; //stores number of links contained in each relationship
-    linkColorList?: List<string>; // colors of links corresponding to specific link relationships
+    userColor?: STRt = new StrInfo('color associated with a Dash user (seen in header fields of shared documents)');
 }
 export namespace Docs {
     export let newAccount: boolean = false;
@@ -986,7 +991,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
             I.layout = InkingStroke.LayoutString('stroke');
             I.layout_fitWidth = true;
             I.layout_hideDecorationTitle = true; // don't show title when selected
-            // I.hideOpenButton = true; // don't show open full screen button when selected
+            // I.layout_hideOpenButton = true; // don't show open full screen button when selected
             I.color = color;
             I.fillColor = fillColor;
             I.stroke = new InkField(points);
@@ -1088,7 +1093,12 @@ export namespace Docs {
         }
 
         export function PileDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
-            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL), new List(documents), { _overflow: 'visible', enableDragWhenActive: true, _forceActive: true, _noAutoscroll: true, ...options, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Pile }, id);
+            return InstanceFromProto(
+                Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL),
+                new List(documents),
+                { enableDragWhenActive: true, _forceActive: true, _freeform_noZoom: true, _freeform_noAutoPan: true, ...options, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Pile },
+                id
+            );
         }
 
         export function LinearDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
@@ -1177,12 +1187,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
         }
 
         export function DockDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, config: string, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
-            return InstanceFromProto(
-                Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL),
-                new List(documents),
-                { freezeChildren: 'remove|add', ...options, type_collection: CollectionViewType.Docking, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Docking, dockingConfig: config },
-                id
-            );
+            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL), new List(documents), { treeViewFreezeChildren: 'remove|add', ...options, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Docking, dockingConfig: config }, id);
         }
 
         export function DirectoryImportDocument(options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
@@ -1227,18 +1232,18 @@ export namespace Docs {
 export namespace DocUtils {
     /**
      * @param docs
-     * @param docFilters
-     * @param docRangeFilters
+     * @param childFilters
+     * @param childFiltersByRanges
      * @param parentCollection
-     * Given a list of docs and docFilters, @returns the list of Docs that match those filters
+     * Given a list of docs and childFilters, @returns the list of Docs that match those filters
      */
-    export function FilterDocs(childDocs: Doc[], docFilters: string[], docRangeFilters: string[], parentCollection?: Doc) {
-        if (!docFilters?.length && !docRangeFilters?.length) {
+    export function FilterDocs(childDocs: Doc[], childFilters: string[], childFiltersByRanges: string[], parentCollection?: Doc) {
+        if (!childFilters?.length && !childFiltersByRanges?.length) {
             return childDocs.filter(d => !d.cookies); // remove documents that need a cookie if there are no filters to provide one
         }
 
         const filterFacets: { [key: string]: { [value: string]: string } } = {}; // maps each filter key to an object with value=>modifier fields
-        docFilters.forEach(filter => {
+        childFilters.forEach(filter => {
             const fields = filter.split(':');
             const key = fields[0];
             const value = fields[1];
@@ -1249,7 +1254,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             filterFacets[key][value] = modifiers;
         });
 
-        const filteredDocs = docFilters.length
+        const filteredDocs = childFilters.length
             ? childDocs.filter(d => {
                   if (d.z) return true;
                   // if the document needs a cookie but no filter provides the cookie, then the document does not pass the filter
@@ -1293,7 +1298,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                                 return Field.toString(d[facetKey] as Field).includes(value);
                             });
                       // if we're ORing them together, the default return is false, and we return true for a doc if it satisfies any one set of criteria
-                      if (parentCollection?.filterBoolean === 'OR') {
+                      if (parentCollection?.childFilters_boolean === 'OR') {
                           if (satisfiesUnsetsFacets && satisfiesExistsFacets && satisfiesCheckFacets && !failsNotEqualFacets && satisfiesMatchFacets) return true;
                       }
                       // if we're ANDing them together, the default return is true, and we return false for a doc if it doesn't satisfy any set of criteria
@@ -1301,14 +1306,14 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                           if (!satisfiesUnsetsFacets || !satisfiesExistsFacets || !satisfiesCheckFacets || failsNotEqualFacets || (matches.length && !satisfiesMatchFacets)) return false;
                       }
                   }
-                  return (parentCollection?.currentFilter as Doc)?.filterBoolean === 'OR' ? false : true;
+                  return (parentCollection?.currentFilter as Doc)?.childFilters_boolean === 'OR' ? false : true;
               })
             : childDocs;
         const rangeFilteredDocs = filteredDocs.filter(d => {
-            for (let i = 0; i < docRangeFilters.length; i += 3) {
-                const key = docRangeFilters[i];
-                const min = Number(docRangeFilters[i + 1]);
-                const max = Number(docRangeFilters[i + 2]);
+            for (let i = 0; i < childFiltersByRanges.length; i += 3) {
+                const key = childFiltersByRanges[i];
+                const min = Number(childFiltersByRanges[i + 1]);
+                const max = Number(childFiltersByRanges[i + 2]);
                 const val = typeof d[key] === 'string' ? (Number(StrCast(d[key])).toString() === StrCast(d[key]) ? Number(StrCast(d[key])) : undefined) : Cast(d[key], 'number', null);
                 if (val === undefined) {
                     //console.log("Should 'undefined' pass range filter or not?")
@@ -1325,11 +1330,11 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         broadcastEvent && runInAction(() => (DocumentManager.Instance.RecordingEvent = DocumentManager.Instance.RecordingEvent + 1));
         return DocUtils.ActiveRecordings.map(audio => {
             const sourceDoc = getSourceDoc();
-            return sourceDoc && DocUtils.MakeLink(sourceDoc, audio.getAnchor(true) || audio.props.Document, { layout_linkDisplay: false, link_relationship: 'recording annotation:linked recording', link_description: 'recording timeline' });
+            return sourceDoc && DocUtils.MakeLink(sourceDoc, audio.getAnchor(true) || audio.props.Document, { link_displayLine: false, link_relationship: 'recording annotation:linked recording', link_description: 'recording timeline' });
         });
     }
 
-    export function MakeLink(source: Doc, target: Doc, linkSettings: { link_relationship?: string; link_description?: string; layout_linkDisplay?: boolean }, id?: string, showPopup?: number[]) {
+    export function MakeLink(source: Doc, target: Doc, linkSettings: { link_relationship?: string; link_description?: string; link_displayLine?: boolean }, id?: string, showPopup?: number[]) {
         if (!linkSettings.link_relationship) linkSettings.link_relationship = target.type === DocumentType.RTF ? 'Commentary:Comments On' : 'link';
         const sv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(source);
         if (target.doc === Doc.UserDoc()) return undefined;
@@ -1370,15 +1375,15 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
                 source,
                 target,
                 {
-                    title: ComputedField.MakeFunction('generateLinkTitle(self)') as any,
-                    link_anchor_1_useLinkSmallAnchor: source.useLinkSmallAnchor ? true : undefined,
-                    link_anchor_2_useLinkSmallAnchor: target.useLinkSmallAnchor ? true : undefined,
                     'acl-Public': SharingPermissions.Augment,
                     '_acl-Public': SharingPermissions.Augment,
-                    layout_linkDisplay: linkSettings.layout_linkDisplay,
+                    title: ComputedField.MakeFunction('generateLinkTitle(self)') as any,
+                    link_anchor_1_useSmallAnchor: source.useSmallAnchor ? true : undefined,
+                    link_anchor_2_useSmallAnchor: target.useSmallAnchor ? true : undefined,
+                    link_displayLine: linkSettings.link_displayLine,
                     link_relationship: linkSettings.link_relationship,
                     link_description: linkSettings.link_description,
-                    _layout_autoMoveAnchors: true,
+                    link_autoMoveAnchors: true,
                     _layout_showCaption: 'link_description',
                     _layout_showTitle: 'link_relationship',
                 },
@@ -1706,14 +1711,14 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         if (context && !hasContextAnchor && (context.type === DocumentType.VID || context.type === DocumentType.WEB || context.type === DocumentType.PDF || context.type === DocumentType.IMG)) {
             const pushpin = Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
                 title: 'pushpin',
-                label: '',
+                icon_label: '',
                 annotationOn: Cast(doc.annotationOn, Doc, null),
                 followLinkToggle: true,
                 icon: 'map-pin',
                 x: Cast(doc.x, 'number', null),
                 y: Cast(doc.y, 'number', null),
                 backgroundColor: '#ACCEF7',
-                hideAllLinks: true,
+                layout_hideAllLinks: true,
                 _width: 15,
                 _height: 15,
                 _xPadding: 0,
@@ -1804,7 +1809,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             _xMargin: noMargins ? 0 : undefined,
             _yMargin: noMargins ? 0 : undefined,
             annotationOn,
-            docMaxAutoHeight: maxHeight,
+            layout_maxAutoHeight: maxHeight,
             backgroundColor,
             _width: width || 200,
             _height: 35,
@@ -1812,7 +1817,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             y: y,
             _layout_fitWidth: true,
             _layout_autoHeight: true,
-            _layout_altContentUI: BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc().defaultToFlashcards),
+            _layout_enableAltContentUI: BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc().defaultToFlashcards),
             title,
         });
         const template = Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout;
@@ -1842,18 +1847,18 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * uploadFilesToDocs will take in an array of Files, and creates documents for the 
-     * new files. 
-     * 
+     * uploadFilesToDocs will take in an array of Files, and creates documents for the
+     * new files.
+     *
      * @param files an array of files that will be uploaded
      * @param options options to use while uploading
-     * @returns 
+     * @returns
      */
     export async function uploadFilesToDocs(files: File[], options: DocumentOptions) {
         const generatedDocuments: Doc[] = [];
 
-        // These files do not have overwriteDocs, so we do not set the guid and let the client generate one. 
-        const fileNoGuidPairs: Networking.FileGuidPair[] = files.map(file => ({file}));
+        // These files do not have overwriteDocs, so we do not set the guid and let the client generate one.
+        const fileNoGuidPairs: Networking.FileGuidPair[] = files.map(file => ({ file }));
 
         const upfiles = await Networking.UploadFilesToServer(fileNoGuidPairs);
         for (const {
@@ -1867,8 +1872,8 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
 
     export function uploadFileToDoc(file: File, options: DocumentOptions, overwriteDoc: Doc) {
         const generatedDocuments: Doc[] = [];
-        // Since this file has an overwriteDoc, we can set the client tracking guid to the overwriteDoc's guid. 
-        Networking.UploadFilesToServer([{file, guid: overwriteDoc[Id]}]).then(upfiles => {
+        // Since this file has an overwriteDoc, we can set the client tracking guid to the overwriteDoc's guid.
+        Networking.UploadFilesToServer([{ file, guid: overwriteDoc[Id] }]).then(upfiles => {
             const {
                 source: { name, type },
                 result,
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 6f6ac2d4a..59041862f 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { MainView } from "../views/MainView";
 import { ButtonType } from "../views/nodes/button/FontIconBox";
 import { OpenWhere } from "../views/nodes/DocumentView";
 import { OverlayView } from "../views/OverlayView";
-import { DragManager } from "./DragManager";
+import { DragManager, dropActionType } from "./DragManager";
 import { MakeTemplate } from "./DropConverter";
 import { FollowLinkScript } from "./LinkFollower";
 import { LinkManager } from "./LinkManager";
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "Experimental Tools", _xMargin: 0, _layout_showTitle: "title", _chromeHidden: true,
-            _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true, isSystem: true,
+            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true, isSystem: true,
             _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _layout_fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 35, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true,
         };
         const reqdScripts = { dropConverter : "convertToButtons(dragData)" };
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const reqdClickList = reqdTempOpts.map(opts => {
             const allOpts = {...reqdClickOpts, ...opts.opts};
             const clickDoc = tempClicks ? DocListCast(tempClicks.data).find(doc => doc.title === opts.opts.title): undefined;
-            return DocUtils.AssignOpts(clickDoc, allOpts) ?? MakeTemplate(Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(ScriptField.MakeScript(opts.script, {heading:Doc.name, checked:"boolean", containingTreeView:Doc.name}), allOpts), true, opts.opts.title);
+            return DocUtils.AssignOpts(clickDoc, allOpts) ?? MakeTemplate(Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(ScriptField.MakeScript(opts.script, {heading:Doc.name, checked:"boolean", containingTreeView:Doc.name}), allOpts), true, opts.opts.title?.toString());
         });
 
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {title: "click editor templates", _height:75, isSystem: true};
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                 {onClick:"deiconifyView(documentView)", onDoubleClick: "deiconifyViewToLightbox(documentView)", });
         };
         const labelBox = (opts: DocumentOptions, data?:string) => Docs.Create.LabelDocument({
-            textTransform: "unset", letterSpacing: "unset", _singleLine: false, _minFontSize: 14, _maxFontSize: 24, borderRounding: "5px",  _width: 150, _height: 70, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, ...opts
+            textTransform: "unset", letterSpacing: "unset", _singleLine: false, _label_minFontSize: 14, _label_maxFontSize: 24, layout_borderRounding: "5px",  _width: 150, _height: 70, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, ...opts
         });
         const imageBox = (opts: DocumentOptions, url?:string) => Docs.Create.ImageDocument(url ?? "http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bcz/noImage.png", { "icon_nativeWidth": 360 / 4, "icon_nativeHeight": 270 / 4, iconTemplate:DocumentType.IMG,  _width: 360 / 4, _height: 270 / 4,  _layout_showTitle: "title", ...opts });
         const fontBox = (opts:DocumentOptions, data?:string) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({ _nativeHeight: 30, _nativeWidth: 30, _width: 30, _height: 30, ...opts  });
@@ -260,10 +260,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         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
+                          scripts?:{[key:string]: any},
                           creator:(opts:DocumentOptions)=> any // how to create the empty thing if it doesn't exist
               }[] = [
             {key: "Note",       creator: opts => Docs.Create.TextDocument("", opts),        opts: { _width: 200, _layout_autoHeight: true }},
-            {key: "Flashcard",  creator: opts => Docs.Create.TextDocument("", opts),        opts: { _width: 200, _layout_autoHeight: true, _layout_altContentUI: true}},
+            {key: "Flashcard",  creator: opts => Docs.Create.TextDocument("", opts),        opts: { _width: 200, _layout_autoHeight: true, _layout_enableAltContentUI: true}},
             {key: "Equation",   creator: opts => Docs.Create.EquationDocument(opts),        opts: { _width: 300, _height: 35, }},
             {key: "Noteboard",  creator: opts => Docs.Create.NoteTakingDocument([], opts),  opts: { _width: 250, _height: 200, _layout_fitWidth: true}},
             {key: "Simulation", creator: opts => Docs.Create.SimulationDocument(opts),      opts: { _width: 300, _height: 300, }},
@@ -274,11 +275,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             {key: "Map",        creator: opts => Docs.Create.MapDocument([], opts),         opts: { _width: 800, _height: 600, _layout_fitWidth: true, _layout_showSidebar: true,  }},
             {key: "Screengrab", creator: Docs.Create.ScreenshotDocument,                    opts: { _width: 400, _height: 200 }},
             {key: "WebCam",     creator: opts => Docs.Create.WebCamDocument("", opts),      opts: { _width: 400, _height: 200, recording:true, isSystem: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["isSystem"]) }},
-            {key: "Button",     creator: Docs.Create.ButtonDocument,                        opts: { _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10, onClick: FollowLinkScript()}},
+            {key: "Button",     creator: Docs.Create.ButtonDocument,                        opts: { _width: 150, _height: 50, _xPadding: 10, _yPadding: 10}, scripts: {onClick: FollowLinkScript()?.script.originalScript ?? ""}},
             {key: "Script",     creator: opts => Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(null, opts), opts: { _width: 200, _height: 250, }},
             {key: "DataViz",    creator: opts => Docs.Create.DataVizDocument("/users/rz/Downloads/addresses.csv", opts),   opts: { _width: 300, _height: 300 }},
             {key: "Header",     creator: headerTemplate,                                    opts: { _width: 300, _height: 70, _headerPointerEvents: "all", _headerHeight: 12, _headerFontSize: 9, _layout_autoHeight: true, treeViewHideUnrendered: true}},
-            {key: "Trail",      creator: Docs.Create.PresDocument,                          opts: { _width: 400, _height: 30, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Stacking, targetDropAction: "embed" as any, treeViewHideTitle: true, _layout_fitWidth:true, _chromeHidden: true, boxShadow: "0 0" }},
+            {key: "Trail",      creator: Docs.Create.PresDocument,                          opts: { _width: 400, _height: 30, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Stacking, targetDropAction: "embed" as dropActionType, treeViewHideTitle: true, _layout_fitWidth:true, _chromeHidden: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0" }},
             {key: "Tab",        creator: opts => Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], opts),    opts: { _width: 500, _height: 800, _layout_fitWidth: true, _freeform_backgroundGrid: true, }},
             {key: "Slide",      creator: opts => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts),        opts: { _width: 300, _height: 200, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Tree, 
                                                                                                 treeViewHasOverlay: true, _text_fontSize: "20px", _layout_autoHeight: true, 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
                                                                                             }, funcs: {title: 'self.text?.Text'}},
             ];
 
-        emptyThings.forEach(thing => DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "empty"+thing.key, (opts) => thing.creator(opts), {...standardOps(thing.key), ...thing.opts}, undefined, undefined, thing.funcs));
+        emptyThings.forEach(thing => DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "empty"+thing.key, (opts) => thing.creator(opts), {...standardOps(thing.key), ...thing.opts}, undefined, thing.scripts, thing.funcs));
         
         return [
             { toolTip: "Tap or drag to create a note",            title: "Note", icon: "sticky-note",   dragFactory: doc.emptyNote as Doc,       clickFactory: DocCast(doc.emptyNote)},
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         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, ["funcs", "scripts", "backgroundColor"]).omit, 
-                _width: 35, _height: 35, _hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, 
+                _width: 35, _height: 35, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, 
                 btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, backgroundColor: reqdOpts.backgroundColor ?? Colors.DARK_GRAY, color: Colors.WHITE, isSystem: true,
                 _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
                 };
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         });
 
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "Basic Item Creators", _layout_showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, isSystem: true,
+            title: "Basic Item Creators", _layout_showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, isSystem: true,
             _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _layout_fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 40, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true,
              childDropAction: 'embed' 
         };
@@ -367,14 +368,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             const btnDoc = myLeftSidebarMenu ? DocListCast(myLeftSidebarMenu.data).find(doc => doc.title === title) : undefined;
             const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = {
                 title, icon, target, btnType: ButtonType.MenuButton, isSystem: true, dontUndo: true, dontRegisterView: true,
-                _width: 60, _height: 60,  _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true,
+                _width: 60, _height: 60,  _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
                 _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
             };
             return DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(btnDoc, reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), scripts, funcs);
         });
 
         const reqdStackOpts:DocumentOptions ={
-            title: "menuItemPanel", childDropAction: "same", backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY, boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",  dontRegisterView: true, ignoreClick: true,
+            title: "menuItemPanel", childDropAction: "same", backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY, layout_boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",  dontRegisterView: true, ignoreClick: true,
             _chromeHidden: true, _gridGap: 0, _yMargin: 0, _yPadding: 0, _xMargin: 0, _layout_autoHeight: false, _width: 60, _columnWidth: 60, _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true,
         };
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument(items??[], opts), reqdStackOpts, menuBtns, { dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)" });
@@ -413,14 +414,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static mobileButton = (opts: DocumentOptions, docs: Doc[]) => Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument(docs, {
         ...opts,
          _nativeWidth: 900, _nativeHeight: 250, _width: 900, _height: 250, _yMargin: 15,
-        borderRounding: "5px", boxShadow: "0 0", isSystem: true
+        layout_borderRounding: "5px", layout_boxShadow: "0 0", isSystem: true
     }) as any as Doc
 
     // sets up the text container for the information contained within the mobile button
     static mobileTextContainer = (opts: DocumentOptions, docs: Doc[]) => Docs.Create.MultirowDocument(docs, {
         ...opts,
         _nativeWidth: 450, _nativeHeight: 250, _width: 450, _height: 250, _yMargin: 25,
-        backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0)", borderRounding: "0", boxShadow: "0 0", ignoreClick: true, isSystem: true
+        backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0)", layout_borderRounding: "0", layout_boxShadow: "0 0", ignoreClick: true, isSystem: true
     }) as any as Doc
 
     // Sets up the title of the button
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static setupSearcher(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.SearchDocument(opts), {
                 dontRegisterView: true, backgroundColor: "dimgray", ignoreClick: true, title: "Search Panel", isSystem: true, childDropAction: "embed", 
-                _lockedPosition: true, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Schema, _searchDoc: true,  });
+                _lockedPosition: true, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Schema  });
     }
 
     /// Initializes the panel of draggable tools that is opened from the left sidebar.
@@ -467,8 +468,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const creatorBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupCreatorButtons(doc, DocListCast(myTools?.data)?.length ? DocListCast(myTools.data)[0]:undefined);
         const templateBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc,DocListCast(myTools?.data)?.length > 1 ? DocListCast(myTools.data)[1]:undefined);
         const reqdToolOps:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "My Tools", isSystem: true, ignoreClick: true, boxShadow: "0 0",
-            _layout_showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, 
+            title: "My Tools", isSystem: true, ignoreClick: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0",
+            _layout_showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, 
         };
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument(items??[], opts), reqdToolOps, [creatorBtns, templateBtns]);
     }
@@ -480,10 +481,10 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const toggleDarkTheme = `this.colorScheme = this.colorScheme ? undefined : "${ColorScheme.Dark}"`;
         const newDashboard = `createNewDashboard()`;
 
-        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true,  _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true,
+        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true,  _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
              title: "new dashboard", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new dashboard", buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", isSystem: true };
         const reqdBtnScript = {onClick: newDashboard,}
-        const newDashboardButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myDashboards?.buttonMenuDoc), reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), reqdBtnScript);
+        const newDashboardButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myDashboards?.layout_headerButton), reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), reqdBtnScript);
        
         const contextMenuScripts = [/*newDashboard*/] as string[];
         const contextMenuLabels = [/*"Create New Dashboard"*/]  as string[];
@@ -493,15 +494,15 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const childContextMenuLabels =  ["Toggle Dark Theme", "Toggle Comic Mode", "Snapshot Dashboard", "Share Dashboard", "Remove Dashboard", "Reset Dashboard"];// entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuScripts, childContextMenuIcons, and childContextMenuFilters
         const childContextMenuIcons = ["chalkboard", "tv", "camera", "users", "times", "trash"]; // entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuScripts, childContextMenuLabels, and childContextMenuFilters
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "My Dashboards", childHideLinkButton: true, freezeChildren: "remove|add", treeViewHideTitle: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true,
+            title: "My Dashboards", childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewFreezeChildren: "remove|add", treeViewHideTitle: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true,
             targetDropAction: "same", treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, isFolder: true, isSystem: true,  treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, 
-            buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newDashboardButton, childDropAction: "embed",
+            layout_headerButton: newDashboardButton, childDropAction: "embed",
             _layout_showTitle: "title", _height: 400, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true,
             contextMenuLabels:new List<string>(contextMenuLabels),
             contextMenuIcons:new List<string>(contextMenuIcons),
             childContextMenuLabels:new List<string>(childContextMenuLabels),
             childContextMenuIcons:new List<string>(childContextMenuIcons),
-            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."
+            layout_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 = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), reqdOpts);
         if (Cast(myDashboards.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), null)?.length !== contextMenuScripts.length) {
@@ -523,19 +524,19 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         
         const newFolder = `TreeView_addNewFolder()`;
         const newFolderOpts: DocumentOptions = {
-            _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _width: 30, _height: 30,
+            _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _width: 30, _height: 30,
             title: "New folder", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new folder", buttonText: "New folder", icon: "folder-plus", isSystem: true
         };
         const newFolderScript = { onClick: newFolder};
-        const newFolderButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myFilesystem?.buttonMenuDoc), newFolderOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(newFolderOpts), newFolderScript);
+        const newFolderButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myFilesystem?.layout_headerButton), newFolderOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(newFolderOpts), newFolderScript);
         
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _layout_showTitle: "title", _height: 100, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true, 
-            title: "My Documents", buttonMenu: true, buttonMenuDoc: newFolderButton, treeViewHideTitle: true, targetDropAction: "proto", isSystem: true,
-            isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true, boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, 
+            title: "My Documents", layout_headerButton: newFolderButton, treeViewHideTitle: true, targetDropAction: "proto", isSystem: true,
+            isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, 
             treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, childDropAction: "embed",
             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."
+            layout_explainer: "This is your file manager where you can create folders to keep track of documents independently of your dashboard."
         };
         myFilesystem = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument(items??[], opts), reqdOpts, [myFileOrphans]);
         const childContextMenuScripts = [newFolder];
@@ -548,21 +549,21 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     /// initializes the panel displaying docs that have been recently closed
     static setupRecentlyClosed(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _layout_showTitle: "title", _lockedPosition: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, 
-            title: "My Recently Closed", buttonMenu: true, childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewHideTitle: true, childDropAction: "embed", isSystem: true,
-            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true,  boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same",
+            title: "My Recently Closed", childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewHideTitle: true, childDropAction: "embed", isSystem: true,
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true,  layout_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."
+            layout_explainer: "Recently closed documents appear in this menu. They will only be deleted if you explicity empty this list."
         };
         const recentlyClosed = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), reqdOpts);
 
         const clearAll = (target:string) => `getProto(${target}).data = new List([])`;
-        const clearBtnsOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 30, _height: 30, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, 
+        const clearBtnsOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 30, _height: 30, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, 
             title: "Empty", target: recentlyClosed, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,  buttonText: "Empty", icon: "trash", isSystem: true,
             toolTip: "Empty recently closed",};
-        const clearDocsButton = DocUtils.AssignDocField(recentlyClosed, "clearDocsBtn", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), clearBtnsOpts, undefined, {onClick: clearAll("self.target")});
+        DocUtils.AssignDocField(recentlyClosed, "layout_headerButton", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), clearBtnsOpts, undefined, {onClick: clearAll("self.target")});
 
-        if (recentlyClosed.buttonMenuDoc !== clearDocsButton) Doc.GetProto(recentlyClosed).buttonMenuDoc = clearDocsButton;
+        //if (recentlyClosed.layout_headerButton !== clearDocsButton) Doc.GetProto(recentlyClosed).layout_headerButton = clearDocsButton;
         
         if (!Cast(recentlyClosed.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField),null)?.find((script) => script.script.originalScript === clearAll("self"))) {
             recentlyClosed.contextMenuScripts = new List<ScriptField>([ScriptField.MakeScript(clearAll("self"))!])
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     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, isSystem: true,
+            layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", ignoreClick: true, isSystem: true,
             treeViewHideTitle: true, treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350
         };
         if (!doc[field]) DocUtils.AssignOpts(doc, {treeViewOpen: true, treeViewExpandedView: "fields" });
@@ -582,14 +583,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     static linearButtonList = (opts: DocumentOptions, docs: Doc[]) => Docs.Create.LinearDocument(docs, {
-        ...opts, _gridGap: 0, _xMargin: 5, _yMargin: 5, boxShadow: "0 0", _forceActive: true,
+        ...opts, _gridGap: 0, _xMargin: 5, _yMargin: 5, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _forceActive: true,
         dropConverter: ScriptField.MakeScript("convertToButtons(dragData)", { dragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData.name }),
         _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true, flexDirection: "row"
     })
 
     static createToolButton = (opts: DocumentOptions) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-        btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, _forceActive: true, _hideContextMenu: true, 
-        _removeDropProperties: new List<string>([ "_hideContextMenu", "stayInCollection"]), 
+        btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, _forceActive: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, 
+        _removeDropProperties: new List<string>([ "_layout_hideContextMenu", "stayInCollection"]), 
         _nativeWidth: 40, _nativeHeight: 40, _width: 40, _height: 40, isSystem: true, ...opts,
     })
 
@@ -609,8 +610,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         ];
         const btns = btnDescs.map(desc => dockBtn({_width: 30, _height: 30, defaultDoubleClick: 'ignore', dontUndo: true, _stayInCollection: true, ...desc.opts}, desc.scripts));
         const dockBtnsReqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, boxShadow: "standard", childDropAction: 'embed',
-            childDontRegisterViews: true, linearViewIsExpanded: true, linearViewExpandable: true, ignoreClick: true
+            title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, layout_boxShadow: "standard", childDropAction: 'embed',
+            childDontRegisterViews: true, linearView_IsExpanded: true, linearView_Expandable: 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 });
@@ -701,12 +702,12 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             { title: "Back",    icon: "chevron-left",  toolTip: "Prev Animation Frame", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,         expertMode: true,  toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: '!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)'}, width: 20,  scripts: { onClick: 'prevKeyFrame(_readOnly_)'}},
             { title: "Num", icon:"",toolTip: "Frame Number (click to toggle edit mode)",btnType: ButtonType.TextButton,          expertMode: true,  toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: '!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)', buttonText: 'selectedDocs()?.lastElement()?.currentFrame?.toString()'}, width: 20, scripts: { onClick: '{ return curKeyFrame(_readOnly_);}'}},
             { title: "Fwd",     icon: "chevron-right", toolTip: "Next Animation Frame", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,         expertMode: true,  toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: '!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)'}, width: 20,  scripts: { onClick: 'nextKeyFrame(_readOnly_)'}},
-            { title: "Text",    icon: "Text",          toolTip: "Text functions",       subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.textTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.RTF,            funcs: {                                                                             linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
-            { title: "Ink",     icon: "Ink",           toolTip: "Ink functions",        subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.inkTools(),    expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.INK,            funcs: {                                                                             linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`}, scripts: { onClick: 'setInkToolDefaults()'} }, // Always available
-            { title: "Doc",     icon: "Doc",           toolTip: "Freeform Doc tools",   subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.freeTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode, true)`, linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
-            { title: "View",    icon: "View",          toolTip: "View tools",           subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.viewTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
-            { title: "Web",     icon: "Web",           toolTip: "Web functions",        subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.webTools(),    expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.WEB,            funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Only when Web is selected
-            { title: "Schema",  icon: "Schema",linearBtnWidth:58,toolTip: "Schema functions",    subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.schemaTools(), expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Schema,   funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearViewIsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} } // Only when Schema is selected
+            { title: "Text",    icon: "Text",          toolTip: "Text functions",       subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.textTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.RTF,            funcs: {                                                                             linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
+            { title: "Ink",     icon: "Ink",           toolTip: "Ink functions",        subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.inkTools(),    expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.INK,            funcs: {                                                                             linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`}, scripts: { onClick: 'setInkToolDefaults()'} }, // Always available
+            { title: "Doc",     icon: "Doc",           toolTip: "Freeform Doc tools",   subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.freeTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode, true)`, linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
+            { title: "View",    icon: "View",          toolTip: "View tools",           subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.viewTools(),   expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Freeform, funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Always available
+            { title: "Web",     icon: "Web",           toolTip: "Web functions",        subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.webTools(),    expertMode: false, toolType:DocumentType.WEB,            funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} }, // Only when Web is selected
+            { title: "Schema",  icon: "Schema",linearBtnWidth:58,toolTip: "Schema functions",subMenu: CurrentUserUtils.schemaTools(), expertMode: false, toolType:CollectionViewType.Schema,   funcs: {hidden: `!SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`, linearView_IsExpanded: `SelectionManager_selectedDocType(self.toolType, self.expertMode)`} } // Only when Schema is selected
         ];
     }
 
@@ -719,7 +720,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             _nativeWidth: params.width ?? 30, _width: params.width ?? 30,
             _height: 30, _nativeHeight: 30, linearBtnWidth: params.linearBtnWidth,
             toolType: params.toolType, expertMode: params.expertMode,
-            _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, _lockedPosition: true,
+            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _lockedPosition: true,
             _removeDropProperties: new List<string>([ "_stayInCollection"]),
         };
         const reqdFuncs:{[key:string]:any} = {
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     /// Initializes all the default buttons for the top bar context menu
     static setupContextMenuButtons(doc: Doc, field="myContextMenuBtns") {
-        const reqdCtxtOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "context menu buttons", dontUndo:true, flexGap: 0, childDropAction: 'embed', childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearViewIsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearViewExpandable: false, _height: 35 };
+        const reqdCtxtOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "context menu buttons", dontUndo:true, flexGap: 0, childDropAction: 'embed', childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearView_IsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearView_Expandable: false, _height: 35 };
         const ctxtMenuBtnsDoc = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => this.linearButtonList(opts, items??[]), reqdCtxtOpts, undefined);
         const ctxtMenuBtns = CurrentUserUtils.contextMenuTools().map(params => {
             const menuBtnDoc = DocListCast(ctxtMenuBtnsDoc?.data).find(doc => doc.title === params.title);
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             } else {
                 const reqdSubMenuOpts = { ...OmitKeys(params, ["scripts", "funcs", "subMenu"]).omit, dontUndo: true,
                     childDontRegisterViews: true, flexGap: 0, _height: 30, ignoreClick: params.scripts?.onClick ? false : true,
-                    linearViewSubMenu: true, linearViewExpandable: true, };
+                    linearView_SubMenu: true, linearView_Expandable: true, };
                 const items = params.subMenu?.map(sub =>
                     this.setupContextMenuButton(sub, DocListCast(menuBtnDoc?.data).find(doc => doc.title === sub.title))
                 );
@@ -793,8 +794,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             "acl-Public": SharingPermissions.Augment, "_acl-Public": SharingPermissions.Augment,
             childDropAction: "embed", isSystem: true, contentPointerEvents: "all", childLimitHeight: 0, _yMargin: 0, _gridGap: 15, childDontRegisterViews:true,
             // NOTE: treeViewHideTitle & _layout_showTitle is for a TreeView's editable title, _layout_showTitle is for DocumentViews title bar
-            _layout_showTitle: "title", treeViewHideTitle: true, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, boxShadow: "0 0", _chromeHidden: true, dontRegisterView: true, 
-            explainer: "This is where documents or dashboards that other users have shared with you will appear. To share a document or dashboard right click and select 'Share'"
+            _layout_showTitle: "title", treeViewHideTitle: true, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _chromeHidden: true, dontRegisterView: true, 
+            layout_explainer: "This is where documents or dashboards that other users have shared with you will appear. To share a document or dashboard right click and select 'Share'"
         };
         
         DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "mySharedDocs", opts => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts, sharingDocumentId + "layout", sharingDocumentId), sharedDocOpts, undefined, sharedScripts);
@@ -803,17 +804,17 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     /// 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, _layout_showTitle: "title", 
-            _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
-            childDropAction: "copy", _layout_autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true, _chromeHidden: true,
-            dontRegisterView: true, explainer: "This is where documents that are Imported into Dash will go."
+            title: "My Imports", _forceActive: true, ignoreClick: true, _layout_showTitle: "title", 
+            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
+            childDropAction: "copy", _layout_autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true, _chromeHidden: true,
+            dontRegisterView: true, layout_explainer: "This is where documents that are Imported into Dash will go."
         };
         const myImports = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], opts), reqdOpts);
     
         const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Import from computer",
-            _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, 
+            _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, 
             buttonText: "Import", icon: "upload", isSystem: true };
-        DocUtils.AssignDocField(myImports, "buttonMenuDoc", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), reqdBtnOpts, undefined, { onClick: "importDocument()" });
+        DocUtils.AssignDocField(myImports, "layout_headerButton", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), reqdBtnOpts, undefined, { onClick: "importDocument()" });
         return myImports;
     }
     /// Updates the UserDoc to have all required fields, docs, etc.  No changes should need to be
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         doc.defaultAclPrivate ?? (doc.defaultAclPrivate = false);
         doc.savedFilters ?? (doc.savedFilters = new List<Doc>());
         doc.filterDocCount = 0;
-        doc.freezeChildren = "remove|add";
+        doc.treeViewFreezeChildren = "remove|add";
         this.setupLinkDocs(doc, linkDatabaseId);
         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
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index 7a88ca991..612f16ce9 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
         while (
             containerDocContext.length &&
             containerDocContext[0]?.embedContainer &&
-            DocCast(containerDocContext[0].embedContainer)?.type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Docking &&
+            DocCast(containerDocContext[0].embedContainer)?._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Docking &&
             (includeExistingViews || !DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(containerDocContext[0]))
         ) {
             containerDocContext = [Cast(containerDocContext[0].embedContainer, Doc, null), ...containerDocContext];
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index fb4a8985c..668de5408 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
 
             const target = document.elementFromPoint(e.x, e.y);
 
-            if (target && !Doc.UserDoc()._noAutoscroll && !options?.noAutoscroll && !dragData.draggedDocuments?.some((d: any) => d._noAutoscroll)) {
+            if (target && !Doc.UserDoc()._noAutoscroll && !options?.noAutoscroll && !dragData.draggedDocuments?.some((d: any) => d._freeform_noAutoPan)) {
                 const autoScrollHandler = () => {
                     target.dispatchEvent(
                         new CustomEvent<React.DragEvent>('dashDragAutoScroll', {
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
index 41c2fa889..dbb05917e 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class LinkManager {
     public createlink_relationshipLists = () => {
         //create new lists for link relations and their associated colors if the lists don't already exist
         !Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList && (Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList = new List<string>());
-        !Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList && (Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList = new List<string>());
+        !Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList && (Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList = new List<string>());
         !Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipSizes && (Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipSizes = new List<number>());
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts b/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
index f83b6af0e..0e56ee1bc 100644
--- a/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/TrackMovements.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from '../views/collections/CollectionDockingView';
 import { Id } from '../../fields/FieldSymbols';
+import { CollectionViewType } from '../documents/DocumentTypes';
 
 export type Movement = {
     time: number;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class TrackMovements {
         if (this.recordingFFViews === null) return;
 
         // so that the size comparisons are correct, we must filter to only the FFViews
-        const isFFView = (doc: Doc) => doc && 'type_collection' in doc && doc.type_collection === 'freeform';
+        const isFFView = (doc: Doc) => doc && doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Freeform;
         const tabbedFFViews = new Set<Doc>();
         for (const DashDoc of tabbedDocs) {
             if (isFFView(DashDoc)) tabbedFFViews.add(DashDoc);
diff --git a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
index 94dd010c3..50cf2226e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
             _width: 30,
             _height: 30,
             _stayInCollection: true,
-            _hideContextMenu: true,
+            _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
             title: 'New trail',
             toolTip: 'Create new trail',
             btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,
@@ -415,16 +415,15 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
             childDropAction: 'embed',
             treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150,
             ignoreClick: true,
-            buttonMenu: true,
-            buttonMenuDoc: myTrailsBtn,
+            layout_headerButton: myTrailsBtn,
             contextMenuIcons: new List<string>(['plus']),
             contextMenuLabels: new List<string>(['Create New Trail']),
             _lockedPosition: true,
-            boxShadow: '0 0',
+            layout_boxShadow: '0 0',
             childDontRegisterViews: true,
             targetDropAction: 'same',
             isSystem: true,
-            explainer: 'All of the trails that you have created will appear here.',
+            layout_explainer: 'All of the trails that you have created will appear here.',
         };
         const myTrails = DocUtils.AssignScripts(Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], reqdOpts), { treeViewChildDoubleClick: 'openPresentation(documentView.rootDoc)' });
         dashboardDoc.myTrails = new PrefetchProxy(myTrails);
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 6fab4430d..db24229dc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
 
         isAnyChildContentActive = () => this._isAnyChildContentActive;
 
-        lookupField = (field: string) => ScriptCast((this.layoutDoc as any).lookupField)?.script.run({ self: this.layoutDoc, data: this.rootDoc, field: field }).result;
-
         protected _multiTouchDisposer?: InteractionUtils.MultiTouchEventDisposer;
 
         @computed public get annotationKey() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
index 547d844ca..35b0b22a8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: () => (DocumentV
                         <LinkPopup
                             key="popup"
                             showPopup={this._showLinkPopup}
-                            linkCreated={link => (link.layout_linkDisplay = !IsFollowLinkScript(this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc.onClick))}
+                            linkCreated={link => (link.link_displayLine = !IsFollowLinkScript(this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc.onClick))}
                             linkCreateAnchor={() => this.props.views().lastElement()?.ComponentView?.getAnchor?.(true)}
                             linkFrom={() => this.props.views().lastElement()?.rootDoc}
                         />
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index e4d50b143..528b82e3e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                         const docMax = Math.min(NumCast(doc.width) / 2, NumCast(doc.height) / 2);
                         const ratio = dist / maxDist;
                         const radius = Math.min(1, ratio) * docMax;
-                        doc.borderRounding = `${radius}px`;
+                        doc.layout_borderRounding = `${radius}px`;
                     });
                 return false;
             }, // moveEvent
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                     let dW = docwidth * (dWin / refWidth);
                     let dH = docheight * (dHin / refHeight);
                     const scale = docView.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale;
-                    const modifyNativeDim = (e.ctrlKey || doc.layout_forceReflow) && doc.nativeDimModifiable && ((!dragBottom && !dragTop) || e.ctrlKey || doc.nativeHeightUnfrozen);
+                    const modifyNativeDim = (e.ctrlKey && doc.nativeDimModifiable) || (doc.layout_forceReflow && !dragBottom && !dragTop) || (doc.nativeHeightUnfrozen && (dragBottom || dragTop || e.ctrlKey));
                     if (nwidth && nheight) {
                         if (nwidth / nheight !== docwidth / docheight && !dragBottom && !dragTop) {
                             docheight = (nheight / nwidth) * docwidth;
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                                 }
                             }
                             if (!modifyNativeDim) {
-                                actualdH = Math.min((nheight / nwidth) * docwidth, actualdH);
+                                actualdH = (nheight / nwidth) * docwidth; //, actualdH);
                             }
                             doc._height = actualdH;
                         }
@@ -750,13 +750,13 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
         const hideDecorations = seldocview.props.hideDecorations || seldocview.rootDoc.hideDecorations;
         const hideResizers = hideDecorations || seldocview.props.hideResizeHandles || seldocview.rootDoc.layout_hideResizeHandles || this._isRounding || this._isRotating;
         const hideTitle = hideDecorations || seldocview.props.hideDecorationTitle || seldocview.rootDoc.layout_hideDecorationTitle || this._isRounding || this._isRotating;
-        const hideDocumentButtonBar = hideDecorations || seldocview.props.hideDocumentButtonBar || seldocview.rootDoc.hideDocumentButtonBar || this._isRounding || this._isRotating;
+        const hideDocumentButtonBar = hideDecorations || seldocview.props.hideDocumentButtonBar || seldocview.rootDoc.layout_hideDocumentButtonBar || this._isRounding || this._isRotating;
         // if multiple documents have been opened at the same time, then don't show open button
         const hideOpenButton =
             hideDecorations ||
             seldocview.props.hideOpenButton ||
-            seldocview.rootDoc.hideOpenButton ||
-            SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => docView.props.Document._stayInCollection || docView.props.Document.isGroup || docView.props.Document.hideOpenButton) ||
+            seldocview.rootDoc.layout_hideOpenButton ||
+            SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => docView.rootDoc._stayInCollection || docView.rootDoc.isGroup || docView.rootDoc.layout_hideOpenButton) ||
             this._isRounding ||
             this._isRotating;
         const hideDeleteButton =
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
             seldocview.rootDoc.hideDeleteButton ||
             SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => {
                 const collectionAcl = docView.props.docViewPath()?.lastElement() ? GetEffectiveAcl(docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement().rootDoc[DocData]) : AclEdit;
-                return (docView.rootDoc.stayInCollection && !docView.rootDoc.timelineLabel) || (collectionAcl !== AclAdmin && collectionAcl !== AclEdit && GetEffectiveAcl(docView.rootDoc) !== AclAdmin);
+                return (docView.rootDoc.stayInCollection && !docView.rootDoc._isTimelineLabel) || (collectionAcl !== AclAdmin && collectionAcl !== AclEdit && GetEffectiveAcl(docView.rootDoc) !== AclAdmin);
             });
 
         const topBtn = (key: string, icon: string, pointerDown: undefined | ((e: React.PointerEvent) => void), click: undefined | ((e: any) => void), title: string) => (
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
 
         // Radius constants
         const useRounding = seldocview.ComponentView instanceof ImageBox || seldocview.ComponentView instanceof FormattedTextBox || seldocview.ComponentView instanceof CollectionFreeFormView;
-        const borderRadius = numberValue(StrCast(seldocview.rootDoc.borderRounding));
+        const borderRadius = numberValue(StrCast(seldocview.rootDoc.layout_borderRounding));
         const docMax = Math.min(NumCast(seldocview.rootDoc.width) / 2, NumCast(seldocview.rootDoc.height) / 2);
         const maxDist = Math.min((this.Bounds.r - this.Bounds.x) / 2, (this.Bounds.b - this.Bounds.y) / 2);
         const radiusHandle = (borderRadius / docMax) * maxDist;
diff --git a/src/client/views/FilterPanel.tsx b/src/client/views/FilterPanel.tsx
index 53c1f1018..fe42628cd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/FilterPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/FilterPanel.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class FilterPanel extends React.Component<filterProps> {
      * The current attributes selected to filter based on
      */
     @computed get activeFilters() {
-        return StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._docFilters);
+        return StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._childFilters);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ export class FilterPanel extends React.Component<filterProps> {
     @observable _chosenFacets = new ObservableMap<string, 'text' | 'checkbox' | 'slider' | 'range'>();
     @computed get activeFacets() {
         const facets = new Map<string, 'text' | 'checkbox' | 'slider' | 'range'>(this._chosenFacets);
-        StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._docFilters).map(filter => facets.set(filter.split(':')[0], filter.split(':')[2] === 'match' ? 'text' : 'checkbox'));
-        setTimeout(() => StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._docFilters).map(action(filter => this._chosenFacets.set(filter.split(':')[0], filter.split(':')[2] === 'match' ? 'text' : 'checkbox'))));
+        StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._childFilters).map(filter => facets.set(filter.split(':')[0], filter.split(':')[2] === 'match' ? 'text' : 'checkbox'));
+        setTimeout(() => StrListCast(this.targetDoc?._childFilters).map(action(filter => this._chosenFacets.set(filter.split(':')[0], filter.split(':')[2] === 'match' ? 'text' : 'checkbox'))));
         return facets;
     }
     /**
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class FilterPanel extends React.Component<filterProps> {
                         <Select placeholder="Add a filter..." options={options} isMulti={false} onChange={val => this.facetClick((val as UserOptions).value)} onKeyDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} value={null} closeMenuOnSelect={true} />
                     </div>
                     <div className="filterBox-select-bool">
-                        <select className="filterBox-selection" onChange={action(e => this.targetDoc && (this.targetDoc._filterBoolean = (e.target as any).value))} defaultValue={StrCast(this.targetDoc?.filterBoolean)}>
+                        <select className="filterBox-selection" onChange={action(e => this.targetDoc && (this.targetDoc._childFilters_boolean = (e.target as any).value))} defaultValue={StrCast(this.targetDoc?.childFilters_boolean)}>
                             {['AND', 'OR'].map(bool => (
                                 <option value={bool} key={bool}>
                                     {bool}
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class FilterPanel extends React.Component<filterProps> {
                 return (
                     <input
                         placeholder={
-                            StrListCast(this.targetDoc._docFilters)
+                            StrListCast(this.targetDoc._childFilters)
                                 .find(filter => filter.split(':')[0] === facetHeader)
                                 ?.split(':')[1] ?? '-empty-'
                         }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export class FilterPanel extends React.Component<filterProps> {
                             <input
                                 style={{ width: 20, marginLeft: 20 }}
                                 checked={
-                                    StrListCast(this.targetDoc._docFilters)
+                                    StrListCast(this.targetDoc._childFilters)
                                         .find(filter => filter.split(':')[0] === facetHeader && filter.split(':')[1] == facetValue)
                                         ?.split(':')[2] === 'check'
                                 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 141e99c66..0951bff22 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
                 title: 'buttons',
                 _layout_autoHeight: true,
                 _yMargin: 5,
-                linearViewIsExpanded: true,
+                linearView_IsExpanded: true,
                 backgroundColor: 'white',
                 isSystem: true,
             });
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
                 _width: 300,
                 _height: 25,
                 _layout_autoHeight: true,
-                linearViewIsExpanded: true,
+                linearView_IsExpanded: true,
                 flexDirection: 'column',
                 isSystem: true,
             });
@@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
                 focus={emptyFunction}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
             />
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
index 1b309a6be..286d39943 100644
--- a/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/LightboxView.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
     @observable private static _layoutTemplateString: Opt<string>;
     @observable private static _doc: Opt<Doc>;
     @observable private static _docTarget: Opt<Doc>;
-    @observable private static _docFilters: string[] = []; // filters
+    @observable private static _childFilters: string[] = []; // filters
     private static _savedState: Opt<LightboxSavedState>;
     private static _history: Opt<{ doc: Doc; target?: Doc }[]> = [];
     @observable private static _future: Opt<Doc[]> = [];
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
             this.LightboxDoc.layout_fieldKey = this._savedState.layout_fieldKey;
         }
         if (!doc) {
-            this._docFilters && (this._docFilters.length = 0);
+            this._childFilters && (this._childFilters.length = 0);
             this._future = this._history = [];
             Doc.ActiveTool = InkTool.None;
             MainView.Instance._exploreMode = false;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
     @action
     public static SetCookie(cookie: string) {
         if (this.LightboxDoc && cookie) {
-            this._docFilters = (f => (this._docFilters ? [this._docFilters.push(f) as any, this._docFilters][1] : [f]))(`cookies:${cookie}:provide`);
+            this._childFilters = (f => (this._childFilters ? [this._childFilters.push(f) as any, this._childFilters][1] : [f]))(`cookies:${cookie}:provide`);
         }
     }
     public static AddDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: OpenWhere, layoutTemplate?: Doc | string) => {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
             layoutTemplate
         );
     };
-    docFilters = () => LightboxView._docFilters || [];
+    childFilters = () => LightboxView._childFilters || [];
     addDocTab = LightboxView.AddDocTab;
     @action public static Next() {
         const doc = LightboxView._doc!;
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ export class LightboxView extends React.Component<LightboxViewProps> {
                             renderDepth={0}
                             rootSelected={returnTrue}
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            docFilters={this.docFilters}
-                            docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFilters={this.childFilters}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             addDocument={undefined}
                             removeDocument={undefined}
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 8e112dddb..b0e992cb6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     suppressSetHeight={true}
                     renderDepth={this._hideUI ? 0 : -1}
@@ -736,8 +736,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                         focus={emptyFunction}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                        docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     />
                 </div>
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     scriptContext={this}
                 />
@@ -903,8 +903,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     renderDepth={0}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 />
                 {['watching', 'recording'].includes(String(this.userDoc?.presentationMode) ?? '') ? <div style={{ border: '.5rem solid green', padding: '5px' }}>{StrCast(this.userDoc?.presentationMode)}</div> : <></>}
diff --git a/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx b/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
index 6c36d39b9..a4a2c1df9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MarqueeAnnotator.tsx
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class MarqueeAnnotator extends React.Component<MarqueeAnnotatorProps> {
                           if (!e.aborted && e.linkDocument) {
                               Doc.GetProto(e.linkDocument).link_relationship = 'cropped image';
                               Doc.GetProto(e.linkDocument).title = 'crop: ' + this.props.docView.rootDoc.title;
-                              Doc.GetProto(e.linkDocument).layout_linkDisplay = false;
+                              Doc.GetProto(e.linkDocument).link_displayLine = false;
                           }
                       },
                   });
diff --git a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
index 59865cba3..339507f65 100644
--- a/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/OverlayView.tsx
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ export class OverlayView extends React.Component {
                             docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             addDocTab={DocumentViewInternal.addDocTabFunc}
                             pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                            docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                            docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         />
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
index 3ad28c418..749eb08a2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
                             styleProvider={returnEmptyString}
                             whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                             bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                            docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                            docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         />
                         <div className="palette-cover" style={{ transform: `translate(${Math.max(0, this._selectedIndex) * 50.75 + 23}px, 0px)` }}></div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
index 76828a576..11b89fd69 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
                     const containerDoc = dv.rootDoc;
                     //containerDoc.followAllLinks =
                     // containerDoc.noShadow =
-                    // containerDoc.disableDocBrushing =
+                    // containerDoc.layout_disableBrushing =
                     // containerDoc._forceActive =
                     //containerDoc._freeform_fitContentsToBox =
                     containerDoc._isLightbox = !containerDoc._isLightbox;
                     //containerDoc._xPadding = containerDoc._yPadding = containerDoc._isLightbox ? 10 : undefined;
                     const containerContents = DocListCast(dv.dataDoc[dv.props.fieldKey ?? Doc.LayoutFieldKey(containerDoc)]);
                     //dv.rootDoc.onClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('{self.data = undefined; documentView.select(false)}', { documentView: 'any' });
-                    containerContents.forEach(doc => LinkManager.Links(doc).forEach(link => (link.layout_linkDisplay = false)));
+                    containerContents.forEach(doc => LinkManager.Links(doc).forEach(link => (link.link_displayLine = false)));
                 });
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
index 7b21629da..3e69bcba6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ type PropertiesDocBacklinksSelectorProps = {
 @observer
 export class PropertiesDocBacklinksSelector extends React.Component<PropertiesDocBacklinksSelectorProps> {
     getOnClick = (link: Doc) => {
-        const linkSource = this.props.Document;
-        const other = LinkManager.getOppositeAnchor(link, linkSource);
+        const linkAnchor = this.props.Document;
+        const other = LinkManager.getOppositeAnchor(link, linkAnchor);
         const otherdoc = !other ? undefined : other.annotationOn && other.type !== DocumentType.RTF ? Cast(other.annotationOn, Doc, null) : other;
 
         if (otherdoc) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 00e077f96..1f2e21dd5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                         PanelHeight={panelHeight}
                         focus={emptyFunction}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
-                        docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                        docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         addDocument={returnFalse}
                         moveDocument={undefined}
@@ -941,26 +941,26 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Updates this.filterDoc's currentFilter and saves the docFilters on the currentFilter
+     * Updates this.filterDoc's currentFilter and saves the childFilters on the currentFilter
      */
     updateFilterDoc = (doc: Doc) => {
         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;
+            const savedDocFilters = doc._childFiltersList;
+            const currentDocFilters = this.selectedDoc._childFilters;
+            this.selectedDoc._childFilters = new List<string>();
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._childFiltersList = currentDocFilters;
             this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
-            doc._docFiltersList = new List<string>();
-            this.selectedDoc._docFilters = savedDocFilters;
+            doc._childFiltersList = new List<string>();
+            this.selectedDoc._childFilters = savedDocFilters;
 
-            const savedDocRangeFilters = doc._docRangeFiltersList;
-            const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters;
-            this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = new List<string>();
-            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._docRangeFiltersList = currentDocRangeFilters;
+            const savedDocRangeFilters = doc._childFiltersByRangesList;
+            const currentDocRangeFilters = this.selectedDoc._childFiltersByRanges;
+            this.selectedDoc._childFiltersByRanges = new List<string>();
+            (this.selectedDoc.currentFilter as Doc)._childFiltersByRangesList = currentDocRangeFilters;
             this.selectedDoc.currentFilter = doc;
-            doc._docRangeFiltersList = new List<string>();
-            this.selectedDoc._docRangeFilters = savedDocRangeFilters;
+            doc._childFiltersByRangesList = new List<string>();
+            this.selectedDoc._childFiltersByRanges = savedDocRangeFilters;
         }
     };
 
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
             Doc.GetProto(LinkManager.currentLink).link_relationship = value;
             const linkRelationshipList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList);
             const linkRelationshipSizes = NumListCast(Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipSizes);
-            const linkColorList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList);
+            const linkColorList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList);
 
             // if the relationship does not exist in the list, add it and a corresponding unique randomly generated color
             if (!linkRelationshipList?.includes(value)) {
@@ -1328,8 +1328,8 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                                     <div className="propertiesView-input inline">
                                         <p>Show link</p>
                                         <button
-                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.layout_linkDisplay ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
-                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'layout_linkDisplay')}
+                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.link_displayLine ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
+                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'link_displayLine')}
                                             onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}
                                             className="propertiesButton">
                                             <FontAwesomeIcon className="fa-icon" icon={faArrowRight as IconLookup} size="lg" />
@@ -1338,8 +1338,8 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                                     <div className="propertiesView-input inline" style={{ marginLeft: 10 }}>
                                         <p>Auto-move anchors</p>
                                         <button
-                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.layout_autoMoveAnchors ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
-                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'layout_autoMoveAnchors')}
+                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.link_autoMoveAnchors ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
+                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'link_autoMoveAnchors')}
                                             onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}
                                             className="propertiesButton">
                                             <FontAwesomeIcon className="fa-icon" icon={faAnchor as IconLookup} size="lg" />
@@ -1348,8 +1348,8 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                                     <div className="propertiesView-input inline" style={{ marginLeft: 10 }}>
                                         <p>Display arrow</p>
                                         <button
-                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.layout_linkDisplayArrow ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
-                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'layout_linkDisplayArrow')}
+                                            style={{ background: !LinkManager.currentLink?.link_displayArrow ? '' : '#4476f7', borderRadius: 3 }}
+                                            onPointerDown={e => this.toggleLinkProp(e, 'link_displayArrow')}
                                             onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}
                                             className="propertiesButton">
                                             <FontAwesomeIcon className="fa-icon" icon={faArrowRight as IconLookup} size="lg" />
diff --git a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
index 498e2ccba..db273cc88 100644
--- a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
         return Array.from(keys.keys()).sort();
     }
     get filtersKey() {
-        return '_' + this.sidebarKey + '_docFilters';
+        return '_' + this.sidebarKey + '_childFilters';
     }
 
     anchorMenuClick = (anchor: Doc) => {
-        const startup = StrListCast(this.props.rootDoc.docFilters)
+        const startup = StrListCast(this.props.rootDoc.childFilters)
             .map(filter => filter.split(':')[0])
             .join(' ');
         const target = Docs.Create.TextDocument(startup, {
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
         FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoad = target[Id];
         FormattedTextBox.DontSelectInitialText = true;
         const link = DocUtils.MakeLink(anchor, target, { link_relationship: 'inline comment:comment on' });
-        link && (link.layout_linkDisplay = false);
+        link && (link.link_displayLine = false);
 
-        const taggedContent = this.docFilters()
+        const taggedContent = this.childFilters()
             .filter(data => data.split(':')[0])
             .map(data => {
                 const key = data.split(':')[0];
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
     addDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.props.sidebarAddDocument(doc, this.sidebarKey);
     moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument(doc, targetCollection, addDocument, this.sidebarKey);
     removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.props.removeDocument(doc, this.sidebarKey);
-    docFilters = () => [...StrListCast(this.props.layoutDoc._docFilters), ...StrListCast(this.props.layoutDoc[this.filtersKey])];
+    childFilters = () => [...StrListCast(this.props.layoutDoc._childFilters), ...StrListCast(this.props.layoutDoc[this.filtersKey])];
     layout_showTitle = () => 'title';
     setHeightCallback = (height: number) => this.props.setHeight?.(height + this.filtersHeight());
     sortByLinkAnchorY = (a: Doc, b: Doc) => {
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
                         ref={this._stackRef}
                         PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
                         PanelWidth={this.panelWidth}
-                        docFilters={this.docFilters}
+                        childFilters={this.childFilters}
                         sortFunc={this.sortByLinkAnchorY}
                         setHeight={this.setHeightCallback}
                         isAnnotationOverlay={false}
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index cf0177f4b..9199bf931 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
             allSorts[TreeSort.None] = { color: 'darkgray', label: '\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0' };
             return allSorts;
         case StyleProp.Highlighting:
-            if (doc && !doc.disableDocBrushing && !props?.disableDocBrushing) {
+            if (doc && !doc.layout_disableBrushing && !props?.disableBrushing) {
                 const selected = SelectionManager.Views().some(dv => dv.rootDoc === doc);
                 const highlightIndex = Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(doc) || (selected ? Doc.DocBrushStatus.selfBrushed : 0);
                 const highlightColor = ['transparent', 'rgb(68, 118, 247)', selected ? 'black' : 'rgb(68, 118, 247)', 'orange', 'lightBlue'][highlightIndex];
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
             if (!backColor) return undefined;
             return lightOrDark(backColor);
         case StyleProp.BorderRounding:
-            return StrCast(doc?.[fieldKey + 'borderRounding'], StrCast(doc?.borderRounding, doc?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Pile ? '50%' : ''));
+            return StrCast(doc?.[fieldKey + 'borderRounding'], StrCast(doc?.layout_borderRounding, doc?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Pile ? '50%' : ''));
         case StyleProp.BorderPath:
             const borderPath = Doc.IsComicStyle(doc) &&
                 props?.renderDepth &&
@@ -235,38 +235,37 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
         }
         case StyleProp.BoxShadow: {
             if (!doc || opacity() === 0 || doc.noShadow) return undefined; // if it's not visible, then no shadow)
-            if (doc.boxShadow === 'standard') return Shadows.STANDARD_SHADOW;
+            if (doc.layout_boxShadow === 'standard') return Shadows.STANDARD_SHADOW;
             if (IsFollowLinkScript(doc?.onClick) && LinkManager.Links(doc).length && ![DocumentType.LINK, DocumentType.INK].includes(doc.type as any)) return StrCast(doc?._linkButtonShadow, 'lightblue 0em 0em 1em');
             switch (doc?.type) {
                 case DocumentType.COL:
                     return StrCast(
-                        doc?.boxShadow,
+                        doc?.layout_borderRounding,
                         doc?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Pile
                             ? '4px 4px 10px 2px'
                             : lockedPosition() || doc?._isGroup || docProps?.LayoutTemplateString
                             ? undefined // groups have no drop shadow -- they're supposed to be "invisible".  LayoutString's imply collection is being rendered as something else (e.g., title of a Slide)
-                            : `${darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : Colors.MEDIUM_GRAY} ${StrCast(doc.boxShadow, '0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw')}`
+                            : `${darkScheme() ? Colors.DARK_GRAY : Colors.MEDIUM_GRAY} ${StrCast(doc.layout_borderRounding, '0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw')}`
                     );
 
                 case DocumentType.LABEL:
                     if (doc?.annotationOn !== undefined) return 'black 2px 2px 1px';
                 default:
                     return doc.z
-                        ? `#9c9396  ${StrCast(doc?.boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}` // if it's a floating doc, give it a big shadow
+                        ? `#9c9396  ${StrCast(doc?.layout_boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}` // if it's a floating doc, give it a big shadow
                         : props?.docViewPath().lastElement()?.rootDoc._freeform_useClusters
-                        ? `${backgroundCol()} ${StrCast(doc.boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
+                        ? `${backgroundCol()} ${StrCast(doc.layout_boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
                         : NumCast(doc.group, -1) !== -1
-                        ? `gray ${StrCast(doc.boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
+                        ? `gray ${StrCast(doc.layout_boxShadow, `0vw 0vw ${(lockedPosition() ? 100 : 50) / (docProps?.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1)}px`)}` // if it's just in a cluster, make the shadown roughly match the cluster border extent
                         : lockedPosition()
                         ? undefined // if it's a background & has a cluster color, make the shadow spread really big
-                        : StrCast(doc.boxShadow, '');
+                        : StrCast(doc.layout_boxShadow, '');
             }
         }
         case StyleProp.PointerEvents:
             const isInk = doc && StrCast(Doc.Layout(doc).layout).includes(InkingStroke.name) && !props?.LayoutTemplateString;
             if (docProps?.DocumentView?.().ComponentView?.overridePointerEvents?.() !== undefined) return docProps?.DocumentView?.().ComponentView?.overridePointerEvents?.();
             if (MainView.Instance._exploreMode || doc?.layout_unrendered) return isInk ? 'visiblePainted' : 'all';
-            if (doc?.pointerEvents) return StrCast(doc.pointerEvents);
             if (props?.contentPointerEvents) return StrCast(props.contentPointerEvents);
             if (props?.pointerEvents?.() === 'none') return 'none';
             if (opacity() === 0) return 'none';
@@ -284,9 +283,9 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
             };
             const filter = () => {
                 const showFilterIcon =
-                    StrListCast(doc?._docFilters).length || StrListCast(doc?._docRangeFilters).length
+                    StrListCast(doc?._childFilters).length || StrListCast(doc?._childFiltersByRanges).length
                         ? '#18c718bd' //'hasFilter'
-                        : docProps?.docFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f) && f !== Utils.noDragsDocFilter).length || docProps?.docRangeFilters().length
+                        : docProps?.childFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f) && f !== Utils.noDragsDocFilter).length || docProps?.childFiltersByRanges().length
                         ? 'orange' //'inheritsFilter'
                         : undefined;
                 return !showFilterIcon ? null : (
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index 814a95ab8..62f47ba71 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                     setHeight={returnFalse}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     onCheckedClick={this.scriptField}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index dc430667b..fc3f713ce 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     renderDepth={0}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -277,16 +277,16 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
     _saveFilterCommand = {
         params: ['target'],
         title: 'save filter',
-        script: `self.target._docFilters = compareLists(self['target-docFilters'],self.target._docFilters) ? undefined : copyField(self['target-docFilters']); 
+        script: `self.target._childFilters = compareLists(self['target-childFilters'],self.target._childFilters) ? undefined : copyField(self['target-childFilters']); 
                  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._childFilters = undefined;
             this.target._searchFilterDocs = undefined;
         }),
         initialize: (button: Doc) => {
             const activeDash = Doc.ActiveDashboard;
             if (activeDash) {
-                button['target-docFilters'] = (Doc.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy((Doc.MySearcher._docFilters || activeDash._docFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
+                button['target-childFilters'] = (Doc.MySearcher._childFilters || activeDash._childFilters) instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy((Doc.MySearcher._childFilters || activeDash._childFilters) as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
                 button['target-searchFilterDocs'] = activeDash._searchFilterDocs instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeDash._searchFilterDocs as any as ObjectField) : undefined;
             }
         },
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index fc265e2b9..675f23970 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -201,13 +201,17 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     styleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
-        if (property === StyleProp.BoxShadow && doc && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(doc)) {
-            return `#9c9396  ${StrCast(doc?.boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}`;
-        }
-        if (property === StyleProp.Opacity && doc) {
-            if (this.props.childOpacity) {
-                return this.props.childOpacity();
-            }
+        switch (property) {
+            case StyleProp.BoxShadow:
+                if (doc && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(doc)) {
+                    return `#9c9396 ${StrCast(doc?.layout_boxShadow, '10px 10px 0.9vw')}`;
+                }
+                break;
+            case StyleProp.Opacity:
+                if (doc && this.props.childOpacity) {
+                    return this.props.childOpacity();
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
@@ -251,11 +255,11 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={noteTakingDocTransform}
                 focus={this.focusDocument}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                 moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
@@ -603,42 +607,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return eles;
     }
 
-    @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
-        if (menuDoc) {
-            const width = NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30);
-            const height = NumCast(menuDoc._height, 30);
-            return (
-                <div className="buttonMenu-docBtn" style={{ width, height }}>
-                    <DocumentView
-                        Document={menuDoc}
-                        DataDoc={menuDoc}
-                        isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
-                        isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                        addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                        moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                        addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                        pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                        rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
-                        removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                        ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                        PanelWidth={() => 35}
-                        PanelHeight={() => 35}
-                        renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
-                        focus={emptyFunction}
-                        styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                        docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                        bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                        docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
-                        searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
-                    />
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
         return Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc);
     }
@@ -658,35 +626,25 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.buttonMenu;
-        const noviceExplainer = StrCast(this.rootDoc.explainer);
         return (
-            <>
-                {buttonMenu || noviceExplainer ? (
-                    <div className="documentButtonMenu" key="buttons">
-                        {buttonMenu ? this.buttonMenu : null}
-                        {Doc.UserDoc().noviceMode && noviceExplainer ? <div className="documentExplanation">{noviceExplainer}</div> : null}
-                    </div>
-                ) : null}
-                <div
-                    className="collectionNoteTakingView"
-                    ref={this.createRef}
-                    key="notes"
-                    style={{
-                        overflowY: this.props.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
-                        background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                        pointerEvents: this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined,
-                    }}
-                    onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
-                    onPointerLeave={action(e => (this.docsDraggedRowCol.length = 0))}
-                    onPointerMove={e => e.buttons && this.onPointerMove(false, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
-                    onDragOver={e => this.onPointerMove(true, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
-                    onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
-                    onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
-                    onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive(true) && e.stopPropagation()}>
-                    {this.renderedSections}
-                </div>
-            </>
+            <div
+                className="collectionNoteTakingView"
+                ref={this.createRef}
+                key="notes"
+                style={{
+                    overflowY: this.props.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
+                    background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+                    pointerEvents: this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined,
+                }}
+                onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
+                onPointerLeave={action(e => (this.docsDraggedRowCol.length = 0))}
+                onPointerMove={e => e.buttons && this.onPointerMove(false, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
+                onDragOver={e => this.onPointerMove(true, e.clientX, e.clientY)}
+                onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
+                onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
+                onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive(true) && e.stopPropagation()}>
+                {this.renderedSections}
+            </div>
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index bbc91aa6e..57d9bbb49 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     componentDidMount() {
         if (this.layoutEngine() !== computePassLayout.name && this.layoutEngine() !== computeStarburstLayout.name) {
-            this.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
+            this.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         }
         this._originalChrome = this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden;
         this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden = true;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
         Object.values(this._disposers).forEach(disposer => disposer?.());
     }
 
-    layoutEngine = () => StrCast(this.Document._pileLayoutEngine);
+    layoutEngine = () => StrCast(this.Document._freeform_pileEngine);
 
     @undoBatch
     addPileDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
@@ -73,28 +73,29 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     // toggles the pileup between starburst to compact
     toggleStarburst = action(() => {
+        this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale = undefined;
         if (this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name) {
             if (this.rootDoc[Width]() !== NumCast(this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter, 500)) {
                 this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter = this.rootDoc[Width]();
             }
             const defaultSize = 110;
-            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize) / 2;
-            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize) / 2;
-            this.layoutDoc._width = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize);
-            this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize);
+            this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth, defaultSize) / 2;
+            this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight, defaultSize) / 2;
+            this.layoutDoc._width = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth, defaultSize);
+            this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight, defaultSize);
             DocUtils.pileup(this.childDocs, undefined, undefined, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width) / 2, false);
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panX = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panY = -10;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computePassLayout.name;
+            this.props.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computePassLayout.name;
         } else {
             const defaultSize = NumCast(this.rootDoc._starburstDiameter, 500);
             this.rootDoc.x = NumCast(this.rootDoc.x) + this.layoutDoc[Width]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
             this.rootDoc.y = NumCast(this.rootDoc.y) + this.layoutDoc[Height]() / 2 - defaultSize / 2;
-            this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth = this.layoutDoc[Width]();
-            this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight = this.layoutDoc[Height]();
+            this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileWidth = this.layoutDoc[Width]();
+            this.layoutDoc._freeform_pileHeight = this.layoutDoc[Height]();
             this.layoutDoc._freeform_panX = this.layoutDoc._freeform_panY = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._width = this.layoutDoc._height = defaultSize;
-            this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = computeStarburstLayout.name;
+            this.props.Document._freeform_pileEngine = computeStarburstLayout.name;
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index b131d38d8..9d5cb257a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -404,15 +404,15 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
             docAnchor ??
             Docs.Create.LabelDocument({
                 title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`self["${endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(self["${endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"])`) as any,
-                _minFontSize: 12,
-                _maxFontSize: 24,
+                _label_minFontSize: 12,
+                _label_maxFontSize: 24,
                 _stayInCollection: true,
                 backgroundColor: 'rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.5)',
                 layout_hideLinkButton: true,
                 onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                 annotationOn: rootDoc,
-                _timelineLabel: true,
-                borderRounding: anchorEndTime === undefined ? '100%' : undefined,
+                _isTimelineLabel: true,
+                layout_borderRounding: anchorEndTime === undefined ? '100%' : undefined,
             });
         Doc.GetProto(anchor)[startTag] = anchorStartTime;
         Doc.GetProto(anchor)[endTag] = anchorEndTime;
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
             if (timelineOnly) {
                 if (!left && time !== undefined && time <= NumCast(anchor[this.props.startTag])) time = undefined;
                 Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, left ? this.props.startTag : this.props.endTag, time, true);
-                if (!left) Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, 'borderRounding', time !== undefined ? undefined : '100%', true);
+                if (!left) Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, 'layout_borderRounding', time !== undefined ? undefined : '100%', true);
             } else {
                 anchor[left ? '_timecodeToShow' : '_timecodeToHide'] = time;
             }
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
                     focus={focusFunc}
                     isContentActive={returnFalse}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     onClick={script}
                     onDoubleClick={this.props.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors ? undefined : doublescript}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 56f53afe6..3c0d8cbc3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -346,11 +346,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={stackedDocTransform}
                 focus={this.focusDocument}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideTitle={this.props.childHideTitle?.()}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 xPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childXPadding, this.props.childXPadding)}
                 yPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childYPadding, this.props.childYPadding)}
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     return35 = () => 35;
     @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
+        const menuDoc: Doc = Cast(this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton, Doc, null);
         // TODO:glr Allow support for multiple buttons
         if (menuDoc) {
             const width: number = NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30);
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                        docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                        childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                         searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                     />
                 </div>
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             contents: '+ ADD A GROUP',
         };
         const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.buttonMenu;
-        const noviceExplainer = this.rootDoc.explainer;
+        const noviceExplainer = this.rootDoc.layout_explainer;
         return (
             <>
                 {buttonMenu || noviceExplainer ? (
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 967d1d40e..d1b7f6ff6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         private gestureDisposer?: GestureUtils.GestureEventDisposer;
         protected _multiTouchDisposer?: InteractionUtils.MultiTouchEventDisposer;
         protected _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
-        @observable _focusFilters: Opt<string[]>; // docFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has docFilters set on it
-        @observable _focusRangeFilters: Opt<string[]>; // docRangeFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has docRangeFilters set on it
+        @observable _focusFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFilters set on it
+        @observable _focusRangeFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFiltersByRanges that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFiltersByRanges set on it
         protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
             //used for stacking and masonry view
             this.dropDisposer?.();
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         get childDocList() {
             return Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc));
         }
-        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this.props.Document._docFilters);
-        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this.props.Document._docRangeFilters, listSpec('string'), []);
+        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this.props.Document._childFilters);
+        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this.props.Document._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
         // child filters apply to the descendants of the documents in this collection
-        childDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.docFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
+        childDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
         // unrecursive filters apply to the documents in the collection, but no their children.  See Utils.noRecursionHack
-        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.docFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
-        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this.props.docRangeFilters?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
+        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
+        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFiltersByRanges?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
         searchFilterDocs = () => this.props.searchFilterDocs?.() ?? DocListCast(this.props.Document._searchFilterDocs);
         @computed.struct get childDocs() {
             TraceMobx();
@@ -109,20 +109,20 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
             const childDocs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise) && GetEffectiveAcl(Doc.GetProto(d)) !== AclPrivate && (this.props.ignoreUnrendered || !d.layout_unrendered)).map(d => d as Doc);
 
             const childDocFilters = this.childDocFilters();
-            const docRangeFilters = this.childDocRangeFilters();
+            const childFiltersByRanges = this.childDocRangeFilters();
             const searchDocs = this.searchFilterDocs();
-            if (this.props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !docRangeFilters.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
+            if (this.props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !childFiltersByRanges.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
                 return childDocs.filter(cd => !cd.cookies); // remove any documents that require a cookie if there are no filters to provide one
             }
 
             const docsforFilter: Doc[] = [];
             childDocs.forEach(d => {
                 // dragging facets
-                const dragged = this.props.docFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragsDocFilter));
+                const dragged = this.props.childFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragsDocFilter));
                 if (dragged && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(d)) return false;
-                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), docRangeFilters, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
                 if (notFiltered) {
-                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(d);
                     const annos = !Field.toString(Doc.LayoutField(d) as Field).includes(CollectionView.name);
                     const data = d[annos ? fieldKey + '_annotations' : fieldKey];
@@ -131,13 +131,14 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                         let subDocs = [...DocListCast(data), ...DocListCast(side)];
                         if (subDocs.length > 0) {
                             let newarray: Doc[] = [];
-                            notFiltered = notFiltered || (!searchDocs.length && DocUtils.FilterDocs(subDocs, childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, d).length);
+                            notFiltered = notFiltered || (!searchDocs.length && DocUtils.FilterDocs(subDocs, childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, d).length);
                             while (subDocs.length > 0 && !notFiltered) {
                                 newarray = [];
                                 subDocs.forEach(t => {
                                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(t);
                                     const annos = !Field.toString(Doc.LayoutField(t) as Field).includes(CollectionView.name);
-                                    notFiltered = notFiltered || ((!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(t)) && ((!childDocFilters.length && !docRangeFilters.length) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([t], childDocFilters, docRangeFilters, d).length));
+                                    notFiltered =
+                                        notFiltered || ((!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(t)) && ((!childDocFilters.length && !childFiltersByRanges.length) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([t], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, d).length));
                                     DocListCast(t[annos ? fieldKey + '_annotations' : fieldKey]).forEach(newdoc => newarray.push(newdoc));
                                     annos && DocListCast(t[fieldKey + '_sidebar']).forEach(newdoc => newarray.push(newdoc));
                                 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 49a90d828..60e6815e5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     goTo = (prevFilterIndex: number) => {
         this.layoutDoc._pivotField = this.layoutDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex];
-        this.layoutDoc._docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
-        this.layoutDoc._docRangeFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._childFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
+        this.layoutDoc._childFiltersByRanges = ObjectField.MakeCopy(this.layoutDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] as ObjectField);
         this.layoutDoc._prevFilterIndex = prevFilterIndex;
     };
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
         if (prevFilterIndex > 0) {
             this.goTo(prevFilterIndex - 1);
         } else {
-            this.layoutDoc._docFilters = new List([]);
+            this.layoutDoc._childFilters = new List([]);
         }
     };
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
             <div className="collectionTimeView-innards" key="timeline" style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() ? undefined : 'none' }} onClick={this.contentsDown}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
                     {...this.props}
-                    engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, docFilters: this.childDocFilters, docRangeFilters: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
+                    engineProps={{ pivotField: this.pivotField, childFilters: this.childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges: this.childDocRangeFilters }}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                     childClickScript={this._childClickedScript}
                     viewDefDivClick={this.layoutEngine() === computeTimelineLayout.name ? undefined : this._viewDefDivClick}
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBounds) {
     const pivotField = StrCast(pivotDoc._pivotField, 'author');
     let prevFilterIndex = NumCast(pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex);
-    const originalFilter = StrListCast(ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField));
-    pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docFilters as ObjectField);
-    pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._docRangeFilters as ObjectField);
+    const originalFilter = StrListCast(ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFilters as ObjectField));
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFilters as ObjectField);
+    pivotDoc['_prevDocRangeFilters' + prevFilterIndex] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(pivotDoc._childFiltersByRanges as ObjectField);
     pivotDoc['_prevPivotFields' + prevFilterIndex] = pivotField;
     pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = ++prevFilterIndex;
-    pivotDoc._docFilters = new List();
+    pivotDoc._childFilters = new List();
     setTimeout(
         action(() => {
             const filterVals = bounds.payload as string[];
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function pivotColumnClick(pivotDoc: Doc, bounds: ViewDefBou
                     pivotDoc._pivotField = filterVals[0];
                 }
             }
-            const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._docFilters);
+            const newFilters = StrListCast(pivotDoc._childFilters);
             if (newFilters.length && originalFilter.length && newFilters.lastElement() === originalFilter.lastElement()) {
                 pivotDoc._prevFilterIndex = --prevFilterIndex;
                 pivotDoc['_prevDocFilter' + prevFilterIndex] = undefined;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 969658238..ed1e0c067 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 PanelHeight={this.documentTitleHeight}
                 NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
                 onKey={this.onKey}
-                docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 addDocument={returnFalse}
                 moveDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     }
 
     @computed get noviceExplainer() {
-        return !Doc.noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.explainer ? null : <div className="documentExplanation"> {StrCast(this.rootDoc.explainer)} </div>;
+        return !Doc.noviceMode || !this.rootDoc.layout_explainer ? null : <div className="documentExplanation"> {StrCast(this.rootDoc.layout_explainer)} </div>;
     }
 
     return35 = () => 35;
     @computed get buttonMenu() {
-        const menuDoc = Cast(this.rootDoc.buttonMenuDoc, Doc, null);
+        const menuDoc = Cast(this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton, Doc, null);
         // To create a multibutton menu add a CollectionLinearView
         return !menuDoc ? null : (
             <div className="buttonMenu-docBtn" style={{ width: NumCast(menuDoc._width, 30), height: NumCast(menuDoc._height, 30) }}>
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                 />
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 710e33b1c..75e4e8abf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     PanelWidth={this.PanelWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.PanelHeight}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
-                    docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docRangeFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     removeDocument={this.remDocTab}
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
-                    docFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docRangeFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                 />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index ca9471f6f..9039875c1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return 'TreeView(' + this.props.document.title + ')';
     } // this makes mobx trace() statements more descriptive
     get defaultExpandedView() {
-        return this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+        return this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
             ? this.fieldKey
             : this.props.treeView.dashboardMode
             ? this.fieldKey
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         };
         const addDoc = inside ? localAdd : parentAddDoc;
         const move = (!dropAction || dropAction === 'proto' || dropAction === 'move' || dropAction === 'same') && moveDocument;
-        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.freezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
+        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.treeViewFreezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
         if (canAdd) {
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
             const res = UndoManager.RunInTempBatch(() => droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false));
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const data = () => (this.childDocs || this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey : '');
         const embeddings = () => (this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? '' : 'embeddings');
         const fields = () => (Doc.noviceMode ? '' : 'fields');
-        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
+        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
         return [data(), ...layout, ...(this.props.treeView.fileSysMode ? [embeddings(), links(), annos()] : []), fields()].filter(m => m);
     }
     @action
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() || this.doc.treeViewHideHeaderFields ? null : (
             <>
                 {customHeaderButtons} {/* e.g.,. hide button is set by dashboardStyleProvider */}
-                {this.doc.hideContextMenu ? null : (
+                {this.doc._layout_hideContextMenu ? null : (
                     <FontAwesomeIcon
                         title="context menu"
                         key="bars"
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 ? []
                 : this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && this.doc === Doc.GetProto(this.doc)
                 ? [openEmbedding, makeFolder]
-                : this.doc.type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+                : this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
                 ? []
                 : [deleteItem, openEmbedding, focusDoc]),
         ];
@@ -930,13 +930,13 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 focus={this.refocus}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                disableDocBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableDocBrushing}
+                disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
                 hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
                 dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
                 xPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childXPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childXPadding)}
                 yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
-                docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
             />
         );
@@ -1010,8 +1010,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView?.props.Document}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
                     moveDocument={this.move}
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={this.props.treeView.props.pinToPres}
-                    disableDocBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableDocBrushing}
+                    disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
                     bringToFront={returnFalse}
                     scriptContext={this}
                 />
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         onCheckedClick={onCheckedClick}
                         onChildClick={onChildClick}
                         renderDepth={renderDepth}
-                        removeDoc={StrCast(treeViewParent.freezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
+                        removeDoc={StrCast(treeViewParent.treeViewFreezeChildren).includes('remove') ? undefined : remove}
                         addDocument={addDocument}
                         styleProvider={styleProvider}
                         panelWidth={rowWidth}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 6202dcacc..f1d98d22a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
             0
         ); // since the render code depends on querying the Dom through getBoudndingClientRect, we need to delay triggering render()
         setTimeout(
-            action(() => (!LinkDocs.length || !linkDoc.layout_linkDisplay) && (this._opacity = 0.05)),
+            action(() => (!LinkDocs.length || !linkDoc.link_displayLine) && (this._opacity = 0.05)),
             750
         ); // this will unhighlight the link line.
         const a = A.ContentDiv.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const targetBhyperlink = Array.from(window.document.getElementsByClassName((linkDoc.link_anchor_2 as Doc)[Id])).lastElement();
         if ((!targetAhyperlink && !a.width) || (!targetBhyperlink && !b.width)) return;
         if (!targetAhyperlink) {
-            if (linkDoc.layout_autoMoveAnchors) {
+            if (linkDoc.link_autoMoveAnchors) {
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_1_x = ((apt.point.x - aleft) / awidth) * 100;
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_1_y = ((apt.point.y - atop) / aheight) * 100;
             }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
             else linkDoc.opacity = 1;
         }
         if (!targetBhyperlink) {
-            if (linkDoc.layout_autoMoveAnchors) {
+            if (linkDoc.link_autoMoveAnchors) {
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_2_x = ((bpt.point.x - bleft) / bwidth) * 100;
                 linkDoc.link_anchor_2_y = ((bpt.point.y - btop) / bheight) * 100;
             }
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const { a, b, pt1norm, pt2norm, aActive, bActive, textX, textY, pt1, pt2 } = this.renderData;
         const linkRelationship = Field.toString(link?.link_relationship as any as Field); //get string representing relationship
         const linkRelationshipList = Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList as List<string>;
-        const linkColorList = Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList as List<string>;
+        const linkColorList = Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList as List<string>;
         const linkRelationshipSizes = Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipSizes as List<number>;
         const currRelationshipIndex = linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship);
         const linkDescription = Field.toString(link.link_description as any as Field);
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         //thickness varies linearly from 3px to 12px for increasing link count
         const strokeWidth = linkSize === -1 ? '3px' : Math.floor(2 + 10 * (linkSize / Math.max(...linkRelationshipSizes))) + 'px';
 
-        if (link.layout_linkDisplayArrow === undefined) {
-            link.layout_linkDisplayArrow = false;
+        if (link.link_displayArrow === undefined) {
+            link.link_displayArrow = false;
         }
 
-        return link.opacity === 0 || !a.width || !b.width || (!link.layout_linkDisplay && !aActive && !bActive) ? null : (
+        return link.opacity === 0 || !a.width || !b.width || (!link.link_displayLine && !aActive && !bActive) ? null : (
             <>
                 <defs>
                     <marker id={`${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'}`} markerWidth="4" markerHeight="3" refX="0" refY="1.5" orient="auto">
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
                     style={{ pointerEvents: 'visibleStroke', opacity: this._opacity, stroke, strokeWidth }}
                     onClick={this.onClickLine}
                     d={`M ${pt1[0]} ${pt1[1]} C ${pt1[0] + pt1norm[0]} ${pt1[1] + pt1norm[1]}, ${pt2[0] + pt2norm[0]} ${pt2[1] + pt2norm[1]}, ${pt2[0]} ${pt2[1]}`}
-                    markerEnd={link.layout_linkDisplayArrow ? `url(#${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'})` : ''}
+                    markerEnd={link.link_displayArrow ? `url(#${link[Id] + 'arrowhead'})` : ''}
                 />
                 {textX === undefined || !linkDescription ? null : (
                     <text filter={`url(#${link[Id] + 'background'})`} className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkText" x={textX} y={textY} onPointerDown={this.pointerDown}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 811a77fa8..11151e74e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     zoom = (pointX: number, pointY: number, deltaY: number): void => {
-        if (this.Document._isGroup) return;
+        if (this.Document._isGroup || this.Document._freeform_noZoom) return;
         let deltaScale = deltaY > 0 ? 1 / 1.05 : 1.05;
         if (deltaScale < 0) deltaScale = -deltaScale;
         const [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(pointX, pointY);
@@ -1294,8 +1294,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={childLayout.z ? this.getContainerTransform : this.getTransform}
                 PanelWidth={childLayout[Width]}
                 PanelHeight={childLayout[Height]}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
                 isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRenderDocuments || this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 pointerEvents={this.pointerEvents}
                 //rotation={this.props.styleProvider?.(childLayout, this.props, StyleProp.JitterRotation) || 0}
-                //fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox || BoolCast(this.props.freezeChildDimensions)} // bcz: check this
+                //fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox || BoolCast(this.props.treeViewFreezeChildDimensions)} // bcz: check this
             />
         );
     }
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if ((e as any).handlePan || this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) return;
         (e as any).handlePan = true;
 
-        if (!this.layoutDoc._noAutoscroll && !this.props.renderDepth && this._marqueeRef) {
+        if (!this.layoutDoc._freeform_noAutoPan && !this.props.renderDepth && this._marqueeRef) {
             const dragX = e.detail.clientX;
             const dragY = e.detail.clientY;
             const bounds = this._marqueeRef?.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -2007,8 +2007,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             onKey={this.onKeyDown}
                             onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                             onBrowseClick={this.onBrowseClickHandler}
-                            docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                            docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                            childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                             searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                             isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
                             isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index d50c8d2c4..534275610 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             followLinkToggle: true,
             _width: 200,
             _height: 200,
-            _layoutFitContentsToBox: true,
+            _layout_fitContentsToBox: true,
             _layout_showSidebar: true,
             title: 'overview',
         });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index ca6b8705d..65578f214 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import './CollectionLinearView.scss';
 /**
  * CollectionLinearView is the class for rendering the horizontal collection
  * of documents, it useful for horizontal menus. It can either be expandable
- * or not using the linearViewExpandable field.
+ * or not using the linearView_Expandable field.
  * It is used in the following locations:
  * - It is used in the popup menu on the bottom left (see docButtons() in MainView.tsx)
  * - It is used for the context sensitive toolbar at the top (see contMenuButtons() in CollectionMenu.tsx)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     componentDidMount() {
         this._widthDisposer = reaction(
-            () => 5 + NumCast(this.rootDoc.linearBtnWidth, this.dimension()) + (this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? this.childDocs.filter(doc => !doc.hidden).reduce((tot, doc) => (doc[Width]() || this.dimension()) + tot + 4, 0) : 0),
+            () => 5 + NumCast(this.rootDoc.linearBtnWidth, this.dimension()) + (this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? this.childDocs.filter(doc => !doc.hidden).reduce((tot, doc) => (doc[Width]() || this.dimension()) + tot + 4, 0) : 0),
             width => this.childDocs.length && (this.layoutDoc._width = width),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                 />
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
     render() {
         const flexDir = StrCast(this.Document.flexDirection); // Specify direction of linear view content
         const flexGap = NumCast(this.Document.flexGap); // Specify the gap between linear view content
-        const isExpanded = BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded);
+        const isExpanded = BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded);
 
         const menuOpener = (
             <label
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
         );
 
         return (
-            <div className={`collectionLinearView-outer ${this.layoutDoc.linearViewSubMenu}`} style={{ backgroundColor: this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? undefined : 'transparent' }}>
+            <div className={`collectionLinearView-outer ${this.layoutDoc.linearView_SubMenu}`} style={{ backgroundColor: this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? undefined : 'transparent' }}>
                 <div className="collectionLinearView" ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} onContextMenu={this.myContextMenu} style={{ minHeight: this.dimension() }}>
-                    {!this.props.Document.linearViewExpandable ? null : (
+                    {!this.props.Document.linearView_Expandable ? null : (
                         <Tooltip title={<div className="dash-tooltip">{isExpanded ? 'Close' : 'Open'}</div>} placement="top">
                             {menuOpener}
                         </Tooltip>
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 scriptContext: this.props.scriptContext,
                                 documentView: this.props.DocumentView?.(),
                             });
-                            this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked;
+                            this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded = this.addMenuToggle.current!.checked;
                         })}
                     />
 
-                    {!this.layoutDoc.linearViewIsExpanded ? null : (
+                    {!this.layoutDoc.linearView_IsExpanded ? null : (
                         <div
                             className="collectionLinearView-content"
                             style={{
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 78d3d1b6e..34fa0343d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
                 focus={this.props.focus}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 4d61dc272..bab77ed48 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
                 focus={this.props.focus}
-                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index 3a0c2c85c..52ebb7763 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 .schema-header-row {
     cursor: grab;
-    justify-content: flex-end;
+    //justify-content: flex-end;
 
     .row-menu {
         display: flex;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 36abad87e..15424de98 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export enum ColumnType {
     Date,
     Image,
     RTF,
+    Enumeration,
     Any,
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export const FInfotoColType: { [key: string]: ColumnType } = {
     date: ColumnType.Date,
     image: ColumnType.Image,
     rtf: ColumnType.RTF,
+    enumeration: ColumnType.Enumeration,
 };
 
 const defaultColumnKeys: string[] = ['title', 'type', 'author', 'author_date', 'text'];
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _makeNewColumn: boolean = false;
     private _documentOptions: DocumentOptions = new DocumentOptions();
     private _tableContentRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
+    private _menuTarget = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
     static _rowHeight: number = 50;
     static _rowSingleLineHeight: number = 32;
@@ -77,6 +80,11 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @observable _filterSearchValue: string = '';
     @observable _selectedCell: [Doc, number] | undefined;
 
+    // target HTMLelement portal for showing a popup menu to edit cell values.
+    public get MenuTarget() {
+        return this._menuTarget.current;
+    }
+
     @computed get _selectedDocs() {
         return SelectionManager.Docs().filter(doc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(doc.embedContainer), this.rootDoc));
     }
@@ -336,9 +344,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     dragColumn = (e: PointerEvent, index: number) => {
         const dragData = new DragManager.ColumnDragData(index);
         const dragEles = [this._colEles[index]];
-        this.childDocs.forEach(doc => {
-            dragEles.push(this._rowEles.get(doc).children[1].children[index]);
-        });
+        this.childDocs.forEach(doc => dragEles.push(this._rowEles.get(doc).children[1].children[index]));
         DragManager.StartColumnDrag(dragEles, dragData, e.x, e.y);
 
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.highlightDropColumn);
@@ -352,24 +358,28 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return true;
     };
 
-    @action
-    highlightDropColumn = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
+    findDropIndex = (mouseX: number) => {
         let index: number | undefined;
         this.displayColumnWidths.reduce((total, curr, i) => {
             if (total <= mouseX && total + curr >= mouseX) {
-                if (mouseX <= total + curr / 2) index = i;
+                if (mouseX <= total + curr) index = i;
                 else index = i + 1;
             }
             return total + curr;
         }, CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
+        return index;
+    };
 
+    @action
+    highlightDropColumn = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)[0];
+        const index = this.findDropIndex(mouseX);
         this._colEles.forEach((colRef, i) => {
             let leftStyle = '';
             let rightStyle = '';
-            if (i + 1 === index) rightStyle = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
-            if (i === index && i === 0) leftStyle = `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
+            if (i + 1 === index) rightStyle = `solid 12px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
+            if (i === index && i === 0) leftStyle = `solid 12px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}`;
             colRef.style.borderLeft = leftStyle;
             colRef.style.borderRight = rightStyle;
             this.childDocs.forEach(doc => {
@@ -426,15 +436,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         if (de.complete.columnDragData) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y)[0];
-            let index = de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex;
-            this.displayColumnWidths.reduce((total, curr, i) => {
-                if (total <= mouseX && total + curr >= mouseX) {
-                    if (mouseX <= total + curr / 2) index = i;
-                    else index = i + 1;
-                }
-                return total + curr;
-            }, CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
-            this.moveColumn(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, index);
+            const index = this.findDropIndex(mouseX);
+            this.moveColumn(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, index ?? de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex);
 
             this._colEles.forEach((colRef, i) => {
                 colRef.style.borderLeft = '';
@@ -607,7 +610,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this._menuKeys = this.documentKeys.filter(value => value.toLowerCase().includes(this._menuValue.toLowerCase()));
     };
 
-    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
+    getFieldFilters = (field: string) => StrListCast(this.Document._childFilters).filter(filter => filter.split(':')[0] == field);
 
     removeFieldFilters = (field: string) => {
         this.getFieldFilters(field).forEach(filter => Doc.setDocFilter(this.Document, field, filter.split(':')[1], 'remove'));
@@ -760,7 +763,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
             }
         });
 
-        const filters = StrListCast(this.Document._docFilters);
+        const filters = StrListCast(this.Document._childFilters);
         return keyOptions.map(key => {
             let bool = false;
             if (filters !== undefined) {
@@ -832,6 +835,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="collectionSchemaView" ref={(ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => this.createDashEventsTarget(ele)} onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}>
+                <div ref={this._menuTarget} style={{ background: 'red', top: 0, left: 0, position: 'absolute', zIndex: 10000 }}></div>
                 <div
                     className="schema-table"
                     onWheel={e => this.props.isContentActive() && e.stopPropagation()}
@@ -860,6 +864,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 openContextMenu={this.openContextMenu}
                                 dragColumn={this.dragColumn}
                                 setColRef={this.setColRef}
+                                isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
                             />
                         ))}
                     </div>
@@ -894,8 +899,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                                 isContentActive={returnTrue}
                                 isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
                                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.screenToLocal}
-                                docFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                                docRangeFilters={this.childDocRangeFilters}
+                                childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
+                                childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                                 docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
@@ -940,6 +945,7 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 LayoutTemplateString={SchemaRowBox.LayoutString(this.props.schema.props.fieldKey)}
                                 Document={doc}
                                 DataDoc={dataDoc}
+                                yPadding={index}
                                 renderDepth={this.props.schema.props.renderDepth + 1}
                                 PanelWidth={this.tableWidthFunc}
                                 PanelHeight={this.props.rowHeight}
@@ -949,8 +955,8 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 enableDragWhenActive={true}
                                 onClickScriptDisable="always"
                                 focus={this.props.schema.focusDocument}
-                                docFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
-                                docRangeFilters={this.props.schema.childDocRangeFilters}
+                                childFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
+                                childFiltersByRanges={this.props.schema.childDocRangeFilters}
                                 searchFilterDocs={this.props.schema.searchFilterDocs}
                                 rootSelected={this.props.schema.rootSelected}
                                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.childScreenToLocal(index)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
index 46c2f622b..65e47f441 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface SchemaColumnHeaderProps {
     columnIndex: number;
     sortField: string;
     sortDesc: boolean;
+    isContentActive: (outsideReaction?: boolean | undefined) => boolean | undefined;
     setSort: (field: string | undefined, desc?: boolean) => void;
     removeColumn: (index: number) => void;
     rowHeight: () => number;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export class SchemaColumnHeader extends React.Component<SchemaColumnHeaderProps>
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, e => this.props.dragColumn(e, this.props.columnIndex), emptyFunction, emptyFunction, false);
+        this.props.isContentActive(true) && setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, e => this.props.dragColumn(e, this.props.columnIndex), emptyFunction, emptyFunction, false);
     };
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 978b65053..4f3503751 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Doc } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { DragManager } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
-import { undoable, undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from '../../DocComponent';
 import { Colors } from '../../global/globalEnums';
 import { OpenWhere } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { CollectionSchemaView } from './CollectionSchemaView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 import { SchemaTableCell } from './SchemaTableCell';
+import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 
 @observer
 export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
@@ -143,6 +144,13 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                             selectedCell={this.selectedCell}
                             setColumnValues={this.setColumnValues}
                             oneLine={BoolCast(this.schemaDoc?._singleLine)}
+                            menuTarget={this.schemaView.MenuTarget}
+                            transform={() => {
+                                const ind = index === this.schemaView.columnKeys.length - 1 ? this.schemaView.columnKeys.length - 3 : index;
+                                const x = this.schemaView?.displayColumnWidths.reduce((p, c, i) => (i <= ind ? p + c : p), 0);
+                                const y = (this.props.yPadding ?? 0) * this.props.PanelHeight();
+                                return new Transform(x + CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth, y, 1);
+                            }}
                         />
                     ))}
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index 876693474..97264508c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React = require('react');
+import * as React from 'react';
+import Select, { MenuPlacement } from 'react-select';
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { extname } from 'path';
@@ -6,12 +7,11 @@ import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../../fields/RichTextField';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, FieldValue } from '../../../../fields/Types';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnZero, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { FInfo } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocFocusOrOpen } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
-import { dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoable, undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { DefaultStyleProvider } from '../../StyleProvider';
-import { ColumnType, FInfotoColType } from './CollectionSchemaView';
+import { CollectionSchemaView, ColumnType, FInfotoColType } from './CollectionSchemaView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 
 export interface SchemaTableCellProps {
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export interface SchemaTableCellProps {
     oneLine?: boolean; // whether all input should fit on one line vs allowing textare multiline inputs
     allowCRs?: boolean; // allow carriage returns in text input (othewrise CR ends the edit)
     finishEdit?: () => void; // notify container that edit is over (eg. to hide view in DashFieldView)
+    options?: string[];
+    menuTarget: HTMLDivElement | null;
+    transform: () => Transform;
 }
 
 @observer
@@ -64,8 +67,8 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         const color = protoCount === 0 || (fieldKey.startsWith('_') && Document[fieldKey] === undefined) ? 'black' : 'blue';
         const textDecoration = color !== 'black' && parenCount ? 'underline' : '';
         const fieldProps: FieldViewProps = {
-            docFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
-            docRangeFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFiltersByRanges: returnEmptyFilter,
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
@@ -129,15 +132,15 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     }
 
     get getCellType() {
+        const columnTypeStr = this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
         const cellValue = this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey];
         if (cellValue instanceof ImageField) return ColumnType.Image;
         if (cellValue instanceof DateField) return ColumnType.Date;
         if (cellValue instanceof RichTextField) return ColumnType.RTF;
         if (typeof cellValue === 'number') return ColumnType.Any;
-        if (typeof cellValue === 'string') return ColumnType.Any;
+        if (typeof cellValue === 'string' && columnTypeStr !== 'enumeration') return ColumnType.Any;
         if (typeof cellValue === 'boolean') return ColumnType.Boolean;
 
-        const columnTypeStr = this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
         if (columnTypeStr && columnTypeStr in FInfotoColType) {
             return FInfotoColType[columnTypeStr];
         }
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
             case ColumnType.Image: return <SchemaImageCell {...this.props} />;
             case ColumnType.Boolean: return <SchemaBoolCell {...this.props} />;
             case ColumnType.RTF: return <SchemaRTFCell {...this.props} />;
+            case ColumnType.Enumeration: return <SchemaEnumerationCell {...this.props} options={this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.values?.map(val => val.toString())} />;
             case ColumnType.Date: // return <SchemaDateCell {...this.props} />;
             default:  return this.defaultCellContent;
         }
@@ -311,3 +315,38 @@ export class SchemaBoolCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         );
     }
 }
+@observer
+export class SchemaEnumerationCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
+    @computed get selected() {
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
+        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+    }
+    render() {
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
+        const options = this.props.options?.map(facet => ({ value: facet, label: facet }));
+        return (
+            <div className="schemaSelectionCell" style={{ display: 'flex', color, textDecoration, cursor, pointerEvents }}>
+                <div style={{ width: '100%' }}>
+                    <Select
+                        styles={{
+                            menuPortal: base => ({
+                                ...base,
+                                left: 0,
+                                top: 0,
+                                transform: `translate(${this.props.transform().TranslateX}px, ${this.props.transform().TranslateY}px)`,
+                                width: Number(base.width) * this.props.transform().Scale,
+                                zIndex: 9999,
+                            }),
+                        }}
+                        menuPortalTarget={this.props.menuTarget}
+                        menuPosition={'absolute'}
+                        placeholder={StrCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], 'select...')}
+                        options={options}
+                        isMulti={false}
+                        onChange={val => KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), `"${val?.value ?? ''}"`)}
+                    />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
index b9d56541a..8324a97d9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class LinkMenuGroup extends React.Component<LinkMenuGroupProps> {
 
     getBackgroundColor = (): string => {
         const link_relationshipList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().link_relationshipList);
-        const linkColorList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList);
+        const linkColorList = StrListCast(Doc.UserDoc().link_ColorList);
         let color = 'white';
         // if this link's relationship property is not default "link", set its color
         if (link_relationshipList) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
index 5f2d4a7b6..664a0fa4f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                         docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                        docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     />
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DataVizBox/components/TableBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DataVizBox/components/TableBox.tsx
index 60480ac33..d84e34d52 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DataVizBox/components/TableBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DataVizBox/components/TableBox.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class TableBox extends React.Component<TableBoxProps> {
                                                             DragManager.StartAnchorAnnoDrag([header.current!], new DragManager.AnchorAnnoDragData(this.props.docView()!, sourceAnchorCreator, targetCreator), downX, downY, {
                                                                 dragComplete: e => {
                                                                     if (!e.aborted && e.annoDragData && e.annoDragData.linkSourceDoc && e.annoDragData.dropDocument && e.linkDocument) {
-                                                                        e.linkDocument.layout_linkDisplay = true;
+                                                                        e.linkDocument.link_displayLine = true;
                                                                         // e.annoDragData.linkSourceDoc.followLinkToggle = e.annoDragData.dropDocument.annotationOn === this.props.rootDoc;
                                                                         // e.annoDragData.linkSourceDoc.followLinkZoom = false;
                                                                     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
index bd1952ecb..7723a088d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProp
             e,
             this.onLinkButtonMoved,
             emptyFunction,
-            action((e, doubleTap) => doubleTap && DocumentView.showBackLinks(this.props.View.rootDoc)),
+            action((e, doubleTap) => {
+                doubleTap && DocumentView.showBackLinks(this.props.View.rootDoc);
+            }),
             undefined,
             undefined,
             action(() => (DocumentLinksButton.LinkEditorDocView = this.props.View))
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProp
 
     @computed get filteredLinks() {
         const results = [] as Doc[];
-        const filters = this.props.View.props.docFilters();
+        const filters = this.props.View.props.childFilters();
         Array.from(new Set<Doc>(this.props.View.allLinks)).forEach(link => {
             if (DocUtils.FilterDocs([link], filters, []).length || DocUtils.FilterDocs([link.link_anchor_2 as Doc], filters, []).length || DocUtils.FilterDocs([link.link_anchor_1 as Doc], filters, []).length) {
                 results.push(link);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 687683e6e..461066b1b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     setTitleFocus?: () => void;
     focus: DocFocusFunc;
     layout_fitWidth?: (doc: Doc) => boolean | undefined;
-    docFilters: () => string[];
-    docRangeFilters: () => string[];
+    childFilters: () => string[];
+    childFiltersByRanges: () => string[];
     searchFilterDocs: () => Doc[];
     layout_showTitle?: () => string;
     whenChildContentsActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     hideCaptions?: boolean;
     ignoreAutoHeight?: boolean;
     forceAutoHeight?: boolean;
-    disableDocBrushing?: boolean; // should highlighting for this view be disabled when same document in another view is hovered over.
+    disableBrushing?: boolean; // should highlighting for this view be disabled when same document in another view is hovered over.
     onClickScriptDisable?: 'never' | 'always'; // undefined = only when selected
     enableDragWhenActive?: boolean;
     waitForDoubleClickToClick?: () => 'never' | 'always' | undefined;
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
     @action
     onContextMenu = (e?: React.MouseEvent, pageX?: number, pageY?: number) => {
-        if (e && this.rootDoc._hideContextMenu && Doc.noviceMode) {
+        if (e && this.rootDoc._layout_hideContextMenu && Doc.noviceMode) {
             e.preventDefault();
             e.stopPropagation();
             //!this.props.isSelected(true) && SelectionManager.SelectView(this.props.DocumentView(), false);
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             ? true
             : false;
     };
-    docFilters = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), ...StrListCast(this.layoutDoc.docFilters)];
+    childFilters = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), ...StrListCast(this.layoutDoc.childFilters)];
     contentPointerEvents = () => (!this.disableClickScriptFunc && this.onClickHandler ? 'none' : this.pointerEvents);
     @computed get contents() {
         TraceMobx();
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     docViewPath={this.props.viewPath}
                     thumbShown={this.thumbShown}
                     setContentView={this.setContentView}
-                    docFilters={this.docFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.childFilters}
                     NativeDimScaling={this.props.NativeDimScaling}
                     PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
                     setHeight={!this.props.suppressSetHeight ? this.setHeight : undefined}
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     setTitleFocus={this.setTitleFocus}
                     layout_fieldKey={this.finalLayoutKey}
                 />
-                {this.layoutDoc.hideAllLinks ? null : this.allLinkEndpoints}
+                {this.layoutDoc.layout_hideAllLinks ? null : this.allLinkEndpoints}
             </div>
         );
     }
@@ -960,12 +960,12 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         TraceMobx();
         return LinkManager.Instance.getAllRelatedLinks(this.rootDoc);
     }
-    hideLink = computedFn((link: Doc) => () => (link.layout_linkDisplay = false));
+    hideLink = computedFn((link: Doc) => () => (link.link_displayLine = false));
     @computed get allLinkEndpoints() {
         // the small blue dots that mark the endpoints of links
         TraceMobx();
         if (this.props.hideLinkAnchors || this.layoutDoc.layout_hideLinkAnchors || this.props.dontRegisterView || this.layoutDoc.layout_unrendered) return null;
-        const filtered = DocUtils.FilterDocs(this.directLinks, this.props.docFilters?.() ?? [], []).filter(d => d.layout_linkDisplay);
+        const filtered = DocUtils.FilterDocs(this.directLinks, this.props.childFilters?.() ?? [], []).filter(d => d.link_displayLine);
         return filtered.map(link => (
             <div className="documentView-anchorCont" key={link[Id]}>
                 <DocumentView
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 gumStream = stream;
                 recorder = new MediaRecorder(stream);
                 recorder.ondataavailable = async (e: any) => {
-                    const [{ result }] = await Networking.UploadFilesToServer({file: e.data});
+                    const [{ result }] = await Networking.UploadFilesToServer({ file: e.data });
                     if (!(result instanceof Error)) {
                         const audioField = new AudioField(result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
                         const audioAnnos = Cast(dataDoc[field + '-audioAnnotations'], listSpec(AudioField), null);
@@ -1296,13 +1296,13 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
     }
 
     // shows a stacking view collection (by default, but the user can change) of all documents linked to the source
-    public static showBackLinks(linkSource: Doc) {
-        const docId = Doc.CurrentUserEmail + Doc.GetProto(linkSource)[Id] + '-pivotish';
+    public static showBackLinks(linkAnchor: Doc) {
+        const docId = Doc.CurrentUserEmail + Doc.GetProto(linkAnchor)[Id] + '-pivotish';
         // prettier-ignore
-        DocServer.GetRefField(docId).then(docx => docx instanceof Doc &&
+        DocServer.GetRefField(docId).then(docx =>
             LightboxView.SetLightboxDoc(
-                docx || // reuse existing pivot view of documents, or else create a new collection
-                Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], { title: linkSource.title + '-pivot', _width: 500, _height: 500, linkSource, updateContentsScript: ScriptField.MakeScript('updateLinkCollection(self)') }, docId)
+                (docx as Doc) ?? // reuse existing pivot view of documents, or else create a new collection
+                Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], { title: linkAnchor.title + '-pivot', _width: 500, _height: 500, target: linkAnchor, updateContentsScript: ScriptField.MakeScript('updateLinkCollection(self, self.target)') }, docId)
             )
         );
     }
@@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
             // increase max auto height if document has been resized to be greater than current max
             () => NumCast(this.layoutDoc._height),
             action(height => {
-                const docMax = NumCast(this.layoutDoc.docMaxAutoHeight);
-                if (docMax && docMax < height) this.layoutDoc.docMaxAutoHeight = height;
+                const docMax = NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_maxAutoHeight);
+                if (docMax && docMax < height) this.layoutDoc.layout_maxAutoHeight = height;
             })
         );
         !BoolCast(this.props.Document.dontRegisterView, this.props.dontRegisterView) && DocumentManager.Instance.AddView(this);
@@ -1577,16 +1577,16 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function toggleDetail(dv: DocumentView, detailLayoutKeySuff
     else dv.switchViews(true, detailLayoutKeySuffix, undefined, true);
 });
 
-ScriptingGlobals.add(function updateLinkCollection(linkCollection: Doc) {
-    const linkSource = Cast(linkCollection.linkSource, Doc, null);
+ScriptingGlobals.add(function updateLinkCollection(linkCollection: Doc, linkSource: Doc) {
     const collectedLinks = DocListCast(Doc.GetProto(linkCollection).data);
     let wid = linkSource[Width]();
+    let embedding:Doc|undefined;
     const links = LinkManager.Links(linkSource);
     links.forEach(link => {
         const other = LinkManager.getOppositeAnchor(link, linkSource);
-        const otherdoc = !other ? undefined : other.annotationOn ? Cast(other.annotationOn, Doc, null) : other;
+        const otherdoc = DocCast(other?.annotationOn ?? other);
         if (otherdoc && !collectedLinks?.some(d => Doc.AreProtosEqual(d, otherdoc))) {
-            const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(otherdoc);
+            embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(otherdoc);
             embedding.x = wid;
             embedding.y = 0;
             embedding._lockedPosition = false;
@@ -1594,5 +1594,6 @@ ScriptingGlobals.add(function updateLinkCollection(linkCollection: Doc) {
             Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.GetProto(linkCollection), 'data', embedding);
         }
     });
+    embedding && DocServer.UPDATE_SERVER_CACHE();// if a new embedding was made, update the client's server cache so that it will not come back as a promise
     return links;
 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index 4e348c67c..64f25cb22 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
         const props: FieldViewProps = {
             Document: this.props.doc,
             DataDoc: this.props.doc,
-            docFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
-            docRangeFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFilters: returnEmptyFilter,
+            childFiltersByRanges: returnEmptyFilter,
             searchFilterDocs: returnEmptyDoclist,
             styleProvider: DefaultStyleProvider,
             docViewPath: returnEmptyDoclist,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
index 73823041c..52f3575cb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ export class LabelBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps & LabelBoxProp
         const params = {
             rotateText: null,
             fontSizeFactor: 1,
-            minimumFontSize: NumCast(this.rootDoc._minFontSize, 8),
-            maximumFontSize: NumCast(this.rootDoc._maxFontSize, 1000),
+            minimumFontSize: NumCast(this.rootDoc._label_minFontSize, 8),
+            maximumFontSize: NumCast(this.rootDoc._label_maxFontSize, 1000),
             limitingDimension: 'both',
             horizontalAlign: 'center',
             verticalAlign: 'center',
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
index f38ef634c..e86b881a8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             } else {
                 this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_x'] = ((pt[0] - bounds.left) / bounds.width) * 100;
                 this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_y'] = ((pt[1] - bounds.top) / bounds.height) * 100;
-                this.rootDoc.layout_autoMoveAnchors = false;
+                this.rootDoc.link_autoMoveAnchors = false;
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const y = NumCast(this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_y'], 100);
         const background = this.props.styleProvider?.(this.dataDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor + ':anchor');
         const anchor = this.fieldKey === 'link_anchor_1' ? 'link_anchor_2' : 'link_anchor_1';
-        const anchorScale = !this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_useLinkSmallAnchor'] && (x === 0 || x === 100 || y === 0 || y === 100) ? 1 : 0.25;
+        const anchorScale = !this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_useSmallAnchor'] && (x === 0 || x === 100 || y === 0 || y === 100) ? 1 : 0.25;
         const targetTitle = StrCast((this.dataDoc[anchor] as Doc)?.title);
         const selView = SelectionManager.Views().lastElement()?.props.LayoutTemplateString?.includes('link_anchor_1')
             ? 'link_anchor_1'
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
index 079e1b56d..86191de63 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkDocPreview.tsx
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ export class LinkDocPreview extends React.Component<LinkDocPreviewProps> {
                             addDocTab={returnFalse}
                             pinToPres={returnFalse}
                             dontRegisterView={true}
-                            docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                            docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                             searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                             renderDepth={0}
                             suppressSetHeight={true}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
index f03954789..93e54ffb7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_sidebarWidthPercent, '0%');
     }
     @computed get sidebarColor() {
-        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarColor, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
+        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebar_color, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     panelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) - this.sidebarWidth();
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     scrollXf = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_scrollTop));
-    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
-    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()];
+    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
+    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()];
     infoWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / 5;
     infoHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / 5;
     anchorMenuClick = () => this._sidebarRef.current?.anchorMenuClick;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     };
     bingMapReady = (map: any) => (this._bingMap = map.map);
     render() {
-        const renderAnnotations = (docFilters?: () => string[]) => null;
+        const renderAnnotations = (childFilters?: () => string[]) => null;
         return (
             <div className="mapBox" ref={this._ref}>
                 <div
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
index 18fcc951a..72f37b62c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class MapBox2 extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_sidebarWidthPercent, '0%');
     }
     @computed get sidebarColor() {
-        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarColor, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
+        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebar_color, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ export class MapBox2 extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     panelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) - this.sidebarWidth();
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     scrollXf = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_scrollTop));
-    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
-    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()];
+    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
+    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()];
     infoWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / 5;
     infoHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / 5;
     anchorMenuClick = () => this._sidebarRef.current?.anchorMenuClick;
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ export class MapBox2 extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return (window as any).Microsoft.Maps;
     }
     render() {
-        const renderAnnotations = (docFilters?: () => string[]) => null;
+        const renderAnnotations = (childFilters?: () => string[]) => null;
         return (
             <div className="MapBox2" ref={this._ref}>
                 <div
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBoxInfoWindow.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBoxInfoWindow.tsx
index 6b26f494b..577101445 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBoxInfoWindow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBoxInfoWindow.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class MapBoxInfoWindow extends React.Component<MapBoxInfoWindowProps & Vi
                             fieldKey="data"
                             NativeWidth={returnZero}
                             NativeHeight={returnZero}
-                            docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                            childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                             setHeight={emptyFunction}
                             isAnnotationOverlay={false}
                             select={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
index 6ee1b67f2..c210176b0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return PDFBox.sidebarResizerWidth + nativeDiff * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     };
     @undoBatch
-    toggleSidebarType = () => (this.rootDoc.sidebarViewType = this.rootDoc.sidebarViewType === CollectionViewType.Freeform ? CollectionViewType.Stacking : CollectionViewType.Freeform);
+    toggleSidebarType = () => (this.rootDoc.sidebar_collectionType = this.rootDoc.sidebar_collectionType === CollectionViewType.Freeform ? CollectionViewType.Stacking : CollectionViewType.Freeform);
     specificContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
         const options = cm.findByDescription('Options...');
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         };
         return (
             <div className={'formattedTextBox-sidebar' + (Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ? '-inking' : '')} style={{ width: '100%', right: 0, backgroundColor: `white` }}>
-                {renderComponent(StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType))}
+                {renderComponent(StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebar_collectionType))}
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index b5f90aa1e..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-.queryBox, .queryBox-dragging {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%; 
-    position: absolute;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6056be6..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/QueryBox.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// import React = require("react");
-// import { IReactionDisposer } from "mobx";
-// import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-// import { documentSchema } from "../../../new_fields/documentSchemas";
-// import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
-// import { makeInterface, listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-// import { StrCast, Cast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
-// import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent } from '../DocComponent';
-// import { SearchBox } from "../search/SearchBox";
-// import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
-// import "./QueryBox.scss";
-// import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
-// import { SnappingManager } from "../../util/SnappingManager";
-
-// type QueryDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
-// const QueryDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
-
-// @observer
-// export class QueryBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, QueryDocument>(QueryDocument) {
-//     public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(QueryBox, fieldKey); }
-//     _docListChangedReaction: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
-//     componentDidMount() {
-//     }
-
-//     componentWillUnmount() {
-//         this._docListChangedReaction?.();
-//     }
-
-//     render() {
-//         const dragging = !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "" : "-dragging";
-//         return <div className={`queryBox${dragging}`} onWheel={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} >
-            
-//             <SearchBox  Document={this.props.Document}  />
-//         </div >;
-//     }
-// }
-
-// //<SearchBox id={this.props.Document[Id]} sideBar={side} Document={this.props.Document} searchQuery={StrCast(this.dataDoc.searchQuery)} filterQuery={this.dataDoc.filterQuery} />
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 34dcde23b..1f52c2d92 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
     marqueeFitScaling = () => ((this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) * this.heightPercent) / 100;
     marqueeOffset = () => [((this.panelWidth() / 2) * (1 - this.heightPercent / 100)) / (this.heightPercent / 100), 0];
 
-    timelineDocFilter = () => [`_timelineLabel:true,${Utils.noRecursionHack}:x`];
+    timelineDocFilter = () => [`_isTimelineLabel:true,${Utils.noRecursionHack}:x`];
 
     // renders video controls
     componentUI = (boundsLeft: number, boundsTop: number) => {
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                             PanelHeight={this.panelHeight}
                             isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                             ScreenToLocalTransform={this.screenToLocalTransform}
-                            docFilters={this.timelineDocFilter}
+                            childFilters={this.timelineDocFilter}
                             select={emptyFunction}
                             focus={emptyFunction}
                             NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index 48f77469f..2ff0245d2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         const previewScale = this._previewNativeWidth ? 1 - this.sidebarWidth() / this._previewNativeWidth : 1;
         const pointerEvents = this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any);
         const scale = previewScale * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-        const renderAnnotations = (docFilters: () => string[]) => (
+        const renderAnnotations = (childFilters: () => string[]) => (
             <CollectionFreeFormView
                 {...this.props}
                 setContentView={this.setInnerContent}
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                 NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
                 focus={this.focus}
                 dropAction="embed"
-                docFilters={docFilters}
+                childFilters={childFilters}
                 select={emptyFunction}
                 isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     scrollXf = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_scrollTop));
     anchorMenuClick = () => this._sidebarRef.current?.anchorMenuClick;
-    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
-    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
+    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
+    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
     childStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
         if (doc instanceof Doc && property === StyleProp.PointerEvents) {
             if (this.inlineTextAnnotations.includes(doc)) return 'none';
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
index 601759dbb..5bba51ec8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/button/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<ButtonProps>() {
 
     // Determining UI Specs
     @computed get label() {
-        return StrCast(this.rootDoc.label, StrCast(this.rootDoc.title));
+        return StrCast(this.rootDoc.icon_label, StrCast(this.rootDoc.title));
     }
     Icon = (color: string) => {
         const icon = StrCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey ?? 'icon'] ?? this.dataDoc.icon, 'user') as any;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
index 1d41eb379..48f4c2afd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ export class DashDocViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashDocViewInternal> {
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={returnFalse}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     dontRegisterView={false}
-                    docFilters={this.props.tbox?.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.tbox?.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.tbox?.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.tbox?.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.tbox?.props.searchFilterDocs}
                 />
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 105fb9003..115777c18 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
         return this._showSidebar ? '20%' : StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_sidebarWidthPercent, '0%');
     }
     @computed get sidebarColor() {
-        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarColor, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
+        return StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebar_color, StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.fieldKey + '_backgroundColor'], '#e4e4e4'));
     }
     @computed get layout_autoHeight() {
         return (this.props.forceAutoHeight || this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight) && !this.props.ignoreAutoHeight;
@@ -811,9 +811,9 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
             icon: !this.Document._layout_noSidebar ? 'eye-slash' : 'eye',
         });
         uicontrols.push({
-            description: (this.Document._layout_altContentUI ? 'Hide' : 'Show') + ' Alt Content UI',
-            event: () => (this.layoutDoc._layout_altContentUI = !this.layoutDoc._layout_altContentUI),
-            icon: !this.Document._layout_altContentUI ? 'eye-slash' : 'eye',
+            description: (this.Document._layout_enableAltContentUI ? 'Hide' : 'Show') + ' Alt Content UI',
+            event: () => (this.layoutDoc._layout_enableAltContentUI = !this.layoutDoc._layout_enableAltContentUI),
+            icon: !this.Document._layout_enableAltContentUI ? 'eye-slash' : 'eye',
         });
         uicontrols.push({ description: 'Show Highlights...', noexpand: true, subitems: highlighting, icon: 'hand-point-right' });
         !Doc.noviceMode &&
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
 
         const state = this._editorView!.state;
         const curText = state.doc.textBetween(0, state.doc.content.size, ' \n');
-        if (this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType === 'translation' && !this.fieldKey.includes('translation') && curText.endsWith(' ') && curText !== this._lastText) {
+        if (this.layoutDoc.sidebar_collectionType === 'translation' && !this.fieldKey.includes('translation') && curText.endsWith(' ') && curText !== this._lastText) {
             try {
                 translateGoogleApi(curText, { from: 'en', to: 'es' }).then((result1: any) => {
                     setTimeout(
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                 return toNum(height) + Math.max(0, toNum(marginTop)) + Math.max(0, toNum(marginBottom));
             };
             const proseHeight = !this.ProseRef ? 0 : children.reduce((p, child) => p + toHgt(child), margins);
-            const scrollHeight = this.ProseRef && Math.min(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.docMaxAutoHeight, proseHeight), proseHeight);
+            const scrollHeight = this.ProseRef && Math.min(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_maxAutoHeight, proseHeight), proseHeight);
             if (this.props.setHeight && scrollHeight && !this.props.dontRegisterView) {
                 // if top === 0, then the text box is growing upward (as the overlay caption) which doesn't contribute to the height computation
                 const setScrollHeight = () => (this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_scrollHeight'] = scrollHeight);
@@ -1949,19 +1949,19 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                         fitContentsToBox={this.fitContentsToBox}
                         noSidebar={true}
                         treeViewHideTitle={true}
-                        fieldKey={this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType === 'translation' ? `${this.fieldKey}_translation` : `${this.fieldKey}_sidebar`}
+                        fieldKey={this.layoutDoc.sidebar_collectionType === 'translation' ? `${this.fieldKey}_translation` : `${this.fieldKey}_sidebar`}
                     />
                 </div>
             );
         };
         return (
             <div className={'formattedTextBox-sidebar' + (Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ? '-inking' : '')} style={{ width: `${this.layout_sidebarWidthPercent}`, backgroundColor: `${this.sidebarColor}` }}>
-                {renderComponent(StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebarViewType))}
+                {renderComponent(StrCast(this.layoutDoc.sidebar_collectionType))}
             </div>
         );
     }
     cycleAlternateText = () => {
-        if (this.layoutDoc._layout_altContentUI) {
+        if (this.layoutDoc._layout_enableAltContentUI) {
             const usePath = this.rootDoc[`${this.props.fieldKey}_usePath`];
             this.rootDoc[`_${this.props.fieldKey}_usePath`] = usePath === undefined ? 'alternate' : usePath === 'alternate' ? 'alternate:hover' : undefined;
         }
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
         const active = this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isSelected();
         const selected = active;
         const scale = (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) * NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1);
-        const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.borderRounding) === '100%' ? '-rounded' : '';
+        const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_borderRounding) === '100%' ? '-rounded' : '';
         const interactive = (Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition);
         if (!selected && FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) setTimeout(FormattedTextBoxComment.Hide);
         const minimal = this.props.ignoreAutoHeight;
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                     {this.noSidebar || this.props.dontSelectOnLoad || !this.SidebarShown || this.layout_sidebarWidthPercent === '0%' ? null : this.sidebarCollection}
                     {this.noSidebar || this.Document._layout_noSidebar || this.props.dontSelectOnLoad || this.Document._createDocOnCR ? null : this.sidebarHandle}
                     {this.audioHandle}
-                    {this.layoutDoc._layout_altContentUI ? this.overlayAlternateIcon : null}
+                    {this.layoutDoc._layout_enableAltContentUI ? this.overlayAlternateIcon : null}
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 884811317..ac20126f1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         }
 
         if ((pinDataTypes?.filters && activeItem.presDocFilters !== undefined) || (!pinDataTypes && activeItem.presDocFilters !== undefined)) {
-            if (bestTarget.docFilters !== activeItem.presDocFilters) {
-                bestTarget.docFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeItem.presDocFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
+            if (bestTarget.childFilters !== activeItem.presDocFilters) {
+                bestTarget.childFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(activeItem.presDocFilters as ObjectField) || new List<string>([]);
                 changed = true;
             }
         }
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     )
                 );
             if (pinProps.pinData.type_collection) pinDoc.presViewType = targetDoc._type_collection;
-            if (pinProps.pinData.filters) pinDoc.presDocFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(targetDoc.docFilters as ObjectField);
+            if (pinProps.pinData.filters) pinDoc.presDocFilters = ObjectField.MakeCopy(targetDoc.childFilters as ObjectField);
             if (pinProps.pinData.pivot) pinDoc.presPivotField = targetDoc._pivotField;
             if (pinProps.pinData.pannable) {
                 pinDoc.presPanX = NumCast(targetDoc._freeform_panX);
@@ -2078,10 +2078,10 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (layout) {
             case 'blank': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { title: input ? input : 'Blank slide', _width: 400, _height: 225, x, y });
-            case 'title': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([title(), subtitle()], { title: input ? input : 'Title slide', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layoutFitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
-            case 'header': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([header()], { title: input ? input : 'Section header', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layoutFitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
-            case 'content': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([contentTitle(), content()], { title: input ? input : 'Title and content', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layoutFitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
-            case 'twoColumns': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([contentTitle(), content1(), content2()], { title: input ? input : 'Title and two columns', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layoutFitContentsToBox: true, x, y })
+            case 'title': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([title(), subtitle()], { title: input ? input : 'Title slide', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layout_fitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
+            case 'header': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([header()], { title: input ? input : 'Section header', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layout_fitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
+            case 'content': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([contentTitle(), content()], { title: input ? input : 'Title and content', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layout_fitContentsToBox: true, x, y });
+            case 'twoColumns': return Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([contentTitle(), content1(), content2()], { title: input ? input : 'Title and two columns', _width: 400, _height: 225, _layout_fitContentsToBox: true, x, y })
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index 154c879a0..34e069046 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    docFilters={this.props.docFilters}
-                    docRangeFilters={this.props.docRangeFilters}
+                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
                     searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             const recording = Docs.Create.WebCamDocument('', {
                 _width: 384,
                 _height: 216,
-                hideDocumentButtonBar: true,
+                layout_hideDocumentButtonBar: true,
                 layout_hideDecorationTitle: true,
-                hideOpenButton: true,
+                layout_hideOpenButton: true,
                 // hideDeleteButton: true,
                 cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(['isSystem']),
             });
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         style={{
                             display: 'infline-block',
                             backgroundColor: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                            //boxShadow: presBoxColor && presBoxColor !== 'white' && presBoxColor !== 'transparent' ? (isCurrent ? '0 0 0px 1.5px' + presBoxColor : undefined) : undefined,
+                            //layout_boxShadow: presBoxColor && presBoxColor !== 'white' && presBoxColor !== 'transparent' ? (isCurrent ? '0 0 0px 1.5px' + presBoxColor : undefined) : undefined,
                             border: presBoxColor && presBoxColor !== 'white' && presBoxColor !== 'transparent' ? (isCurrent ? presBoxColor + ' solid 2.5px' : undefined) : undefined,
                         }}>
                         <div
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index bc0cad636..dd202418b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
     @observable isAnnotating = false;
     // key where data is stored
     @computed get allAnnotations() {
-        return DocUtils.FilterDocs(DocListCast(this.props.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations']), this.props.docFilters(), this.props.docRangeFilters());
+        return DocUtils.FilterDocs(DocListCast(this.props.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations']), this.props.childFilters(), this.props.childFiltersByRanges());
     }
     @computed get inlineTextAnnotations() {
         return this.allAnnotations.filter(a => a.textInlineAnnotations);
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
     overlayTransform = () => this.scrollXf().scale(1 / NumCast(this.props.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1));
     panelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
-    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.docFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
+    transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
+    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
     childStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
         if (doc instanceof Doc && property === StyleProp.PointerEvents) {
             if (this.inlineTextAnnotations.includes(doc)) return 'none';
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
 
-    renderAnnotations = (docFilters: () => string[], mixBlendMode?: any, display?: string) => (
+    renderAnnotations = (childFilters: () => string[], mixBlendMode?: any, display?: string) => (
         <div
             className="pdfViewerDash-overlay"
             style={{
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
                 isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                 isAnnotationOverlayScrollable={true}
                 dropAction="embed"
-                docFilters={docFilters}
+                childFilters={childFilters}
                 select={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                 styleProvider={this.childStyleProvider}
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 72eeedcff..92ae64567 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -1415,18 +1415,18 @@ export namespace Doc {
     }
     export function setDocRangeFilter(container: Opt<Doc>, key: string, range?: number[]) {
         if (!container) return;
-        const docRangeFilters = Cast(container._docRangeFilters, listSpec('string'), []);
-        for (let i = 0; i < docRangeFilters.length; i += 3) {
-            if (docRangeFilters[i] === key) {
-                docRangeFilters.splice(i, 3);
+        const childFiltersByRanges = Cast(container._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
+        for (let i = 0; i < childFiltersByRanges.length; i += 3) {
+            if (childFiltersByRanges[i] === key) {
+                childFiltersByRanges.splice(i, 3);
                 break;
             }
         }
         if (range !== undefined) {
-            docRangeFilters.push(key);
-            docRangeFilters.push(range[0].toString());
-            docRangeFilters.push(range[1].toString());
-            container._docRangeFilters = new List<string>(docRangeFilters);
+            childFiltersByRanges.push(key);
+            childFiltersByRanges.push(range[0].toString());
+            childFiltersByRanges.push(range[1].toString());
+            container._childFiltersByRanges = new List<string>(childFiltersByRanges);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1435,35 +1435,35 @@ export namespace Doc {
     // based on the modifiers :"check", "x", undefined
     export function setDocFilter(container: Opt<Doc>, key: string, value: any, modifiers: 'remove' | 'match' | 'check' | 'x' | 'exists' | 'unset', toggle?: boolean, fieldPrefix?: string, append: boolean = true) {
         if (!container) return;
-        const filterField = '_' + (fieldPrefix ? fieldPrefix + '_' : '') + 'docFilters';
-        const docFilters = StrListCast(container[filterField]);
+        const filterField = '_' + (fieldPrefix ? fieldPrefix + '_' : '') + 'childFilters';
+        const childFilters = StrListCast(container[filterField]);
         runInAction(() => {
-            for (let i = 0; i < docFilters.length; i++) {
-                const fields = docFilters[i].split(':'); // split key:value:modifier
+            for (let i = 0; i < childFilters.length; i++) {
+                const fields = childFilters[i].split(':'); // split key:value:modifier
                 if (fields[0] === key && (fields[1] === value || modifiers === 'match' || (fields[2] === 'match' && modifiers === 'remove'))) {
                     if (fields[2] === modifiers && modifiers && fields[1] === value) {
                         if (toggle) modifiers = 'remove';
                         else return;
                     }
-                    docFilters.splice(i, 1);
-                    container[filterField] = new List<string>(docFilters);
+                    childFilters.splice(i, 1);
+                    container[filterField] = new List<string>(childFilters);
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            if (!docFilters.length && modifiers === 'match' && value === undefined) {
+            if (!childFilters.length && modifiers === 'match' && value === undefined) {
                 container[filterField] = undefined;
             } else if (modifiers !== 'remove') {
-                !append && (docFilters.length = 0);
-                docFilters.push(key + ':' + value + ':' + modifiers);
-                container[filterField] = new List<string>(docFilters);
+                !append && (childFilters.length = 0);
+                childFilters.push(key + ':' + value + ':' + modifiers);
+                container[filterField] = new List<string>(childFilters);
             }
         });
     }
     export function readDocRangeFilter(doc: Doc, key: string) {
-        const docRangeFilters = Cast(doc._docRangeFilters, listSpec('string'), []);
-        for (let i = 0; i < docRangeFilters.length; i += 3) {
-            if (docRangeFilters[i] === key) {
-                return [Number(docRangeFilters[i + 1]), Number(docRangeFilters[i + 2])];
+        const childFiltersByRanges = Cast(doc._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
+        for (let i = 0; i < childFiltersByRanges.length; i += 3) {
+            if (childFiltersByRanges[i] === key) {
+                return [Number(childFiltersByRanges[i + 1]), Number(childFiltersByRanges[i + 2])];
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts b/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
index 7a0a18929..757d507be 100644
--- a/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ export const documentSchema = createSchema({
 
     // appearance properties on the data document
     backgroundColor: 'string', // background color of document
-    borderRounding: 'string', // border radius rounding of document
-    boxShadow: 'string', // the amount of shadow around the perimeter of a document
+    layout_borderRounding: 'string', // border radius rounding of document
+    layout_boxShadow: 'string', // the amount of shadow around the perimeter of a document
     color: 'string', // foreground color of document
     freeform_fitContentsToBox: 'boolean', // whether freeform view contents should be zoomed/panned to fill the area of the document view box
     fontSize: 'string',
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ export const documentSchema = createSchema({
     onDragStart: ScriptField, // script to run when document is dragged (without being selected).  the script should return the Doc to be dropped.
     followLinkLocation: 'string', // flag for where to place content when following a click interaction (e.g., add:right, lightbox, default, )
     hideLinkButton: 'boolean', // whether the blue link counter button should be hidden
-    hideAllLinks: 'boolean', // whether all individual blue anchor dots should be hidden
-    layout_linkDisplay: 'boolean', // whether a link connection should be shown between link anchor endpoints.
+    layout_hideAllLinks: 'boolean', // whether all individual blue anchor dots should be hidden
+    link_displayLine: 'boolean', // whether a link connection should be shown between link anchor endpoints.
     isLightbox: 'boolean', // whether the marked object will display addDocTab() calls that target "lightbox" destinations
     layers: listSpec('string'), // which layers the document is part of
     _lockedPosition: 'boolean', // whether the document can be moved (dragged)
     _lockedTransform: 'boolean', // whether a freeformview can pan/zoom
-    layout_linkDisplayArrow: 'boolean', // toggles directed arrows
+    link_displayArrow: 'boolean', // toggles directed arrows
 
     // drag drop properties
     _stayInCollection: 'boolean', // whether document can be dropped into a different collection
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index 62f27c7d2..f365adf4b 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { PrefetchProxy, ProxyField } from './Proxy';
 import { RefField } from './RefField';
 import { RichTextField } from './RichTextField';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from './SchemaHeaderField';
-import { ComputedField } from './ScriptField';
+import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from './ScriptField';
 import { ScriptCast, StrCast } from './Types';
 
 function _readOnlySetter(): never {
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ const _setterImpl = action(function (target: any, prop: string | symbol | number
 
     if (writeToDoc) {
         if (value === undefined) {
-            delete target[FieldKeys][prop];
+            target[FieldKeys] && delete target[FieldKeys][prop]; // Lists don't have a FieldKeys field
             delete target.__fieldTuples[prop];
         } else {
-            target[FieldKeys][prop] = true;
+            // bcz: uncomment to see if server is being updated
+            // console.log(prop + ' = ' + value + '(' + curValue + ')');
+            target[FieldKeys] && (target[FieldKeys][prop] = true); // Lists don't have a FieldKeys field
             target.__fieldTuples[prop] = value;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
index c3423e2a5..7a1dde9fb 100644
--- a/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/AudioUpload.tsx
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
                 title: 'mobile audio',
                 _width: 300,
                 _height: 300,
-                _layoutFitContentsToBox: true,
-                boxShadow: '0 0',
+                _layout_fitContentsToBox: true,
+                layout_boxShadow: '0 0',
             }),
             Doc
         )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
                             Doc
                         ) as Doc,
                     ],
-                    { title: 'mobile audio', _width: 300, _height: 300, _layoutFitContentsToBox: true, boxShadow: '0 0' }
+                    { title: 'mobile audio', _width: 300, _height: 300, _layout_fitContentsToBox: true, layout_boxShadow: '0 0' }
                 ),
                 Doc
             )
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ export class AudioUpload extends React.Component {
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         rootSelected={returnTrue}
                         removeDocument={undefined}
-                        docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                        docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                        childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                         searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                         PanelWidth={() => 600}
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 471dc568b..584a7b432 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ export class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    docFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                    docRangeFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
                 />
             </div>
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 72dad52c4fea5a2fccabacbb6a49ca1494093954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:14:26 -0400
Subject: cleaned up dragging - abort presItem drags properly, fix naming for
 drag/dropAction, small fix undo of drag removeproperties, dragging in/out of
 headerBar,  fixed isContentActive to avoid SnappingManager.GetIsDragging. 
 fixed resizing videos.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  | 49 +++++------
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                | 81 +++++++++---------
 src/client/util/DragManager.ts                     | 38 ++++-----
 src/client/util/DropConverter.ts                   |  8 +-
 src/client/util/UndoManager.ts                     | 19 ++---
 src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx                 |  6 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |  6 +-
 src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx           |  8 +-
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                | 95 +---------------------
 src/client/views/MainView.tsx                      | 12 ++-
 src/client/views/Palette.scss                      | 30 -------
 src/client/views/Palette.tsx                       | 69 ----------------
 src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx                |  1 -
 src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx                 |  1 +
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  5 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx   |  4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx |  6 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       | 11 ++-
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss     |  2 +-
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      | 10 ++-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   | 18 ++--
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx | 10 +--
 .../views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx       |  2 -
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       | 14 ++--
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  5 +-
 src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx        |  1 -
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          | 29 ++++---
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 11 ++-
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |  1 -
 .../collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx          |  2 +-
 .../collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx      | 40 ++-------
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  | 18 ++--
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     | 19 +++--
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      |  3 +-
 .../collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx  |  8 +-
 .../collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx           |  2 +-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx             |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.scss          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx           | 80 ++++++++++++------
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            | 52 +++++++-----
 src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx               |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx                |  4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx             |  8 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx            |  1 -
 src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx           |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx           |  5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx                  |  2 -
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  | 14 +++-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx | 21 ++---
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx          |  4 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx   | 13 +--
 src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx                 | 18 ++--
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  2 +-
 src/fields/documentSchemas.ts                      | 10 +--
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |  4 +-
 57 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 537 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/Palette.scss
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/Palette.tsx

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index ffde9fe1b..a61ef1da3 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { DirectoryImportBox } from '../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox';
 import { FollowLinkScript } from '../util/LinkFollower';
 import { LinkManager } from '../util/LinkManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../util/ScriptingGlobals';
-import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from '../views/collections/CollectionDockingView';
 import { DimUnit } from '../views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView';
 import { CollectionView } from '../views/collections/CollectionView';
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     opacity?: NUMt = new NumInfo('document opacity');
     viewTransitionTime?: NUMt = new NumInfo('transition duration for view parameters');
     dontRegisterView?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('are views of this document registered so that they can be found when following links, etc');
-    dontUndo?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether button clicks should be undoable (true for Undo/Redo/and sidebar) AND whether modifications to document are undoable (true for linearview menu buttons to prevent open/close from entering undo stack)');
+    _undoIgnoreFields?: List<string>; //'fields that should not be added to the undo stack (opacity for Undo/Redo/and sidebar) AND whether modifications to document are undoable (true for linearview menu buttons to prevent open/close from entering undo stack)'
+    undoIgnoreFields?: List<string>; //'fields that should not be added to the undo stack (opacity for Undo/Redo/and sidebar) AND whether modifications to document are undoable (true for linearview menu buttons to prevent open/close from entering undo stack)'
     _headerHeight?: NUMt = new NumInfo('height of document header used for displaying title');
     _headerFontSize?: NUMt = new NumInfo('font size of header of custom notes');
     _headerPointerEvents?: PEVt = new PEInfo('types of events the header of a custom text document can consume');
@@ -355,20 +356,19 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     waitForDoubleClickToClick?: 'always' | 'never' | 'default'; // whether a click function wait for double click to expire.  'default' undefined = wait only if there's a click handler, "never" = never wait, "always" = alway wait
     onPointerDown?: ScriptField;
     onPointerUp?: ScriptField;
-    dragFactory_count?: NUMt = new NumInfo('number of items created from a drag button (used for setting title with incrementing index)', true);
     openFactoryLocation?: string; // an OpenWhere value to place the factory created document
     openFactoryAsDelegate?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('create a delegate of the factory');
     _forceActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('flag to handle pointer events when not selected (or otherwise active)');
-    enableDragWhenActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('allow dragging even if document contentts are active (e.g., tree, groups)');
-    _stayInCollection?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere');
+    _dragOnlyWithinContainer?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere');
     _raiseWhenDragged?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a document is brought to front when dragged.');
-    allowOverlayDrop?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('can documents be dropped onto this document without using dragging title bar or holding down embed key (ctrl)?', true);
-    childDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to the source document when it's dropped onto a child of a collection ");
-    targetDropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the source document when ??? ');
+    childDragAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the child documents when they are dragged fromt he collection');
+    dropConverter?: ScriptField; // script to run when documents are dropped on this Document.
+    dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
     _dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
-    _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
+    _dropPropertiesToRemove?: 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
     cloneFieldFilter?: List<string>; // fields not to copy when the document is clonedclipboard?: Doc;
-    dropConverter?: ScriptField; // script to run when documents are dropped on this Document.
+    dragAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('how to drag document when it is active (e.g., tree, groups)');
+    dragFactory_count?: NUMt = new NumInfo('number of items created from a drag button (used for setting title with incrementing index)', true);
     dragFactory?: Doc; // document to create when dragging with a suitable onDragStart script
     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
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                         link_description: '',
                         layout_showCaption: 'link_description',
                         backgroundColor: 'lightblue', // lightblue is default color for linking dot and link documents text comment area
-                        _removeDropProperties: new List(['onClick']),
+                        _dropPropertiesToRemove: new List(['onClick']),
                     },
                 },
             ],
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 {
                     data: new List<Doc>(),
                     layout: { view: EmptyBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
-                    options: { childDropAction: 'embed', title: 'Global Link Database' },
+                    options: { title: 'Global Link Database' },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 {
                     data: new List<Doc>(),
                     layout: { view: EmptyBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
-                    options: { childDropAction: 'embed', title: 'Global Script Database' },
+                    options: { title: 'Global Script Database' },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 DocumentType.FONTICON,
                 {
                     layout: { view: FontIconBox, dataField: 'icon' },
-                    options: { defaultDoubleClick: 'ignore', waitForDoubleClickToClick: 'never', enableDragWhenActive: true, layout_hideLinkButton: true, _width: 40, _height: 40 },
+                    options: { defaultDoubleClick: 'ignore', waitForDoubleClickToClick: 'never', layout_hideLinkButton: true, _width: 40, _height: 40 },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 {
                     data: '',
                     layout: { view: ComparisonBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
-                    options: { backgroundColor: 'gray', targetDropAction: 'embed' },
+                    options: { backgroundColor: 'gray', dropAction: 'move', waitForDoubleClickToClick: 'always' },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 {
                     data: new List<Doc>(),
                     layout: { view: EmptyBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
-                    options: { childDropAction: 'embed', title: 'Global Group Database' },
+                    options: { childDragAction: 'embed', title: 'Global Group Database' },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -1066,12 +1066,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
         }
 
         export function PileDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
-            return InstanceFromProto(
-                Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL),
-                new List(documents),
-                { enableDragWhenActive: true, _forceActive: true, _freeform_noZoom: true, _freeform_noAutoPan: true, ...options, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Pile },
-                id
-            );
+            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.COL), new List(documents), { dropAction: 'move', _forceActive: true, _freeform_noZoom: true, _freeform_noAutoPan: true, ...options, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Pile }, id);
         }
 
         export function LinearDocument(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) {
@@ -1523,7 +1518,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         !simpleMenu &&
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
                 description: 'Quick Notes',
-                subitems: DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc()['template-notes'] as Doc).data).map((note, i) => ({
+                subitems: DocListCast((Doc.UserDoc()['template_notes'] as Doc).data).map((note, i) => ({
                     description: ':' + StrCast(note.title),
                     event: undoable((args: { x: number; y: number }) => {
                         const textDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', {
@@ -1583,10 +1578,10 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
     }
     export function findTemplate(templateName: string, type: string, signature: string) {
         let docLayoutTemplate: Opt<Doc>;
-        const iconViews = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-icons'], Doc, null)?.data);
-        const templBtns = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-buttons'], Doc, null)?.data);
-        const noteTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-notes'], Doc, null)?.data);
-        const clickFuncs = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-clickFuncs'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const iconViews = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_icons'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const templBtns = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_buttons'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const noteTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_notes'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const clickFuncs = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_clickFuncs'], Doc, null)?.data);
         const allTemplates = iconViews
             .concat(templBtns)
             .concat(noteTypes)
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 592f6d836..11a8dcaf6 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "Experimental Tools", _xMargin: 0, _layout_showTitle: "title", _chromeHidden: true,
-            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true, isSystem: true,
+            _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _forceActive: true, isSystem: true,
             _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _layout_fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 35, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true,
         };
         const reqdScripts = { dropConverter : "convertToButtons(dragData)" };
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     /// Initializes templates for editing click funcs of a document 
-    static setupClickEditorTemplates(doc: Doc, field = "template-clickFuncs") {
+    static setupClickEditorTemplates(doc: Doc, field = "template_clickFuncs") {
         const tempClicks = DocCast(doc[field]);
         const reqdClickOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 300, _height:200, isSystem: true};
         const reqdTempOpts:{opts:DocumentOptions, script: string}[] = [
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     /// Initializes templates that can be applied to notes
-    static setupNoteTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template-notes") {
+    static setupNoteTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template_notes") {
         const tempNotes = DocCast(doc[field]);
         const reqdTempOpts:DocumentOptions[] = [
             { noteType: "Note", backgroundColor: "yellow", icon: "sticky-note"},
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     // setup templates for different document types when they are iconified from Document Decorations
-    static setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template-icons") {
+    static setupDefaultIconTemplates(doc: Doc, field="template_icons") {
         const reqdOpts = { title: "icon templates", _height: 75, isSystem: true };
         const templateIconsDoc = DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(doc[field]), reqdOpts) ?? (doc[field] = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], reqdOpts));
 
@@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             {key: "Script",     creator: opts => Docs.Create.ScriptingDocument(null, opts), opts: { _width: 200, _height: 250, }},
             {key: "DataViz",    creator: opts => Docs.Create.DataVizDocument("/users/rz/Downloads/addresses.csv", opts),   opts: { _width: 300, _height: 300 }},
             {key: "Header",     creator: headerTemplate,                                    opts: { _width: 300, _height: 70, _headerPointerEvents: "all", _headerHeight: 12, _headerFontSize: 9, _layout_autoHeight: true, treeViewHideUnrendered: true}},
-            {key: "Trail",      creator: Docs.Create.PresDocument,                          opts: { _width: 400, _height: 30, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Stacking, targetDropAction: "embed" as dropActionType, treeViewHideTitle: true, _layout_fitWidth:true, _chromeHidden: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0" }},
+            {key: "Trail",      creator: Docs.Create.PresDocument,                          opts: { _width: 400, _height: 30, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Stacking, dropAction: "embed" as dropActionType, treeViewHideTitle: true, _layout_fitWidth:true, _chromeHidden: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0" }},
             {key: "Tab",        creator: opts => Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], opts),    opts: { _width: 500, _height: 800, _layout_fitWidth: true, _freeform_backgroundGrid: true, }},
             {key: "Slide",      creator: opts => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts),        opts: { _width: 300, _height: 200, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Tree, 
                                                                                                 treeViewHasOverlay: true, _text_fontSize: "20px", _layout_autoHeight: true, 
-                                                                                                allowOverlayDrop: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.outline, 
+                                                                                                dropAction:'move', treeViewType: TreeViewType.outline, 
                                                                                                 backgroundColor: "white", _xMargin: 0, _yMargin: 0, _createDocOnCR: true 
                                                                                             }, funcs: {title: 'self.text?.Text'}},
             ];
@@ -322,17 +322,16 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         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, ["funcs", "scripts", "backgroundColor"]).omit, 
-                _width: 35, _height: 35, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _stayInCollection: true, 
+                _width: 35, _height: 35, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, 
                 btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, backgroundColor: reqdOpts.backgroundColor ?? Colors.DARK_GRAY, color: Colors.WHITE, isSystem: true,
-                _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
                 };
             return DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(btn, opts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), reqdOpts.scripts, reqdOpts.funcs);
         });
 
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "Basic Item Creators", _layout_showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, isSystem: true,
+            title: "Basic Item Creators", _layout_showTitle: "title", _xMargin: 0, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, isSystem: true,
             _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 500, _height: 300, _layout_fitWidth: true, _columnWidth: 40, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true,
-             childDropAction: 'embed' 
+             childDragAction: 'embed' 
         };
         const reqdScripts = { dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)" };
         return DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(dragCreatorDoc, reqdOpts, creatorBtns) ?? Docs.Create.MasonryDocument(creatorBtns, reqdOpts), reqdScripts);
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     /// the empty panel that is filled with whichever left menu button's panel has been selected
     static setupLeftSidebarPanel(doc: Doc, field="myLeftSidebarPanel") {
-        DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => ((doc:Doc) => {doc.isSystem = true; return doc;})(new Doc()), {isSystem:true});
+        DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Doc.assign(new Doc(), opts as any), {isSystem:true, undoIgnoreFields: new List<string>(['proto'])});
     }
 
     /// Initializes the left sidebar menu buttons and the panels they open up
@@ -367,15 +366,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         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, isSystem: true, dontUndo: true, dontRegisterView: true,
-                _width: 60, _height: 60,  _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
-                _removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["_stayInCollection"]),
+                title, icon, target, btnType: ButtonType.MenuButton, isSystem: true, undoIgnoreFields: new List<string>(['height', 'data_columnHeaders']), dontRegisterView: true,
+                _width: 60, _height: 60,  _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
             };
             return DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(btnDoc, reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), scripts, funcs);
         });
 
         const reqdStackOpts:DocumentOptions ={
-            title: "menuItemPanel", childDropAction: "same", backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY, layout_boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",  dontRegisterView: true, ignoreClick: true,
+            title: "menuItemPanel", childDragAction: "same", backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY, layout_boxShadow: "rgba(0,0,0,0)",  dontRegisterView: true, ignoreClick: true,
             _chromeHidden: true, _gridGap: 0, _yMargin: 0, _yPadding: 0, _xMargin: 0, _layout_autoHeight: false, _width: 60, _columnWidth: 60, _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true,
         };
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument(items??[], opts), reqdStackOpts, menuBtns, { dropConverter: "convertToButtons(dragData)" });
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     /// Search option on the left side button panel
     static setupSearcher(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.SearchDocument(opts), {
-                dontRegisterView: true, backgroundColor: "dimgray", ignoreClick: true, title: "Search Panel", isSystem: true, childDropAction: "embed", 
+                dontRegisterView: true, backgroundColor: "dimgray", ignoreClick: true, title: "Search Panel", isSystem: true, childDragAction: "embed", 
                 _lockedPosition: true, _type_collection: CollectionViewType.Schema  });
     }
 
@@ -469,7 +467,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const templateBtns = CurrentUserUtils.setupExperimentalTemplateButtons(doc,DocListCast(myTools?.data)?.length > 1 ? DocListCast(myTools.data)[1]:undefined);
         const reqdToolOps:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "My Tools", isSystem: true, ignoreClick: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0",
-            _layout_showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, 
+            _layout_showTitle: "title", _width: 500, _yMargin: 20, _lockedPosition: true, _forceActive: true, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _chromeHidden: true, 
         };
         return DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument(items??[], opts), reqdToolOps, [creatorBtns, templateBtns]);
     }
@@ -481,7 +479,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const toggleDarkTheme = `this.colorScheme = this.colorScheme ? undefined : "${ColorScheme.Dark}"`;
         const newDashboard = `createNewDashboard()`;
 
-        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true,  _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
+        const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true,  _width: 30, _height: 30, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
              title: "new dashboard", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new dashboard", buttonText: "New trail", icon: "plus", isSystem: true };
         const reqdBtnScript = {onClick: newDashboard,}
         const newDashboardButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myDashboards?.layout_headerButton), reqdBtnOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(reqdBtnOpts), reqdBtnScript);
@@ -495,8 +493,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const childContextMenuIcons = ["chalkboard", "tv", "camera", "users", "times", "trash"]; // entries must be kept in synch with childContextMenuScripts, childContextMenuLabels, and childContextMenuFilters
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "My Dashboards", childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewFreezeChildren: "remove|add", treeViewHideTitle: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true,
-            targetDropAction: "same", treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, isFolder: true, isSystem: true,  treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, 
-            layout_headerButton: newDashboardButton, childDropAction: "embed",
+            dropAction: "same", treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, isFolder: true, isSystem: true,  treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, 
+            layout_headerButton: newDashboardButton, childDragAction: "embed",
             _layout_showTitle: "title", _height: 400, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true,
             contextMenuLabels:new List<string>(contextMenuLabels),
             contextMenuIcons:new List<string>(contextMenuIcons),
@@ -520,20 +518,20 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     /// initializes the left sidebar File system pane
     static setupFilesystem(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         var myFilesystem = DocCast(doc[field]);
-        const myFileOrphans = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "myFileOrphans", (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), { title: "Unfiled", _stayInCollection: true, isSystem: true, isFolder: true });
+        const myFileOrphans = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "myFileOrphans", (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), { title: "Unfiled", undoIgnoreFields:new List<string>(['treeViewSortCriterion']), _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isSystem: true, isFolder: true });
         
         const newFolder = `TreeView_addNewFolder()`;
         const newFolderOpts: DocumentOptions = {
-            _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _width: 30, _height: 30,
+            _forceActive: true, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _width: 30, _height: 30, undoIgnoreFields:new List<string>(['treeViewSortCriterion']),
             title: "New folder", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, toolTip: "Create new folder", buttonText: "New folder", icon: "folder-plus", isSystem: true
         };
         const newFolderScript = { onClick: newFolder};
         const newFolderButton = DocUtils.AssignScripts(DocUtils.AssignOpts(DocCast(myFilesystem?.layout_headerButton), newFolderOpts) ?? Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(newFolderOpts), newFolderScript);
         
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _layout_showTitle: "title", _height: 100, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, _lockedPosition: true, 
-            title: "My Documents", layout_headerButton: newFolderButton, treeViewHideTitle: true, targetDropAction: "proto", isSystem: true,
+            title: "My Documents", layout_headerButton: newFolderButton, treeViewHideTitle: true, dropAction: "proto", isSystem: true,
             isFolder: true, treeViewType: TreeViewType.fileSystem, childHideLinkButton: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, 
-            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, childDropAction: "embed",
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true, childDragAction: "embed",
             childContextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Create new folder"]),
             childContextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["plus"]),
             layout_explainer: "This is your file manager where you can create folders to keep track of documents independently of your dashboard."
@@ -549,8 +547,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     /// initializes the panel displaying docs that have been recently closed
     static setupRecentlyClosed(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = { _layout_showTitle: "title", _lockedPosition: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, 
-            title: "My Recently Closed", childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewHideTitle: true, childDropAction: "embed", isSystem: true,
-            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true,  layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same",
+            title: "My Recently Closed", childHideLinkButton: true, treeViewHideTitle: true, childDragAction: "embed", isSystem: true,
+            treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350, ignoreClick: true,  layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, dropAction: "same",
             contextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Empty recently closed"]),
             contextMenuIcons:new List<string>(["trash"]),
             layout_explainer: "Recently closed documents appear in this menu. They will only be deleted if you explicity empty this list."
@@ -558,7 +556,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const recentlyClosed = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts), reqdOpts);
 
         const clearAll = (target:string) => `getProto(${target}).data = new List([])`;
-        const clearBtnsOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 30, _height: 30, _forceActive: true, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, 
+        const clearBtnsOpts:DocumentOptions = { _width: 30, _height: 30, _forceActive: true, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, 
             title: "Empty", target: recentlyClosed, btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton,  buttonText: "Empty", icon: "trash", isSystem: true,
             toolTip: "Empty recently closed",};
         DocUtils.AssignDocField(recentlyClosed, "layout_headerButton", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), clearBtnsOpts, undefined, {onClick: clearAll("self.target")});
@@ -575,7 +573,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static setupUserDocView(doc: Doc, field:string) {
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             _lockedPosition: true, _gridGap: 5, _forceActive: true, title: Doc.CurrentUserEmail +"-view",
-            layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, targetDropAction: "same", ignoreClick: true, isSystem: true,
+            layout_boxShadow: "0 0", childDontRegisterViews: true, dropAction: "same", ignoreClick: true, isSystem: true,
             treeViewHideTitle: true, treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 350
         };
         if (!doc[field]) DocUtils.AssignOpts(doc, {treeViewOpen: true, treeViewExpandedView: "fields" });
@@ -590,7 +588,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     static createToolButton = (opts: DocumentOptions) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
         btnType: ButtonType.ToolButton, _forceActive: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, 
-        _removeDropProperties: new List<string>([ "_layout_hideContextMenu", "stayInCollection"]), 
+        _dropPropertiesToRemove: new List<string>([ "_layout_hideContextMenu"]), 
         _nativeWidth: 40, _nativeHeight: 40, _width: 40, _height: 40, isSystem: true, ...opts,
     })
 
@@ -608,9 +606,9 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             { scripts: { },                       opts: { title: "linker",            layout: "<LinkingUI>",          toolTip: "link started"}},
             { scripts: { },                       opts: { title: "currently playing", layout: "<CurrentlyPlayingUI>", toolTip: "currently playing media"}},
         ];
-        const btns = btnDescs.map(desc => dockBtn({_width: 30, _height: 30, defaultDoubleClick: 'ignore', dontUndo: true, _stayInCollection: true, ...desc.opts}, desc.scripts));
+        const btns = btnDescs.map(desc => dockBtn({_width: 30, _height: 30, defaultDoubleClick: 'ignore', undoIgnoreFields: new List<string>(['opacity']), _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, ...desc.opts}, desc.scripts));
         const dockBtnsReqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
-            title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, layout_boxShadow: "standard", childDropAction: 'embed',
+            title: "docked buttons", _height: 40, flexGap: 0, layout_boxShadow: "standard", childDragAction: 'move',
             childDontRegisterViews: true, linearView_IsExpanded: true, linearView_Expandable: true, ignoreClick: true
         };
         reaction(() => UndoManager.redoStack.slice(), () => Doc.GetProto(btns.find(btn => btn.title === "redo")!).opacity = UndoManager.CanRedo() ? 1 : 0.4, { fireImmediately: true });
@@ -716,12 +714,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             ...OmitKeys(params, ["scripts", "funcs", "subMenu"]).omit,
             backgroundColor: params.backgroundColor ??"transparent", ///  a bit hacky. if an onClick is specified, then assume a toggle uses onClick to get the backgroundColor (see below).  Otherwise, assume a transparent background
-            color: Colors.WHITE, isSystem: true, //dontUndo: true, 
+            color: Colors.WHITE, isSystem: true,
             _nativeWidth: params.width ?? 30, _width: params.width ?? 30,
             _height: 30, _nativeHeight: 30, linearBtnWidth: params.linearBtnWidth,
             toolType: params.toolType, expertMode: params.expertMode,
-            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _lockedPosition: true,
-            _removeDropProperties: new List<string>([ "_stayInCollection"]),
+            _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, _lockedPosition: true,
         };
         const reqdFuncs:{[key:string]:any} = {
             ...params.funcs,
@@ -732,14 +729,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     /// Initializes all the default buttons for the top bar context menu
     static setupContextMenuButtons(doc: Doc, field="myContextMenuBtns") {
-        const reqdCtxtOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "context menu buttons", dontUndo:true, flexGap: 0, childDropAction: 'embed', childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearView_IsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearView_Expandable: false, _height: 35 };
+        const reqdCtxtOpts:DocumentOptions = { title: "context menu buttons", undoIgnoreFields:new List<string>(['width', "linearView_IsExpanded"]), flexGap: 0, childDragAction: 'embed', childDontRegisterViews: true,  linearView_IsExpanded: true, ignoreClick: true, linearView_Expandable: false, _height: 35 };
         const ctxtMenuBtnsDoc = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts, items) => this.linearButtonList(opts, items??[]), reqdCtxtOpts, undefined);
         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 = { ...OmitKeys(params, ["scripts", "funcs", "subMenu"]).omit, dontUndo: true,
+                const reqdSubMenuOpts = { ...OmitKeys(params, ["scripts", "funcs", "subMenu"]).omit, undoIgnoreFields: new List<string>(['width', "linearView_IsExpanded"]),
                     childDontRegisterViews: true, flexGap: 0, _height: 30, ignoreClick: params.scripts?.onClick ? false : true,
                     linearView_SubMenu: true, linearView_Expandable: true, };
                 const items = params.subMenu?.map(sub =>
@@ -786,13 +783,13 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         const sharedDocOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "My Shared Docs",
             userColor: "rgb(202, 202, 202)",
-            isFolder:true,
+            isFolder:true, undoIgnoreFields:new List<string>(['treeViewSortCriterion']),
             childContextMenuFilters: new List<ScriptField>([dashboardFilter!,]),
             childContextMenuScripts: new List<ScriptField>([addToDashboards!,]),
             childContextMenuLabels: new List<string>(["Add to Dashboards",]),
             childContextMenuIcons: new List<string>(["user-plus",]),
             "acl-Public": SharingPermissions.Augment, "_acl-Public": SharingPermissions.Augment,
-            childDropAction: "embed", isSystem: true, contentPointerEvents: "all", childLimitHeight: 0, _yMargin: 0, _gridGap: 15, childDontRegisterViews:true,
+            childDragAction: "embed", isSystem: true, contentPointerEvents: "all", childLimitHeight: 0, _yMargin: 0, _gridGap: 15, childDontRegisterViews:true,
             // NOTE: treeViewHideTitle & _layout_showTitle is for a TreeView's editable title, _layout_showTitle is for DocumentViews title bar
             _layout_showTitle: "title", treeViewHideTitle: true, ignoreClick: true, _lockedPosition: true, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _chromeHidden: true, dontRegisterView: true, 
             layout_explainer: "This is where documents or dashboards that other users have shared with you will appear. To share a document or dashboard right click and select 'Share'"
@@ -805,14 +802,14 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static setupImportSidebar(doc: Doc, field:string) {   
         const reqdOpts:DocumentOptions = {
             title: "My Imports", _forceActive: true, ignoreClick: true, _layout_showTitle: "title", 
-            _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
-            childDropAction: "copy", _layout_autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true, _chromeHidden: true,
+            _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, childLimitHeight: 0,
+            childDragAction: "copy", _layout_autoHeight: true, _yMargin: 50, _gridGap: 15, layout_boxShadow: "0 0", _lockedPosition: true, isSystem: true, _chromeHidden: true,
             dontRegisterView: true, layout_explainer: "This is where documents that are Imported into Dash will go."
         };
         const myImports = DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, field, (opts) => Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], opts), reqdOpts);
     
         const reqdBtnOpts:DocumentOptions = { _forceActive: true, toolTip: "Import from computer",
-            _width: 30, _height: 30, _stayInCollection: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, 
+            _width: 30, _height: 30, _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, _layout_hideContextMenu: true, title: "Import", btnType: ButtonType.ClickButton, 
             buttonText: "Import", icon: "upload", isSystem: true };
         DocUtils.AssignDocField(myImports, "layout_headerButton", (opts) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument(opts), reqdBtnOpts, undefined, { onClick: "importDocument()" });
         return myImports;
@@ -864,7 +861,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         this.setupDocTemplates(doc); // sets up the template menu of templates
         this.setupFieldInfos(doc); // sets up the collection of field info descriptions for each possible DocumentOption
         DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "globalScriptDatabase", (opts) =>  Docs.Prototypes.MainScriptDocument(), {});
-        DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "myHeaderBar", (opts) => Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], opts), { title: "header bar", isSystem: true }); // drop down panel at top of dashboard for stashing documents
+        DocUtils.AssignDocField(doc, "myHeaderBar", (opts) => Docs.Create.MulticolumnDocument([], opts), { title: "header bar", isSystem: true, childDocumentsActive:false, dropAction: 'move'}); // drop down panel at top of dashboard for stashing documents
         
         Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyFilesystem, undefined, Doc.MySharedDocs)
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index 87833d322..85101fcab 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -15,42 +15,36 @@ import { SelectionManager } from './SelectionManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from './SnappingManager';
 import { UndoManager } from './UndoManager';
 
-export type dropActionType = 'embed' | 'copy' | 'move' | 'same' | 'proto' | 'none' | undefined; // undefined = move, "same" = move but don't call removeDropProperties
+export type dropActionType = 'embed' | 'copy' | 'move' | 'same' | 'proto' | 'none' | undefined; // undefined = move, "same" = move but don't call dropPropertiesToRemove
 
 /**
  * Initialize drag
  * @param _reference: The HTMLElement that is being dragged
  * @param docFunc: The Dash document being moved
- * @param moveFunc: The function called when the document is moved
- * @param dropAction: What to do with the document when it is dropped
- * @param dragStarted: Method to call when the drag is started
  */
-export function SetupDrag(_reference: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>, docFunc: () => Doc | Promise<Doc | undefined> | undefined, moveFunc?: DragManager.MoveFunction, dropAction?: dropActionType, dragStarted?: () => void) {
-    const onRowMove = async (e: PointerEvent) => {
+export function SetupDrag(_reference: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>, docFunc: () => Doc | undefined) {
+    const onRowMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         e.stopPropagation();
         e.preventDefault();
 
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', onRowMove);
         document.removeEventListener('pointerup', onRowUp);
-        const doc = await docFunc();
+        const doc = docFunc();
         if (doc) {
             const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([doc]);
-            dragData.dropAction = dropAction;
-            dragData.moveDocument = moveFunc;
             DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([_reference.current!], dragData, e.x, e.y);
-            dragStarted?.();
         }
     };
     const onRowUp = (): void => {
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', onRowMove);
         document.removeEventListener('pointerup', onRowUp);
     };
-    const onItemDown = async (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+    const onItemDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         if (e.button === 0) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             if (e.shiftKey) {
                 e.persist();
-                const dragDoc = await docFunc();
+                const dragDoc = docFunc();
                 dragDoc && DragManager.StartWindowDrag?.(e, [dragDoc]);
             } else {
                 document.addEventListener('pointermove', onRowMove);
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
         userDropAction: dropActionType; // the user requested drop action -- this will be honored as specified by modifier keys
         defaultDropAction?: dropActionType; // an optionally specified default drop action when there is no user drop actionl - this will be honored if there is no user drop action
         dropAction: dropActionType; // a drop action request by the initiating code.  the actual drop action may be different -- eg, if the request is 'embed', but the document is dropped within the same collection, the drop action will be switched to 'move'
-        removeDropProperties?: string[];
+        dropPropertiesToRemove?: string[];
         moveDocument?: MoveFunction;
         removeDocument?: RemoveFunction;
         isDocDecorationMove?: boolean; // Flags that Document decorations are used to drag document which allows suppression of onDragStart scripts
@@ -189,7 +183,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
         const handler = (e: Event) => dropFunc(e, (e as CustomEvent<DropEvent>).detail);
         const preDropHandler = (e: Event) => {
             const de = (e as CustomEvent<DropEvent>).detail;
-            (preDropFunc ?? defaultPreDropFunc)(e, de, StrCast(doc?.targetDropAction) as dropActionType);
+            (preDropFunc ?? defaultPreDropFunc)(e, de, StrCast(doc?.dropAction) as dropActionType);
         };
         element.addEventListener('dashOnDrop', handler);
         doc && element.addEventListener('dashPreDrop', preDropHandler);
@@ -230,11 +224,13 @@ export namespace DragManager {
                     )
                 ).filter(d => d);
                 !['same', 'proto'].includes(docDragData.dropAction as any) &&
-                    docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach((drop: Doc, i: number) => {
-                        const dragProps = StrListCast(dragData.draggedDocuments[i].removeDropProperties);
-                        const remProps = (dragData?.removeDropProperties || []).concat(Array.from(dragProps));
-                        remProps.map(prop => (drop[prop] = undefined));
-                    });
+                    docDragData.droppedDocuments
+                        // .filter(drop => !drop.dragOnlyWithinContainer || ['embed', 'copy'].includes(docDragData.dropAction as any))
+                        .forEach((drop: Doc, i: number) => {
+                            const dragProps = StrListCast(dragData.draggedDocuments[i].dropPropertiesToRemove);
+                            const remProps = (dragData?.dropPropertiesToRemove || []).concat(Array.from(dragProps));
+                            [...remProps, 'dropPropertiesToRemove'].map(prop => (drop[prop] = undefined));
+                        });
             }
             return e;
         };
@@ -586,6 +582,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
 
     async function dispatchDrag(target: Element, e: PointerEvent, complete: DragCompleteEvent, pos: { x: number; y: number }, finishDrag?: (e: DragCompleteEvent) => void, options?: DragOptions, endDrag?: () => void) {
         const dropArgs = {
+            cancelable: true, // allows preventDefault() to be called to cancel the drop
             bubbles: true,
             detail: {
                 ...pos,
@@ -598,8 +595,9 @@ export namespace DragManager {
             },
         };
         target.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent<DropEvent>('dashPreDrop', dropArgs));
+        UndoManager.StartTempBatch(); // run drag/drop in temp batch in case drop is not allowed (so we can undo any intermediate changes)
         await finishDrag?.(complete);
-        target.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent<DropEvent>('dashOnDrop', dropArgs));
+        UndoManager.EndTempBatch(target.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent<DropEvent>('dashOnDrop', dropArgs))); // event return val is true unless the event preventDefault() is called
         options?.dragComplete?.(complete);
         endDrag?.();
     }
diff --git a/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts b/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
index f46ea393a..47997cc5c 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ export function convertDropDataToButtons(data: DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
         let dbox = doc;
         // bcz: isButtonBar is intended to allow a collection of linear buttons to be dropped and nested into another collection of buttons... it's not being used yet, and isn't very elegant
         if (doc.type === DocumentType.FONTICON || StrCast(Doc.Layout(doc).layout).includes('FontIconBox')) {
-            if (data.removeDropProperties || dbox.removeDropProperties) {
+            if (data.dropPropertiesToRemove || dbox.dropPropertiesToRemove) {
                 //dbox = Doc.MakeEmbedding(doc);  // don't need to do anything if dropping an icon doc onto an icon bar since there should be no layout data for an icon
                 dbox = Doc.MakeEmbedding(dbox);
-                const dragProps = Cast(dbox.removeDropProperties, listSpec('string'), []);
-                const remProps = (data.removeDropProperties || []).concat(Array.from(dragProps));
+                const dragProps = Cast(dbox.dropPropertiesToRemove, listSpec('string'), []);
+                const remProps = (data.dropPropertiesToRemove || []).concat(Array.from(dragProps));
                 remProps.map(prop => (dbox[prop] = undefined));
             }
         } else if (!doc.onDragStart && !doc.isButtonBar) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function convertDropDataToButtons(data: DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
                 icon: layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc ? 'font' : 'bolt',
             });
             dbox.dragFactory = layoutDoc;
-            dbox.removeDropProperties = doc.removeDropProperties instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(doc.removeDropProperties) : undefined;
+            dbox.dropPropertiesToRemove = doc.dropPropertiesToRemove instanceof ObjectField ? ObjectField.MakeCopy(doc.dropPropertiesToRemove) : undefined;
             dbox.onDragStart = ScriptField.MakeFunction('makeDelegate(this.dragFactory)');
         } else if (doc.isButtonBar) {
             dbox.ignoreClick = true;
diff --git a/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts b/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
index 6fef9d660..2379cb2ab 100644
--- a/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export namespace UndoManager {
     let currentBatch: UndoBatch | undefined;
     export let batchCounter = observable.box(0);
     let undoing = false;
-    let tempEvents: UndoEvent[] | undefined = undefined;
+    export let tempEvents: UndoEvent[] | undefined = undefined;
 
     export function AddEvent(event: UndoEvent, value?: any): void {
         if (currentBatch && batchCounter.get() && !undoing) {
@@ -187,15 +187,11 @@ export namespace UndoManager {
         return false;
     });
 
-    export function RunInTempBatch<T>(fn: () => T) {
+    export function StartTempBatch() {
         tempEvents = [];
-        try {
-            const success = runInAction(fn);
-            if (!success) UndoManager.UndoTempBatch();
-            return success;
-        } finally {
-            tempEvents = undefined;
-        }
+    }
+    export function EndTempBatch<T>(success: boolean) {
+        UndoManager.UndoTempBatch(success);
     }
     //TODO Make this return the return value
     export function RunInBatch<T>(fn: () => T, batchName: string) {
@@ -206,10 +202,11 @@ export namespace UndoManager {
             batch.end();
         }
     }
-    export const UndoTempBatch = action(() => {
-        if (tempEvents) {
+    export const UndoTempBatch = action((success: any) => {
+        if (tempEvents && !success) {
             undoing = true;
             for (let i = tempEvents.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                currentBatch?.includes(tempEvents[i]) && currentBatch.splice(currentBatch.indexOf(tempEvents[i]));
                 tempEvents[i].undo();
             }
             undoing = false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
index 50cf2226e..6aae302ac 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DashboardView.tsx
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
             _forceActive: true,
             _width: 30,
             _height: 30,
-            _stayInCollection: true,
+            _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true,
             _layout_hideContextMenu: true,
             title: 'New trail',
             toolTip: 'Create new trail',
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
             _layout_fitWidth: true,
             _gridGap: 5,
             _forceActive: true,
-            childDropAction: 'embed',
+            childDragAction: 'embed',
             treeViewTruncateTitleWidth: 150,
             ignoreClick: true,
             layout_headerButton: myTrailsBtn,
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class DashboardView extends React.Component {
             _lockedPosition: true,
             layout_boxShadow: '0 0',
             childDontRegisterViews: true,
-            targetDropAction: 'same',
+            dropAction: 'same',
             isSystem: true,
             layout_explainer: 'All of the trails that you have created will appear here.',
         };
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index db24229dc..0709d6cb9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                 return true;
             }
             const first = doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc[0];
-            if (!first?._stayInCollection && addDocument !== returnFalse) {
-                return UndoManager.RunInTempBatch(() => this.removeDocument(doc, annotationKey, true) && addDocument(doc, annotationKey));
+            if (!first?._dragOnlyWithinContainer && addDocument !== returnFalse) {
+                return this.removeDocument(doc, annotationKey, true) && addDocument(doc, annotationKey);
             }
             return false;
         };
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                         .map(doc => {
                             // only make a pushpin if we have acl's to edit the document
                             //DocUtils.LeavePushpin(doc);
-                            doc._stayInCollection = undefined;
+                            doc._dragOnlyWithinContainer = undefined;
                             doc.embedContainer = this.props.Document;
                             if (annotationKey ?? this._annotationKeySuffix()) Doc.GetProto(doc).annotationOn = this.rootDoc;
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 528b82e3e..41ce08d3c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                     let actualdH = Math.max(docheight + dH * scale, 20);
                     let dX = !dWin ? 0 : scale * refCent[0] * (1 - (1 + dWin / refWidth));
                     let dY = !dHin ? 0 : scale * refCent[1] * (1 - (1 + dHin / refHeight));
-                    const preserveNativeDim = doc._nativeHeightUnfrozen === false && doc._nativeDimModifiable === false;
+                    const preserveNativeDim = !doc._nativeHeightUnfrozen && !doc._nativeDimModifiable;
                     const fixedAspect = nwidth && nheight && (!doc._layout_fitWidth || preserveNativeDim || e.ctrlKey || doc.nativeHeightUnfrozen || doc.nativeDimModifiable);
                     if (fixedAspect) {
                         if ((Math.abs(dW) > Math.abs(dH) && ((!dragBottom && !dragTop) || !modifyNativeDim)) || dragRight) {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
                                 }
                             }
                             if (!modifyNativeDim) {
-                                actualdH = (nheight / nwidth) * docwidth; //, actualdH);
+                                actualdH = (nheight / nwidth) * NumCast(doc._width); //, actualdH);
                             }
                             doc._height = actualdH;
                         }
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
             hideDecorations ||
             seldocview.props.hideOpenButton ||
             seldocview.rootDoc.layout_hideOpenButton ||
-            SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => docView.rootDoc._stayInCollection || docView.rootDoc.isGroup || docView.rootDoc.layout_hideOpenButton) ||
+            SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => docView.rootDoc._dragOnlyWithinContainer || docView.rootDoc.isGroup || docView.rootDoc.layout_hideOpenButton) ||
             this._isRounding ||
             this._isRotating;
         const hideDeleteButton =
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{ PanelWidth: number; P
             seldocview.rootDoc.hideDeleteButton ||
             SelectionManager.Views().some(docView => {
                 const collectionAcl = docView.props.docViewPath()?.lastElement() ? GetEffectiveAcl(docView.props.docViewPath().lastElement().rootDoc[DocData]) : AclEdit;
-                return (docView.rootDoc.stayInCollection && !docView.rootDoc._isTimelineLabel) || (collectionAcl !== AclAdmin && collectionAcl !== AclEdit && GetEffectiveAcl(docView.rootDoc) !== AclAdmin);
+                return collectionAcl !== AclAdmin && collectionAcl !== AclEdit && GetEffectiveAcl(docView.rootDoc) !== AclAdmin;
             });
 
         const topBtn = (key: string, icon: string, pointerDown: undefined | ((e: React.PointerEvent) => void), click: undefined | ((e: any) => void), title: string) => (
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 0951bff22..54ad519de 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { InkData, InkTool } from '../../fields/InkField';
-import { ScriptField } from '../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import MobileInkOverlay from '../../mobile/MobileInkOverlay';
 import { GestureUtils } from '../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils';
 import { MobileInkOverlayContent } from '../../server/Message';
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import { InkTranscription } from './InkTranscription';
 import { checkInksToGroup } from './nodes/button/FontIconBox';
 import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
 import { RadialMenu } from './nodes/RadialMenu';
-import HorizontalPalette from './Palette';
 import { Touchable } from './Touchable';
 import TouchScrollableMenu, { TouchScrollableMenuItem } from './TouchScrollableMenu';
 
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
     private _overlayRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     private _d1: Doc | undefined;
     private _inkToTextDoc: Doc | undefined;
-    private _thumbDoc: Doc | undefined;
     private thumbIdentifier?: number;
     private pointerIdentifier?: number;
     private _hands: Map<number, React.Touch[]> = new Map<number, React.Touch[]>();
@@ -93,78 +90,12 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
         GestureOverlay.Instances.push(this);
     }
 
-    static setupThumbButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        const docProtoData: { title: string; icon: string; drag?: string; toolType?: string; ignoreClick?: boolean; pointerDown?: string; pointerUp?: string; clipboard?: Doc; backgroundColor?: string; dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
-            { title: 'use pen', icon: 'pen-nib', pointerUp: 'resetPen()', pointerDown: 'setPen(2, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: 'blue' },
-            { title: 'use highlighter', icon: 'highlighter', pointerUp: 'resetPen()', pointerDown: 'setPen(20, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: 'yellow' },
-            {
-                title: 'notepad',
-                icon: 'clipboard',
-                pointerUp: 'GestureOverlay.Instance.closeFloatingDoc()',
-                pointerDown: 'GestureOverlay.Instance.openFloatingDoc(this.clipboard)',
-                clipboard: Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: 300, _height: 300, isSystem: true }),
-                backgroundColor: 'orange',
-            },
-            { title: 'interpret text', icon: 'font', toolType: 'inktotext', pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: 'setToolglass(self.toolType)', backgroundColor: 'orange' },
-            { title: 'ignore gestures', icon: 'signature', toolType: 'ignoregesture', pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: 'setToolglass(self.toolType)', backgroundColor: 'green' },
-        ];
-        return docProtoData.map(data =>
-            Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
-                _nativeWidth: 10,
-                _nativeHeight: 10,
-                _width: 10,
-                _height: 10,
-                title: data.title,
-                icon: data.icon,
-                toolType: data.toolType,
-                _dropAction: data.pointerDown ? 'copy' : undefined,
-                ignoreClick: data.ignoreClick,
-                onDragStart: data.drag ? ScriptField.MakeFunction(data.drag) : undefined,
-                clipboard: data.clipboard,
-                onPointerUp: data.pointerUp ? ScriptField.MakeScript(data.pointerUp) : undefined,
-                onPointerDown: data.pointerDown ? ScriptField.MakeScript(data.pointerDown) : undefined,
-                backgroundColor: data.backgroundColor,
-                dragFactory: data.dragFactory,
-                isSystem: true,
-            })
-        );
-    }
-
-    static setupThumbDoc(userDoc: Doc) {
-        if (!userDoc.thumbDoc) {
-            const thumbDoc = Docs.Create.LinearDocument(GestureOverlay.setupThumbButtons(userDoc), {
-                _width: 100,
-                _height: 50,
-                ignoreClick: true,
-                _lockedPosition: true,
-                title: 'buttons',
-                _layout_autoHeight: true,
-                _yMargin: 5,
-                linearView_IsExpanded: true,
-                backgroundColor: 'white',
-                isSystem: true,
-            });
-            thumbDoc.inkToTextDoc = Docs.Create.LinearDocument([], {
-                _width: 300,
-                _height: 25,
-                _layout_autoHeight: true,
-                linearView_IsExpanded: true,
-                flexDirection: 'column',
-                isSystem: true,
-            });
-            userDoc.thumbDoc = thumbDoc;
-        }
-        return Cast(userDoc.thumbDoc, Doc);
-    }
-
     componentWillUnmount() {
         GestureOverlay.Instances.splice(GestureOverlay.Instances.indexOf(this), 1);
         GestureOverlay.Instance = GestureOverlay.Instances.lastElement();
     }
     componentDidMount = () => {
         GestureOverlay.Instance = this;
-        this._thumbDoc = FieldValue(Cast(GestureOverlay.setupThumbDoc(Doc.UserDoc()), Doc));
-        this._inkToTextDoc = FieldValue(Cast(this._thumbDoc?.inkToTextDoc, Doc));
     };
 
     // TODO: nda - add dragging groups with one finger drag and have to click into group to scroll within the group
@@ -395,24 +326,6 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
 
         this.thumbIdentifier = thumb?.identifier;
         this._hands.set(thumb.identifier, fingers);
-        const others = fingers.filter(f => f !== thumb);
-        const minX = Math.min(...others.map(f => f.clientX));
-        const minY = Math.min(...others.map(f => f.clientY));
-
-        // load up the palette collection around the thumb
-        const thumbDoc = await Cast(GestureOverlay.setupThumbDoc(Doc.UserDoc()), Doc);
-        if (thumbDoc) {
-            runInAction(() => {
-                RadialMenu.Instance._display = false;
-                this._inkToTextDoc = FieldValue(Cast(thumbDoc.inkToTextDoc, Doc));
-                this._thumbDoc = thumbDoc;
-                this._thumbX = thumb.clientX;
-                this._thumbY = thumb.clientY;
-                this._menuX = thumb.clientX + 50;
-                this._menuY = thumb.clientY;
-                this._palette = <HorizontalPalette key="palette" x={minX} y={minY} thumb={[thumb.clientX, thumb.clientY]} thumbDoc={thumbDoc} />;
-            });
-        }
 
         this.removeMoveListeners();
         document.removeEventListener('touchmove', this.handleHandMove);
@@ -462,11 +375,6 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
                         if (Math.abs(pt.clientY - this._thumbY) > 10 * window.devicePixelRatio) {
                             this._selectedIndex = Math.min(Math.max(-1, -Math.ceil((pt.clientY - this._thumbY) / (10 * window.devicePixelRatio)) - 1), this._possibilities.length - 1);
                         }
-                    } else if (this._thumbDoc) {
-                        if (Math.abs(pt.clientX - this._thumbX) > 15 * window.devicePixelRatio) {
-                            this._thumbDoc.selectedIndex = Math.max(-1, NumCast(this._thumbDoc.selectedIndex) - Math.sign(pt.clientX - this._thumbX));
-                            this._thumbX = pt.clientX;
-                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -485,7 +393,6 @@ export class GestureOverlay extends Touchable<GestureOverlayProps> {
             if (this.thumbIdentifier) this._hands.delete(this.thumbIdentifier);
             this._palette = undefined;
             this.thumbIdentifier = undefined;
-            this._thumbDoc = undefined;
 
             // this chunk of code is for handling the ink to text toolglass
             let scriptWorked = false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 1a9d15c1a..dbe8fb608 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { ColorScheme, SettingsManager } from '../util/SettingsManager';
 import { SharingManager } from '../util/SharingManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../util/Transform';
+import { UndoManager } from '../util/UndoManager';
 import { TimelineMenu } from './animationtimeline/TimelineMenu';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from './collections/CollectionDockingView';
 import { MarqueeOptionsMenu } from './collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeOptionsMenu';
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
 
     @action
     createNewFolder = async () => {
-        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true });
+        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true });
         Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyFilesystem, 'data', folder);
     };
 
@@ -582,6 +583,8 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     waitForDoubleClick = () => (this._exploreMode ? 'never' : undefined);
     headerBarScreenXf = () => new Transform(-this.leftScreenOffsetOfMainDocView - this.leftMenuFlyoutWidth(), -this.headerBarDocHeight(), 1);
     mainScreenToLocalXf = () => new Transform(-this.leftScreenOffsetOfMainDocView - this.leftMenuFlyoutWidth(), -this.topOfMainDocContent, 1);
+    addHeaderDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((done, doc) => Doc.AddDocToList(this.headerBarDoc, 'data', doc), true);
+    removeHeaderDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((done, doc) => Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.headerBarDoc, 'data', doc), true);
     @computed get headerBarDocView() {
         return (
             <div className="mainView-headerBar" style={{ height: this.headerBarDocHeight() }}>
@@ -589,18 +592,19 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                     key="headerBarDoc"
                     Document={this.headerBarDoc}
                     DataDoc={undefined}
-                    addDocument={undefined}
                     addDocTab={DocumentViewInternal.addDocTabFunc}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                     rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                    removeDocument={returnFalse}
+                    addDocument={this.addHeaderDoc}
+                    removeDocument={this.removeHeaderDoc}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue} // headerBar is always documentActive (ie, the docView gets pointer events)
                     isContentActive={returnTrue} // headerBar is awlays contentActive which means its items are always documentActive
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.headerBarScreenXf}
                     childHideResizeHandles={returnTrue}
+                    childDragAction="move"
                     dontRegisterView={true}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                     PanelWidth={this.headerBarDocWidth}
@@ -865,7 +869,7 @@ 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.MyDockedBtns, 'data', doc), true);
+    remButtonDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg: boolean, doc) => flg && !doc.dragOnlyWithinContainer && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(Doc.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.MyDockedBtns, 'data', doc), true);
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.scss b/src/client/views/Palette.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec879288..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-.palette-container {
-    .palette-thumb {
-        touch-action: pan-x;
-        position: absolute;
-        height: 70px;
-        overflow: hidden;
-
-        .palette-thumbContent {
-            transition: transform .3s;
-            width: max-content;
-            overflow: hidden;
-
-            .collectionView {
-                overflow: visible;
-
-                .collectionLinearView-outer {
-                    overflow: visible;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        .palette-cover {
-            width: 50px;
-            height: 50px;
-            position: absolute;
-            bottom: 0;
-            border: 1px solid black;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx b/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 749eb08a2..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/Palette.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-import { IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
-import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import * as React from 'react';
-import { Doc } from '../../fields/Doc';
-import { NumCast } from '../../fields/Types';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, emptyPath } from '../../Utils';
-import { Transform } from '../util/Transform';
-import { DocumentView } from './nodes/DocumentView';
-import './Palette.scss';
-
-export interface PaletteProps {
-    x: number;
-    y: number;
-    thumb: number[];
-    thumbDoc: Doc;
-}
-
-@observer
-export default class Palette extends React.Component<PaletteProps> {
-    private _selectedDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
-    @observable private _selectedIndex: number = 0;
-
-    componentDidMount = () => {
-        this._selectedDisposer = reaction(
-            () => NumCast(this.props.thumbDoc.selectedIndex),
-            i => (this._selectedIndex = i),
-            { fireImmediately: true }
-        );
-    };
-
-    componentWillUnmount = () => {
-        this._selectedDisposer?.();
-    };
-
-    render() {
-        return (
-            <div className="palette-container" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.props.x}px, ${this.props.y}px)` }}>
-                <div className="palette-thumb" style={{ transform: `translate(${this.props.thumb[0] - this.props.x}px, ${this.props.thumb[1] - this.props.y}px)` }}>
-                    <div className="palette-thumbContent" style={{ transform: `translate(-${this._selectedIndex * 50 + 10}px, 0px)` }}>
-                        <DocumentView
-                            Document={this.props.thumbDoc}
-                            DataDoc={undefined}
-                            addDocument={undefined}
-                            addDocTab={returnFalse}
-                            rootSelected={returnTrue}
-                            pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                            removeDocument={undefined}
-                            ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
-                            PanelWidth={() => window.screen.width}
-                            PanelHeight={() => window.screen.height}
-                            renderDepth={0}
-                            isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                            isContentActive={emptyFunction}
-                            focus={emptyFunction}
-                            docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                            styleProvider={returnEmptyString}
-                            whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
-                            bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                            childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
-                            childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
-                            searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                        />
-                        <div className="palette-cover" style={{ transform: `translate(${Math.max(0, this._selectedIndex) * 50.75 + 23}px, 0px)` }}></div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
index 1f2e21dd5..09aac053a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesView.tsx
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ export class PropertiesView extends React.Component<PropertiesViewProps> {
                         pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                         bringToFront={returnFalse}
                         dontRegisterView={true}
-                        dropAction={undefined}
                     />
                 </div>
             );
diff --git a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
index 2cca2c5a9..330ccc583 100644
--- a/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/StyleProvider.tsx
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ export function DefaultStyleProvider(doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps
         }
         case StyleProp.PointerEvents:
             const isInk = doc && StrCast(Doc.Layout(doc).layout).includes(InkingStroke.name) && !props?.LayoutTemplateString;
+            if (StrCast(doc?.pointerEvents) && !props?.LayoutTemplateString?.includes(KeyValueBox.name)) return StrCast(doc!.pointerEvents); // honor pointerEvents field (set by lock button usually) if it's not a keyValue view of the Doc
             if (docProps?.DocumentView?.().ComponentView?.overridePointerEvents?.() !== undefined) return docProps?.DocumentView?.().ComponentView?.overridePointerEvents?.();
             if (MainView.Instance._exploreMode || doc?.layout_unrendered) return isInk ? 'visiblePainted' : 'all';
             if (props?.contentPointerEvents) return StrCast(props.contentPointerEvents);
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index 62f47ba71..5c2ab3f70 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
         TraceMobx();
         const firstDoc = this.props.docViews[0].props.Document;
         const templateName = StrCast(firstDoc.layout_fieldKey, 'layout').replace('layout_', '');
-        const noteTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-notes'], Doc, null)?.data);
-        const addedTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template-clickFuncs'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const noteTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_notes'], Doc, null)?.data);
+        const addedTypes = DocListCast(Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['template_clickFuncs'], Doc, null)?.data);
         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={'default'} name={'Default'} checked={templateName === 'layout'} toggle={this.toggleDefault} />);
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
                     rootSelected={returnFalse}
                     onCheckedClick={this.scriptField}
                     onChildClick={this.scriptField}
-                    dropAction={undefined}
                     isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                     isContentActive={returnTrue}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
index 0eb61a0b2..ea02bcd4c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionCarouselView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
-import { returnFalse, returnZero, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewProps } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export class CollectionCarouselView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
                         onDoubleClick={this.onContentDoubleClick}
                         onClick={this.onContentClick}
+                        isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.props.isContentActive}
+                        isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.props.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                         hideCaptions={show_captions ? true : false}
                         renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                         LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index 675f23970..9a3ab8074 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 dontRegisterView={dataDoc ? true : BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={noteTakingDocTransform}
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
 
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
-        return SnappingManager.GetIsDragging();
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
 
     observer: any;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index 57d9bbb49..15570b195 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -52,18 +52,21 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @computed get toggleIcon() {
         return ScriptField.MakeScript('documentView.iconify()', { documentView: 'any' });
     }
+    @computed get contentEvents() {
+        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name;
+        return this.props.isContentActive() && isStarburst ? undefined : 'none';
+    }
 
     // returns the contents of the pileup in a CollectionFreeFormView
     @computed get contents() {
-        const isStarburst = this.layoutEngine() === computeStarburstLayout.name;
         return (
-            <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: isStarburst || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none' }}>
+            <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: this.contentEvents }}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
-                    {...this.props}
+                    {...this.props} //
                     childContentsActive={returnFalse}
                     layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine}
                     addDocument={this.addPileDoc}
-                    childCanEmbedOnDrag={true}
+                    childDragAction="move"
                     childClickScript={this.toggleIcon}
                     moveDocument={this.removePileDoc}
                 />
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
index a55b70e22..a19d8e696 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         .collectionStackedTimeline-left-resizer,
         .collectionStackedTimeline-resizer {
-            background: $medium-gray;
+            background: $dark-gray;
             position: absolute;
             top: 0;
             height: 100%;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index 9d5cb257a..e835fa659 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         // onClick play scripts
         CollectionStackedTimeline.RangeScript =
             CollectionStackedTimeline.RangeScript ||
-            ScriptField.MakeFunction(`setTimeout(() => scriptContext.clickAnchor(this, clientX))`, {
-                // setTimeout is a hack to run script in its own properly named undo group (instead of being part of the generic onClick)
+            ScriptField.MakeFunction(`scriptContext.clickAnchor(this, clientX)`, {
                 self: Doc.name,
                 scriptContext: 'any',
                 clientX: 'number',
@@ -406,7 +405,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                 title: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`self["${endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(self["${endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(self["${startTag}"])`) as any,
                 _label_minFontSize: 12,
                 _label_maxFontSize: 24,
-                _stayInCollection: true,
+                _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true,
                 backgroundColor: 'rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.5)',
                 layout_hideLinkButton: true,
                 onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
@@ -528,6 +527,9 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         );
     }
 
+    @computed get timelineEvents() {
+        return this.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
+    }
     render() {
         const overlaps: {
             anchorStartTime: number;
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         }));
         const maxLevel = overlaps.reduce((m, o) => Math.max(m, o.level), 0) + 2;
         return this.clipDuration === 0 ? null : (
-            <div ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} style={{ pointerEvents: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : undefined }}>
+            <div ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} style={{ pointerEvents: this.timelineEvents }}>
                 <div
                     className="collectionStackedTimeline-timelineContainer"
                     style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), cursor: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'grab' : '' }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 3c0d8cbc3..8eed4f716 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
         }
     };
-    isContentActive = () => (this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() ? true : this.props.isSelected() === false || this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
+    isContentActive = () => (this.props.isContentActive() ? true : this.props.isSelected() === false || this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
 
     @observable _renderCount = 5;
     isChildContentActive = () =>
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)} // used to be true if DataDoc existed, but template textboxes won't layout_autoHeight resize if dontRegisterView is set, but they need to.
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={stackedDocTransform}
@@ -402,11 +402,15 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     // This following three functions must be from the view Mehek showed
     columnDividerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         runInAction(() => (this._cursor = 'grabbing'));
+        const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch('stacking width');
         setupMoveUpEvents(
             this,
             e,
             this.onDividerMove,
-            action(() => (this._cursor = 'grab')),
+            action(() => {
+                this._cursor = 'grab';
+                batch.end();
+            }),
             emptyFunction
         );
     };
@@ -700,7 +704,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
 
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
-        return SnappingManager.GetIsDragging();
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
     observer: any;
     render() {
@@ -710,7 +714,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             SetValue: this.addGroup,
             contents: '+ ADD A GROUP',
         };
-        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.buttonMenu;
+        const buttonMenu = this.rootDoc.layout_headerButton;
         const noviceExplainer = this.rootDoc.layout_explainer;
         return (
             <>
@@ -727,7 +731,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         style={{
                             overflowY: this.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
                             background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                            pointerEvents: (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? (this.backgroundEvents ? 'all' : undefined),
+                            pointerEvents: (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? this.backgroundEvents,
                         }}
                         onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
                         onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index d1b7f6ff6..539dde7e0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
 
         protected onInternalPreDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) {
             if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-                // if targetDropAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we want to ignore the targetAction.
+                // if dropAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we want to ignore the targetAction.
                 // otherwise, the targetAction should become the actual action (which can still be overridden by the userDropAction -eg, shift/ctrl keys)
                 if (targetAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
                     de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = targetAction;
@@ -212,16 +212,16 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                     const movedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] === d);
                     const addedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] !== d);
                     if (movedDocs.length) {
-                        const canAdd = this.props.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Pile || de.embedKey || this.props.Document.allowOverlayDrop || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.props.Document);
-                        added = docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.props.Document, canAdd ? this.addDocument : returnFalse);
+                        const canAdd = de.embedKey || dropAction || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.rootDoc);
+                        added = docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.rootDoc, canAdd ? this.addDocument : returnFalse);
                     } else {
-                        ScriptCast(this.props.Document.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
+                        ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                         added = addedDocs.length ? this.addDocument(addedDocs) : true;
                     }
                     added && e.stopPropagation();
                     return added;
                 } else {
-                    ScriptCast(this.props.Document.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
+                    ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                     added = this.addDocument(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
                 }
                 !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 60e6815e5..192d48c64 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     async componentDidMount() {
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
-        //const detailView = (await DocCastAsync(this.props.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView)) || DocUtils.findTemplate("detailView", StrCast(this.rootDoc.type), "");
-        ///const childText = "const embedding = getEmbedding(self); switchView(embedding, detailView); embedding.dropAction='embed'; useRightSplit(embedding, shiftKey); ";
         runInAction(() => {
             this._childClickedScript = ScriptField.MakeScript('openInLightbox(self)', { this: Doc.name });
             this._viewDefDivClick = ScriptField.MakeScript('pivotColumnClick(this,payload)', { payload: 'any' });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index ed1e0c067..7598bb753 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData, Height, Width } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
-import { InkTool } from '../../../fields/InkField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ 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) =>
-        Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None || this.props.isContentActive?.() || this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isAnyChildContentActive || this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction) ? true : false;
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive ? true : this.props.isContentActive() ? true : false);
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._isDisposing = true;
@@ -261,7 +259,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @observable _renderCount = 1;
     @computed get treeViewElements() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const dropAction = StrCast(this.doc.childDropAction) as dropActionType;
+        const dragAction = StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction) as dropActionType;
         const addDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => this.addDoc(doc, relativeTo, before);
         const moveDoc = (d: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument?.(d, target, addDoc) || false;
         if (this._renderCount < this.treeChildren.length) setTimeout(action(() => (this._renderCount = Math.min(this.treeChildren.length, this._renderCount + 20))));
@@ -276,7 +274,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             addDoc,
             this.remove,
             moveDoc,
-            dropAction,
+            dragAction,
             this.props.addDocTab,
             this.props.styleProvider,
             this.screenToLocalTransform,
@@ -383,7 +381,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @observable _headerHeight = 0;
     @computed get content() {
         const background = () => this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
-        const pointerEvents = () => (!this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined);
+        const pointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined);
         const titleBar = this.props.treeViewHideTitle || this.doc.treeViewHideTitle ? null : this.titleBar;
         return (
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', pointerEvents: 'all' }}>
@@ -440,12 +438,12 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                         setContentView={emptyFunction}
                         NativeWidth={returnZero}
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
-                        pointerEvents={SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
+                        pointerEvents={this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
                         isAnnotationOverlay={true}
                         isAnnotationOverlayScrollable={true}
                         childDocumentsActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
                         fieldKey={this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'}
-                        dropAction={'move'}
+                        dropAction="move"
                         select={emptyFunction}
                         addDocument={this.addAnnotationDocument}
                         removeDocument={this.remAnnotationDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 7913d3188..c33519afb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
 import { returnEmptyString } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
+import { dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { ImageUtils } from '../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils';
 import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ interface CollectionViewProps_ extends FieldViewProps {
     childHideDecorationTitle?: () => boolean;
     childHideResizeHandles?: () => boolean;
     childLayoutTemplate?: () => Doc | undefined; // specify a layout Doc template to use for children of the collection
-    childCanEmbedOnDrag?: boolean;
+    childDragAction?: dropActionType;
     childXPadding?: number;
     childYPadding?: number;
     childLayoutString?: string;
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
     childHideResizeHandles = () => this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.() ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideResizeHandles);
     childHideDecorationTitle = () => this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.() ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideDecorationTitle);
     childLayoutTemplate = () => this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.() || Cast(this.rootDoc.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this.props.isContentActive() || this.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this.isAnyChildContentActive() ? true : this.props.isContentActive());
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 3b99339af..97d4d989b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                     isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                     select={emptyFunction}
-                    dropAction={undefined}
                     isSelected={returnFalse}
                     dontRegisterView={true}
                     fieldKey={Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.props.document)}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 6bc30c451..91ae2b3cc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
 import { TREE_BULLET_WIDTH } from '../global/globalCssVariables.scss';
 import { DocumentView, DocumentViewInternal, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere, StyleProviderFunc } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     dataDoc?: Doc;
     treeViewParent: Doc;
     renderDepth: number;
-    dropAction: dropActionType;
+    dragAction: dropActionType;
     addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean;
     panelWidth: () => number;
     panelHeight: () => number;
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
         this.props.isContentActive(true) && Doc.BrushDoc(this.dataDoc);
-        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) {
+        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive()) {
             this._header.current!.className = 'treeView-header';
             document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragMove, true);
             document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.onDragUp, true);
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
 
     makeFolder = () => {
-        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true });
+        const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true });
         TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: folder[Id], parent: this.props.parentTreeView };
         return this.props.addDocument(folder);
     };
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.treeViewFreezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
         if (canAdd) {
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
-            const res = UndoManager.RunInTempBatch(() => droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false));
+            const res = droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false);
             this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = false);
             return res;
         }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     addDoc,
                     remDoc,
                     moveDoc,
-                    this.props.dropAction,
+                    this.props.dragAction,
                     this.props.addDocTab,
                     this.titleStyleProvider,
                     this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
@@ -585,12 +585,12 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                             downY = e.clientY;
                             e.stopPropagation();
                         }}
-                        onClick={e => {
+                        onClick={undoable(e => {
                             if (this.props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
                                 !this.props.treeView.outlineMode && (this.doc.treeViewSortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
                                 e.stopPropagation();
                             }
-                        }}>
+                        }, 'sort order')}>
                         {!docs
                             ? null
                             : TreeView.GetChildElements(
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                                   addDoc,
                                   remDoc,
                                   moveDoc,
-                                  StrCast(this.doc.childDropAction, this.props.dropAction) as dropActionType,
+                                  StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction, this.props.dragAction) as dropActionType,
                                   this.props.addDocTab,
                                   this.titleStyleProvider,
                                   this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
                 styleProvider={this.titleStyleProvider}
-                enableDragWhenActive={true}
                 onClickScriptDisable="never" // tree docViews have a script to show fields, etc.
                 docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
                 treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
@@ -914,7 +913,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                 onClick={this.onChildClick}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClick}
-                dropAction={this.props.dropAction}
+                dragAction={this.props.dragAction}
                 moveDocument={this.move}
                 removeDocument={this.props.removeDoc}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
@@ -950,7 +949,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         fontWeight: Doc.IsSearchMatch(this.doc) !== undefined ? 'bold' : undefined,
                         textDecoration: Doc.GetT(this.doc, 'title', 'string', true) ? 'underline' : undefined,
                         outline: this.doc === Doc.ActiveDashboard ? 'dashed 1px #06123232' : undefined,
-                        pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                        pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined,
                     }}>
                     {view}
                 </div>
@@ -1132,7 +1131,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         add: (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => boolean,
         remove: undefined | ((doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean),
         move: DragManager.MoveFunction,
-        dropAction: dropActionType,
+        dragAction: dropActionType,
         addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => boolean,
         styleProvider: undefined | StyleProviderFunc,
         screenToLocalXf: () => Transform,
@@ -1218,7 +1217,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         panelHeight={rowHeight}
                         dontRegisterView={dontRegisterView}
                         moveDocument={move}
-                        dropAction={dropAction}
+                        dragAction={dragAction}
                         addDocTab={addDocTab}
                         ScreenToLocalTransform={screenToLocalXf}
                         isContentActive={isContentActive}
@@ -1239,6 +1238,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
 ScriptingGlobals.add(function TreeView_addNewFolder() {
     TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: Utils.GenerateGuid(), parent: undefined };
-    const opts = { title: 'Untitled folder', _stayInCollection: true, isFolder: true };
+    const opts = { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true };
     return Doc.AddDocToList(Doc.MyFilesystem, 'data', Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], opts, TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.id));
 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 36472dd2e..d7e073c5f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         };
     };
 
-    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive();
+    isContentActive = () => this.props.isContentActive();
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
         const pointerEvents = DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting
             ? 'none'
-            : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+            : this.props.childPointerEvents ?? (this.props.viewDefDivClick || (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected(true)) || this.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
         return pointerEvents;
     };
     getChildDocView(entry: PoolData) {
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
                 isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
-                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
+                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.props.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                 focus={this.Document._isGroup ? this.groupFocus : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.props.focus : this.focus}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
@@ -1308,10 +1308,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
                 styleProvider={this.getClusterColor}
-                canEmbedOnDrag={this.props.childCanEmbedOnDrag}
+                dragAction={(this.rootDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 dataProvider={this.childDataProvider}
                 sizeProvider={this.childSizeProvider}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
                 bringToFront={this.bringToFront}
                 layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
                 dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRenderDocuments || this.props.dontRegisterView}
@@ -1987,7 +1986,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 onDragOver={e => e.preventDefault()}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 style={{
-                    pointerEvents: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.childDocs.includes(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.lastElement()) ? 'all' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
+                    pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
                     textAlign: this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 'initial' : undefined,
                     transform: `scale(${this.nativeDimScaling || 1})`,
                     width: `${100 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)}%`,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 77cb7f88c..898452ccb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         newCollection._height = this.Bounds.height;
         newCollection._isGroup = makeGroup;
         newCollection.forceActive = makeGroup;
-        newCollection.enableDragWhenActive = makeGroup;
         newCollection.x = this.Bounds.left;
         newCollection.y = this.Bounds.top;
         newCollection.layout_fitWidth = true;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
index e8ae88ae5..cd8b7a0cc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export class CollectionGridView extends CollectionSubView() {
             <div
                 className="collectionGridView-contents"
                 ref={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-                style={{ pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined }}
+                style={{ pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined }}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
                 onDrop={this.onExternalDrop}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index 65578f214..8f90e4444 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -50,34 +50,10 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
             width => this.childDocs.length && (this.layoutDoc._width = width),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
-
-        this._selectedDisposer = reaction(
-            () => NumCast(this.layoutDoc.selectedIndex),
-            i =>
-                runInAction(() => {
-                    this._selectedIndex = i;
-                    let selected: any = undefined;
-                    this.childLayoutPairs.map(async (pair, ind) => {
-                        const isSelected = this._selectedIndex === ind;
-                        if (isSelected) {
-                            selected = pair;
-                        } else {
-                            ScriptCast(DocCast(pair.layout.proto)?.onPointerUp)?.script.run({ this: pair.layout.proto }, console.log);
-                        }
-                    });
-                    if (selected && selected.layout) {
-                        ScriptCast(DocCast(selected.layout.proto)?.onPointerDown)?.script.run({ this: selected.layout.proto }, console.log);
-                    }
-                }),
-            { fireImmediately: true }
-        );
     }
     protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
-        //used for stacking and masonry view
-        this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
-        if (ele) {
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.layoutDoc);
-        }
+        this._dropDisposer?.();
+        if (ele) this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.layoutDoc);
     };
 
     dimension = () => NumCast(this.rootDoc._height);
@@ -89,12 +65,8 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     @action
     exitLongLinks = () => {
-        if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink) {
-            if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink.Document) {
-                action((e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-                    Doc.UnBrushDoc(DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document as Doc);
-                });
-            }
+        if (DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document) {
+            action((e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => Doc.UnBrushDoc(DocumentLinksButton.StartLink?.Document as Doc));
         }
         DocumentLinksButton.StartLink = undefined;
         DocumentLinksButton.StartLinkView = undefined;
@@ -201,7 +173,7 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
                     addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                    dropAction={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                    dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                     rootSelected={this.props.isSelected}
                     removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={docXf}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 34fa0343d..32b42223b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -194,11 +193,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
             let curInd = -1;
-            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(
-                action((d: Doc) => {
-                    curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d);
-                })
-            );
+            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => (curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d)));
             Array.from(this._mainCont.children).forEach((child, index) => {
                 const brect = child.getBoundingClientRect();
                 if (brect.x < de.x && brect.x + brect.width > de.x) {
@@ -234,7 +229,14 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
-    isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
+    isChildContentActive = () => {
+        const childDocsActive = this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ?? this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive;
+        return this.props.isContentActive?.() === false || childDocsActive === false
+            ? false //
+            : this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && childDocsActive
+            ? true
+            : undefined;
+    };
     getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
         return (
             <DocumentView
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={(this.props.Document.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 suppressSetHeight={true}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index bab77ed48..fa3a9f352 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
@@ -194,11 +193,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
             let curInd = -1;
-            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(
-                action((d: Doc) => {
-                    curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d);
-                })
-            );
+            de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => (curInd = this.childDocs.indexOf(d)));
             Array.from(this._mainCont.children).forEach((child, index) => {
                 const brect = child.getBoundingClientRect();
                 if (brect.y < de.y && brect.y + brect.height > de.y) {
@@ -234,7 +229,14 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
     onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
 
     isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
-    isChildContentActive = () => (((this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.Document._childDocumentsActive) && this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) || this.isContentActive() ? true : false);
+    isChildContentActive = () => {
+        const childDocsActive = this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ?? this.rootDoc.childDocumentsActive;
+        return this.props.isContentActive?.() === false || childDocsActive === false
+            ? false //
+            : this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && childDocsActive
+            ? true
+            : undefined;
+    };
     getDisplayDoc = (layout: Doc, dxf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) => {
         return (
             <DocumentView
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 PanelWidth={width}
                 PanelHeight={height}
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                dropAction={StrCast(this.props.Document.childDropAction) as dropActionType}
+                dropAction={StrCast(this.rootDoc.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={dxf}
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles?.()}
                 hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle?.()}
                 fitContentsToBox={this.props.fitContentsToBox}
+                dragAction={this.props.childDragAction}
                 focus={this.props.focus}
                 childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 15424de98..06b227b4b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 styleProvider={DefaultStyleProvider}
                                 waitForDoubleClickToClick={returnNever}
                                 defaultDoubleClick={returnIgnore}
-                                enableDragWhenActive={true}
+                                dragAction="move"
                                 onClickScriptDisable="always"
                                 focus={this.props.schema.focusDocument}
                                 childFilters={this.props.schema.childDocFilters}
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ class CollectionSchemaViewDocs extends React.Component<CollectionSchemaViewDocsP
                                 hideLinkAnchors={true}
                                 layout_fitWidth={returnTrue}
                                 scriptContext={this}
-                                canEmbedOnDrag={true}
                             />
                         </div>
                     );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 4f3503751..e8e606030 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     };
 
     onPointerEnter = (e: any) => {
-        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
-        document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
-        document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+        if (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive()) {
+            document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+            document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
+        }
     };
 
     onPointerMove = (e: any) => {
-        if (!SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) return;
         const dragIsRow = DragManager.docsBeingDragged.some(doc => doc.embedContainer === this.schemaDoc); //  this.schemaView?._selectedDocs.has(doc) ?? false;
 
         if (this._ref && dragIsRow) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index 97264508c..a958f53ea 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
             isSelected: returnFalse,
             setHeight: returnFalse,
             select: emptyFunction,
-            dropAction: 'embed',
+            dragAction: 'move',
             bringToFront: emptyFunction,
             renderDepth: 1,
             isContentActive: returnFalse,
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index 5af05e491..9ceac3b8c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class LinkMenuItem extends React.Component<LinkMenuItemProps> {
             e,
             e => {
                 const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([this.props.linkDoc], 'embed');
-                dragData.removeDropProperties = ['hidden'];
+                dragData.dropPropertiesToRemove = ['hidden'];
                 DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._editRef.current!], dragData, e.x, e.y);
                 return true;
             },
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
index 664a0fa4f..745efea08 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkPopup.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export class LinkPopup extends React.Component<LinkPopupProps> {
                         linkSearch={true}
                         linkCreated={this.props.linkCreated}
                         fieldKey="data"
-                        dropAction="move"
                         isSelected={returnTrue}
                         isContentActive={returnTrue}
                         select={returnTrue}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.scss
index 660045a6f..a12f1c12b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.scss
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@
             display: flex;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
index e6a4635c0..d747c4527 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
-import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
+import { DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnNone, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
-import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent, ViewBoxAnnotatableProps } from '../DocComponent';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
@@ -32,15 +31,12 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
     get clipWidthKey() {
         return '_' + this.props.fieldKey + '_clipWidth';
     }
-
     componentDidMount() {
         this.props.setContentView?.(this);
     }
-
     protected createDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null, fieldKey: string, disposerId: number) => {
         this._disposers[disposerId]?.();
         if (ele) {
-            // create disposers identified by disposerId to remove drag & drop listeners
             this._disposers[disposerId] = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, (e, dropEvent) => this.internalDrop(e, dropEvent, fieldKey), this.layoutDoc);
         }
     };
@@ -50,29 +46,40 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
         if (dropEvent.complete.docDragData) {
             event.stopPropagation(); // prevent parent Doc from registering new position so that it snaps back into place
             const droppedDocs = dropEvent.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments;
-            droppedDocs.lastElement().embedContainer = this.dataDoc;
-            this.dataDoc[fieldKey] = droppedDocs.lastElement();
+            const res = dropEvent.complete.docDragData.moveDocument?.(droppedDocs, this.rootDoc, (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.addDoc(doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc.lastElement(), fieldKey));
+            res && (droppedDocs.lastElement().embedContainer = this.dataDoc);
+            return res;
         }
     };
 
     private registerSliding = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>, targetWidth: number) => {
-        e.button !== 2 &&
+        if (e.button !== 2) {
             setupMoveUpEvents(
                 this,
                 e,
                 this.onPointerMove,
                 emptyFunction,
+                action((e, doubleTap) => {
+                    if (doubleTap) {
+                        this._isAnyChildContentActive = true;
+                        if (!this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_1']) this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_1'] = DocUtils.copyDragFactory(Doc.UserDoc().emptyNote as Doc);
+                        if (!this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_2']) this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '_2'] = DocUtils.copyDragFactory(Doc.UserDoc().emptyNote as Doc);
+                    }
+                }),
+                false,
+                undefined,
                 action(() => {
-                    // on click, animate slider movement to the targetWidth
+                    if (this._isAnyChildContentActive) return;
                     this._animating = 'all 200ms';
+                    // on click, animate slider movement to the targetWidth
                     this.layoutDoc[this.clipWidthKey] = (targetWidth * 100) / this.props.PanelWidth();
                     setTimeout(
                         action(() => (this._animating = '')),
                         200
                     );
-                }),
-                false
+                })
             );
+        }
     };
 
     @action
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
 
     getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean, pinProps?: PinProps) => {
         const anchor = Docs.Create.ConfigDocument({
-            title: 'ImgAnchor:' + this.rootDoc.title,
+            title: 'CompareAnchor:' + this.rootDoc.title,
             // set presentation timing properties for restoring view
             presTransition: 1000,
             annotationOn: this.rootDoc,
@@ -105,12 +112,29 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
         e.stopPropagation; // prevent click event action (slider movement) in registerSliding
         delete this.dataDoc[fieldKey];
     };
+    moveDoc = (doc: Doc, addDocument: (document: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean, which: string) => this.remDoc(doc, which) && addDocument(doc);
+    addDoc = (doc: Doc, which: string) => {
+        this.dataDoc[which] = doc;
+        return true;
+    };
+    remDoc = (doc: Doc, which: string) => {
+        if (this.dataDoc[which] === doc) {
+            this.dataDoc[which] = undefined;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    whenChildContentsActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive));
 
     docStyleProvider = (doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
         if (property === StyleProp.PointerEvents) return 'none';
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
-
+    moveDoc1 = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCol: Doc | undefined, addDoc: any) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((res, doc: Doc) => res && this.moveDoc(doc, addDoc, this.fieldKey + '_1'), true);
+    moveDoc2 = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCol: Doc | undefined, addDoc: any) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((res, doc: Doc) => res && this.moveDoc(doc, addDoc, this.fieldKey + '_2'), true);
+    remDoc1 = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((res, doc) => res && this.remDoc(doc, this.fieldKey + '_1'), true);
+    remDoc2 = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((res, doc) => res && this.remDoc(doc, this.fieldKey + '_2'), true);
     render() {
         const clearButton = (which: string) => {
             return (
@@ -118,33 +142,35 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
                     className={`clear-button ${which}`}
                     onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} // prevent triggering slider movement in registerSliding
                     onClick={e => this.clearDoc(e, which)}>
-                    <FontAwesomeIcon className={`clear-button ${which}`} icon={'times'} size="sm" />
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon className={`clear-button ${which}`} icon="times" size="sm" />
                 </div>
             );
         };
         const displayDoc = (which: string) => {
-            const whichDoc = Cast(this.dataDoc[which], Doc, null);
-            // if (whichDoc?.type === DocumentType.MARKER) whichDoc = Cast(whichDoc.annotationOn, Doc, null);
-            const targetDoc = Cast(whichDoc?.annotationOn, Doc, null) ?? whichDoc;
-            return whichDoc ? (
+            const whichDoc = DocCast(this.dataDoc[which]);
+            const targetDoc = DocCast(whichDoc?.annotationOn, whichDoc);
+            return targetDoc ? (
                 <>
                     <DocumentView
                         {...this.props}
+                        Document={targetDoc}
+                        DataDoc={undefined}
+                        moveDocument={which.endsWith('1') ? this.moveDoc1 : this.moveDoc2}
+                        removeDocument={which.endsWith('1') ? this.remDoc1 : this.remDoc2}
                         NativeWidth={returnZero}
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
-                        isContentActive={returnFalse}
+                        isContentActive={emptyFunction}
                         isDocumentActive={returnFalse}
-                        styleProvider={this.docStyleProvider}
-                        Document={targetDoc}
-                        DataDoc={undefined}
+                        whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
+                        styleProvider={this._isAnyChildContentActive ? this.props.styleProvider : this.docStyleProvider}
                         hideLinkButton={true}
-                        pointerEvents={returnNone}
+                        pointerEvents={this._isAnyChildContentActive ? undefined : returnNone}
                     />
                     {clearButton(which)}
                 </> // placeholder image if doc is missing
             ) : (
                 <div className="placeholder">
-                    <FontAwesomeIcon className="upload-icon" icon={'cloud-upload-alt'} size="lg" />
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon className="upload-icon" icon="cloud-upload-alt" size="lg" />
                 </div>
             );
         };
@@ -157,7 +183,7 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
         };
 
         return (
-            <div className={`comparisonBox${this.props.isContentActive() || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? '-interactive' : ''}` /* change className to easily disable/enable pointer events in CSS */}>
+            <div className={`comparisonBox${this.props.isContentActive() ? '-interactive' : ''}` /* change className to easily disable/enable pointer events in CSS */}>
                 {displayBox(`${this.fieldKey}_2`, 1, this.props.PanelWidth() - 3)}
                 <div className="clip-div" style={{ width: this.clipWidth + '%', transition: this._animating, background: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._backgroundColor, 'gray') }}>
                     {displayBox(`${this.fieldKey}_1`, 0, 0)}
@@ -169,7 +195,7 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
                         left: `calc(${this.clipWidth + '%'} - 0.5px)`,
                         cursor: this.clipWidth < 5 ? 'e-resize' : this.clipWidth / 100 > (this.props.PanelWidth() - 5) / this.props.PanelWidth() ? 'w-resize' : undefined,
                     }}
-                    onPointerDown={e => this.registerSliding(e, this.props.PanelWidth() / 2)} /* if clicked, return slide-bar to center */
+                    onPointerDown={e => !this._isAnyChildContentActive && this.registerSliding(e, this.props.PanelWidth() / 2)} /* if clicked, return slide-bar to center */
                 >
                     <div className="slide-handle" />
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 23148ed34..5470a72f5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, ImageCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { AudioField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { GetEffectiveAcl, TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, isTargetChildOf as isParentOf, lightOrDark, return18, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnVal, returnZero, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, isTargetChildOf as isParentOf, lightOrDark, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnVal, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { GooglePhotos } from '../../apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../DocServer';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { DocumentLinksButton } from './DocumentLinksButton';
 import './DocumentView.scss';
 import { FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from './formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
+import { KeyValueBox } from './KeyValueBox';
 import { LinkAnchorBox } from './LinkAnchorBox';
 import { PresEffect, PresEffectDirection } from './trails';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails/PresBox';
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     docViewPath: () => DocumentView[];
     childHideDecorationTitle?: () => boolean;
     childHideResizeHandles?: () => boolean;
+    childDragAction?: dropActionType; // allows child documents to be dragged out of collection without holding the embedKey or dragging the doc decorations title bar.
     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
     styleProvider: Opt<StyleProviderFunc>;
     setTitleFocus?: () => void;
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     pinToPres: (document: Doc, pinProps: PinProps) => void;
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     bringToFront: (doc: Doc, sendToBack?: boolean) => void;
-    canEmbedOnDrag?: boolean;
+    dragAction?: dropActionType;
     treeViewDoc?: Doc;
     xPadding?: number;
     yPadding?: number;
@@ -194,7 +196,6 @@ export interface DocumentViewSharedProps {
     forceAutoHeight?: boolean;
     disableBrushing?: boolean; // should highlighting for this view be disabled when same document in another view is hovered over.
     onClickScriptDisable?: 'never' | 'always'; // undefined = only when selected
-    enableDragWhenActive?: boolean;
     waitForDoubleClickToClick?: () => 'never' | 'always' | undefined;
     defaultDoubleClick?: () => 'default' | 'ignore' | undefined;
     pointerEvents?: () => Opt<string>;
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     @computed get titleHeight() {
         return this.props?.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.TitleHeight) || 0;
     }
-    @computed get pointerEvents(): 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblePainted' | undefined {
+    get pointerEvents(): 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblePainted' | undefined {
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.props, StyleProp.PointerEvents + (this.props.isSelected() ? ':selected' : ''));
     }
     @computed get finalLayoutKey() {
@@ -355,11 +356,16 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     componentDidMount() {
         this.setupHandlers();
     }
-
+    preDropFunc = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
+        if (de.complete.docDragData && this.isContentActive()) {
+            targetAction && (de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = targetAction);
+            e.stopPropagation();
+        }
+    };
     setupHandlers() {
         this.cleanupHandlers(false);
         if (this._mainCont.current) {
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(this._mainCont.current, this.drop.bind(this), this.props.Document);
+            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(this._mainCont.current, this.drop.bind(this), this.props.Document, this.preDropFunc);
             this._multiTouchDisposer = InteractionUtils.MakeMultiTouchTarget(this._mainCont.current, this.onTouchStart.bind(this));
             this._holdDisposer = InteractionUtils.MakeHoldTouchTarget(this._mainCont.current, this.handle1PointerHoldStart.bind(this));
         }
@@ -387,7 +393,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             dragData.treeViewDoc = this.props.treeViewDoc;
             dragData.removeDocument = this.props.removeDocument;
             dragData.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
-            dragData.canEmbed = this.props.canEmbedOnDrag;
+            dragData.canEmbed = this.rootDoc.dragAction ?? this.props.dragAction ? true : false;
             const ffview = this.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.CollectionFreeFormView;
             ffview && runInAction(() => (ffview.ChildDrag = this.props.DocumentView()));
             DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(
@@ -478,7 +484,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                             : '';
                         DocumentViewInternal.addDocTabFunc = oldFunc;
                     };
-                    clickFunc = () => (this.props.Document.dontUndo ? func() : UndoManager.RunInBatch(func, 'click ' + this.rootDoc.title));
+                    clickFunc = () => UndoManager.RunInBatch(func, 'click ' + this.rootDoc.title);
                 } else {
                     // onDragStart implies a button doc that we don't want to select when clicking. RootDocument & isTemplateForField implies we're clicking on part of a template instance and we want to select the whole template, not the part
                     if ((this.layoutDoc.onDragStart || this.props.Document.rootDocument) && !(e.ctrlKey || e.button > 0)) {
@@ -506,7 +512,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
         this._longPressSelector = setTimeout(() => {
             if (DocumentView.LongPress) {
-                if (this.rootDoc.dontUndo) {
+                if (this.rootDoc.undoIgnoreFields) {
                     runInAction(() => (UndoStack.HideInline = !UndoStack.HideInline));
                 } else {
                     this.props.select(false);
@@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 //if (this.props.isSelected(true) && this.rootDoc.type !== DocumentType.PDF && this.layoutDoc._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Docking) e.preventDefault();
 
                 // listen to move events if document content isn't active or document is draggable
-                if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (!this.isContentActive() || this.props.enableDragWhenActive || this.rootDoc.enableDragWhenActive)) {
+                if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (!this.isContentActive() || this.props.dragAction || this.rootDoc.dragAction)) {
                     document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
                 }
             }
@@ -549,7 +555,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
 
         if (!Utils.isClick(e.clientX, e.clientY, this._downX, this._downY, Date.now())) {
             this.cleanupPointerEvents();
-            this.startDragging(this._downX, this._downY, ((e.ctrlKey || e.altKey) && 'embed') || ((this.Document.dropAction || this.props.dropAction || undefined) as dropActionType));
+            this.startDragging(this._downX, this._downY, ((e.ctrlKey || e.altKey) && 'embed') || ((this.Document.dragAction || this.props.dragAction || undefined) as dropActionType));
         }
     };
 
@@ -608,10 +614,12 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
-        if (this.props.dontRegisterView || this.props.LayoutTemplateString?.includes(LinkAnchorBox.name)) return;
+        if (this.props.dontRegisterView || this.props.LayoutTemplateString?.includes(LinkAnchorBox.name)) return false;
         if (this.props.Document === Doc.ActiveDashboard) {
+            e.stopPropagation();
             alert((e.target as any)?.closest?.('*.lm_content') ? "You can't perform this move most likely because you don't have permission to modify the destination." : 'Linking to document tabs not yet supported. Drop link on document content.');
-            return;
+            e.preventDefault();
+            return true;
         }
         const linkdrag = de.complete.annoDragData ?? de.complete.linkDragData;
         if (linkdrag) {
@@ -625,8 +633,10 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     const dropDoc = de.complete.annoDragData?.dropDocument ?? this._componentView?.getAnchor?.(true) ?? this.rootDoc;
                     de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkdrag.linkSourceDoc, dropDoc, {}, undefined, [de.x, de.y - 50]);
                 }
+                return true;
             }
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -851,7 +861,10 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     setHeight = (height: number) => (this.layoutDoc._height = height);
     setContentView = action((view: { getAnchor?: (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => Doc; forward?: () => boolean; back?: () => boolean }) => (this._componentView = view));
     isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean): boolean | undefined => {
-        return this.props.isContentActive() === false
+        //  true  - if the document has been activated directly or indirectly (by having its children selected)
+        //  false - if its pointer events are explicitly turned off or if it's container tells it that it's inactive
+        // undefined - it is not active, but it should be responsive to actions that might active it or its contents (eg clicking)
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false || this.props.pointerEvents?.() === 'none' || (this.rootDoc.pointerEvents === 'none' && !StrCast(this.props.LayoutTemplateString).includes(KeyValueBox.name))
             ? false
             : Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ||
               SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ||
@@ -871,17 +884,18 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 .some(doc => Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocCast(doc.annotationOn), this.rootDoc));
         const childOverlayed = () => Array.from(DocumentManager._overlayViews).some(view => Doc.AreProtosEqual(view.rootDoc, this.rootDoc));
         return !this.props.LayoutTemplateString &&
-            !this.props.isSelected() &&
+            !this.isContentActive() &&
             LightboxView.LightboxDoc !== this.rootDoc &&
             this.thumb &&
             !Doc.AreProtosEqual(DocumentLinksButton.StartLink, this.rootDoc) &&
-            ((!childHighlighted() && !childOverlayed() && !Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.rootDoc)) || this.rootDoc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking) &&
-            !this._componentView?.isAnyChildContentActive?.()
+            ((!childHighlighted() && !childOverlayed() && !Doc.isBrushedHighlightedDegree(this.rootDoc)) || this.rootDoc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking)
             ? true
             : false;
     };
     childFilters = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), ...StrListCast(this.layoutDoc.childFilters)];
-    contentPointerEvents = () => (!this.disableClickScriptFunc && this.onClickHandler ? 'none' : this.pointerEvents);
+
+    /// disable pointer events on content when there's an enabled onClick script, or if contents are marked inactive
+    contentPointerEvents = () => ((!this.disableClickScriptFunc && this.onClickHandler) || this.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : this.pointerEvents);
     @computed get contents() {
         TraceMobx();
         const isInk = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout).includes(InkingStroke.name) && !this.props.LayoutTemplateString;
@@ -889,7 +903,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
             <div
                 className="documentView-contentsView"
                 style={{
-                    pointerEvents: (isInk ? 'none' : this.pointerEvents) ?? 'all',
+                    pointerEvents: (isInk ? 'none' : this.contentPointerEvents()) ?? 'all',
                     height: this.headerMargin ? `calc(100% - ${this.headerMargin}px)` : undefined,
                 }}>
                 {!this._retryThumb || !this.thumbShown() ? null : (
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
index 85dd779fc..4ebf22ddf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface FieldViewProps extends DocumentViewSharedProps {
 @observer
 export class FieldView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
     public static LayoutString(fieldType: { name: string }, fieldStr: string) {
-        return `<${fieldType.name} {...props} fieldKey={'${fieldStr}'}/>`; //e.g., "<ImageBox {...props} fieldKey={"data} />"
+        return `<${fieldType.name} {...props} fieldKey={'${fieldStr}'}/>`; //e.g., "<ImageBox {...props} fieldKey={'data'} />"
     }
 
     @computed
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index 9acbee1e7..64d6814df 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                     ref={this._overlayIconRef}
                     onPointerDown={e => setupMoveUpEvents(e.target, e, returnFalse, emptyFunction, e => (this.rootDoc[`_${this.fieldKey}_usePath`] = usePath === undefined ? 'alternate' : usePath === 'alternate' ? 'alternate:hover' : undefined))}
                     style={{
-                        display: (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && DragManager.DocDragData?.canEmbed) || DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-alternates']).length ? 'block' : 'none',
+                        display: (this.props.isContentActive() !== false && DragManager.DocDragData?.canEmbed) || DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + '-alternates']).length ? 'block' : 'none',
                         width: 'min(10%, 25px)',
                         height: 'min(10%, 25px)',
                         background: usePath === undefined ? 'white' : usePath === 'alternate' ? 'black' : 'gray',
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                     }
                 })}
                 style={{
-                    display: !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                    display: !this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined,
                     width: this.props.PanelWidth() ? undefined : `100%`,
                     height: this.props.PanelWidth() ? undefined : `100%`,
                     pointerEvents: this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : undefined,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
index 5b6b0b5a7..a6712a3db 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
@@ -213,18 +213,18 @@ export class KeyValueBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.onDividerUp);
     };
 
-    getFieldView = async () => {
+    getFieldView = () => {
         const rows = this.rows.filter(row => row.isChecked);
         if (rows.length > 1) {
-            const parent = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], { _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 300, title: `field views for ${DocCast(this.props.Document.data).title}`, _chromeHidden: true });
+            const parent = Docs.Create.StackingDocument([], { _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 300, title: `field views for ${DocCast(this.props.Document).title}`, _chromeHidden: true });
             for (const row of rows) {
-                const field = this.createFieldView(DocCast(this.props.Document.data), row);
+                const field = this.createFieldView(DocCast(this.props.Document), row);
                 field && Doc.AddDocToList(parent, 'data', field);
                 row.uncheck();
             }
             return parent;
         }
-        return rows.length ? this.createFieldView(DocCast(this.props.Document.data), rows.lastElement()) : undefined;
+        return rows.length ? this.createFieldView(DocCast(this.props.Document), rows.lastElement()) : undefined;
     };
 
     createFieldView = (templateDoc: Doc, row: KeyValuePair) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index d0db60b37..01acdccb7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
             isSelected: returnFalse,
             setHeight: returnFalse,
             select: emptyFunction,
-            dropAction: 'embed',
             bringToFront: emptyFunction,
             renderDepth: 1,
             isContentActive: returnFalse,
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
index e86b881a8..9bcd04cf5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LinkAnchorBox.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class LinkAnchorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             if (separation > 100) {
                 const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData([this.rootDoc]);
                 dragData.dropAction = 'embed';
-                dragData.removeDropProperties = ['link_anchor_1_x', 'link_anchor_1_y', 'link_anchor_2_x', 'link_anchor_2_y', 'onClick'];
+                dragData.dropPropertiesToRemove = ['link_anchor_1_x', 'link_anchor_1_y', 'link_anchor_2_x', 'link_anchor_2_y', 'onClick'];
                 DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._ref.current!], dragData, pt[0], pt[1]);
                 return true;
             } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
index 93e54ffb7..de0b57fd7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox.tsx
@@ -512,9 +512,8 @@ export class MapBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         return this.addDocument(doc, annotationKey);
     };
 
-    pointerEvents = () => {
-        return this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== 'none' && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? 'all' : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none';
-    };
+    pointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? 'all' : 'none');
+
     @computed get annotationLayer() {
         return (
             <div className="mapBox-annotationLayer" style={{ height: Doc.NativeHeight(this.Document) || undefined }} ref={this._annotationLayer}>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
index 72f37b62c..a9154c5bb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/MapBox/MapBox2.tsx
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ export class MapBox2 extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
     };
 
     pointerEvents = () => {
-        return this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== 'none' && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? 'all' : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none';
+        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== 'none' && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? 'all' : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none';
     };
     @computed get annotationLayer() {
         return (
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
index 6d040ca1a..fd4c6366b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
@@ -559,7 +559,6 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             </div>
         );
     }
-    isPdfContentActive = () => this.isAnyChildContentActive() || this.props.isSelected() || (this.props.renderDepth === 0 && LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(this.props.docViewPath()));
     @computed get renderPdfView() {
         TraceMobx();
         const previewScale = this._previewNativeWidth ? 1 - this.sidebarWidth() / this._previewNativeWidth : 1;
@@ -592,7 +591,6 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                         pdf={this._pdf}
                         focus={this.focus}
                         url={this.pdfUrl!.url.pathname}
-                        isContentActive={this.isPdfContentActive}
                         anchorMenuClick={this.anchorMenuClick}
                         loaded={!Doc.NativeAspect(this.dataDoc) ? this.loaded : undefined}
                         setPdfViewer={this.setPdfViewer}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index 16705a6b3..34a1229ba 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.scrollXf}
                 NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
                 focus={this.focus}
-                dropAction="embed"
                 childFilters={childFilters}
                 select={emptyFunction}
                 isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
@@ -1003,8 +1002,11 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         }
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
-    pointerEvents = () => (!this._draggingSidebar && this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== 'none' && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance?.isShown() ? 'all' : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none');
-    annotationPointerEvents = () => (this._isAnnotating || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() || Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None ? 'all' : 'none');
+    pointerEvents = () =>
+        !this._draggingSidebar && this.props.isContentActive() && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance?.isShown()
+            ? 'all' //
+            : 'none';
+    annotationPointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() && (this._isAnnotating || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() || Doc.ActiveTool !== InkTool.None) ? 'all' : 'none');
     render() {
         const previewScale = this._previewNativeWidth ? 1 - this.sidebarWidth() / this._previewNativeWidth : 1;
         const pointerEvents = this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any);
@@ -1013,7 +1015,11 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             <div
                 className="webBox"
                 ref={this._mainCont}
-                style={{ pointerEvents: this.pointerEvents(), position: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'absolute' : undefined, display: !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined }}>
+                style={{
+                    pointerEvents: this.pointerEvents(), //
+                    position: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'absolute' : undefined,
+                    display: !this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                }}>
                 <div className="webBox-background" style={{ backgroundColor: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.rootDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) }} />
                 <div
                     className="webBox-container"
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 079129dc9..2cd3c6cd6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
     };
 
     dispatchTransaction = (tx: Transaction) => {
-        if (this._editorView) {
+        if (this._editorView && (this._editorView as any).docView) {
             const state = this._editorView.state.apply(tx);
             this._editorView.updateState(state);
 
@@ -2020,17 +2020,15 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
     _oldWheel: any;
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const active = this.props.isContentActive() || this.props.isSelected();
-        const selected = active;
+        const active = this.props.isContentActive();
         const scale = (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) * NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1);
         const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_borderRounding) === '100%' ? '-rounded' : '';
-        const interactive = (Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) && (this.layoutDoc.z || !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition);
-        if (!selected && FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) setTimeout(FormattedTextBoxComment.Hide);
+        if (!active && FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) setTimeout(FormattedTextBoxComment.Hide);
         const minimal = this.props.ignoreAutoHeight;
         const paddingX = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, this.props.xPadding || 0);
         const paddingY = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yMargin, this.props.yPadding || 0);
-        const selPad = (selected && !this.layoutDoc._createDocOnCR) || minimal ? Math.min(paddingY, Math.min(paddingX, 10)) : 0;
-        const selPaddingClass = selected && !this.layoutDoc._createDocOnCR && paddingY >= 10 ? '-selected' : '';
+        const selPad = (active && !this.layoutDoc._createDocOnCR) || minimal ? Math.min(paddingY, Math.min(paddingX, 10)) : 0;
+        const selPaddingClass = active && !this.layoutDoc._createDocOnCR && paddingY >= 10 ? '-selected' : '';
         const styleFromLayoutString = Doc.styleFromLayoutString(this.rootDoc, this.layoutDoc, this.props, scale); // this converts any expressions in the format string to style props.  e.g., <FormattedTextBox height='{this._headerHeight}px' >
         return styleFromLayoutString?.height === '0px' ? null : (
             <div
@@ -2051,7 +2049,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                               width: `${100 / scale}%`,
                               height: `${100 / scale}%`,
                           }),
-                    display: !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                    display: !this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.thumbShown?.() ? 'none' : undefined,
                     transition: 'inherit',
                     // overflowY: this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight ? "hidden" : undefined,
                     color: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.Color),
@@ -2066,7 +2064,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                     style={{
                         overflow: this.layout_autoHeight && this.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.() ? 'hidden' : undefined, //x this breaks viewing an layout_autoHeight doc in its own tab, or in the lightbox
                         height: this.props.height || (this.layout_autoHeight && this.props.renderDepth && !this.props.suppressSetHeight ? 'max-content' : undefined),
-                        pointerEvents: interactive ? undefined : 'none',
+                        pointerEvents: Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None ? undefined : 'none',
                     }}
                     onContextMenu={this.specificContextMenu}
                     onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
@@ -2078,11 +2076,10 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                     onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
                     onDoubleClick={this.onDoubleClick}>
                     <div
-                        className={`formattedTextBox-outer${selected ? '-selected' : ''}`}
+                        className={`formattedTextBox-outer${active ? '-selected' : ''}`}
                         ref={this._scrollRef}
                         style={{
                             width: this.props.dontSelectOnLoad ? '100%' : `calc(100% - ${this.layout_sidebarWidthPercent})`,
-                            pointerEvents: !active && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'none' : undefined,
                             overflow: this.layoutDoc._createDocOnCR ? 'hidden' : this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight ? 'visible' : undefined,
                         }}
                         onScroll={this.onScroll}
@@ -2096,7 +2093,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
                                 paddingRight: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingX, `${paddingX - selPad}px`),
                                 paddingTop: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingY, `${paddingY - selPad}px`),
                                 paddingBottom: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._textBoxPaddingY, `${paddingY - selPad}px`),
-                                pointerEvents: !active && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? (IsFollowLinkScript(this.layoutDoc.onClick) ? 'none' : undefined) : undefined,
+                                // pointerEvents: !active && IsFollowLinkScript(this.layoutDoc.onClick) ? 'none' : undefined,
                             }}
                         />
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
index 4f7d2e1c1..ef1c3911c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresBox.tsx
@@ -1029,9 +1029,6 @@ 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) => this.props.isContentActive(outsideReaction);
-    //.ActiveTool === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (this.layoutDoc.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false;
-
     /**
      * For sorting the array so that the order is maintained when it is dropped.
      */
@@ -2462,6 +2459,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                                 childIgnoreNativeSize={true}
                                 moveDocument={returnFalse}
                                 ignoreUnrendered={true}
+                                childDragAction="move"
                                 //childLayoutFitWidth={returnTrue}
                                 childOpacity={returnOne}
                                 childClickScript={PresBox.navigateToDocScript}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
index 34e069046..f31cf6147 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/trails/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
         const dragArray = this.presBoxView?._dragArray ?? [];
         const dragData = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(this.presBoxView?.sortArray() ?? []);
         if (!dragData.draggedDocuments.length) dragData.draggedDocuments.push(this.rootDoc);
-        dragData.dropAction = 'move';
         dragData.treeViewDoc = this.presBox?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Tree ? this.presBox : undefined; // this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.treeViewDoc;
         dragData.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
         const dragItem: HTMLElement[] = [];
+        const classesToRestore = new Map<HTMLElement, string>();
         if (dragArray.length === 1) {
             const doc = this._itemRef.current || dragArray[0];
             if (doc) {
+                classesToRestore.set(doc, doc.className);
                 doc.className = miniView ? 'presItem-miniSlide' : 'presItem-slide';
                 dragItem.push(doc);
             }
@@ -212,16 +213,19 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             dragItem.push(doc);
         }
 
-        // const dropEvent = () => runInAction(() => this._dragging = false);
         if (activeItem) {
+            runInAction(() => (this._dragging = true));
             DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(
                 dragItem.map(ele => ele),
                 dragData,
                 e.clientX,
                 e.clientY,
-                undefined
+                undefined,
+                action(() => {
+                    Array.from(classesToRestore).forEach(pair => (pair[0].className = pair[1]));
+                    this._dragging = false;
+                })
             );
-            // runInAction(() => this._dragging = true);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -536,7 +540,6 @@ export class PresElementBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                             <div
                                 className="presItem-number"
                                 title="select without navigation"
-                                style={{ pointerEvents: this.presBoxView?.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined }}
                                 onPointerDown={e => {
                                     e.stopPropagation();
                                     if (this._itemRef.current && this._dragRef.current) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index dd202418b..8f6b8cd41 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -483,7 +483,10 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         }
     };
 
-    pointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() && this.props.pointerEvents?.() !== 'none' && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown() ? 'all' : SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined : 'none');
+    pointerEvents = () =>
+        this.props.isContentActive() && !MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.isShown()
+            ? 'all' //
+            : 'none';
     @computed get annotationLayer() {
         return (
             <div className="pdfViewerDash-annotationLayer" style={{ height: Doc.NativeHeight(this.props.Document), transform: `scale(${NumCast(this.props.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1)})` }} ref={this._annotationLayer}>
@@ -514,10 +517,10 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
     panelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     transparentFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.IsTransparentFilter()];
-    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
+    opaqueFilter = () => [...this.props.childFilters(), Utils.noDragsDocFilter, ...(DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length && this.props.isContentActive() ? [] : [Utils.IsOpaqueFilter()])];
     childStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
         if (doc instanceof Doc && property === StyleProp.PointerEvents) {
-            if (this.inlineTextAnnotations.includes(doc)) return 'none';
+            if (this.inlineTextAnnotations.includes(doc) || this.props.isContentActive() === false) return 'none';
             return 'all';
         }
         return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
@@ -536,8 +539,8 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
                 NativeWidth={returnZero}
                 NativeHeight={returnZero}
                 setContentView={emptyFunction} // override setContentView to do nothing
-                pointerEvents={SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone} // freeform view doesn't get events unless something is being dragged onto it.
-                childPointerEvents="all" // but freeform children need to get events to allow text editing, etc
+                pointerEvents={SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive() ? returnAll : returnNone} // freeform view doesn't get events unless something is being dragged onto it.
+                childPointerEvents={this.props.isContentActive() !== false ? 'all' : 'none'} // but freeform children need to get events to allow text editing, etc
                 renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
                 isAnnotationOverlay={true}
                 fieldKey={this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'}
@@ -549,7 +552,6 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.overlayTransform}
                 isAnyChildContentActive={returnFalse}
                 isAnnotationOverlayScrollable={true}
-                dropAction="embed"
                 childFilters={childFilters}
                 select={emptyFunction}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
@@ -558,14 +560,14 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         </div>
     );
     @computed get overlayTransparentAnnotations() {
-        return this.renderAnnotations(this.transparentFilter, 'multiply', DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length ? 'none' : undefined);
+        return this.renderAnnotations(this.transparentFilter, 'multiply', DragManager.docsBeingDragged.length && this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined);
     }
     @computed get overlayOpaqueAnnotations() {
         return this.renderAnnotations(this.opaqueFilter, this.allAnnotations.some(anno => anno.mixBlendMode) ? 'hard-light' : undefined);
     }
     @computed get overlayLayer() {
         return (
-            <div style={{ pointerEvents: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : 'none' }}>
+            <div style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : 'none' }}>
                 {this.overlayTransparentAnnotations}
                 {this.overlayOpaqueAnnotations}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index c674a20d2..c9f7e4114 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
                 linkMap.set(link[Id], await Doc.makeClone(link, cloneMap, linkMap, rtfs, exclusions, pruneDocs, cloneLinks));
             }
         });
-        Doc.SetInPlace(copy, 'title', 'CLONE: ' + doc.title, true);
+        Doc.SetInPlace(copy, 'title', '>:' + doc.title, true);
         copy.cloneOf = doc;
         cloneMap.set(doc[Id], copy);
 
diff --git a/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts b/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
index 757d507be..76b287be7 100644
--- a/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/fields/documentSchemas.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ export const documentSchema = createSchema({
     link_displayArrow: 'boolean', // toggles directed arrows
 
     // drag drop properties
-    _stayInCollection: 'boolean', // whether document can be dropped into a different collection
+    _dragOnlyWithinContainer: 'boolean', // whether document can be dropped into a different collection
     dragFactory: Doc, // the document that serves as the "template" for the onDragStart script.  ie, to drag out copies of the dragFactory document.
-    dropAction: 'string', // override specifying what should happen when this document is dropped (can be "embed", "copy", "move")
-    targetDropAction: 'string', // allows the target of a drop event to specify the dropAction ("embed", "copy", "move") NOTE: if the document is dropped within the same collection, the dropAction is coerced to 'move'
-    childDropAction: 'string', // specify the override for what should happen when the child of a collection is dragged from it and dropped (can be "embed" or "copy")
-    removeDropProperties: listSpec('string'), // properties that should be removed from the embed/copy/etc of this document when it is dropped
+    dropAction: 'string', // override specifying what should happen when something is dropped on this document (can be "embed", "copy", "move")
+    dragAction: 'string', // override specifying what should happen when this document s dragged (can be "embed", "copy", "move")
+    childDragAction: 'string', // specify the override for what should happen when the child of a collection is dragged from it and dropped (can be "embed" or "copy")
+    dropPropertiesToRemove: listSpec('string'), // properties that should be removed from the embed/copy/etc of this document when it is dropped
 });
 
 export const collectionSchema = createSchema({
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index f365adf4b..e3d1abc53 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { SerializationHelper } from '../client/util/SerializationHelper';
 import { UndoManager } from '../client/util/UndoManager';
 import { returnZero } from '../Utils';
 import CursorField from './CursorField';
-import { aclLevel, Doc, DocListCast, DocListCastAsync, HierarchyMapping, ReverseHierarchyMap, updateCachedAcls } from './Doc';
+import { aclLevel, Doc, DocListCast, DocListCastAsync, HierarchyMapping, ReverseHierarchyMap, StrListCast, updateCachedAcls } from './Doc';
 import { AclAdmin, AclEdit, AclPrivate, AclSelfEdit, DocAcl, DocData, DocLayout, FieldKeys, ForceServerWrite, Height, Initializing, SelfProxy, Update, UpdatingFromServer, Width } from './DocSymbols';
 import { Id, OnUpdate, Parent, ToValue } from './FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from './List';
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const _setterImpl = action(function (target: any, prop: string | symbol | number
             DocServer.registerDocWithCachedUpdate(receiver, prop as string, curValue);
         }
         !receiver[Initializing] &&
-            !receiver.dontUndo &&
+            !StrListCast(receiver.undoIgnoreFields).includes(prop.toString()) &&
             (!receiver[UpdatingFromServer] || receiver[ForceServerWrite]) &&
             UndoManager.AddEvent(
                 {
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 1429ab79eac9aa316082f52c14c576f6b3a97111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobzel <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:14:18 -0400
Subject: cleaned up more issues with pointer events/contents active.  fixed
 dragging from piles.

---
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  7 ++-
 src/client/util/UndoManager.ts                     |  3 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |  2 +-
 src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx             |  1 +
 .../collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx  |  9 +--
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx    |  3 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx | 13 +++--
 .../collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx |  1 +
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       |  8 +--
 .../collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx      | 30 +++++-----
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   | 10 +++-
 .../CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx          |  1 +
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx | 18 +++---
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       | 15 +++--
 src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx          | 23 ++++++--
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 17 +++---
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |  1 +
 .../CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx                  |  1 +
 .../CollectionMultirowView.tsx                     |  1 +
 .../collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx      |  3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx           | 11 ++--
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            | 22 +++++---
 src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx         |  5 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx                | 17 +++---
 src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx                |  2 +
 src/client/views/nodes/ScriptingBox.tsx            |  8 ++-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx | 64 +++++++++++++---------
 src/fields/Proxy.ts                                |  4 +-
 src/fields/util.ts                                 |  3 +-
 29 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index a61ef1da3..acd323eca 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -361,12 +361,13 @@ export class DocumentOptions {
     _forceActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('flag to handle pointer events when not selected (or otherwise active)');
     _dragOnlyWithinContainer?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether the document should remain in its collection when someone tries to drag and drop it elsewhere');
     _raiseWhenDragged?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('whether a document is brought to front when dragged.');
-    childDragAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the child documents when they are dragged fromt he collection');
+    childDragAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('what should happen to the child documents when they are dragged from the collection');
     dropConverter?: ScriptField; // script to run when documents are dropped on this Document.
     dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
     _dropAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo("what should happen to this document when it's dropped somewhere else");
     _dropPropertiesToRemove?: 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
     cloneFieldFilter?: List<string>; // fields not to copy when the document is clonedclipboard?: Doc;
+    dragWhenActive?: BOOLt = new BoolInfo('should document drag when it is active - e.g., pileView, group');
     dragAction?: DROPt = new DAInfo('how to drag document when it is active (e.g., tree, groups)');
     dragFactory_count?: NUMt = new NumInfo('number of items created from a drag button (used for setting title with incrementing index)', true);
     dragFactory?: Doc; // document to create when dragging with a suitable onDragStart script
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                 {
                     data: new List<Doc>(),
                     layout: { view: EmptyBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
-                    options: { childDragAction: 'embed', title: 'Global Group Database' },
+                    options: { title: 'Global Group Database' },
                 },
             ],
             [
@@ -1663,7 +1664,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             });
         });
         if (create) {
-            const newCollection = Docs.Create.PileDocument(docList, { title: 'pileup', x: (x || 0) - size, y: (y || 0) - size, _width: size * 2, _height: size * 2 });
+            const newCollection = Docs.Create.PileDocument(docList, { title: 'pileup', x: (x || 0) - size, y: (y || 0) - size, _width: size * 2, _height: size * 2, dragWhenActive: true });
             newCollection.x = NumCast(newCollection.x) + NumCast(newCollection._width) / 2 - size;
             newCollection.y = NumCast(newCollection.y) + NumCast(newCollection._height) / 2 - size;
             newCollection._width = newCollection._height = size * 2;
diff --git a/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts b/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
index 2379cb2ab..b59af6656 100644
--- a/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/UndoManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { observable, action, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { Field } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { Without } from '../../Utils';
 
 function getBatchName(target: any, key: string | symbol): string {
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ export namespace UndoManager {
 
     export function AddEvent(event: UndoEvent, value?: any): void {
         if (currentBatch && batchCounter.get() && !undoing) {
-            console.log('                         '.slice(0, batchCounter.get()) + 'UndoEvent : ' + event.prop + ' = ' + value);
+            console.log('                         '.slice(0, batchCounter.get()) + 'UndoEvent : ' + event.prop + ' = ' + (value instanceof Array ? value.map(val => Field.toScriptString(val)).join(',') : Field.toScriptString(value)));
             currentBatch.push(event);
             tempEvents?.push(event);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 0709d6cb9..3de40a640 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps>()
                             Doc.ActiveDashboard && inheritParentAcls(Doc.ActiveDashboard, doc);
                         });
                     const annoDocs = targetDataDoc[annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey] as List<Doc>;
-                    if (annoDocs instanceof List) annoDocs.push(...added);
+                    if (annoDocs instanceof List) annoDocs.push(...added.filter(add => !annoDocs.includes(add)));
                     else targetDataDoc[annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey] = new List<Doc>(added);
                     targetDataDoc[(annotationKey ?? this.annotationKey) + '_modificationDate'] = new DateField(new Date(Date.now()));
                 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
index 11b89fd69..74dd1c2f7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PropertiesButtons.tsx
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export class PropertiesButtons extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
             (dv, doc) => {
                 doc.isGroup = !doc.isGroup;
                 doc.forceActive = doc.isGroup;
+                doc.dragWhenActive = doc.isGroup;
             }
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index 64f9c6a87..6f88f6727 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -98,14 +98,15 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     rowDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-            this.props.parent.Document.dropConverter instanceof ScriptField && this.props.parent.Document.dropConverter.script.run({ dragData: de.complete.docDragData });
             const key = this.props.pivotField;
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this.heading);
             const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
-            de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
-            this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de);
-            e.stopPropagation();
+            if (this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
+            }
+            return true;
         }
+        return false;
     });
 
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index fc3f713ce..7d71bce13 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -427,8 +427,9 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
         if (docDragData?.draggedDocuments.length) {
             this._buttonizableCommands?.filter(c => c.title === this._currentKey).map(c => c.immediate(docDragData.draggedDocuments || []));
             e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
         }
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     dragViewDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index 9a3ab8074..f1c4c2cdf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -441,23 +441,24 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         docs.splice(previousDocIndex + 1, 0, ...newDocs);
                     }
                 }
+                return true;
             }
         } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.()) {
             const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-            this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+            if (!this.props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(source, de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), { link_relationship: 'doc annotation' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             e.stopPropagation();
-        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+            return true;
+        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+        }
         return false;
     };
 
     @undoBatch
     internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e: Event, annoDragData: DragManager.AnchorAnnoDragData) {
         const dropCreator = annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
-        annoDragData.dropDocCreator = (annotationOn: Doc | undefined) => {
-            const dropDoc = dropCreator(annotationOn);
-            return dropDoc || this.rootDoc;
-        };
+        annoDragData.dropDocCreator = (annotationOn: Doc | undefined) => dropCreator(annotationOn) || this.rootDoc;
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
index 2f28ecd00..3286d60bd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldColu
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const drop = { docs: de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments, val: this.getValue(this._heading) };
         drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this.props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
+        return true;
     });
 
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index 15570b195..91be31289 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
             <div className="collectionPileView-innards" style={{ pointerEvents: this.contentEvents }}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
                     {...this.props} //
-                    childContentsActive={returnFalse}
                     layoutEngine={this.layoutEngine}
                     addDocument={this.addPileDoc}
+                    moveDocument={this.removePileDoc}
+                    // pile children never have their contents active, but will be document active whenever the entire pile is.
+                    childContentsActive={returnFalse}
+                    childDocumentsActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
                     childDragAction="move"
                     childClickScript={this.toggleIcon}
-                    moveDocument={this.removePileDoc}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -106,7 +108,6 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     _undoBatch: UndoManager.Batch | undefined;
     pointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
         let dist = 0;
-        SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(true);
         setupMoveUpEvents(
             this,
             e,
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
             () => {
                 this._undoBatch?.end();
                 this._undoBatch = undefined;
-                SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(false);
             },
             emptyFunction,
             e.shiftKey && this.layoutEngine() === computePassLayout.name,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index e835fa659..ad84d859d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -369,22 +369,22 @@ 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.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
-        const localPt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
-        const x = localPt[0] - docDragData.offset[0];
-        const timelinePt = this.toTimeline(x + this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth);
-        docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => {
-            const anchorEnd = this.anchorEnd(drop);
-            if (anchorEnd !== undefined) {
-                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this.props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
-            }
-            Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this.props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
-        });
+        if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            // 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
+            const localPt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+            const x = localPt[0] - docDragData.offset[0];
+            const timelinePt = this.toTimeline(x + this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth);
+            docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => {
+                const anchorEnd = this.anchorEnd(drop);
+                if (anchorEnd !== undefined) {
+                    Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this.props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
+                }
+                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this.props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
+            });
 
-        return true;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 8eed4f716..4756b4cd3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -459,18 +459,24 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 const docs = this.childDocList;
                 // still figuring out where to add the document
                 if (docs && newDocs.length) {
+                    newDocs.forEach(newdoc => docs.indexOf(newdoc) !== -1 && docs.splice(docs.indexOf(newdoc), 1));
                     const insertInd = dropInd === -1 ? docs.length : dropInd + dropAfter;
                     const offset = newDocs.reduce((off, ndoc) => (this.filteredChildren.find((fdoc, i) => ndoc === fdoc && i < insertInd) ? off + 1 : off), 0);
                     newDocs.filter(ndoc => docs.indexOf(ndoc) !== -1).forEach(ndoc => docs.splice(docs.indexOf(ndoc), 1));
                     docs.splice(insertInd - offset, 0, ...newDocs);
                 }
+                return true;
             }
         } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.()) {
             const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-            this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+            if (!this.props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(source, de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), { link_relationship: 'doc annotation' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             e.stopPropagation();
-        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+            return true;
+        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dragDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            return this.internalAnchorAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData);
+        }
+        e.preventDefault();
         return false;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index 6be9cb72d..ebb4ba5a1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const drop = { docs: de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments, val: this.getValue(this._heading) };
         this.props.pivotField && drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this.props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
+        return true;
     });
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
         const parsed = parseInt(value);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 539dde7e0..39fb2db1e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -185,12 +185,14 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         @undoBatch
         protected onGesture(e: Event, ge: GestureUtils.GestureEvent) {}
 
-        protected onInternalPreDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) {
+        protected onInternalPreDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) {
             if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-                // if dropAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we want to ignore the targetAction.
-                // otherwise, the targetAction should become the actual action (which can still be overridden by the userDropAction -eg, shift/ctrl keys)
-                if (targetAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
-                    de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = targetAction;
+                // override the dropEvent's dropAction
+                const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
+                // if the dropEvent's dragAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we may not actually want to make an embedding.
+                // so we check if our collection has a dropAction set on it and if so, we use that instead.
+                if (dropAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
+                    de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = dropAction;
                 }
                 e.stopPropagation();
             }
@@ -218,16 +220,16 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                         ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                         added = addedDocs.length ? this.addDocument(addedDocs) : true;
                     }
-                    added && e.stopPropagation();
-                    return added;
                 } else {
                     ScriptCast(this.rootDoc.dropConverter)?.script.run({ dragData: docDragData });
                     added = this.addDocument(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
+                    !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
                 }
-                !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
+                !added && e.preventDefault();
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 return added;
             } else if (de.complete.annoDragData) {
+                e.stopPropagation();
                 const dropCreator = de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
                 de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator = () => {
                     const dropped = dropCreator(this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.rootDoc : undefined);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 7598bb753..4cd3885f5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -140,11 +140,16 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         if ((this._mainEle = ele)) this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.doc, this.onInternalPreDrop.bind(this));
     };
 
-    protected onInternalPreDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
+    protected onInternalPreDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (dragData) {
-            const isInTree = () => Doc.AreProtosEqual(dragData.treeViewDoc, this.props.Document) || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.doc && this.childDocs.includes(d));
-            dragData.dropAction = targetAction && !isInTree() ? targetAction : this.doc === dragData?.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction;
+            const sameTree = Doc.AreProtosEqual(dragData.treeViewDoc, this.rootDoc) ? true : false;
+            const isAlreadyInTree = () => sameTree || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.doc && this.childDocs.includes(d));
+            if (isAlreadyInTree() !== sameTree) {
+                console.log('WHAAAT');
+            }
+            dragData.dropAction = dropAction && !isAlreadyInTree() ? dropAction : sameTree ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction;
         }
     };
 
@@ -394,6 +399,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 <div
                     className="collectionTreeView-contents"
                     key="tree"
+                    ref={r => !this.doc.treeViewHasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}
                     style={{
                         ...(!titleBar ? { marginLeft: this.marginX(), paddingTop: this.marginTop() } : {}),
                         overflow: 'auto',
@@ -417,8 +423,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                                 minHeight: '100%',
                             }}
                             onWheel={e => e.stopPropagation()}
-                            onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}
-                            ref={r => !this.doc.treeViewHasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}>
+                            onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}>
                             <ul className={`no-indent${this.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}>{this.treeViewElements}</ul>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index 91ae2b3cc..8d8d895c6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     deleteItem = () => this.props.removeDoc?.(this.doc);
 
-    preTreeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
+    preTreeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         dragData && (dragData.dropAction = this.props.treeView.props.Document === dragData.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction);
     };
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @undoBatch
     treeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const pt = [de.x, de.y];
-        if (!this._header.current) return;
+        if (!this._header.current) return false;
         const rect = this._header.current.getBoundingClientRect();
         const before = pt[1] < rect.top + rect.height / 2;
         const inside = this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.doc.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > Math.min(rect.left + 75, rect.left + rect.width * 0.75) || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
@@ -364,14 +364,25 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             const destDoc = this.doc;
             DocUtils.MakeLink(sourceDoc, destDoc, { link_relationship: 'tree link' });
             e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
         }
         const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (docDragData && pt[0] < rect.left + rect.width) {
             if (docDragData.draggedDocuments[0] === this.doc) return true;
-            if (this.dropDocuments(docDragData.droppedDocuments, before, inside, docDragData.dropAction, docDragData.removeDocument, docDragData.moveDocument, docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.props.Document)) {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-            }
+            const added = this.dropDocuments(
+                docDragData.droppedDocuments, //
+                before,
+                inside,
+                docDragData.dropAction,
+                docDragData.removeDocument,
+                docDragData.moveDocument,
+                docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.props.Document
+            );
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            return added;
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     dropping: boolean = false;
@@ -924,7 +935,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 PanelHeight={return18}
                 contextMenuItems={this.contextMenuItems}
                 renderDepth={1}
-                isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                isContentActive={emptyFunction} //this.props.isContentActive}
                 isDocumentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
                 focus={this.refocus}
                 whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index d7e073c5f..e6f8f3071 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -418,15 +418,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @undoBatch
     internalLinkDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, linkDragData: DragManager.LinkDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
         if (linkDragData.linkDragView.props.docViewPath().includes(this.props.docViewPath().lastElement())) {
-            // dragged document is a child of this collection
-            if (!linkDragData.linkDragView.props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.() || linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer !== this.props.Document) {
-                // if the source doc view's embedContainer isn't this same freeformcollectionlinkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document
+            let added = false;
+            //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
+            if (!linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer || linkDragData.dragDocument.embedContainer !== this.rootDoc) {
                 const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, x: xp, y: yp, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-                this.props.addDocument?.(source);
+                added = this.props.addDocument?.(source) ? true : false;
                 de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), source, { link_relationship: 'annotated by:annotation of' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             }
-            e.stopPropagation(); //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
-            return true;
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            return added;
         }
         return false;
     }
@@ -1297,8 +1298,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
-                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.props.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
+                isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || this.rootDoc._isGroup ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
+                isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction}
                 focus={this.Document._isGroup ? this.groupFocus : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.props.focus : this.focus}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                 addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 898452ccb..5febbe83e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         newCollection._width = this.Bounds.width;
         newCollection._height = this.Bounds.height;
         newCollection._isGroup = makeGroup;
+        newCollection._dragWhenActive = makeGroup;
         newCollection.forceActive = makeGroup;
         newCollection.x = this.Bounds.left;
         newCollection.y = this.Bounds.top;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index 32b42223b..6dcd2d422 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         }
                     })
                 );
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index fa3a9f352..4df5dad5a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         }
                     })
                 );
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 06b227b4b..ee5bf82ed 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.columnDragData) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
             const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y)[0];
             const index = this.findDropIndex(mouseX);
             this.moveColumn(de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex, index ?? de.complete.columnDragData.colIndex);
@@ -448,6 +447,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 });
             });
 
+            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         const draggedDocs = de.complete.docDragData?.draggedDocuments;
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 if (draggedView) DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(draggedView);
                 DocumentManager.Instance.AddViewRenderedCb(doc, dv => dv.select(true));
             });
-            e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
index d747c4527..2290e0711 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatabl
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    private internalDrop = (event: Event, dropEvent: DragManager.DropEvent, fieldKey: string) => {
+    private internalDrop = (e: Event, dropEvent: DragManager.DropEvent, fieldKey: string) => {
         if (dropEvent.complete.docDragData) {
-            event.stopPropagation(); // prevent parent Doc from registering new position so that it snaps back into place
             const droppedDocs = dropEvent.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments;
-            const res = dropEvent.complete.docDragData.moveDocument?.(droppedDocs, this.rootDoc, (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.addDoc(doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc.lastElement(), fieldKey));
-            res && (droppedDocs.lastElement().embedContainer = this.dataDoc);
-            return res;
+            const added = dropEvent.complete.docDragData.moveDocument?.(droppedDocs, this.rootDoc, (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.addDoc(doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc.lastElement(), fieldKey));
+            droppedDocs.lastElement().embedContainer = this.dataDoc;
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            e.stopPropagation(); // prevent parent Doc from registering new position so that it snaps back into place
+            return added;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index fbc84389d..b6f1626f8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -356,9 +356,10 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
     componentDidMount() {
         this.setupHandlers();
     }
-    preDropFunc = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, targetAction: dropActionType) => {
-        if (de.complete.docDragData && this.isContentActive()) {
-            targetAction && (de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = targetAction);
+    preDropFunc = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
+        const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
+        if (de.complete.docDragData && this.isContentActive() && !this.props.treeViewDoc) {
+            dropAction && (de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = dropAction);
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     };
@@ -492,8 +493,13 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     }
                     preventDefault = false;
                 }
-
-                this._singleClickFunc = clickFunc ?? (() => this._componentView?.select?.(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.shiftKey) ?? this.props.select(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey));
+                const sendToBack = e.altKey;
+                this._singleClickFunc =
+                    clickFunc ??
+                    (() =>
+                        sendToBack
+                            ? this.props.DocumentView().props.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView?.().props.bringToFront(this.rootDoc, true)
+                            : this._componentView?.select?.(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.shiftKey) ?? this.props.select(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey));
                 const waitFordblclick = this.props.waitForDoubleClickToClick?.() ?? this.Document.waitForDoubleClickToClick;
                 if ((clickFunc && waitFordblclick !== 'never') || waitFordblclick === 'always') {
                     this._doubleClickTimeout && clearTimeout(this._doubleClickTimeout);
@@ -541,7 +547,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                 //if (this.props.isSelected(true) && this.rootDoc.type !== DocumentType.PDF && this.layoutDoc._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Docking) e.preventDefault();
 
                 // listen to move events if document content isn't active or document is draggable
-                if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (!this.isContentActive() || this.props.dragAction || this.rootDoc.dragAction)) {
+                if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && (!this.isContentActive() || BoolCast(this.rootDoc._dragWhenActive))) {
                     document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove);
                 }
             }
@@ -617,15 +623,14 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
         if (this.props.dontRegisterView || this.props.LayoutTemplateString?.includes(LinkAnchorBox.name)) return false;
         if (this.props.Document === Doc.ActiveDashboard) {
             e.stopPropagation();
-            alert((e.target as any)?.closest?.('*.lm_content') ? "You can't perform this move most likely because you don't have permission to modify the destination." : 'Linking to document tabs not yet supported. Drop link on document content.');
             e.preventDefault();
+            alert((e.target as any)?.closest?.('*.lm_content') ? "You can't perform this move most likely because you don't have permission to modify the destination." : 'Linking to document tabs not yet supported. Drop link on document content.');
             return true;
         }
         const linkdrag = de.complete.annoDragData ?? de.complete.linkDragData;
         if (linkdrag) {
             linkdrag.linkSourceDoc = linkdrag.linkSourceGetAnchor();
             if (linkdrag.linkSourceDoc) {
-                e.stopPropagation();
                 if (de.complete.annoDragData && !de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocument) {
                     de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocument = de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator(undefined);
                 }
@@ -633,6 +638,7 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     const dropDoc = de.complete.annoDragData?.dropDocument ?? this._componentView?.getAnchor?.(true) ?? this.rootDoc;
                     de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkdrag.linkSourceDoc, dropDoc, {}, undefined, [de.x, de.y - 50]);
                 }
+                e.stopPropagation();
                 return true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
index 8a88bede6..61711417f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FunctionPlotBox.tsx
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ export class FunctionPlotBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>
     @undoBatch
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.length) {
+            const added = de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.reduce((res, doc) => res && Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, doc), true);
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
             e.stopPropagation(); // prevent parent Doc from registering new position so that it snaps back into place
-            de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.map(doc => Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, doc));
-            return false;
+            return added;
         }
         return false;
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index 64d6814df..f67930a3f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -135,19 +135,17 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
+            let added = true;
             const targetIsBullseye = (ele: HTMLElement): boolean => {
                 if (!ele) return false;
                 if (ele === this._overlayIconRef.current) return true;
                 return targetIsBullseye(ele.parentElement as HTMLElement);
             };
             if (de.metaKey || targetIsBullseye(e.target as HTMLElement)) {
-                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(
-                    action((drop: Doc) => {
-                        Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.fieldKey + '-alternates', drop);
-                        this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_usePath'] = 'alternate:hover';
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                    })
-                );
+                added = de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.reduce((last: boolean, drop: Doc) => {
+                    this.rootDoc[this.fieldKey + '_usePath'] = 'alternate:hover';
+                    return last && Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.fieldKey + '-alternates', drop);
+                }, true);
             } else if (de.altKey || !this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey]) {
                 const layoutDoc = de.complete.docDragData?.draggedDocuments[0];
                 const targetField = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(layoutDoc);
@@ -156,10 +154,13 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
                     this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(targetDoc[targetField] as ImageField);
                     Doc.SetNativeWidth(this.dataDoc, Doc.NativeWidth(targetDoc), this.fieldKey);
                     Doc.SetNativeHeight(this.dataDoc, Doc.NativeHeight(targetDoc), this.fieldKey);
-                    e.stopPropagation();
                 }
             }
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            return added;
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     @undoBatch
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
index 52f3575cb..4439be0cd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/LabelBox.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export class LabelBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps & LabelBoxProp
         if (docDragData && missingParams?.includes((e.target as any).textContent)) {
             this.paramsDoc[(e.target as any).textContent] = new List<Doc>(docDragData.droppedDocuments.map((d, i) => (d.onDragStart ? docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] : d)));
             e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     @observable _mouseOver = false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ScriptingBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ScriptingBox.tsx
index 37fda14fc..3ad3c911d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ScriptingBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ScriptingBox.tsx
@@ -270,8 +270,12 @@ export class ScriptingBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatable
     // sets field of the corresponding field key (param name) to be dropped document
     @action
     onDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, fieldKey: string) => {
-        Doc.SetInPlace(this.rootDoc, fieldKey, de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments[0], true);
-        e.stopPropagation();
+        if (de.complete.docDragData) {
+            de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(doc => Doc.SetInPlace(this.rootDoc, fieldKey, doc, true));
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     };
 
     // deletes a param from all areas in which it is stored
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 2e8f6c696..da0fc9ffb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -531,36 +531,50 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
-        if (de.complete.annoDragData) de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator = () => this.getAnchor(true);
+        if (de.complete.annoDragData) {
+            de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator = () => this.getAnchor(true);
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            return true;
+        }
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (dragData) {
-            const draggedDoc = dragData.draggedDocuments.length && dragData.draggedDocuments[0];
-            // replace text contents whend dragging with Alt
-            if (draggedDoc && draggedDoc.type === DocumentType.RTF && !Doc.AreProtosEqual(draggedDoc, this.props.Document) && de.altKey) {
-                if (draggedDoc.data instanceof RichTextField) {
-                    Doc.GetProto(this.dataDoc)[this.fieldKey] = new RichTextField(draggedDoc.data.Data, draggedDoc.data.Text);
-                    e.stopPropagation();
-                }
-                // embed document when dragg marked as embed
-            } else if (de.embedKey) {
-                const target = dragData.droppedDocuments[0];
-                const node = schema.nodes.dashDoc.create({
-                    width: target[Width](),
-                    height: target[Height](),
-                    title: 'dashDoc',
-                    docId: target[Id],
-                    float: 'unset',
-                });
-                if (!['embed', 'copy'].includes((dragData.dropAction ?? '') as any)) {
-                    dragData.removeDocument?.(dragData.draggedDocuments[0]);
+            const dataDoc = Doc.IsDelegateField(DocCast(this.layoutDoc.proto), this.fieldKey) ? DocCast(this.layoutDoc.proto) : this.dataDoc;
+            const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(dataDoc);
+            let added = [AclEdit, AclAdmin, AclSelfEdit].includes(effectiveAcl);
+            const draggedDoc = dragData.draggedDocuments.lastElement();
+            if (added) {
+                // replace text contents when dragging with Alt
+                if (de.altKey) {
+                    const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(draggedDoc);
+                    if (draggedDoc[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField && !Doc.AreProtosEqual(draggedDoc, this.props.Document)) {
+                        Doc.GetProto(this.dataDoc)[this.fieldKey] = Field.Copy(draggedDoc[fieldKey]);
+                    }
+
+                    // embed document when drag marked as embed
+                } else if (de.embedKey) {
+                    const node = schema.nodes.dashDoc.create({
+                        width: draggedDoc[Width](),
+                        height: draggedDoc[Height](),
+                        title: 'dashDoc',
+                        docId: draggedDoc[Id],
+                        float: 'unset',
+                    });
+                    if (!['embed', 'copy'].includes((dragData.dropAction ?? '') as any)) {
+                        added = dragData.removeDocument?.(draggedDoc) ? true : false;
+                    }
+                    if (added) {
+                        draggedDoc._freeform_fitContentsToBox = true;
+                        draggedDoc.embedContainer = this.rootDoc;
+                        const view = this._editorView!;
+                        view.dispatch(view.state.tr.insert(view.posAtCoords({ left: de.x, top: de.y })!.pos, node));
+                    }
                 }
-                target._freeform_fitContentsToBox = true;
-                target.embedContainer = this.rootDoc;
-                const view = this._editorView!;
-                view.dispatch(view.state.tr.insert(view.posAtCoords({ left: de.x, top: de.y })!.pos, node));
-                e.stopPropagation();
             } // otherwise, fall through to outer collection to handle drop
+            !added && e.preventDefault();
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            return added;
         }
+        return false;
     };
 
     getNodeEndpoints(context: Node, node: Node): { from: number; to: number } | null {
diff --git a/src/fields/Proxy.ts b/src/fields/Proxy.ts
index 55d1d9ea4..c076f5fe1 100644
--- a/src/fields/Proxy.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Proxy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Deserializable } from '../client/util/SerializationHelper';
-import { FieldWaiting, Opt } from './Doc';
+import { Field, FieldWaiting, Opt } from './Doc';
 import { primitive, serializable } from 'serializr';
 import { observable, action, runInAction, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { DocServer } from '../client/DocServer';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class ProxyField<T extends RefField> extends ObjectField {
     }
 
     [ToScriptString]() {
-        return 'invalid';
+        return Field.toScriptString(this[ToValue](undefined)?.value); // not sure this is quite right since it doesn't recreate a proxy field, but better than 'invalid' ?
     }
     [ToString]() {
         return 'ProxyField';
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index e3d1abc53..e439768ee 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ export function updateFunction(target: any, prop: any, value: any, receiver: any
                                   lastValue = ObjectField.MakeCopy(receiver[prop]);
                               },
                               prop: 'assign list',
-                          }
+                          },
+                    diff?.items
                 );
         }
         target[Update](op);
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