From 3dea269077151542bc2450bccd749ede87681556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Zeleznik <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 14:18:11 -0400
Subject: a bunch of cleanup to fix import order and to organize/restructure
 ink things in the right places.

---
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 9d02239fc..8c8b7a622 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
 import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
 import { ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent } from "../DocComponent";
 import { DocumentDecorations } from "../DocumentDecorations";
-import { InkingControl } from "../InkingControl";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import "./VideoBox.scss";
 import { documentSchema } from "../../../fields/documentSchemas";
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoD
 
     @computed get content() {
         const field = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], VideoField);
-        const interactive = InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+        const interactive = Doc.selectedTool || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
         const style = "videoBox-content" + (this._fullScreen ? "-fullScreen" : "") + interactive;
         return !field ? <div>Loading</div> :
             <video className={`${style}`} key="video" autoPlay={this._screenCapture} ref={this.setVideoRef}
@@ -273,8 +272,8 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoD
             this._reactionDisposer && this._reactionDisposer();
             this._youtubeReactionDisposer && this._youtubeReactionDisposer();
             this._reactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.layoutDoc.currentTimecode, () => !this._playing && this.Seek((this.layoutDoc.currentTimecode || 0)));
-            this._youtubeReactionDisposer = reaction(() => [this.props.isSelected(), DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting, InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool], () => {
-                const interactive = InkingControl.Instance.selectedTool === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
+            this._youtubeReactionDisposer = reaction(() => [this.props.isSelected(), DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting, Doc.selectedTool], () => {
+                const interactive = Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
                 iframe.style.pointerEvents = interactive ? "all" : "none";
             }, { fireImmediately: true });
         };
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 4cc9c6ae9a2735266994c62c01818de4bdc25ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Zeleznik <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 20:45:38 -0400
Subject: final cleanup of ink related stuff so that things are more structured
 and we avoid input cycles

---
 src/Utils.ts                                       |  13 ++
 .../apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils.ts    |   4 +-
 src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx             |   2 +-
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  81 +------------
 src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts                |  59 +++++-----
 src/client/util/LinkManager.ts                     |  10 +-
 src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx                  |   6 +-
 src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx                |  35 +++---
 src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts               |  37 +++---
 src/client/views/InkingControl.scss                | 131 ---------------------
 src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx                 |  42 -------
 src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx                  |  47 ++++----
 src/client/views/PreviewCursor.tsx                 |   4 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  33 ++++--
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  |  16 +--
 .../collectionFreeForm/InkOptionsMenu.tsx          |  95 ++++++++-------
 src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx                |  43 +++----
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            |   6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx                 |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx           |   2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |   6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx                  |   2 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |   4 +-
 src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx                 |   2 +-
 src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx        |   4 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  79 ++++++++++++-
 src/fields/InkField.ts                             |  10 +-
 src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx                     |   7 +-
 28 files changed, 312 insertions(+), 470 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/InkingControl.scss
 delete mode 100644 src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx')

diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index ef5002bec..e527634fd 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import v4 = require('uuid/v4');
 import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
 import { Socket, Room } from 'socket.io';
 import { Message } from './server/Message';
+import { ColorState } from 'react-color';
 
 export namespace Utils {
     export let DRAG_THRESHOLD = 4;
@@ -75,6 +76,18 @@ export namespace Utils {
         document.body.removeChild(textArea);
     }
 
+    export function decimalToHexString(number: number) {
+        if (number < 0) {
+            number = 0xFFFFFFFF + number + 1;
+        }
+        return (number < 16 ? "0" : "") + number.toString(16).toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+    export function colorString(color: ColorState) {
+        return color.hex.startsWith("#") ?
+            color.hex + (color.rgb.a ? decimalToHexString(Math.round(color.rgb.a * 255)) : "ff") : color.hex;
+    }
+
     export function fromRGBAstr(rgba: string) {
         const rm = rgba.match(/rgb[a]?\(([ 0-9]+)/);
         const r = rm ? Number(rm[1]) : 0;
diff --git a/src/client/apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils.ts b/src/client/apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils.ts
index fef71ffeb..a604c7de1 100644
--- a/src/client/apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
 import { ImageField } from "../../../fields/URLField";
 import { MediaItem, NewMediaItemResult } from "../../../server/apis/google/SharedTypes";
 import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
-import { Docs, DocumentOptions } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocumentOptions, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { Networking } from "../../Network";
 import { FormattedTextBox } from "../../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox";
 import GoogleAuthenticationManager from "../GoogleAuthenticationManager";
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export namespace GooglePhotos {
                 const url = data.url.href;
                 const target = Doc.MakeAlias(source);
                 const description = parseDescription(target, descriptionKey);
-                await Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(target, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
+                await DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(target, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
                 media.push({ url, description });
             }
             if (media.length) {
diff --git a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
index a7045ccb7..748d571c0 100644
--- a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ export class YoutubeBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
 
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.selectedTool && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.GetSelectedTool() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
         return (
             <>
                 <div className={classname}  >
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 994f8a147..9c807eff2 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { DashWebRTCVideo } from "../views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo";
 import { QueryBox } from "../views/nodes/QueryBox";
 import { ColorBox } from "../views/nodes/ColorBox";
 import { DocHolderBox } from "../views/nodes/DocHolderBox";
-import { InkingStroke } from "../views/InkingStroke";
+import { InkingStroke, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveInkBezierApprox } from "../views/InkingStroke";
 import { InkField } from "../../fields/InkField";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../fields/RichTextField";
 import { extname } from "path";
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ import { ContextMenu } from "../views/ContextMenu";
 import { LinkBox } from "../views/nodes/LinkBox";
 import { ScreenshotBox } from "../views/nodes/ScreenshotBox";
 import { ComparisonBox } from "../views/nodes/ComparisonBox";
-import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
-import { listSpec } from "../../fields/Schema";
-import { ObjectField } from "../../fields/ObjectField";
-import { RefField } from "../../fields/RefField";
 import { runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { UndoManager } from "../util/UndoManager";
 const path = require('path');
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ export interface DocumentOptions {
     dbDoc?: Doc;
     linkRelationship?: string; // type of relatinoship a link represents
     ischecked?: ScriptField; // returns whether a font icon box is checked
-    activePen?: Doc; // which pen document is currently active (used as the radio button state for the 'unhecked' pen tool scripts)
+    activeInkPen?: Doc; // which pen document is currently active (used as the radio button state for the 'unhecked' pen tool scripts)
     onClick?: ScriptField;
     onDoubleClick?: ScriptField;
     onChildClick?: ScriptField; // script given to children of a collection to execute when they are clicked
@@ -855,7 +851,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             created = Docs.Create.AudioDocument((field).url.href, resolved);
             layout = AudioBox.LayoutString;
         } else if (field instanceof InkField) {
-            created = Docs.Create.InkDocument(InkingStroke.InkColor, Doc.selectedTool, InkingStroke.InkWidth, InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox, (field).inkData, resolved);
+            created = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), Doc.GetSelectedTool(), ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), (field).inkData, resolved);
             layout = InkingStroke.LayoutString;
         } else if (field instanceof List && field[0] instanceof Doc) {
             created = Docs.Create.StackingDocument(DocListCast(field), resolved);
@@ -913,76 +909,6 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         return ctor ? ctor(path, options) : undefined;
     }
 
-    export function makeClone(doc: Doc, cloneMap: Map<string, Doc>, rtfs: { copy: Doc, key: string, field: RichTextField }[]): Doc {
-        if (Doc.IsBaseProto(doc)) return doc;
-        if (cloneMap.get(doc[Id])) return cloneMap.get(doc[Id])!;
-        const copy = new Doc(undefined, true);
-        cloneMap.set(doc[Id], copy);
-        if (LinkManager.Instance.getAllLinks().includes(doc) && LinkManager.Instance.getAllLinks().indexOf(copy) === -1) LinkManager.Instance.addLink(copy);
-        const exclude = Cast(doc.excludeFields, listSpec("string"), []);
-        Object.keys(doc).forEach(key => {
-            if (exclude.includes(key)) return;
-            const cfield = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(doc[key]));
-            const field = ProxyField.WithoutProxy(() => doc[key]);
-            const copyObjectField = (field: ObjectField) => {
-                const list = Cast(doc[key], listSpec(Doc));
-                if (list !== undefined && !(list instanceof Promise)) {
-                    copy[key] = new List<Doc>(list.filter(d => d instanceof Doc).map(d => DocUtils.makeClone(d as Doc, cloneMap, rtfs)));
-                } else if (doc[key] instanceof Doc) {
-                    copy[key] = key.includes("layout[") ? undefined : DocUtils.makeClone(doc[key] as Doc, cloneMap, rtfs); // reference documents except copy documents that are expanded teplate fields 
-                } else {
-                    copy[key] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(field);
-                    if (field instanceof RichTextField) {
-                        if (field.Data.includes('"docid":') || field.Data.includes('"targetId":') || field.Data.includes('"linkId":')) {
-                            rtfs.push({ copy, key, field });
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-            if (key === "proto") {
-                if (doc[key] instanceof Doc) {
-                    copy[key] = DocUtils.makeClone(doc[key]!, cloneMap, rtfs);
-                }
-            } else {
-                if (field instanceof RefField) {
-                    copy[key] = field;
-                } else if (cfield instanceof ComputedField) {
-                    copy[key] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(cfield.script.originalScript);
-                    (key === "links" && field instanceof ObjectField) && copyObjectField(field);
-                } else if (field instanceof ObjectField) {
-                    copyObjectField(field);
-                } else if (field instanceof Promise) {
-                    debugger; //This shouldn't happend...
-                } else {
-                    copy[key] = field;
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        Doc.SetInPlace(copy, "title", "CLONE: " + doc.title, true);
-        copy.cloneOf = doc;
-        cloneMap.set(doc[Id], copy);
-        return copy;
-    }
-    export function MakeClone(doc: Doc): Doc {
-        const cloneMap = new Map<string, Doc>();
-        const rtfMap: { copy: Doc, key: string, field: RichTextField }[] = [];
-        const copy = DocUtils.makeClone(doc, cloneMap, rtfMap);
-        rtfMap.map(({ copy, key, field }) => {
-            const replacer = (match: any, attr: string, id: string, offset: any, string: any) => {
-                const mapped = cloneMap.get(id);
-                return attr + "\"" + (mapped ? mapped[Id] : id) + "\"";
-            };
-            const replacer2 = (match: any, href: string, id: string, offset: any, string: any) => {
-                const mapped = cloneMap.get(id);
-                return href + (mapped ? mapped[Id] : id);
-            };
-            const regex = `(${Utils.prepend("/doc/")})([^"]*)`;
-            const re = new RegExp(regex, "g");
-            copy[key] = new RichTextField(field.Data.replace(/("docid":|"targetId":|"linkId":)"([^"]+)"/g, replacer).replace(re, replacer2), field.Text);
-        });
-        return copy;
-    }
-
     export function addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(docTextAdder: (d: Doc) => void, docAdder: (d: Doc) => void, x: number, y: number): void {
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({
             description: "Add Note ...",
@@ -1107,7 +1033,6 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         }
     }
 
-
     export async function addFieldEnumerations(doc: Opt<Doc>, enumeratedFieldKey: string, enumerations: { title: string, _backgroundColor?: string, color?: string }[]) {
         let optionsCollection = await DocServer.GetRefField(enumeratedFieldKey);
         if (!(optionsCollection instanceof Doc)) {
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index d2614a898..b0cea9947 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { ScriptField, ComputedField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { Cast, PromiseValue, StrCast, NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { nullAudio } from "../../fields/URLField";
 import { DragManager } from "./DragManager";
-import { InkingControl } from "../views/InkingControl";
 import { Scripting } from "./Scripting";
 import { CollectionViewType } from "../views/collections/CollectionView";
 import { makeTemplate } from "./DropConverter";
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     public static get MainDocId() { return this.mainDocId; }
     public static set MainDocId(id: string | undefined) { this.mainDocId = id; }
     @computed public static get UserDocument() { return Doc.UserDoc(); }
-    @computed public static get ActivePen() { return Doc.UserDoc().activePen instanceof Doc && (Doc.UserDoc().activePen as Doc).inkPen as Doc; }
 
     @observable public static GuestTarget: Doc | undefined;
     @observable public static GuestWorkspace: Doc | undefined;
@@ -301,7 +299,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
 
     static creatorBtnDescriptors(doc: Doc): {
         title: string, label: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean,
-        click?: string, ischecked?: string, activePen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc
+        click?: string, ischecked?: string, activeInkPen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc
     }[] {
         if (doc.emptyPresentation === undefined) {
             doc.emptyPresentation = Docs.Create.PresDocument(new List<Doc>(),
@@ -334,11 +332,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             { title: "Drag an import folder", label: "Load", icon: "cloud-upload-alt", ignoreClick: true, drag: 'Docs.Create.DirectoryImportDocument({ title: "Directory Import", _width: 400, _height: 400 })' },
             { title: "Drag a mobile view", label: "Phone", icon: "phone", ignoreClick: true, drag: 'Doc.UserDoc().activeMobile' },
             { title: "Drag an instance of the device collection", label: "Buxton", icon: "globe-asia", ignoreClick: true, drag: 'Docs.Create.Buxton()' },
-            // { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'activatePen(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this,2, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen,  this)`, activePen: doc },
-            // { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", click: 'activateBrush(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this,20,this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            // { title: "use stamp", icon: "stamp", click: 'activateStamp(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this)', backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            // { title: "use eraser", icon: "eraser", click: 'activateEraser(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "pink", activePen: doc },
-            // { title: "use drag", icon: "mouse-pointer", click: 'deactivateInk();this.activePen.inkPen = this;', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "white", activePen: doc },
+            // { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'activatePen(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen,  this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            // { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", click: 'activateBrush(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this,20,this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            // { title: "use stamp", icon: "stamp", click: 'activateStamp(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this)', backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            // { title: "use eraser", icon: "eraser", click: 'activateEraser(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "pink", activeInkPen: doc },
+            // { title: "use drag", icon: "mouse-pointer", click: 'deactivateInk();this.activeInkPen = this;', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "white", activeInkPen: doc },
             { title: "Drag a document previewer", label: "Prev", icon: "expand", click: 'openOnRight(getCopy(this.dragFactory, true))', drag: 'getCopy(this.dragFactory,true)', dragFactory: doc.emptyDocHolder as Doc },
             { title: "Toggle a Calculator REPL", label: "repl", icon: "calculator", click: 'addOverlayWindow("ScriptingRepl", { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: "Scripting REPL" })' },
             { title: "Connect a Google Account", label: "Google Account", icon: "external-link-alt", click: 'GoogleAuthenticationManager.Instance.fetchOrGenerateAccessToken(true)' },
@@ -358,7 +356,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             }
         }
         const buttons = CurrentUserUtils.creatorBtnDescriptors(doc).filter(d => !alreadyCreatedButtons?.includes(d.title));
-        const creatorBtns = buttons.map(({ title, label, icon, ignoreClick, drag, click, ischecked, activePen, backgroundColor, dragFactory }) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
+        const creatorBtns = buttons.map(({ title, label, icon, ignoreClick, drag, click, ischecked, activeInkPen, backgroundColor, dragFactory }) => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
             _nativeWidth: 100, _nativeHeight: 100, _width: 100, _height: 100,
             icon,
             title,
@@ -368,7 +366,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             onDragStart: drag ? ScriptField.MakeFunction(drag) : undefined,
             onClick: click ? ScriptField.MakeScript(click) : undefined,
             ischecked: ischecked ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(ischecked) : undefined,
-            activePen,
+            activeInkPen,
             backgroundColor,
             removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction"]),
             dragFactory,
@@ -387,31 +385,31 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     static setupMobileButtons(doc: Doc, buttons?: string[]) {
-        const docProtoData: { title: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean, click?: string, ischecked?: string, activePen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
+        const docProtoData: { title: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean, click?: string, ischecked?: string, activeInkPen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
             { title: "record", icon: "microphone", ignoreClick: true, click: "FILL" },
-            { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'activatePen(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this,2, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen,  this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", click: 'activateBrush(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this,20,this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "use eraser", icon: "eraser", click: 'activateEraser(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "pink", activePen: doc },
-            { title: "use drag", icon: "mouse-pointer", click: 'deactivateInk();this.activePen.inkPen = this;', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "white", activePen: doc },
-            // { title: "draw", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'switchMobileView(setupMobileInkingDoc, renderMobileInking, onSwitchMobileInking);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "red", activePen: doc },
+            { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'activatePen(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen,  this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", click: 'activateBrush(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this,20,this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "use eraser", icon: "eraser", click: 'activateEraser(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "pink", activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "use drag", icon: "mouse-pointer", click: 'deactivateInk();this.activeInkPen = this;', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "white", activeInkPen: doc },
+            // { title: "draw", icon: "pen-nib", click: 'switchMobileView(setupMobileInkingDoc, renderMobileInking, onSwitchMobileInking);', ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, backgroundColor: "red", activeInkPen: doc },
             { title: "upload", icon: "upload", click: 'switchMobileView(setupMobileUploadDoc, renderMobileUpload, onSwitchMobileUpload);', backgroundColor: "orange" },
             // { title: "upload", icon: "upload", click: 'uploadImageMobile();', backgroundColor: "cyan" },
         ];
         return docProtoData.filter(d => !buttons || !buttons.includes(d.title)).map(data => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
             _nativeWidth: 100, _nativeHeight: 100, _width: 100, _height: 100, dropAction: data.click ? "copy" : undefined, title: data.title, icon: data.icon, ignoreClick: data.ignoreClick,
             onDragStart: data.drag ? ScriptField.MakeFunction(data.drag) : undefined, onClick: data.click ? ScriptField.MakeScript(data.click) : undefined,
-            ischecked: data.ischecked ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(data.ischecked) : undefined, activePen: data.activePen,
+            ischecked: data.ischecked ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(data.ischecked) : undefined, activeInkPen: data.activeInkPen,
             backgroundColor: data.backgroundColor, removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction"]), dragFactory: data.dragFactory,
         }));
     }
 
     static setupThumbButtons(doc: Doc) {
-        const docProtoData: { title: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean, pointerDown?: string, pointerUp?: string, ischecked?: string, clipboard?: Doc, activePen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
-            { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", pointerUp: "resetPen()", pointerDown: 'setPen(2, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen,  this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", pointerUp: "resetPen()", pointerDown: 'setPen(20, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "notepad", icon: "clipboard", pointerUp: "GestureOverlay.Instance.closeFloatingDoc()", pointerDown: 'GestureOverlay.Instance.openFloatingDoc(this.clipboard)', clipboard: Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "interpret text", icon: "font", pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: "setToolglass('inktotext')", backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
-            { title: "ignore gestures", icon: "signature", pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: "setToolglass('ignoregesture')", backgroundColor: "green", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this)`, activePen: doc },
+        const docProtoData: { title: string, icon: string, drag?: string, ignoreClick?: boolean, pointerDown?: string, pointerUp?: string, ischecked?: string, clipboard?: Doc, activeInkPen?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string, dragFactory?: Doc }[] = [
+            { title: "use pen", icon: "pen-nib", pointerUp: "resetPen()", pointerDown: 'setPen(2, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "blue", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen,  this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "use highlighter", icon: "highlighter", pointerUp: "resetPen()", pointerDown: 'setPen(20, this.backgroundColor)', backgroundColor: "yellow", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "notepad", icon: "clipboard", pointerUp: "GestureOverlay.Instance.closeFloatingDoc()", pointerDown: 'GestureOverlay.Instance.openFloatingDoc(this.clipboard)', clipboard: Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "interpret text", icon: "font", pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: "setToolglass('inktotext')", backgroundColor: "orange", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
+            { title: "ignore gestures", icon: "signature", pointerUp: "setToolglass('none')", pointerDown: "setToolglass('ignoregesture')", backgroundColor: "green", ischecked: `sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this)`, activeInkPen: doc },
         ];
         return docProtoData.map(data => Docs.Create.FontIconDocument({
             _nativeWidth: 10, _nativeHeight: 10, _width: 10, _height: 10, title: data.title, icon: data.icon,
@@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             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,
-            ischecked: data.ischecked ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(data.ischecked) : undefined, activePen: data.activePen, pointerHack: true,
+            ischecked: data.ischecked ? ComputedField.MakeFunction(data.ischecked) : undefined, activeInkPen: data.activeInkPen, pointerHack: true,
             backgroundColor: data.backgroundColor, removeDropProperties: new List<string>(["dropAction"]), dragFactory: data.dragFactory,
         }));
     }
@@ -612,8 +610,8 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     static setupDockedButtons(doc: Doc) {
         if (doc["dockedBtn-pen"] === undefined) {
             doc["dockedBtn-pen"] = CurrentUserUtils.ficon({
-                onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("activatePen(this.activePen.inkPen = sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen, this) ? undefined : this)"),
-                author: "systemTemplates", title: "ink mode", icon: "pen-nib", ischecked: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`sameDocs(this.activePen.inkPen,  this)`), activePen: doc
+                onClick: ScriptField.MakeScript("activatePen(this.activeInkPen = sameDocs(this.activeInkPen, this) ? undefined : this)"),
+                author: "systemTemplates", title: "ink mode", icon: "pen-nib", ischecked: ComputedField.MakeFunction(`sameDocs(this.activeInkPen,  this)`), activeInkPen: doc
             });
         }
         if (doc["dockedBtn-undo"] === undefined) {
@@ -688,12 +686,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     }
 
     static async updateUserDocument(doc: Doc) {
-        new InkingControl();
         doc.title = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
-        doc.activePen = doc;
-        doc.inkColor = StrCast(doc.backgroundColor, "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
-        doc.inkWidth = StrCast(doc.inkWidth, "1");
-        doc.inkBezier = StrCast(doc.inkBezier, "");
+        doc.activeInkPen = doc;
+        doc.activeInkColor = StrCast(doc.activeInkColor, "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
+        doc.activeInkWidth = StrCast(doc.activeInkWidth, "1");
+        doc.activeInkBezier = StrCast(doc.activeInkBezier, "");
         doc.fontSize = NumCast(doc.fontSize, 12);
         doc["constants-snapThreshold"] = NumCast(doc["constants-snapThreshold"], 10); // 
         doc["constants-dragThreshold"] = NumCast(doc["constants-dragThreshold"], 4); // 
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
index 8e6ccf098..95528e25a 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { List } from "../../fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../fields/Schema";
 import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { Docs } from "../documents/Documents";
 import { Scripting } from "./Scripting";
 
-
 /* 
  * link doc: 
  * - anchor1: doc
@@ -34,16 +32,12 @@ export class LinkManager {
     // the linkmanagerdoc stores a list of docs representing all linkdocs in 'allLinks' and a list of strings representing all group types in 'allGroupTypes'
     // lists of strings representing the metadata keys for each group type is stored under a key that is the same as the group type 
     public get LinkManagerDoc(): Doc | undefined {
-        return Docs.Prototypes.MainLinkDocument();
+        return Doc.UserDoc().globalLinkDatabase as Doc;
     }
 
     public getAllLinks(): Doc[] {
         const ldoc = LinkManager.Instance.LinkManagerDoc;
-        if (ldoc) {
-            const docs = DocListCast(ldoc.data);
-            return docs;
-        }
-        return [];
+        return ldoc ? DocListCast(ldoc.data) : [];
     }
 
     public addLink(linkDoc: Doc): boolean {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index c398b2633..3af570f1e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function ViewBoxBaseComponent<P extends ViewBoxBaseProps, T>(schemaCtor:
 
         lookupField = (field: string) => ScriptCast(this.layoutDoc.lookupField)?.script.run({ self: this.layoutDoc, data: this.rootDoc, field: field, container: this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc }).result;
 
-        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => !this.props.Document.isBackground && (this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.renderDepth === 0 || this.layoutDoc.forceActive);//  && !Doc.selectedTool;  // bcz: inking state shouldn't affect static tools 
+        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => !this.props.Document.isBackground && (this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.renderDepth === 0 || this.layoutDoc.forceActive);//  && !Doc.SelectedTool();  // bcz: inking state shouldn't affect static tools 
         protected multiTouchDisposer?: InteractionUtils.MultiTouchEventDisposer;
     }
     return Component;
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ export function ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<P extends ViewBoxAnnotatableProps, T
         }
 
         whenActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this.props.whenActiveChanged(this._isChildActive = isActive));
-        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None && !this.props.Document.isBackground) &&
+        active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !this.props.Document.isBackground) &&
             (this.props.rootSelected(outsideReaction) || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0 || BoolCast((this.layoutDoc as any).forceActive)) ? true : false)
-        annotationsActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (Doc.selectedTool !== InkTool.None || (this.props.Document.isBackground && this.props.active()) ||
+        annotationsActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None || (this.props.Document.isBackground && this.props.active()) ||
             (this.props.Document.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
     }
     return Component;
diff --git a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
index 4ea75d7d7..3384b5fce 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/GestureOverlay.tsx
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ import { LinkManager } from "../util/LinkManager";
 import { Scripting } from "../util/Scripting";
 import { Transform } from "../util/Transform";
 import "./GestureOverlay.scss";
-import { InkingControl } from "./InkingControl";
+import { ActiveInkBezierApprox, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, InkingStroke, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth } from "./InkingStroke";
 import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
 import { RadialMenu } from "./nodes/RadialMenu";
 import HorizontalPalette from "./Palette";
 import { Touchable } from "./Touchable";
 import TouchScrollableMenu, { TouchScrollableMenuItem } from "./TouchScrollableMenu";
-import { InkingStroke } from "./InkingStroke";
-
 
 @observer
 export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
     static Instance: GestureOverlay;
 
+    @observable public InkShape: string = "";
     @observable public SavedColor?: string;
     @observable public SavedWidth?: string;
     @observable public Tool: ToolglassTools = ToolglassTools.None;
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen)) {
+        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen)) {
             this._points.push({ X: e.clientX, Y: e.clientY });
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
 
     @action
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen)) {
+        if (InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen)) {
             this._points.push({ X: e.clientX, Y: e.clientY });
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -580,8 +579,8 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
                 DocServer.Mobile.dispatchGesturePoints({
                     points: this._points,
                     bounds: B,
-                    color: InkingStroke.InkColor,
-                    width: InkingStroke.InkWidth
+                    color: ActiveInkColor(),
+                    width: ActiveInkWidth()
                 });
             }
 
@@ -624,11 +623,11 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
                 }
             }
             //if any of the shape is activated in the InkOptionsMenu
-            else if (InkingStroke.InkShape) {
-                this.makePolygon(InkingStroke.InkShape, false);
+            else if (this.InkShape) {
+                this.makePolygon(this.InkShape, false);
                 this.dispatchGesture(GestureUtils.Gestures.Stroke);
                 this._points = [];
-                InkingStroke.InkShape = "";
+                this.InkShape = "";
             }
             // if we're not drawing in a toolglass try to recognize as gesture
             else {
@@ -808,11 +807,11 @@ export default class GestureOverlay extends Touchable {
             [this._strokes.map(l => {
                 const b = this.getBounds(l);
                 return <svg key={b.left} width={b.width} height={b.height} style={{ transform: `translate(${b.left}px, ${b.top}px)`, pointerEvents: "none", position: "absolute", zIndex: 30000, overflow: "visible" }}>
-                    {InteractionUtils.CreatePolyline(l, b.left, b.top, InkingStroke.InkColor, InkingStroke.InkWidth, InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox, 1, 1, InkingStroke.InkShape)}
+                    {InteractionUtils.CreatePolyline(l, b.left, b.top, ActiveInkColor(), ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), 1, 1, this.InkShape)}
                 </svg>;
             }),
             this._points.length <= 1 ? (null) : <svg width={B.width} height={B.height} style={{ transform: `translate(${B.left}px, ${B.top}px)`, pointerEvents: "none", position: "absolute", zIndex: 30000, overflow: "visible" }}>
-                {InteractionUtils.CreatePolyline(this._points, B.left, B.top, InkingStroke.InkColor, InkingStroke.InkWidth, InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox, 1, 1, InkingStroke.InkShape)}
+                {InteractionUtils.CreatePolyline(this._points, B.left, B.top, ActiveInkColor(), ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), 1, 1, this.InkShape)}
             </svg>]
         ];
     }
@@ -902,16 +901,16 @@ Scripting.addGlobal(function setToolglass(tool: any) {
 });
 Scripting.addGlobal(function setPen(width: any, color: any) {
     runInAction(() => {
-        GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor = InkingStroke.InkColor;
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchColor(color);
-        GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedWidth = InkingStroke.InkWidth;
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(width);
+        GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor = ActiveInkColor();
+        SetActiveInkColor(color);
+        GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedWidth = ActiveInkWidth();
+        SetActiveInkWidth(width);
     });
 });
 Scripting.addGlobal(function resetPen() {
     runInAction(() => {
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchColor(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedWidth ?? "2");
+        SetActiveInkColor(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedColor ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
+        SetActiveInkWidth(GestureOverlay.Instance.SavedWidth ?? "2");
     });
 });
 Scripting.addGlobal(function createText(text: any, x: any, y: any) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 255142771..2d5af5386 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
-import { UndoManager, undoBatch } from "../util/UndoManager";
-import { SelectionManager } from "../util/SelectionManager";
-import { CollectionDockingView } from "./collections/CollectionDockingView";
-import { MainView } from "./MainView";
-import { DragManager } from "../util/DragManager";
-import { action, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { action } from "mobx";
+import { DateField } from "../../fields/DateField";
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
-import { DictationManager } from "../util/DictationManager";
-import SharingManager from "../util/SharingManager";
-import { Cast, PromiseValue, NumCast } from "../../fields/Types";
-import { ScriptField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
-import { InkingControl } from "./InkingControl";
+import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { InkTool } from "../../fields/InkField";
-import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
+import { List } from "../../fields/List";
+import { ScriptField } from "../../fields/ScriptField";
+import { Cast, PromiseValue } from "../../fields/Types";
 import GoogleAuthenticationManager from "../apis/GoogleAuthenticationManager";
-import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView";
+import { DocServer } from "../DocServer";
+import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
+import { DictationManager } from "../util/DictationManager";
+import { DragManager } from "../util/DragManager";
+import { SelectionManager } from "../util/SelectionManager";
+import SharingManager from "../util/SharingManager";
+import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from "../util/UndoManager";
+import { CollectionDockingView } from "./collections/CollectionDockingView";
 import { MarqueeView } from "./collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView";
-import { Id } from "../../fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { DocumentDecorations } from "./DocumentDecorations";
-import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
-import { DocServer } from "../DocServer";
-import { List } from "../../fields/List";
-import { DateField } from "../../fields/DateField";
+import { InkingStroke } from "./InkingStroke";
+import { MainView } from "./MainView";
+import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
 
 const modifiers = ["control", "meta", "shift", "alt"];
 type KeyHandler = (keycode: string, e: KeyboardEvent) => KeyControlInfo | Promise<KeyControlInfo>;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export default class KeyManager {
                 break;
             case "escape":
                 const main = MainView.Instance;
-                InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(InkTool.None);
+                Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.None);
                 if (main.isPointerDown) {
                     DragManager.AbortDrag();
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingControl.scss b/src/client/views/InkingControl.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 465e14d07..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/InkingControl.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-@import "globalCssVariables";
-.inking-control {
-    bottom: 20px;
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-    display: flex;
-    label,
-    input,
-    option {
-        font-size: 12px;
-    }
-    input[type="range"] {
-        -webkit-appearance: none;
-        background-color: transparent;
-        vertical-align: middle;
-        margin-top: 8px;
-        &:focus {
-            outline: none;
-        }
-        &::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
-            width: 100%;
-            height: 3px;
-            border-radius: 1.5px;
-            cursor: pointer;
-            background: $intermediate-color;
-        }
-        &::-webkit-slider-thumb {
-            height: 12px;
-            width: 12px;
-            border: 1px solid $intermediate-color;
-            border-radius: 6px;
-            background: $light-color;
-            cursor: pointer;
-            -webkit-appearance: none;
-            margin-top: -4px;
-        }
-        &::-moz-range-track {
-            width: 100%;
-            height: 3px;
-            border-radius: 1.5px;
-            cursor: pointer;
-            background: $light-color;
-        }
-        &::-moz-range-thumb {
-            height: 12px;
-            width: 12px;
-            border: 1px solid $intermediate-color;
-            border-radius: 6px;
-            background: $light-color;
-            cursor: pointer;
-            -webkit-appearance: none;
-            margin-top: -4px;
-        }
-    }
-    input[type="text"] {
-        border: none;
-        padding: 0 0px;
-        background: transparent;
-        color: $dark-color;
-        font-size: 12px;
-        margin-top: 4px;
-    }
-    .ink-panel {
-        height: 24px;
-        vertical-align: middle;
-        line-height: 28px;
-        padding: 0 10px;
-        color: $intermediate-color;
-        &:first {
-            margin-top: 0;
-        }
-    }
-    .ink-tools {
-        display: flex;
-        background-color: transparent;
-        border-radius: 0;
-        padding: 0;
-        button {
-            height: 36px;
-            padding: 0px;
-            padding-bottom: 3px;
-            margin-left: 10px;
-            background-color: transparent;
-            color: $intermediate-color;
-        }
-        button:hover {
-            transform: scale(1.15);
-        }
-    }
-    .ink-size {
-        display: flex;
-        justify-content: space-between;
-        input[type="text"] {
-            width: 42px;
-        }
-        >* {
-            margin-right: 6px;
-            &:last-child {
-                margin-right: 0;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    .ink-color {
-        display: flex;
-        position: relative;
-        padding-right: 0;
-        label {
-            margin-right: 6px;
-        }
-        .ink-color-display {
-            border-radius: 11px;
-            width: 22px;
-            height: 22px;
-            cursor: pointer;
-            text-align: center; //   span {
-            //     color: $light-color;
-            //     font-size: 8px;
-            //     user-select: none;
-            //   }
-        }
-        .ink-color-picker {
-            background-color: $light-color;
-            border-radius: 5px;
-            padding: 12px;
-            position: absolute;
-            bottom: 36px;
-            left: -3px;
-            box-shadow: $intermediate-color 0.2vw 0.2vw 0.8vw;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 349bc6ffc..000000000
--- a/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { action, observable } from "mobx";
-import { Doc } from "../../fields/Doc";
-import { InkTool } from "../../fields/InkField";
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../util/CurrentUserUtils";
-import { Scripting } from "../util/Scripting";
-import { InkingStroke } from "./InkingStroke";
-
-export class InkingControl {
-    @observable static Instance: InkingControl;
-    @observable public _open: boolean = false;
-    constructor() {
-        InkingControl.Instance = this;
-    }
-
-    switchTool = action((tool: InkTool): void => {
-        // this._selectedTool = tool;
-        Doc.UserDoc().inkTool = tool;
-    });
-
-    @action
-    switchWidth = (width: string): void => {
-        if (!isNaN(parseInt(width))) {
-            CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen && (CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen.inkWidth = InkingStroke.InkWidth = width);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @action
-    switchBezier = (bezier: string): void => {
-        CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen && (CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen.inkBezier = InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox = isNaN(parseInt(bezier)) ? "" : bezier);
-    }
-
-    @action
-    switchColor(value: string) {
-        CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen && (CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen.inkColor = InkingStroke.InkColor = value);
-    }
-}
-Scripting.addGlobal(function activateBrush(pen: any, width: any, color: any) { InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(pen ? InkTool.Highlighter : InkTool.None); InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(width); InkingControl.Instance.switchColor(color); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function activateEraser(pen: any) { return InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(pen ? InkTool.Eraser : InkTool.None); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function activateStamp(pen: any) { return InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(pen ? InkTool.Stamp : InkTool.None); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function deactivateInk() { return InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(InkTool.None); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkWidth(width: any) { return InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(width); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkColor(color: any) { return InkingControl.Instance.switchColor(color); });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
index 78d729eee..b545ede54 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { library } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 import { faPaintBrush } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
-import { observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { observable, runInAction, action } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { documentSchema } from "../../fields/documentSchemas";
 import { InkData, InkField, InkTool } from "../../fields/InkField";
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from "./DocComponent";
 import "./InkingStroke.scss";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from "./nodes/FieldView";
 import React = require("react");
+import { Scripting } from "../util/Scripting";
+import { Doc } from "../../fields/Doc";
 
 library.add(faPaintBrush);
 
@@ -23,22 +25,6 @@ const InkDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
 @observer
 export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, InkDocument>(InkDocument) {
     public static LayoutString(fieldStr: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(InkingStroke, fieldStr); }
-    @observable public static InkColor: string;
-    @observable public static InkWidth: string;
-    @observable public static InkBezierApprox: string;
-    @observable public static InkShape: string;
-
-    constructor(props: any) {
-        super(props);
-        if (InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox === undefined) {
-            runInAction(() => {
-                InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox = "";
-                InkingStroke.InkWidth = "1";
-                InkingStroke.InkColor = "black";
-                InkingStroke.InkShape = "";
-            });
-        }
-    }
 
     private analyzeStrokes = () => {
         const data: InkData = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], InkField)?.inkData ?? [];
@@ -59,9 +45,9 @@ export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, InkDocume
         const scaleX = this.props.PanelWidth() / width;
         const scaleY = this.props.PanelHeight() / height;
         const points = InteractionUtils.CreatePolyline(data, left, top,
-            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.color, InkingStroke.InkColor || "black"),
-            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeWidth, InkingStroke.InkWidth || "1"),
-            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeBezier, InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox || ""), scaleX, scaleY, "");
+            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.color, ActiveInkColor()),
+            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeWidth, ActiveInkWidth()),
+            StrCast(this.layoutDoc.strokeBezier, ActiveInkBezierApprox()), scaleX, scaleY, "");
         return (
             <svg className="inkingStroke"
                 width={width}
@@ -79,4 +65,23 @@ export class InkingStroke extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, InkDocume
             </svg>
         );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+export function SetActiveInkWidth(width: string): void { !isNaN(parseInt(width)) && ActiveInkPen() && (ActiveInkPen().activeInkWidth = width); }
+export function SetActiveBezierApprox(bezier: string): void { ActiveInkPen() && (ActiveInkPen().activeInkBezier = isNaN(parseInt(bezier)) ? "" : bezier); }
+export function SetActiveInkColor(value: string) { ActiveInkPen() && (ActiveInkPen().activeInkColor = value); }
+export function ActiveInkPen(): Doc { return Cast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkPen, Doc, null); }
+export function ActiveInkColor(): string { return StrCast(ActiveInkPen()?.activeInkColor, "black"); }
+export function ActiveInkWidth(): string { return StrCast(ActiveInkPen()?.activeInkWidth, "1"); }
+export function ActiveInkBezierApprox(): string { return StrCast(ActiveInkPen()?.activeInkBezier); }
+Scripting.addGlobal(function activateBrush(pen: any, width: any, color: any) {
+    Doc.SetSelectedTool(pen ? InkTool.Highlighter : InkTool.None);
+    SetActiveInkWidth(width);
+    SetActiveInkColor(color);
+});
+Scripting.addGlobal(function activateEraser(pen: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(pen ? InkTool.Eraser : InkTool.None); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function activateStamp(pen: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(pen ? InkTool.Stamp : InkTool.None); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function deactivateInk() { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.None); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkWidth(width: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(width); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkColor(color: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(color); });
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diff --git a/src/client/views/PreviewCursor.tsx b/src/client/views/PreviewCursor.tsx
index 33150ab7c..dd65681d4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/PreviewCursor.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/PreviewCursor.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import "normalize.css";
 import * as React from 'react';
 import "./PreviewCursor.scss";
-import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../documents/Documents';
+import { Docs } from '../documents/Documents';
 import { Doc } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { Transform } from "../util/Transform";
 import { DocServer } from '../DocServer';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class PreviewCursor extends React.Component<{}> {
                         count++;
                         if (doc instanceof Doc) {
                             i === 1 && (first = doc);
-                            const alias = DocUtils.MakeClone(doc);
+                            const alias = Doc.MakeClone(doc);
                             const deltaX = NumCast(doc.x) - NumCast(first!.x) - ptx;
                             const deltaY = NumCast(doc.y) - NumCast(first!.y) - pty;
                             alias.x = newPoint[0] + deltaX;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 873f61331..8a73565c8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
-import { faEye, faEdit } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
+import { faEdit, faEye } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
+import { faColumns, faCopy, faEllipsisV, faFingerprint, faGlobeAmericas, faImage, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faSquare, faTh, faThList, faTree } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { faColumns, faCopy, faEllipsisV, faFingerprint, faImage, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faSquare, faTh, faThList, faTree, faGlobeAmericas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { action, observable, computed } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Lightbox from 'react-image-lightbox-with-rotate';
 import 'react-image-lightbox-with-rotate/style.css'; // This only needs to be imported once in your app
 import { DateField } from '../../../fields/DateField';
-import { DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, AclSym, AclAddonly, AclReadonly } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { AclAddonly, AclReadonly, AclSym, DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
+import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
-import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast, ScriptCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
+import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
+import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
+import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
+import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { Utils, setupMoveUpEvents, returnFalse, returnZero, emptyPath, emptyFunction, returnOne } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnFalse, returnOne, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { ImageUtils } from '../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils';
+import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
 import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { ScriptBox } from '../ScriptBox';
 import { Touchable } from '../Touchable';
-import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
-import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
-import { ScriptField, ComputedField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
-import { InteractionUtils } from '../../util/InteractionUtils';
-import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
+import './CollectionView.scss';
 const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 export const COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH = 2;
 const path = require('path');
+
 library.add(faTh, faTree, faSquare, faProjectDiagram, faSignature, faThList, faFingerprint, faColumns, faGlobeAmericas, faEllipsisV, faImage, faEye as any, faCopy);
 
 export enum CollectionViewType {
@@ -500,6 +503,12 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps & CollectionViewCus
         </div>);
     }
 }
+
+
+
+// to avoid an import cycle that will cause runtime errors, 
+// we import all of the bindings needed within methods after the
+// class has been defined.
 import { SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import { CollectionCarouselView } from './CollectionCarouselView';
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "./CollectionDockingView";
@@ -515,8 +524,6 @@ import { CollectionTimeView } from './CollectionTimeView';
 import { CollectionTreeView } from "./CollectionTreeView";
 import { CollectionMapView } from './CollectionMapView';
 import { CollectionPileView } from './CollectionPileView';
-import './CollectionView.scss';
 import { CollectionViewBaseChrome } from './CollectionViewChromes';
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../util/CurrentUserUtils';
-import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 576c0c560..9c0e5e917 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import React = require("react");
 import { CollectionViewType } from "../CollectionView";
 import { Timeline } from "../../animationtimeline/Timeline";
 import { SnappingManager } from "../../../util/SnappingManager";
-import { InkingStroke } from "../../InkingStroke";
+import { InkingStroke, ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveInkBezierApprox } from "../../InkingStroke";
 
 library.add(faEye as any, faTable, faPaintBrush, faExpandArrowsAlt, faCompressArrowsAlt, faCompass, faUpload, faBraille, faChalkboard, faFileUpload);
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE) || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen)) {
+        if (e.nativeEvent.cancelBubble || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.TOUCHTYPE) || InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen)) {
             return;
         }
         this._hitCluster = this.props.Document.useClusters ? this.pickCluster(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY)) !== -1 : false;
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
             // if not using a pen and in no ink mode
-            if (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+            if (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None) {
                 this._downX = this._lastX = e.pageX;
                 this._downY = this._lastY = e.pageY;
             }
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
                     this.addMoveListeners();
                     this.removeEndListeners();
                     this.addEndListeners();
-                    // if (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen) {
+                    // if (Doc.SelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.SelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen) {
                     //     e.stopPropagation();
                     //     e.preventDefault();
                     //     const point = this.getTransform().transformPoint(pt.pageX, pt.pageY);
                     //     this._points.push({ X: point[0], Y: point[1] });
                     // }
-                    if (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+                    if (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None) {
                         this._lastX = pt.pageX;
                         this._lastY = pt.pageY;
                         e.preventDefault();
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             case GestureUtils.Gestures.Stroke:
                 const points = ge.points;
                 const B = this.getTransform().transformBounds(ge.bounds.left, ge.bounds.top, ge.bounds.width, ge.bounds.height);
-                const inkDoc = Docs.Create.InkDocument(InkingStroke.InkColor, Doc.selectedTool, InkingStroke.InkWidth, InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox, points, { title: "ink stroke", x: B.x, y: B.y, _width: B.width, _height: B.height });
+                const inkDoc = Docs.Create.InkDocument(ActiveInkColor(), Doc.GetSelectedTool(), ActiveInkWidth(), ActiveInkBezierApprox(), points, { title: "ink stroke", x: B.x, y: B.y, _width: B.width, _height: B.height });
                 this.addDocument(inkDoc);
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 break;
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             return;
         }
         if (!e.cancelBubble) {
-            const selectedTool = Doc.selectedTool;
+            const selectedTool = Doc.GetSelectedTool();
             if (selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
                 if (this._hitCluster && this.tryDragCluster(e)) {
                     e.stopPropagation(); // doesn't actually stop propagation since all our listeners are listening to events on 'document'  however it does mark the event as cancelBubble=true which we test for in the move event handlers
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             const myTouches = InteractionUtils.GetMyTargetTouches(me, this.prevPoints, true);
             const pt = myTouches[0];
             if (pt) {
-                if (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+                if (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None) {
                     if (this._hitCluster && this.tryDragCluster(e)) {
                         e.stopPropagation(); // doesn't actually stop propagation since all our listeners are listening to events on 'document'  however it does mark the event as cancelBubble=true which we test for in the move event handlers
                         e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/InkOptionsMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/InkOptionsMenu.tsx
index b35c9682e..5a27f74e5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/InkOptionsMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/InkOptionsMenu.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import React = require("react");
 import AntimodeMenu from "../../AntimodeMenu";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { observable, action } from "mobx";
+import { observable, action, computed } from "mobx";
 import "./InkOptionsMenu.scss";
-import { InkingStroke } from "../../InkingStroke";
+import { ActiveInkColor, ActiveInkBezierApprox, SetActiveInkWidth, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveBezierApprox } from "../../InkingStroke";
 import { Scripting } from "../../../util/Scripting";
 import { InkTool } from "../../../../fields/InkField";
-import { InkingControl } from "../../InkingControl";
-import { StrCast } from "../../../../fields/Types";
 import { ColorState } from "react-color";
-import { ColorBox } from "../../nodes/ColorBox";
+import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
+import GestureOverlay from "../../GestureOverlay";
+import { Doc } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
 
 @observer
 export default class InkOptionsMenu extends AntimodeMenu {
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ export default class InkOptionsMenu extends AntimodeMenu {
             hex: color, hsl: { a: 0, h: 0, s: 0, l: 0, source: "" }, hsv: { a: 0, h: 0, s: 0, v: 0, source: "" },
             rgb: { a: 0, r: 0, b: 0, g: 0, source: "" }, oldHue: 0, source: "",
         };
-        ColorBox.switchColor(col);
+        SetActiveInkColor(Utils.colorString(col));
     }
 
     @action
     changeBezier = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchBezier(!InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox ? "300" : "");
+        SetActiveBezierApprox(!ActiveInkBezierApprox() ? "300" : "");
     }
 
-    render() {
+    @computed get widthPicker() {
         var widthPicker = <button
             className="antimodeMenu-button"
             key="width"
@@ -52,30 +52,33 @@ export default class InkOptionsMenu extends AntimodeMenu {
             W
         </button>;
         if (this._widthBtn) {
-            widthPicker = <div className="btn2-group">
+            widthPicker = <div className="btn2-group" key="width">
                 {widthPicker}
                 {this._width.map(wid => {
                     return <button
                         className="antimodeMenu-button"
                         key={wid}
-                        onPointerDown={action(() => { InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(wid); this._widthBtn = false; })}
+                        onPointerDown={action(() => { SetActiveInkWidth(wid); this._widthBtn = false; })}
                         style={{ backgroundColor: this._widthBtn ? "121212" : "" }}>
                         {wid}
                     </button>;
                 })}
             </div>;
         }
+        return widthPicker;
+    }
 
+    @computed get colorPicker() {
         var colorPicker = <button
             className="antimodeMenu-button"
             key="color"
             title="colorChanger"
             onPointerDown={action(e => this._colorBtn = !this._colorBtn)}
             style={{ backgroundColor: this._colorBtn ? "121212" : "" }}>
-            <div className="color-preview" style={{ backgroundColor: InkingStroke.InkColor ?? "121212" }}></div>
+            <div className="color-preview" style={{ backgroundColor: ActiveInkColor() ?? "121212" }}></div>
         </button>;
         if (this._colorBtn) {
-            colorPicker = <div className="btn-group">
+            colorPicker = <div className="btn-group" key="color">
                 {colorPicker}
                 {this._palette.map(color => {
                     return <button
@@ -88,46 +91,50 @@ export default class InkOptionsMenu extends AntimodeMenu {
                 })}
             </div>;
         }
+        return colorPicker;
+    }
 
-        const buttons = [
-            <button className="antimodeMenu-button"
-                title="Drag"
-                key="drag"
-                onPointerDown={e => this.dragStart(e)}>
-                ✜
-            </button>,
-            <>
-                {this._buttons.map((btn, i) => <button
-                    className="antimodeMenu-button"
-                    title={`Draw ${btn}`}
-                    key={btn}
-                    onPointerDown={action(e => InkingStroke.InkShape = btn)}
-                    style={btn === InkingStroke.InkShape ? { backgroundColor: "121212" } : {}}>
-                    {this._icons[i]}
-                </button>)},
-            </>,
-            <button
+    @computed get shapeButtons() {
+        return <>
+            {this._buttons.map((btn, i) => <button
                 className="antimodeMenu-button"
-                title="Bezier changer"
-                key="bezier"
-                onPointerDown={e => this.changeBezier(e)}
-                style={InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox ? { backgroundColor: "121212" } : {}}>
-                B
-            </button>,
-            widthPicker,
-            colorPicker,
+                title={`Draw ${btn}`}
+                key={btn}
+                onPointerDown={action(e => GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape = btn)}
+                style={{ backgroundColor: btn === GestureOverlay.Instance.InkShape ? "121212" : "" }}>
+                {this._icons[i]}
+            </button>)},
+        </>;
+    }
+
+    @computed get bezierButton() {
+        return <button
+            className="antimodeMenu-button"
+            title="Bezier changer"
+            key="bezier"
+            onPointerDown={e => this.changeBezier(e)}
+            style={ { backgroundColor:ActiveInkBezierApprox() ? "121212":"" } }>
+            B
+        </button>;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        const buttons = [
+            <button className="antimodeMenu-button" title="Drag" key="drag" onPointerDown={e => this.dragStart(e)}>  ✜  </button>,
+            this.shapeButtons,
+            this.bezierButton,
+            this.widthPicker,
+            this.colorPicker,
         ];
         return this.getElement(buttons);
     }
 }
-Scripting.addGlobal(function activatePen(pen: any) {
-    InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(pen ? InkTool.Pen : InkTool.None);
-    if (pen) {
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(StrCast(pen.inkWidth, "1"));
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchColor(StrCast(pen.inkColor, "black"));
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchBezier(StrCast(pen.inkBezier, ""));
+Scripting.addGlobal(function activatePen(penBtn: any) {
+    if (penBtn) {
+        Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.Pen);
         InkOptionsMenu.Instance.jumpTo(300, 300);
     } else {
+        Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.None);
         InkOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
     }
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
index 762c57ae9..0d6258cf3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 import React = require("react");
+import { action } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { SketchPicker, ColorState } from 'react-color';
+import { ColorState, SketchPicker } from 'react-color';
+import { Doc } from "../../../fields/Doc";
+import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
 import { documentSchema } from "../../../fields/documentSchemas";
+import { InkTool } from "../../../fields/InkField";
 import { makeInterface } from "../../../fields/Schema";
 import { StrCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
-import { CurrentUserUtils } from "../../util/CurrentUserUtils";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
+import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from "../DocComponent";
-import { InkingControl } from "../InkingControl";
+import { ActiveInkPen, ActiveInkWidth, ActiveInkBezierApprox, SetActiveInkColor, SetActiveInkWidth, SetActiveBezierApprox } from "../InkingStroke";
 import "./ColorBox.scss";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
-import { InkingStroke } from "../InkingStroke";
-import { Doc } from "../../../fields/Doc";
-import { InkTool } from "../../../fields/InkField";
-import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
-import { action } from "mobx";
 import { FormattedTextBox } from "./formattedText/FormattedTextBox";
 
 type ColorDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
@@ -24,22 +23,13 @@ const ColorDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
 export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, ColorDocument>(ColorDocument) {
     public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string) { return FieldView.LayoutString(ColorBox, fieldKey); }
 
-    static decimalToHexString(number: number) {
-        if (number < 0) {
-            number = 0xFFFFFFFF + number + 1;
-        }
-        return (number < 16 ? "0" : "") + number.toString(16).toUpperCase();
-    }
-
     @undoBatch
     @action
     static switchColor(color: ColorState) {
-        Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor = color.hex.startsWith("#") ?
-            color.hex + (color.rgb.a ? ColorBox.decimalToHexString(Math.round(color.rgb.a * 255)) : "ff") : color.hex;
-        InkingStroke.InkColor = StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor);
-        CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen && (CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen.inkColor = color.hex);
+        Doc.UserDoc().backgroundColor = Utils.colorString(color);
+        SetActiveInkColor(color.hex);
 
-        if (Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+        if (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None) {
             const selected = SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments();
             selected.map(view => {
                 const targetDoc = view.props.Document.dragFactory instanceof Doc ? view.props.Document.dragFactory :
@@ -56,6 +46,9 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, ColorDocument
         }
     }
 
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+    }
     render() {
         const selDoc = SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments()?.[0]?.rootDoc;
         return <div className={`colorBox-container${this.active() ? "-interactive" : ""}`}
@@ -63,13 +56,13 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, ColorDocument
             style={{ transform: `scale(${this.props.ContentScaling()})`, width: `${100 / this.props.ContentScaling()}%`, height: `${100 / this.props.ContentScaling()}%` }} >
 
             <SketchPicker onChange={ColorBox.switchColor} presetColors={['#D0021B', '#F5A623', '#F8E71C', '#8B572A', '#7ED321', '#417505', '#9013FE', '#4A90E2', '#50E3C2', '#B8E986', '#000000', '#4A4A4A', '#9B9B9B', '#FFFFFF', '#f1efeb', 'transparent']}
-                color={StrCast(CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen ? CurrentUserUtils.ActivePen.backgroundColor : undefined,
+                color={StrCast(ActiveInkPen()?.backgroundColor,
                     StrCast(selDoc?._backgroundColor, StrCast(selDoc?.backgroundColor, "black")))} />
             <div style={{ display: "grid", gridTemplateColumns: "20% 80%", paddingTop: "10px" }}>
-                <div> {InkingStroke.InkWidth ?? 2}</div>
-                <input type="range" value={InkingStroke.InkWidth ?? 2} defaultValue={2} min={1} max={100} onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => InkingControl.Instance.switchWidth(e.target.value)} />
-                <div> {InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox ?? 2}</div>
-                <input type="range" value={InkingStroke.InkBezierApprox ?? 2} defaultValue={2} min={0} max={300} onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => InkingControl.Instance.switchBezier(e.target.value)} />
+                <div> {ActiveInkWidth() ?? 2}</div>
+                <input type="range" value={ActiveInkWidth() ?? 2} defaultValue={2} min={1} max={100} onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => SetActiveInkWidth(e.target.value)} />
+                <div> {ActiveInkBezierApprox() ?? 2}</div>
+                <input type="range" value={ActiveInkBezierApprox() ?? 2} defaultValue={2} min={0} max={300} onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => SetActiveBezierApprox(e.target.value)} />
                 <br />
                 <br />
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 196e61a31..98be1adc0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         // console.log(e.button)
         // console.log(e.nativeEvent)
         // continue if the event hasn't been canceled AND we are using a moues or this is has an onClick or onDragStart function (meaning it is a button document)
-        if (!(InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.MOUSETYPE) || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen)) {
+        if (!(InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.MOUSETYPE) || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen)) {
             if (!InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE)) {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 // TODO: check here for panning/inking
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
 
         if ((e as any).formattedHandled) { e.stopPropagation(); return; }
-        if ((InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.Pen)) return;
+        if ((InteractionUtils.IsType(e, InteractionUtils.PENTYPE) || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Highlighter || Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.Pen)) return;
         if (e.cancelBubble && this.active) {
             document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove); // stop listening to pointerMove if something else has stopPropagated it (e.g., the MarqueeView)
         }
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     @computed get ignorePointerEvents() {
         return this.props.pointerEvents === false ||
             (this.Document.isBackground && !this.isSelected() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) ||
-            (this.Document.type === DocumentType.INK && Doc.selectedTool !== InkTool.None);
+            (this.Document.type === DocumentType.INK && Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None);
     }
     @undoBatch
     @action
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
index 81669dc2a..dbc879920 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export class PresBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, PresBoxSchema>
     selectElement = (doc: Doc) => this.gotoDocument(this.childDocs.indexOf(doc), NumCast(this.itemIndex));
     getTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-5, -65);// listBox padding-left and pres-box-cont minHeight
     panelHeight = () => this.props.PanelHeight() - 20;
-    active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc.isBackground) &&
+    active = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => ((Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc.isBackground) &&
         (this.layoutDoc.forceActive || this.props.isSelected(outsideReaction) || this._isChildActive || this.props.renderDepth === 0) ? true : false)
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
index 1184f32f1..d75b864cf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class ScreenshotBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, Screensh
     }
 
     @computed get content() {
-        const interactive = Doc.selectedTool || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
         const style = "videoBox-content" + interactive;
         return <video className={`${style}`} key="video" autoPlay={this._screenCapture} ref={this.setVideoRef}
             style={{ width: this._screenCapture ? "100%" : undefined, height: this._screenCapture ? "100%" : undefined }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 8c8b7a622..1e0a859d3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoD
 
     @computed get content() {
         const field = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], VideoField);
-        const interactive = Doc.selectedTool || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
         const style = "videoBox-content" + (this._fullScreen ? "-fullScreen" : "") + interactive;
         return !field ? <div>Loading</div> :
             <video className={`${style}`} key="video" autoPlay={this._screenCapture} ref={this.setVideoRef}
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoD
             this._reactionDisposer && this._reactionDisposer();
             this._youtubeReactionDisposer && this._youtubeReactionDisposer();
             this._reactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.layoutDoc.currentTimecode, () => !this._playing && this.Seek((this.layoutDoc.currentTimecode || 0)));
-            this._youtubeReactionDisposer = reaction(() => [this.props.isSelected(), DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting, Doc.selectedTool], () => {
-                const interactive = Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
+            this._youtubeReactionDisposer = reaction(() => [this.props.isSelected(), DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting, Doc.GetSelectedTool()], () => {
+                const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && this.props.isSelected(true) && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
                 iframe.style.pointerEvents = interactive ? "all" : "none";
             }, { fireImmediately: true });
         };
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
index dcc87068b..8fdde61e0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/WebBox.tsx
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export class WebBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, WebDocum
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || decInteracting;
 
         return (<>
-            <div className={"webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && Doc.selectedTool === InkTool.None && !decInteracting ? "-interactive" : "")}
+            <div className={"webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !decInteracting ? "-interactive" : "")}
                 onWheel={this.onPostWheel} onPointerDown={this.onPostPointer} onPointerMove={this.onPostPointer} onPointerUp={this.onPostPointer}>
                 {view}
             </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index c0a8bec40..2c1d93222 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         TraceMobx();
         const scale = this.props.ContentScaling() * NumCast(this.layoutDoc.scale, 1);
         const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.borderRounding) === "100%" ? "-rounded" : "";
-        const interactive = Doc.selectedTool || this.layoutDoc.isBackground;
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || this.layoutDoc.isBackground;
         if (this.props.isSelected()) {
             this._editorView && RichTextMenu.Instance.updateFromDash(this._editorView, undefined, this.props);
         } else if (FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) {
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                     </div>
                     {!this.layoutDoc._showSidebar ? (null) : this.sidebarWidthPercent === "0%" ?
                         <div className="formattedTextBox-sidebar-handle" onPointerDown={this.sidebarDown} /> :
-                        <div className={"formattedTextBox-sidebar" + (Doc.selectedTool !== InkTool.None ? "-inking" : "")}
+                        <div className={"formattedTextBox-sidebar" + (Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None ? "-inking" : "")}
                             style={{ width: `${this.sidebarWidthPercent}`, backgroundColor: `${this.sidebarColor}` }}>
                             <CollectionFreeFormView {...this.props}
                                 PanelHeight={this.props.PanelHeight}
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index c18f69e1d..8cf5026c8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<IViewerProps, PdfDocu
     panelWidth = () => (this.Document.scrollHeight || this.Document._nativeHeight || 0);
     panelHeight = () => this._pageSizes.length && this._pageSizes[0] ? this._pageSizes[0].width : (this.Document._nativeWidth || 0);
     @computed get overlayLayer() {
-        return <div className={`pdfViewer-overlay${Doc.selectedTool !== InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "-inking" : ""}`} id="overlay"
+        return <div className={`pdfViewer-overlay${Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None || SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "-inking" : ""}`} id="overlay"
             style={{ transform: `scale(${this._zoomed})` }}>
             <CollectionFreeFormView {...this.props}
                 LibraryPath={this.props.ContainingCollectionView?.props.LibraryPath ?? emptyPath}
diff --git a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
index 0b1e90b1d..83de9cc15 100644
--- a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { initialize, hangup, refreshVideos } from "./WebCamLogic";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { IconProp, library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faSync, faPhoneSlash } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+import { Doc } from "../../../fields/Doc";
 
 library.add(faSync);
 library.add(faPhoneSlash);
@@ -71,8 +72,7 @@ export class DashWebRTCVideo extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormDocumentV
             </div >;
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.selectedTool && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
-
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.GetSelectedTool() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
 
         return (
             <>
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index d635836bb..981025483 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { DocumentType } from "../client/documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { Scripting, scriptingGlobal } from "../client/util/Scripting";
 import { afterDocDeserialize, autoObject, Deserializable, SerializationHelper } from "../client/util/SerializationHelper";
 import { UndoManager } from "../client/util/UndoManager";
-import { intersectRect } from "../Utils";
+import { intersectRect, Utils } from "../Utils";
 import { Copy, HandleUpdate, Id, OnUpdate, Parent, Self, SelfProxy, ToScriptString, ToString, Update } from "./FieldSymbols";
 import { InkTool } from "./InkField";
 import { List } from "./List";
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { listSpec } from "./Schema";
 import { ComputedField } from "./ScriptField";
 import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast, ToConstructor } from "./Types";
 import { deleteProperty, getField, getter, makeEditable, makeReadOnly, setter, updateFunction } from "./util";
+import { LinkManager } from "../client/util/LinkManager";
 
 export namespace Field {
     export function toKeyValueString(doc: Doc, key: string): string {
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ function fetchProto(doc: Doc) {
 @scriptingGlobal
 @Deserializable("Doc", fetchProto).withFields(["id"])
 export class Doc extends RefField {
-    @computed public static get selectedTool(): InkTool { return FieldValue(NumCast(Doc.UserDoc().inkTool)) ?? InkTool.None; }
     constructor(id?: FieldId, forceSave?: boolean) {
         super(id);
         const doc = new Proxy<this>(this, {
@@ -486,6 +486,78 @@ export namespace Doc {
         return alias;
     }
 
+
+
+    export function makeClone(doc: Doc, cloneMap: Map<string, Doc>, rtfs: { copy: Doc, key: string, field: RichTextField }[]): Doc {
+        if (Doc.IsBaseProto(doc)) return doc;
+        if (cloneMap.get(doc[Id])) return cloneMap.get(doc[Id])!;
+        const copy = new Doc(undefined, true);
+        cloneMap.set(doc[Id], copy);
+        if (LinkManager.Instance.getAllLinks().includes(doc) && LinkManager.Instance.getAllLinks().indexOf(copy) === -1) LinkManager.Instance.addLink(copy);
+        const exclude = Cast(doc.excludeFields, listSpec("string"), []);
+        Object.keys(doc).forEach(key => {
+            if (exclude.includes(key)) return;
+            const cfield = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(doc[key]));
+            const field = ProxyField.WithoutProxy(() => doc[key]);
+            const copyObjectField = (field: ObjectField) => {
+                const list = Cast(doc[key], listSpec(Doc));
+                if (list !== undefined && !(list instanceof Promise)) {
+                    copy[key] = new List<Doc>(list.filter(d => d instanceof Doc).map(d => Doc.makeClone(d as Doc, cloneMap, rtfs)));
+                } else if (doc[key] instanceof Doc) {
+                    copy[key] = key.includes("layout[") ? undefined : Doc.makeClone(doc[key] as Doc, cloneMap, rtfs); // reference documents except copy documents that are expanded teplate fields 
+                } else {
+                    copy[key] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(field);
+                    if (field instanceof RichTextField) {
+                        if (field.Data.includes('"docid":') || field.Data.includes('"targetId":') || field.Data.includes('"linkId":')) {
+                            rtfs.push({ copy, key, field });
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            if (key === "proto") {
+                if (doc[key] instanceof Doc) {
+                    copy[key] = Doc.makeClone(doc[key]!, cloneMap, rtfs);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (field instanceof RefField) {
+                    copy[key] = field;
+                } else if (cfield instanceof ComputedField) {
+                    copy[key] = ComputedField.MakeFunction(cfield.script.originalScript);
+                    (key === "links" && field instanceof ObjectField) && copyObjectField(field);
+                } else if (field instanceof ObjectField) {
+                    copyObjectField(field);
+                } else if (field instanceof Promise) {
+                    debugger; //This shouldn't happend...
+                } else {
+                    copy[key] = field;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        Doc.SetInPlace(copy, "title", "CLONE: " + doc.title, true);
+        copy.cloneOf = doc;
+        cloneMap.set(doc[Id], copy);
+        return copy;
+    }
+    export function MakeClone(doc: Doc): Doc {
+        const cloneMap = new Map<string, Doc>();
+        const rtfMap: { copy: Doc, key: string, field: RichTextField }[] = [];
+        const copy = Doc.makeClone(doc, cloneMap, rtfMap);
+        rtfMap.map(({ copy, key, field }) => {
+            const replacer = (match: any, attr: string, id: string, offset: any, string: any) => {
+                const mapped = cloneMap.get(id);
+                return attr + "\"" + (mapped ? mapped[Id] : id) + "\"";
+            };
+            const replacer2 = (match: any, href: string, id: string, offset: any, string: any) => {
+                const mapped = cloneMap.get(id);
+                return href + (mapped ? mapped[Id] : id);
+            };
+            const regex = `(${Utils.prepend("/doc/")})([^"]*)`;
+            const re = new RegExp(regex, "g");
+            copy[key] = new RichTextField(field.Data.replace(/("docid":|"targetId":|"linkId":)"([^"]+)"/g, replacer).replace(re, replacer2), field.Text);
+        });
+        return copy;
+    }
+
     //
     // Determines whether the layout needs to be expanded (as a template).
     // template expansion is rquired when the layout is a template doc/field and there's a datadoc which isn't equal to the layout template
@@ -743,6 +815,9 @@ export namespace Doc {
     export function SearchQuery(): string { return manager._searchQuery; }
     export function SetSearchQuery(query: string) { runInAction(() => manager._searchQuery = query); }
     export function UserDoc(): Doc { return manager._user_doc; }
+
+    export function SetSelectedTool(tool: InkTool) { Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool; }
+    export function GetSelectedTool(): InkTool { return (FieldValue(StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool)) ?? InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
     export function SetUserDoc(doc: Doc) { manager._user_doc = doc; }
     export function IsBrushed(doc: Doc) {
         return computedFn(function IsBrushed(doc: Doc) {
diff --git a/src/fields/InkField.ts b/src/fields/InkField.ts
index bb93de5ac..51a5768bf 100644
--- a/src/fields/InkField.ts
+++ b/src/fields/InkField.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { ObjectField } from "./ObjectField";
 import { Copy, ToScriptString, ToString } from "./FieldSymbols";
 
 export enum InkTool {
-    None,
-    Pen,
-    Highlighter,
-    Eraser,
-    Stamp
+    None = "none",
+    Pen = "pen",
+    Highlighter = "highlighter",
+    Eraser = "eraser",
+    Stamp = "stamp"
 }
 
 export interface PointData {
diff --git a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
index 6c2e797d6..da14ffc88 100644
--- a/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/mobile/MobileInterface.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { Scripting } from '../client/util/Scripting';
 import { Transform } from '../client/util/Transform';
 import { DocumentDecorations } from '../client/views/DocumentDecorations';
 import GestureOverlay from '../client/views/GestureOverlay';
-import { InkingControl } from '../client/views/InkingControl';
 import { DocumentView } from '../client/views/nodes/DocumentView';
 import { RadialMenu } from '../client/views/nodes/RadialMenu';
 import { PreviewCursor } from '../client/views/PreviewCursor';
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../client/util/CurrentUserUtils';
 import { emptyFunction, emptyPath, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero } from '../Utils';
 import "./MobileInterface.scss";
 import { CollectionView } from '../client/views/collections/CollectionView';
+import { InkingStroke } from '../client/views/InkingStroke';
 
 library.add(faLongArrowAltLeft);
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
     }
 
     onSwitchInking = () => {
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(InkTool.Pen);
+        Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.Pen);
         MobileInterface.Instance.drawingInk = true;
 
         DocServer.Mobile.dispatchOverlayTrigger({
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
 
     onBack = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         this.switchCurrentView((userDoc: Doc) => this.mainDoc);
-        InkingControl.Instance.switchTool(InkTool.None); // TODO: switch to previous tool
+        Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.None); // TODO: switch to previous tool
 
         DocServer.Mobile.dispatchOverlayTrigger({
             enableOverlay: false,
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export default class MobileInterface extends React.Component {
                         Document={this.mainContainer}
                         DataDoc={undefined}
                         LibraryPath={emptyPath}
+                        filterAddDocument={returnTrue}
                         fieldKey={""}
                         dropAction={"alias"}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 747581ac65f706710becad034c5f5abff76b8e51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Zeleznik <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 17:26:05 -0400
Subject: fixed lots of errors/warnings.  added 'a' to be able embed documents
 on drop.  added 'l' toggle to perist lasso/marquee mode.

---
 src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx             |  3 +-
 src/client/documents/Documents.ts                  |  2 +-
 src/client/util/DragManager.ts                     | 50 +++++++++++++++-------
 .../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx    |  4 +-
 src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx           |  2 +-
 src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts               |  1 +
 src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx                  |  4 +-
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  4 +-
 src/client/views/animationtimeline/Keyframe.tsx    |  8 ++--
 src/client/views/animationtimeline/Timeline.tsx    |  2 +-
 .../views/animationtimeline/TimelineOverview.tsx   |  4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx       |  7 +--
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  3 +-
 .../CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx          |  2 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx |  4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx       |  3 +-
 src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx    |  2 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx    |  2 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 13 +++---
 .../collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss            |  2 +-
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx |  9 ++--
 src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx           |  3 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx                |  2 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx      |  4 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx    |  7 +--
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx |  4 +-
 .../views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextSchema.tsx   |  4 +-
 src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx        |  3 +-
 src/fields/Doc.ts                                  |  4 +-
 src/fields/RichTextUtils.ts                        |  6 +--
 src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts            |  3 +-
 31 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
index 748d571c0..2a1f55710 100644
--- a/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/apis/youtube/YoutubeBox.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from "../../views/nodes/FieldView";
 import "../../views/nodes/WebBox.scss";
 import "./YoutubeBox.scss";
 import React = require("react");
+import { InkTool } from '../../../fields/InkField';
 
 interface VideoTemplate {
     thumbnailUrl: string;
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ export class YoutubeBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
 
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.GetSelectedTool() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
         return (
             <>
                 <div className={classname}  >
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 8d3e5a771..8d867348f 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
             return doc;
         }
 
-        export function InkDocument(color: string, tool: number, strokeWidth: string, strokeBezier: string, points: { X: number, Y: number }[], options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
+        export function InkDocument(color: string, tool: string, strokeWidth: string, strokeBezier: string, points: { X: number, Y: number }[], options: DocumentOptions = {}) {
             const I = new Doc();
             I.type = DocumentType.INK;
             I.layout = InkingStroke.LayoutString("data");
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index e7a14f9c5..f1afaf734 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function SetupDrag(
 
 export namespace DragManager {
     let dragDiv: HTMLDivElement;
+    let dragLabel: HTMLDivElement;
     export let StartWindowDrag: Opt<((e: any, dragDocs: Doc[]) => void)> = undefined;
 
     export function Root() {
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ export namespace DragManager {
             readonly shiftKey: boolean,
             readonly altKey: boolean,
             readonly metaKey: boolean,
-            readonly ctrlKey: boolean
+            readonly ctrlKey: boolean,
+            readonly embedKey: boolean,
         ) { }
     }
 
@@ -309,14 +311,24 @@ export namespace DragManager {
         };
     }
     export let docsBeingDragged: Doc[] = [];
+    export let CanEmbed = false;
     export function StartDrag(eles: HTMLElement[], dragData: { [id: string]: any }, downX: number, downY: number, options?: DragOptions, finishDrag?: (dropData: DragCompleteEvent) => void) {
         eles = eles.filter(e => e);
+        CanEmbed = false;
         if (!dragDiv) {
             dragDiv = document.createElement("div");
             dragDiv.className = "dragManager-dragDiv";
             dragDiv.style.pointerEvents = "none";
+            dragLabel = document.createElement("div") as HTMLDivElement;
+            dragLabel.className = "dragManager-dragLabel";
+            dragLabel.style.zIndex = "100001";
+            dragLabel.style.fontSize = "10";
+            dragLabel.style.position = "absolute";
+            dragLabel.innerText = "press 'a' to embed on drop";
+            dragDiv.appendChild(dragLabel);
             DragManager.Root().appendChild(dragDiv);
         }
+        dragLabel.style.display = "";
         SnappingManager.SetIsDragging(true);
         const scaleXs: number[] = [];
         const scaleYs: number[] = [];
@@ -358,6 +370,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
             dragElement.style.transform = `translate(${rect.left + (options?.offsetX || 0)}px, ${rect.top + (options?.offsetY || 0)}px) scale(${scaleX}, ${scaleY})`;
             dragElement.style.width = `${rect.width / scaleX}px`;
             dragElement.style.height = `${rect.height / scaleY}px`;
+            dragLabel.style.transform = `translate(${rect.left + (options?.offsetX || 0)}px, ${rect.top + (options?.offsetY || 0) - 20}px)`;
 
             if (docsBeingDragged.length) {
                 const pdfBox = dragElement.getElementsByTagName("canvas");
@@ -399,20 +412,21 @@ export namespace DragManager {
             if (dragData instanceof DocumentDragData) {
                 dragData.userDropAction = e.ctrlKey && e.altKey ? "copy" : e.ctrlKey ? "alias" : undefined;
             }
-            if (e.shiftKey && dragData.droppedDocuments.length === 1) {
-                !dragData.dropAction && (dragData.dropAction = alias);
-                if (dragData.dropAction === "move") {
-                    dragData.removeDocument?.(dragData.draggedDocuments[0]);
+            if (e)
+                if (e.shiftKey && dragData.droppedDocuments.length === 1) {
+                    !dragData.dropAction && (dragData.dropAction = alias);
+                    if (dragData.dropAction === "move") {
+                        dragData.removeDocument?.(dragData.draggedDocuments[0]);
+                    }
+                    AbortDrag();
+                    finishDrag?.(new DragCompleteEvent(true, dragData));
+                    DragManager.StartWindowDrag?.({
+                        pageX: e.pageX,
+                        pageY: e.pageY,
+                        preventDefault: emptyFunction,
+                        button: 0
+                    }, dragData.droppedDocuments);
                 }
-                AbortDrag();
-                finishDrag?.(new DragCompleteEvent(true, dragData));
-                DragManager.StartWindowDrag?.({
-                    pageX: e.pageX,
-                    pageY: e.pageY,
-                    preventDefault: emptyFunction,
-                    button: 0
-                }, dragData.droppedDocuments);
-            }
 
             const { thisX, thisY } = snapDrag(e, xFromLeft, yFromTop, xFromRight, yFromBottom);
 
@@ -421,12 +435,14 @@ export namespace DragManager {
             const moveY = thisY - lastY;
             lastX = thisX;
             lastY = thisY;
+            dragLabel.style.transform = `translate(${xs[0] + moveX + (options?.offsetX || 0)}px, ${ys[0] + moveY + (options?.offsetY || 0) - 20}px)`;
             dragElements.map((dragElement, i) => (dragElement.style.transform =
                 `translate(${(xs[i] += moveX) + (options?.offsetX || 0)}px, ${(ys[i] += moveY) + (options?.offsetY || 0)}px)  scale(${scaleXs[i]}, ${scaleYs[i]})`)
             );
         };
 
         const hideDragShowOriginalElements = () => {
+            dragLabel.style.display = "none";
             dragElements.map(dragElement => dragElement.parentNode === dragDiv && dragDiv.removeChild(dragElement));
             eles.map(ele => ele.parentElement && ele.parentElement?.className === dragData.dragDivName ? (ele.parentElement.hidden = false) : (ele.hidden = false));
         };
@@ -481,7 +497,8 @@ export namespace DragManager {
                         shiftKey: e.shiftKey,
                         altKey: e.altKey,
                         metaKey: e.metaKey,
-                        ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey
+                        ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
+                        embedKey: CanEmbed
                     }
                 })
             );
@@ -496,7 +513,8 @@ export namespace DragManager {
                         shiftKey: e.shiftKey,
                         altKey: e.altKey,
                         metaKey: e.metaKey,
-                        ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey
+                        ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
+                        embedKey: CanEmbed
                     }
                 })
             );
diff --git a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
index 4e5cde558..25c556697 100644
--- a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
+++ b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx	
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Measure, { ContentRect } from "react-measure";
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { faTag, faPlus, faCloudUploadAlt } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { Docs, DocumentOptions } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocumentOptions, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import ImportMetadataEntry, { keyPlaceholder, valuePlaceholder } from "./ImportMetadataEntry";
 import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export default class DirectoryImportBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps>
             }
             const { accessPaths, exifData } = result;
             const path = Utils.prepend(accessPaths.agnostic.client);
-            const document = await Doc.Get.DocumentFromType(type, path, { _width: 300, title: name });
+            const document = await DocUtils.DocumentFromType(type, path, { _width: 300, title: name });
             const { data, error } = exifData;
             if (document) {
                 Doc.GetProto(document).exif = error || Doc.Get.FromJson({ data });
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index e7a237e62..6ca7331d6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{}, { value: string }>
     onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
         SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments().map(dv => {
             if (NumCast(dv.layoutDoc._delayAutoHeight) < this._dragHeights.get(dv.layoutDoc)!) {
-                dv.nativeWidth > 0 && Doc.toggleNativeDimensions(dv.layoutDoc, dv.props.ContentScaling(), dv.panelWidth(), dv.panelHeight());
+                dv.nativeWidth > 0 && Doc.toggleNativeDimensions(dv.layoutDoc, dv.props.ContentScaling(), dv.props.PanelWidth(), dv.props.PanelHeight());
                 dv.layoutDoc._autoHeight = true;
             }
             dv.layoutDoc._delayAutoHeight = undefined;
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 2d5af5386..772cb07b1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export default class KeyManager {
 
     private unmodified = action((keyname: string, e: KeyboardEvent) => {
         switch (keyname) {
+            case "a": DragManager.CanEmbed = true;
             case " ":
                 MarqueeView.DragMarquee = !MarqueeView.DragMarquee;
                 break;
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
index 7dac2e3b5..7d73247af 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingStroke.tsx
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ Scripting.addGlobal(function activateBrush(pen: any, width: any, color: any) {
 Scripting.addGlobal(function activateEraser(pen: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(pen ? InkTool.Eraser : InkTool.None); });
 Scripting.addGlobal(function activateStamp(pen: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(pen ? InkTool.Stamp : InkTool.None); });
 Scripting.addGlobal(function deactivateInk() { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(InkTool.None); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkWidth(width: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(width); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkColor(color: any) { return Doc.SetSelectedTool(color); });
\ No newline at end of file
+Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkWidth(width: any) { return SetActiveInkWidth(width); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function setInkColor(color: any) { return SetActiveInkColor(color); });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index 77e6ebf44..f135823a8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from "./nodes/DocumentView";
 import { Template } from "./Templates";
 import React = require("react");
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../fields/Doc";
-import { Docs, } from "../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils, } from "../documents/Documents";
 import { StrCast, Cast } from "../../fields/Types";
 import { CollectionTreeView } from "./collections/CollectionTreeView";
 import { returnTrue, emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne, emptyPath, returnZero } from "../../Utils";
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ Scripting.addGlobal(function switchView(doc: Doc, template: Doc | undefined) {
         template = Cast(template.dragFactory, Doc, null);
     }
     const templateTitle = StrCast(template?.title);
-    return templateTitle && Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(doc, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument, templateTitle, template);
+    return templateTitle && DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(doc, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument, templateTitle, template);
 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Keyframe.tsx b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Keyframe.tsx
index b562bd957..3a7182a94 100644
--- a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Keyframe.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Keyframe.tsx
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ export class Keyframe extends React.Component<IProps> {
             const fadeIn = this.props.makeKeyData(this.regiondata, this.regiondata.position + this.regiondata.fadeIn, KeyframeFunc.KeyframeType.fade);
             const fadeOut = this.props.makeKeyData(this.regiondata, this.regiondata.position + this.regiondata.duration - this.regiondata.fadeOut, KeyframeFunc.KeyframeType.fade);
             const finish = this.props.makeKeyData(this.regiondata, this.regiondata.position + this.regiondata.duration, KeyframeFunc.KeyframeType.end);
-            (fadeIn as Doc).opacity = 1;
-            (fadeOut as Doc).opacity = 1;
-            (start as Doc).opacity = 0.1;
-            (finish as Doc).opacity = 0.1;
+            fadeIn.opacity = 1;
+            fadeOut.opacity = 1;
+            start.opacity = 0.1;
+            finish.opacity = 0.1;
             this.forceUpdate(); //not needed, if setTimeout is gone...
         }, 1000);
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Timeline.tsx b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Timeline.tsx
index 43f15a33f..ab984f727 100644
--- a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/Timeline.tsx
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ export class Timeline extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
     // @computed
     getCurrentTime = () => {
-        let current = KeyframeFunc.convertPixelTime(this._currentBarX, "mili", "time", this._tickSpacing, this._tickIncrement);
+        const current = KeyframeFunc.convertPixelTime(this._currentBarX, "mili", "time", this._tickSpacing, this._tickIncrement);
         return this.toReadTime(current > this._time ? this._time : current);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/TimelineOverview.tsx b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/TimelineOverview.tsx
index 31e248823..81a5587e4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/animationtimeline/TimelineOverview.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/animationtimeline/TimelineOverview.tsx
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ export class TimelineOverview extends React.Component<TimelineOverviewProps>{
         this.setOverviewWidth();
 
         this._authoringReaction = reaction(
-            () => this.props.parent._isAuthoring,
+            () => this.props.isAuthoring,
             () => {
-                if (!this.props.parent._isAuthoring) {
+                if (!this.props.isAuthoring) {
                     runInAction(() => {
                         this.setOverviewWidth();
                     });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index fc48e0327..22a3877ab 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
 import { UndoManager, undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { SnappingManager } from "../../util/SnappingManager";
 import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         if (this.layoutEngine() === 'starburst') {
             const defaultSize = 110;
             this.layoutDoc._overflow = undefined;
-            this.childDocs.forEach(d => Doc.iconify(d));
+            this.childDocs.forEach(d => DocUtils.iconify(d));
             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;
             this.layoutDoc._width = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileWidth, defaultSize);
             this.layoutDoc._height = NumCast(this.layoutDoc._starburstPileHeight, defaultSize);
-            Doc.pileup(this.childDocs);
+            DocUtils.pileup(this.childDocs);
             this.layoutDoc._panX = 0;
             this.layoutDoc._panY = -10;
             this.props.Document._pileLayoutEngine = 'pass';
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
             if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-                Doc.pileup(this.childDocs);
+                DocUtils.pileup(this.childDocs);
             }
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index bd48d1727..0a1b03522 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { CollectionSubView } from "./CollectionSubView";
 import { CollectionViewType } from "./CollectionView";
 import { SnappingManager } from "../../util/SnappingManager";
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
+import { DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global /* node */) as any;
 
 type StackingDocument = makeInterface<[typeof collectionSchema, typeof documentSchema]>;
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(StackingDocument)
         if (value && this.sectionHeaders) {
             const schemaHdrField = new SchemaHeaderField(value);
             this.sectionHeaders.push(schemaHdrField);
-            Doc.addFieldEnumerations(undefined, this.pivotField, [{ title: value, _backgroundColor: schemaHdrField.color }]);
+            DocUtils.addFieldEnumerations(undefined, this.pivotField, [{ title: value, _backgroundColor: schemaHdrField.color }]);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index a269b21f5..bcd55f0fe 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         Array.from(Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(dataDoc))).filter(fieldKey => dataDoc[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField || dataDoc[fieldKey] instanceof ImageField || typeof (dataDoc[fieldKey]) === "string").map(fieldKey =>
             docItems.push({
                 description: ":" + fieldKey, event: () => {
-                    const created = Docs.Get.DocumentFromField(dataDoc, fieldKey, Doc.GetProto(this.props.parent.props.Document));
+                    const created = DocUtils.DocumentFromField(dataDoc, fieldKey, Doc.GetProto(this.props.parent.props.Document));
                     if (created) {
                         if (this.props.parent.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
                             Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this.props.parent.props.Document);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 47d571bcc..93d20c475 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { WebField } from "../../../fields/URLField";
 import { Cast, ScriptCast, NumCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
 import { GestureUtils } from "../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils";
 import { Upload } from "../../../server/SharedMediaTypes";
-import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
+import { Utils, returnFalse } from "../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../DocServer";
 import { Networking } from "../../Network";
 import { ImageUtils } from "../../util/Import & Export/ImageUtils";
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<T, X>(schemaCtor: (doc: Doc) => T, moreProps?:
                     const movedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] === d);
                     const addedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] !== d);
                     const res = addedDocs.length ? this.addDocument(addedDocs) : true;
-                    added = movedDocs.length ? docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.props.Document, this.addDocument) : res;
+                    added = movedDocs.length ? docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.props.Document, de.embedKey || !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.addDocument : returnFalse) : res;
                 } else {
                     added = this.addDocument(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
                 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 15bc0bfd5..c2d682361 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
 import React = require("react");
+import { DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     @observable _childClickedScript: Opt<ScriptField>;
     @observable _viewDefDivClick: Opt<ScriptField>;
     async componentDidMount() {
-        const detailView = (await DocCastAsync(this.props.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView)) || Doc.findTemplate("detailView", StrCast(this.props.Document.type), "");
+        const detailView = (await DocCastAsync(this.props.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView)) || DocUtils.findTemplate("detailView", StrCast(this.props.Document.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(childText, { this: Doc.name, shiftKey: "boolean" }, { detailView: detailView! });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index c3fc3a40a..7e5f427ba 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps & CollectionViewCus
             return true;
         }
         const first = doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc[0];
-        return !first?.cantLeaveCollection && this.removeDocument(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
+        return !first?.cantLeaveCollection && addDocument !== returnFalse && this.removeDocument(doc) ? addDocument(doc) : false;
     }
 
     showIsTagged = () => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
index 29a3e559a..3dc740c25 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionViewChromes.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewChro
                 this.props.collapse?.(true);
                 break;
         }
-    })
+    });
 
     @undoBatch
     viewChanged = (e: React.ChangeEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index d512f815c..aa4fc48f3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             }
         }
         return retVal;
-    })
+    });
 
     private selectDocuments = (docs: Doc[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         // if (this.props.Document.isBackground) return false;
         const [xp, yp] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
-        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay !== true && de.complete.linkDragData)
+        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay !== true && de.complete.linkDragData) {
             return this.internalLinkDrop(e, de, de.complete.linkDragData, xp, yp);
-        if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dropDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de))
+        } else if (de.complete.annoDragData?.dropDocument && super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
             return this.internalPdfAnnoDrop(e, de.complete.annoDragData, xp, yp);
-        if (de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.length && this.internalDocDrop(e, de, de.complete.docDragData, xp, yp)) {
+        } else if (de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments.length && this.internalDocDrop(e, de, de.complete.docDragData, xp, yp)) {
             return true;
         } else {
             UndoManager.Undo();
@@ -530,9 +530,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
                         }
                     });
 
-                    console.log(this._wordPalette)
                     CognitiveServices.Inking.Appliers.InterpretStrokes(strokes).then((results) => {
-                        console.log(results);
                         const wordResults = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === "inkWord");
                         for (const word of wordResults) {
                             const indices: number[] = word.strokeIds;
@@ -617,8 +615,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<PanZoomDocument, P
             return;
         }
         if (!e.cancelBubble) {
-            const selectedTool = Doc.GetSelectedTool();
-            if (selectedTool === InkTool.None) {
+            if (Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None) {
                 if (this._hitCluster && this.tryDragCluster(e)) {
                     e.stopPropagation(); // doesn't actually stop propagation since all our listeners are listening to events on 'document'  however it does mark the event as cancelBubble=true which we test for in the move event handlers
                     e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
index a811dd15a..45b83c3e3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
         white-space:nowrap;
     }
     .marquee-legend::after {
-        content: "Press: c (collection), s (summary), or Delete"
+        content: "Press 'l' for lasso"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 73dd41a15..7cf526ab8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         }
         this._pointsX = [];
         this._pointsY = [];
-        this._freeHand = false;
     }
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         selected.forEach(d => this.props.removeDocument(d));
-        const newCollection = Doc.pileup(selected, this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width / 2, this.Bounds.top + this.Bounds.height / 2);
+        const newCollection = DocUtils.pileup(selected, this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width / 2, this.Bounds.top + this.Bounds.height / 2);
         this.props.addDocument(newCollection!);
         this.props.selectDocuments([newCollection!], []);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
@@ -527,7 +526,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             }
             this.cleanupInteractions(false);
         }
-        if (e.key === "r") {
+        if (e.key === "r" || e.key === "l") {
             this._commandExecuted = true;
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
 
     @action
     changeFreeHand = (x: boolean) => {
-        this._freeHand = x;
+        this._freeHand = !this._freeHand;
     }
     // @action
     // marqueeInkSelect(ink: Map<any, any>) {
@@ -697,7 +696,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 width: `${Math.abs(v[0])}`,
                 height: `${Math.abs(v[1])}`, zIndex: 2000
             }} >
-                {/* <span className="marquee-legend" /> */}
+                <span className="marquee-legend"></span>
             </div>;
 
         } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
index d75b864cf..f7dee0896 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ScreenshotBox.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { ContextMenuProps } from "../ContextMenuItem";
 import { ViewBoxBaseComponent } from "../DocComponent";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import "./ScreenshotBox.scss";
+import { InkTool } from "../../../fields/InkField";
 const path = require('path');
 
 type ScreenshotDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export class ScreenshotBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, Screensh
     }
 
     @computed get content() {
-        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
         const style = "videoBox-content" + interactive;
         return <video className={`${style}`} key="video" autoPlay={this._screenCapture} ref={this.setVideoRef}
             style={{ width: this._screenCapture ? "100%" : undefined, height: this._screenCapture ? "100%" : undefined }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 1e0a859d3..e4dbceca6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoD
 
     @computed get content() {
         const field = Cast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey], VideoField);
-        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() !== InkTool.None || !this.props.isSelected() ? "" : "-interactive";
         const style = "videoBox-content" + (this._fullScreen ? "-fullScreen" : "") + interactive;
         return !field ? <div>Loading</div> :
             <video className={`${style}`} key="video" autoPlay={this._screenCapture} ref={this.setVideoRef}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
index 05e6a5959..55b3f6f1e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashDocView.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ComputedField } from "../../../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, Utils, returnZero } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../../DocServer";
-import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentView } from "../DocumentView";
 import { FormattedTextBox } from "./FormattedTextBox";
 import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class DashDocView extends React.Component<IDashDocView> {
                     if (dashDocBase instanceof Doc) {
                         const aliasedDoc = Doc.MakeAlias(dashDocBase, docid + alias);
                         aliasedDoc.layoutKey = "layout";
-                        node.attrs.fieldKey && Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(aliasedDoc, Docs.Create.StackingDocument, node.attrs.fieldKey, undefined);
+                        node.attrs.fieldKey && DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(aliasedDoc, Docs.Create.StackingDocument, node.attrs.fieldKey, undefined);
                         this._dashDoc = aliasedDoc;
                         //                        self.doRender(aliasedDoc, removeDoc, node, view, getPos);
                     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
index d05e8f1ea..9a1b909c1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import React = require("react");
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import "./DashFieldView.scss";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 
 
 export class DashFieldView {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
     @action
     fieldSpanKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent, span: HTMLSpanElement) => {
         if (e.key === "Enter") {  // handle the enter key by "submitting" the current text to Dash's database. 
-            e.ctrlKey && Doc.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, [{ title: span.textContent! }]);
+            e.ctrlKey && DocUtils.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, [{ title: span.textContent! }]);
             this.updateText(span.textContent!, true);
             e.preventDefault();// prevent default to avoid a newline from being generated and wiping out this field view
         }
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
                 (options instanceof Doc) && DocListCast(options.data).forEach(opt => (forceMatch ? StrCast(opt.title).startsWith(newText) : StrCast(opt.title) === newText) && (modText = StrCast(opt.title)));
                 if (modText) {
                     //  elementfieldSpan.innerHTML = this._dashDoc![this._fieldKey as string] = modText;
-                    Doc.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, []);
+                    DocUtils.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, []);
                     this._dashDoc![this._fieldKey] = modText;
                 } // if the text starts with a ':=' then treat it as an expression by making a computed field from its value storing it in the key
                 else if (nodeText.startsWith(":=")) {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
     // display a collection of all the enumerable values for this field
     onPointerDownEnumerables = async (e: any) => {
         e.stopPropagation();
-        const collview = await Doc.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, [{ title: this._fieldKey }]);
+        const collview = await DocUtils.addFieldEnumerations(this._textBoxDoc, this._fieldKey, [{ title: this._fieldKey }]);
         collview instanceof Doc && this.props.tbox.props.addDocTab(collview, "onRight");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index e55588f8a..1fab54d7e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
         TraceMobx();
         const scale = this.props.ContentScaling() * NumCast(this.layoutDoc.scale, 1);
         const rounded = StrCast(this.layoutDoc.borderRounding) === "100%" ? "-rounded" : "";
-        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() || this.layoutDoc.isBackground;
+        const interactive = Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !this.layoutDoc.isBackground;
         if (this.props.isSelected()) {
             this._editorView && RichTextMenu.Instance.updateFromDash(this._editorView, undefined, this.props);
         } else if (FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox === this) {
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                         background: Doc.UserDoc().renderStyle === "comic" ? "transparent" : this.props.background ? this.props.background : StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-backgroundColor"], this.props.hideOnLeave ? "rgba(0,0,0 ,0.4)" : ""),
                         opacity: this.props.hideOnLeave ? (this._entered ? 1 : 0.1) : 1,
                         color: this.props.color ? this.props.color : StrCast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.fieldKey + "-color"], this.props.hideOnLeave ? "white" : "inherit"),
-                        pointerEvents: interactive ? "none" : undefined,
+                        pointerEvents: interactive ? undefined : "none",
                         fontSize: Cast(this.layoutDoc._fontSize, "number", null),
                         fontFamily: StrCast(this.layoutDoc._fontFamily, "inherit")
                     }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextSchema.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextSchema.tsx
index 91280dea4..1cc7ec8bf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextSchema.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextSchema.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { ComputedField } from "../../../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, StrCast, FieldValue } from "../../../../fields/Types";
 import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnOne, Utils, returnZero } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { DocServer } from "../../../DocServer";
-import { Docs } from "../../../documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../../documents/Documents";
 import { CollectionViewType } from "../../collections/CollectionView";
 import { DocumentView } from "../DocumentView";
 import { FormattedTextBox } from "./FormattedTextBox";
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export class DashDocView {
                     if (dashDocBase instanceof Doc) {
                         const aliasedDoc = Doc.MakeAlias(dashDocBase, docid + alias);
                         aliasedDoc.layoutKey = "layout";
-                        node.attrs.fieldKey && Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(aliasedDoc, Docs.Create.StackingDocument, node.attrs.fieldKey, undefined);
+                        node.attrs.fieldKey && DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(aliasedDoc, Docs.Create.StackingDocument, node.attrs.fieldKey, undefined);
                         self.doRender(aliasedDoc, removeDoc, node, view, getPos);
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
index 83de9cc15..647e1ce6f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/webcam/DashWebRTCVideo.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { IconProp, library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { faSync, faPhoneSlash } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { Doc } from "../../../fields/Doc";
+import { InkTool } from "../../../fields/InkField";
 
 library.add(faSync);
 library.add(faPhoneSlash);
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ export class DashWebRTCVideo extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormDocumentV
             </div >;
 
         const frozen = !this.props.isSelected() || DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting;
-        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && !Doc.GetSelectedTool() && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
+        const classname = "webBox-cont" + (this.props.isSelected() && Doc.GetSelectedTool() === InkTool.None && !DocumentDecorations.Instance.Interacting ? "-interactive" : "");
 
         return (
             <>
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 6f712f2ed..ffef9a384 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
                 }
             }
         });
-        copy["author"] = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
+        copy.author = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
         return copy;
     }
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
     export function UserDoc(): Doc { return manager._user_doc; }
 
     export function SetSelectedTool(tool: InkTool) { Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool = tool; }
-    export function GetSelectedTool(): InkTool { return (FieldValue(StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool)) ?? InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
+    export function GetSelectedTool(): InkTool { return StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().activeInkTool, InkTool.None) as InkTool; }
     export function SetUserDoc(doc: Doc) { manager._user_doc = doc; }
     export function IsBrushed(doc: Doc) {
         return computedFn(function IsBrushed(doc: Doc) {
diff --git a/src/fields/RichTextUtils.ts b/src/fields/RichTextUtils.ts
index c475d0d73..f81ec8c6d 100644
--- a/src/fields/RichTextUtils.ts
+++ b/src/fields/RichTextUtils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { docs_v1 } from "googleapis";
 import { Fragment, Mark, Node } from "prosemirror-model";
 import { sinkListItem } from "prosemirror-schema-list";
 import { Utils } from "../Utils";
-import { Docs } from "../client/documents/Documents";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../client/documents/Documents";
 import { schema } from "../client/views/nodes/formattedText/schema_rts";
 import { GooglePhotos } from "../client/apis/google_docs/GooglePhotosClientUtils";
 import { DocServer } from "../client/DocServer";
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export namespace RichTextUtils {
             const backingDocId = StrCast(textNote[guid]);
             if (!backingDocId) {
                 const backingDoc = Docs.Create.ImageDocument(agnostic, { _width: 300, _height: 300 });
-                Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(backingDoc, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
+                DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(backingDoc, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
                 docid = backingDoc[Id];
                 textNote[guid] = docid;
             } else {
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ export namespace RichTextUtils {
                                     let exported = (await Cast(linkDoc.anchor2, Doc))!;
                                     if (!exported.customLayout) {
                                         exported = Doc.MakeAlias(exported);
-                                        Doc.makeCustomViewClicked(exported, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
+                                        DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(exported, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument);
                                         linkDoc.anchor2 = exported;
                                     }
                                     url = Utils.shareUrl(exported[Id]);
diff --git a/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts b/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
index 756bde738..fe39b84e6 100644
--- a/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ async function captureYoutubeScreenshot(targetUrl: string): Promise<Opt<Buffer>>
     await videoPlayer?.click();
     await delay(1000);
     // hide youtube player controls.
-    await page.evaluate(() =>
-        (document.querySelector('.ytp-chrome-bottom') as any).style.display = 'none');
+    await page.evaluate(() => (document.querySelector('.ytp-chrome-bottom') as HTMLElement).style.display = 'none');
 
     const buffer = await videoPlayer?.screenshot({ encoding: "binary" });
     await browser.close();
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