massive changes to use mobx 6 which means not accessing props directly in @computed functions.

26 files changed, 1320 insertions, 1131 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 858090c05..4ddf9e69b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 import * as GoldenLayout from '../../../client/goldenLayout';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { ImageCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { GetEffectiveAcl, inheritParentAcls } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { addStyleSheet, addStyleSheetRule, clearStyleSheetRules, emptyFunction, incrementTitleCopy } from '../../../Utils';
+import { addStyleSheet, addStyleSheetRule, clearStyleSheetRules, copyProps, emptyFunction, incrementTitleCopy } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../DocServer';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
-    @observable public static Instance: CollectionDockingView | undefined;
+    @observable public static Instance: CollectionDockingView | undefined = undefined;
     public static makeDocumentConfig(document: Doc, panelName?: string, width?: number, keyValue?: boolean) {
         return {
             type: 'react-component',
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     }
     private _goldenLayout: any = null;
     static _highlightStyleSheet: any = addStyleSheet();
+
+    _prevProps: SubCollectionViewProps;
+    @override _props: SubCollectionViewProps;
     constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
         super(props);
-        if (this.props.renderDepth < 0) runInAction(() => (CollectionDockingView.Instance = this));
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+        if (this._props.renderDepth < 0) runInAction(() => (CollectionDockingView.Instance = this));
         //Why is this here?
         (window as any).React = React;
         (window as any).ReactDOM = ReactDOM;
@@ -72,6 +77,10 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         this.Document.myTrails; // this is equivalent to having a prefetchProxy for myTrails which is needed for the My Trails button in the UI which assumes that Doc.ActiveDashboard.myTrails is legit...
     }
 
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Switches from dragging a document around a freeform canvas to dragging it as a tab to be docked.
      *
@@ -274,8 +283,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return true;
     }
     setupGoldenLayout = async () => {
-        //const config = StrCast(this.props.Document.dockingConfig, JSON.stringify(DashboardView.resetDashboard(this.props.Document)));
-        const config = StrCast(this.props.Document.dockingConfig);
+        //const config = StrCast(this._props.Document.dockingConfig, JSON.stringify(DashboardView.resetDashboard(this._props.Document)));
+        const config = StrCast(this._props.Document.dockingConfig);
         if (config) {
             const matches = config.match(/\"documentId\":\"[a-z0-9-]+\"/g);
             const docids = matches?.map(m => m.replace('"documentId":"', '').replace('"', '')) ?? [];
@@ -318,7 +327,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             );
             new _global.ResizeObserver(this.onResize).observe(this._containerRef.current);
             this._reactionDisposer = reaction(
-                () => StrCast(this.props.Document.dockingConfig),
+                () => StrCast(this._props.Document.dockingConfig),
                 config => {
                     if (!this._goldenLayout || this._ignoreStateChange !== config) {
                         //  bcz: TODO! really need to diff config with ignoreStateChange and modify the current goldenLayout instead of building a new one.
@@ -328,7 +337,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 }
             );
             reaction(
-                () => this.props.PanelWidth(),
+                () => this._props.PanelWidth(),
                 width => !this._goldenLayout && width > 20 && setTimeout(() => this.setupGoldenLayout()), // need to wait for the collectiondockingview-container to have it's width/height since golden layout reads that to configure its windows
                 { fireImmediately: true }
             );
@@ -375,7 +384,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                   .map(id => DocServer.GetCachedRefField(id))
                   .filter(f => f)
                   .map(f => f as Doc);
-        const changesMade = this.props.Document.dockingConfig !== json;
+        const changesMade = this._props.Document.dockingConfig !== json;
         if (changesMade) {
             if (![AclAdmin, AclEdit].includes(GetEffectiveAcl(this.dataDoc))) {
                 this.layoutDoc.dockingConfig = json;
@@ -425,7 +434,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     public CaptureThumbnail() {
-        const content = this.props.DocumentView?.()?.ContentDiv;
+        const content = this._props.DocumentView?.()?.ContentDiv;
         if (content) {
             const _width = Number(getComputedStyle(content).width.replace('px', ''));
             const _height = Number(getComputedStyle(content).height.replace('px', ''));
@@ -472,7 +481,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     stateChanged = () => {
         this._ignoreStateChange = JSON.stringify(this._goldenLayout.toConfig());
         const json = JSON.stringify(this._goldenLayout.toConfig());
-        const changesMade = this.props.Document.dockingConfig !== json;
+        const changesMade = this._props.Document.dockingConfig !== json;
         return changesMade;
     };
 
@@ -506,8 +515,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             if (dashboard && e.target === stack.header?.element[0] && e.button === 2) {
                 dashboard['pane-count'] = NumCast(dashboard['pane-count']) + 1;
                 const docToAdd = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
-                    _width: this.props.PanelWidth(),
-                    _height: this.props.PanelHeight(),
+                    _width: this._props.PanelWidth(),
+                    _height: this._props.PanelHeight(),
                     _freeform_backgroundGrid: true,
                     _layout_fitWidth: true,
                     title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard['pane-count'])}`,
@@ -524,8 +533,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 if (dashboard) {
                     dashboard['pane-count'] = NumCast(dashboard['pane-count']) + 1;
                     const docToAdd = Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], {
-                        _width: this.props.PanelWidth(),
-                        _height: this.props.PanelHeight(),
+                        _width: this._props.PanelWidth(),
+                        _height: this._props.PanelHeight(),
                         _layout_fitWidth: true,
                         _freeform_backgroundGrid: true,
                         title: `Untitled Tab ${NumCast(dashboard['pane-count'])}`,
@@ -573,14 +582,14 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     render() {
         const href = ImageCast(this.Document.thumb)?.url?.href;
-        return this.props.renderDepth > -1 ? (
+        return this._props.renderDepth > -1 ? (
             <div>
                 {href ? (
                     <img
                         style={{ background: 'white', top: 0, position: 'absolute' }}
                         src={href} // + '?d=' + (new Date()).getTime()}
-                        width={this.props.PanelWidth()}
-                        height={this.props.PanelHeight()}
+                        width={this._props.PanelWidth()}
+                        height={this._props.PanelHeight()}
                     />
                 ) : (
                     <p>nested dashboards has no thumbnail</p>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index 61a5738ec..1c6f97c14 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
-import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { PastelSchemaPalette, SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { emptyFunction, numberRange, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
@@ -49,14 +48,20 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     @observable private color: string = '#f1efeb';
     @observable private collapsed: boolean = false;
     @observable private _paletteOn = false;
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<CMVFieldRowProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<CMVFieldRowProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
     private set _heading(value: string) {
-        runInAction(() => this.props.headingObject && (this.props.headingObject.heading = this.heading = value));
+        runInAction(() => this._props.headingObject && (this._props.headingObject.heading = this.heading = value));
     }
     private set _color(value: string) {
-        runInAction(() => this.props.headingObject && (this.props.headingObject.color = this.color = value));
+        runInAction(() => this._props.headingObject && (this._props.headingObject.color = this.color = value));
     }
     private set _collapsed(value: boolean) {
-        runInAction(() => this.props.headingObject && (this.props.headingObject.collapsed = this.collapsed = value));
+        runInAction(() => this._props.headingObject && (this._props.headingObject.collapsed = this.collapsed = value));
     }
 
     private _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
@@ -68,28 +73,28 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
         this._dropDisposer?.();
         if (ele) {
             this._ele = ele;
-            this.props.observeHeight(ele);
+            this._props.observeHeight(ele);
             this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.rowDrop.bind(this));
         }
     };
     @action
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.heading = this.props.headingObject?.heading || '';
-        this.color = this.props.headingObject?.color || '#f1efeb';
-        this.collapsed = this.props.headingObject?.collapsed || false;
+        this.heading = this._props.headingObject?.heading || '';
+        this.color = this._props.headingObject?.color || '#f1efeb';
+        this.collapsed = this._props.headingObject?.collapsed || false;
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        this.props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
+        this._props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
     }
 
     getTrueHeight = () => {
         if (this.collapsed) {
-            this.props.setDocHeight(this.heading, 20);
+            this._props.setDocHeight(this.heading, 20);
         } else {
             const rawHeight = this._contRef.current!.getBoundingClientRect().height + 15; //+ 15 accounts for the group header
-            const transformScale = this.props.screenToLocalTransform().Scale;
+            const transformScale = this._props.screenToLocalTransform().Scale;
             const trueHeight = rawHeight * transformScale;
-            this.props.setDocHeight(this.heading, trueHeight);
+            this._props.setDocHeight(this.heading, trueHeight);
         }
     };
 
@@ -97,10 +102,10 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     rowDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
-            const key = this.props.pivotField;
+            const key = this._props.pivotField;
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this.heading);
             const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
-            if (this.props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
+            if (this._props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
                 de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
             }
             return true;
@@ -119,15 +124,15 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     @action
     headingChanged = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
         const castedValue = this.getValue(value);
         if (castedValue) {
-            if (this.props.parent.colHeaderData) {
-                if (this.props.parent.colHeaderData.map(i => i.heading).indexOf(castedValue.toString()) > -1) {
+            if (this._props.parent.colHeaderData) {
+                if (this._props.parent.colHeaderData.map(i => i.heading).indexOf(castedValue.toString()) > -1) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
-            this.props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, true));
+            this._props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, true));
             this._heading = castedValue.toString();
             return true;
         }
@@ -152,24 +157,24 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     addDocument = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, forceEmptyNote?: boolean) => {
         if (!value && !forceEmptyNote) return false;
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
         const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _layout_autoHeight: true, _width: 200, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: value });
         const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
         FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
         FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = value;
-        (onLayoutDoc ? newDoc : newDoc[DocData])[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
-        const docs = this.props.parent.childDocList;
-        return docs ? (docs.splice(0, 0, newDoc) ? true : false) : this.props.parent.props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false; // should really extend addDocument to specify insertion point (at beginning of list)
+        (onLayoutDoc ? newDoc : newDoc[DocData])[key] = this.getValue(this._props.heading);
+        const docs = this._props.parent.childDocList;
+        return docs ? (docs.splice(0, 0, newDoc) ? true : false) : this._props.parent._props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false; // should really extend addDocument to specify insertion point (at beginning of list)
     };
 
     deleteRow = undoBatch(
         action(() => {
             this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
-            const key = this.props.pivotField;
-            this.props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, undefined, true));
-            if (this.props.parent.colHeaderData && this.props.headingObject) {
-                const index = this.props.parent.colHeaderData.indexOf(this.props.headingObject);
-                this.props.parent.colHeaderData.splice(index, 1);
+            const key = this._props.pivotField;
+            this._props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, undefined, true));
+            if (this._props.parent.colHeaderData && this._props.headingObject) {
+                const index = this._props.parent.colHeaderData.indexOf(this._props.headingObject);
+                this._props.parent.colHeaderData.splice(index, 1);
             }
         })
     );
@@ -182,8 +187,8 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     };
 
     headerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this.props.Document);
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
+        const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this._props.Document);
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
         let value = this.getValue(this.heading);
         value = typeof value === 'string' ? `"${value}"` : value;
         const script = `return doc.${key} === ${value}`;
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     @action
     headerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
         if (e.button === 0 && !e.ctrlKey) {
-            setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.headerMove, emptyFunction, e => !this.props.chromeHidden && this.collapseSection(e));
+            setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.headerMove, emptyFunction, e => !this._props.chromeHidden && this.collapseSection(e));
             this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         }
     };
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
      * Returns true if a key is on the layout doc of the documents in the collection.
      */
     onLayoutDoc = (key: string): boolean => {
-        DocListCast(this.props.parent.Document.data).forEach(doc => {
+        DocListCast(this._props.parent.Document.data).forEach(doc => {
             if (Doc.Get(doc, key, true)) return true;
         });
         return false;
@@ -264,19 +269,19 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     };
 
     @computed get contentLayout() {
-        const rows = Math.max(1, Math.min(this.props.docList.length, Math.floor((this.props.parent.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.props.parent.xMargin) / (this.props.parent.columnWidth + this.props.parent.gridGap))));
-        const showChrome = !this.props.chromeHidden;
-        const stackPad = showChrome ? `0px ${this.props.parent.xMargin}px` : `${this.props.parent.yMargin}px ${this.props.parent.xMargin}px 0px ${this.props.parent.xMargin}px `;
+        const rows = Math.max(1, Math.min(this._props.docList.length, Math.floor((this._props.parent._props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this._props.parent.xMargin) / (this._props.parent.columnWidth + this._props.parent.gridGap))));
+        const showChrome = !this._props.chromeHidden;
+        const stackPad = showChrome ? `0px ${this._props.parent.xMargin}px` : `${this._props.parent.yMargin}px ${this._props.parent.xMargin}px 0px ${this._props.parent.xMargin}px `;
         return this.collapsed ? null : (
             <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
-                {this.props.showHandle && this.props.parent.props.isContentActive() ? this.props.parent.columnDragger : null}
+                {this._props.showHandle && this._props.parent._props.isContentActive() ? this._props.parent.columnDragger : null}
                 {showChrome ? (
                     <div
                         className="collectionStackingView-addDocumentButton"
                         style={
                             {
                                 //width: style.columnWidth / style.numGroupColumns,
-                                //padding: `${NumCast(this.props.parent.layoutDoc._yPadding, this.props.parent.yMargin)}px 0px 0px 0px`,
+                                //padding: `${NumCast(this._props.parent.layoutDoc._yPadding, this._props.parent.yMargin)}px 0px 0px 0px`,
                             }
                         }>
                         <EditableView GetValue={returnEmptyString} SetValue={this.addDocument} textCallback={this.textCallback} contents={'+ NEW'} />
@@ -287,25 +292,25 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
                     ref={this._contRef}
                     style={{
                         padding: stackPad,
-                        minHeight: this.props.showHandle && this.props.parent.props.isContentActive() ? '10px' : undefined,
-                        width: this.props.parent.NodeWidth,
-                        gridGap: this.props.parent.gridGap,
-                        gridTemplateColumns: numberRange(rows).reduce((list: string, i: any) => list + ` ${this.props.parent.columnWidth}px`, ''),
+                        minHeight: this._props.showHandle && this._props.parent._props.isContentActive() ? '10px' : undefined,
+                        width: this._props.parent.NodeWidth,
+                        gridGap: this._props.parent.gridGap,
+                        gridTemplateColumns: numberRange(rows).reduce((list: string, i: any) => list + ` ${this._props.parent.columnWidth}px`, ''),
                     }}>
-                    {this.props.parent.children(this.props.docList)}
+                    {this._props.parent.children(this._props.docList)}
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
     }
 
     @computed get headingView() {
-        const noChrome = this.props.chromeHidden;
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
-        const evContents = this.heading ? this.heading : this.props.type && this.props.type === 'number' ? '0' : `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE`;
+        const noChrome = this._props.chromeHidden;
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
+        const evContents = this.heading ? this.heading : this._props.type && this._props.type === 'number' ? '0' : `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE`;
         const editableHeaderView = <EditableView GetValue={() => evContents} SetValue={this.headingChanged} contents={evContents} oneLine={true} />;
-        return this.props.Document.miniHeaders ? (
+        return this._props.Document.miniHeaders ? (
             <div className="collectionStackingView-miniHeader">{editableHeaderView}</div>
-        ) : !this.props.headingObject ? null : (
+        ) : !this._props.headingObject ? null : (
             <div className="collectionStackingView-sectionHeader" ref={this._headerRef}>
                 <div
                     className="collectionStackingView-sectionHeader-subCont"
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends React.Component<CMVFieldRowPr
     render() {
         const background = this._background;
         return (
-            <div className="collectionStackingView-masonrySection" style={{ width: this.props.parent.NodeWidth, background }} ref={this.createRowDropRef} onPointerEnter={this.pointerEnteredRow} onPointerLeave={this.pointerLeaveRow}>
+            <div className="collectionStackingView-masonrySection" style={{ width: this._props.parent.NodeWidth, background }} ref={this.createRowDropRef} onPointerEnter={this.pointerEnteredRow} onPointerLeave={this.pointerLeaveRow}>
                 {this.headingView}
                 {this.contentLayout}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
index 3edf4135f..f8e80ed87 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMenu.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface CollectionMenuProps {
 export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
     @observable static Instance: CollectionMenu;
 
-    @observable SelectedCollection: DocumentView | undefined;
+    @observable SelectedCollection: DocumentView | undefined = undefined;
     @observable FieldKey: string;
 
     private _docBtnRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
         this.FieldKey = '';
-        runInAction(() => (CollectionMenu.Instance = this));
+        CollectionMenu.Instance = this;
         this._canFade = false; // don't let the inking menu fade away
         runInAction(() => (this.Pinned = Cast(Doc.UserDoc()['menuCollections-pinned'], 'boolean', true)));
         this.jumpTo(300, 300);
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
 
     @action
     toggleTopBar = () => {
-        if (SettingsManager.headerBarHeight > 0) {
-            SettingsManager.headerBarHeight = 0;
+        if (SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight > 0) {
+            SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight = 0;
         } else {
-            SettingsManager.headerBarHeight = 60;
+            SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight = 60;
         }
     };
 
     @action
     toggleProperties = () => {
         if (MainView.Instance.propertiesWidth() > 0) {
-            SettingsManager.propertiesWidth = 0;
+            SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth = 0;
         } else {
-            SettingsManager.propertiesWidth = 300;
+            SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth = 300;
         }
     };
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
     @computed get contMenuButtons() {
         const selDoc = Doc.MyContextMenuBtns;
         return !(selDoc instanceof Doc) ? null : (
-            <div className="collectionMenu-contMenuButtons" ref={this._docBtnRef} style={{ height: this.props.panelHeight() }}>
+            <div className="collectionMenu-contMenuButtons" ref={this._docBtnRef} style={{ height: this._props.panelHeight() }}>
                 <CollectionLinearView
                     Document={selDoc}
                     fieldKey="data"
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                     removeDocument={returnFalse}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.buttonBarXf}
-                    PanelWidth={this.props.panelWidth}
-                    PanelHeight={this.props.panelHeight}
+                    PanelWidth={this._props.panelWidth}
+                    PanelHeight={this._props.panelHeight}
                     renderDepth={0}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const headerIcon = SettingsManager.headerBarHeight > 0 ? 'angle-double-up' : 'angle-double-down';
-        const headerTitle = SettingsManager.headerBarHeight > 0 ? 'Close Header Bar' : 'Open Header Bar';
-        const propIcon = SettingsManager.propertiesWidth > 0 ? 'angle-double-right' : 'angle-double-left';
-        const propTitle = SettingsManager.propertiesWidth > 0 ? 'Close Properties' : 'Open Properties';
+        const headerIcon = SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight > 0 ? 'angle-double-up' : 'angle-double-down';
+        const headerTitle = SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight > 0 ? 'Close Header Bar' : 'Open Header Bar';
+        const propIcon = SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth > 0 ? 'angle-double-right' : 'angle-double-left';
+        const propTitle = SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth > 0 ? 'Close Properties' : 'Open Properties';
 
         const hardCodedButtons = (
             <div className={`hardCodedButtons`}>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     type={Type.PRIM}
                     color={SettingsManager.userColor}
                     onClick={this.toggleTopBar}
-                    toggleStatus={SettingsManager.headerBarHeight > 0}
+                    toggleStatus={SettingsManager.Instance.headerBarHeight > 0}
                     icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={headerIcon} size="lg" />}
                     tooltip={headerTitle}
                 />
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class CollectionMenu extends AntimodeMenu<CollectionMenuProps> {
                     type={Type.PRIM}
                     color={SettingsManager.userColor}
                     onClick={this.toggleProperties}
-                    toggleStatus={SettingsManager.propertiesWidth > 0}
+                    toggleStatus={SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth > 0}
                     icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={propIcon} size="lg" />}
                     tooltip={propTitle}
                 />
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class CollectionViewBaseChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
     //(!)?\(\(\(doc.(\w+) && \(doc.\w+ as \w+\).includes\(\"(\w+)\"\)
 
     get document() {
-        return this.props.docView?.props.Document;
+        return this.props.docView?.Document;
     }
     get target() {
         return this.document;
@@ -577,13 +577,18 @@ export class CollectionGridViewChrome extends React.Component<CollectionViewMenu
         return this.props.docView.props.Document;
     }
 
+    @computed get panelWidth() {
+        return this.props.docView.props.PanelWidth();
+    }
+
     componentDidMount() {
         runInAction(() => (this.resize = this.props.docView.props.PanelWidth() < 700));
 
         // listener to reduce text on chrome resize (panel resize)
-        this.resizeListenerDisposer = computed(() => this.props.docView.props.PanelWidth()).observe(({ newValue }) => {
-            runInAction(() => (this.resize = newValue < 700));
-        });
+        this.resizeListenerDisposer = reaction(
+            () => this.panelWidth,
+            newValue => (this.resize = newValue < 700)
+        );
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index ba00c4fa0..f9d99f1e5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     // onInternalDrop is used when dragging and dropping a document within the view, such as dragging
     // a document to a new column or changing its order within the column.
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
             if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
index c5677e2ba..a0f8b9c89 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPileView.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class CollectionPileView extends CollectionSubView() {
     removePileDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => {
         (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).forEach(d => Doc.deiconifyView(d));
         const ret = this.props.moveDocument?.(doc, targetCollection, addDoc) || false;
-        if (ret && !DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey ?? 'data']).length) this.props.DocumentView?.().props.removeDocument?.(this.Document);
+        if (ret && !DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey ?? 'data']).length) this.props.DocumentView?.()._props.removeDocument?.(this.Document);
         return ret;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
index 92b5470ae..28d15be71 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackedTimeline.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import * as React from 'react';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { Cast, NumCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
-import { emptyFunction, formatTime, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScrollHorizontal, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, emptyFunction, formatTime, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnTrue, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScrollHorizontal, StopEvent } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
-import { AudioWaveform } from '../AudioWaveform';
-import { CollectionSubView } from '../collections/CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../collections/CollectionSubView';
 import { LightboxView } from '../LightboxView';
+import { AudioWaveform } from '../nodes/audio/AudioWaveform';
 import { DocFocusFunc, DocFocusOptions, DocumentView, DocumentViewProps, OpenWhere } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { LabelBox } from '../nodes/LabelBox';
 import { VideoBox } from '../nodes/VideoBox';
@@ -53,17 +53,28 @@ export enum TrimScope {
 }
 
 @observer
-export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStackedTimelineProps>() {
+export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<SubCollectionViewProps & CollectionStackedTimelineProps>() {
     @observable static SelectingRegion: CollectionStackedTimeline | undefined = undefined;
     @observable public static CurrentlyPlaying: DocumentView[];
 
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & CollectionStackedTimelineProps>;
+    @override _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & CollectionStackedTimelineProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & CollectionStackedTimelineProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
+
     static LabelScript: ScriptField;
     static LabelPlayScript: ScriptField;
 
     private _timeline: HTMLDivElement | null = null; // ref to actual timeline div
     private _timelineWrapper: HTMLDivElement | null = null; // ref to timeline wrapper div for zooming and scrolling
     private _markerStart: number = 0;
-    @observable _markerEnd: number | undefined;
+    @observable _markerEnd: number | undefined = undefined;
     @observable _trimming: number = TrimScope.None;
     @observable _trimStart: number = 0; // trim controls start pos
     @observable _trimEnd: number = 0; // trim controls end pos
@@ -73,14 +84,14 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
 
     @observable _hoverTime: number = 0;
 
-    @observable _thumbnail: string | undefined;
+    @observable _thumbnail: string | undefined = undefined;
 
     // ensures that clip doesn't get trimmed so small that controls cannot be adjusted anymore
     get minTrimLength() {
         return Math.max(this._timeline?.getBoundingClientRect() ? 0.05 * this.clipDuration : 0, 0.5);
     }
     @computed get thumbnails() {
-        return this.props.thumbnails?.();
+        return this._props.thumbnails?.();
     }
 
     @computed get trimStart() {
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         return this.clipEnd - this.clipStart;
     }
     @computed get clipEnd() {
-        return this.IsTrimming === TrimScope.All ? this.props.rawDuration : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.clipEnd, this.props.rawDuration);
+        return this.IsTrimming === TrimScope.All ? this._props.rawDuration : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.clipEnd, this._props.rawDuration);
     }
 
     @computed get currentTime() {
@@ -115,11 +126,10 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         document.addEventListener('keydown', this.keyEvents, true);
     }
 
-    @action
     componentWillUnmount() {
         document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.keyEvents, true);
         if (CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion === this) {
-            CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion = undefined;
+            runInAction(() => (CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion = undefined));
         }
     }
 
@@ -149,8 +159,8 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         this._zoomFactor = zoom;
     }
 
-    anchorStart = (anchor: Doc) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToShow, NumCast(anchor[this.props.startTag]));
-    anchorEnd = (anchor: Doc, val: any = null) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToHide, NumCast(anchor[this.props.endTag], val) ?? null);
+    anchorStart = (anchor: Doc) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToShow, NumCast(anchor[this._props.startTag]));
+    anchorEnd = (anchor: Doc, val: any = null) => NumCast(anchor._timecodeToHide, NumCast(anchor[this._props.endTag], val) ?? null);
 
     // converts screen pixel offset to time
     toTimeline = (screen_delta: number, width: number) => {
@@ -177,13 +187,13 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         if (
             // need to include range inputs because after dragging video time slider it becomes target element
             !(e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement && !(e.target.type === 'range')) &&
-            this.props.isContentActive()
+            this._props.isContentActive()
         ) {
             // if shift pressed scrub 1 second otherwise 1/10th
             const jump = e.shiftKey ? 1 : 0.1;
             switch (e.key) {
                 case ' ':
-                    this.props.playing() ? this.props.Pause() : this.props.Play();
+                    this._props.playing() ? this._props.Pause() : this._props.Play();
                     break;
                 case '^':
                     if (!CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion) {
@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                         CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion = this;
                     } else {
                         this._markerEnd = this.currentTime;
-                        CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, this._markerStart, this._markerEnd, undefined, true);
+                        CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this._props.fieldKey, this._markerStart, this._markerEnd, undefined, true);
                         this._markerEnd = undefined;
                         CollectionStackedTimeline.SelectingRegion = undefined;
                     }
@@ -204,11 +214,11 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                     this._trimming = TrimScope.None;
                     break;
                 case 'ArrowLeft':
-                    this.props.setTime(Math.min(Math.max(this.clipStart, this.currentTime - jump), this.clipEnd));
+                    this._props.setTime(Math.min(Math.max(this.clipStart, this.currentTime - jump), this.clipEnd));
                     e.stopPropagation();
                     break;
                 case 'ArrowRight':
-                    this.props.setTime(Math.min(Math.max(this.clipStart, this.currentTime + jump), this.clipEnd));
+                    this._props.setTime(Math.min(Math.max(this.clipStart, this.currentTime + jump), this.clipEnd));
                     e.stopPropagation();
                     break;
             }
@@ -218,7 +228,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     getLinkData(l: Doc) {
         let la1 = l.link_anchor_1 as Doc;
         let la2 = l.link_anchor_2 as Doc;
-        const linkTime = NumCast(la2[this.props.startTag], NumCast(la1[this.props.startTag]));
+        const linkTime = NumCast(la2[this._props.startTag], NumCast(la1[this._props.startTag]));
         if (Doc.AreProtosEqual(la1, this.dataDoc)) {
             la1 = l.link_anchor_2 as Doc;
             la2 = l.link_anchor_1 as Doc;
@@ -233,9 +243,9 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         const clientX = e.clientX;
         const diff = rect ? clientX - rect?.x : null;
         const shiftKey = e.shiftKey;
-        if (rect && this.props.isContentActive()) {
-            const wasPlaying = this.props.playing();
-            if (wasPlaying) this.props.Pause();
+        if (rect && this._props.isContentActive()) {
+            const wasPlaying = this._props.playing();
+            if (wasPlaying) this._props.Pause();
             var wasSelecting = this._markerEnd !== undefined;
             setupMoveUpEvents(
                 this,
@@ -257,7 +267,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                         this._markerEnd = tmp;
                     }
                     if (!isClick && Math.abs(movement[0]) > 15 && !this.IsTrimming) {
-                        const anchor = CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, this._markerStart, this._markerEnd, undefined, true);
+                        const anchor = CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this._props.fieldKey, this._markerStart, this._markerEnd, undefined, true);
                         setTimeout(() => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(anchor)?.select(false));
                     }
                     (!isClick || !wasSelecting) && (this._markerEnd = undefined);
@@ -265,17 +275,17 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                 }),
                 (e, doubleTap) => {
                     if (e.button !== 2) {
-                        this.props.select(false);
-                        !wasPlaying && doubleTap && this.props.Play();
+                        this._props.select(false);
+                        !wasPlaying && doubleTap && this._props.Play();
                     }
                 },
-                this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive(),
+                this._props.isSelected() || this._props.isContentActive(),
                 undefined,
                 () => {
                     if (shiftKey) {
-                        CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, this.currentTime, undefined, undefined, true);
+                        CollectionStackedTimeline.createAnchor(this.Document, this.dataDoc, this._props.fieldKey, this.currentTime, undefined, undefined, true);
                     } else {
-                        !wasPlaying && this.props.setTime(this.toTimeline(clientX - rect.x, rect.width));
+                        !wasPlaying && this._props.setTime(this.toTimeline(clientX - rect.x, rect.width));
                     }
                 }
             );
@@ -290,7 +300,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         if (rect) {
             this._hoverTime = this.toTimeline(clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
             if (this.thumbnails) {
-                const nearest = Math.floor((this._hoverTime / this.props.rawDuration) * VideoBox.numThumbnails);
+                const nearest = Math.floor((this._hoverTime / this._props.rawDuration) * VideoBox.numThumbnails);
                 const imgField = this.thumbnails.length > 0 ? new ImageField(this.thumbnails[nearest]) : undefined;
                 this._thumbnail = imgField?.url?.href ? imgField.url.href.replace('.png', '_m.png') : undefined;
             }
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
             this,
             e,
             action((e, [], []) => {
-                if (rect && this.props.isContentActive()) {
+                if (rect && this._props.isContentActive()) {
                     this._trimStart = Math.min(Math.max(this.trimStart + (e.movementX / rect.width) * this.clipDuration, this.clipStart), this.trimEnd - this.minTrimLength);
                 }
                 return false;
@@ -325,7 +335,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
             this,
             e,
             action((e, [], []) => {
-                if (rect && this.props.isContentActive()) {
+                if (rect && this._props.isContentActive()) {
                     this._trimEnd = Math.max(Math.min(this.trimEnd + (e.movementX / rect.width) * this.clipDuration, this.clipEnd), this.trimStart + this.minTrimLength);
                 }
                 return false;
@@ -348,8 +358,8 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     @action
     scrollToTime = (time: number) => {
         if (this._timelineWrapper) {
-            if (time > this.toTimeline(this._scroll + this.props.PanelWidth(), this.timelineContentWidth)) {
-                this._scroll = Math.min(this._scroll + this.props.PanelWidth(), this.timelineContentWidth - this.props.PanelWidth());
+            if (time > this.toTimeline(this._scroll + this._props.PanelWidth(), this.timelineContentWidth)) {
+                this._scroll = Math.min(this._scroll + this._props.PanelWidth(), this.timelineContentWidth - this._props.PanelWidth());
                 smoothScrollHorizontal(200, this._timelineWrapper, this._scroll);
             } else if (time < this.toTimeline(this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth)) {
                 this._scroll = (time / this.timelineContentWidth) * this.clipDuration;
@@ -363,15 +373,15 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number) {
         if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
             // determine x coordinate of drop and assign it to the documents being dragged  --- see internalDocDrop of collectionFreeFormView.tsx for how it's done when dropping onto a 2D freeform view
-            const localPt = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+            const localPt = this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
             const x = localPt[0] - docDragData.offset[0];
             const timelinePt = this.toTimeline(x + this._scroll, this.timelineContentWidth);
             docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(drop => {
                 const anchorEnd = this.anchorEnd(drop);
                 if (anchorEnd !== undefined) {
-                    Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this.props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
+                    Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToHide === undefined ? this._props.endTag : 'timecodeToHide', timelinePt + anchorEnd - this.anchorStart(drop), false);
                 }
-                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this.props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
+                Doc.SetInPlace(drop, drop._timecodeToShow === undefined ? this._props.startTag : 'timecodeToShow', timelinePt, false);
             });
 
             return true;
@@ -386,7 +396,6 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
 
     // creates marker on timeline
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     static createAnchor(doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc, fieldKey: string, anchorStartTime: Opt<number>, anchorEndTime: Opt<number>, docAnchor: Opt<Doc>, addAsAnnotation: boolean) {
         if (anchorStartTime === undefined) return doc;
         const startTag = '_timecodeToShow';
@@ -422,20 +431,20 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         const seekTimeInSeconds = this.anchorStart(anchorDoc) - 0.05;
         const endTime = this.anchorEnd(anchorDoc);
         if (this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors) {
-            if (this.props.playing()) this.props.Pause();
+            if (this._props.playing()) this._props.Pause();
             else {
-                this.props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
+                this._props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
                 this.scrollToTime(seekTimeInSeconds);
             }
         } else {
             if (seekTimeInSeconds < NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_currentTimecode) && endTime > NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_currentTimecode)) {
-                if (!this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors && this.props.playing()) {
-                    this.props.Pause();
+                if (!this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors && this._props.playing()) {
+                    this._props.Pause();
                 } else {
-                    this.props.Play();
+                    this._props.Play();
                 }
             } else {
-                this.props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
+                this._props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
                 this.scrollToTime(seekTimeInSeconds);
             }
         }
@@ -450,17 +459,17 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
         const seekTimeInSeconds = this.anchorStart(anchorDoc) - 0.05;
         const endTime = this.anchorEnd(anchorDoc);
         if (seekTimeInSeconds < NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_currentTimecode) + 1e-4 && endTime > NumCast(this.layoutDoc._layout_currentTimecode) - 1e-4) {
-            if (this.props.playing()) this.props.Pause();
-            else if (this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors) this.props.Play();
+            if (this._props.playing()) this._props.Pause();
+            else if (this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors) this._props.Play();
             else if (!this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors) {
                 const rect = this._timeline?.getBoundingClientRect();
-                rect && this.props.setTime(this.toTimeline(clientX - rect.x, rect.width));
+                rect && this._props.setTime(this.toTimeline(clientX - rect.x, rect.width));
             }
         } else {
             if (this.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors) {
-                this.props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
+                this._props.playFrom(seekTimeInSeconds, endTime);
             } else {
-                this.props.setTime(seekTimeInSeconds);
+                this._props.setTime(seekTimeInSeconds);
             }
         }
         return { select: true };
@@ -490,18 +499,18 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     };
 
     dictationHeightPercent = 50;
-    dictationHeight = () => (this.props.PanelHeight() * (100 - this.dictationHeightPercent)) / 100;
+    dictationHeight = () => (this._props.PanelHeight() * (100 - this.dictationHeightPercent)) / 100;
 
     @computed get timelineContentHeight() {
-        return (this.props.PanelHeight() * this.dictationHeightPercent) / 100;
+        return (this._props.PanelHeight() * this.dictationHeightPercent) / 100;
     }
     @computed get timelineContentWidth() {
-        return this.props.PanelWidth() * this.zoomFactor;
+        return this._props.PanelWidth() * this.zoomFactor;
     } // subtract size of container border
 
-    dictationScreenToLocalTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -this.timelineContentHeight);
+    dictationScreenToLocalTransform = () => this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -this.timelineContentHeight);
 
-    isContentActive = () => this.props.isSelected() || this.props.isContentActive();
+    isContentActive = () => this._props.isSelected() || this._props.isContentActive();
 
     currentTimecode = () => this.currentTime;
 
@@ -520,7 +529,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
     }
 
     @computed get timelineEvents() {
-        return this.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
+        return this._props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
     render() {
         const overlaps: {
@@ -537,7 +546,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
             <div ref={this.createDashEventsTarget} style={{ pointerEvents: this.timelineEvents }}>
                 <div
                     className="collectionStackedTimeline-timelineContainer"
-                    style={{ width: this.props.PanelWidth(), cursor: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'grab' : '' }}
+                    style={{ width: this._props.PanelWidth(), cursor: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'grab' : '' }}
                     onWheel={e => this.isContentActive() && e.stopPropagation()}
                     onScroll={this.setScroll}
                     onMouseMove={e => this.isContentActive() && this.onHover(e)}
@@ -553,11 +562,11 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                             const end = this.anchorEnd(d.anchor, start + (10 / this.timelineContentWidth) * this.clipDuration);
                             if (end < this.clipStart || start > this.clipEnd) return null;
                             const left = Math.max(((start - this.clipStart) / this.clipDuration) * this.timelineContentWidth, 0);
-                            const top = (d.level / maxLevel) * this.props.PanelHeight();
+                            const top = (d.level / maxLevel) * this._props.PanelHeight();
                             const timespan = Math.max(0, Math.min(end - this.clipStart, this.clipEnd)) - Math.max(0, start - this.clipStart);
                             const width = (timespan / this.clipDuration) * this.timelineContentWidth;
-                            const height = this.props.PanelHeight() / maxLevel;
-                            return this.props.Document.hideAnchors ? null : (
+                            const height = this._props.PanelHeight() / maxLevel;
+                            return this._props.Document.hideAnchors ? null : (
                                 <div
                                     className={'collectionStackedTimeline-marker-timeline'}
                                     key={d.anchor[Id]}
@@ -569,7 +578,7 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                                         pointerEvents: 'none',
                                     }}>
                                     <StackedTimelineAnchor
-                                        {...this.props}
+                                        {...this._props}
                                         mark={d.anchor}
                                         rangeClickScript={this.rangeClickScript}
                                         rangePlayScript={this.rangePlayScript}
@@ -590,18 +599,19 @@ export class CollectionStackedTimeline extends CollectionSubView<CollectionStack
                             );
                         })}
                         {!this.IsTrimming && this.selectionContainer}
-                        {!this.props.PanelHeight() ? null : (
+                        {!this._props.PanelHeight() ? null : (
                             <AudioWaveform
-                                rawDuration={this.props.rawDuration}
-                                fieldKey={this.props.dataFieldKey}
+                                rawDuration={this._props.rawDuration}
+                                fieldKey={this._props.dataFieldKey}
                                 duration={this.clipDuration}
-                                mediaPath={this.props.mediaPath}
+                                mediaPath={this._props.mediaPath}
                                 layoutDoc={this.layoutDoc}
                                 clipStart={this.clipStart}
                                 clipEnd={this.clipEnd}
                                 zoomFactor={this.zoomFactor}
                                 PanelHeight={this.timelineContentHeight}
                                 PanelWidth={this.timelineContentWidth}
+                                progress={(this.currentTime - this.clipStart) / this.clipDuration}
                             />
                         )}
 
@@ -691,37 +701,44 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
     _lastTimecode: number;
     _disposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
 
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>;
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>) {
         super(props);
-        this._lastTimecode = this.props.currentTimecode();
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+        this._lastTimecode = this._props.currentTimecode();
+    }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
     }
 
     // updates marker document title to reflect correct timecodes
     computeTitle = () => {
-        if (this.props.mark.type !== DocumentType.LABEL) return undefined;
-        const start = Math.max(NumCast(this.props.mark[this.props.startTag]), this.props.trimStart) - this.props.trimStart;
-        const end = Math.min(NumCast(this.props.mark[this.props.endTag]), this.props.trimEnd) - this.props.trimStart;
+        if (this._props.mark.type !== DocumentType.LABEL) return undefined;
+        const start = Math.max(NumCast(this._props.mark[this._props.startTag]), this._props.trimStart) - this._props.trimStart;
+        const end = Math.min(NumCast(this._props.mark[this._props.endTag]), this._props.trimEnd) - this._props.trimStart;
         return `#${formatTime(start)}-${formatTime(end)}`;
     };
 
     componentDidMount() {
         this._disposer = reaction(
-            () => this.props.currentTimecode(),
+            () => this._props.currentTimecode(),
             time => {
-                const dictationDoc = Cast(this.props.layoutDoc.data_dictation, Doc, null);
-                const isDictation = dictationDoc && LinkManager.Links(this.props.mark).some(link => Cast(link.link_anchor_1, Doc, null)?.annotationOn === dictationDoc);
+                const dictationDoc = Cast(this._props.layoutDoc.data_dictation, Doc, null);
+                const isDictation = dictationDoc && LinkManager.Links(this._props.mark).some(link => Cast(link.link_anchor_1, Doc, null)?.annotationOn === dictationDoc);
                 if (
                     !LightboxView.LightboxDoc &&
                     // bcz: when should links be followed?  we don't want to move away from the video to follow a link but we can open it in a sidebar/etc.  But we don't know that upfront.
                     // for now, we won't follow any links when the lightbox is oepn to avoid "losing" the video.
-                    /*(isDictation || !Doc.AreProtosEqual(LightboxView.LightboxDoc, this.props.layoutDoc))*/
-                    !this.props.layoutDoc.dontAutoFollowLinks &&
-                    LinkManager.Links(this.props.mark).length &&
-                    time > NumCast(this.props.mark[this.props.startTag]) &&
-                    time < NumCast(this.props.mark[this.props.endTag]) &&
-                    this._lastTimecode < NumCast(this.props.mark[this.props.startTag]) - 1e-5
+                    /*(isDictation || !Doc.AreProtosEqual(LightboxView.LightboxDoc, this._props.layoutDoc))*/
+                    !this._props.layoutDoc.dontAutoFollowLinks &&
+                    LinkManager.Links(this._props.mark).length &&
+                    time > NumCast(this._props.mark[this._props.startTag]) &&
+                    time < NumCast(this._props.mark[this._props.endTag]) &&
+                    this._lastTimecode < NumCast(this._props.mark[this._props.startTag]) - 1e-5
                 ) {
-                    LinkFollower.FollowLink(undefined, this.props.mark, false);
+                    LinkFollower.FollowLink(undefined, this._props.mark, false);
                 }
                 this._lastTimecode = time;
             }
@@ -736,16 +753,16 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
     // starting the drag event for anchor resizing
     @action
     onAnchorDown = (e: React.PointerEvent, anchor: Doc, left: boolean): void => {
-        //this.props._timeline?.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+        //this._props._timeline?.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
         const newTime = (e: PointerEvent) => {
             const rect = (e.target as any).getBoundingClientRect();
-            return this.props.toTimeline(e.clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
+            return this._props.toTimeline(e.clientX - rect.x, rect.width);
         };
         const changeAnchor = (anchor: Doc, left: boolean, time: number | undefined) => {
-            const timelineOnly = Cast(anchor[this.props.startTag], 'number', null) !== undefined;
+            const timelineOnly = Cast(anchor[this._props.startTag], 'number', null) !== undefined;
             if (timelineOnly) {
-                if (!left && time !== undefined && time <= NumCast(anchor[this.props.startTag])) time = undefined;
-                Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, left ? this.props.startTag : this.props.endTag, time, true);
+                if (!left && time !== undefined && time <= NumCast(anchor[this._props.startTag])) time = undefined;
+                Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, left ? this._props.startTag : this._props.endTag, time, true);
                 if (!left) Doc.SetInPlace(anchor, 'layout_borderRounding', time !== undefined ? undefined : '100%', true);
             } else {
                 anchor[left ? '_timecodeToShow' : '_timecodeToHide'] = time;
@@ -759,11 +776,11 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
             e,
             e => {
                 if (!undo) undo = UndoManager.StartBatch('drag anchor');
-                this.props.setTime(newTime(e));
+                this._props.setTime(newTime(e));
                 return changeAnchor(anchor, left, newTime(e));
             },
             action(e => {
-                this.props.setTime(newTime(e));
+                this._props.setTime(newTime(e));
                 undo?.end();
                 this.noEvents = false;
             }),
@@ -774,7 +791,9 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
     // context menu
     contextMenuItems = () => {
         const resetTitle = {
-            script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(`this.title = this["${this.props.endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(this["${this.props.startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(this["${this.props.endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(this["${this.props.startTag}"])`)!,
+            script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(
+                `this.title = this["${this._props.endTag}"] ? "#" + formatToTime(this["${this._props.startTag}"]) + "-" + formatToTime(this["${this._props.endTag}"]) : "#" + formatToTime(this["${this._props.startTag}"])`
+            )!,
             icon: 'folder-plus',
             label: 'Reset Title',
         };
@@ -785,7 +804,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
     renderInner = computedFn(function (this: StackedTimelineAnchor, mark: Doc, script: undefined | (() => ScriptField), doublescript: undefined | (() => ScriptField), screenXf: () => Transform, width: () => number, height: () => number) {
         const anchor = observable({ view: undefined as Opt<DocumentView> | null });
         const focusFunc = (doc: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions): number | undefined => {
-            this.props.playLink(mark, options);
+            this._props.playLink(mark, options);
             return undefined;
         };
         return {
@@ -793,7 +812,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
             view: (
                 <DocumentView
                     key="view"
-                    {...this.props}
+                    {...this._props}
                     NativeWidth={returnZero}
                     NativeHeight={returnZero}
                     ref={action((r: DocumentView | null) => (anchor.view = r))}
@@ -801,11 +820,11 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
                     TemplateDataDocument={undefined}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     pointerEvents={this.noEvents ? returnNone : undefined}
-                    styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    styleProvider={this._props.styleProvider}
+                    renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                     LayoutTemplate={undefined}
                     LayoutTemplateString={LabelBox.LayoutStringWithTitle('data', this.computeTitle())}
-                    isDocumentActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
+                    isDocumentActive={this._props.isDocumentActive}
                     PanelWidth={width}
                     PanelHeight={height}
                     layout_fitWidth={returnTrue}
@@ -817,7 +836,7 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
                     childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     onClick={script}
-                    onDoubleClick={this.props.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors ? undefined : doublescript}
+                    onDoubleClick={this._props.layoutDoc.autoPlayAnchors ? undefined : doublescript}
                     ignoreAutoHeight={false}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
@@ -827,19 +846,19 @@ class StackedTimelineAnchor extends React.Component<StackedTimelineAnchorProps>
         };
     });
 
-    anchorScreenToLocalXf = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.props.left, -this.props.top);
-    width = () => this.props.width;
-    height = () => this.props.height;
+    anchorScreenToLocalXf = () => this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this._props.left, -this._props.top);
+    width = () => this._props.width;
+    height = () => this._props.height;
 
     render() {
-        const inner = this.renderInner(this.props.mark, this.props.rangeClickScript, this.props.rangePlayScript, this.anchorScreenToLocalXf, this.width, this.height);
+        const inner = this.renderInner(this._props.mark, this._props.rangeClickScript, this._props.rangePlayScript, this.anchorScreenToLocalXf, this.width, this.height);
         return (
             <div style={{ pointerEvents: this.noEvents ? 'none' : undefined }}>
                 {inner.view}
                 {!inner.anchor.view || !inner.anchor.view.SELECTED ? null : (
                     <>
-                        <div key="left" className="collectionStackedTimeline-left-resizer" style={{ pointerEvents: this.noEvents ? 'none' : undefined }} onPointerDown={e => this.onAnchorDown(e, this.props.mark, true)} />
-                        <div key="right" className="collectionStackedTimeline-resizer" style={{ pointerEvents: this.noEvents ? 'none' : undefined }} onPointerDown={e => this.onAnchorDown(e, this.props.mark, false)} />
+                        <div key="left" className="collectionStackedTimeline-left-resizer" style={{ pointerEvents: this.noEvents ? 'none' : undefined }} onPointerDown={e => this.onAnchorDown(e, this._props.mark, true)} />
+                        <div key="right" className="collectionStackedTimeline-resizer" style={{ pointerEvents: this.noEvents ? 'none' : undefined }} onPointerDown={e => this.onAnchorDown(e, this._props.mark, false)} />
                     </>
                 )}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index bc428c22f..984d6eedd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import * as CSS from 'csstype';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, ObservableMap, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnNone, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnNone, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow } from './CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow';
 import './CollectionStackingView.scss';
 import { CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn } from './CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 const _global = (window /* browser */ || global) /* node */ as any;
 
 export type collectionStackingViewProps = {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @observable _scroll = 0; // used to force the document decoration to update when scrolling
     // does this mean whether the browser is hidden? Or is chrome something else entirely?
     @computed get chromeHidden() {
-        return this.props.chromeHidden || BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.chromeHidden);
+        return this._props.chromeHidden || BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.chromeHidden);
     }
     // it looks like this gets the column headers that Mehek was showing just now
     @computed get colHeaderData() {
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     // filteredChildren is what you want to work with. It's the list of things that you're currently displaying
     @computed get filteredChildren() {
         const children = this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => pair.layout instanceof Doc && !pair.layout.hidden).map(pair => pair.layout);
-        if (this.props.sortFunc) children.sort(this.props.sortFunc);
+        if (this._props.sortFunc) children.sort(this._props.sortFunc);
         return children;
     }
     // how much margin we give the header
     @computed get headerMargin() {
-        return this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin);
+        return this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.HeaderMargin);
     }
     @computed get xMargin() {
-        return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, Math.max(3, 0.05 * this.props.PanelWidth()));
+        return NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xMargin, Math.max(3, 0.05 * this._props.PanelWidth()));
     }
     @computed get yMargin() {
-        return this.props.yPadding || NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yMargin, Math.min(5, 0.05 * this.props.PanelWidth()));
+        return this._props.yPadding || NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yMargin, Math.min(5, 0.05 * this._props.PanelWidth()));
     }
 
     @computed get gridGap() {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
     // are we stacking or masonry?
     @computed get isStackingView() {
-        return (this.props.type_collection ?? this.layoutDoc._type_collection) === CollectionViewType.Stacking;
+        return (this._props.type_collection ?? this.layoutDoc._type_collection) === CollectionViewType.Stacking;
     }
     // this is the number of StackingViewFieldColumns that we have
     @computed get numGroupColumns() {
@@ -108,15 +108,19 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
     // columnWidth handles the margin on the left and right side of the documents
     @computed get columnWidth() {
-        return Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin, this.isStackingView ? Number.MAX_VALUE : this.layoutDoc._columnWidth === -1 ? this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin : NumCast(this.layoutDoc._columnWidth, 250));
+        return Math.min(this._props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin, this.isStackingView ? Number.MAX_VALUE : this.layoutDoc._columnWidth === -1 ? this._props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin : NumCast(this.layoutDoc._columnWidth, 250));
     }
 
     @computed get NodeWidth() {
-        return this.props.PanelWidth() - this.gridGap;
+        return this._props.PanelWidth() - this.gridGap;
     }
 
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionStackingViewProps>>;
+    _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionStackingViewProps>>;
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
 
         if (this.colHeaderData === undefined) {
             // TODO: what is a layout doc? Is it literally how this document is supposed to be layed out?
@@ -124,6 +128,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             this.dataDoc['_' + this.fieldKey + '_columnHeaders'] = new List<SchemaHeaderField>();
         }
     }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
 
     // TODO: plj - these are the children
     children = (docs: Doc[]) => {
@@ -203,7 +210,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     componentDidMount() {
         super.componentDidMount?.();
-        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
+        this._props.setContentView?.(this);
 
         // reset section headers when a new filter is inputted
         this._pivotFieldDisposer = reaction(
@@ -214,7 +221,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             () => this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight,
             layout_autoHeight =>
                 layout_autoHeight &&
-                this.props.setHeight?.(
+                this._props.setHeight?.(
                     Math.min(
                         NumCast(this.layoutDoc._maxHeight, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER),
                         this.headerMargin + (this.isStackingView ? Math.max(...this.refList.map(r => Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', '')))) : this.refList.reduce((p, r) => p + Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', '')), 0))
@@ -229,20 +236,19 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this._layout_autoHeightDisposer?.();
     }
 
-    isAnyChildContentActive = () => this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isAnyChildContentActive = () => this._props.isAnyChildContentActive();
 
-    @action
     moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
-        return this.props.removeDocument?.(doc) && addDocument?.(doc) ? true : false;
+        return this._props.removeDocument?.(doc) && addDocument?.(doc) ? true : false;
     };
     createRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this._masonryGridRef = ele;
         this.createDashEventsTarget(ele!); //so the whole grid is the drop target?
     };
 
-    onChildClickHandler = () => this.props.childClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
+    onChildClickHandler = () => this._props.childClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
     @computed get onChildDoubleClickHandler() {
-        return () => this.props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
+        return () => this._props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
     }
 
     scrollToBottom = () => {
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const found = this._mainCont && Array.from(this._mainCont.getElementsByClassName('documentView-node')).find((node: any) => node.id === doc[Id]);
         if (found) {
             const top = found.getBoundingClientRect().top;
-            const localTop = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(0, top);
+            const localTop = this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(0, top);
             if (Math.floor(localTop[1]) !== 0) {
                 let focusSpeed = options.zoomTime ?? 500;
                 smoothScroll(focusSpeed, this._mainCont!, localTop[1] + this._mainCont!.scrollTop, options.easeFunc);
@@ -268,17 +274,16 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     styleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
         if (property === StyleProp.Opacity && doc) {
-            if (this.props.childOpacity) {
-                return this.props.childOpacity();
+            if (this._props.childOpacity) {
+                return this._props.childOpacity();
             }
             if (this.Document._currentFrame !== undefined) {
                 return CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.getValues(doc, NumCast(this.Document._currentFrame))?.opacity;
             }
         }
-        return this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
+        return this._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent, fieldProps: FieldViewProps) => {
         const docView = fieldProps.DocumentView?.();
         if (docView && ['Enter'].includes(e.key) && e.ctrlKey) {
@@ -296,26 +301,26 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
         }
     };
-    isContentActive = () => (this.props.isContentActive() ? true : this.props.isSelected() === false || this.props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
+    isContentActive = () => (this._props.isContentActive() ? true : this._props.isSelected() === false || this._props.isContentActive() === false ? false : undefined);
 
     @observable _renderCount = 5;
     isChildContentActive = () =>
-        this.props.isContentActive?.() === false
+        this._props.isContentActive?.() === false
             ? false
-            : this.props.isDocumentActive?.() && (this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() || BoolCast(this.Document.childDocumentsActive))
-            ? true
-            : this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() === false || this.Document.childDocumentsActive === false
-            ? false
-            : undefined;
-    isChildButtonContentActive = () => (this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() === false || this.Document.childDocumentsActive === false ? false : undefined);
+            : this._props.isDocumentActive?.() && (this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() || BoolCast(this.Document.childDocumentsActive))
+              ? true
+              : this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() === false || this.Document.childDocumentsActive === false
+                ? false
+                : undefined;
+    isChildButtonContentActive = () => (this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() === false || this.Document.childDocumentsActive === false ? false : undefined);
     @observable docRefs = new ObservableMap<Doc, DocumentView>();
-    childFitWidth = (doc: Doc) => Cast(this.Document.childLayoutFitWidth, 'boolean', this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) ?? Cast(doc.layout_fitWidth, 'boolean', null));
+    childFitWidth = (doc: Doc) => Cast(this.Document.childLayoutFitWidth, 'boolean', this._props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) ?? Cast(doc.layout_fitWidth, 'boolean', null));
     // this is what renders the document that you see on the screen
     // called in Children: this actually adds a document to our children list
     getDisplayDoc(doc: Doc, width: () => number, count: number) {
-        const dataDoc = doc.isTemplateDoc || doc.isTemplateForField ? this.props.TemplateDataDocument : undefined;
+        const dataDoc = doc.isTemplateDoc || doc.isTemplateForField ? this._props.TemplateDataDocument : undefined;
         const height = () => this.getDocHeight(doc);
-        const panelHeight = () => (this.isStackingView ? height() : Math.min(height(), this.props.PanelHeight()));
+        const panelHeight = () => (this.isStackingView ? height() : Math.min(height(), this._props.PanelHeight()));
         const panelWidth = () => (this.isStackingView ? width() : this.columnWidth);
         const stackedDocTransform = () => this.getDocTransform(doc);
         this._docXfs.push({ stackedDocTransform, width, height });
@@ -324,45 +329,45 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 ref={action((r: DocumentView) => r?.ContentDiv && this.docRefs.set(doc, r))}
                 Document={doc}
                 TemplateDataDocument={dataDoc ?? (Doc.AreProtosEqual(doc[DocData], doc) ? undefined : doc[DocData])}
-                renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                 PanelWidth={panelWidth}
                 PanelHeight={panelHeight}
-                pointerEvents={this.props.DocumentView?.().props.onClick?.() ? returnNone : undefined} // if the stack has an onClick, then we don't want the contents to be interactive (see CollectionPileView)
+                pointerEvents={this._props.DocumentView?.()._props.onClick?.() ? returnNone : undefined} // if the stack has an onClick, then we don't want the contents to be interactive (see CollectionPileView)
                 styleProvider={this.styleProvider}
-                docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
+                docViewPath={this._props.docViewPath}
                 layout_fitWidth={this.childFitWidth}
                 isContentActive={doc.onClick ? this.isChildButtonContentActive : this.isChildContentActive}
                 onKey={this.onKeyDown}
-                onBrowseClick={this.props.onBrowseClick}
+                onBrowseClick={this._props.onBrowseClick}
                 isDocumentActive={this.isContentActive}
-                LayoutTemplate={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
-                LayoutTemplateString={this.props.childLayoutString}
-                NativeWidth={this.props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeWidth(doc)) ? width : undefined} // explicitly ignore nativeWidth/height if childIgnoreNativeSize is set- used by PresBox
-                NativeHeight={this.props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this.props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeHeight(doc)) ? height : undefined}
-                dontCenter={this.props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? 'xy' : (StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_dontCenter) as any)}
-                dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)} // used to be true if DataDoc existed, but template textboxes won't layout_autoHeight resize if dontRegisterView is set, but they need to.
+                LayoutTemplate={this._props.childLayoutTemplate}
+                LayoutTemplateString={this._props.childLayoutString}
+                NativeWidth={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this._props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeWidth(doc)) ? width : undefined} // explicitly ignore nativeWidth/height if childIgnoreNativeSize is set- used by PresBox
+                NativeHeight={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? returnZero : this._props.childLayoutFitWidth?.(doc) || (this.childFitWidth(doc) && !Doc.NativeHeight(doc)) ? height : undefined}
+                dontCenter={this._props.childIgnoreNativeSize ? 'xy' : (StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_dontCenter) as any)}
+                dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.layoutDoc.childDontRegisterViews, this._props.dontRegisterView)} // used to be true if DataDoc existed, but template textboxes won't layout_autoHeight resize if dontRegisterView is set, but they need to.
                 rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
+                layout_showTitle={this._props.childlayout_showTitle}
+                dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this._props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={stackedDocTransform}
                 focus={this.focusDocument}
                 childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
-                hideDecorationTitle={this.props.childHideDecorationTitle}
-                hideResizeHandles={this.props.childHideResizeHandles}
+                hideDecorationTitle={this._props.childHideDecorationTitle}
+                hideResizeHandles={this._props.childHideResizeHandles}
                 childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                xPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childXPadding, this.props.childXPadding)}
-                yPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childYPadding, this.props.childYPadding)}
-                addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+                xPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childXPadding, this._props.childXPadding)}
+                yPadding={NumCast(this.layoutDoc._childYPadding, this._props.childYPadding)}
+                addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
+                moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
+                removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
                 contentPointerEvents={StrCast(this.layoutDoc.contentPointerEvents) as any}
-                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
-                addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
+                addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
                 bringToFront={returnFalse}
-                pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
+                pinToPres={this._props.pinToPres}
             />
         );
     }
@@ -372,11 +377,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this._scroll; // must be referenced for document decorations to update when the text box container is scrolled
         const { translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(dref?.ContentDiv);
         // the document view may center its contents and if so, will prepend that onto the screenToLocalTansform.  so we have to subtract that off
-        return new Transform(-translateX + (dref?.centeringX || 0), -translateY + (dref?.centeringY || 0), 1).scale(this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale);
+        return new Transform(-translateX + (dref?.centeringX || 0), -translateY + (dref?.centeringY || 0), 1).scale(this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale);
     }
     getDocWidth(d?: Doc) {
         if (!d) return 0;
-        const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
+        const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this._props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
         const maxWidth = this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns;
         if (!this.layoutDoc._columnsFill && !this.childFitWidth(childLayoutDoc)) {
             return Math.min(NumCast(d._width), maxWidth);
@@ -385,9 +390,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
     getDocHeight(d?: Doc) {
         if (!d || d.hidden) return 0;
-        const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
-        const childDataDoc = !d.isTemplateDoc && !d.isTemplateForField ? undefined : this.props.TemplateDataDocument;
-        const maxHeight = (lim => (lim === 0 ? this.props.PanelWidth() : lim === -1 ? 10000 : lim))(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.childLimitHeight, -1));
+        const childLayoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d, this._props.childLayoutTemplate?.());
+        const childDataDoc = !d.isTemplateDoc && !d.isTemplateForField ? undefined : this._props.TemplateDataDocument;
+        const maxHeight = (lim => (lim === 0 ? this._props.PanelWidth() : lim === -1 ? 10000 : lim))(NumCast(this.layoutDoc.childLimitHeight, -1));
         const nw = Doc.NativeWidth(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!this.childFitWidth(childLayoutDoc) ? NumCast(d._width) : 0);
         const nh = Doc.NativeHeight(childLayoutDoc, childDataDoc) || (!this.childFitWidth(childLayoutDoc) ? NumCast(d._height) : 0);
         if (nw && nh) {
@@ -396,7 +401,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return Math.min(maxHeight, (docWid * nh) / nw);
         }
         const childHeight = NumCast(childLayoutDoc._height);
-        const panelHeight = this.childFitWidth(childLayoutDoc) ? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER : this.props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin;
+        const panelHeight = this.childFitWidth(childLayoutDoc) ? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER : this._props.PanelHeight() - 2 * this.yMargin;
         return Math.min(childHeight, maxHeight, panelHeight);
     }
 
@@ -434,7 +439,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         // Fairly confident that this is where the swapping of nodes in the various arrays happens
         const where = [de.x, de.y];
@@ -472,9 +476,9 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 }
                 return true;
             }
-        } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this.props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView) {
+        } else if (de.complete.linkDragData?.dragDocument.embedContainer === this._props.Document && de.complete.linkDragData?.linkDragView?.CollectionFreeFormDocumentView) {
             const source = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 200, _height: 75, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: 'dropped annotation' });
-            if (!this.props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
+            if (!this._props.addDocument?.(source)) e.preventDefault();
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(source, de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), { link_relationship: 'doc annotation' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
             e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
@@ -497,7 +501,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     /// an item from outside of Dash is being dropped onto this stacking view (e.g, a document from the file system)
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onExternalDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
         const where = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
         let targInd = -1;
@@ -544,8 +547,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             action((entries: any) => {
                                 if (this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.length && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) {
                                     const height = this.headerMargin + Math.min(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._maxHeight, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER), Math.max(...this.refList.map(r => Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', '')))));
-                                    if (!LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(this.props.docViewPath())) {
-                                        this.props.setHeight?.(height);
+                                    if (!LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(this._props.docViewPath())) {
+                                        this._props.setHeight?.(height);
                                     }
                                 }
                             })
@@ -556,8 +559,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 addDocument={this.addDocument}
                 chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
                 colHeaderData={this.colHeaderData}
-                Document={this.props.Document}
-                TemplateDataDocument={this.props.TemplateDataDocument}
+                Document={this._props.Document}
+                TemplateDataDocument={this._props.TemplateDataDocument}
                 renderChildren={this.children}
                 columnWidth={this.columnWidth}
                 numGroupColumns={this.numGroupColumns}
@@ -571,7 +574,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 yMargin={this.yMargin}
                 type={type}
                 createDropTarget={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-                screenToLocalTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
+                screenToLocalTransform={this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
             />
         );
     };
@@ -584,11 +587,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (types.map((i, idx) => types.indexOf(i) === idx).length === 1) {
             type = types[0];
         }
-        const rows = () => (!this.isStackingView ? 1 : Math.max(1, Math.min(docList.length, Math.floor((this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin) / (this.columnWidth + this.gridGap)))));
+        const rows = () => (!this.isStackingView ? 1 : Math.max(1, Math.min(docList.length, Math.floor((this._props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.xMargin) / (this.columnWidth + this.gridGap)))));
         return (
             <CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow
                 showHandle={first}
-                Document={this.props.Document}
+                Document={this._props.Document}
                 chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
                 pivotField={this.pivotField}
                 unobserveHeight={ref => this.refList.splice(this.refList.indexOf(ref), 1)}
@@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             action((entries: any) => {
                                 if (this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.length && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging()) {
                                     const height = this.refList.reduce((p, r) => p + Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', '')), 0);
-                                    this.props.setHeight?.(2 * this.headerMargin + height); // bcz: added 2x for header to fix problem with scrollbars appearing in Tools panel
+                                    this._props.setHeight?.(2 * this.headerMargin + height); // bcz: added 2x for header to fix problem with scrollbars appearing in Tools panel
                                 }
                             })
                         );
@@ -615,7 +618,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 parent={this}
                 type={type}
                 createDropTarget={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-                screenToLocalTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
+                screenToLocalTransform={this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
                 setDocHeight={this.setDocHeight}
             />
         );
@@ -672,43 +675,43 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     Document={menuDoc}
                     isContentActive={this.isContentActive}
                     isDocumentActive={this.isContentActive}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    onBrowseClick={this.props.onBrowseClick}
+                    addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
+                    moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
+                    addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
+                    onBrowseClick={this._props.onBrowseClick}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
                     rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+                    removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     PanelWidth={this.return35}
                     PanelHeight={this.return35}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth}
+                    renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
-                    styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
+                    styleProvider={this._props.styleProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
-                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
-                    searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
+                    childFilters={this._props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this._props.childFiltersByRanges}
+                    searchFilterDocs={this._props.searchFilterDocs}
                 />
             </div>
         );
     }
 
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
-        return this.props.NativeWidth?.() ?? Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc);
+        return this._props.NativeWidth?.() ?? Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc);
     }
     @computed get nativeHeight() {
-        return this.props.NativeHeight?.() ?? Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc);
+        return this._props.NativeHeight?.() ?? Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc);
     }
 
     @computed get scaling() {
-        return !this.nativeWidth ? 1 : this.props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeHeight;
+        return !this.nativeWidth ? 1 : this._props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeHeight;
     }
 
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
-        return this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
+        return this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
     observer: any;
     render() {
@@ -734,8 +737,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         ref={this.createRef}
                         style={{
                             overflowY: this.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
-                            background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-                            pointerEvents: (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? this.backgroundEvents,
+                            background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+                            pointerEvents: (this._props.pointerEvents?.() as any) ?? this.backgroundEvents,
                         }}
                         onScroll={action(e => (this._scroll = e.currentTarget.scrollTop))}
                         onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}
@@ -743,7 +746,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         onWheel={e => this.isContentActive() && e.stopPropagation()}>
                         {this.renderedSections}
                         {!this.showAddAGroup ? null : (
-                            <div key={`${this.props.Document[Id]}-addGroup`} className="collectionStackingView-addGroupButton" style={{ width: !this.isStackingView ? '100%' : this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns - 10, marginTop: 10 }}>
+                            <div key={`${this._props.Document[Id]}-addGroup`} className="collectionStackingView-addGroupButton" style={{ width: !this.isStackingView ? '100%' : this.columnWidth / this.numGroupColumns - 10, marginTop: 10 }}>
                                 <EditableView {...editableViewProps} />
                             </div>
                         )}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index 3282eb4b4..b8dcd6248 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
@@ -50,15 +50,22 @@ interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldColumnProps> {
-    @observable private _background = 'inherit';
-
     private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
     private _headerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-
+    @observable private _background = 'inherit';
     @observable _paletteOn = false;
-    @observable _heading = this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.heading : this.props.heading;
-    @observable _color = this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : '#f1efeb';
+    @observable _heading = '';
+    @observable _color = '';
+
+    @observable _props!: CSVFieldColumnProps;
+    constructor(props: CSVFieldColumnProps) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+        this._heading = this._props.headingObject ? this._props.headingObject.heading : this._props.heading;
+        this._color = this._props.headingObject ? this._props.headingObject.color : '#f1efeb';
+    }
 
     _ele: HTMLElement | null = null;
 
@@ -68,29 +75,33 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         this.dropDisposer?.();
         if (ele) {
             this._ele = ele;
-            this.props.observeHeight(ele);
+            this._props.observeHeight(ele);
             this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this));
         }
     };
 
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        // untracked(() => (this._props = this.props));
+    }
+
     @action
     componentDidMount() {
         this._disposers.collapser = reaction(
-            () => this.props.headingObject?.collapsed,
+            () => this._props.headingObject?.collapsed,
             collapsed => (this.collapsed = collapsed !== undefined ? BoolCast(collapsed) : false),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._disposers.collapser?.();
-        this.props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
+        this._props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
     }
 
     //TODO: what is scripting? I found it in SetInPlace def but don't know what that is
     @undoBatch
     columnDrop = action((e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const drop = { docs: de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments, val: this.getValue(this._heading) };
-        this.props.pivotField && drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this.props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
+        this._props.pivotField && drop.docs?.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, this._props.pivotField, drop.val, false));
         return true;
     });
     getValue = (value: string): any => {
@@ -105,13 +116,13 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     headingChanged = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean) => {
         const castedValue = this.getValue(value);
         if (castedValue) {
-            if (this.props.colHeaderData?.map(i => i.heading).indexOf(castedValue.toString()) !== -1) {
+            if (this._props.colHeaderData?.map(i => i.heading).indexOf(castedValue.toString()) !== -1) {
                 return false;
             }
-            this.props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this.props.pivotField] = castedValue));
-            if (this.props.headingObject) {
-                this.props.headingObject.setHeading(castedValue.toString());
-                this._heading = this.props.headingObject.heading;
+            this._props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this._props.pivotField] = castedValue));
+            if (this._props.headingObject) {
+                this._props.headingObject.setHeading(castedValue.toString());
+                this._heading = this._props.headingObject.heading;
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -120,7 +131,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @action
     changeColumnColor = (color: string) => {
-        this.props.headingObject?.setColor(color);
+        this._props.headingObject?.setColor(color);
         this._color = color;
     };
 
@@ -131,30 +142,30 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     @action
     addNewTextDoc = (value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, forceEmptyNote?: boolean) => {
         if (!value && !forceEmptyNote) return false;
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
         const newDoc = Docs.Create.TextDocument(value, { _height: 18, _width: 200, _layout_fitWidth: true, title: value, _layout_autoHeight: true });
-        newDoc[key] = this.getValue(this.props.heading);
-        const maxHeading = this.props.docList.reduce((maxHeading, doc) => (NumCast(doc.heading) > maxHeading ? NumCast(doc.heading) : maxHeading), 0);
-        const heading = maxHeading === 0 || this.props.docList.length === 0 ? 1 : maxHeading === 1 ? 2 : 3;
+        newDoc[key] = this.getValue(this._props.heading);
+        const maxHeading = this._props.docList.reduce((maxHeading, doc) => (NumCast(doc.heading) > maxHeading ? NumCast(doc.heading) : maxHeading), 0);
+        const heading = maxHeading === 0 || this._props.docList.length === 0 ? 1 : maxHeading === 1 ? 2 : 3;
         newDoc.heading = heading;
         FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
         FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = forceEmptyNote ? '' : ' ';
-        return this.props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false;
+        return this._props.addDocument?.(newDoc) || false;
     };
 
     @action
     deleteColumn = () => {
-        this.props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this.props.pivotField] = undefined));
-        if (this.props.colHeaderData && this.props.headingObject) {
-            const index = this.props.colHeaderData.indexOf(this.props.headingObject);
-            this.props.colHeaderData.splice(index, 1);
+        this._props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this._props.pivotField] = undefined));
+        if (this._props.colHeaderData && this._props.headingObject) {
+            const index = this._props.colHeaderData.indexOf(this._props.headingObject);
+            this._props.colHeaderData.splice(index, 1);
         }
     };
 
     @action
     collapseSection = () => {
-        this.props.headingObject?.setCollapsed(!this.props.headingObject.collapsed);
-        this.collapsed = BoolCast(this.props.headingObject?.collapsed);
+        this._props.headingObject?.setCollapsed(!this._props.headingObject.collapsed);
+        this.collapsed = BoolCast(this._props.headingObject?.collapsed);
     };
 
     headerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.startDrag, emptyFunction, emptyFunction);
@@ -162,12 +173,12 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
     //TODO: I think this is where I'm supposed to edit stuff
     startDrag = (e: PointerEvent, down: number[], delta: number[]) => {
         // is MakeEmbedding a way to make a copy of a doc without rendering it?
-        const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this.props.Document);
-        embedding._width = this.props.columnWidth / (this.props.colHeaderData?.length || 1);
+        const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this._props.Document);
+        embedding._width = this._props.columnWidth / (this._props.colHeaderData?.length || 1);
         embedding._pivotField = undefined;
         let value = this.getValue(this._heading);
         value = typeof value === 'string' ? `"${value}"` : value;
-        embedding.viewSpecScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`doc.${this.props.pivotField} === ${value}`, { doc: Doc.name });
+        embedding.viewSpecScript = ScriptField.MakeFunction(`doc.${this._props.pivotField} === ${value}`, { doc: Doc.name });
         if (embedding.viewSpecScript) {
             DragManager.StartDocumentDrag([this._headerRef.current!], new DragManager.DocumentDragData([embedding]), e.clientX, e.clientY);
             return true;
@@ -177,7 +188,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     renderColorPicker = () => {
         const gray = '#f1efeb';
-        const selected = this.props.headingObject ? this.props.headingObject.color : gray;
+        const selected = this._props.headingObject ? this._props.headingObject.color : gray;
         const colors = ['pink2', 'purple4', 'bluegreen1', 'yellow4', 'gray', 'red2', 'bluegreen7', 'bluegreen5', 'orange1'];
         return (
             <div className="collectionStackingView-colorPicker">
@@ -211,15 +222,15 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
         const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-        const dataDoc = this.props.TemplateDataDocument || this.props.Document;
+        const dataDoc = this._props.TemplateDataDocument || this._props.Document;
         const width = this._ele ? Number(getComputedStyle(this._ele).width.replace('px', '')) : 0;
         const height = this._ele ? Number(getComputedStyle(this._ele).height.replace('px', '')) : 0;
         DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(
             doc => {
                 FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(doc);
-                return this.props.addDocument?.(doc);
+                return this._props.addDocument?.(doc);
             },
-            this.props.addDocument,
+            this._props.addDocument,
             0,
             0,
             true
@@ -231,12 +242,12 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                 docItems.push({
                     description: ':' + fieldKey,
                     event: () => {
-                        const created = DocUtils.DocumentFromField(dataDoc, fieldKey, Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document));
+                        const created = DocUtils.DocumentFromField(dataDoc, fieldKey, Doc.GetProto(this._props.Document));
                         if (created) {
-                            if (this.props.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
-                                Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this.props.Document);
+                            if (this._props.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
+                                Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this._props.Document);
                             }
-                            return this.props.addDocument?.(created);
+                            return this._props.addDocument?.(created);
                         }
                     },
                     icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
@@ -250,12 +261,12 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                     event: () => {
                         const created = Docs.Create.CarouselDocument([], { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: fieldKey });
                         if (created) {
-                            const container = this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document) : this.props.Document;
+                            const container = this._props.Document.resolvedDataDoc ? Doc.GetProto(this._props.Document) : this._props.Document;
                             if (container.isTemplateDoc) {
                                 Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, container);
                                 return Doc.AddDocToList(container, Doc.LayoutFieldKey(container), created);
                             }
-                            return this.props.addDocument?.(created) || false;
+                            return this._props.addDocument?.(created) || false;
                         }
                     },
                     icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
@@ -264,16 +275,16 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
         !Doc.noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Doc Fields ...', subitems: docItems, icon: 'eye' });
         !Doc.noviceMode && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Containers ...', subitems: layoutItems, icon: 'eye' });
         ContextMenu.Instance.setDefaultItem('::', (name: string): void => {
-            Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)[name] = '';
+            Doc.GetProto(this._props.Document)[name] = '';
             const created = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { title: name, _width: 250, _layout_autoHeight: true });
             if (created) {
-                if (this.props.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
-                    Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this.props.Document);
+                if (this._props.Document.isTemplateDoc) {
+                    Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(created, this._props.Document);
                 }
-                this.props.addDocument?.(created);
+                this._props.addDocument?.(created);
             }
         });
-        const pt = this.props
+        const pt = this._props
             .screenToLocalTransform()
             .inverse()
             .transformPoint(width - 30, height);
@@ -282,21 +293,21 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     @computed get innards() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const key = this.props.pivotField;
-        const headings = this.props.headings();
+        const key = this._props.pivotField;
+        const headings = this._props.headings();
         const heading = this._heading;
-        const columnYMargin = this.props.headingObject ? 0 : this.props.yMargin;
+        const columnYMargin = this._props.headingObject ? 0 : this._props.yMargin;
         const uniqueHeadings = headings.map((i, idx) => headings.indexOf(i) === idx);
         const noValueHeader = `NO ${key.toUpperCase()} VALUE`;
-        const evContents = heading ? heading : this.props?.type === 'number' ? '0' : noValueHeader;
-        const headingView = this.props.headingObject ? (
+        const evContents = heading ? heading : this._props?.type === 'number' ? '0' : noValueHeader;
+        const headingView = this._props.headingObject ? (
             <div
                 key={heading}
                 className="collectionStackingView-sectionHeader"
                 ref={this._headerRef}
                 style={{
-                    marginTop: this.props.yMargin,
-                    width: this.props.columnWidth / (uniqueHeadings.length + (this.props.chromeHidden ? 0 : 1) || 1),
+                    marginTop: this._props.yMargin,
+                    width: this._props.columnWidth / (uniqueHeadings.length + (this._props.chromeHidden ? 0 : 1) || 1),
                 }}>
                 {/* the default bucket (no key value) has a tooltip that describes what it is.
                     Further, it does not have a color and cannot be deleted. */}
@@ -326,35 +337,35 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                     )} */}
                 </div>
                 <div
-                    className={'collectionStackingView-collapseBar' + (this.props.headingObject.collapsed === true ? ' active' : '')}
-                    style={{ display: this.props.headingObject.collapsed === true ? 'block' : undefined }}
+                    className={'collectionStackingView-collapseBar' + (this._props.headingObject.collapsed === true ? ' active' : '')}
+                    style={{ display: this._props.headingObject.collapsed === true ? 'block' : undefined }}
                     onClick={this.collapseSection}
                 />
             </div>
         ) : null;
-        const templatecols = `${this.props.columnWidth / this.props.numGroupColumns}px `;
-        const type = this.props.Document.type;
+        const templatecols = `${this._props.columnWidth / this._props.numGroupColumns}px `;
+        const type = this._props.Document.type;
         return (
             <>
-                {this.props.Document._columnsHideIfEmpty ? null : headingView}
+                {this._props.Document._columnsHideIfEmpty ? null : headingView}
                 {this.collapsed ? null : (
                     <div>
                         <div
                             key={`${heading}-stack`}
                             className={`collectionStackingView-masonrySingle`}
                             style={{
-                                padding: `${columnYMargin}px ${0}px ${this.props.yMargin}px ${0}px`,
+                                padding: `${columnYMargin}px ${0}px ${this._props.yMargin}px ${0}px`,
                                 margin: 'auto',
                                 width: 'max-content', //singleColumn ? undefined : `${cols * (style.columnWidth + style.gridGap) + 2 * style.xMargin - style.gridGap}px`,
                                 height: 'max-content',
                                 position: 'relative',
-                                gridGap: this.props.gridGap,
+                                gridGap: this._props.gridGap,
                                 gridTemplateColumns: templatecols,
                                 gridAutoRows: '0px',
                             }}>
-                            {this.props.renderChildren(this.props.docList)}
+                            {this._props.renderChildren(this._props.docList)}
                         </div>
-                        {!this.props.chromeHidden && type !== DocumentType.PRES ? (
+                        {!this._props.chromeHidden && type !== DocumentType.PRES ? (
                             // TODO: this is the "new" button: see what you can work with here
                             // change cursor to pointer for this, and update dragging cursor
                             //TODO: there is a bug that occurs when adding a freeform document and trying to move it around
@@ -365,7 +376,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                                 key={`${heading}-add-document`}
                                 onKeyDown={e => e.stopPropagation()}
                                 className="collectionStackingView-addDocumentButton"
-                                style={{ width: 'calc(100% - 25px)', maxWidth: this.props.columnWidth / this.props.numGroupColumns - 25, marginBottom: 10 }}>
+                                style={{ width: 'calc(100% - 25px)', maxWidth: this._props.columnWidth / this._props.numGroupColumns - 25, marginBottom: 10 }}>
                                 <EditableView
                                     GetValue={returnEmptyString}
                                     SetValue={this.addNewTextDoc}
@@ -384,7 +395,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const headings = this.props.headings();
+        const headings = this._props.headings();
         const heading = this._heading;
         const uniqueHeadings = headings.map((i, idx) => headings.indexOf(i) === idx);
         return (
@@ -392,7 +403,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends React.Component<CSVFieldC
                 className={'collectionStackingViewFieldColumn' + (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'Dragging' : '')}
                 key={heading}
                 style={{
-                    width: `${100 / (uniqueHeadings.length + (this.props.chromeHidden ? 0 : 1) || 1)}%`,
+                    width: `${100 / (uniqueHeadings.length + (this._props.chromeHidden ? 0 : 1) || 1)}%`,
                     height: undefined, // DraggingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "100%" : undefined,
                     background: this._background,
                 }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index 40b2f9644..fd53e12da 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, override, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import * as rp from 'request-promise';
 import CursorField from '../../../fields/CursorField';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
         private gestureDisposer?: GestureUtils.GestureEventDisposer;
         protected _mainCont?: HTMLDivElement;
+        @override _props: X & SubCollectionViewProps;
+
+        constructor(props: any) {
+            super(props);
+            this._props = props;
+            makeObservable(this);
+        }
+        componentDidUpdate() {
+            // untracked(() => (this._props = this.props));
+        }
+
         @observable _focusFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFilters that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFilters set on it
         @observable _focusRangeFilters: Opt<string[]>; // childFiltersByRanges that are overridden when previewing a link to an anchor which has childFiltersByRanges set on it
         protected createDashEventsTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
@@ -55,29 +66,29 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
             this.gestureDisposer?.();
         }
 
-        @computed get dataDoc() {
-            return this.props.TemplateDataDocument instanceof Doc && this.props.Document.isTemplateForField
-                ? Doc.GetProto(this.props.TemplateDataDocument)
-                : this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc
-                ? this.props.Document
-                : Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document); // if the layout document has a resolvedDataDoc, then we don't want to get its parent which would be the unexpanded template
+        get dataDoc() {
+            return this._props.TemplateDataDocument instanceof Doc && this._props.Document.isTemplateForField
+                ? Doc.GetProto(this._props.TemplateDataDocument)
+                : this._props.Document.resolvedDataDoc
+                  ? this._props.Document
+                  : Doc.GetProto(this._props.Document); // if the layout document has a resolvedDataDoc, then we don't want to get its parent which would be the unexpanded template
         }
 
         // this returns whether either the collection is selected, or the template that it is part of is selected
-        rootSelected = () => this.props.isSelected() || BoolCast(this.props.TemplateDataDocument && this.props.rootSelected?.());
+        rootSelected = () => this._props.isSelected() || BoolCast(this._props.TemplateDataDocument && this._props.rootSelected?.());
 
-        // The data field for rendering this collection will be on the this.props.Document unless we're rendering a template in which case we try to use props.TemplateDataDocument.
+        // The data field for rendering this collection will be on the this._props.Document unless we're rendering a template in which case we try to use props.TemplateDataDocument.
         // When a document has a TemplateDataDoc but it's not a template, then it contains its own rendering data, but needs to pass the TemplateDataDoc through
         // to its children which may be templates.
         // If 'annotationField' is specified, then all children exist on that field of the extension document, otherwise, they exist directly on the data document under 'fieldKey'
         @computed get dataField() {
-            return this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]; // this used to be 'layoutDoc', but then template fields will get ignored since the template is not a proto of the layout.  hopefully nothing depending on the previous code.
+            return this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey]; // this used to be 'layoutDoc', but then template fields will get ignored since the template is not a proto of the layout.  hopefully nothing depending on the previous code.
         }
 
         @computed get childLayoutPairs(): { layout: Doc; data: Doc }[] {
-            const { Document, TemplateDataDocument } = this.props;
+            const { Document, TemplateDataDocument } = this._props;
             const validPairs = this.childDocs
-                .map(doc => Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(Document, !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? TemplateDataDocument : undefined, doc))
+                .map(doc => Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(Document, !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? TemplateDataDocument : undefined, doc))
                 .filter(pair => {
                     // filter out any documents that have a proto that we don't have permissions to
                     return !pair.layout?.hidden && pair.layout && (!pair.layout.proto || (pair.layout.proto instanceof Doc && GetEffectiveAcl(pair.layout.proto) !== AclPrivate));
@@ -87,14 +98,14 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         @computed get childDocList() {
             return Cast(this.dataField, listSpec(Doc));
         }
-        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this.props.Document._childFilters);
-        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this.props.Document._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
+        collectionFilters = () => this._focusFilters ?? StrListCast(this._props.Document._childFilters);
+        collectionRangeDocFilters = () => this._focusRangeFilters ?? Cast(this._props.Document._childFiltersByRanges, listSpec('string'), []);
         // child filters apply to the descendants of the documents in this collection
-        childDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
+        childDocFilters = () => [...(this._props.childFilters?.().filter(f => Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || []), ...this.collectionFilters()];
         // unrecursive filters apply to the documents in the collection, but no their children.  See Utils.noRecursionHack
-        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
-        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this.props.childFiltersByRanges?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
-        searchFilterDocs = () => this.props.searchFilterDocs?.() ?? DocListCast(this.props.Document._searchFilterDocs);
+        unrecursiveDocFilters = () => [...(this._props.childFilters?.().filter(f => !Utils.IsRecursiveFilter(f)) || [])];
+        childDocRangeFilters = () => [...(this._props.childFiltersByRanges?.() || []), ...this.collectionRangeDocFilters()];
+        searchFilterDocs = () => this._props.searchFilterDocs?.() ?? DocListCast(this._props.Document._searchFilterDocs);
         @computed.struct get childDocs() {
             TraceMobx();
             let rawdocs: (Doc | Promise<Doc>)[] = [];
@@ -108,27 +119,27 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                 // Finally, if it's not a doc or a list and the document is a template, we try to render the root doc.
                 // For example, if an image doc is rendered with a slide template, the template will try to render the data field as a collection.
                 // Since the data field is actually an image, we set the list of documents to the singleton of root document's proto which will be an image.
-                const templateRoot = this.props.TemplateDataDocument;
-                rawdocs = templateRoot && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? [Doc.GetProto(templateRoot)] : [];
+                const templateRoot = this._props.TemplateDataDocument;
+                rawdocs = templateRoot && !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? [Doc.GetProto(templateRoot)] : [];
             }
 
-            const childDocs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise) && GetEffectiveAcl(Doc.GetProto(d)) !== AclPrivate && (this.props.ignoreUnrendered || !d.layout_unrendered)).map(d => d as Doc);
+            const childDocs = rawdocs.filter(d => !(d instanceof Promise) && GetEffectiveAcl(Doc.GetProto(d)) !== AclPrivate && (this._props.ignoreUnrendered || !d.layout_unrendered)).map(d => d as Doc);
 
             const childDocFilters = this.childDocFilters();
             const childFiltersByRanges = this.childDocRangeFilters();
             const searchDocs = this.searchFilterDocs();
-            if (this.props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !childFiltersByRanges.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
+            if (this._props.Document.dontRegisterView || (!childDocFilters.length && !this.unrecursiveDocFilters().length && !childFiltersByRanges.length && !searchDocs.length)) {
                 return childDocs.filter(cd => !cd.cookies); // remove any documents that require a cookie if there are no filters to provide one
             }
 
             const docsforFilter: Doc[] = [];
             childDocs.forEach(d => {
                 // dragging facets
-                const dragged = this.props.childFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragDocsFilter));
+                const dragged = this._props.childFilters?.().some(f => f.includes(Utils.noDragDocsFilter));
                 if (dragged && SnappingManager.GetCanEmbed() && DragManager.docsBeingDragged.includes(d)) return false;
-                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                let notFiltered = d.z || Doc.IsSystem(d) || DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], this.unrecursiveDocFilters(), childFiltersByRanges, this._props.Document).length > 0;
                 if (notFiltered) {
-                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, this.props.Document).length > 0;
+                    notFiltered = (!searchDocs.length || searchDocs.includes(d)) && DocUtils.FilterDocs([d], childDocFilters, childFiltersByRanges, this._props.Document).length > 0;
                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(d);
                     const annos = !Field.toString(Doc.LayoutField(d) as Field).includes(CollectionView.name);
                     const data = d[annos ? fieldKey + '_annotations' : fieldKey];
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         @action
         protected async setCursorPosition(position: [number, number]) {
             let ind;
-            const doc = this.props.Document;
+            const doc = this._props.Document;
             const id = Doc.UserDoc()[Id];
             const email = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
             const pos = { x: position[0], y: position[1] };
@@ -197,23 +208,23 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                 const dropAction = this.layoutDoc.dropAction as dropActionType;
                 // if the dropEvent's dragAction is, say 'embed', but we're just dragging within a collection, we may not actually want to make an embedding.
                 // so we check if our collection has a dropAction set on it and if so, we use that instead.
-                if (dropAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
+                if (dropAction && !de.complete.docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this._props.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d))) {
                     de.complete.docDragData.dropAction = dropAction;
                 }
                 e.stopPropagation();
             }
         }
 
-        addDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => this.props.addDocument?.(doc, annotationKey) || false;
-        removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => this.props.removeDocument?.(doc, annotationKey) || false;
-        moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => boolean, annotationKey?: string) => this.props.moveDocument?.(doc, targetCollection, addDocument);
-        @action
+        addDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => this._props.addDocument?.(doc, annotationKey) || false;
+        removeDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => this._props.removeDocument?.(doc, annotationKey) || false;
+        moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => boolean, annotationKey?: string) => this._props.moveDocument?.(doc, targetCollection, addDocument);
+
         protected onInternalDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent): boolean {
             const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
             if (docDragData) {
                 let added = undefined;
                 const dropAction = docDragData.dropAction || docDragData.userDropAction;
-                const targetDocments = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
+                const targetDocments = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey]);
                 const someMoved = !dropAction && docDragData.draggedDocuments.some(drag => targetDocments.includes(drag));
                 if (someMoved) docDragData.droppedDocuments = docDragData.droppedDocuments.map((drop, i) => (targetDocments.includes(docDragData.draggedDocuments[i]) ? docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] : drop));
                 if ((!dropAction || dropAction === 'inSame' || dropAction === 'same' || dropAction === 'move' || someMoved) && docDragData.moveDocument) {
@@ -236,13 +247,13 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                     added = this.addDocument(docDragData.droppedDocuments);
                     !added && alert('You cannot perform this move');
                 }
-                added === false && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && e.preventDefault();
+                added === false && !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay && e.preventDefault();
                 added === true && e.stopPropagation();
                 return added ? true : false;
             } else if (de.complete.annoDragData) {
                 const dropCreator = de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator;
                 de.complete.annoDragData.dropDocCreator = () => {
-                    const dropped = dropCreator(this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.Document : undefined);
+                    const dropped = dropCreator(this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.Document : undefined);
                     this.addDocument(dropped);
                     return dropped;
                 };
@@ -252,7 +263,6 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
         }
 
         @undoBatch
-        @action
         protected async onExternalDrop(e: React.DragEvent, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: (docs: Doc[]) => void) {
             if (e.ctrlKey) {
                 e.stopPropagation(); // bcz: this is a hack to stop propagation when dropping an image on a text document with shift+ctrl
@@ -463,15 +473,15 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
             }
             if (generatedDocuments.length) {
                 // Creating a dash document
-                const isFreeformView = this.props.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Freeform;
+                const isFreeformView = this._props.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Freeform;
                 const set = !isFreeformView
                     ? generatedDocuments
                     : generatedDocuments.length > 1
-                    ? generatedDocuments.map(d => {
-                          DocUtils.iconify(d);
-                          return d;
-                      })
-                    : [];
+                      ? generatedDocuments.map(d => {
+                            DocUtils.iconify(d);
+                            return d;
+                        })
+                      : [];
                 if (completed) completed(set);
                 else {
                     if (isFreeformView && generatedDocuments.length > 1) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 5c165fe70..938af002f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnAll, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, emptyFunction, returnAll, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { FieldViewProps } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { StyleProp } from '../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './collectionFreeForm';
-import { CollectionSubView } from './CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionTreeView.scss';
 import { TreeView } from './TreeView';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -59,27 +59,35 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     private refList: Set<any> = new Set(); // list of tree view items to monitor for height changes
     private observer: any; // observer for monitoring tree view items.
 
-    @computed get doc() {
-        return this.props.Document;
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionTreeViewProps>>;
+    @override _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionTreeViewProps>>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionTreeViewProps>>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
     }
-    @computed get dataDoc() {
-        return this.props.TemplateDataDocument || this.doc;
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
+
+    get dataDoc() {
+        return this._props.TemplateDataDocument || this.Document;
     }
     @computed get treeViewtruncateTitleWidth() {
-        return NumCast(this.doc.treeView_TruncateTitleWidth, this.panelWidth());
+        return NumCast(this.Document.treeView_TruncateTitleWidth, this.panelWidth());
     }
     @computed get treeChildren() {
         TraceMobx();
-        return this.props.childDocuments || this.childDocs;
+        return this._props.childDocuments || this.childDocs;
     }
     @computed get outlineMode() {
-        return this.doc.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.outline;
+        return this.Document.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.outline;
     }
     @computed get fileSysMode() {
-        return this.doc.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.fileSystem;
+        return this.Document.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.fileSystem;
     }
     @computed get dashboardMode() {
-        return this.doc === Doc.MyDashboards;
+        return this.Document === Doc.MyDashboards;
     }
 
     @observable _titleHeight = 0; // height of the title bar
@@ -88,8 +96,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
 
     // these should stay in synch with counterparts in DocComponent.ts ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent
     @observable _isAnyChildContentActive = false;
-    whenChildContentsActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged((this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive)));
-    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive ? true : this.props.isContentActive() ? true : false);
+    whenChildContentsActiveChanged = action((isActive: boolean) => this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged((this._isAnyChildContentActive = isActive)));
+    isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => (this._isAnyChildContentActive ? true : this._props.isContentActive() ? true : false);
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._isDisposing = true;
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        //this.props.setContentView?.(this);
+        //this._props.setContentView?.(this);
         this._disposers.autoheight = reaction(
             () => this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeight,
             auto => auto && this.computeHeight(),
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
             const titleHeight = !this._titleRef ? this.marginTop() : Number(getComputedStyle(this._titleRef).height.replace('px', ''));
             const bodyHeight = Array.from(this.refList).reduce((p, r) => p + Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', '')), this.marginBot()) + 6;
             this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeightMargins = bodyHeight;
-            !this.props.dontRegisterView && this.props.setHeight?.(bodyHeight + titleHeight);
+            !this._props.dontRegisterView && this._props.setHeight?.(bodyHeight + titleHeight);
         }
     };
     unobserveHeight = (ref: any) => {
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     };
     protected createTreeDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
         this._treedropDisposer?.();
-        if ((this._mainEle = ele)) this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.doc, this.onInternalPreDrop.bind(this));
+        if ((this._mainEle = ele)) this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.onInternalDrop.bind(this), this.Document, this.onInternalPreDrop.bind(this));
     };
 
     protected onInternalPreDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (dragData) {
             const sameTree = Doc.AreProtosEqual(dragData.treeViewDoc, this.Document) ? true : false;
-            const isAlreadyInTree = () => sameTree || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.doc && this.childDocs.includes(d));
+            const isAlreadyInTree = () => sameTree || dragData.draggedDocuments.some(d => d.embedContainer === this.Document && this.childDocs.includes(d));
             if (isAlreadyInTree() !== sameTree) {
                 console.log('WHAAAT');
             }
@@ -152,22 +160,22 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         }
     };
 
-    screenToLocalTransform = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -this._headerHeight);
+    screenToLocalTransform = () => this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(0, -this._headerHeight);
 
     @action
     remove = (doc: Doc | Doc[]): boolean => {
         const docs = doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc;
-        const targetDataDoc = this.doc[DocData];
-        const value = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]);
+        const targetDataDoc = this.Document[DocData];
+        const value = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this._props.fieldKey]);
         const result = value.filter(v => !docs.includes(v));
         if ((doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).some(doc => SelectionManager.Views().some(dv => Doc.AreProtosEqual(dv.Document, doc)))) SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         if (result.length !== value.length && doc instanceof Doc) {
-            const ind = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey]).indexOf(doc);
-            const prev = ind && DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this.props.fieldKey])[ind - 1];
-            this.props.removeDocument?.(doc);
+            const ind = DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this._props.fieldKey]).indexOf(doc);
+            const prev = ind && DocListCast(targetDataDoc[this._props.fieldKey])[ind - 1];
+            this._props.removeDocument?.(doc);
             if (ind > 0 && prev) {
                 FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(prev);
-                DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(prev, this.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
+                DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(prev, this._props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -178,24 +186,28 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     addDoc = (docs: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo: Opt<Doc>, before?: boolean): boolean => {
         const doAddDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) =>
             (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => {
-                const res = flg && Doc.AddDocToList(this.doc[DocData], this.props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before);
-                res && Doc.SetContainer(doc, this.props.Document);
+                const res = flg && Doc.AddDocToList(this.Document[DocData], this._props.fieldKey, doc, relativeTo, before);
+                res && Doc.SetContainer(doc, this.Document);
                 return res;
             }, true);
-        if (this.doc.resolvedDataDoc instanceof Promise) return false;
-        return relativeTo === undefined ? this.props.addDocument?.(docs) || false : doAddDoc(docs);
+        if (this.Document.resolvedDataDoc instanceof Promise) return false;
+        return relativeTo === undefined ? this._props.addDocument?.(docs) || false : doAddDoc(docs);
     };
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         // need to test if propagation has stopped because GoldenLayout forces a parallel react hierarchy to be created for its top-level layout
         if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
-            layoutItems.push({ description: 'Make tree state ' + (this.doc.treeView_OpenIsTransient ? 'persistent' : 'transient'), event: () => (this.doc.treeView_OpenIsTransient = !this.doc.treeView_OpenIsTransient), icon: 'paint-brush' });
-            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderFields ? 'Show' : 'Hide') + ' Header Fields', event: () => (this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderFields = !this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderFields), icon: 'paint-brush' });
-            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.doc.treeView_HideTitle ? 'Show' : 'Hide') + ' Title', event: () => (this.doc.treeView_HideTitle = !this.doc.treeView_HideTitle), icon: 'paint-brush' });
+            layoutItems.push({
+                description: 'Make tree state ' + (this.Document.treeView_OpenIsTransient ? 'persistent' : 'transient'),
+                event: () => (this.Document.treeView_OpenIsTransient = !this.Document.treeView_OpenIsTransient),
+                icon: 'paint-brush',
+            });
+            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderFields ? 'Show' : 'Hide') + ' Header Fields', event: () => (this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderFields = !this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderFields), icon: 'paint-brush' });
+            layoutItems.push({ description: (this.Document.treeView_HideTitle ? 'Show' : 'Hide') + ' Title', event: () => (this.Document.treeView_HideTitle = !this.Document.treeView_HideTitle), icon: 'paint-brush' });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Options...', subitems: layoutItems, icon: 'eye' });
             const existingOnClick = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('OnClick...');
             const onClicks: ContextMenuProps[] = existingOnClick && 'subitems' in existingOnClick ? existingOnClick.subitems : [];
-            onClicks.push({ description: 'Edit onChecked Script', event: () => UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(this.doc, undefined, 'onCheckedClick'), 'edit onCheckedClick'), icon: 'edit' });
+            onClicks.push({ description: 'Edit onChecked Script', event: () => UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(this.Document, undefined, 'onCheckedClick'), 'edit onCheckedClick'), icon: 'edit' });
             !existingOnClick && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'OnClick...', noexpand: true, subitems: onClicks, icon: 'mouse-pointer' });
         }
     };
@@ -213,7 +225,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 height={'auto'}
                 GetValue={() => StrCast(this.dataDoc.title)}
                 SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shift: boolean, enter: boolean) => {
-                    if (enter && this.props.Document.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.outline) this.makeTextCollection(this.treeChildren);
+                    if (enter && this.Document.treeView_Type === TreeViewType.outline) this.makeTextCollection(this.treeChildren);
                     this.dataDoc.title = value;
                     return true;
                 })}
@@ -231,9 +243,9 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     get documentTitle() {
         return (
             <FormattedTextBox
-                {...this.props}
+                {...this._props}
                 fieldKey="text"
-                renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                 isContentActive={this.isContentActive}
                 isDocumentActive={this.isContentActive}
                 forceAutoHeight={true} // needed to make the title resize even if the rest of the tree view is not layout_autoHeight
@@ -253,52 +265,52 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         );
     }
     childContextMenuItems = () => {
-        const customScripts = Cast(this.doc.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
-        const customFilters = Cast(this.doc.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
-        const icons = StrListCast(this.doc.childContextMenuIcons);
-        return StrListCast(this.doc.childContextMenuLabels).map((label, i) => ({ script: customScripts[i], filter: customFilters[i], icon: icons[i], label }));
+        const customScripts = Cast(this.Document.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
+        const customFilters = Cast(this.Document.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
+        const icons = StrListCast(this.Document.childContextMenuIcons);
+        return StrListCast(this.Document.childContextMenuLabels).map((label, i) => ({ script: customScripts[i], filter: customFilters[i], icon: icons[i], label }));
     };
-    headerFields = () => this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields || BoolCast(this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderFields);
+    headerFields = () => this._props.treeViewHideHeaderFields || BoolCast(this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderFields);
     @observable _renderCount = 1;
     @computed get treeViewElements() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const dragAction = StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction) as dropActionType;
+        const dragAction = StrCast(this.Document.childDragAction) as dropActionType;
         const addDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => this.addDoc(doc, relativeTo, before);
-        const moveDoc = (d: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.props.moveDocument?.(d, target, addDoc) || false;
+        const moveDoc = (d: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this._props.moveDocument?.(d, target, addDoc) || false;
         if (this._renderCount < this.treeChildren.length) setTimeout(action(() => (this._renderCount = Math.min(this.treeChildren.length, this._renderCount + 20))));
         return TreeView.GetChildElements(
             this.treeChildren,
             this,
             this,
-            this.doc,
-            this.props.TemplateDataDocument,
+            this.Document,
+            this._props.TemplateDataDocument,
             undefined,
             undefined,
             addDoc,
             this.remove,
             moveDoc,
             dragAction,
-            this.props.addDocTab,
-            this.props.styleProvider,
+            this._props.addDocTab,
+            this._props.styleProvider,
             this.screenToLocalTransform,
             this.isContentActive,
             this.panelWidth,
-            this.props.renderDepth,
+            this._props.renderDepth,
             this.headerFields,
             [],
-            this.props.onCheckedClick,
+            this._props.onCheckedClick,
             this.onChildClick,
-            this.props.treeViewSkipFields,
+            this._props.treeViewSkipFields,
             true,
             this.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
-            this.props.dontRegisterView || Cast(this.props.Document.childDontRegisterViews, 'boolean', null),
+            this._props.dontRegisterView || Cast(this.Document.childDontRegisterViews, 'boolean', null),
             this.observeHeight,
             this.unobserveHeight,
             this.childContextMenuItems(),
             //TODO: [AL] add these
-            this.props.AddToMap,
-            this.props.RemFromMap,
-            this.props.hierarchyIndex,
+            this._props.AddToMap,
+            this._props.RemFromMap,
+            this._props.hierarchyIndex,
             this._renderCount
         );
     }
@@ -306,8 +318,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         return this.dataDoc === null ? null : (
             <div
                 className="collectionTreeView-titleBar"
-                ref={action((r: any) => (this._titleRef = r) && (this._titleHeight = r.getBoundingClientRect().height * this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale))}
-                key={this.doc[Id]}
+                ref={action((r: any) => (this._titleRef = r) && (this._titleHeight = r.getBoundingClientRect().height * this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale))}
+                key={this.Document[Id]}
                 style={!this.outlineMode ? { marginLeft: this.marginX(), paddingTop: this.marginTop() } : {}}>
                 {this.outlineMode ? this.documentTitle : this.editableTitle}
             </div>
@@ -327,26 +339,26 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 <DocumentView
                     Document={menuDoc}
                     TemplateDataDocument={menuDoc}
-                    isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                    isContentActive={this._props.isContentActive}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
+                    addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
+                    moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
+                    removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
+                    addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
+                    pinToPres={this._props.pinToPres}
                     rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={Transform.Identity}
                     PanelWidth={this.return35}
                     PanelHeight={this.return35}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
-                    styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
+                    styleProvider={this._props.styleProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
-                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
-                    searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
+                    childFilters={this._props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this._props.childFiltersByRanges}
+                    searchFilterDocs={this._props.searchFilterDocs}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -363,30 +375,30 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     @computed get nativeDimScaling() {
         const nw = this.nativeWidth;
         const nh = this.nativeHeight;
-        const hscale = nh ? this.props.PanelHeight() / nh : 1;
-        const wscale = nw ? this.props.PanelWidth() / nw : 1;
+        const hscale = nh ? this._props.PanelHeight() / nh : 1;
+        const wscale = nw ? this._props.PanelWidth() / nw : 1;
         return wscale < hscale ? wscale : hscale;
     }
-    marginX = () => NumCast(this.doc._xMargin);
-    marginTop = () => NumCast(this.doc._yMargin);
-    marginBot = () => NumCast(this.doc._yMargin);
+    marginX = () => NumCast(this.Document._xMargin);
+    marginTop = () => NumCast(this.Document._yMargin);
+    marginBot = () => NumCast(this.Document._yMargin);
     documentTitleWidth = () => Math.min(NumCast(this.layoutDoc?._width), this.panelWidth());
     documentTitleHeight = () => NumCast(this.layoutDoc?._height) - NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_autoHeightMargins);
     truncateTitleWidth = () => this.treeViewtruncateTitleWidth;
-    onChildClick = () => this.props.onChildClick?.() || ScriptCast(this.doc.onChildClick);
-    panelWidth = () => Math.max(0, this.props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.marginX() * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1));
+    onChildClick = () => this._props.onChildClick?.() || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
+    panelWidth = () => Math.max(0, this._props.PanelWidth() - 2 * this.marginX() * (this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1));
 
-    addAnnotationDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.addDocument(doc, `${this.props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
-    remAnnotationDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.removeDocument(doc, `${this.props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
+    addAnnotationDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.addDocument(doc, `${this._props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
+    remAnnotationDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.removeDocument(doc, `${this._props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
     moveAnnotationDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string) => boolean) =>
-        this.moveDocument(doc, targetCollection, addDocument, `${this.props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
+        this.moveDocument(doc, targetCollection, addDocument, `${this._props.fieldKey}_annotations`) || false;
 
     @observable _headerHeight = 0;
     @computed get content() {
-        const background = () => this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
-        const color = () => this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props, StyleProp.Color);
-        const pointerEvents = () => (this.props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined);
-        const titleBar = this.props.treeViewHideTitle || this.doc.treeView_HideTitle ? null : this.titleBar;
+        const background = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor);
+        const color = () => this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.Color);
+        const pointerEvents = () => (this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined);
+        const titleBar = this._props.treeViewHideTitle || this.Document.treeView_HideTitle ? null : this.titleBar;
         return (
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', pointerEvents: 'all' }}>
                 {!this.buttonMenu && !this.noviceExplainer ? null : (
@@ -398,7 +410,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                 <div
                     className="collectionTreeView-contents"
                     key="tree"
-                    ref={r => !this.doc.treeView_HasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}
+                    ref={r => !this.Document.treeView_HasOverlay && r && this.createTreeDropTarget(r)}
                     style={{
                         ...(!titleBar ? { marginLeft: this.marginX(), paddingTop: this.marginTop() } : {}),
                         color: color(),
@@ -423,7 +435,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
                                 minHeight: '100%',
                             }}
                             onWheel={e => e.stopPropagation()}
-                            onClick={e => (!this.layoutDoc.forceActive ? this.props.select(false) : SelectionManager.DeselectAll())}
+                            onClick={e => (!this.layoutDoc.forceActive ? this._props.select(false) : SelectionManager.DeselectAll())}
                             onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}>
                             <ul className={`no-indent${this.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}>{this.treeViewElements}</ul>
                         </div>
@@ -435,27 +447,27 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
 
-        const scale = this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1;
+        const scale = this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1;
         return (
             <div style={{ transform: `scale(${scale})`, transformOrigin: 'top left', width: `${100 / scale}%`, height: `${100 / scale}%` }}>
-                {!(this.doc instanceof Doc) || !this.treeChildren ? null : this.doc.treeView_HasOverlay ? (
+                {!(this.Document instanceof Doc) || !this.treeChildren ? null : this.Document.treeView_HasOverlay ? (
                     <CollectionFreeFormView
-                        {...this.props}
+                        {...this._props}
                         setContentView={emptyFunction}
                         NativeWidth={returnZero}
                         NativeHeight={returnZero}
-                        pointerEvents={this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
+                        pointerEvents={this._props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? returnAll : returnNone}
                         isAnnotationOverlay={true}
                         isAnnotationOverlayScrollable={true}
-                        childDocumentsActive={this.props.isDocumentActive}
-                        fieldKey={this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'}
+                        childDocumentsActive={this._props.isDocumentActive}
+                        fieldKey={this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'}
                         dropAction="move"
                         select={emptyFunction}
                         addDocument={this.addAnnotationDocument}
                         removeDocument={this.remAnnotationDocument}
                         moveDocument={this.moveAnnotationDocument}
                         bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                        renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}>
+                        renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}>
                         {this.content}
                     </CollectionFreeFormView>
                 ) : (
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 2e4c5af6b..e84c12e02 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { returnEmptyString } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, returnEmptyString } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
@@ -76,12 +76,19 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         this._safeMode = safeMode;
     }
     private reactionDisposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
-    @observable _isContentActive: boolean | undefined;
+    @observable _isContentActive: boolean | undefined = undefined;
 
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps & CollectionViewProps>;
+    @override _props: React.PropsWithChildren<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps & CollectionViewProps>;
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
         runInAction(() => (this._annotationKeySuffix = returnEmptyString));
     }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
 
     componentDidMount() {
         // we use a reaction/observable instead of a computed value to reduce invalidations.
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         // will cause downstream invalidations even if the computed value doesn't change.  By making
         // this a reaction, downstream invalidations only occur when the reaction value actually changes.
         this.reactionDisposer = reaction(
-            () => (this.isAnyChildContentActive() ? true : this.props.isContentActive()),
+            () => (this.isAnyChildContentActive() ? true : this._props.isContentActive()),
             active => (this._isContentActive = active),
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
@@ -112,7 +119,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         return viewField as any as CollectionViewType;
     }
 
-    screenToLocalTransform = () => (this.props.renderDepth ? this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform() : this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().scale(this.props.PanelWidth() / this.bodyPanelWidth()));
+    screenToLocalTransform = () => (this._props.renderDepth ? this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform() : this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().scale(this._props.PanelWidth() / this.bodyPanelWidth()));
     // prettier-ignore
     private renderSubView = (type: CollectionViewType | undefined, props: SubCollectionViewProps) => {
         TraceMobx();
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
                 this.setupViewTypes('Appearance...', vtype => {
                     const newRendition = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this.Document);
                     newRendition._type_collection = vtype;
-                    this.props.addDocTab(newRendition, OpenWhere.addRight);
+                    this._props.addDocTab(newRendition, OpenWhere.addRight);
                     return newRendition;
                 });
 
@@ -180,10 +187,10 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
             const optionItems = options && 'subitems' in options ? options.subitems : [];
             !Doc.noviceMode ? optionItems.splice(0, 0, { description: `${this.Document.forceActive ? 'Select' : 'Force'} Contents Active`, event: () => (this.Document.forceActive = !this.Document.forceActive), icon: 'project-diagram' }) : null;
             if (this.Document.childLayout instanceof Doc) {
-                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.Document.childLayout as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
+                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Layout', event: () => this._props.addDocTab(this.Document.childLayout as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
             }
             if (this.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView instanceof Doc) {
-                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Detailed Layout', event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
+                optionItems.push({ description: 'View Child Detailed Layout', event: () => this._props.addDocTab(this.Document.childClickedOpenTemplateView as Doc, OpenWhere.addRight), icon: 'project-diagram' });
             }
             !Doc.noviceMode && optionItems.push({ description: `${this.layoutDoc._isLightbox ? 'Unset' : 'Set'} is Lightbox`, event: () => (this.layoutDoc._isLightbox = !this.layoutDoc._isLightbox), icon: 'project-diagram' });
 
@@ -203,7 +210,7 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
                         event: (obj: any) => {
                             const embedding = Doc.MakeEmbedding(this.Document);
                             DocUtils.makeCustomViewClicked(embedding, undefined, func.key);
-                            this.props.addDocTab(embedding, OpenWhere.addRight);
+                            this._props.addDocTab(embedding, OpenWhere.addRight);
                         },
                     })
                 );
@@ -226,34 +233,40 @@ export class CollectionView extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatab
         }
     };
 
-    bodyPanelWidth = () => this.props.PanelWidth();
+    bodyPanelWidth = () => this._props.PanelWidth();
 
-    childLayoutTemplate = () => this.props.childLayoutTemplate?.() || Cast(this.Document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
+    childLayoutTemplate = () => this._props.childLayoutTemplate?.() || Cast(this.Document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
     isContentActive = (outsideReaction?: boolean) => this._isContentActive;
 
+    pointerEvents = () => {
+        const viewPath = this._props.DocumentView?.()?._props.docViewPath();
+        return (
+            this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition && //
+            viewPath?.lastElement()?.Document?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Freeform
+        );
+    };
+
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
+        const pointerEvents = this.pointerEvents() ? 'none' : undefined;
         const props: SubCollectionViewProps = {
-            ...this.props,
+            ...this._props,
             addDocument: this.addDocument,
             moveDocument: this.moveDocument,
             removeDocument: this.removeDocument,
             isContentActive: this.isContentActive,
             isAnyChildContentActive: this.isAnyChildContentActive,
             PanelWidth: this.bodyPanelWidth,
-            PanelHeight: this.props.PanelHeight,
+            PanelHeight: this._props.PanelHeight,
             ScreenToLocalTransform: this.screenToLocalTransform,
             childLayoutTemplate: this.childLayoutTemplate,
             whenChildContentsActiveChanged: this.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
-            childLayoutString: StrCast(this.Document.childLayoutString, this.props.childLayoutString),
-            childHideResizeHandles: this.props.childHideResizeHandles ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideResizeHandles),
-            childHideDecorationTitle: this.props.childHideDecorationTitle ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideDecorationTitle),
+            childLayoutString: StrCast(this.Document.childLayoutString, this._props.childLayoutString),
+            childHideResizeHandles: this._props.childHideResizeHandles ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideResizeHandles),
+            childHideDecorationTitle: this._props.childHideDecorationTitle ?? BoolCast(this.Document.childHideDecorationTitle),
         };
         return (
-            <div
-                className="collectionView"
-                onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
-                style={{ pointerEvents: this.props.DocumentView?.()?.props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.Document?._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Freeform && this.layoutDoc._lockedPosition ? 'none' : undefined }}>
+            <div className="collectionView" onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu} style={{ pointerEvents }}>
                 {this.renderSubView(this.collectionViewType, props)}
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 4a1d702b8..dc7ee206c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Popup, Type } from 'browndash-components';
 import { clamp } from 'lodash';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, ObservableSet, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, ObservableSet, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Id } from '../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { FieldId } from '../../../fields/RefField';
 import { Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
-import { DashColor, emptyFunction, lightOrDark, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, DashColor, emptyFunction, lightOrDark, returnEmptyDoclist, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../DocServer';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     static _allTabs = new ObservableSet<TabDocView>();
     _mainCont: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     _tabReaction: IReactionDisposer | undefined;
+
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<TabDocViewProps>;
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<TabDocViewProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<TabDocViewProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     @observable _activated: boolean = false;
     @observable _panelWidth = 0;
     @observable _panelHeight = 0;
@@ -57,21 +66,21 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     @computed get _isUserActivated() {
         return SelectionManager.IsSelected(this._document) || this._isAnyChildContentActive;
     }
-    @computed get _isContentActive() {
+    get _isContentActive() {
         return this._isUserActivated || this._hovering;
     }
-    @observable _document: Doc | undefined;
-    @observable _view: DocumentView | undefined;
+    @observable _document: Doc | undefined = undefined;
+    @observable _view: DocumentView | undefined = undefined;
 
     @computed get layoutDoc() {
         return this._document && Doc.Layout(this._document);
     }
 
     get stack() {
-        return (this.props as any).glContainer.parent.parent;
+        return this._props.glContainer.parent.parent;
     }
     get tab() {
-        return (this.props as any).glContainer.tab;
+        return this._props.glContainer.tab;
     }
     get view() {
         return this._view;
@@ -162,12 +171,12 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                                           this._isUserActivated
                                               ? 0
                                               : this._hovering
-                                              ? 0.25
-                                              : degree === Doc.DocBrushStatus.selfBrushed
-                                              ? 0.5
-                                              : degree === Doc.DocBrushStatus.protoBrushed //
-                                              ? 0.7
-                                              : 0.9
+                                                ? 0.25
+                                                : degree === Doc.DocBrushStatus.selfBrushed
+                                                  ? 0.5
+                                                  : degree === Doc.DocBrushStatus.protoBrushed //
+                                                    ? 0.7
+                                                    : 0.9
                                       )
                                       .rgb()
                                       .toString()
@@ -316,7 +325,6 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
         setTimeout(batch.end, 500); // need to wait until dockingview (goldenlayout) updates all its structurs
     }
 
-    @action
     componentDidMount() {
         new _global.ResizeObserver(
             action((entries: any) => {
@@ -325,25 +333,25 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                     this._panelHeight = entry.contentRect.height;
                 }
             })
-        ).observe(this.props.glContainer._element[0]);
-        this.props.glContainer.layoutManager.on('activeContentItemChanged', this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
-        this.props.glContainer.tab?.isActive && this.onActiveContentItemChanged(undefined);
+        ).observe(this._props.glContainer._element[0]);
+        this._props.glContainer.layoutManager.on('activeContentItemChanged', this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
+        this._props.glContainer.tab?.isActive && this.onActiveContentItemChanged(undefined);
         // this._tabReaction = reaction(() => ({ selected: this.active(), title: this.tab?.titleElement[0] }),
         //     ({ selected, title }) => title && (title.style.backgroundColor = selected ? "white" : ""),
         //     { fireImmediately: true });
-        TabDocView._allTabs.add(this);
+        runInAction(() => TabDocView._allTabs.add(this));
     }
     componentDidUpdate() {
         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.AddView(this._view);
+        copyProps(this);
     }
 
-    @action
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._tabReaction?.();
         this._view && DocumentManager.Instance.RemoveView(this._view);
-        TabDocView._allTabs.delete(this);
+        runInAction(() => TabDocView._allTabs.delete(this));
 
-        this.props.glContainer.layoutManager.off('activeContentItemChanged', this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
+        this._props.glContainer.layoutManager.off('activeContentItemChanged', this.onActiveContentItemChanged);
     }
 
     // Flag indicating that when a tab is activated, it should not select it's document.
@@ -420,7 +428,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
     ScreenToLocalTransform = () => {
         this._forceInvalidateScreenToLocal;
         const { translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont?.children?.[0] as HTMLElement);
-        return CollectionDockingView.Instance?.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY) ?? Transform.Identity();
+        return CollectionDockingView.Instance?._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY) ?? Transform.Identity();
     };
     PanelWidth = () => this._panelWidth;
     PanelHeight = () => this._panelHeight;
@@ -441,8 +449,8 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                         this._lastView = this._view;
                     })}
                     renderDepth={0}
-                    LayoutTemplateString={this.props.keyValue ? KeyValueBox.LayoutString() : undefined}
-                    hideTitle={this.props.keyValue}
+                    LayoutTemplateString={this._props.keyValue ? KeyValueBox.LayoutString() : undefined}
+                    hideTitle={this._props.keyValue}
                     Document={this._document}
                     TemplateDataDocument={!Doc.AreProtosEqual(this._document[DocData], this._document) ? this._document[DocData] : undefined}
                     onBrowseClick={DocumentView.exploreMode}
@@ -489,7 +497,7 @@ export class TabDocView extends React.Component<TabDocViewProps> {
                         }
                         this._lastTab = this.tab;
                         (this._mainCont as any).InitTab = (tab: any) => this.init(tab, this._document);
-                        DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.documentId).then(action(doc => doc instanceof Doc && (this._document = doc) && this.tab && this.init(this.tab, this._document)));
+                        DocServer.GetRefField(this._props.documentId).then(action(doc => doc instanceof Doc && (this._document = doc) && this.tab && this.init(this.tab, this._document)));
                         new _global.ResizeObserver(action((entries: any) => this._forceInvalidateScreenToLocal++)).observe(ref);
                     }
                 }}>
@@ -547,8 +555,15 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
             }
         }
     };
+
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<TabMinimapViewProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<TabMinimapViewProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
     @computed get renderBounds() {
-        const compView = this.props.tabView()?.ComponentView as CollectionFreeFormView;
+        const compView = this._props.tabView()?.ComponentView as CollectionFreeFormView;
         const bounds = compView?.freeformData?.(true)?.bounds;
         if (!bounds) return undefined;
         const xbounds = bounds.r - bounds.x;
@@ -556,10 +571,10 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
         const dim = Math.max(xbounds, ybounds);
         return { l: bounds.x + xbounds / 2 - dim / 2, t: bounds.y + ybounds / 2 - dim / 2, cx: bounds.x + xbounds / 2, cy: bounds.y + ybounds / 2, dim };
     }
-    childLayoutTemplate = () => Cast(this.props.document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
-    returnMiniSize = () => NumCast(this.props.document._miniMapSize, 150);
+    childLayoutTemplate = () => Cast(this._props.document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
+    returnMiniSize = () => NumCast(this._props.document._miniMapSize, 150);
     miniDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-        const doc = this.props.document;
+        const doc = this._props.document;
         const miniSize = this.returnMiniSize();
         doc &&
             setupMoveUpEvents(
@@ -578,15 +593,15 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
     popup = () => {
         if (!this.renderBounds) return <></>;
         const renderBounds = this.renderBounds;
-        const miniWidth = () => (this.props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / renderBounds.dim) * 100;
-        const miniHeight = () => (this.props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / renderBounds.dim) * 100;
-        const miniLeft = () => 50 + ((NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_panX) - renderBounds.cx) / renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniWidth() / 2;
-        const miniTop = () => 50 + ((NumCast(this.props.document._freeform_panY) - renderBounds.cy) / renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniHeight() / 2;
+        const miniWidth = () => (this._props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / renderBounds.dim) * 100;
+        const miniHeight = () => (this._props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_scale, 1) / renderBounds.dim) * 100;
+        const miniLeft = () => 50 + ((NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_panX) - renderBounds.cx) / renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniWidth() / 2;
+        const miniTop = () => 50 + ((NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_panY) - renderBounds.cy) / renderBounds.dim) * 100 - miniHeight() / 2;
         const miniSize = this.returnMiniSize();
         return (
-            <div className="miniMap" style={{ width: miniSize, height: miniSize, background: this.props.background() }}>
+            <div className="miniMap" style={{ width: miniSize, height: miniSize, background: this._props.background() }}>
                 <CollectionFreeFormView
-                    Document={this.props.document}
+                    Document={this._props.document}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     childLayoutTemplate={this.childLayoutTemplate} // bcz: Ugh .. should probably be rendering a CollectionView or the minimap should be part of the collectionFreeFormView to avoid having to set stuff like this.
                     noOverlay={true} // don't render overlay Docs since they won't scale
@@ -596,7 +611,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     select={emptyFunction}
                     isSelected={returnFalse}
                     dontRegisterView={true}
-                    fieldKey={Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.props.document)}
+                    fieldKey={Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this._props.document)}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
                     moveDocument={returnFalse}
@@ -608,7 +623,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
                     styleProvider={TabMinimapView.miniStyleProvider}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                    addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={TabDocView.PinDoc}
                     childFilters={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
@@ -622,7 +637,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends React.Component<TabMinimapViewProps> {
         );
     };
     render() {
-        return this.props.document.layout !== CollectionView.LayoutString(Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.props.document)) || this.props.document?._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? null : (
+        return this._props.document.layout !== CollectionView.LayoutString(Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this._props.document)) || this._props.document?._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Freeform ? null : (
             <div className="miniMap-hidden">
                 <Popup icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="globe-asia" size="lg" />} color={SettingsManager.userVariantColor} type={Type.TERT} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} placement={'top-end'} popup={this.popup} />
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
index ac79e4fef..27ff7166d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { IconButton, Size } from 'browndash-components';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, FieldResult, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { DocData } from '../../../fields/DocSymbols';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, FieldValue, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, lightOrDark, return18, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, emptyFunction, lightOrDark, return18, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero, simulateMouseClick, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     observeHeight: (ref: any) => void;
     unobserveHeight: (ref: any) => void;
     prevSibling?: Doc;
-    document: Doc;
+    Document: Doc;
     dataDoc?: Doc;
     treeViewParent: Doc;
     renderDepth: number;
@@ -100,57 +100,61 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     private _treedropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
 
     get treeViewOpenIsTransient() {
-        return this.props.treeView.doc.treeView_OpenIsTransient || Doc.IsDataProto(this.doc);
+        return this.treeView.Document.treeView_OpenIsTransient || Doc.IsDataProto(this.Document);
     }
     set treeViewOpen(c: boolean) {
         if (this.treeViewOpenIsTransient) this._transientOpenState = c;
         else {
-            this.doc.treeView_Open = c;
+            this.Document.treeView_Open = c;
             this._transientOpenState = false;
         }
     }
     @observable _transientOpenState = false; // override of the treeView_Open field allowing the display state to be independent of the document's state
     @observable _editTitle: boolean = false;
-    @observable _dref: DocumentView | undefined | null;
+    @observable _dref: DocumentView | undefined | null = undefined;
     get displayName() {
-        return 'TreeView(' + this.props.document.title + ')';
+        return 'TreeView(' + this.Document.title + ')';
     } // this makes mobx trace() statements more descriptive
     get defaultExpandedView() {
-        return this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+        return this.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
             ? this.fieldKey
-            : this.props.treeView.dashboardMode
+            : this.treeView.dashboardMode
               ? this.fieldKey
-              : this.props.treeView.fileSysMode
-                ? this.doc.isFolder
+              : this.treeView.fileSysMode
+                ? this.Document.isFolder
                     ? this.fieldKey
                     : 'data' // file system folders display their contents (data).  used to be they displayed their embeddings but now its a tree structure and not a flat list
-                : this.props.treeView.outlineMode || this.childDocs
+                : this.treeView.outlineMode || this.childDocs
                   ? this.fieldKey
                   : Doc.noviceMode
                     ? 'layout'
-                    : StrCast(this.props.treeView.doc.treeView_ExpandedView, 'fields');
+                    : StrCast(this.treeView.Document.treeView_ExpandedView, 'fields');
     }
 
-    @computed get doc() {
-        return this.props.document;
+    @computed get treeView() {
+        return this._props.treeView;
+    }
+
+    @computed get Document() {
+        return this._props.Document;
     }
     @computed get treeViewOpen() {
-        return (!this.treeViewOpenIsTransient && Doc.GetT(this.doc, 'treeView_Open', 'boolean', true)) || this._transientOpenState;
+        return (!this.treeViewOpenIsTransient && Doc.GetT(this.Document, 'treeView_Open', 'boolean', true)) || this._transientOpenState;
     }
     @computed get treeViewExpandedView() {
-        return this.validExpandViewTypes.includes(StrCast(this.doc.treeView_ExpandedView)) ? StrCast(this.doc.treeView_ExpandedView) : this.defaultExpandedView;
+        return this.validExpandViewTypes.includes(StrCast(this.Document.treeView_ExpandedView)) ? StrCast(this.Document.treeView_ExpandedView) : this.defaultExpandedView;
     }
     @computed get MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT() {
-        return NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent.maxEmbedHeight, 200);
+        return NumCast(this._props.treeViewParent.maxEmbedHeight, 200);
     }
     @computed get dataDoc() {
-        return this.doc[DocData];
+        return this.Document[DocData];
     }
     @computed get layoutDoc() {
-        return Doc.Layout(this.doc);
+        return Doc.Layout(this.Document);
     }
     @computed get fieldKey() {
-        return StrCast(this.doc._treeView_FieldKey, Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.doc));
+        return StrCast(this.Document._treeView_FieldKey, Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.Document));
     }
     @computed get childDocs() {
         return this.childDocList(this.fieldKey);
@@ -169,30 +173,30 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     }
 
     childDocList(field: string) {
-        const layout = Cast(Doc.LayoutField(this.doc), Doc, null);
-        return DocListCast(this.props.dataDoc?.[field], DocListCast(layout?.[field], DocListCast(this.doc[field])));
+        const layout = Cast(Doc.LayoutField(this.Document), Doc, null);
+        return DocListCast(this._props.dataDoc?.[field], DocListCast(layout?.[field], DocListCast(this.Document[field])));
     }
     moving: boolean = false;
     @undoBatch move = (doc: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => {
-        if (this.doc !== target && addDoc !== returnFalse) {
-            const canAdd1 = (this.props.parentTreeView as any).dropping || !(ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this.props.parentTreeView?.doc.data)) instanceof ComputedField);
+        if (this.Document !== target && addDoc !== returnFalse) {
+            const canAdd1 = (this._props.parentTreeView as any).dropping || !(ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this._props.parentTreeView?.Document.data)) instanceof ComputedField);
 
             // bcz: this should all be running in a Temp undo batch instead of hackily testing for returnFalse
-            if (canAdd1 && this.props.removeDoc?.(doc) === true) {
-                this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.moving = true);
+            if (canAdd1 && this._props.removeDoc?.(doc) === true) {
+                this._props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this._props.parentTreeView.moving = true);
                 const res = addDoc(doc);
-                this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.moving = false);
+                this._props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this._props.parentTreeView.moving = false);
                 return res;
             }
         }
         return false;
     };
-    @undoBatch @action remove = (doc: Doc | Doc[], key: string) => {
-        this.props.treeView.props.select(false);
+    @undoBatch remove = (doc: Doc | Doc[], key: string) => {
+        this.treeView._props.select(false);
         const ind = DocListCast(this.dataDoc[key]).indexOf(doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc.lastElement());
 
         const res = (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => flg && Doc.RemoveDocFromList(this.dataDoc, key, doc), true);
-        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(DocListCast(this.dataDoc[key])[ind - 1], this.props.treeView.props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
+        res && ind > 0 && DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(DocListCast(this.dataDoc[key])[ind - 1], this.treeView._props.DocumentView?.())?.select(false);
         return res;
     };
 
@@ -212,17 +216,16 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
     @action
     openLevel = (docView: DocumentView) => {
-        if (this.props.document.isFolder || Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document)) {
+        if (this.Document.isFolder || Doc.IsSystem(this.Document)) {
             this.treeViewOpen = !this.treeViewOpen;
         } else {
             // choose an appropriate embedding or make one. --- choose the first embedding that (1) user owns,  (2) has no context field ... otherwise make a new embedding
-            const bestEmbedding = docView.Document.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail && !Doc.IsDataProto(docView.props.Document) ? docView.Document : Doc.BestEmbedding(docView.Document);
-            this.props.addDocTab(bestEmbedding, OpenWhere.lightbox);
+            const bestEmbedding = docView.Document.author === Doc.CurrentUserEmail && !Doc.IsDataProto(docView.Document) ? docView.Document : Doc.BestEmbedding(docView.Document);
+            this._props.addDocTab(bestEmbedding, OpenWhere.lightbox);
         }
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     recurToggle = (childList: Doc[]) => {
         if (childList.length > 0) {
             childList.forEach(child => {
@@ -233,7 +236,6 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     getRunningChildren = (childList: Doc[]) => {
         if (childList.length === 0) {
             return [];
@@ -253,23 +255,27 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
     static GetRunningChildren = new Map<Doc, any>();
     static ToggleChildrenRun = new Map<Doc, () => void>();
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    _prevProps: TreeViewProps;
+    @observable _props: TreeViewProps;
+    constructor(props: TreeViewProps) {
         super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
         if (!TreeView._openLevelScript) {
             TreeView._openTitleScript = ScriptField.MakeScript('scriptContext.setEditTitle(documentView)', { scriptContext: 'any', documentView: 'any' });
             TreeView._openLevelScript = ScriptField.MakeScript(`scriptContext.openLevel(documentView)`, { scriptContext: 'any', documentView: 'any' });
         }
-        this._openScript = Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document) ? undefined : () => TreeView._openLevelScript!;
-        this._editTitleScript = Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document) ? () => TreeView._openLevelScript! : () => TreeView._openTitleScript!;
+        this._openScript = Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) ? undefined : () => TreeView._openLevelScript!;
+        this._editTitleScript = Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) ? () => TreeView._openLevelScript! : () => TreeView._openTitleScript!;
 
         // set for child processing highligting
         this.dataDoc.hasChildren = this.childDocs.length > 0;
         // this.dataDoc.children = this.childDocs;
-        TreeView.ToggleChildrenRun.set(this.doc, () => {
+        TreeView.ToggleChildrenRun.set(this.Document, () => {
             this.recurToggle(this.childDocs);
         });
 
-        TreeView.GetRunningChildren.set(this.doc, () => {
+        TreeView.GetRunningChildren.set(this.Document, () => {
             return this.getRunningChildren(this.childDocs);
         });
     }
@@ -277,31 +283,32 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     _treeEle: any;
     protected createTreeDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => {
         this._treedropDisposer?.();
-        ele && ((this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.treeDrop.bind(this), undefined, this.preTreeDrop.bind(this))), this.doc);
-        if (this._treeEle) this.props.unobserveHeight(this._treeEle);
-        this.props.observeHeight((this._treeEle = ele));
+        ele && ((this._treedropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.treeDrop.bind(this), undefined, this.preTreeDrop.bind(this))), this.Document);
+        if (this._treeEle) this._props.unobserveHeight(this._treeEle);
+        this._props.observeHeight((this._treeEle = ele));
     };
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._renderTimer && clearTimeout(this._renderTimer);
         Object.values(this._disposers).forEach(disposer => disposer?.());
-        this._treeEle && this.props.unobserveHeight(this._treeEle);
+        this._treeEle && this._props.unobserveHeight(this._treeEle);
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragMove, true);
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragUp, true);
         // TODO: [AL] add these
-        this.props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this.props.RemFromMap?.(this.doc, this.props.hierarchyIndex);
+        this._props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this._props.RemFromMap?.(this.Document, this._props.hierarchyIndex);
     }
 
     componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
         this._disposers.opening = reaction(
             () => this.treeViewOpen,
             open => !open && (this._renderCount = 20)
         );
-        this.props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this.props.AddToMap?.(this.doc, this.props.hierarchyIndex);
+        this._props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this._props.AddToMap?.(this.Document, this._props.hierarchyIndex);
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this.props.AddToMap?.(this.doc, this.props.hierarchyIndex);
+        this._props.hierarchyIndex !== undefined && this._props.AddToMap?.(this.Document, this._props.hierarchyIndex);
     }
 
     onDragUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
@@ -309,8 +316,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragMove, true);
     };
     onPointerEnter = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        this.props.isContentActive(true) && Doc.BrushDoc(this.dataDoc);
-        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this.props.isContentActive()) {
+        this._props.isContentActive(true) && Doc.BrushDoc(this.dataDoc);
+        if (e.buttons === 1 && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() && this._props.isContentActive()) {
             this._header.current!.className = 'treeView-header';
             document.removeEventListener('pointermove', this.onDragMove, true);
             document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.onDragUp, true);
@@ -333,7 +340,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const before = pt[1] < rect.top + rect.height / 2;
         const inside = pt[0] > rect.left + rect.width * 0.33 || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length);
         this._header.current!.className = 'treeView-header';
-        if (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode || DragManager.DocDragData?.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.Document) {
+        if (!this.treeView.outlineMode || DragManager.DocDragData?.treeViewDoc === this.treeView.Document) {
             if (inside) this._header.current!.className += ' treeView-header-inside';
             else if (before) this._header.current!.className += ' treeView-header-above';
             else if (!before) this._header.current!.className += ' treeView-header-below';
@@ -371,18 +378,18 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     makeTextCollection = () => {
         const bullet = TreeView.makeTextBullet();
         TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: bullet[Id], parent: this };
-        return this.props.addDocument(bullet);
+        return this._props.addDocument(bullet);
     };
 
     makeFolder = () => {
         const folder = Docs.Create.TreeDocument([], { title: 'Untitled folder', _dragOnlyWithinContainer: true, isFolder: true });
-        TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: folder[Id], parent: this.props.parentTreeView };
-        return this.props.addDocument(folder);
+        TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: folder[Id], parent: this._props.parentTreeView };
+        return this._props.addDocument(folder);
     };
 
     preTreeDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const dragData = de.complete.docDragData;
-        dragData && (dragData.dropAction = this.props.treeView.props.Document === dragData.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction);
+        dragData && (dragData.dropAction = this.treeView.Document === dragData.treeViewDoc ? 'same' : dragData.dropAction);
     };
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -391,17 +398,17 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         if (!this._header.current) return false;
         const rect = this._header.current.getBoundingClientRect();
         const before = pt[1] < rect.top + rect.height / 2;
-        const inside = this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.doc.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > rect.left + rect.width * 0.33 || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
+        const inside = this.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.Document.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > rect.left + rect.width * 0.33 || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
         if (de.complete.linkDragData) {
             const sourceDoc = de.complete.linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor();
-            const destDoc = this.doc;
+            const destDoc = this.Document;
             DocUtils.MakeLink(sourceDoc, destDoc, { link_relationship: 'tree link' });
             e.stopPropagation();
             return true;
         }
         const docDragData = de.complete.docDragData;
         if (docDragData && pt[0] < rect.left + rect.width) {
-            if (docDragData.draggedDocuments[0] === this.doc) return true;
+            if (docDragData.draggedDocuments[0] === this.Document) return true;
             const added = this.dropDocuments(
                 docDragData.droppedDocuments, //
                 before,
@@ -409,7 +416,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 docDragData.dropAction,
                 docDragData.removeDocument,
                 docDragData.moveDocument,
-                docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.props.treeView.props.Document
+                docDragData.treeViewDoc === this.treeView.Document
             );
             e.stopPropagation();
             !added && e.preventDefault();
@@ -420,40 +427,40 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
     dropping: boolean = false;
     dropDocuments(droppedDocuments: Doc[], before: boolean, inside: number | boolean, dropAction: dropActionType, removeDocument: DragManager.RemoveFunction | undefined, moveDocument: DragManager.MoveFunction | undefined, forceAdd: boolean) {
-        const parentAddDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.props.addDocument(doc, undefined, undefined, before);
+        const parentAddDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this._props.addDocument(doc, undefined, undefined, before);
         const localAdd = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => {
             const innerAdd = (doc: Doc) => {
                 const dataIsComputed = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey])) instanceof ComputedField;
                 const added = (!dataIsComputed || (this.dropping && this.moving)) && Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, this.fieldKey, doc);
-                dataIsComputed && Doc.SetContainer(doc, DocCast(this.doc.embedContainer));
+                dataIsComputed && Doc.SetContainer(doc, DocCast(this.Document.embedContainer));
                 return added;
             };
             return (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => flg && innerAdd(doc), true as boolean);
         };
         const addDoc = inside ? localAdd : parentAddDoc;
         const move = (!dropAction || dropAction === 'proto' || dropAction === 'move' || dropAction === 'same' || dropAction === 'inSame') && moveDocument;
-        const canAdd = (!this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.props.document : this.props.treeViewParent)?.treeView_FreezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
-        if (canAdd && (dropAction !== 'inSame' || droppedDocuments.every(d => d.embedContainer === this.props.parentTreeView?.doc))) {
-            this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
+        const canAdd = (!this.treeView.outlineMode && !StrCast((inside ? this.Document : this._props.treeViewParent)?.treeView_FreezeChildren).includes('add')) || forceAdd;
+        if (canAdd && (dropAction !== 'inSame' || droppedDocuments.every(d => d.embedContainer === this._props.parentTreeView?.Document))) {
+            this._props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this._props.parentTreeView.dropping = true);
             const res = droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === 'proto' ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false);
-            this.props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this.props.parentTreeView.dropping = false);
+            this._props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this._props.parentTreeView.dropping = false);
             return res;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     refTransform = (ref: HTMLDivElement | undefined | null) => {
-        if (!ref) return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform();
+        if (!ref) return this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform();
         const { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(ref);
-        const outerXf = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this.props.treeView.MainEle());
-        const offset = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(outerXf.translateX - translateX, outerXf.translateY - translateY);
-        return this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1]);
+        const outerXf = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this.treeView.MainEle());
+        const offset = this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(outerXf.translateX - translateX, outerXf.translateY - translateY);
+        return this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(offset[0], offset[1]);
     };
     docTransform = () => this.refTransform(this._dref?.ContentRef?.current);
     getTransform = () => this.refTransform(this._tref.current);
-    embeddedPanelWidth = () => this.props.panelWidth() / (this.props.treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
+    embeddedPanelWidth = () => this._props.panelWidth() / (this.treeView._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
     embeddedPanelHeight = () => {
-        const layoutDoc = (temp => temp && Doc.expandTemplateLayout(temp, this.props.document))(this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.layoutDoc;
+        const layoutDoc = (temp => temp && Doc.expandTemplateLayout(temp, this.Document))(this.treeView._props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.layoutDoc;
         return Math.min(
             NumCast(layoutDoc._height),
             this.MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT,
@@ -463,7 +470,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 return layoutDoc._layout_fitWidth
                     ? !Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc)
                         ? NumCast(layoutDoc._height)
-                        : Math.min((this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc))) / (Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc) || NumCast(this.props.treeViewParent._height)))
+                        : Math.min((this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc.scrollHeight, Doc.NativeHeight(layoutDoc))) / (Doc.NativeWidth(layoutDoc) || NumCast(this._props.treeViewParent._height)))
                     : (this.embeddedPanelWidth() * NumCast(layoutDoc._height)) / NumCast(layoutDoc._width);
             })()
         );
@@ -471,16 +478,16 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @computed get expandedField() {
         const ids: { [key: string]: string } = {};
         const rows: JSX.Element[] = [];
-        const doc = this.doc;
+        const doc = this.Document;
         doc && Object.keys(doc).forEach(key => !(key in ids) && doc[key] !== ComputedField.undefined && (ids[key] = key));
 
         for (const key of Object.keys(ids).slice().sort()) {
-            if (this.props.skipFields?.includes(key) || key === 'title' || key === 'treeView_Open') continue;
+            if (this._props.skipFields?.includes(key) || key === 'title' || key === 'treeView_Open') continue;
             const contents = doc[key];
             let contentElement: (JSX.Element | null)[] | JSX.Element = [];
 
             let leftOffset = observable({ width: 0 });
-            const expandedWidth = () => this.props.panelWidth() - leftOffset.width;
+            const expandedWidth = () => this._props.panelWidth() - leftOffset.width;
             if (contents instanceof Doc || (Cast(contents, listSpec(Doc)) && Cast(contents, listSpec(Doc))!.length && Cast(contents, listSpec(Doc))![0] instanceof Doc)) {
                 const remDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => this.remove(doc, key);
                 const moveDoc = (doc: Doc | Doc[], target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean) => this.move(doc, target, addDoc);
@@ -488,44 +495,44 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     const innerAdd = (doc: Doc) => {
                         const dataIsComputed = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this.dataDoc[key])) instanceof ComputedField;
                         const added = (!dataIsComputed || (this.dropping && this.moving)) && Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, key, doc, addBefore, before, false, true);
-                        dataIsComputed && Doc.SetContainer(doc, DocCast(this.doc.embedContainer));
+                        dataIsComputed && Doc.SetContainer(doc, DocCast(this.Document.embedContainer));
                         return added;
                     };
                     return (doc instanceof Doc ? [doc] : doc).reduce((flg, doc) => flg && innerAdd(doc), true as boolean);
                 };
                 contentElement = TreeView.GetChildElements(
                     contents instanceof Doc ? [contents] : DocListCast(contents),
-                    this.props.treeView,
+                    this.treeView,
                     this,
                     doc,
                     undefined,
-                    this.props.treeViewParent,
-                    this.props.prevSibling,
+                    this._props.treeViewParent,
+                    this._props.prevSibling,
                     addDoc,
                     remDoc,
                     moveDoc,
-                    this.props.dragAction,
-                    this.props.addDocTab,
+                    this._props.dragAction,
+                    this._props.addDocTab,
                     this.titleStyleProvider,
-                    this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
-                    this.props.isContentActive,
+                    this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
+                    this._props.isContentActive,
                     expandedWidth,
-                    this.props.renderDepth,
-                    this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields,
-                    [...this.props.renderedIds, doc[Id]],
-                    this.props.onCheckedClick,
-                    this.props.onChildClick,
-                    this.props.skipFields,
+                    this._props.renderDepth,
+                    this._props.treeViewHideHeaderFields,
+                    [...this._props.renderedIds, doc[Id]],
+                    this._props.onCheckedClick,
+                    this._props.onChildClick,
+                    this._props.skipFields,
                     false,
-                    this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
-                    this.props.dontRegisterView,
+                    this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
+                    this._props.dontRegisterView,
                     emptyFunction,
                     emptyFunction,
                     this.childContextMenuItems(),
                     // TODO: [AL] Add these
-                    this.props.AddToMap,
-                    this.props.RemFromMap,
-                    this.props.hierarchyIndex
+                    this._props.AddToMap,
+                    this._props.RemFromMap,
+                    this._props.hierarchyIndex
                 );
             } else {
                 contentElement = (
@@ -573,9 +580,9 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     @computed get renderContent() {
         TraceMobx();
         const expandKey = this.treeViewExpandedView;
-        const sortings = (this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.TreeViewSortings) as { [key: string]: { color: string; icon: JSX.Element | string } }) ?? {};
+        const sortings = (this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.TreeViewSortings) as { [key: string]: { color: string; icon: JSX.Element | string } }) ?? {};
         if (['links', 'annotations', 'embeddings', this.fieldKey].includes(expandKey)) {
-            const sorting = StrCast(this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion, TreeSort.WhenAdded);
+            const sorting = StrCast(this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion, TreeSort.WhenAdded);
             const sortKeys = Object.keys(sortings);
             const curSortIndex = Math.max(
                 0,
@@ -587,7 +594,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             const localAdd = (doc: Doc, addBefore?: Doc, before?: boolean) => {
                 // if there's a sort ordering specified that can be modified on drop (eg, zorder can be modified, alphabetical can't),
                 // then the modification would be done here
-                const ordering = StrCast(this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion);
+                const ordering = StrCast(this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion);
                 if (ordering === TreeSort.Zindex) {
                     const docs = TreeView.sortDocs(this.childDocs || ([] as Doc[]), ordering);
                     doc.zIndex = addBefore ? NumCast(addBefore.zIndex) + (before ? -0.5 : 0.5) : 1000;
@@ -596,7 +603,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 }
                 const dataIsComputed = ComputedField.WithoutComputed(() => FieldValue(this.dataDoc[key])) instanceof ComputedField;
                 const added = (!dataIsComputed || (this.dropping && this.moving)) && Doc.AddDocToList(this.dataDoc, key, doc, addBefore, before, false, true);
-                !dataIsComputed && added && Doc.SetContainer(doc, this.doc);
+                !dataIsComputed && added && Doc.SetContainer(doc, this.Document);
 
                 return added;
             };
@@ -614,12 +621,12 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             }
             return (
                 <div>
-                    {!docs?.length || this.props.AddToMap /* hack to identify pres box trees */ ? null : (
+                    {!docs?.length || this._props.AddToMap /* hack to identify pres box trees */ ? null : (
                         <div className="treeView-sorting">
                             <IconButton
                                 color={sortings[sorting]?.color}
                                 size={Size.XSMALL}
-                                tooltip={`Sorted by : ${this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion}. click to cycle`}
+                                tooltip={`Sorted by : ${this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion}. click to cycle`}
                                 icon={sortings[sorting]?.icon}
                                 onPointerDown={e => {
                                     downX = e.clientX;
@@ -627,8 +634,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                                     e.stopPropagation();
                                 }}
                                 onClick={undoable(e => {
-                                    if (this.props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
-                                        !this.props.treeView.outlineMode && (this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
+                                    if (this._props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
+                                        !this.treeView.outlineMode && (this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
                                         e.stopPropagation();
                                     }
                                 }, 'sort order')}
@@ -638,7 +645,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     <ul
                         style={{ cursor: 'inherit' }}
                         key={expandKey + 'more'}
-                        title={`Sorted by : ${this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion}. click to cycle`}
+                        title={`Sorted by : ${this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion}. click to cycle`}
                         className="" //this.doc.treeView_HideTitle ? 'no-indent' : ''}
                         onPointerDown={e => {
                             downX = e.clientX;
@@ -646,8 +653,8 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                             e.stopPropagation();
                         }}
                         onClick={undoable(e => {
-                            if (this.props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
-                                !this.props.treeView.outlineMode && (this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
+                            if (this._props.isContentActive() && Math.abs(e.clientX - downX) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - downY) < 3) {
+                                !this.treeView.outlineMode && (this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion = sortKeys[(curSortIndex + 1) % sortKeys.length]);
                                 e.stopPropagation();
                             }
                         }, 'sort order')}>
@@ -655,37 +662,37 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                             ? null
                             : TreeView.GetChildElements(
                                   docs,
-                                  this.props.treeView,
+                                  this.treeView,
                                   this,
                                   this.layoutDoc,
                                   this.dataDoc,
-                                  this.props.treeViewParent,
-                                  this.props.prevSibling,
+                                  this._props.treeViewParent,
+                                  this._props.prevSibling,
                                   addDoc,
                                   remDoc,
                                   moveDoc,
-                                  StrCast(this.doc.childDragAction, this.props.dragAction) as dropActionType,
-                                  this.props.addDocTab,
+                                  StrCast(this.Document.childDragAction, this._props.dragAction) as dropActionType,
+                                  this._props.addDocTab,
                                   this.titleStyleProvider,
-                                  this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
-                                  this.props.isContentActive,
-                                  this.props.panelWidth,
-                                  this.props.renderDepth,
-                                  this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields,
-                                  [...this.props.renderedIds, this.doc[Id]],
-                                  this.props.onCheckedClick,
-                                  this.props.onChildClick,
-                                  this.props.skipFields,
+                                  this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform,
+                                  this._props.isContentActive,
+                                  this._props.panelWidth,
+                                  this._props.renderDepth,
+                                  this._props.treeViewHideHeaderFields,
+                                  [...this._props.renderedIds, this.Document[Id]],
+                                  this._props.onCheckedClick,
+                                  this._props.onChildClick,
+                                  this._props.skipFields,
                                   false,
-                                  this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
-                                  this.props.dontRegisterView,
+                                  this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged,
+                                  this._props.dontRegisterView,
                                   emptyFunction,
                                   emptyFunction,
                                   this.childContextMenuItems(),
                                   // TODO: [AL] add these
-                                  this.props.AddToMap,
-                                  this.props.RemFromMap,
-                                  this.props.hierarchyIndex,
+                                  this._props.AddToMap,
+                                  this._props.RemFromMap,
+                                  this._props.hierarchyIndex,
                                   this._renderCount
                               )}
                     </ul>
@@ -693,7 +700,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             );
         } else if (this.treeViewExpandedView === 'fields') {
             return (
-                <ul key={this.doc[Id] + this.doc.title} style={{ cursor: 'inherit' }}>
+                <ul key={this.Document[Id] + this.Document.title} style={{ cursor: 'inherit' }}>
                     <div>{this.expandedField}</div>
                 </ul>
             );
@@ -705,13 +712,13 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     e.preventDefault();
                     e.stopPropagation();
                 }}>
-                {this.renderEmbeddedDocument(false, this.props.treeView.props.childDocumentsActive ?? returnFalse)}
+                {this.renderEmbeddedDocument(false, this.treeView._props.childDocumentsActive ?? returnFalse)}
             </ul>
         ); // "layout"
     }
 
     get onCheckedClick() {
-        return this.doc.type === DocumentType.COL ? undefined : this.props.onCheckedClick?.() ?? ScriptCast(this.doc.onCheckedClick);
+        return this.Document.type === DocumentType.COL ? undefined : this._props.onCheckedClick?.() ?? ScriptCast(this.Document.onCheckedClick);
     }
 
     @action
@@ -719,10 +726,10 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         if (this.onCheckedClick) {
             this.onCheckedClick?.script.run(
                 {
-                    this: this.doc.isTemplateForField && this.props.dataDoc ? this.props.dataDoc : this.doc,
-                    heading: this.props.treeViewParent.title,
-                    checked: this.doc.treeView_Checked === 'check' ? 'x' : this.doc.treeView_Checked === 'x' ? 'remove' : 'check',
-                    containingTreeView: this.props.treeView.props.Document,
+                    this: this.Document.isTemplateForField && this._props.dataDoc ? this._props.dataDoc : this.Document,
+                    heading: this._props.treeViewParent.title,
+                    checked: this.Document.treeView_Checked === 'check' ? 'x' : this.Document.treeView_Checked === 'x' ? 'remove' : 'check',
+                    containingTreeView: this.treeView.Document,
                 },
                 console.log
             );
@@ -734,28 +741,28 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
     @computed get renderBullet() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const iconType = this.props.treeView.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.TreeViewIcon + (this.treeViewOpen ? ':open' : !this.childDocs.length ? ':empty' : '')) || 'question';
+        const iconType = this.treeView._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.TreeViewIcon + (this.treeViewOpen ? ':open' : !this.childDocs.length ? ':empty' : '')) || 'question';
         const color = SettingsManager.userColor;
-        const checked = this.onCheckedClick ? this.doc.treeView_Checked ?? 'unchecked' : undefined;
+        const checked = this.onCheckedClick ? this.Document.treeView_Checked ?? 'unchecked' : undefined;
         return (
             <div
-                className={`bullet${this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}
+                className={`bullet${this.treeView.outlineMode ? '-outline' : ''}`}
                 key="bullet"
-                title={this.childDocs?.length ? `click to see ${this.childDocs?.length} items` : `view ${this.props.document.type} content`}
+                title={this.childDocs?.length ? `click to see ${this.childDocs?.length} items` : `view ${this.Document.type} content`}
                 onClick={this.bulletClick}
                 style={
-                    this.props.treeView.outlineMode
+                    this.treeView.outlineMode
                         ? {
-                              opacity: this.titleStyleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.Opacity),
+                              opacity: this.titleStyleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.Opacity),
                           }
                         : {
-                              pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined,
+                              pointerEvents: this._props.isContentActive() ? 'all' : undefined,
                               opacity: checked === 'unchecked' || typeof iconType !== 'string' ? undefined : 0.4,
                               color: checked === 'unchecked' ? SettingsManager.userColor : 'inherit',
                           }
                 }>
-                {this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? (
-                    !(this.doc.text as RichTextField)?.Text ? null : (
+                {this.treeView.outlineMode ? (
+                    !(this.Document.text as RichTextField)?.Text ? null : (
                         <IconButton color={color} icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={[this.childDocs?.length && !this.treeViewOpen ? 'fas' : 'far', 'circle']} />} size={Size.XSMALL} />
                     )
                 ) : (
@@ -775,28 +782,28 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     }
 
     @computed get validExpandViewTypes() {
-        const annos = () => (DocListCast(this.doc[this.fieldKey + '_annotations']).length && !this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? 'annotations' : '');
-        const links = () => (LinkManager.Links(this.doc).length && !this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? 'links' : '');
-        const data = () => (this.childDocs || this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey : '');
-        const embeddings = () => (this.props.treeView.dashboardMode ? '' : 'embeddings');
+        const annos = () => (DocListCast(this.Document[this.fieldKey + '_annotations']).length && !this.treeView.dashboardMode ? 'annotations' : '');
+        const links = () => (LinkManager.Links(this.Document).length && !this.treeView.dashboardMode ? 'links' : '');
+        const data = () => (this.childDocs || this.treeView.dashboardMode ? this.fieldKey : '');
+        const embeddings = () => (this.treeView.dashboardMode ? '' : 'embeddings');
         const fields = () => (Doc.noviceMode ? '' : 'fields');
-        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
-        return [data(), ...layout, ...(this.props.treeView.fileSysMode ? [embeddings(), links(), annos()] : []), fields()].filter(m => m);
+        const layout = Doc.noviceMode || this.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking ? [] : ['layout'];
+        return [data(), ...layout, ...(this.treeView.fileSysMode ? [embeddings(), links(), annos()] : []), fields()].filter(m => m);
     }
     @action
     expandNextviewType = () => {
-        if (this.treeViewOpen && !this.doc.isFolder && !this.props.treeView.outlineMode && !this.doc.treeView_ExpandedViewLock) {
+        if (this.treeViewOpen && !this.Document.isFolder && !this.treeView.outlineMode && !this.Document.treeView_ExpandedViewLock) {
             const next = (modes: any[]) => modes[(modes.indexOf(StrCast(this.treeViewExpandedView)) + 1) % modes.length];
-            this.doc.treeView_ExpandedView = next(this.validExpandViewTypes);
+            this.Document.treeView_ExpandedView = next(this.validExpandViewTypes);
         }
         this.treeViewOpen = true;
     };
 
     @observable headerEleWidth = 0;
     @computed get titleButtons() {
-        const customHeaderButtons = this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.Decorations);
+        const customHeaderButtons = this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.Decorations);
         const color = SettingsManager.userColor;
-        return this.props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() || this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderFields ? null : (
+        return this._props.treeViewHideHeaderFields() || this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderFields ? null : (
             <>
                 {customHeaderButtons} {/* e.g.,. hide button is set by dashboardStyleProvider */}
                 <IconButton
@@ -808,7 +815,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                         e.stopPropagation();
                     }}
                 />
-                {Doc.noviceMode ? null : this.doc.treeView_ExpandedViewLock || Doc.IsSystem(this.doc) ? null : (
+                {Doc.noviceMode ? null : this.Document.treeView_ExpandedViewLock || Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) ? null : (
                     <span className="collectionTreeView-keyHeader" title="type of expanded data" key={this.treeViewExpandedView} onPointerDown={this.expandNextviewType}>
                         {this.treeViewExpandedView}
                     </span>
@@ -829,50 +836,50 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const focusDoc = { script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(this)`)!, icon: 'eye', label: 'Focus or Open' };
         const reopenDoc = { script: ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(this)`)!, icon: 'eye', label: 'Reopen' };
         return [
-            ...(this.props.contextMenuItems ?? []).filter(mi => (!mi.filter ? true : mi.filter.script.run({ doc: this.doc })?.result)),
-            ...(this.doc.isFolder
+            ...(this._props.contextMenuItems ?? []).filter(mi => (!mi.filter ? true : mi.filter.script.run({ doc: this.Document })?.result)),
+            ...(this.Document.isFolder
                 ? folderOp
-                : Doc.IsSystem(this.doc)
+                : Doc.IsSystem(this.Document)
                   ? []
-                  : this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && this.doc === Doc.GetProto(this.doc)
+                  : this.treeView.fileSysMode && this.Document === Doc.GetProto(this.Document)
                     ? [openEmbedding, makeFolder]
-                    : this.doc._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
+                    : this.Document._type_collection === CollectionViewType.Docking
                       ? []
-                      : this.props.treeView.Document === Doc.MyRecentlyClosed
+                      : this.treeView.Document === Doc.MyRecentlyClosed
                         ? [reopenDoc]
                         : [openEmbedding, focusDoc]),
         ];
     };
     childContextMenuItems = () => {
-        const customScripts = Cast(this.doc.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
-        const customFilters = Cast(this.doc.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
-        const icons = StrListCast(this.doc.childContextMenuIcons);
-        return StrListCast(this.doc.childContextMenuLabels).map((label, i) => ({ script: customScripts[i], filter: customFilters[i], icon: icons[i], label }));
+        const customScripts = Cast(this.Document.childContextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
+        const customFilters = Cast(this.Document.childContextMenuFilters, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
+        const icons = StrListCast(this.Document.childContextMenuIcons);
+        return StrListCast(this.Document.childContextMenuLabels).map((label, i) => ({ script: customScripts[i], filter: customFilters[i], icon: icons[i], label }));
     };
 
-    onChildClick = () => this.props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(this)`)!);
+    onChildClick = () => this._props.onChildClick?.() ?? (this._editTitleScript?.() || ScriptField.MakeFunction(`DocFocusOrOpen(this)`)!);
 
-    onChildDoubleClick = () => ScriptCast(this.props.treeView.Document.treeView_ChildDoubleClick, !this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? this._openScript?.() : null);
+    onChildDoubleClick = () => ScriptCast(this.treeView.Document.treeView_ChildDoubleClick, !this.treeView.outlineMode ? this._openScript?.() : null);
 
-    refocus = () => this.props.treeView.props.focus(this.props.treeView.props.Document, {});
+    refocus = () => this.treeView._props.focus(this.treeView.Document, {});
     ignoreEvent = (e: any) => {
-        if (this.props.isContentActive(true)) {
+        if (this._props.isContentActive(true)) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
         }
     };
     titleStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
-        if (!doc || doc !== this.doc) return this.props?.treeView?.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
+        if (!doc || doc !== this.Document) return this._props?.treeView?._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
 
-        const treeView = this.props.treeView;
+        const treeView = this.treeView;
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (property.split(':')[0]) {
-            case StyleProp.Opacity:         return this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? undefined : 1;
+            case StyleProp.Opacity:         return this.treeView.outlineMode ? undefined : 1;
             case StyleProp.BackgroundColor: return this.selected ? '#7089bb' : StrCast(doc._backgroundColor, StrCast(doc.backgroundColor));
-            case StyleProp.Highlighting:    if (this.props.treeView.outlineMode) return undefined;
+            case StyleProp.Highlighting:    if (this.treeView.outlineMode) return undefined;
             case StyleProp.BoxShadow:       return undefined;
             case StyleProp.DocContents:
-                const highlightIndex = this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? Doc.DocBrushStatus.unbrushed : Doc.GetBrushHighlightStatus(doc);
+                const highlightIndex = this.treeView.outlineMode ? Doc.DocBrushStatus.unbrushed : Doc.GetBrushHighlightStatus(doc);
                 const highlightColor = ['transparent', 'rgb(68, 118, 247)', 'rgb(68, 118, 247)', 'orange', 'lightBlue'][highlightIndex];
                 return treeView.outlineMode ? null : (
                     <div
@@ -882,32 +889,32 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                             maxWidth: props?.PanelWidth() || undefined,
                             background: props?.styleProvider?.(doc, props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
                             outline: SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? undefined: `solid ${highlightColor} ${highlightIndex}px`,
-                            paddingLeft: NumCast(treeView.Document.childXPadding, NumCast(treeView.props.childXPadding, Doc.IsComicStyle(doc)?20:0)),
-                            paddingRight: NumCast(treeView.Document.childXPadding, NumCast(treeView.props.childXPadding, Doc.IsComicStyle(doc)?20:0)),
-                            paddingTop: treeView.props.childYPadding,
-                            paddingBottom: treeView.props.childYPadding,
+                            paddingLeft: NumCast(treeView.Document.childXPadding, NumCast(treeView._props.childXPadding, Doc.IsComicStyle(doc)?20:0)),
+                            paddingRight: NumCast(treeView.Document.childXPadding, NumCast(treeView._props.childXPadding, Doc.IsComicStyle(doc)?20:0)),
+                            paddingTop: treeView._props.childYPadding,
+                            paddingBottom: treeView._props.childYPadding,
                         }}>
                         {StrCast(doc?.title)}
                     </div>
                 );
         }
-        return treeView.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
+        return treeView._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property);
     };
     embeddedStyleProvider = (doc: Doc | undefined, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string): any => {
         if (property.startsWith(StyleProp.Decorations)) return null;
-        return this.props?.treeView?.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
+        return this._props?.treeView?._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // properties are inherited from the CollectionTreeView, not the hierarchical parent in the treeView
     };
     onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent, fieldProps: FieldViewProps) => {
-        if (this.doc.treeView_HideHeader || (this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderIfTemplate && this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.props.treeView.outlineMode) {
+        if (this.Document.treeView_HideHeader || (this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderIfTemplate && this.treeView._props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.treeView.outlineMode) {
             switch (e.key) {
                 case 'Tab':
                     e.stopPropagation?.();
                     e.preventDefault?.();
                     setTimeout(() => RichTextMenu.Instance.TextView?.EditorView?.focus(), 150);
-                    UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => (e.shiftKey ? this.props.outdentDocument?.(true) : this.props.indentDocument?.(true)), 'tab');
+                    UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => (e.shiftKey ? this._props.outdentDocument?.(true) : this._props.indentDocument?.(true)), 'tab');
                     return true;
                 case 'Backspace':
-                    if (!(this.doc.text as RichTextField)?.Text && this.props.removeDoc?.(this.doc)) {
+                    if (!(this.Document.text as RichTextField)?.Text && this._props.removeDoc?.(this.Document)) {
                         e.stopPropagation?.();
                         e.preventDefault?.();
                         return true;
@@ -921,7 +928,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         }
         return false;
     };
-    titleWidth = () => Math.max(20, Math.min(this.props.treeView.truncateTitleWidth(), this.props.panelWidth())) / (this.props.treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) - this.headerEleWidth - treeBulletWidth();
+    titleWidth = () => Math.max(20, Math.min(this.treeView.truncateTitleWidth(), this._props.panelWidth())) / (this.treeView._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1) - this.headerEleWidth - treeBulletWidth();
 
     /**
      * Renders the EditableView title element for placement into the tree.
@@ -936,21 +943,21 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 display={'inline-block'}
                 editing={this._editTitle}
                 background={'#7089bb'}
-                contents={StrCast(this.doc.title)}
+                contents={StrCast(this.Document.title)}
                 height={12}
                 sizeToContent={true}
                 fontSize={12}
                 isEditingCallback={action(e => (this._editTitle = e))}
-                GetValue={() => StrCast(this.doc.title)}
+                GetValue={() => StrCast(this.Document.title)}
                 OnTab={undoBatch((shift?: boolean) => {
-                    if (!shift) this.props.indentDocument?.(true);
-                    else this.props.outdentDocument?.(true);
+                    if (!shift) this._props.indentDocument?.(true);
+                    else this._props.outdentDocument?.(true);
                 })}
-                OnEmpty={undoBatch(() => this.props.treeView.outlineMode && this.props.removeDoc?.(this.doc))}
-                OnFillDown={val => this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && this.makeFolder()}
+                OnEmpty={undoBatch(() => this.treeView.outlineMode && this._props.removeDoc?.(this.Document))}
+                OnFillDown={val => this.treeView.fileSysMode && this.makeFolder()}
                 SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shiftKey: boolean, enterKey: boolean) => {
-                    Doc.SetInPlace(this.doc, 'title', value, false);
-                    this.props.treeView.outlineMode && enterKey && this.makeTextCollection();
+                    Doc.SetInPlace(this.Document, 'title', value, false);
+                    this.treeView.outlineMode && enterKey && this.makeTextCollection();
                 })}
             />
         ) : (
@@ -958,29 +965,29 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 key="title"
                 ref={action((r: any) => {
                     this._docRef = r ? r : undefined;
-                    if (this._docRef && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad?.id === this.props.document[Id] && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.parent === this.props.parentTreeView) {
+                    if (this._docRef && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad?.id === this.Document[Id] && TreeView._editTitleOnLoad.parent === this._props.parentTreeView) {
                         this._docRef.select(false);
                         this.setEditTitle(this._docRef);
                         TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = undefined;
                     }
                 })}
-                Document={this.doc}
+                Document={this.Document}
                 layout_fitWidth={returnTrue}
                 scriptContext={this}
-                hideDecorationTitle={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
-                hideResizeHandles={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
+                hideDecorationTitle={this.treeView.outlineMode}
+                hideResizeHandles={this.treeView.outlineMode}
                 styleProvider={this.titleStyleProvider}
                 onClickScriptDisable="never" // tree docViews have a script to show fields, etc.
-                docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
-                treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView.props.Document}
+                docViewPath={this.treeView._props.docViewPath}
+                treeViewDoc={this.treeView.Document}
                 addDocument={undefined}
-                addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                pinToPres={this.props.treeView.props.pinToPres}
+                addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
+                pinToPres={this.treeView._props.pinToPres}
                 onClick={this.onChildClick}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClick}
-                dragAction={this.props.dragAction}
+                dragAction={this._props.dragAction}
                 moveDocument={this.move}
-                removeDocument={this.props.removeDoc}
+                removeDocument={this._props.removeDoc}
                 ScreenToLocalTransform={this.getTransform}
                 NativeHeight={returnZero}
                 NativeWidth={returnZero}
@@ -988,16 +995,16 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 PanelHeight={return18}
                 contextMenuItems={this.contextMenuItems}
                 renderDepth={1}
-                isContentActive={emptyFunction} //this.props.isContentActive}
-                isDocumentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                isContentActive={emptyFunction} //this._props.isContentActive}
+                isDocumentActive={this._props.isContentActive}
                 focus={this.refocus}
-                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
+                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                 bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
-                hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
-                dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
-                xPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childXPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childXPadding)}
-                yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
+                disableBrushing={this.treeView._props.disableBrushing}
+                hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.treeView.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
+                dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.treeView.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this._props.dontRegisterView)}
+                xPadding={NumCast(this.treeView.Document.childXPadding, this.treeView._props.childXPadding)}
+                yPadding={NumCast(this.treeView.Document.childYPadding, this.treeView._props.childYPadding)}
                 childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                 childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                 searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
@@ -1006,16 +1013,16 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return (
             <>
                 <div
-                    className={`docContainer${Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document) || this.props.document.isFolder ? '-system' : ''}`}
+                    className={`docContainer${Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) || this.Document.isFolder ? '-system' : ''}`}
                     ref={this._tref}
                     title="click to edit title. Double Click or Drag to Open"
                     style={{
-                        backgroundColor: Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document) || this.props.document.isFolder ? SettingsManager.userVariantColor : undefined,
-                        color: Doc.IsSystem(this.props.document) || this.props.document.isFolder ? lightOrDark(SettingsManager.userVariantColor) : undefined,
-                        fontWeight: Doc.IsSearchMatch(this.doc) !== undefined ? 'bold' : undefined,
-                        textDecoration: Doc.GetT(this.doc, 'title', 'string', true) ? 'underline' : undefined,
-                        outline: this.doc === Doc.ActiveDashboard ? 'dashed 1px #06123232' : undefined,
-                        pointerEvents: !this.props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined,
+                        backgroundColor: Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) || this.Document.isFolder ? SettingsManager.userVariantColor : undefined,
+                        color: Doc.IsSystem(this.Document) || this.Document.isFolder ? lightOrDark(SettingsManager.userVariantColor) : undefined,
+                        fontWeight: Doc.IsSearchMatch(this.Document) !== undefined ? 'bold' : undefined,
+                        textDecoration: Doc.GetT(this.Document, 'title', 'string', true) ? 'underline' : undefined,
+                        outline: this.Document === Doc.ActiveDashboard ? 'dashed 1px #06123232' : undefined,
+                        pointerEvents: !this._props.isContentActive() ? 'none' : undefined,
                     }}>
                     {view}
                 </div>
@@ -1055,42 +1062,42 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return (
             <div style={{ height: this.embeddedPanelHeight(), width: this.embeddedPanelWidth() }}>
                 <DocumentView
-                    key={this.doc[Id]}
+                    key={this.Document[Id]}
                     ref={action((r: DocumentView | null) => (this._dref = r))}
-                    Document={this.doc}
+                    Document={this.Document}
                     layout_fitWidth={this.fitWidthFilter}
                     PanelWidth={this.embeddedPanelWidth}
                     PanelHeight={this.embeddedPanelHeight}
                     LayoutTemplateString={asText ? FormattedTextBox.LayoutString('text') : undefined}
-                    LayoutTemplate={this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate}
+                    LayoutTemplate={this.treeView._props.childLayoutTemplate}
                     isContentActive={isActive}
                     isDocumentActive={isActive}
                     styleProvider={asText ? this.titleStyleProvider : this.embeddedStyleProvider}
                     hideTitle={asText}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
-                    hideDecorationTitle={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
-                    hideResizeHandles={this.props.treeView.outlineMode}
+                    hideDecorationTitle={this.treeView.outlineMode}
+                    hideResizeHandles={this.treeView.outlineMode}
                     onClick={this.onChildClick}
                     focus={this.refocus}
                     onKey={this.onKeyDown}
-                    hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
-                    dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this.props.dontRegisterView)}
+                    hideLinkButton={BoolCast(this.treeView.Document.childHideLinkButton)}
+                    dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.treeView.Document.childDontRegisterViews, this._props.dontRegisterView)}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={this.docTransform}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
-                    treeViewDoc={this.props.treeView?.props.Document}
-                    docViewPath={this.props.treeView.props.docViewPath}
+                    renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    treeViewDoc={this.treeView?.Document}
+                    docViewPath={this.treeView._props.docViewPath}
                     childFilters={returnEmptyFilter}
                     childFiltersByRanges={returnEmptyFilter}
                     searchFilterDocs={returnEmptyDoclist}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
+                    addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
                     moveDocument={this.move}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDoc}
-                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
-                    xPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childXPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childXPadding)}
-                    yPadding={NumCast(this.props.treeView.props.Document.childYPadding, this.props.treeView.props.childYPadding)}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
-                    pinToPres={this.props.treeView.props.pinToPres}
-                    disableBrushing={this.props.treeView.props.disableBrushing}
+                    removeDocument={this._props.removeDoc}
+                    whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
+                    xPadding={NumCast(this.treeView.Document.childXPadding, this.treeView._props.childXPadding)}
+                    yPadding={NumCast(this.treeView.Document.childYPadding, this.treeView._props.childYPadding)}
+                    addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
+                    pinToPres={this.treeView._props.pinToPres}
+                    disableBrushing={this.treeView._props.disableBrushing}
                     bringToFront={returnFalse}
                     scriptContext={this}
                 />
@@ -1100,7 +1107,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
 
     // renders the text version of a document as the header.  This is used in the file system mode and in other vanilla tree views.
     @computed get renderTitleAsHeader() {
-        return this.props.treeView.Document.treeView_HideUnrendered && this.doc.layout_unrendered && !this.doc.treeView_FieldKey ? (
+        return this.treeView.Document.treeView_HideUnrendered && this.Document.layout_unrendered && !this.Document.treeView_FieldKey ? (
             <div></div>
         ) : (
             <>
@@ -1115,16 +1122,16 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         return (
             <>
                 {this.renderBullet}
-                {this.renderEmbeddedDocument(asText, this.props.isContentActive)}
+                {this.renderEmbeddedDocument(asText, this._props.isContentActive)}
             </>
         );
     };
 
     @computed get renderBorder() {
-        const sorting = StrCast(this.doc.treeView_SortCriterion, TreeSort.WhenAdded);
-        const sortings = (this.props.styleProvider?.(this.doc, this.props.treeView.props, StyleProp.TreeViewSortings) ?? {}) as { [key: string]: { color: string; label: string } };
+        const sorting = StrCast(this.Document.treeView_SortCriterion, TreeSort.WhenAdded);
+        const sortings = (this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.treeView._props, StyleProp.TreeViewSortings) ?? {}) as { [key: string]: { color: string; label: string } };
         return (
-            <div className={`treeView-border${this.props.treeView.outlineMode ? TreeViewType.outline : ''}`} style={{ borderColor: sortings[sorting]?.color }}>
+            <div className={`treeView-border${this.treeView.outlineMode ? TreeViewType.outline : ''}`} style={{ borderColor: sortings[sorting]?.color }}>
                 {!this.treeViewOpen ? null : this.renderContent}
             </div>
         );
@@ -1134,28 +1141,28 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         const pt = [de.clientX, de.clientY];
         const rect = this._header.current!.getBoundingClientRect();
         const before = pt[1] < rect.top + rect.height / 2;
-        const inside = this.props.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.doc.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > rect.left + rect.width * 0.33 || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
+        const inside = this.treeView.fileSysMode && !this.Document.isFolder ? false : pt[0] > rect.left + rect.width * 0.33 || (!before && this.treeViewOpen && this.childDocs?.length ? true : false);
 
-        const docs = this.props.treeView.onTreeDrop(de, (docs: Doc[]) => this.dropDocuments(docs, before, inside, 'copy', undefined, undefined, false));
+        const docs = this.treeView.onTreeDrop(de, (docs: Doc[]) => this.dropDocuments(docs, before, inside, 'copy', undefined, undefined, false));
     };
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const hideTitle = this.doc.treeView_HideHeader || (this.doc.treeView_HideHeaderIfTemplate && this.props.treeView.props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.props.treeView.outlineMode;
-        return this.props.renderedIds?.indexOf(this.doc[Id]) !== -1 ? (
-            '<' + this.doc.title + '>' // just print the title of documents we've previously rendered in this hierarchical path to avoid cycles
+        const hideTitle = this.Document.treeView_HideHeader || (this.Document.treeView_HideHeaderIfTemplate && this.treeView._props.childLayoutTemplate?.()) || this.treeView.outlineMode;
+        return this._props.renderedIds?.indexOf(this.Document[Id]) !== -1 ? (
+            '<' + this.Document.title + '>' // just print the title of documents we've previously rendered in this hierarchical path to avoid cycles
         ) : (
             <div
-                className={`treeView-container${this.props.isContentActive() ? '-active' : ''}`}
+                className={`treeView-container${this._props.isContentActive() ? '-active' : ''}`}
                 ref={this.createTreeDropTarget}
                 onDrop={this.onTreeDrop}
-                //onPointerDown={e => this.props.isContentActive(true) && SelectionManager.DeselectAll()} // bcz: this breaks entering a text filter in a filterBox since it deselects the filter's target document
+                //onPointerDown={e => this._props.isContentActive(true) && SelectionManager.DeselectAll()} // bcz: this breaks entering a text filter in a filterBox since it deselects the filter's target document
                 // onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
             >
                 <li className="collection-child">
-                    {hideTitle && this.doc.type !== DocumentType.RTF && !this.doc.treeView_RenderAsBulletHeader // should test for prop 'treeView_RenderDocWithBulletAsHeader"
+                    {hideTitle && this.Document.type !== DocumentType.RTF && !this.Document.treeView_RenderAsBulletHeader // should test for prop 'treeView_RenderDocWithBulletAsHeader"
                         ? this.renderEmbeddedDocument(false, returnFalse)
-                        : this.renderBulletHeader(hideTitle ? this.renderDocumentAsHeader(!this.doc.treeView_RenderAsBulletHeader) : this.renderTitleAsHeader, this._editTitle)}
+                        : this.renderBulletHeader(hideTitle ? this.renderDocumentAsHeader(!this.Document.treeView_RenderAsBulletHeader) : this.renderTitleAsHeader, this._editTitle)}
                 </li>
             </div>
         );
@@ -1231,7 +1238,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         }
 
         const docs = TreeView.sortDocs(childDocs, StrCast(treeView_Parent.treeView_SortCriterion, TreeSort.WhenAdded));
-        const rowWidth = () => panelWidth() - treeBulletWidth() * (treeView.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
+        const rowWidth = () => panelWidth() - treeBulletWidth() * (treeView._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
         const treeView_Refs = new Map<Doc, TreeView | undefined>();
         return docs
             .filter(child => child instanceof Doc)
@@ -1243,7 +1250,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 }
 
                 const dentDoc = (editTitle: boolean, newParent: Doc, addAfter: Doc | undefined, parent: TreeView | CollectionTreeView | undefined) => {
-                    if (parent instanceof TreeView && parent.props.treeView.fileSysMode && !newParent.isFolder) return;
+                    if (parent instanceof TreeView && parent._props.treeView.fileSysMode && !newParent.isFolder) return;
                     const fieldKey = Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newParent);
                     if (remove && fieldKey && Cast(newParent[fieldKey], listSpec(Doc)) !== undefined) {
                         remove(child);
@@ -1255,7 +1262,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     }
                 };
                 const indent = i === 0 ? undefined : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, docs[i - 1], undefined, treeView_Refs.get(docs[i - 1]));
-                const outdent = !parentCollectionDoc ? undefined : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, parentCollectionDoc, containerPrevSibling, parentTreeView instanceof TreeView ? parentTreeView.props.parentTreeView : undefined);
+                const outdent = !parentCollectionDoc ? undefined : (editTitle: boolean) => dentDoc(editTitle, parentCollectionDoc, containerPrevSibling, parentTreeView instanceof TreeView ? parentTreeView._props.parentTreeView : undefined);
                 const addDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], annotationKey?: string, relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => add(doc, relativeTo ?? docs[i], before !== undefined ? before : false);
                 const childLayout = Doc.Layout(pair.layout);
                 const rowHeight = () => {
@@ -1266,7 +1273,7 @@ export class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                     <TreeView
                         key={child[Id]}
                         ref={r => treeView_Refs.set(child, r ? r : undefined)}
-                        document={pair.layout}
+                        Document={pair.layout}
                         dataDoc={pair.data}
                         treeViewParent={treeView_Parent}
                         prevSibling={docs[i]}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
index 3ba7aedef..dd7e12e41 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { IReactionDisposer, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { copyProps } from '../../../../Utils';
 import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
 
 /**
@@ -49,8 +50,16 @@ export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps {
 export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps> {
     _disposers: IReactionDisposer[] = [];
 
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps>;
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     get State() {
-        return this.props.infoState;
+        return this._props.infoState;
     }
     get Arcs() {
         return Object.keys(this.State).map(key => this.State[key]);
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends React.Component<CollectionFreeF
                 res => {
                     if (res) {
                         const next = arc.act(res);
-                        this.props.next(next);
+                        this._props.next(next);
                     }
                 },
                 { fireImmediately: true }
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends React.Component<CollectionFreeF
         this.initState();
     }
     componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
         this.clearState();
         this.initState();
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
index 1265dc2de..f0a052c1d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IReactionDisposer, computed, observable, reaction, action, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { IReactionDisposer, computed, observable, reaction, action, runInAction, makeObservable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { ScriptField } from '../../../../fields/ScriptField';
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import { NumCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../../util/LinkManager';
 import { InkTool } from '../../../../fields/InkField';
 import { LinkDocPreview } from '../../nodes/LinkDocPreview';
-import { DocumentLinksButton } from '../../nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
+import { DocumentLinksButton, DocButtonState } from '../../nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { CollectionFreeFormInfoState, infoState, StateMessage, infoArc, StateEntryFunc, InfoState } from './CollectionFreeFormInfoState';
 import { string32 } from 'pdfjs-dist/types/src/shared/util';
 import { any } from 'bluebird';
+import { copyProps } from '../../../../Utils';
 
 export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps {
     Document: Doc;
@@ -25,10 +26,23 @@ export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps {
 export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps> {
     private _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
 
-    @observable currState!: infoState;
-    constructor(props: any) {
+    @observable _currState: infoState | undefined = undefined;
+    get currState() {
+        return this._currState!;
+    }
+    set currState(val) {
+        this._currState = val;
+    }
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps>;
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<CollectionFreeFormInfoUIProps>) {
         super(props);
-        this.setCurrState(this.setupStates());
+        this._props = this._prevProps = this.props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+        this.currState = this.setupStates();
+    }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
     }
 
     setCurrState = (state: infoState) => {
@@ -40,12 +54,12 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends React.Component<CollectionFreeForm
 
     setupStates = () => {
         //  state entry functions
-        const setBackground = (col: string) => () => (this.props.Freeform.layoutDoc.backgroundColor = col);
+        const setBackground = (col: string) => () => (this._props.Freeform.layoutDoc.backgroundColor = col);
         //  arc transition trigger conditions
-        const firstDoc = () => this.props.Freeform.childDocs.lastElement();
-        const numDocs = () => this.props.Freeform.childDocs.length;
+        const firstDoc = () => this._props.Freeform.childDocs.lastElement();
+        const numDocs = () => this._props.Freeform.childDocs.length;
         const numDocLinks = () => LinkManager.Instance.getAllDirectLinks(firstDoc())?.length;
-        const linkMenuOpen = () => DocumentLinksButton.LinkEditorDocView;
+        const linkMenuOpen = () => DocButtonState.Instance.LinkEditorDocView;
 
         // set of states.
         const start = InfoState('Click to create Object', {
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends React.Component<CollectionFreeForm
     /*
     componentDidMount(): void {
         this._disposers.reaction1 = reaction(
-            () => this.props.Freeform.childDocs.slice(),
+            () => this._props.Freeform.childDocs.slice(),
             docs => {
                 if (docs.length === 1) {
                     this.firstDoc = docs[0];
@@ -162,8 +176,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends React.Component<CollectionFreeForm
     // this._disposers.reaction1();
 
     @observable message = 'Click anywhere and begin typing to create your first document!';
-    @observable firstDoc: Doc | undefined;
-    @observable secondDoc: Doc | undefined;
+    @observable firstDoc: Doc | undefined = undefined;
+    @observable secondDoc: Doc | undefined = undefined;
     */
     firstDocPos = { x: 0, y: 0 };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 4995925c8..5cbea4783 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
 
     @action
     toggleProperties = () => {
-        if ((SettingsManager.propertiesWidth ?? 0) < 100) {
-            SettingsManager.propertiesWidth = 250;
+        if ((SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth ?? 0) < 100) {
+            SettingsManager.Instance.propertiesWidth = 250;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 03d302f39..154c914ad 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Bezier } from 'bezier-js';
 import { Colors } from 'browndash-components';
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction, runInAction, toJS } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../../fields/util';
 import { GestureUtils } from '../../../../pen-gestures/GestureUtils';
-import { aggregateBounds, DashColor, emptyFunction, intersectRect, lightOrDark, OmitKeys, returnFalse, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { aggregateBounds, copyProps, DashColor, emptyFunction, intersectRect, lightOrDark, OmitKeys, returnFalse, returnZero, setupMoveUpEvents, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { CognitiveServices } from '../../../cognitive_services/CognitiveServices';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from '../../nodes/trails/PresBox';
 import { CreateImage } from '../../nodes/WebBoxRenderer';
 import { StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
-import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import { TreeViewType } from '../CollectionTreeView';
 import { CollectionFreeFormBackgroundGrid } from './CollectionFreeFormBackgroundGrid';
 import { CollectionFreeFormInfoUI } from './CollectionFreeFormInfoUI';
@@ -69,9 +69,20 @@ export type collectionFreeformViewProps = {
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionFreeformViewProps>>() {
     public get displayName() {
-        return 'CollectionFreeFormView(' + this.props.Document.title?.toString() + ')';
+        return 'CollectionFreeFormView(' + this._props.Document.title?.toString() + ')';
     } // this makes mobx trace() statements more descriptive
 
+    _prevProps: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionFreeformViewProps>>;
+    @override _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & Partial<collectionFreeformViewProps>>;
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
+
     @observable
     public static ShowPresPaths = false;
 
@@ -90,19 +101,19 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     private _brushtimer1: any;
 
     public get isAnnotationOverlay() {
-        return this.props.isAnnotationOverlay;
+        return this._props.isAnnotationOverlay;
     }
     public get scaleFieldKey() {
-        return (this.props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_scale';
+        return (this._props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_scale';
     }
     private get panXFieldKey() {
-        return (this.props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_panX';
+        return (this._props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_panX';
     }
     private get panYFieldKey() {
-        return (this.props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_panY';
+        return (this._props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_panY';
     }
     private get autoResetFieldKey() {
-        return (this.props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_autoReset';
+        return (this._props.viewField ?? '') + '_freeform_autoReset';
     }
 
     @observable.shallow _layoutElements: ViewDefResult[] = []; // shallow because some layout items (eg pivot labels) are just generated 'divs' and can't be frozen as observables
@@ -113,7 +124,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @observable _deleteList: DocumentView[] = [];
     @observable _timelineRef = React.createRef<Timeline>();
     @observable _marqueeViewRef = React.createRef<MarqueeView>();
-    @observable _brushedView: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number } | undefined; // highlighted region of freeform canvas used by presentations to indicate a region
+    @observable _brushedView: { width: number; height: number; panX: number; panY: number } | undefined = undefined; // highlighted region of freeform canvas used by presentations to indicate a region
     @observable GroupChildDrag: boolean = false; // child document view being dragged.  needed to update drop areas of groups when a group item is dragged.
 
     @computed get contentViews() {
@@ -130,11 +141,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             scale:
                 (!this.childDocs.length || !Number.isFinite(hgt) || !Number.isFinite(wid)
                     ? 1 //
-                    : Math.min(this.props.PanelHeight() / hgt, this.props.PanelWidth() / wid)) / (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1),
+                    : Math.min(this._props.PanelHeight() / hgt, this._props.PanelWidth() / wid)) / (this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1),
         };
     }
     @computed get fitContentsToBox() {
-        return (this.props.fitContentsToBox?.() || this.Document._freeform_fitContentsToBox) && !this.isAnnotationOverlay;
+        return (this._props.fitContentsToBox?.() || this.Document._freeform_fitContentsToBox) && !this.isAnnotationOverlay;
     }
     @computed get contentBounds() {
         const cb = Cast(this.dataDoc.contentBounds, listSpec('number'));
@@ -147,30 +158,30 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
               );
     }
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
-        return this.props.NativeWidth?.() || Doc.NativeWidth(this.Document, Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null));
+        return this._props.NativeWidth?.() || Doc.NativeWidth(this.Document, Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null));
     }
     @computed get nativeHeight() {
-        return this.props.NativeHeight?.() || Doc.NativeHeight(this.Document, Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null));
+        return this._props.NativeHeight?.() || Doc.NativeHeight(this.Document, Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null));
     }
     @computed get cachedCenteringShiftX(): number {
         const scaling = !this.nativeDimScaling ? 1 : this.nativeDimScaling;
-        return this.props.isAnnotationOverlay || this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : this.props.PanelWidth() / 2 / scaling; // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+        return this._props.isAnnotationOverlay || this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : this._props.PanelWidth() / 2 / scaling; // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
     }
     @computed get cachedCenteringShiftY(): number {
-        const dv = this.props.DocumentView?.();
-        const fitWidth = this.props.layout_fitWidth?.(this.Document) ?? dv?.layoutDoc.layout_fitWidth;
+        const dv = this._props.DocumentView?.();
+        const fitWidth = this._props.layout_fitWidth?.(this.Document) ?? dv?.layoutDoc.layout_fitWidth;
         const scaling = !this.nativeDimScaling ? 1 : this.nativeDimScaling;
         // if freeform has a native aspect, then the panel height needs to be adjusted to match it
-        const aspect = dv?.nativeWidth && dv?.nativeHeight && !fitWidth ? dv.nativeHeight / dv.nativeWidth : this.props.PanelHeight() / this.props.PanelWidth();
-        return this.props.isAnnotationOverlay || this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : (aspect * this.props.PanelWidth()) / 2 / scaling; // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+        const aspect = dv?.nativeWidth && dv?.nativeHeight && !fitWidth ? dv.nativeHeight / dv.nativeWidth : this._props.PanelHeight() / this._props.PanelWidth();
+        return this._props.isAnnotationOverlay || this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : (aspect * this._props.PanelWidth()) / 2 / scaling; // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
     }
     @computed get panZoomXf() {
         return new Transform(this.panX(), this.panY(), 1 / this.zoomScaling());
     }
     @computed get screenToLocalXf() {
-        return this.props
+        return this._props
             .ScreenToLocalTransform()
-            .scale(this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? 1 : 1)
+            .scale(this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? 1 : 1)
             .translate(-this.cachedCenteringShiftX, -this.cachedCenteringShiftY)
             .transform(this.panZoomXf);
     }
@@ -219,9 +230,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @observable _keyframeEditing = false;
     @action setKeyFrameEditing = (set: boolean) => (this._keyframeEditing = set);
     getKeyFrameEditing = () => this._keyframeEditing;
-    onBrowseClickHandler = () => this.props.onBrowseClick?.() || ScriptCast(this.layoutDoc.onBrowseClick);
-    onChildClickHandler = () => this.props.childClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
-    onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => this.props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
+    onBrowseClickHandler = () => this._props.onBrowseClick?.() || ScriptCast(this.layoutDoc.onBrowseClick);
+    onChildClickHandler = () => this._props.childClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildClick);
+    onChildDoubleClickHandler = () => this._props.childDoubleClickScript || ScriptCast(this.Document.onChildDoubleClick);
     elementFunc = () => this._layoutElements;
     fitContentOnce = () => {
         const vals = this.fitToContentVals;
@@ -236,27 +247,27 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     panY = () => this.freeformData()?.bounds.cy ?? NumCast(this.Document[this.panYFieldKey], NumCast(Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null)?.freeform_panY, 1));
     zoomScaling = () => this.freeformData()?.scale ?? NumCast(Doc.Layout(this.Document)[this.scaleFieldKey], NumCast(Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null)?.[this.scaleFieldKey], 1));
     PanZoomCenterXf = () =>
-        this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && this.zoomScaling() === 1 ? `` : `translate(${this.cachedCenteringShiftX}px, ${this.cachedCenteringShiftY}px) scale(${this.zoomScaling()}) translate(${-this.panX()}px, ${-this.panY()}px)`;
+        this._props.isAnnotationOverlay && this.zoomScaling() === 1 ? `` : `translate(${this.cachedCenteringShiftX}px, ${this.cachedCenteringShiftY}px) scale(${this.zoomScaling()}) translate(${-this.panX()}px, ${-this.panY()}px)`;
     ScreenToLocalXf = () => this.screenToLocalXf.copy();
     getActiveDocuments = () => this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map(pair => pair.layout);
-    isAnyChildContentActive = () => this.props.isAnyChildContentActive();
+    isAnyChildContentActive = () => this._props.isAnyChildContentActive();
     addLiveTextBox = (newDoc: Doc) => {
         FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc); // track the new text box so we can give it a prop that tells it to focus itself when it's displayed
         this.addDocument(newDoc);
     };
     selectDocuments = (docs: Doc[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.())).forEach(dv => dv && SelectionManager.SelectView(dv, true));
+        docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this._props.DocumentView?.())).forEach(dv => dv && SelectionManager.SelectView(dv, true));
     };
     addDocument = (newBox: Doc | Doc[]) => {
         let retVal = false;
         if (newBox instanceof Doc) {
-            if ((retVal = this.props.addDocument?.(newBox) || false)) {
+            if ((retVal = this._props.addDocument?.(newBox) || false)) {
                 this.bringToFront(newBox);
                 this.updateCluster(newBox);
             }
         } else {
-            retVal = this.props.addDocument?.(newBox) || false;
+            retVal = this._props.addDocument?.(newBox) || false;
             // bcz: deal with clusters
         }
         if (retVal) {
@@ -270,7 +281,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.animFields.forEach((field, i) => field.key !== 'opacity' && (newBox[field.key] = vals[i]));
                 }
             }
-            if (this.Document._currentFrame !== undefined && !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+            if (this.Document._currentFrame !== undefined && !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay) {
                 CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.setupKeyframes(newBoxes, NumCast(this.Document._currentFrame), true);
             }
         }
@@ -286,7 +297,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     groupFocus = (anchor: Doc, options: DocFocusOptions) => {
         options.docTransform = new Transform(-NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + NumCast(anchor.x), -NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + NumCast(anchor.y), 1);
-        const res = this.props.focus(this.Document, options);
+        const res = this._props.focus(this.Document, options);
         options.docTransform = undefined;
         return res;
     };
@@ -324,11 +335,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             findDoc(dv => res(dv));
         });
 
-    @action
     internalDocDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, docDragData: DragManager.DocumentDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
         if (!super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) return false;
         const refDoc = docDragData.droppedDocuments[0];
-        const [xpo, ypo] = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
+        const [xpo, ypo] = this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y);
         const z = NumCast(refDoc.z);
         const x = (z ? xpo : xp) - docDragData.offset[0];
         const y = (z ? ypo : yp) - docDragData.offset[1];
@@ -343,7 +353,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         for (let i = 0; i < docDragData.droppedDocuments.length; i++) {
             const d = docDragData.droppedDocuments[i];
             const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d);
-            const delta = Utils.rotPt(x - dropPos[0], y - dropPos[1], this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Rotate);
+            const delta = Utils.rotPt(x - dropPos[0], y - dropPos[1], this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Rotate);
             if (this.Document._currentFrame !== undefined) {
                 CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.setupKeyframes([d], NumCast(this.Document._currentFrame), false);
                 const pvals = CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.getValues(d, NumCast(d.activeFrame, 1000)); // get filled in values (uses defaults when not value is specified) for position
@@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @undoBatch
     internalLinkDrop(e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent, linkDragData: DragManager.LinkDragData, xp: number, yp: number) {
-        if (linkDragData.linkDragView.props.docViewPath().includes(this.props.docViewPath().lastElement())) {
+        if (linkDragData.linkDragView.props.docViewPath().includes(this._props.docViewPath().lastElement())) {
             let added = false;
             //  do nothing if link is dropped into any freeform view parent of dragged document
             const source =
@@ -426,7 +436,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                           _xPadding: 0,
                           onClick: FollowLinkScript(),
                       });
-            added = this.props.addDocument?.(source) ? true : false;
+            added = this._props.addDocument?.(source) ? true : false;
             de.complete.linkDocument = DocUtils.MakeLink(linkDragData.linkSourceGetAnchor(), source, { link_relationship: 'annotated by:annotation of' }); // TODODO this is where in text links get passed
 
             e.stopPropagation();
@@ -463,7 +473,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return this.childLayoutPairs
             .map(pair => pair.layout)
             .reduce((cluster, cd) => {
-                const grouping = this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster, -1) : NumCast(cd.group, -1);
+                const grouping = this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster, -1) : NumCast(cd.group, -1);
                 if (grouping !== -1) {
                     const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(cd);
                     const cx = NumCast(cd.x) - this._clusterDistance / 2;
@@ -480,11 +490,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (cluster !== -1) {
             const ptsParent = e;
             if (ptsParent) {
-                const eles = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(cd => (this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster) : NumCast(cd.group, -1)) === cluster);
-                const clusterDocs = eles.map(ele => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(ele, this.props.DocumentView?.())!);
+                const eles = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(cd => (this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster) : NumCast(cd.group, -1)) === cluster);
+                const clusterDocs = eles.map(ele => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(ele, this._props.DocumentView?.())!);
                 const { left, top } = clusterDocs[0].getBounds() || { left: 0, top: 0 };
                 const de = new DragManager.DocumentDragData(eles, e.ctrlKey || e.altKey ? 'embed' : undefined);
-                de.moveDocument = this.props.moveDocument;
+                de.moveDocument = this._props.moveDocument;
                 de.offset = this.screenToLocalXf.transformDirection(ptsParent.clientX - left, ptsParent.clientY - top);
                 DragManager.StartDocumentDrag(
                     clusterDocs.map(v => v.ContentDiv!),
@@ -502,7 +512,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     updateClusters(_freeform_useClusters: boolean) {
-        this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters = _freeform_useClusters;
+        this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters = _freeform_useClusters;
         this._clusterSets.length = 0;
         this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).map(c => this.updateCluster(c));
     }
@@ -510,7 +520,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @action
     updateClusterDocs(docs: Doc[]) {
         const childLayouts = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout);
-        if (this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters) {
+        if (this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters) {
             const docFirst = docs[0];
             docs.map(doc => this._clusterSets.map(set => Doc.IndexOf(doc, set) !== -1 && set.splice(Doc.IndexOf(doc, set), 1)));
             const preferredInd = NumCast(docFirst.layout_cluster);
@@ -553,7 +563,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @action
     updateCluster = (doc: Doc) => {
         const childLayouts = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout);
-        if (this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters) {
+        if (this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters) {
             this._clusterSets.forEach(set => Doc.IndexOf(doc, set) !== -1 && set.splice(Doc.IndexOf(doc, set), 1));
             const preferredInd = NumCast(doc.layout_cluster);
             doc.layout_cluster = -1;
@@ -583,7 +593,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     };
 
     clusterStyleProvider = (doc: Opt<Doc>, props: Opt<DocumentViewProps>, property: string) => {
-        let styleProp = this.props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // bcz: check 'props'  used to be renderDepth + 1
+        let styleProp = this._props.styleProvider?.(doc, props, property); // bcz: check 'props'  used to be renderDepth + 1
         if (doc && this.childDocList?.includes(doc))
             switch (property) {
                 case StyleProp.BackgroundColor:
@@ -612,7 +622,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     trySelectCluster = (addToSel: boolean) => {
         if (this._hitCluster !== -1) {
             !addToSel && SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-            const eles = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(cd => (this.props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster) : NumCast(cd.group, -1)) === this._hitCluster);
+            const eles = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(cd => (this._props.Document._freeform_useClusters ? NumCast(cd.layout_cluster) : NumCast(cd.group, -1)) === this._hitCluster);
             this.selectDocuments(eles);
             return true;
         }
@@ -625,7 +635,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this._downY = this._lastY = e.pageY;
         this._downTime = Date.now();
         const scrollMode = e.altKey ? (Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode === freeformScrollMode.Pan ? freeformScrollMode.Zoom : freeformScrollMode.Pan) : Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode;
-        if (e.button === 0 && (!(e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) || scrollMode !== freeformScrollMode.Pan) && this.props.isContentActive(true)) {
+        if (e.button === 0 && (!(e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) || scrollMode !== freeformScrollMode.Pan) && this._props.isContentActive(true)) {
             if (!this.Document.isGroup) {
                 // group freeforms don't pan when dragged -- instead let the event go through to allow the group itself to drag
                 // prettier-ignore
@@ -638,7 +648,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onEraserMove, this.onEraserUp, emptyFunction);
                         break;
                     case InkTool.None:
-                        if (!(this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layoutEngine))) {
+                        if (!(this._props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layoutEngine))) {
                             this._hitCluster = this.pickCluster(this.screenToLocalXf.transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY));
                             setupMoveUpEvents(this, e, this.onPointerMove, emptyFunction, emptyFunction, this._hitCluster !== -1 ? true : false, false);
                         }
@@ -661,7 +671,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             case GestureUtils.Gestures.Stroke:
                 const points = ge.points;
                 const B = this.screenToLocalXf.transformBounds(ge.bounds.left, ge.bounds.top, ge.bounds.width, ge.bounds.height);
-                const inkWidth = ActiveInkWidth() * this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale;
+                const inkWidth = ActiveInkWidth() * this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale;
                 const inkDoc = Docs.Create.InkDocument(
                     points,
                     { title: ge.gesture.toString(),
@@ -710,7 +720,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         if (this._lightboxDoc) this._lightboxDoc = undefined;
         if (Utils.isClick(e.pageX, e.pageY, this._downX, this._downY, this._downTime)) {
             if (this.onBrowseClickHandler()) {
-                this.onBrowseClickHandler().script.run({ documentView: this.props.DocumentView?.(), clientX: e.clientX, clientY: e.clientY });
+                this.onBrowseClickHandler().script.run({ documentView: this._props.DocumentView?.(), clientX: e.clientX, clientY: e.clientY });
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 e.preventDefault();
             } else if (this.isContentActive() && e.shiftKey) {
@@ -733,9 +743,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const ctrlKey = e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey;
         const shiftKey = e.shiftKey && !e.ctrlKey;
         PresBox.Instance?.pauseAutoPres();
-        this.props.DocumentView?.().clearViewTransition();
+        this._props.DocumentView?.().clearViewTransition();
         const [dxi, dyi] = this.screenToLocalXf.transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
-        const { x: dx, y: dy } = Utils.rotPt(dxi, dyi, this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Rotate);
+        const { x: dx, y: dy } = Utils.rotPt(dxi, dyi, this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Rotate);
         this.setPan(NumCast(this.Document[this.panXFieldKey]) - (ctrlKey ? 0 : dx), NumCast(this.Document[this.panYFieldKey]) - (shiftKey ? 0 : dy), 0, true);
         this._lastX = e.clientX;
         this._lastY = e.clientY;
@@ -788,7 +798,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return true;
         }
         // pan the view if this is a regular collection, or it's an overlay and the overlay is zoomed (otherwise, there's nothing to pan)
-        if (!this.props.isAnnotationOverlay || 1 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale_min, 1) / this.zoomScaling()) {
+        if (!this._props.isAnnotationOverlay || 1 - NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale_min, 1) / this.zoomScaling()) {
             this.pan(e);
             e.stopPropagation(); // if we are actually panning, stop propagation -- this will preven things like the overlayView from dragging the document while we're panning
         }
@@ -804,7 +814,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const eraserMax = { X: Math.max(lastPoint.X, currPoint.X), Y: Math.max(lastPoint.Y, currPoint.Y) };
 
         return this.childDocs
-            .map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.()))
+            .map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this._props.DocumentView?.()))
             .filter(inkView => inkView?.ComponentView instanceof InkingStroke)
             .map(inkView => ({ inkViewBounds: inkView!.getBounds(), inkStroke: inkView!.ComponentView as InkingStroke, inkView: inkView! }))
             .filter(
@@ -901,7 +911,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this.childDocs
             .filter(doc => doc.type === DocumentType.INK && !doc.dontIntersect)
             .forEach(doc => {
-                const otherInk = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this.props.DocumentView?.())?.ComponentView as InkingStroke;
+                const otherInk = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc, this._props.DocumentView?.())?.ComponentView as InkingStroke;
                 const { inkData: otherInkData } = otherInk?.inkScaledData() ?? { inkData: [] };
                 const otherScreenPts = otherInkData.map(point => otherInk.ptToScreen(point));
                 const otherCtrlPts = otherScreenPts.map(spt => (ink.ComponentView as InkingStroke).ptFromScreen(spt));
@@ -933,7 +943,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     zoom = (pointX: number, pointY: number, deltaY: number): void => {
-        if (this.Document.isGroup || this.Document[(this.props.viewField ?? '_') + 'freeform_noZoom']) return;
+        if (this.Document.isGroup || this.Document[(this._props.viewField ?? '_') + 'freeform_noZoom']) return;
         let deltaScale = deltaY > 0 ? 1 / 1.05 : 1.05;
         if (deltaScale < 0) deltaScale = -deltaScale;
         const [x, y] = this.screenToLocalXf.transformPoint(pointX, pointY);
@@ -955,8 +965,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const localTransform = invTransform.scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y);
         if (localTransform.Scale >= 0.05 || localTransform.Scale > this.zoomScaling()) {
             const safeScale = Math.min(Math.max(0.05, localTransform.Scale), 20);
-            this.props.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = Math.abs(safeScale);
-            this.setPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / safeScale, (this.props.originTopLeft ? undefined : NumCast(this.props.Document.layout_scrollTop) * safeScale) || -localTransform.TranslateY / safeScale);
+            this._props.Document[this.scaleFieldKey] = Math.abs(safeScale);
+            this.setPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / safeScale, (this._props.originTopLeft ? undefined : NumCast(this._props.Document.layout_scrollTop) * safeScale) || -localTransform.TranslateY / safeScale);
         }
     };
 
@@ -964,10 +974,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     onPointerWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
         if (this.Document.isGroup || !this.isContentActive()) return; // group style collections neither pan nor zoom
         PresBox.Instance?.pauseAutoPres();
-        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || this.props.Document.treeView_OutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
+        if (this.layoutDoc._Transform || this._props.Document.treeView_OutlineMode === TreeViewType.outline) return;
         e.stopPropagation();
         const docHeight = NumCast(this.Document[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.Document) + '_nativeHeight'], this.nativeHeight);
-        const scrollable = this.isAnnotationOverlay && NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this.props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling + 1e-4;
+        const scrollable = this.isAnnotationOverlay && NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this._props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling + 1e-4;
         switch (
             !e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey && !e.metaKey && !e.altKey ?//
                 Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode : // no modifiers, do assigned mode
@@ -975,7 +985,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         freeformScrollMode.Zoom : freeformScrollMode.Pan // prettier-ignore
         ) {
             case freeformScrollMode.Pan:
-                if (((!e.metaKey && !e.altKey) || Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode === freeformScrollMode.Zoom) && this.props.isContentActive(true)) {
+                if (((!e.metaKey && !e.altKey) || Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode === freeformScrollMode.Zoom) && this._props.isContentActive(true)) {
                     const deltaX = e.shiftKey ? e.deltaX : e.ctrlKey ? 0 : e.deltaX;
                     const deltaY = e.shiftKey ? 0 : e.ctrlKey ? e.deltaY : e.deltaY;
                     this.scrollPan({ deltaX: -deltaX * this.screenToLocalXf.Scale, deltaY: e.shiftKey ? 0 : -deltaY * this.screenToLocalXf.Scale });
@@ -983,8 +993,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 }
             default:
             case freeformScrollMode.Zoom:
-                if ((e.ctrlKey || !scrollable) && this.props.isContentActive(true)) {
-                    this.zoom(e.clientX, e.clientY, Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, e.deltaY))); // if (!this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) // bcz: do we want to zoom in on images/videos/etc?
+                if ((e.ctrlKey || !scrollable) && this._props.isContentActive(true)) {
+                    this.zoom(e.clientX, e.clientY, Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, e.deltaY))); // if (!this._props.isAnnotationOverlay) // bcz: do we want to zoom in on images/videos/etc?
                     e.preventDefault();
                 }
                 break;
@@ -1013,19 +1023,19 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                         yrange: { min: Math.min(yrange.min, pos.y), max: Math.max(yrange.max, pos.y + (size.height || 0)) },
                     }),
                     {
-                        xrange: { min: this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : Number.MAX_VALUE, max: -Number.MAX_VALUE },
-                        yrange: { min: this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : Number.MAX_VALUE, max: -Number.MAX_VALUE },
+                        xrange: { min: this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : Number.MAX_VALUE, max: -Number.MAX_VALUE },
+                        yrange: { min: this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : Number.MAX_VALUE, max: -Number.MAX_VALUE },
                     }
                 );
-                const scaling = this.zoomScaling() * (this.props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
-                const panelWidMax = (this.props.PanelWidth() / scaling) * (this.props.originTopLeft ? 2 / this.nativeDimScaling : 1);
-                const panelWidMin = (this.props.PanelWidth() / scaling) * (this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : 1);
-                const panelHgtMax = (this.props.PanelHeight() / scaling) * (this.props.originTopLeft ? 2 / this.nativeDimScaling : 1);
-                const panelHgtMin = (this.props.PanelHeight() / scaling) * (this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : 1);
-                if (ranges.xrange.min >= panX + panelWidMax / 2) panX = ranges.xrange.max + (this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : panelWidMax / 2);
-                else if (ranges.xrange.max <= panX - panelWidMin / 2) panX = ranges.xrange.min - (this.props.originTopLeft ? panelWidMax / 2 : panelWidMin / 2);
-                if (ranges.yrange.min >= panY + panelHgtMax / 2) panY = ranges.yrange.max + (this.props.originTopLeft ? 0 : panelHgtMax / 2);
-                else if (ranges.yrange.max <= panY - panelHgtMin / 2) panY = ranges.yrange.min - (this.props.originTopLeft ? panelHgtMax / 2 : panelHgtMin / 2);
+                const scaling = this.zoomScaling() * (this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1);
+                const panelWidMax = (this._props.PanelWidth() / scaling) * (this._props.originTopLeft ? 2 / this.nativeDimScaling : 1);
+                const panelWidMin = (this._props.PanelWidth() / scaling) * (this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : 1);
+                const panelHgtMax = (this._props.PanelHeight() / scaling) * (this._props.originTopLeft ? 2 / this.nativeDimScaling : 1);
+                const panelHgtMin = (this._props.PanelHeight() / scaling) * (this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : 1);
+                if (ranges.xrange.min >= panX + panelWidMax / 2) panX = ranges.xrange.max + (this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : panelWidMax / 2);
+                else if (ranges.xrange.max <= panX - panelWidMin / 2) panX = ranges.xrange.min - (this._props.originTopLeft ? panelWidMax / 2 : panelWidMin / 2);
+                if (ranges.yrange.min >= panY + panelHgtMax / 2) panY = ranges.yrange.max + (this._props.originTopLeft ? 0 : panelHgtMax / 2);
+                else if (ranges.yrange.max <= panY - panelHgtMin / 2) panY = ranges.yrange.min - (this._props.originTopLeft ? panelHgtMax / 2 : panelHgtMin / 2);
             }
         }
         if (!this.layoutDoc._lockedTransform || LightboxView.LightboxDoc) {
@@ -1036,13 +1046,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const minPanY = NumCast(this.dataDoc._freeform_panY_min, 0);
             const maxPanX = NumCast(this.dataDoc._freeform_panX_max, this.nativeWidth);
             const newPanX = Math.min(minPanX + scale * maxPanX, Math.max(minPanX, panX));
-            const fitYscroll = (((this.nativeHeight / this.nativeWidth) * this.props.PanelWidth() - this.props.PanelHeight()) * this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale) / minScale;
-            const nativeHeight = (this.props.PanelHeight() / this.props.PanelWidth() / (this.nativeHeight / this.nativeWidth)) * this.nativeHeight;
-            const maxScrollTop = this.nativeHeight / this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale - this.props.PanelHeight();
+            const fitYscroll = (((this.nativeHeight / this.nativeWidth) * this._props.PanelWidth() - this._props.PanelHeight()) * this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale) / minScale;
+            const nativeHeight = (this._props.PanelHeight() / this._props.PanelWidth() / (this.nativeHeight / this.nativeWidth)) * this.nativeHeight;
+            const maxScrollTop = this.nativeHeight / this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale - this._props.PanelHeight();
             const maxPanY =
                 minPanY + // minPanY + scrolling introduced by view scaling + scrolling introduced by layout_fitWidth
                 scale * NumCast(this.dataDoc._panY_max, nativeHeight) +
-                (!this.props.getScrollHeight?.() ? fitYscroll : 0); // when not zoomed, scrolling is handled via a scrollbar, not panning
+                (!this._props.getScrollHeight?.() ? fitYscroll : 0); // when not zoomed, scrolling is handled via a scrollbar, not panning
             let newPanY = Math.max(minPanY, Math.min(maxPanY, panY));
             if (false && NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_scrollTop) && NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, minScale) !== minScale) {
                 const relTop = NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_scrollTop) / maxScrollTop;
@@ -1061,11 +1071,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     @action
     nudge = (x: number, y: number, nudgeTime: number = 500) => {
-        const collectionDoc = this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().Document;
+        const collectionDoc = this._props.docViewPath().lastElement().Document;
         if (collectionDoc?._type_collection !== CollectionViewType.Freeform) {
             this.setPan(
-                NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + ((this.props.PanelWidth() / 2) * x) / this.zoomScaling(), // nudge x,y as a function of panel dimension and scale
-                NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + ((this.props.PanelHeight() / 2) * -y) / this.zoomScaling(),
+                NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + ((this._props.PanelWidth() / 2) * x) / this.zoomScaling(), // nudge x,y as a function of panel dimension and scale
+                NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + ((this._props.PanelHeight() / 2) * -y) / this.zoomScaling(),
                 nudgeTime,
                 true
             );
@@ -1132,20 +1142,20 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             const newScale =
                 scale === 0
                     ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey])
-                    : Math.min(maxZoom, (1 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)) * scale * Math.min(this.props.PanelWidth() / Math.abs(bounds.width), this.props.PanelHeight() / Math.abs(bounds.height)));
+                    : Math.min(maxZoom, (1 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)) * scale * Math.min(this._props.PanelWidth() / Math.abs(bounds.width), this._props.PanelHeight() / Math.abs(bounds.height)));
             return {
-                panX: this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? bounds.left - (Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc) / newScale - bounds.width) / 2 : (bounds.left + bounds.right) / 2,
-                panY: this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? bounds.top - (Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc) / newScale - bounds.height) / 2 : (bounds.top + bounds.bot) / 2,
+                panX: this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? bounds.left - (Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc) / newScale - bounds.width) / 2 : (bounds.left + bounds.right) / 2,
+                panY: this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? bounds.top - (Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc) / newScale - bounds.height) / 2 : (bounds.top + bounds.bot) / 2,
                 scale: newScale,
             };
         }
 
-        const panelWidth = this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.nativeWidth : this.props.PanelWidth();
-        const panelHeight = this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.nativeHeight : this.props.PanelHeight();
+        const panelWidth = this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.nativeWidth : this._props.PanelWidth();
+        const panelHeight = this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.nativeHeight : this._props.PanelHeight();
         const pw = panelWidth / NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1);
         const ph = panelHeight / NumCast(this.layoutDoc._freeform_scale, 1);
-        const cx = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? pw / 2 : 0);
-        const cy = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? ph / 2 : 0);
+        const cx = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) + (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? pw / 2 : 0);
+        const cy = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) + (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? ph / 2 : 0);
         const screen = { left: cx - pw / 2, right: cx + pw / 2, top: cy - ph / 2, bot: cy + ph / 2 };
         const maxYShift = Math.max(0, screen.bot - screen.top - (bounds.bot - bounds.top));
         const phborder = bounds.top < screen.top || bounds.bot > screen.bot ? Math.min(ph / 10, maxYShift / 2) : 0;
@@ -1153,19 +1163,18 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             return {
                 panX: (bounds.left + bounds.right) / 2,
                 panY: (bounds.top + bounds.bot) / 2,
-                scale: Math.min(this.props.PanelHeight() / (bounds.bot - bounds.top), this.props.PanelWidth() / (bounds.right - bounds.left)) / 1.1,
+                scale: Math.min(this._props.PanelHeight() / (bounds.bot - bounds.top), this._props.PanelWidth() / (bounds.right - bounds.left)) / 1.1,
             };
         }
         return {
-            panX: (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) : cx) + Math.min(0, bounds.left - pw / 10 - screen.left) + Math.max(0, bounds.right + pw / 10 - screen.right),
-            panY: (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) : cy) + Math.min(0, bounds.top - phborder - screen.top) + Math.max(0, bounds.bot + phborder - screen.bot),
+            panX: (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panXFieldKey]) : cx) + Math.min(0, bounds.left - pw / 10 - screen.left) + Math.max(0, bounds.right + pw / 10 - screen.right),
+            panY: (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.panYFieldKey]) : cy) + Math.min(0, bounds.top - phborder - screen.top) + Math.max(0, bounds.bot + phborder - screen.bot),
         };
     };
 
-    isContentActive = () => this.props.isContentActive();
+    isContentActive = () => this._props.isContentActive();
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent, fieldProps: FieldViewProps) => {
         const docView = fieldProps.DocumentView?.();
         if (docView && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || docView.Document._createDocOnCR) && ['Tab', 'Enter'].includes(e.key)) {
@@ -1186,21 +1195,21 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }
     };
     @computed get childPointerEvents() {
-        const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
+        const engine = this._props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this._props.Document._layoutEngine);
         const pointerevents = DocumentView.Interacting
             ? 'none'
-            : this.props.childPointerEvents?.() ??
-              (this.props.viewDefDivClick || //
-              (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected()) ||
+            : this._props.childPointerEvents?.() ??
+              (this._props.viewDefDivClick || //
+              (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this._props.isSelected()) ||
               this.isContentActive() === false
                   ? 'none'
-                  : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+                  : this._props.pointerEvents?.());
         return pointerevents;
     }
 
-    @observable _childPointerEvents: 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblepainted' | undefined;
+    @observable _childPointerEvents: 'none' | 'all' | 'visiblepainted' | undefined = undefined;
     childPointerEventsFunc = () => this._childPointerEvents;
-    childContentsActive = () => (this.props.childContentsActive ?? this.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction)();
+    childContentsActive = () => (this._props.childContentsActive ?? this.isContentActive() === false ? returnFalse : emptyFunction)();
     getChildDocView(entry: PoolData) {
         const childLayout = entry.pair.layout;
         const childData = entry.pair.data;
@@ -1212,50 +1221,50 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 TemplateDataDocument={childData}
                 dragStarting={this.dragStarting}
                 dragEnding={this.dragEnding}
-                isGroupActive={this.props.isGroupActive}
-                renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                isGroupActive={this._props.isGroupActive}
+                renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                 hideDecorations={BoolCast(childLayout._layout_isSvg && childLayout.type === DocumentType.LINK)}
                 suppressSetHeight={this.layoutEngine ? true : false}
                 RenderCutoffProvider={this.renderCutoffProvider}
                 CollectionFreeFormView={this}
-                LayoutTemplate={childLayout.z ? undefined : this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
-                LayoutTemplateString={childLayout.z ? undefined : this.props.childLayoutString}
+                LayoutTemplate={childLayout.z ? undefined : this._props.childLayoutTemplate}
+                LayoutTemplateString={childLayout.z ? undefined : this._props.childLayoutString}
                 rootSelected={childData ? this.rootSelected : returnFalse}
-                waitForDoubleClickToClick={this.props.waitForDoubleClickToClick}
+                waitForDoubleClickToClick={this._props.waitForDoubleClickToClick}
                 onClick={this.onChildClickHandler}
                 onKey={this.onKeyDown}
                 onDoubleClick={this.onChildDoubleClickHandler}
                 onBrowseClick={this.onBrowseClickHandler}
-                ScreenToLocalTransform={childLayout.z ? this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform : this.ScreenToLocalXf}
+                ScreenToLocalTransform={childLayout.z ? this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform : this.ScreenToLocalXf}
                 PanelWidth={childLayout[Width]}
                 PanelHeight={childLayout[Height]}
                 childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                 childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                 searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                isDocumentActive={childLayout.pointerEvents === 'none' ? returnFalse : this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
+                isDocumentActive={childLayout.pointerEvents === 'none' ? returnFalse : this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this._props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
                 isContentActive={this.childContentsActive}
-                focus={this.Document.isGroup ? this.groupFocus : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this.props.focus : this.focus}
+                focus={this.Document.isGroup ? this.groupFocus : this.isAnnotationOverlay ? this._props.focus : this.focus}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
-                addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
-                moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                pinToPres={this.props.pinToPres}
-                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
-                docViewPath={this.props.docViewPath}
+                addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
+                removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
+                moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
+                pinToPres={this._props.pinToPres}
+                whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this._props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
+                docViewPath={this._props.docViewPath}
                 styleProvider={this.clusterStyleProvider}
-                dragAction={(this.Document.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
+                dragAction={(this.Document.childDragAction ?? this._props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                 bringToFront={this.bringToFront}
-                layout_showTitle={this.props.childlayout_showTitle}
-                dontRegisterView={this.props.dontRegisterView}
+                layout_showTitle={this._props.childlayout_showTitle}
+                dontRegisterView={this._props.dontRegisterView}
                 pointerEvents={this.childPointerEventsFunc}
             />
         );
     }
     addDocTab = action((doc: Doc, where: OpenWhere) => {
-        if (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
+        if (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay) return this._props.addDocTab(doc, where);
         switch (where) {
             case OpenWhere.inParent:
-                return this.props.addDocument?.(doc) || false;
+                return this._props.addDocument?.(doc) || false;
             case OpenWhere.inParentFromScreen:
                 const docContext = DocCast((doc instanceof Doc ? doc : doc?.[0])?.embedContainer);
                 return (
@@ -1267,7 +1276,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             return doc;
                         })
                     ) &&
-                        (!docContext || this.props.removeDocument?.(docContext))) ||
+                        (!docContext || this._props.removeDocument?.(docContext))) ||
                     false
                 );
             case undefined:
@@ -1281,9 +1290,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     return true;
                 }
         }
-        return this.props.addDocTab(doc, where);
+        return this._props.addDocTab(doc, where);
     });
-    @observable _lightboxDoc: Opt<Doc>;
+    @observable _lightboxDoc: Opt<Doc> = undefined;
 
     getCalculatedPositions(pair: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }): PoolData {
         const random = (min: number, max: number, x: number, y: number) => /* min should not be equal to max */ min + (((Math.abs(x * y) * 9301 + 49297) % 233280) / 233280) * (max - min);
@@ -1295,7 +1304,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         const { backgroundColor, color } = contentFrameNumber === undefined ? { backgroundColor: undefined, color: undefined } : CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.getStringValues(childDoc, contentFrameNumber);
         const { x, y, autoDim, _width, _height, opacity, _rotation } =
             layoutFrameNumber === undefined // -1 for width/height means width/height should be PanelWidth/PanelHeight (prevents collectionfreeformdocumentview width/height from getting out of synch with panelWIdth/Height which causes detailView to re-render and lose focus because HTMLtag scaling gets set to a bad intermediate value)
-                ? { autoDim: 1, _width: Cast(childDoc._width, 'number'), _height: Cast(childDoc._height, 'number'), _rotation: Cast(childDocLayout._rotation, 'number'), x: childDoc.x, y: childDoc.y, opacity: this.props.childOpacity?.() }
+                ? { autoDim: 1, _width: Cast(childDoc._width, 'number'), _height: Cast(childDoc._height, 'number'), _rotation: Cast(childDocLayout._rotation, 'number'), x: childDoc.x, y: childDoc.y, opacity: this._props.childOpacity?.() }
                 : CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.getValues(childDoc, layoutFrameNumber);
         // prettier-ignore
         const rotation = Cast(_rotation,'number',
@@ -1307,9 +1316,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             z: Cast(z, 'number'),
             autoDim,
             rotation,
-            color: Cast(color, 'string') ? StrCast(color) : this.props.styleProvider?.(childDoc, this.props, StyleProp.Color),
-            backgroundColor: Cast(backgroundColor, 'string') ? StrCast(backgroundColor) : this.clusterStyleProvider(childDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
-            opacity: !_width ? 0 : this._keyframeEditing ? 1 : Cast(opacity, 'number') ?? this.props.styleProvider?.(childDoc, this.props, StyleProp.Opacity),
+            color: Cast(color, 'string') ? StrCast(color) : this._props.styleProvider?.(childDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Color),
+            backgroundColor: Cast(backgroundColor, 'string') ? StrCast(backgroundColor) : this.clusterStyleProvider(childDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
+            opacity: !_width ? 0 : this._keyframeEditing ? 1 : Cast(opacity, 'number') ?? this._props.styleProvider?.(childDoc, this._props, StyleProp.Opacity),
             zIndex: Cast(zIndex, 'number'),
             width: _width,
             height: _height,
@@ -1321,7 +1330,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
 
     onViewDefDivClick = (e: React.MouseEvent, payload: any) => {
-        (this.props.viewDefDivClick || ScriptCast(this.props.Document.onViewDefDivClick))?.script.run({ this: this.props.Document, payload });
+        (this._props.viewDefDivClick || ScriptCast(this._props.Document.onViewDefDivClick))?.script.run({ this: this._props.Document, payload });
         e.stopPropagation();
     };
 
@@ -1376,7 +1385,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         poolData: Map<string, PoolData>,
         engine: (poolData: Map<string, PoolData>, pivotDoc: Doc, childPairs: { layout: Doc; data?: Doc }[], panelDim: number[], viewDefsToJSX: (views: ViewDefBounds[]) => ViewDefResult[], engineProps: any) => ViewDefResult[]
     ) {
-        return engine(poolData, this.props.Document, this.childLayoutPairs, [this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight()], this.viewDefsToJSX, this.props.engineProps);
+        return engine(poolData, this._props.Document, this.childLayoutPairs, [this._props.PanelWidth(), this._props.PanelHeight()], this.viewDefsToJSX, this._props.engineProps);
     }
 
     doFreeformLayout(poolData: Map<string, PoolData>) {
@@ -1385,7 +1394,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     }
 
     @computed get layoutEngine() {
-        return this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layoutEngine);
+        return this._props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.layoutDoc._layoutEngine);
     }
     @computed get doInternalLayoutComputation() {
         TraceMobx();
@@ -1423,10 +1432,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinDocLayout: pinProps?.pinDocLayout, pinData: { ...(pinProps?.pinData ?? {}), pannable: !this.Document.isGroup, type_collection: true, filters: true } }, this.Document);
 
         if (addAsAnnotation) {
-            if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
-                Cast(this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), []).push(anchor);
+            if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
+                Cast(this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), []).push(anchor);
             } else {
-                this.dataDoc[this.props.fieldKey + '_annotations'] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
+                this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
             }
         }
         return anchor;
@@ -1435,7 +1444,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     infoUI = () => <CollectionFreeFormInfoUI Document={this.Document} Freeform={this} />;
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.props.setContentView?.(this);
+        this._props.setContentView?.(this);
         super.componentDidMount?.();
         setTimeout(
             action(() => {
@@ -1473,15 +1482,15 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
                 this._disposers.pointerevents = reaction(
                     () => {
-                        const engine = this.props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this.props.Document._layoutEngine);
+                        const engine = this._props.layoutEngine?.() || StrCast(this._props.Document._layoutEngine);
                         return DocumentView.Interacting
                             ? 'none'
-                            : this.props.childPointerEvents?.() ??
-                                  (this.props.viewDefDivClick || //
-                                  (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this.props.isSelected()) ||
+                            : this._props.childPointerEvents?.() ??
+                                  (this._props.viewDefDivClick || //
+                                  (engine === computePassLayout.name && !this._props.isSelected()) ||
                                   this.isContentActive() === false
                                       ? 'none'
-                                      : this.props.pointerEvents?.());
+                                      : this._props.pointerEvents?.());
                     },
                     pointerevents => (this._childPointerEvents = pointerevents as any),
                     { fireImmediately: true }
@@ -1536,11 +1545,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     updateIcon = () =>
         CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(
             this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon' + new Date().getTime(),
-            this.props.docViewPath().lastElement().ContentDiv!,
+            this._props.docViewPath().lastElement().ContentDiv!,
             NumCast(this.layoutDoc._width),
             NumCast(this.layoutDoc._height),
-            this.props.PanelWidth(),
-            this.props.PanelHeight(),
+            this._props.PanelWidth(),
+            this._props.PanelHeight(),
             0,
             1,
             false,
@@ -1600,7 +1609,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             doc.x = scr?.[0];
             doc.y = scr?.[1];
         });
-        this.props.addDocTab(childDocs as any as Doc, OpenWhere.inParentFromScreen);
+        this._props.addDocTab(childDocs as any as Doc, OpenWhere.inParentFromScreen);
     };
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -1643,28 +1652,28 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     };
 
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
-        if (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay || !ContextMenu.Instance) return;
+        if (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay || !ContextMenu.Instance) return;
 
         const appearance = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('Appearance...');
         const appearanceItems = appearance && 'subitems' in appearance ? appearance.subitems : [];
-        !this.props.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Reset View', event: this.resetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
-        !this.props.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Toggle Auto Reset View', event: this.toggleResetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
+        !this._props.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Reset View', event: this.resetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
+        !this._props.Document.isGroup && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Toggle Auto Reset View', event: this.toggleResetView, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
         !Doc.noviceMode &&
             appearanceItems.push({
                 description: 'Toggle auto arrange',
                 event: () => (this.layoutDoc._autoArrange = !this.layoutDoc._autoArrange),
                 icon: 'compress-arrows-alt',
             });
-        if (this.props.setContentView === emptyFunction) {
+        if (this._props.setContentView === emptyFunction) {
             !appearance && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Appearance...', subitems: appearanceItems, icon: 'eye' });
             return;
         }
         !Doc.noviceMode && Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Reset default note style', event: () => (Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout = undefined), icon: 'eye' });
-        appearanceItems.push({ description: `Pin View`, event: () => this.props.pinToPres(this.Document, { pinViewport: MarqueeView.CurViewBounds(this.dataDoc, this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight()) }), icon: 'map-pin' });
+        appearanceItems.push({ description: `Pin View`, event: () => this._props.pinToPres(this.Document, { pinViewport: MarqueeView.CurViewBounds(this.dataDoc, this._props.PanelWidth(), this._props.PanelHeight()) }), icon: 'map-pin' });
         !Doc.noviceMode && appearanceItems.push({ description: `update icon`, event: this.updateIcon, icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
-        this.props.renderDepth && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Ungroup collection', event: this.promoteCollection, icon: 'table' });
+        this._props.renderDepth && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Ungroup collection', event: this.promoteCollection, icon: 'table' });
 
-        this.props.Document.isGroup && this.Document.transcription && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Ink to text', event: this.transcribeStrokes, icon: 'font' });
+        this._props.Document.isGroup && this.Document.transcription && appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Ink to text', event: this.transcribeStrokes, icon: 'font' });
 
         !Doc.noviceMode ? appearanceItems.push({ description: 'Arrange contents in grid', event: this.layoutDocsInGrid, icon: 'table' }) : null;
         !Doc.noviceMode ? appearanceItems.push({ description: (this.Document._freeform_useClusters ? 'Hide' : 'Show') + ' Clusters', event: () => this.updateClusters(!this.Document._freeform_useClusters), icon: 'braille' }) : null;
@@ -1672,11 +1681,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
         const options = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription('Options...');
         const optionItems = options && 'subitems' in options ? options.subitems : [];
-        !this.props.isAnnotationOverlay &&
+        !this._props.isAnnotationOverlay &&
             !Doc.noviceMode &&
             optionItems.push({ description: (this._showAnimTimeline ? 'Close' : 'Open') + ' Animation Timeline', event: action(() => (this._showAnimTimeline = !this._showAnimTimeline)), icon: 'eye' });
-        this.props.renderDepth && optionItems.push({ description: 'Use Background Color as Default', event: () => (Cast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyCollection, Doc, null)._backgroundColor = StrCast(this.layoutDoc._backgroundColor)), icon: 'palette' });
-        this.props.renderDepth && optionItems.push({ description: 'Fit Content Once', event: this.fitContentOnce, icon: 'object-group' });
+        this._props.renderDepth && optionItems.push({ description: 'Use Background Color as Default', event: () => (Cast(Doc.UserDoc().emptyCollection, Doc, null)._backgroundColor = StrCast(this.layoutDoc._backgroundColor)), icon: 'palette' });
+        this._props.renderDepth && optionItems.push({ description: 'Fit Content Once', event: this.fitContentOnce, icon: 'object-group' });
         if (!Doc.noviceMode) {
             optionItems.push({ description: (!Doc.NativeWidth(this.layoutDoc) || !Doc.NativeHeight(this.layoutDoc) ? 'Freeze' : 'Unfreeze') + ' Aspect', event: this.toggleNativeDimensions, icon: 'snowflake' });
         }
@@ -1687,10 +1696,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     transcribeStrokes = () => {
-        if (this.props.Document.isGroup && this.props.Document.transcription) {
-            const text = StrCast(this.props.Document.transcription);
+        if (this._props.Document.isGroup && this._props.Document.transcription) {
+            const text = StrCast(this._props.Document.transcription);
             const lines = text.split('\n');
             const height = 30 + 15 * lines.length;
 
@@ -1709,7 +1717,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         visited.add(this.Document);
         showGroupDragTarget && (this.GroupChildDrag = BoolCast(this.Document.isGroup));
         const activeDocs = this.getActiveDocuments();
-        const size = this.screenToLocalXf.transformDirection(this.props.PanelWidth(), this.props.PanelHeight());
+        const size = this.screenToLocalXf.transformDirection(this._props.PanelWidth(), this._props.PanelHeight());
         const selRect = { left: this.panX() - size[0] / 2, top: this.panY() - size[1] / 2, width: size[0], height: size[1] };
         const docDims = (doc: Doc) => ({ left: NumCast(doc.x), top: NumCast(doc.y), width: NumCast(doc._width), height: NumCast(doc._height) });
         const isDocInView = (doc: Doc, rect: { left: number; top: number; width: number; height: number }) => intersectRect(docDims(doc), rect);
@@ -1738,7 +1746,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     incrementalRendering = () => this.childDocs.filter(doc => !this._renderCutoffData.get(doc[Id])).length !== 0;
 
     incrementalRender = action(() => {
-        if (!LightboxView.LightboxDoc || LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(this.props.docViewPath())) {
+        if (!LightboxView.LightboxDoc || LightboxView.IsLightboxDocView(this._props.docViewPath())) {
             const layout_unrendered = this.childDocs.filter(doc => !this._renderCutoffData.get(doc[Id]));
             const loadIncrement = 5;
             for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(layout_unrendered.length, loadIncrement); i++) {
@@ -1752,28 +1760,28 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     // which will be a DocumentView.  In this sitation, this freeform views acts as an annotation overlay for
     // the underlying DocumentView and will pan and scoll with the underlying Documen tView.
     @computed get underlayViews() {
-        return this.props.children ? [this.props.children] : [];
+        return this._props.children ? [toJS(this._props.children)] : [];
     }
 
     @computed get placeholder() {
         return (
-            <div className="collectionfreeformview-placeholder" style={{ background: this.props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) }}>
-                <span className="collectionfreeformview-placeholderSpan">{this.props.Document.annotationOn ? '' : this.props.Document.title?.toString()}</span>
+            <div className="collectionfreeformview-placeholder" style={{ background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor) }}>
+                <span className="collectionfreeformview-placeholderSpan">{this._props.Document.annotationOn ? '' : this._props.Document.title?.toString()}</span>
             </div>
         );
     }
 
     brushedView = () => this._brushedView;
     gridColor = () =>
-        DashColor(lightOrDark(this.props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this.props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor)))
+        DashColor(lightOrDark(this._props.styleProvider?.(this.layoutDoc, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor)))
             .fade(0.5)
             .toString();
     @computed get backgroundGrid() {
         return (
             <div>
                 <CollectionFreeFormBackgroundGrid // bcz : UGHH  don't know why, but if we don't wrap in a div, then PDF's don't render when taking snapshot of a dashboard and the background grid is on!!?
-                    PanelWidth={this.props.PanelWidth}
-                    PanelHeight={this.props.PanelHeight}
+                    PanelWidth={this._props.PanelWidth}
+                    PanelHeight={this._props.PanelHeight}
                     panX={this.panX}
                     panY={this.panY}
                     color={this.gridColor}
@@ -1795,11 +1803,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 brushedView={this.brushedView}
                 isAnnotationOverlay={this.isAnnotationOverlay}
                 transform={this.PanZoomCenterXf}
-                transition={this._panZoomTransition ? `transform ${this._panZoomTransition}ms` : Cast(this.layoutDoc._viewTransition, 'string', Cast(this.props.DocumentView?.()?.Document._viewTransition, 'string', null))}
-                viewDefDivClick={this.props.viewDefDivClick}>
+                transition={this._panZoomTransition ? `transform ${this._panZoomTransition}ms` : Cast(this.layoutDoc._viewTransition, 'string', Cast(this._props.DocumentView?.()?.Document._viewTransition, 'string', null))}
+                viewDefDivClick={this._props.viewDefDivClick}>
                 {this.underlayViews}
                 {this.contentViews}
-                <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />
+                <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this._props} key="remoteCursors" />
             </CollectionFreeFormPannableContents>
         );
     }
@@ -1807,10 +1815,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         TraceMobx();
         return (
             <MarqueeView
-                {...this.props}
+                {...this._props}
                 ref={this._marqueeViewRef}
                 ungroup={this.Document.isGroup ? this.promoteCollection : undefined}
-                nudge={this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.props.renderDepth > 0 ? undefined : this.nudge}
+                nudge={this.isAnnotationOverlay || this._props.renderDepth > 0 ? undefined : this.nudge}
                 addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                 slowLoadDocuments={this.slowLoadDocuments}
                 trySelectCluster={this.trySelectCluster}
@@ -1818,25 +1826,25 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 selectDocuments={this.selectDocuments}
                 addDocument={this.addDocument}
                 addLiveTextDocument={this.addLiveTextBox}
-                getContainerTransform={this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
+                getContainerTransform={this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform}
                 getTransform={this.ScreenToLocalXf}
                 panXFieldKey={this.panXFieldKey}
                 panYFieldKey={this.panYFieldKey}
                 isAnnotationOverlay={this.isAnnotationOverlay}>
                 {this.layoutDoc._freeform_backgroundGrid ? this.backgroundGrid : null}
                 {this.pannableContents}
-                {this._showAnimTimeline ? <Timeline ref={this._timelineRef} {...this.props} /> : null}
+                {this._showAnimTimeline ? <Timeline ref={this._timelineRef} {...this._props} /> : null}
             </MarqueeView>
         );
     }
 
     @computed get nativeDimScaling() {
-        if (this._firstRender || (this.props.isAnnotationOverlay && !this.props.annotationLayerHostsContent)) return 0;
+        if (this._firstRender || (this._props.isAnnotationOverlay && !this._props.annotationLayerHostsContent)) return 0;
         const nw = this.nativeWidth;
         const nh = this.nativeHeight;
-        const hscale = nh ? this.props.PanelHeight() / nh : 1;
-        const wscale = nw ? this.props.PanelWidth() / nw : 1;
-        return wscale < hscale || (this.props.layout_fitWidth?.(this.Document) ?? this.layoutDoc.layout_fitWidth) ? wscale : hscale;
+        const hscale = nh ? this._props.PanelHeight() / nh : 1;
+        const wscale = nw ? this._props.PanelWidth() / nw : 1;
+        return wscale < hscale || (this._props.layout_fitWidth?.(this.Document) ?? this.layoutDoc.layout_fitWidth) ? wscale : hscale;
     }
     nativeDim = () => this.nativeDimScaling;
 
@@ -1853,13 +1861,13 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             transTime + 1
         );
     };
-    lightboxPanelWidth = () => Math.max(0, this.props.PanelWidth() - 30);
-    lightboxPanelHeight = () => Math.max(0, this.props.PanelHeight() - 30);
-    lightboxScreenToLocal = () => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-15, -15);
+    lightboxPanelWidth = () => Math.max(0, this._props.PanelWidth() - 30);
+    lightboxPanelHeight = () => Math.max(0, this._props.PanelHeight() - 30);
+    lightboxScreenToLocal = () => this._props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-15, -15);
     onPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
         const docHeight = NumCast(this.Document[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(this.Document) + '_nativeHeight'], this.nativeHeight);
-        const scrollable = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this.props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling;
-        this.props.isSelected() && !scrollable && e.preventDefault();
+        const scrollable = NumCast(this.layoutDoc[this.scaleFieldKey], 1) === 1 && docHeight > this._props.PanelHeight() / this.nativeDimScaling;
+        this._props.isSelected() && !scrollable && e.preventDefault();
     };
     _oldWheel: any;
     render() {
@@ -1882,16 +1890,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 onDragOver={e => e.preventDefault()}
                 onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                 style={{
-                    pointerEvents: this.props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : (this.props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
+                    pointerEvents: this._props.isContentActive() && SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? 'all' : (this._props.pointerEvents?.() as any),
                     textAlign: this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 'initial' : undefined,
                     transform: `scale(${this.nativeDimScaling || 1})`,
                     width: `${100 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)}%`,
-                    height: this.props.getScrollHeight?.() ?? `${100 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)}%`,
+                    height: this._props.getScrollHeight?.() ?? `${100 / (this.nativeDimScaling || 1)}%`,
                 }}>
                 {this._lightboxDoc ? (
                     <div style={{ padding: 15, width: '100%', height: '100%' }}>
                         <DocumentView
-                            {...this.props}
+                            {...this._props}
                             Document={this._lightboxDoc}
                             TemplateDataDocument={undefined}
                             PanelWidth={this.lightboxPanelWidth}
@@ -1905,8 +1913,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                             childFilters={this.childDocFilters}
                             childFiltersByRanges={this.childDocRangeFilters}
                             searchFilterDocs={this.searchFilterDocs}
-                            isDocumentActive={this.props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this.props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
-                            isContentActive={this.props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
+                            isDocumentActive={this._props.childDocumentsActive?.() ? this._props.isDocumentActive : this.isContentActive}
+                            isContentActive={this._props.childContentsActive ?? emptyFunction}
                             addDocTab={this.addDocTab}
                             ScreenToLocalTransform={this.lightboxScreenToLocal}
                             fitContentsToBox={undefined}
@@ -1916,7 +1924,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 ) : (
                     <>
                         {this._firstRender ? this.placeholder : this.marqueeView}
-                        {this.props.noOverlay ? null : <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView elements={this.elementFunc} />}
+                        {this._props.noOverlay ? null : <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView elements={this.elementFunc} />}
                         {!this.GroupChildDrag ? null : <div className="collectionFreeForm-groupDropper" />}
                     </>
                 )}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 330c13e97..9f316bef3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { AclAdmin, AclAugment, AclEdit, DocData } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         return { left: NumCast(pinDoc._freeform_panX) - panelWidth / 2 / ps, top: NumCast(pinDoc._freeform_panY) - panelHeight / 2 / ps, width: panelWidth / ps, height: panelHeight / ps };
     }
 
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & MarqueeViewProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SubCollectionViewProps & MarqueeViewProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     private _commandExecuted = false;
     @observable _lastX: number = 0;
     @observable _lastY: number = 0;
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     @observable _lassoFreehand: boolean = false;
 
     @computed get Transform() {
-        return this.props.getTransform();
+        return this._props.getTransform();
     }
     @computed get Bounds() {
         // nda - ternary argument to transformPoint is returning the lower of the downX/Y and lastX/Y and passing in as args x,y
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     }
 
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.props.setPreviewCursor?.(this.setPreviewCursor);
+        this._props.setPreviewCursor?.(this.setPreviewCursor);
     }
 
     @action
@@ -101,20 +108,20 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         const cm = ContextMenu.Instance;
         const [x, y] = this.Transform.transformPoint(this._downX, this._downY);
         if (e.key === '?') {
-            cm.setDefaultItem('?', (str: string) => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument(`https://bing.com/search?q=${str}`, { _width: 400, x, y, _height: 512, _nativeWidth: 850, title: 'bing', data_useCors: true }), OpenWhere.addRight));
+            cm.setDefaultItem('?', (str: string) => this._props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument(`https://bing.com/search?q=${str}`, { _width: 400, x, y, _height: 512, _nativeWidth: 850, title: 'bing', data_useCors: true }), OpenWhere.addRight));
             cm.displayMenu(this._downX, this._downY, undefined, true);
             e.stopPropagation();
-        } else if (e.key === 'u' && this.props.ungroup) {
+        } else if (e.key === 'u' && this._props.ungroup) {
             e.stopPropagation();
-            this.props.ungroup();
+            this._props.ungroup();
         } else if (e.key === ':') {
-            DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(this.props.addLiveTextDocument, this.props.addDocument || returnFalse, x, y);
+            DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(this._props.addLiveTextDocument, this._props.addDocument || returnFalse, x, y);
 
             cm.displayMenu(this._downX, this._downY, undefined, true);
             e.stopPropagation();
         } else if (e.key === 'a' && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
             e.preventDefault();
-            this.props.selectDocuments(this.props.activeDocuments());
+            this._props.selectDocuments(this._props.activeDocuments());
             e.stopPropagation();
         } else if (e.key === 'q' && e.ctrlKey) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 ns.map(line => {
                     const indent = line.search(/\S|$/);
                     const newBox = Docs.Create.TextDocument(line, { _width: 200, _height: 35, x: x + (indent / 3) * 10, y: ypos, title: line });
-                    this.props.addDocument?.(newBox);
+                    this._props.addDocument?.(newBox);
                     ypos += 40 * this.Transform.Scale;
                 });
             })();
@@ -147,8 +154,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 pasteImageBitmap((data: any, error: any) => {
                     error && console.log(error);
                     data &&
-                        Utils.convertDataUri(data, this.props.Document[Id] + '-thumb-frozen').then(returnedfilename => {
-                            this.props.Document['thumb-frozen'] = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
+                        Utils.convertDataUri(data, this._props.Document[Id] + '-thumb-frozen').then(returnedfilename => {
+                            this._props.Document['thumb-frozen'] = new ImageField(returnedfilename);
                         });
                 })
             );
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             slide.y = y;
             FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoad = slide[Id];
             TreeView._editTitleOnLoad = { id: slide[Id], parent: undefined };
-            this.props.addDocument?.(slide);
+            this._props.addDocument?.(slide);
             e.stopPropagation();
         }*/ else if (e.key === 'p' && e.ctrlKey) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -170,9 +177,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             })();
             e.stopPropagation();
         } else if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && SelectionManager.Views().length < 2) {
-            FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout && !this.props.childLayoutString ? e.key : '';
+            FormattedTextBox.SelectOnLoadChar = Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout && !this._props.childLayoutString ? e.key : '';
             FormattedTextBox.LiveTextUndo = UndoManager.StartBatch('type new note');
-            this.props.addLiveTextDocument(DocUtils.GetNewTextDoc('-typed text-', x, y, 200, 100, this.props.xPadding === 0));
+            this._props.addLiveTextDocument(DocUtils.GetNewTextDoc('-typed text-', x, y, 200, 100, this._props.xPadding === 0));
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     };
@@ -203,7 +210,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         const file = new File([blob], 'droppedTable', options);
         const loading = Docs.Create.LoadingDocument(file, options);
         DocUtils.uploadFileToDoc(file, {}, loading);
-        this.props.addDocument?.(loading);
+        this._props.addDocument?.(loading);
     }
 
     @action
@@ -214,9 +221,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         const scrollMode = e.altKey ? (Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode === freeformScrollMode.Pan ? freeformScrollMode.Zoom : freeformScrollMode.Pan) : Doc.UserDoc().freeformScrollMode;
         // allow marquee if right drag/meta drag, or pan mode
         if (e.button === 2 || e.metaKey || scrollMode === freeformScrollMode.Pan) {
-            this.setPreviewCursor(e.clientX, e.clientY, true, false, this.props.Document);
+            this.setPreviewCursor(e.clientX, e.clientY, true, false, this._props.Document);
             e.preventDefault();
-        } else PreviewCursor.Visible = false;
+        } else PreviewCursor.Instance.Visible = false;
     };
 
     @action
@@ -243,10 +250,10 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         if (this._visible) {
             const mselect = this.marqueeSelect();
             if (!e.shiftKey) {
-                SelectionManager.DeselectAll(mselect.length ? undefined : this.props.Document);
+                SelectionManager.DeselectAll(mselect.length ? undefined : this._props.Document);
             }
-            const docs = mselect.length ? mselect : [this.props.Document];
-            this.props.selectDocuments(docs);
+            const docs = mselect.length ? mselect : [this._props.Document];
+            this._props.selectDocuments(docs);
         }
         const hideMarquee = () => {
             this.hideMarquee();
@@ -285,14 +292,14 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
             this._downX = this._lastX = x;
             this._downY = this._lastY = y;
             this._commandExecuted = false;
-            PreviewCursor.Visible = false;
-            PreviewCursor.Doc = undefined;
+            PreviewCursor.Instance.Visible = false;
+            PreviewCursor.Instance.Doc = undefined;
         } else if (drag) {
             this._downX = this._lastX = x;
             this._downY = this._lastY = y;
             this._commandExecuted = false;
-            PreviewCursor.Visible = false;
-            PreviewCursor.Doc = undefined;
+            PreviewCursor.Instance.Visible = false;
+            PreviewCursor.Instance.Doc = undefined;
             this.cleanupInteractions(true);
             document.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onPointerMove, true);
             document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.onPointerUp, true);
@@ -300,10 +307,10 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         } else {
             this._downX = x;
             this._downY = y;
-            const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this.props.Document[DocData]);
+            const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this._props.Document[DocData]);
             if ([AclAdmin, AclEdit, AclAugment].includes(effectiveAcl)) {
-                PreviewCursor.Doc = doc;
-                PreviewCursor.Show(x, y, this.onKeyPress, this.props.addLiveTextDocument, this.props.getTransform, this.props.addDocument, this.props.nudge, this.props.slowLoadDocuments);
+                PreviewCursor.Instance.Doc = doc;
+                PreviewCursor.Show(x, y, this.onKeyPress, this._props.addLiveTextDocument, this._props.getTransform, this._props.addDocument, this._props.nudge, this._props.slowLoadDocuments);
             }
             this.clearSelection();
         }
@@ -311,11 +318,11 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
 
     @action
     onClick = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
-        if (this.props.pointerEvents?.() === 'none') return;
+        if (this._props.pointerEvents?.() === 'none') return;
         if (Utils.isClick(e.clientX, e.clientY, this._downX, this._downY, Date.now())) {
             if (Doc.ActiveTool === InkTool.None) {
-                if (!this.props.trySelectCluster(e.shiftKey)) {
-                    !DocumentView.ExploreMode && this.setPreviewCursor(e.clientX, e.clientY, false, false, this.props.Document);
+                if (!this._props.trySelectCluster(e.shiftKey)) {
+                    !DocumentView.ExploreMode && this.setPreviewCursor(e.clientX, e.clientY, false, false, this._props.Document);
                 } else e.stopPropagation();
             }
             // let the DocumentView stopPropagation of this event when it selects this document
@@ -332,16 +339,15 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     hideMarquee = () => (this._visible = false);
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
-    delete = (e?: React.PointerEvent<Element> | KeyboardEvent | undefined, hide?: boolean) => {
+    delete = action((e?: React.PointerEvent<Element> | KeyboardEvent | undefined, hide?: boolean) => {
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        selected.forEach(doc => (hide ? (doc.hidden = true) : this.props.removeDocument?.(doc)));
+        selected.forEach(doc => (hide ? (doc.hidden = true) : this._props.removeDocument?.(doc)));
 
         this.cleanupInteractions(false);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
         this.hideMarquee();
-    };
+    });
 
     getCollection = action((selected: Doc[], creator: Opt<(documents: Array<Doc>, options: DocumentOptions, id?: string) => Doc>, makeGroup: Opt<boolean>) => {
         const newCollection = creator
@@ -366,17 +372,16 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
     });
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
-    pileup = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
+    pileup = action((e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
-        selected.forEach(d => this.props.removeDocument?.(d));
+        selected.forEach(d => this._props.removeDocument?.(d));
         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]);
+        this._props.addDocument?.(newCollection);
+        this._props.selectDocuments([newCollection]);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
         this.hideMarquee();
-    };
+    });
 
     /**
      * This triggers the TabDocView.PinDoc method which is the universal method
@@ -385,35 +390,32 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
      * This one is unique in that it includes the bounds associated with marquee view.
      */
     @undoBatch
-    @action
-    pinWithView = () => {
-        this.props.pinToPres(this.props.Document, { pinViewport: this.Bounds });
+    pinWithView = action(() => {
+        this._props.pinToPres(this._props.Document, { pinViewport: this.Bounds });
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
         this.hideMarquee();
-    };
+    });
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
-    collection = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined, group?: boolean, selection?: Doc[]) => {
+    collection = action((e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined, group?: boolean, selection?: Doc[]) => {
         const selected = selection ?? this.marqueeSelect(false);
         const activeFrame = selected.reduce((v, d) => v ?? Cast(d._activeFrame, 'number', null), undefined as number | undefined);
         if (e instanceof KeyboardEvent ? 'cg'.includes(e.key) : true) {
-            this.props.removeDocument?.(selected);
+            this._props.removeDocument?.(selected);
         }
 
         const newCollection = this.getCollection(selected, (e as KeyboardEvent)?.key === 't' ? Docs.Create.StackingDocument : undefined, group);
         newCollection._freeform_panX = this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width / 2;
         newCollection._freeform_panY = this.Bounds.top + this.Bounds.height / 2;
         newCollection._currentFrame = activeFrame;
-        this.props.addDocument?.(newCollection);
-        this.props.selectDocuments([newCollection]);
+        this._props.addDocument?.(newCollection);
+        this._props.selectDocuments([newCollection]);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
         this.hideMarquee();
-    };
+    });
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
-    syntaxHighlight = (e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
+    syntaxHighlight = action((e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
         if (e instanceof KeyboardEvent ? e.key === 'i' : true) {
             const inks = selected.filter(s => s.type === DocumentType.INK);
@@ -472,15 +474,15 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 // }
                 const lines = results.filter((r: any) => r.category === 'line');
                 const text = lines.map((l: any) => l.recognizedText).join('\r\n');
-                this.props.addDocument?.(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { _width: this.Bounds.width, _height: this.Bounds.height, x: this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width, y: this.Bounds.top, title: text }));
+                this._props.addDocument?.(Docs.Create.TextDocument(text, { _width: this.Bounds.width, _height: this.Bounds.height, x: this.Bounds.left + this.Bounds.width, y: this.Bounds.top, title: text }));
             });
         }
-    };
+    });
 
     @undoBatch
     summary = action((e: KeyboardEvent | React.PointerEvent | undefined) => {
         const selected = this.marqueeSelect(false).map(d => {
-            this.props.removeDocument?.(d);
+            this._props.removeDocument?.(d);
             d.x = NumCast(d.x) - this.Bounds.left;
             d.y = NumCast(d.y) - this.Bounds.top;
             return d;
@@ -500,8 +502,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
         DocUtils.MakeLink(summary, portal, { link_relationship: 'summary of:summarized by' });
 
         portal.hidden = true;
-        this.props.addDocument?.(portal);
-        this.props.addLiveTextDocument(summary);
+        this._props.addDocument?.(portal);
+        this._props.addLiveTextDocument(summary);
         MarqueeOptionsMenu.Instance.fadeOut(true);
     });
 
@@ -582,17 +584,17 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                 (this.touchesLine(bounds) || this.boundingShape(bounds)) && selection.push(doc);
             }
         };
-        this.props
+        this._props
             .activeDocuments()
             .filter(doc => !doc.z && !doc._lockedPosition)
             .map(selectFunc);
         if (!selection.length && selectBackgrounds)
-            this.props
+            this._props
                 .activeDocuments()
                 .filter(doc => doc.z === undefined)
                 .map(selectFunc);
         if (!selection.length)
-            this.props
+            this._props
                 .activeDocuments()
                 .filter(doc => doc.z !== undefined)
                 .map(selectFunc);
@@ -601,8 +603,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
 
     @computed get marqueeDiv() {
         const cpt = this._lassoFreehand || !this._visible ? [0, 0] : [this._downX < this._lastX ? this._downX : this._lastX, this._downY < this._lastY ? this._downY : this._lastY];
-        const p = this.props.getContainerTransform().transformPoint(cpt[0], cpt[1]);
-        const v = this._lassoFreehand ? [0, 0] : this.props.getContainerTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
+        const p = this._props.getContainerTransform().transformPoint(cpt[0], cpt[1]);
+        const v = this._lassoFreehand ? [0, 0] : this._props.getContainerTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
         return (
             <div
                 className="marquee"
@@ -610,8 +612,8 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                     transform: `translate(${p[0]}px, ${p[1]}px)`,
                     width: Math.abs(v[0]),
                     height: Math.abs(v[1]),
-                    color: lightOrDark(this.props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white'),
-                    borderColor: lightOrDark(this.props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white'),
+                    color: lightOrDark(this._props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white'),
+                    borderColor: lightOrDark(this._props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white'),
                     zIndex: 2000,
                 }}>
                 {' '}
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                         <polyline //
                             points={this._lassoPts.reduce((s, pt) => s + pt[0] + ',' + pt[1] + ' ', '')}
                             fill="none"
-                            stroke={lightOrDark(this.props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white')}
+                            stroke={lightOrDark(this._props.Document?.backgroundColor ?? 'white')}
                             strokeWidth="1"
                             strokeDasharray="3"
                         />
@@ -635,19 +637,19 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
 
     @action
     onDragAutoScroll = (e: CustomEvent<React.DragEvent>) => {
-        if ((e as any).handlePan || this.props.isAnnotationOverlay) return;
+        if ((e as any).handlePan || this._props.isAnnotationOverlay) return;
         (e as any).handlePan = true;
 
         const bounds = this.MarqueeRef?.getBoundingClientRect();
-        if (!this.props.Document._freeform_noAutoPan && !this.props.renderDepth && bounds) {
+        if (!this._props.Document._freeform_noAutoPan && !this._props.renderDepth && bounds) {
             const dragX = e.detail.clientX;
             const dragY = e.detail.clientY;
 
             const deltaX = dragX - bounds.left < 25 ? -(25 + (bounds.left - dragX)) : bounds.right - dragX < 25 ? 25 - (bounds.right - dragX) : 0;
             const deltaY = dragY - bounds.top < 25 ? -(25 + (bounds.top - dragY)) : bounds.bottom - dragY < 25 ? 25 - (bounds.bottom - dragY) : 0;
             if (deltaX !== 0 || deltaY !== 0) {
-                this.props.Document[this.props.panYFieldKey] = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.panYFieldKey]) + deltaY / 2;
-                this.props.Document[this.props.panXFieldKey] = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.panXFieldKey]) + deltaX / 2;
+                this._props.Document[this._props.panYFieldKey] = NumCast(this._props.Document[this._props.panYFieldKey]) + deltaY / 2;
+                this._props.Document[this._props.panXFieldKey] = NumCast(this._props.Document[this._props.panXFieldKey]) + deltaX / 2;
             }
         }
         e.stopPropagation();
@@ -661,7 +663,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps & Marque
                     this.MarqueeRef = r;
                 }}
                 style={{
-                    overflow: StrCast(this.props.Document._overflow),
+                    overflow: StrCast(this._props.Document._overflow),
                     cursor: [InkTool.Pen, InkTool.Write].includes(Doc.ActiveTool) || this._visible ? 'crosshair' : 'pointer',
                 }}
                 onDragOver={e => e.preventDefault()}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
index 8daed9746..697a11ccc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionGrid/CollectionGridView.tsx
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ export class CollectionGridView extends CollectionSubView() {
     /**
      * Handles internal drop of Dash documents.
      */
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         const savedLayouts = this.savedLayoutList;
         const dropped = de.complete.docDragData?.droppedDocuments;
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ export class CollectionGridView extends CollectionSubView() {
     /**
      * Handles external drop of images/PDFs etc from outside Dash.
      */
-    @action
     onExternalDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
         this.dropLocation = this.screenToCell(e.clientX, e.clientY);
         super.onExternalDrop(e, {});
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
index 0ee5f3b40..a9782f699 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionLinear/CollectionLinearView.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material';
 import { Toggle, ToggleType, Type } from 'browndash-components';
-import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, override, reaction, runInAction, untracked } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Opt } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { Height, Width } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnTrue, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { copyProps, emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnTrue, Utils } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { CollectionViewType } from '../../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { BranchingTrailManager } from '../../../util/BranchingTrailManager';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { LinkDescriptionPopup } from '../../nodes/LinkDescriptionPopup';
 import { UndoStack } from '../../UndoStack';
 import { CollectionStackedTimeline } from '../CollectionStackedTimeline';
-import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionLinearView.scss';
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private _widthDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     private _selectedDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
 
+    _prevProps: SubCollectionViewProps;
+    @override _props: SubCollectionViewProps;
+    constructor(props: SubCollectionViewProps) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = this._prevProps = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        copyProps(this);
+    }
+
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._dropDisposer?.();
         this._widthDisposer?.();
@@ -170,28 +182,28 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 }}>
                 <DocumentView
                     Document={doc}
-                    isContentActive={this.props.isContentActive}
+                    isContentActive={this._props.isContentActive}
                     isDocumentActive={returnTrue}
-                    addDocument={this.props.addDocument}
-                    moveDocument={this.props.moveDocument}
-                    addDocTab={this.props.addDocTab}
+                    addDocument={this._props.addDocument}
+                    moveDocument={this._props.moveDocument}
+                    addDocTab={this._props.addDocTab}
                     pinToPres={emptyFunction}
-                    dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this.props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
+                    dragAction={(this.layoutDoc.childDragAction ?? this._props.childDragAction) as dropActionType}
                     rootSelected={this.rootSelected}
-                    removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument}
+                    removeDocument={this._props.removeDocument}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={docXf}
                     PanelWidth={doc[Width]}
                     PanelHeight={nested || doc._height ? doc[Height] : this.dimension}
-                    renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                    renderDepth={this._props.renderDepth + 1}
                     dontRegisterView={BoolCast(this.Document.childDontRegisterViews)}
                     focus={emptyFunction}
-                    styleProvider={this.props.styleProvider}
+                    styleProvider={this._props.styleProvider}
                     docViewPath={returnEmptyDoclist}
                     whenChildContentsActiveChanged={emptyFunction}
                     bringToFront={emptyFunction}
-                    childFilters={this.props.childFilters}
-                    childFiltersByRanges={this.props.childFiltersByRanges}
-                    searchFilterDocs={this.props.searchFilterDocs}
+                    childFilters={this._props.childFilters}
+                    childFiltersByRanges={this._props.childFiltersByRanges}
+                    searchFilterDocs={this._props.searchFilterDocs}
                     hideResizeHandles={true}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -205,8 +217,8 @@ export class CollectionLinearView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
         const menuOpener = (
             <Toggle
-                text={Cast(this.props.Document.icon, 'string', null)}
-                icon={Cast(this.props.Document.icon, 'string', null) ? undefined : <FontAwesomeIcon color={SettingsManager.userColor} icon={isExpanded ? 'minus' : 'plus'} />}
+                text={Cast(this.Document.icon, 'string', null)}
+                icon={Cast(this.Document.icon, 'string', null) ? undefined : <FontAwesomeIcon color={SettingsManager.userColor} icon={isExpanded ? 'minus' : 'plus'} />}
                 color={SettingsManager.userColor}
                 background={SettingsManager.userVariantColor}
                 type={Type.TERT}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index e7af91390..037786abf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index ef66e8ce5..bbf3481dd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ export class CollectionMultirowView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     @undoBatch
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         let dropInd = -1;
         if (de.complete.docDragData && this._mainCont) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 029d39f88..9a00595f9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     @observable _menuKeys: string[] = [];
     @observable _rowEles: ObservableMap = new ObservableMap<Doc, HTMLDivElement>();
     @observable _colEles: HTMLDivElement[] = [];
-    @observable _displayColumnWidths: number[] | undefined;
-    @observable _columnMenuIndex: number | undefined;
+    @observable _displayColumnWidths: number[] | undefined = undefined;
+    @observable _columnMenuIndex: number | undefined = undefined;
     @observable _newFieldWarning: string = '';
     @observable _makeNewField: boolean = false;
     @observable _newFieldDefault: any = 0;
     @observable _newFieldType: ColumnType = ColumnType.Number;
     @observable _menuValue: string = '';
-    @observable _filterColumnIndex: number | undefined;
+    @observable _filterColumnIndex: number | undefined = undefined;
     @observable _filterSearchValue: string = '';
-    @observable _selectedCell: [Doc, number] | undefined;
+    @observable _selectedCell: [Doc, number] | undefined = undefined;
 
     // target HTMLelement portal for showing a popup menu to edit cell values.
     public get MenuTarget() {
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     setDropIndex = (index: number) => (this._closestDropIndex = index);
 
-    @action
     onInternalDrop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
         if (de.complete.columnDragData) {
             const mouseX = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(de.x, de.y)[0];
@@ -473,7 +472,6 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return false;
     };
 
-    @action
     onExternalDrop = async (e: React.DragEvent): Promise<void> => {
         super.onExternalDrop(e, {}, undoBatch(action(docus => docus.map((doc: Doc) => this.addDocument(doc)))));
     };
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
index 0e37198bb..04443b4a7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaColumnHeader.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface SchemaColumnHeaderProps {
 export class SchemaColumnHeader extends React.Component<SchemaColumnHeaderProps> {
     @observable _ref: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
 
-    @computed get fieldKey() {
+    get fieldKey() {
         return this.props.columnKeys[this.props.columnIndex];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
index 53f4a4d51..8d2671a6e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaRowBox.tsx
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export class SchemaRowBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps & SchemaRo
     bounds = () => this._ref?.getBoundingClientRect();
 
     @computed get schemaView() {
-        return this.props.DocumentView?.().props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.ComponentView as CollectionSchemaView;
+        return this.props.DocumentView?.()._props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.ComponentView as CollectionSchemaView;
     }
 
     @computed get schemaDoc() {
-        return this.props.DocumentView?.().props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.Document;
+        return this.props.DocumentView?.()._props.docViewPath().lastElement()?.Document;
     }
 
     @computed get rowIndex() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index bd6d3bad6..af0fe73c3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Select, { MenuPlacement } from 'react-select';
-import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { extname } from 'path';
 import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
@@ -95,13 +95,19 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         return { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents };
     }
 
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+    }
+
     @computed get selected() {
-        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
-        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this._props.selectedCell();
+        return this._props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this._props.Document && selected[1] === this._props.col;
     }
 
     @computed get defaultCellContent() {
-        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this._props);
 
         return (
             <div
@@ -113,17 +119,17 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
                     pointerEvents,
                 }}>
                 <EditableView
-                    oneLine={this.props.oneLine}
-                    allowCRs={this.props.allowCRs}
+                    oneLine={this._props.oneLine}
+                    allowCRs={this._props.allowCRs}
                     contents={<FieldView {...fieldProps} />}
                     editing={this.selected ? undefined : false}
-                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey)}
+                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey)}
                     SetValue={undoable((value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, enterKey?: boolean) => {
                         if (shiftDown && enterKey) {
-                            this.props.setColumnValues(this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                            this._props.setColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
                         }
-                        const ret = KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
-                        this.props.finishEdit?.();
+                        const ret = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                        this._props.finishEdit?.();
                         return ret;
                     }, 'edit schema cell')}
                 />
@@ -132,8 +138,8 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     }
 
     get getCellType() {
-        const columnTypeStr = this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
-        const cellValue = this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey];
+        const columnTypeStr = this._props.getFinfo(this._props.fieldKey)?.fieldType;
+        const cellValue = this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey];
         if (cellValue instanceof ImageField) return ColumnType.Image;
         if (cellValue instanceof DateField) return ColumnType.Date;
         if (cellValue instanceof RichTextField) return ColumnType.RTF;
@@ -152,11 +158,11 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         const cellType: ColumnType = this.getCellType;
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (cellType) {
-            case ColumnType.Image: return <SchemaImageCell {...this.props} />;
-            case ColumnType.Boolean: return <SchemaBoolCell {...this.props} />;
-            case ColumnType.RTF: return <SchemaRTFCell {...this.props} />;
-            case ColumnType.Enumeration: return <SchemaEnumerationCell {...this.props} options={this.props.getFinfo(this.props.fieldKey)?.values?.map(val => val.toString())} />;
-            case ColumnType.Date: // return <SchemaDateCell {...this.props} />;
+            case ColumnType.Image: return <SchemaImageCell {...this._props} />;
+            case ColumnType.Boolean: return <SchemaBoolCell {...this._props} />;
+            case ColumnType.RTF: return <SchemaRTFCell {...this._props} />;
+            case ColumnType.Enumeration: return <SchemaEnumerationCell {...this._props} options={this._props.getFinfo(this._props.fieldKey)?.values?.map(val => val.toString())} />;
+            case ColumnType.Date: // return <SchemaDateCell {...this._props} />;
             default:  return this.defaultCellContent;
         }
     }
@@ -165,8 +171,8 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
         return (
             <div
                 className="schema-table-cell"
-                onPointerDown={action(e => !this.selected && this.props.selectCell(this.props.Document, this.props.col))}
-                style={{ padding: this.props.padding, maxWidth: this.props.maxWidth?.(), width: this.props.columnWidth() || undefined, border: this.selected ? `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}` : undefined }}>
+                onPointerDown={action(e => !this.selected && this._props.selectCell(this._props.Document, this._props.col))}
+                style={{ padding: this._props.padding, maxWidth: this._props.maxWidth?.(), width: this._props.columnWidth() || undefined, border: this.selected ? `solid 2px ${Colors.MEDIUM_BLUE}` : undefined }}>
                 {this.content}
             </div>
         );
@@ -176,7 +182,14 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
 // mj: most of this is adapted from old schema code so I'm not sure what it does tbh
 @observer
 export class SchemaImageCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
-    @observable _previewRef: HTMLImageElement | undefined;
+    @observable _previewRef: HTMLImageElement | undefined = undefined;
+
+    _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
 
     choosePath(url: URL) {
         if (url.protocol === 'data') return url.href; // if the url ises the data protocol, just return the href
@@ -188,8 +201,8 @@ export class SchemaImageCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     }
 
     get url() {
-        const field = Cast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], ImageField, null); // retrieve the primary image URL that is being rendered from the data doc
-        const alts = DocListCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + '-alternates']); // retrieve alternate documents that may be rendered as alternate images
+        const field = Cast(this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey], ImageField, null); // retrieve the primary image URL that is being rendered from the data doc
+        const alts = DocListCast(this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey + '-alternates']); // retrieve alternate documents that may be rendered as alternate images
         const altpaths = alts
             .map(doc => Cast(doc[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(doc)], ImageField, null)?.url)
             .filter(url => url)
@@ -226,10 +239,10 @@ export class SchemaImageCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     };
 
     render() {
-        const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(this.props.Document); // aspect ratio
-        // let width = Math.max(75, this.props.columnWidth); // get a with that is no smaller than 75px
+        const aspect = Doc.NativeAspect(this._props.Document); // aspect ratio
+        // let width = Math.max(75, this._props.columnWidth); // get a with that is no smaller than 75px
         // const height = Math.max(75, width / aspect); // get a height either proportional to that or 75 px
-        const height = this.props.rowHeight() ? this.props.rowHeight() - (this.props.padding || 6) * 2 : undefined;
+        const height = this._props.rowHeight() ? this._props.rowHeight() - (this._props.padding || 6) * 2 : undefined;
         const width = height ? height * aspect : undefined; // increase the width of the image if necessary to maintain proportionality
 
         return <img src={this.url} width={width ? width : undefined} height={height} style={{}} draggable="false" onPointerEnter={this.showHoverPreview} onPointerMove={this.moveHoverPreview} onPointerLeave={this.removeHoverPreview} />;
@@ -240,19 +253,26 @@ export class SchemaImageCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
 export class SchemaDateCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
     @observable _pickingDate: boolean = false;
 
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     @computed get date(): DateField {
         // if the cell is a date field, cast then contents to a date. Otherrwwise, make the contents undefined.
-        return DateCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey]);
+        return DateCast(this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey]);
     }
 
     @action
     handleChange = (date: any) => {
         // const script = CompileScript(date.toString(), { requiredType: "Date", addReturn: true, params: { this: Doc.name } });
         // if (script.compiled) {
-        //     this.applyToDoc(this._document, this.props.row, this.props.col, script.run);
+        //     this.applyToDoc(this._document, this._props.row, this._props.col, script.run);
         // } else {
         // ^ DateCast is always undefined for some reason, but that is what the field should be set to
-        this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey] = new DateField(date as Date);
+        this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey] = new DateField(date as Date);
         //}
     };
 
@@ -262,13 +282,20 @@ export class SchemaDateCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
 }
 @observer
 export class SchemaRTFCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     @computed get selected() {
-        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
-        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this._props.selectedCell();
+        return this._props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this._props.Document && selected[1] === this._props.col;
     }
     selectedFunc = () => this.selected;
     render() {
-        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this._props);
         fieldProps.isContentActive = this.selectedFunc;
         return (
             <div className="schemaRTFCell" style={{ display: 'flex', fontStyle: this.selected ? undefined : 'italic', width: '100%', height: '100%', position: 'relative', color, textDecoration, cursor, pointerEvents }}>
@@ -279,35 +306,42 @@ export class SchemaRTFCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
 }
 @observer
 export class SchemaBoolCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     @computed get selected() {
-        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
-        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this._props.selectedCell();
+        return this._props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this._props.Document && selected[1] === this._props.col;
     }
     render() {
-        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this._props);
         return (
             <div className="schemaBoolCell" style={{ display: 'flex', color, textDecoration, cursor, pointerEvents }}>
                 <input
                     style={{ marginRight: 4 }}
                     type="checkbox"
-                    checked={BoolCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey])}
+                    checked={BoolCast(this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey])}
                     onChange={undoBatch((value: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement> | undefined) => {
                         if ((value?.nativeEvent as any).shiftKey) {
-                            this.props.setColumnValues(this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
+                            this._props.setColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
                         }
-                        KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
+                        KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
                     })}
                 />
                 <EditableView
                     contents={<FieldView {...fieldProps} />}
                     editing={this.selected ? undefined : false}
-                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey)}
+                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey)}
                     SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, enterKey?: boolean) => {
                         if (shiftDown && enterKey) {
-                            this.props.setColumnValues(this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                            this._props.setColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
                         }
-                        const set = KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
-                        this.props.finishEdit?.();
+                        const set = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                        this._props.finishEdit?.();
                         return set;
                     })}
                 />
@@ -317,13 +351,20 @@ export class SchemaBoolCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
 }
 @observer
 export class SchemaEnumerationCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps> {
+    @observable _props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>;
+    constructor(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SchemaTableCellProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        this._props = props;
+        makeObservable(this);
+    }
+
     @computed get selected() {
-        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this.props.selectedCell();
-        return this.props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this.props.Document && selected[1] === this.props.col;
+        const selected: [Doc, number] | undefined = this._props.selectedCell();
+        return this._props.isRowActive() && selected?.[0] === this._props.Document && selected[1] === this._props.col;
     }
     render() {
-        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this.props);
-        const options = this.props.options?.map(facet => ({ value: facet, label: facet }));
+        const { color, textDecoration, fieldProps, cursor, pointerEvents } = SchemaTableCell.renderProps(this._props);
+        const options = this._props.options?.map(facet => ({ value: facet, label: facet }));
         return (
             <div className="schemaSelectionCell" style={{ color, textDecoration, cursor, pointerEvents }}>
                 <div style={{ width: '100%' }}>
@@ -357,17 +398,17 @@ export class SchemaEnumerationCell extends React.Component<SchemaTableCellProps>
                                 ...base,
                                 left: 0,
                                 top: 0,
-                                transform: `translate(${this.props.transform().TranslateX}px, ${this.props.transform().TranslateY}px)`,
-                                width: Number(base.width) * this.props.transform().Scale,
+                                transform: `translate(${this._props.transform().TranslateX}px, ${this._props.transform().TranslateY}px)`,
+                                width: Number(base.width) * this._props.transform().Scale,
                                 zIndex: 9999,
                             }),
                         }}
-                        menuPortalTarget={this.props.menuTarget}
+                        menuPortalTarget={this._props.menuTarget}
                         menuPosition={'absolute'}
-                        placeholder={StrCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey], 'select...')}
+                        placeholder={StrCast(this._props.Document[this._props.fieldKey], 'select...')}
                         options={options}
                         isMulti={false}
-                        onChange={val => KeyValueBox.SetField(this.props.Document, this.props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), `"${val?.value ?? ''}"`)}
+                        onChange={val => KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), `"${val?.value ?? ''}"`)}
                     />
                 </div>
             </div>