Merge branch 'master' into nathan-starter

22 files changed, 527 insertions, 526 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index d9d6a5eb5..8f1633122 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ 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, DivHeight, DivWidth, emptyFunction, incrementTitleCopy } from '../../../Utils';
 import { DocServer } from '../../DocServer';
 import { Docs } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { CollectionViewType, DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     public CaptureThumbnail() {
         const content = this.DocumentView?.()?.ContentDiv;
         if (content) {
-            const _width = Number(getComputedStyle(content).width.replace('px', ''));
-            const _height = Number(getComputedStyle(content).height.replace('px', ''));
+            const _width = DivWidth(content);
+            const _height = DivHeight(content);
             return CollectionFreeFormView.UpdateIcon(this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon' + new Date().getTime(), content, _width, _height, _width, _height, 0, 1, true, this.layoutDoc[Id] + '-icon', (iconFile, _nativeWidth, _nativeHeight) => {
                 const proto = this.dataDoc; // Cast(img.proto, Doc, null)!;
                 proto['thumb_nativeWidth'] = _width;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
index 41c5d5b42..7dcfd32bd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ interface CMVFieldRowProps {
     createDropTarget: (ele: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     screenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     setDocHeight: (key: string, thisHeight: number) => void;
-    observeHeight: (myref: any) => void;
-    unobserveHeight: (myref: any) => void;
+    refList: any[];
     showHandle: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -68,20 +67,20 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
 
     createRowDropRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this._dropDisposer?.();
-        if (ele) {
-            this._ele = ele;
-            this._props.observeHeight(ele);
-            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.rowDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
-        }
+        if (ele) this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.rowDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
+        else if (this._ele) this.props.refList.splice(this.props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = ele;
     };
     @action
     componentDidMount() {
         this.heading = this._props.headingObject?.heading || '';
         this.color = this._props.headingObject?.color || '#f1efeb';
         this.collapsed = this._props.headingObject?.collapsed || false;
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.push(this._ele);
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        this._props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.splice(this.props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = null;
     }
 
     getTrueHeight = () => {
@@ -101,9 +100,8 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
         if (de.complete.docDragData) {
             const key = this._props.pivotField;
             const castedValue = this.getValue(this.heading);
-            const onLayoutDoc = this.onLayoutDoc(key);
             if (this._props.parent.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
-                de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !onLayoutDoc));
+                key && de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, !this.onLayoutDoc(key)));
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
                     return false;
                 }
             }
-            this._props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, true));
+            key && this._props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, castedValue, true));
             this._heading = castedValue.toString();
             return true;
         }
@@ -156,10 +154,9 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
         this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
         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);
+        key && ((this.onLayoutDoc(key) ? 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)
     };
@@ -168,7 +165,7 @@ export class CollectionMasonryViewFieldRow extends ObservableReactComponent<CMVF
         action(() => {
             this._createEmbeddingSelected = false;
             const key = this._props.pivotField;
-            this._props.docList.forEach(d => Doc.SetInPlace(d, key, undefined, true));
+            key && 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);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.scss
index 91a82d40f..4c2dcf9ab 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.scss
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         overflow: auto;
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: column;
+        height: max-content;
     }
 
     .collectionSchemaView-previewDoc {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
index b8133806f..6318620e0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, observe, reaction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Doc, Field, Opt } from '../../../fields/Doc';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from '../../../fields/SchemaHeaderField';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { DivHeight, emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
     public DividerWidth = 16;
     @observable docsDraggedRowCol: number[] = [];
     @observable _scroll = 0;
+    @observable _refList: any[] = [];
 
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
@@ -157,8 +158,16 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.removeDocDragHighlight, true);
         this._disposers.layout_autoHeight = reaction(
             () => this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight,
-            layout_autoHeight =>
-                layout_autoHeight && this._props.setHeight?.(Math.min(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._maxHeight, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER), this.headerMargin + Math.max(...this.refList.map(r => Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace('px', ''))))))
+            layout_autoHeight => layout_autoHeight && this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight)))
+        );
+
+        this._disposers.refList = reaction(
+            () => ({ refList: this._refList.slice(), autoHeight: this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && !LightboxView.Contains(this.DocumentView?.()) }),
+            ({ refList, autoHeight }) => {
+                if (autoHeight) refList.forEach(r => this.observer.observe(r));
+                else this.observer.disconnect();
+            },
+            { fireImmediately: true }
         );
     }
 
@@ -345,7 +354,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             // get the index for where you need to insert the doc you are currently dragging
             const clientY = this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().transformPoint(ex, ey)[1];
             let dropInd = -1;
-            let pos0 = (this.refList.lastElement() as HTMLDivElement).children[0].getBoundingClientRect().height + this.yMargin * 2;
+            let pos0 = (this._refList.lastElement() as HTMLDivElement).children[0].getBoundingClientRect().height + this.yMargin * 2;
             colDocs.forEach((doc, i) => {
                 let pos1 = this.getDocHeight(doc) + 2 * this.gridGap;
                 pos1 += pos0;
@@ -424,7 +433,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
             if (super.onInternalDrop(e, de)) {
                 // filter out the currently dragged docs from the child docs, since we will insert them later
                 const rowCol = this.docsDraggedRowCol;
-                const droppedDocs = this.childDocs.slice().filter((d: Doc, ind: number) => ind >= this.childDocs.length); // if the drop operation adds something to the end of the list, then use that as the new document (may be different than what was dropped e.g., in the case of a button which is dropped but which creates say, a note).
+                const droppedDocs = this.childDocs.filter((d: Doc, ind: number) => ind >= this.childDocs.length); // if the drop operation adds something to the end of the list, then use that as the new document (may be different than what was dropped e.g., in the case of a button which is dropped but which creates say, a note).
                 const newDocs = droppedDocs.length ? droppedDocs : de.complete.docDragData.droppedDocuments;
                 const docs = this.childDocList;
                 if (docs && newDocs.length) {
@@ -489,65 +498,45 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
     headings = () => Array.from(this.Sections);
 
-    refList: any[] = [];
-
     editableViewProps = () => ({
         GetValue: () => '',
         SetValue: this.addGroup,
         contents: '+ New Column',
     });
 
+    refList = () => this._refList;
+
     // sectionNoteTaking returns a CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn (which is an individual column)
-    sectionNoteTaking = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => {
-        const type = 'number';
-        return (
-            <CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn
-                key={heading?.heading ?? 'unset'}
-                unobserveHeight={ref => this.refList.splice(this.refList.indexOf(ref), 1)}
-                observeHeight={ref => {
-                    if (ref) {
-                        this.refList.push(ref);
-                        this.observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(
-                            action((entries: any) => {
-                                if (this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.length && !SnappingManager.IsDragging) {
-                                    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.Contains(this.DocumentView?.())) {
-                                        this._props.setHeight?.(height);
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            })
-                        );
-                        this.observer.observe(ref);
-                    }
-                }}
-                PanelWidth={this._props.PanelWidth}
-                select={this._props.select}
-                addDocument={this.addDocument}
-                chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
-                colHeaderData={this.colHeaderData}
-                Document={this.Document}
-                TemplateDataDocument={this._props.TemplateDataDocument}
-                resizeColumns={this.resizeColumns}
-                renderChildren={this.children}
-                numGroupColumns={this.numGroupColumns}
-                gridGap={this.gridGap}
-                pivotField={this.notetakingCategoryField}
-                fieldKey={this.fieldKey}
-                dividerWidth={this.DividerWidth}
-                maxColWidth={this.maxColWidth}
-                availableWidth={this.availableWidth}
-                headings={this.headings}
-                heading={heading?.heading ?? 'unset'}
-                headingObject={heading}
-                docList={docList}
-                yMargin={this.yMargin}
-                type={type}
-                createDropTarget={this.createDashEventsTarget}
-                screenToLocalTransform={this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf}
-                editableViewProps={this.editableViewProps}
-            />
-        );
-    };
+    sectionNoteTaking = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => (
+        <CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn
+            key={heading?.heading ?? 'unset'}
+            PanelWidth={this._props.PanelWidth}
+            refList={this._refList}
+            select={this._props.select}
+            addDocument={this.addDocument}
+            chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
+            colHeaderData={this.colHeaderData}
+            Document={this.Document}
+            TemplateDataDocument={this._props.TemplateDataDocument}
+            resizeColumns={this.resizeColumns}
+            renderChildren={this.children}
+            numGroupColumns={this.numGroupColumns}
+            gridGap={this.gridGap}
+            pivotField={this.notetakingCategoryField}
+            fieldKey={this.fieldKey}
+            dividerWidth={this.DividerWidth}
+            maxColWidth={this.maxColWidth}
+            availableWidth={this.availableWidth}
+            headings={this.headings}
+            heading={heading?.heading ?? 'unset'}
+            headingObject={heading}
+            docList={docList}
+            yMargin={this.yMargin}
+            createDropTarget={this.createDashEventsTarget}
+            screenToLocalTransform={this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf}
+            editableViewProps={this.editableViewProps}
+        />
+    );
 
     // addGroup is called when adding a new columnHeader, adding a SchemaHeaderField to our list of
     // columnHeaders and resizing the existing columns to make room for our new one.
@@ -619,7 +608,7 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return this.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
 
-    observer: any;
+    observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight))));
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
index 38846c79d..db178d500 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn.tsx
@@ -36,15 +36,13 @@ interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
     yMargin: number;
     numGroupColumns: number;
     gridGap: number;
-    type: 'string' | 'number' | 'bigint' | 'boolean' | 'symbol' | 'undefined' | 'object' | 'function' | undefined;
     headings: () => object[];
     select: (ctrlPressed: boolean) => void;
     renderChildren: (docs: Doc[]) => JSX.Element[];
     addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean;
     createDropTarget: (ele: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     screenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
-    observeHeight: (myref: any) => void;
-    unobserveHeight: (myref: any) => void;
+    refList: any[];
     editableViewProps: () => any;
     resizeColumns: (headers: SchemaHeaderField[]) => boolean;
     maxColWidth: number;
@@ -78,15 +76,18 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<CSV
 
     createColumnDropRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this.dropDisposer?.();
-        if (ele) {
-            this._ele = ele;
-            this._props.observeHeight(ele);
-            this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
-        }
+        if (ele) this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
+        else if (this._ele) this.props.refList.slice(this.props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = ele;
     };
 
+    componentDidMount(): void {
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.push(this._ele);
+    }
+
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        this._props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.splice(this._props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = null;
     }
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -289,11 +290,10 @@ export class CollectionNoteTakingViewColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<CSV
 
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
-        const heading = this._heading;
         return (
             <div
                 className="collectionNoteTakingViewFieldColumn"
-                key={heading}
+                key={this._heading}
                 style={{
                     width: this.columnWidth,
                     background: this._background,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index 54314f62c..2b23935eb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ 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 { DivHeight, 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';
 import { SettingsManager } from '../../util/SettingsManager';
-import { SnappingManager } from '../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
@@ -45,17 +44,16 @@ export type collectionStackingViewProps = {
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionStackingViewProps>>() {
+    _disposers: { [key: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
     _masonryGridRef: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
     // used in a column dragger, likely due for the masonry grid view. We want to use this
     _draggerRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
-    // Not sure what a pivot field is. Seems like we cause reaction in MobX get rid of it once we exit this view
-    _pivotFieldDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
-    // Seems like we cause reaction in MobX get rid of our height once we exit this view
-    _layout_autoHeightDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     // keeping track of documents. Updated on internal and external drops. What's the difference?
     _docXfs: { height: () => number; width: () => number; stackedDocTransform: () => Transform }[] = [];
     // Doesn't look like this field is being used anywhere. Obsolete?
     _columnStart: number = 0;
+
+    @observable _refList: any[] = [];
     // map of node headers to their heights. Used in Masonry
     @observable _heightMap = new Map<string, number>();
     // Assuming that this is the current css cursor style
@@ -207,27 +205,28 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this._props.setContentViewBox?.(this);
 
         // reset section headers when a new filter is inputted
-        this._pivotFieldDisposer = reaction(
+        this._disposers.pivotField = reaction(
             () => this.pivotField,
             () => (this.dataDoc['_' + this.fieldKey + '_columnHeaders'] = new List())
         );
-        this._layout_autoHeightDisposer = reaction(
+        this._disposers.autoHeight = reaction(
             () => this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight,
-            layout_autoHeight =>
-                layout_autoHeight &&
-                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))
-                    )
-                )
+            layout_autoHeight => layout_autoHeight && this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + (this.isStackingView ? Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight)) : this._refList.reduce((p, r) => p + DivHeight(r), 0)))
+        );
+        this._disposers.refList = reaction(
+            () => ({ refList: this._refList.slice(), autoHeight: this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && !LightboxView.Contains(this.DocumentView?.()) }),
+            ({ refList, autoHeight }) => {
+                this.observer.disconnect();
+                if (autoHeight) refList.forEach(r => this.observer.observe(r));
+            },
+            { fireImmediately: true }
         );
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         super.componentWillUnmount();
-        this._pivotFieldDisposer?.();
-        this._layout_autoHeightDisposer?.();
+        this.observer.disconnect();
+        Object.keys(this._disposers).forEach(key => this._disposers[key]());
     }
 
     isAnyChildContentActive = () => this._props.isAnyChildContentActive();
@@ -235,10 +234,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     moveDocument = (doc: Doc | Doc[], targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean): boolean => {
         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);
     @computed get onChildDoubleClickHandler() {
@@ -523,7 +518,6 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         });
     };
     headings = () => Array.from(this.Sections);
-    refList: any[] = [];
     // what a section looks like if we're in stacking view
     sectionStacking = (heading: SchemaHeaderField | undefined, docList: Doc[]) => {
         const key = this.pivotField;
@@ -536,23 +530,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         }
         return (
             <CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn
-                unobserveHeight={ref => this.refList.splice(this.refList.indexOf(ref), 1)}
-                observeHeight={ref => {
-                    if (ref) {
-                        this.refList.push(ref);
-                        this.observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(
-                            action((entries: any) => {
-                                if (this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.length && !SnappingManager.IsDragging) {
-                                    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.Contains(this.DocumentView?.())) {
-                                        this._props.setHeight?.(height);
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            })
-                        );
-                        this.observer.observe(ref);
-                    }
-                }}
+                refList={this._refList}
                 addDocument={this.addDocument}
                 chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
                 colHeaderData={this.colHeaderData}
@@ -591,21 +569,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 Document={this.Document}
                 chromeHidden={this.chromeHidden}
                 pivotField={this.pivotField}
-                unobserveHeight={ref => this.refList.splice(this.refList.indexOf(ref), 1)}
-                observeHeight={ref => {
-                    if (ref) {
-                        this.refList.push(ref);
-                        this.observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(
-                            action((entries: any) => {
-                                if (this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeight && ref && this.refList.length && !SnappingManager.IsDragging) {
-                                    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.observer.observe(ref);
-                    }
-                }}
+                refList={this._refList}
                 key={heading ? heading.heading : ''}
                 rows={rows}
                 headings={this.headings}
@@ -709,7 +673,11 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     @computed get backgroundEvents() {
         return this._props.isContentActive() === false ? 'none' : undefined;
     }
-    observer: any;
+
+    observer = new _global.ResizeObserver(() => this._props.setHeight?.(this.headerMargin + (this.isStackingView ? Math.max(...this._refList.map(DivHeight)) : this._refList.reduce((p, r) => p + DivHeight(r), 0))));
+
+    onPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => e.stopPropagation();
+    _oldWheel: any;
     render() {
         TraceMobx();
         const editableViewProps = {
@@ -730,7 +698,14 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 <div className="collectionStackingMasonry-cont">
                     <div
                         className={this.isStackingView ? 'collectionStackingView' : 'collectionMasonryView'}
-                        ref={this.createRef}
+                        ref={ele => {
+                            this._masonryGridRef = ele;
+                            this.createDashEventsTarget(ele); //so the whole grid is the drop target?
+                            this._oldWheel?.removeEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel);
+                            this._oldWheel = ele;
+                            // prevent wheel events from passively propagating up through containers and prevents containers from preventDefault which would block scrolling
+                            ele?.addEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel, { passive: false });
+                        }}
                         style={{
                             overflowY: this.isContentActive() ? 'auto' : 'hidden',
                             background: this._props.styleProvider?.(this.Document, this._props, StyleProp.BackgroundColor),
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
index c455f20d8..641e01b81 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
 import { ImageField } from '../../../fields/URLField';
 import { TraceMobx } from '../../../fields/util';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
+import { DivHeight, DivWidth, emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentType } from '../../documents/DocumentTypes';
 import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ interface CSVFieldColumnProps {
     addDocument: (doc: Doc | Doc[]) => boolean;
     createDropTarget: (ele: HTMLDivElement) => void;
     screenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
-    observeHeight: (myref: any) => void;
-    unobserveHeight: (myref: any) => void;
+    refList: any[];
 }
 
 @observer
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
     private dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
     private _disposers: { [name: string]: IReactionDisposer } = {};
     private _headerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = React.createRef();
-    @observable private _background = 'inherit';
+    @observable _background = 'inherit';
     @observable _paletteOn = false;
     @observable _heading = '';
     @observable _color = '';
@@ -71,15 +70,14 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
     // is that the only way to have drop targets?
     createColumnDropRef = (ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
         this.dropDisposer?.();
-        if (ele) {
-            this._ele = ele;
-            this._props.observeHeight(ele);
-            this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
-        }
+        if (ele) this.dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.columnDrop.bind(this), this._props.Document);
+        else if (this._ele) this.props.refList.splice(this.props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = ele;
     };
 
     @action
     componentDidMount() {
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.push(this._ele);
         this._disposers.collapser = reaction(
             () => this._props.headingObject?.collapsed,
             collapsed => (this.collapsed = collapsed !== undefined ? BoolCast(collapsed) : false),
@@ -88,7 +86,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._disposers.collapser?.();
-        this._props.unobserveHeight(this._ele);
+        this._ele && this.props.refList.splice(this.props.refList.indexOf(this._ele), 1);
+        this._ele = null;
     }
 
     //TODO: what is scripting? I found it in SetInPlace def but don't know what that is
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
             if (this._props.colHeaderData?.map(i => i.heading).indexOf(castedValue.toString()) !== -1) {
                 return false;
             }
-            this._props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this._props.pivotField] = castedValue));
+            this._props.pivotField && 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;
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
         if (!value && !forceEmptyNote) return false;
         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);
+        key && (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;
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
 
     @action
     deleteColumn = () => {
-        this._props.docList.forEach(d => (d[this._props.pivotField] = undefined));
+        this._props.pivotField && 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);
@@ -217,8 +216,8 @@ export class CollectionStackingViewFieldColumn extends ObservableReactComponent<
         const layoutItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = [];
         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;
+        const width = this._ele ? DivWidth(this._ele) : 0;
+        const height = this._ele ? DivHeight(this._ele) : 0;
         DocUtils.addDocumentCreatorMenuItems(
             doc => {
                 FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(doc);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index fdbd1cc90..59a695a3d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -219,12 +219,13 @@ export function CollectionSubView<X>(moreProps?: X) {
                 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) {
+                if ((!dropAction || dropAction === dropActionType.inPlace || dropAction === dropActionType.same || dropAction === dropActionType.move || someMoved) && docDragData.moveDocument) {
                     const movedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] === d);
                     const addedDocs = docDragData.droppedDocuments.filter((d, i) => docDragData.draggedDocuments[i] !== d);
                     if (movedDocs.length) {
                         const canAdd =
-                            (de.embedKey || dropAction || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.Document)) && (dropAction !== 'inSame' || docDragData.draggedDocuments.every(d => d.embedContainer === this.Document));
+                            (de.embedKey || dropAction || Doc.AreProtosEqual(Cast(movedDocs[0].annotationOn, Doc, null), this.Document)) &&
+                            (dropAction !== dropActionType.inPlace || docDragData.draggedDocuments.every(d => d.embedContainer === this.Document));
                         const moved = docDragData.moveDocument(movedDocs, this.Document, canAdd ? this.addDocument : returnFalse);
                         added = canAdd || moved ? moved : undefined;
                     } else if (addedDocs.length) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
index 38f6aa3e7..b92edd165 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTimeView.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import { toUpper } from 'lodash';
 import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Doc, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../fields/Doc';
 import { List } from '../../../fields/List';
 import { ObjectField } from '../../../fields/ObjectField';
-import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../fields/Schema';
 import { ComputedField, ScriptField } from '../../../fields/ScriptField';
 import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../fields/Types';
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { ScriptingGlobals } from '../../util/ScriptingGlobals';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu';
 import { ContextMenuProps } from '../ContextMenuItem';
-import { EditableView } from '../EditableView';
+import { FieldsDropdown } from '../FieldsDropdown';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { FocusViewOptions } from '../nodes/FieldView';
 import { PresBox } from '../nodes/trails';
@@ -192,51 +190,6 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
         ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Options...', subitems: layoutItems, icon: 'eye' });
     };
-    @computed get _allFacets() {
-        const facets = new Set<string>();
-        this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(Doc.GetProto(child)).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
-        Doc.AreProtosEqual(this.dataDoc, this.Document) && this.childDocs.forEach(child => Object.keys(child).forEach(key => facets.add(key)));
-        return Array.from(facets);
-    }
-    menuCallback = (x: number, y: number) => {
-        ContextMenu.Instance.clearItems();
-        const keySet: Set<string> = new Set(['tags']);
-
-        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair =>
-            this._allFacets
-                .filter(fieldKey => pair.layout[fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'number' || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'boolean' || typeof pair.layout[fieldKey] === 'string')
-                .filter(fieldKey => fieldKey[0] !== '_' && (fieldKey === 'tags' || fieldKey[0] === toUpper(fieldKey)[0]))
-                .map(fieldKey => keySet.add(fieldKey))
-        );
-
-        const docItems: ContextMenuProps[] = Array.from(keySet).map(fieldKey => 
-                     ({ description: ':' + fieldKey, event: () => (this.layoutDoc._pivotField = fieldKey), icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' })); // prettier-ignore
-        docItems.push({ description: ':default', event: () => (this.layoutDoc._pivotField = undefined), icon: 'compress-arrows-alt' });
-        ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: 'Pivot Fields ...', subitems: docItems, icon: 'eye' });
-        ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(x, y, ':');
-    };
-
-    @computed get pivotKeyUI() {
-        return (
-            <div className={'pivotKeyEntry'}>
-                <EditableView
-                    GetValue={returnEmptyString}
-                    SetValue={(value: any) => {
-                        if (value?.length) {
-                            this.layoutDoc._pivotField = value;
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                        return false;
-                    }}
-                    background={'#f1efeb'} // this._props.headingObject ? this._props.headingObject.color : "#f1efeb";
-                    contents={':' + StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField)}
-                    showMenuOnLoad={true}
-                    display={'inline'}
-                    menuCallback={this.menuCallback}
-                />
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
 
     render() {
         let nonNumbers = 0;
@@ -263,7 +216,6 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
 
         return (
             <div className={'collectionTimeView' + (doTimeline ? '' : '-pivot')} onContextMenu={this.specificMenu} style={{ width: this._props.PanelWidth(), height: '100%' }}>
-                {this.pivotKeyUI}
                 {this.contents}
                 {!this._props.isSelected() || !doTimeline ? null : (
                     <>
@@ -272,6 +224,9 @@ export class CollectionTimeView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         <div className="collectionTimeView-thumb-mid collectionTimeView-thumb" key="max" onPointerDown={this.onMidDown} />
                     </>
                 )}
+                <div style={{ right: 0, top: 0, position: 'absolute' }}>
+                    <FieldsDropdown Document={this.Document} selectFunc={fieldKey => (this.layoutDoc._pivotField = fieldKey)} placeholder={StrCast(this.layoutDoc._pivotField)} />
+                </div>
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 4d60cbefc..3b37bdcfa 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
+import { DivHeight, emptyFunction, returnAll, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnNone, returnOne, returnTrue, returnZero, Utils } from '../../../Utils';
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from '../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../util/DragManager';
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
 
     computeHeight = () => {
         if (!this._isDisposing) {
-            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;
+            const titleHeight = !this._titleRef ? this.marginTop() : DivHeight(this._titleRef);
+            const bodyHeight = Array.from(this.refList).reduce((p, r) => p + DivHeight(r), this.marginBot()) + 6;
             this.layoutDoc._layout_autoHeightMargins = bodyHeight;
             !this._props.dontRegisterView && this._props.setHeight?.(bodyHeight + titleHeight);
         }
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export class CollectionTreeView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collectionTree
         return (
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', pointerEvents: 'all' }}>
                 {!this.buttonMenu && !this.noviceExplainer ? null : (
-                    <div className="documentButtonMenu" ref={action((r: HTMLDivElement | null) => r && (this._headerHeight = Number(getComputedStyle(r).height.replace(/px/, ''))))}>
+                    <div className="documentButtonMenu" ref={action((r: HTMLDivElement | null) => r && (this._headerHeight = DivHeight(r)))}>
                         {this.buttonMenu}
                         {this.noviceExplainer}
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
index 02aa76d82..699ec3b95 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TabDocView.tsx
@@ -564,6 +564,12 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends ObservableReactComponent<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 };
     }
+    @computed get xPadding() {
+        return !this.renderBounds ? 0 : Math.max(0, this._props.PanelWidth() / NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_scale, 1) - 2 * (this.renderBounds.cx - this.renderBounds.l));
+    }
+    @computed get yPadding() {
+        return !this.renderBounds ? 0 : Math.max(0, this._props.PanelHeight() / NumCast(this._props.document._freeform_scale, 1) - 2 * (this.renderBounds.cy - this.renderBounds.l));
+    }
     childLayoutTemplate = () => Cast(this._props.document.childLayoutTemplate, Doc, null);
     returnMiniSize = () => NumCast(this._props.document._miniMapSize, 150);
     miniDown = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
@@ -620,6 +626,8 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabMinimapViewProps
                     childFiltersByRanges={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.childDocRangeFilters ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     searchFilterDocs={CollectionDockingView.Instance?.searchFilterDocs ?? returnEmptyDoclist}
                     fitContentsToBox={returnTrue}
+                    xPadding={this.xPadding}
+                    yPadding={this.yPadding}
                 />
                 <div className="miniOverlay" onPointerDown={this.miniDown}>
                     <TabMiniThumb miniLeft={miniLeft} miniTop={miniTop} miniWidth={miniWidth} miniHeight={miniHeight} />
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ export class TabMinimapView extends ObservableReactComponent<TabMinimapViewProps
     render() {
         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} />
+                <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 4f2d8b9c0..1b4349f44 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/TreeView.tsx
@@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
 
         const addDoc = inside ? this.localAdd : parentAddDoc;
         const canAdd = !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))) {
-            const move = (!dropAction || canEmbed || dropAction === 'proto' || dropAction === 'move' || dropAction === 'same' || dropAction === 'inSame') && moveDocument;
+        if (canAdd && (dropAction !== dropActionType.inPlace || droppedDocuments.every(d => d.embedContainer === this._props.parentTreeView?.Document))) {
+            const move = (!dropAction || canEmbed || dropAction === dropActionType.proto || dropAction === dropActionType.move || dropAction === dropActionType.same || dropAction === dropActionType.inPlace) && moveDocument;
             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);
+            const res = droppedDocuments.reduce((added, d) => (move ? move(d, undefined, addDoc) || (dropAction === dropActionType.proto ? addDoc(d) : false) : addDoc(d)) || added, false);
             this._props.parentTreeView instanceof TreeView && (this._props.parentTreeView.dropping = false);
             return res;
         }
@@ -574,11 +574,21 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', overflow: 'auto' }} key={'newKeyValue'}>
                 <EditableView
                     key="editableView"
-                    contents={'+key:value'}
+                    contents={'+key=value'}
                     height={13}
                     fontSize={12}
                     GetValue={returnEmptyString}
-                    SetValue={value => value.indexOf(':') !== -1 && KeyValueBox.SetField(doc, value.substring(0, value.indexOf(':')), value.substring(value.indexOf(':') + 1, value.length), true)}
+                    SetValue={input => {
+                        const match = input.match(/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(=|=:=)([a-zA-Z,_@\?\+\-\*\/\ 0-9\(\)]+)/);
+                        if (match) {
+                            const key = match[1];
+                            const assign = match[2];
+                            const val = match[3];
+                            KeyValueBox.SetField(doc, key, assign + val, false);
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }}
                 />
             </div>
         );
@@ -631,7 +641,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
             }
             return (
                 <div>
-                    {!docs?.length || this._props.AddToMap /* hack to identify pres box trees */ ? null : (
+                    {!docs?.length || this.treeView.outlineMode || this._props.AddToMap /* hack to identify pres box trees */ ? null : (
                         <div className="treeView-sorting">
                             <IconButton
                                 color={sortings[sorting]?.color}
@@ -884,7 +894,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
         // prettier-ignore
         switch (property.split(':')[0]) {
             case StyleProp.Opacity:         return this.treeView.outlineMode ? undefined : 1;
-            case StyleProp.BackgroundColor: return this.selected ? '#7089bb' : StrCast(doc._backgroundColor, StrCast(doc.backgroundColor));
+            case StyleProp.BackgroundColor: return this.selected ? '#7089bb' : undefined;//StrCast(doc._backgroundColor, StrCast(doc.backgroundColor));
             case StyleProp.Highlighting:    if (this.treeView.outlineMode) return undefined;
             case StyleProp.BoxShadow:       return undefined;
             case StyleProp.DocContents:
@@ -1055,7 +1065,7 @@ export class TreeView extends ObservableReactComponent<TreeViewProps> {
                                 this,
                                 e,
                                 () => {
-                                    this._dref?.startDragging(e.clientX, e.clientY, '' as any);
+                                    (this._dref ?? this._docRef)?.startDragging(e.clientX, e.clientY, '' as any);
                                     return true;
                                 },
                                 returnFalse,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
index 58f6b1593..73dd7fea3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoState.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { SettingsManager } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
 import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../../ObservableReactComponent';
 import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
-// import assets from './assets/link.png';
+import { Doc } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 
 /**
  * An Fsa Arc.  The first array element is a test condition function that will be observed.
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
 export type infoArc = [() => any, (res?: any) => infoState];
 
 export const StateMessage = Symbol('StateMessage');
-export const StateEntryFunc = Symbol('StateEntryFunc');
 export const StateMessageGIF = Symbol('StateMessageGIF');
+export const StateEntryFunc = Symbol('StateEntryFunc');
 export class infoState {
     [StateMessage]: string = '';
-    [StateEntryFunc]?: () => any;
     [StateMessageGIF]?: string = '';
+    [StateEntryFunc]?: () => any;
     [key: string]: infoArc;
-    constructor(message: string, arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc }, entryFunc?: () => any, messageGif?: string) {
+    constructor(message: string, arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc }, messageGif?: string, entryFunc?: () => any) {
         this[StateMessage] = message;
         Object.assign(this, arcs);
-        this[StateEntryFunc] = entryFunc;
         this[StateMessageGIF] = messageGif;
+        this[StateEntryFunc] = entryFunc;
     }
 }
 
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@ export class infoState {
  * @param arcs an object with fields containing @infoArcs (an object with field names indicating the arc transition and
  * field values being a tuple of an arc transition trigger function (that returns a truthy value when the arc should fire),
  * and an arc transition action function (that sets the next state)
+ * @param gif the gif displayed when in this state
  * @param entryFunc a function to call when entering the state
  * @returns an FSA state
  */
 export function InfoState(
     msg: string, //
     arcs: { [key: string]: infoArc },
-    entryFunc?: () => any,
-    gif?: string
+    gif?: string,
+    entryFunc?: () => any
 ) {
-    return new infoState(msg, arcs, entryFunc, gif);
+    return new infoState(msg, arcs, gif, entryFunc);
 }
 
 export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export interface CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps {
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends ObservableReactComponent<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps> {
     _disposers: IReactionDisposer[] = [];
-    @observable _hide = false;
+    @observable _expanded = false;
 
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
@@ -72,22 +73,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends ObservableReactComponent<Collec
     }
 
     clearState = () => this._disposers.map(disposer => disposer());
-    initState = () =>
-        (this._disposers = this.Arcs.map(arc => ({ test: arc[0], act: arc[1] })).map(arc => {
-            return reaction(
-                //
+    initState = () => (this._disposers = 
+        this.Arcs.map(arc => ({ test: arc[0], act: arc[1] })).map(
+            arc => reaction(
                 arc.test,
-                res => {
-                    if (res) {
-                        const next = arc.act(res);
-                        this._props.next(next);
-                    }
-                },
+                res => res && this._props.next(arc.act(res)),
                 { fireImmediately: true }
-            );
-        }));
+            )
+        )); // prettier-ignore
 
-    componentDidMount(): void {
+    componentDidMount() {
         this.initState();
     }
     componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Readonly<CollectionFreeFormInfoStateProps>) {
@@ -95,17 +90,24 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoState extends ObservableReactComponent<Collec
         this.clearState();
         this.initState();
     }
-    componentWillUnmount(): void {
+    componentWillUnmount() {
         this.clearState();
     }
+
     render() {
+        const gif = this.State?.[StateMessageGIF];
         return (
-            <div className="collectionFreeform-infoUI" style={{ display: this._hide ? 'none' : undefined }}>
-                <div className="msg">{this.State?.[StateMessage]}</div>
-                <div className="gif-container" style={{ display: this.State?.[StateMessageGIF] ? undefined : 'none' }}>
-                    <img className="gif" src={this.State?.[StateMessageGIF]} alt="state message gif"></img>
+            <div className={'collectionFreeform-infoUI'}>
+                <p className="collectionFreeform-infoUI-msg">
+                    {this.State?.[StateMessage]}
+                    <button className={'collectionFreeform-' + (!gif ? 'hidden' : 'infoUI-button')} onClick={action(() => (this._expanded = !this._expanded))}>
+                        {this._expanded ? 'Less...' : 'More...'}
+                    </button>
+                </p>
+                <div className={'collectionFreeform-' + (!this._expanded || !gif ? 'hidden' : 'infoUI-gif-container')}>
+                    <img src={`/assets/${gif}`} alt="state message gif" />
                 </div>
-                <div style={{ position: 'absolute', top: -10, left: -10 }}>
+                <div className="collectionFreeform-infoUI-close">
                     <IconButton icon="x" color={SettingsManager.userColor} size={Size.XSMALL} type={Type.TERT} background={SettingsManager.userBackgroundColor} onClick={action(e => this.props.close())} />
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
index 8628ca3c3..cc729decc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormInfoUI.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../../util/LinkManager';
 import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../../ObservableReactComponent';
 import { DocButtonState, DocumentLinksButton } from '../../nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
+import { TopBar } from '../../topbar/TopBar';
 import { CollectionFreeFormInfoState, InfoState, StateEntryFunc, infoState } from './CollectionFreeFormInfoState';
 import { CollectionFreeFormView } from './CollectionFreeFormView';
 import './CollectionFreeFormView.scss';
@@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
-        this.currState = this.setupStates();
+        this._currState = this.setupStates();
     }
     _originalbackground: string | undefined;
 
     @observable _currState: infoState | undefined = undefined;
-    get currState() { return this._currState!; } // prettier-ignore
+    get currState() { return this._currState; } // prettier-ignore
     set currState(val) { runInAction(() => (this._currState = val)); } // prettier-ignore
 
     componentWillUnmount(): void {
-        this._props.Freeform.layoutDoc.backgroundColor = this._originalbackground;
+        this._props.Freeform.dataDoc.backgroundColor = this._originalbackground;
     }
 
     setCurrState = (state: infoState) => {
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
     };
 
     setupStates = () => {
-        this._originalbackground = StrCast(this._props.Freeform.layoutDoc.backgroundColor);
+        this._originalbackground = StrCast(this._props.Freeform.dataDoc.backgroundColor);
         //  state entry functions
-        const setBackground = (colour: string) => () => (this._props.Freeform.layoutDoc.backgroundColor = colour);
+        const setBackground = (colour: string) => () => (this._props.Freeform.dataDoc.backgroundColor = colour);
         const setOpacity = (opacity: number) => () => (this._props.Freeform.layoutDoc.opacity = opacity);
         //  arc transition trigger conditions
         const firstDoc = () => (this._props.Freeform.childDocs.length ? this._props.Freeform.childDocs[0] : undefined);
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
         const docNewY = () => firstDoc()?.y;
 
         const linkStart = () => DocumentLinksButton.StartLink;
+        const linkUnstart = () => !DocumentLinksButton.StartLink;
 
         const numDocLinks = () => LinkManager.Instance.getAllDirectLinks(firstDoc())?.length;
         const linkMenuOpen = () => DocButtonState.Instance.LinkEditorDocView;
@@ -74,81 +76,85 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
         const presentationMode = () => Doc.ActivePresentation?.presentation_status;
 
         // set of states
-        const start = InfoState('Click anywhere and begin typing to create your first text document.', {
-            docCreated: [() => numDocs(), () => {
-                docX = firstDoc()?.x;
-                docY = firstDoc()?.y;
-                return oneDoc;
-            }],
-        }, setBackground("blue")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const oneDoc = InfoState('Hello world! You can drag and drop to move your document around.', {
-            // docCreated: [() => numDocs() > 1, () => multipleDocs],
-            docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
-            docMoved: [() => (docX && docX != docNewX()) || (docY && docY != docNewY()), () => {
-                docX = firstDoc()?.x;
-                docY = firstDoc()?.y;
-                return movedDoc1;
-              }],
-        }, setBackground("red")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const movedDoc1 = InfoState('Great moves. Try creating a second document.', {
-            docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 2, () => multipleDocs],
-            docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
-            docMoved: [() => (docX && docX != docNewX()) || (docY && docY != docNewY()), () => {
-                docX = firstDoc()?.x;
-                docY = firstDoc()?.y;
-                return movedDoc2;
-              }],
-        }, setBackground("yellow")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const movedDoc2 = InfoState('Slick moves. Try creating a second document.', {
-            docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 2, () => multipleDocs],
-            docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
-            docMoved: [() => (docX && docX != docNewX()) || (docY && docY != docNewY()), () => {
-                docX = firstDoc()?.x;
-                docY = firstDoc()?.y;
-                return movedDoc3;
-              }],
-        }, setBackground("pink")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const movedDoc3 = InfoState('Groovy moves. Try creating a second document.', {
-            docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 2, () => multipleDocs],
-            docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
-            docMoved: [() => (docX && docX != docNewX()) || (docY && docY != docNewY()), () => {
-                docX = firstDoc()?.x;
-                docY = firstDoc()?.y;
-                return movedDoc1;
-              }],
-        }, setBackground("green")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const multipleDocs = InfoState('Let\'s create a new link. Click the link icon on one of your documents.', {
-            linkStarted: [() => linkStart(), () => startedLink],
-            docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
-        }, setBackground("purple")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const startedLink = InfoState('Now click the highlighted link icon on your other document.', {
-            linkCreated: [() => numDocLinks(), () => madeLink],
-            docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
-        }, setBackground("orange")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const madeLink = InfoState('You made your first link! You can view your links by selecting the blue dot.', {
-            linkCreated: [() => !numDocLinks(), () => multipleDocs],
-            linkViewed: [() => linkMenuOpen(), () => {
-                alert(numDocLinks() + " cheer for " + numDocLinks() + " link!");
-                return viewedLink;
-            }],
-        }, setBackground("blue")); // prettier-ignore
-
-        const viewedLink = InfoState('Great work. You are now ready to create your own hypermedia world.', {
-            linkDeleted: [() => !numDocLinks(), () => multipleDocs],
-            docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
-            docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 3, () => {
-                trail = pin().length;
-                return presentDocs;
-            }],
-            activePen: [() => activeTool() === InkTool.Pen, () => penMode],
-        }, setBackground("black")); // prettier-ignore
+        const start = InfoState(
+            'Click anywhere and begin typing to create your first text document.',
+            {
+                docCreated: [() => numDocs(), () => {
+                    docX = firstDoc()?.x;
+                    docY = firstDoc()?.y;
+                    return oneDoc;
+                }],
+            }
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const oneDoc = InfoState(
+            'Hello world! You can drag and drop to move your document around.',
+            {
+                // docCreated: [() => numDocs() > 1, () => multipleDocs],
+                docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
+                docMoved: [() => (docX && docX != docNewX()) || (docY && docY != docNewY()), () => {
+                    docX = firstDoc()?.x;
+                    docY = firstDoc()?.y;
+                    return movedDoc;
+                }],
+            }
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const movedDoc = InfoState(
+            'Great moves. Try creating a second document. You can see the list of supported document types by typing a colon (\":\")',
+            {
+                docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 2, () => multipleDocs],
+                docDeleted: [() => numDocs() < 1, () => start],
+            },
+            'dash-colon-menu.gif',
+            () => TopBar.Instance.FlipDocumentationIcon()
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const multipleDocs = InfoState(
+            'Let\'s create a new link. Click the link icon on one of your documents.',
+            {
+                linkStarted: [() => linkStart(), () => startedLink],
+                docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
+            },
+            'dash-create-link-board.gif'
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const startedLink = InfoState(
+            'Now click the highlighted link icon on your other document.',
+            {
+                linkUnstart: [() => linkUnstart(), () => multipleDocs],
+                linkCreated: [() => numDocLinks(), () => madeLink],
+                docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
+            },
+            'dash-create-link-board.gif'
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const madeLink = InfoState(
+            'You made your first link! You can view your links by selecting the blue dot.',
+            {
+                linkCreated: [() => !numDocLinks(), () => multipleDocs],
+                linkViewed: [() => linkMenuOpen(), () => {
+                    alert(numDocLinks() + " cheer for " + numDocLinks() + " link!");
+                    return viewedLink;
+                }],
+            },
+            'dash-following-link.gif'
+        ); // prettier-ignore
+
+        const viewedLink = InfoState(
+            'Great work. You are now ready to create your own hypermedia world. Click the ? icon in the top right corner to learn more.',
+            {
+                linkDeleted: [() => !numDocLinks(), () => multipleDocs],
+                docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 2, () => oneDoc],
+                docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 3, () => {
+                    trail = pin().length;
+                    return presentDocs;
+                }],
+                activePen: [() => activeTool() === InkTool.Pen, () => penMode],
+            },
+            'documentation.png',
+            () => TopBar.Instance.FlipDocumentationIcon()
+        ); // prettier-ignore
 
         const presentDocs = InfoState(
             'Another document! You could make a presentation. Click the pin icon in the top left corner.',
@@ -162,7 +168,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
                 ],
                 docRemoved: [() => numDocs() < 3, () => viewedLink],
             },
-            setBackground('black'),
             '/assets/dash-pin-with-view.gif'
         );
 
@@ -242,14 +247,17 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormInfoUI extends ObservableReactComponent<Collectio
             docCreated: [() => numDocs() == 4, () => completed],
         });
 
-        const completed = InfoState('Eager to learn more? Click the ? icon in the top right corner to read our full documentation.', {
-            docRemoved: [() => numDocs() == 1, () => oneDoc],
-        }, setBackground("white")); // prettier-ignore
+        const completed = InfoState(
+            'Eager to learn more? Click the ? icon in the top right corner to read our full documentation.',
+            { docRemoved: [() => numDocs() == 1, () => oneDoc] },
+            'documentation.png',
+            () => TopBar.Instance.FlipDocumentationIcon()
+        ); // prettier-ignore
 
         return start;
     };
 
     render() {
-        return <CollectionFreeFormInfoState next={this.setCurrState} close={this._props.close} infoState={this.currState} />;
+        return !this.currState ? null : <CollectionFreeFormInfoState next={this.setCurrState} close={this._props.close} infoState={this.currState} />;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index 9e7d364ea..2c94446fb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -273,33 +273,34 @@
 
     margin: 15px;
     padding: 10px;
+    .collectionFreeform-infoUI-close {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: -10;
+        left: -10;
+    }
 
-    .msg {
+    .collectionFreeform-infoUI-msg {
+        position: relative;
+        max-width: 500;
+        margin: 10;
+    }
+    .collectionFreeform-infoUI-button {
+        border-radius: 50px;
+        font-size: 12px;
+        padding: 6;
         position: relative;
-        // display: block;
-        -webkit-user-select: none;
-        -khtml-user-select: none;
-        -moz-user-select: none;
-        -o-user-select: none;
-        user-select: none;
     }
 
-    .gif-container {
+    .collectionFreeform-infoUI-gif-container {
         position: relative;
         margin-top: 5px;
-        // display: block;
+        pointer-events: none;
 
-        justify-content: center;
-        align-items: center;
-        -webkit-user-select: none;
-        -khtml-user-select: none;
-        -moz-user-select: none;
-        -o-user-select: none;
-        user-select: none;
-
-        .gif {
-            background-color: transparent;
+        > img {
             height: 300px;
         }
     }
+    .collectionFreeform-hidden {
+        display: none;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 50b3dbd70..b2fb5848e 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, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, makeObservable, observable, reaction, runInAction, trace } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { computedFn } from 'mobx-utils';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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, DashColor, emptyFunction, intersectRect, lightOrDark, numberValue, 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';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
 import { freeformScrollMode } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
 import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
-import { undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { undoable, undoBatch, UndoManager } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { Timeline } from '../../animationtimeline/Timeline';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { GestureOverlay } from '../../GestureOverlay';
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
             ? { x: cb[0], y: cb[1], r: cb[2], b: cb[3] }
             : aggregateBounds(
                   this._layoutElements.filter(e => e.bounds?.width && !e.bounds.z).map(e => e.bounds!),
-                  NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xPadding, 10),
-                  NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yPadding, 10)
+                  NumCast(this.layoutDoc._xPadding, this._props.xPadding ?? 10),
+                  NumCast(this.layoutDoc._yPadding, this._props.yPadding ?? 10)
               );
     }
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     // this search order, for example, allows icons of cropped images to find the panx/pany/zoom on the cropped image's data doc instead of the usual layout doc because the zoom/panX/panY define the cropped image
     panX = () => this.freeformData()?.bounds.cx ?? NumCast(this.Document[this.panXFieldKey], NumCast(Cast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null)?.freeform_panX, 1));
     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));
+    zoomScaling = () => this.freeformData()?.scale ?? NumCast(Doc.Layout(this.Document)[this.scaleFieldKey], 1); //, NumCast(DocCast(this.Document.resolvedDataDoc)?.[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)`;
     ScreenToContentsXf = () => this.screenToFreeformContentsXf.copy();
@@ -760,7 +760,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         this.onGesture(e, new GestureUtils.GestureEvent(gesture, points, GestureOverlay.getBounds(points), text));
     };
 
-    @action
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         if (this.tryDragCluster(e, this._hitCluster)) {
             e.stopPropagation(); // we're moving a cluster, so stop propagation and return true to end panning and let the document drag take over
@@ -841,10 +840,14 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                     if (excludeT < startSegmentT || excludeT > docCurveTVal) {
                         const localStartTVal = startSegmentT - Math.floor(i / 4);
                         t !== (localStartTVal < 0 ? 0 : localStartTVal) && segment.push(inkSegment.split(localStartTVal < 0 ? 0 : localStartTVal, t));
-                        segment.length && segments.push(segment);
+                        if (segment.length && (Math.abs(segment[0].points[0].x - segment[0].points.lastElement().x) > 0.5 || Math.abs(segment[0].points[0].y - segment[0].points.lastElement().y) > 0.5)) segments.push(segment);
                     }
                     // start a new segment from the intersection t value
-                    segment = tVals.length - 1 === index ? [inkSegment.split(t).right] : [];
+                    if (tVals.length - 1 === index) {
+                        const split = inkSegment.split(t).right;
+                        if (split && (Math.abs(split.points[0].x - split.points.lastElement().x) > 0.5 || Math.abs(split.points[0].y - split.points.lastElement().y) > 0.5)) segment = [split];
+                        else segment = [];
+                    } else segment = [];
                     startSegmentT = docCurveTVal;
                 });
             } else {
@@ -1143,23 +1146,29 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     isContentActive = () => this._props.isContentActive();
 
-    @undoBatch
+    /**
+     * Create a new text note of the same style as the one being typed into.
+     * If the text doc is be part of a larger templated doc, the new Doc will be a copy of the templated Doc
+     *
+     * @param fieldProps render props for the text doc being typed into
+     * @param below whether to place the new text Doc below or to the right of the one being typed into.
+     * @returns whether the new text doc was created and added successfully
+     */
+    createTextDocCopy = undoable((fieldProps: FieldViewProps, below: boolean) => {
+        const textDoc = DocCast(fieldProps.Document.rootDocument, fieldProps.Document);
+        const newDoc = Doc.MakeCopy(textDoc, true);
+        newDoc[DocData][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc, fieldProps.LayoutTemplateString)] = undefined; // the copy should not copy the text contents of it source, just the render style
+        newDoc.x = NumCast(textDoc.x) + (below ? 0 : NumCast(textDoc._width) + 10);
+        newDoc.y = NumCast(textDoc.y) + (below ? NumCast(textDoc._height) + 10 : 0);
+        FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
+        FormattedTextBox.DontSelectInitialText = true;
+        return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
+    }, 'copied text note');
+
     onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent, fieldProps: FieldViewProps) => {
         if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || fieldProps.Document._createDocOnCR) && ['Tab', 'Enter'].includes(e.key)) {
             e.stopPropagation?.();
-            const below = !e.altKey && e.key !== 'Tab';
-            const layout_fieldKey = StrCast(fieldProps.fieldKey);
-            const newDoc = Doc.MakeCopy(fieldProps.Document, true);
-            const dataField = fieldProps.Document[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)];
-            newDoc[DocData][Doc.LayoutFieldKey(newDoc)] = dataField === undefined || Cast(dataField, listSpec(Doc), null)?.length !== undefined ? new List<Doc>([]) : undefined;
-            if (below) newDoc.y = NumCast(fieldProps.Document.y) + NumCast(fieldProps.Document._height) + 10;
-            else newDoc.x = NumCast(fieldProps.Document.x) + NumCast(fieldProps.Document._width) + 10;
-            if (layout_fieldKey !== 'layout' && fieldProps.Document[layout_fieldKey] instanceof Doc) {
-                newDoc[layout_fieldKey] = fieldProps.Document[layout_fieldKey];
-            }
-            newDoc[DocData].text = undefined;
-            FormattedTextBox.SetSelectOnLoad(newDoc);
-            return this.addDocument?.(newDoc);
+            return this.createTextDocCopy(fieldProps, !e.altKey && e.key !== 'Tab');
         }
     };
     @computed get childPointerEvents() {
@@ -1344,7 +1353,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
 
     renderCutoffProvider = computedFn(
         function renderCutoffProvider(this: any, doc: Doc) {
-            return !this._renderCutoffData.get(doc[Id] + '');
+            return this.Document.isTemplateDoc ? false : !this._renderCutoffData.get(doc[Id] + '');
         }.bind(this)
     );
 
@@ -1408,8 +1417,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         return anchor;
     };
 
-    @action closeInfo = () => (this.Document._hideInfo = true);
-    infoUI = () => (this.Document._hideInfo || this.Document.annotationOn || this._props.renderDepth ? null : <CollectionFreeFormInfoUI Document={this.Document} Freeform={this} close={this.closeInfo} />);
+    @action closeInfo = () => (Doc.IsInfoUIDisabled = true);
+    infoUI = () => (Doc.IsInfoUIDisabled || this.Document.annotationOn || this._props.renderDepth ? null : <CollectionFreeFormInfoUI Document={this.Document} Freeform={this} close={this.closeInfo} />);
 
     componentDidMount() {
         this._props.setContentViewBox?.(this);
@@ -1467,7 +1476,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
                 if (!code.includes('dashDiv')) {
                     const script = CompileScript(code, { params: { docView: 'any' }, typecheck: false, editable: true });
                     if (script.compiled) script.run({ this: this.DocumentView?.() });
-                } else code && !first && eval(code);
+                } else code && !first && eval?.(code);
             },
             { fireImmediately: true }
         );
@@ -1648,7 +1657,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         !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: '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' });
@@ -1712,7 +1721,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
     incrementalRender = action(() => {
         if (!LightboxView.LightboxDoc || LightboxView.Contains(this.DocumentView?.())) {
             const layout_unrendered = this.childDocs.filter(doc => !this._renderCutoffData.get(doc[Id]));
-            const loadIncrement = 5;
+            const loadIncrement = this.Document.isTemplateDoc ? Number.MAX_VALUE : 5;
             for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(layout_unrendered.length, loadIncrement); i++) {
                 this._renderCutoffData.set(layout_unrendered[i][Id] + '', true);
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index d0e59180d..b913e05ad 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends ObservableReactComponent<SubCollectionViewProps
         } else if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && SelectionManager.Views.length < 2) {
             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));
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
     };
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends ObservableReactComponent<SubCollectionViewProps
             followLinkToggle: true,
             _width: 200,
             _height: 200,
-            _layout_fitContentsToBox: true,
             _layout_showSidebar: true,
             title: 'overview',
         });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
index b181b59ce..125dd2781 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material';
-import { Button } from 'browndash-components';
-import { action, computed, makeObservable } from 'mobx';
+import { Button, IconButton } from 'browndash-components';
+import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
+import { FaChevronRight } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ const resizerWidth = 8;
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
+    @observable _startIndex = 0;
+
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
         makeObservable(this);
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
      */
     @computed
     private get ratioDefinedDocs() {
-        return this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).filter(layout => StrCast(layout._dimUnit, '*') === DimUnit.Ratio);
+        return this.childLayouts.filter(layout => StrCast(layout._dimUnit, '*') === DimUnit.Ratio);
     }
 
     @computed
@@ -57,6 +59,15 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
         return ratioDocs.length ? Math.min(...ratioDocs.map(layout => NumCast(layout._dimMagnitude))) : 1;
     }
 
+    @computed get maxShown() {
+        return NumCast(this.layoutDoc.layout_maxShown);
+    }
+
+    @computed
+    private get childLayouts() {
+        return (this.maxShown ? this.childLayoutPairs.slice(this._startIndex, this._startIndex + this.maxShown) : this.childLayoutPairs).map(pair => pair.layout);
+    }
+
     /**
      * This loops through all childLayoutPairs and extracts the values for _dimUnit
      * and _dimMagnitude, ignoring any that are malformed. Additionally, it then
@@ -69,9 +80,9 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
     private get resolvedLayoutInformation(): LayoutData {
         let starSum = 0;
         const widthSpecifiers: WidthSpecifier[] = [];
-        this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => {
-            const unit = StrCast(pair.layout._dimUnit, '*');
-            const magnitude = NumCast(pair.layout._dimMagnitude, this.minimumDim);
+        this.childLayouts.map(layout => {
+            const unit = StrCast(layout._dimUnit, '*');
+            const magnitude = NumCast(layout._dimMagnitude, this.minimumDim);
             if (unit && magnitude && magnitude > 0 && resolvedUnits.includes(unit)) {
                 unit === DimUnit.Ratio && (starSum += magnitude);
                 widthSpecifiers.push({ magnitude, unit });
@@ -90,7 +101,7 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
          */
         // setTimeout(() => {
         //     const { ratioDefinedDocs } = this;
-        //     if (this.childLayoutPairs.length) {
+        //     if (this.childPairs.length) {
         //         const minimum = this.minimumDim;
         //         if (minimum !== 0) {
         //             ratioDefinedDocs.forEach(layout => layout._dimMagnitude = NumCast(layout._dimMagnitude, 1) / minimum, 1);
@@ -187,13 +198,14 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
             return Transform.Identity(); // we're still waiting on promises to resolve
         }
         let offset = 0;
-        for (const { layout: candidate } of this.childLayoutPairs) {
+        var xf = Transform.Identity();
+        this.childLayouts.map(candidate => {
             if (candidate === layout) {
-                return this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().translate(-offset / (this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1), 0);
+                return (xf = this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().translate(-offset / (this._props.NativeDimScaling?.() || 1), 0));
             }
             offset += this.lookupPixels(candidate) + resizerWidth;
-        }
-        return Transform.Identity(); // type coersion, this case should never be hit
+        });
+        return xf;
     };
 
     @undoBatch
@@ -297,15 +309,15 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
      */
     @computed
     private get contents(): JSX.Element[] | null {
-        const { childLayoutPairs } = this;
         const collector: JSX.Element[] = [];
-        for (let i = 0; i < childLayoutPairs.length; i++) {
-            const { layout } = childLayoutPairs[i];
+        this.childLayouts.forEach((layout, i) => {
             collector.push(
                 <Tooltip title={'Tab: ' + StrCast(layout.title)} key={'wrapper' + i}>
                     <div className="document-wrapper" style={{ flexDirection: 'column', width: this.lookupPixels(layout) }}>
                         {this.getDisplayDoc(layout)}
-                        <Button tooltip="Remove document from header bar" icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="times" size="lg" />} onClick={undoable(e => this._props.removeDocument?.(layout), 'close doc')} color={SettingsManager.userColor} />
+                        {this.layoutDoc._chromeHidden ? null : (
+                            <Button tooltip="Remove document from header bar" icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="times" size="lg" />} onClick={undoable(e => this._props.removeDocument?.(layout), 'close doc')} color={SettingsManager.userColor} />
+                        )}
                         <WidthLabel layout={layout} collectionDoc={this.Document} />
                     </div>
                 </Tooltip>,
@@ -317,10 +329,10 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     select={this._props.select}
                     columnUnitLength={this.getColumnUnitLength}
                     toLeft={layout}
-                    toRight={childLayoutPairs[i + 1]?.layout}
+                    toRight={this.childLayouts[i + 1]}
                 />
             );
-        }
+        });
         collector.pop(); // removes the final extraneous resize bar
         return collector;
     }
@@ -339,6 +351,20 @@ export class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     marginBottom: NumCast(this.Document._yMargin),
                 }}>
                 {this.contents}
+                {!this._startIndex ? null : (
+                    <Tooltip title="scroll back">
+                        <div style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 0, left: 0, background: SettingsManager.userVariantColor }} onClick={action(e => (this._startIndex = Math.min(this.childLayoutPairs.length - 1, this._startIndex + this.maxShown)))}>
+                            <Button tooltip="Scroll back" icon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon="chevron-left" size="lg" />} onClick={action(e => (this._startIndex = Math.max(0, this._startIndex - this.maxShown)))} color={SettingsManager.userColor} />
+                        </div>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                )}
+                {this._startIndex > this.childLayoutPairs.length - 1 || !this.maxShown ? null : (
+                    <Tooltip title="scroll forward">
+                        <div style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 0, right: 0, background: SettingsManager.userVariantColor }} onClick={action(e => (this._startIndex = Math.min(this.childLayoutPairs.length - 1, this._startIndex + this.maxShown)))}>
+                            <IconButton icon={<FaChevronRight />} color={SettingsManager.userColor} />
+                        </div>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                )}
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
index 659f7ccdc..17bf3e50c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionMulticolumn/CollectionMultirowView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { action, computed, makeObservable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
 import { BoolCast, NumCast, ScriptCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index fed4e89cf..ac0bd2378 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -38,91 +38,97 @@
                 background: yellow;
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        .schema-column-menu,
-        .schema-filter-menu {
-            background: $light-gray;
-            position: absolute;
-            min-width: 200px;
-            max-width: 400px;
-            display: flex;
-            flex-direction: column;
-            align-items: flex-start;
-            z-index: 1;
-
-            .schema-key-search-input {
-                width: calc(100% - 20px);
-                margin: 10px;
-            }
+    .schema-preview-divider {
+        height: 100%;
+        background: black;
+        cursor: ew-resize;
+    }
+}
 
-            .schema-search-result {
-                cursor: pointer;
-                padding: 5px 10px;
-                width: 100%;
+.schema-column-menu,
+.schema-filter-menu {
+    background: $light-gray;
+    position: relative;
+    min-width: 200px;
+    max-width: 400px;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    z-index: 1;
 
-                &:hover {
-                    background-color: $medium-gray;
-                }
+    .schema-key-search-input {
+        width: calc(100% - 20px);
+        margin: 10px;
+    }
 
-                .schema-search-result-type,
-                .schema-search-result-desc {
-                    color: $dark-gray;
-                    font-size: $body-text;
-                }
-            }
+    .schema-search-result {
+        cursor: pointer;
+        padding: 5px 10px;
+        width: 100%;
 
-            .schema-key-search,
-            .schema-new-key-options {
-                width: 100%;
-                display: flex;
-                flex-direction: column;
-                align-items: flex-start;
-            }
+        &:hover {
+            background-color: $medium-gray;
+        }
+        .schema-search-result-type {
+            font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
+        }
 
-            .schema-new-key-options {
-                margin: 10px;
-                .schema-key-warning {
-                    color: red;
-                    font-weight: normal;
-                    align-self: center;
-                }
-            }
+        .schema-search-result-type,
+        .schema-search-result-desc {
+            color: $dark-gray;
+            font-size: $body-text;
+        }
+        .schema-search-result-desc {
+            font-style: italic;
+        }
+    }
 
-            .schema-key-list {
-                width: 100%;
-                max-height: 300px;
-                overflow-y: auto;
-            }
+    .schema-key-search,
+    .schema-new-key-options {
+        width: 100%;
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        align-items: flex-start;
+    }
 
-            .schema-key-type-option {
-                margin: 2px 0px;
+    .schema-new-key-options {
+        margin: 10px;
+        .schema-key-warning {
+            color: red;
+            font-weight: normal;
+            align-self: center;
+        }
+    }
 
-                input {
-                    margin-right: 5px;
-                }
-            }
+    .schema-key-list {
+        width: 100%;
+        max-height: 300px;
+        overflow-y: auto;
+    }
 
-            .schema-key-default-val {
-                margin: 5px 0;
-            }
+    .schema-key-type-option {
+        margin: 2px 0px;
 
-            .schema-column-menu-button {
-                cursor: pointer;
-                padding: 2px 5px;
-                background: $medium-blue;
-                border-radius: 9999px;
-                color: $white;
-                width: fit-content;
-                margin: 5px;
-                align-self: center;
-            }
+        input {
+            margin-right: 5px;
         }
     }
 
-    .schema-preview-divider {
-        height: 100%;
-        background: black;
-        cursor: ew-resize;
+    .schema-key-default-val {
+        margin: 5px 0;
+    }
+
+    .schema-column-menu-button {
+        cursor: pointer;
+        padding: 2px 5px;
+        background: $medium-blue;
+        border-radius: 9999px;
+        color: $white;
+        width: fit-content;
+        margin: 5px;
+        align-self: center;
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@
     .row-menu {
         display: flex;
         justify-content: center;
+        cursor: pointer;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index 71938d13e..631ad7132 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, ObservableMap, observe } from 'mobx';
+import { Popup, PopupTrigger, Type } from 'browndash-components';
+import { ObservableMap, action, computed, makeObservable, observable, observe } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnIgnore, returnNever, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, NumListCast, Opt, StrListCast } from '../../../../fields/Doc';
+import { DocData } from '../../../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../../fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../../../fields/Schema';
 import { BoolCast, Cast, DocCast, NumCast, StrCast } from '../../../../fields/Types';
-import { emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyString, returnFalse, returnIgnore, returnNever, returnTrue, setupMoveUpEvents, smoothScroll } from '../../../../Utils';
-import { Docs, DocumentOptions, DocUtils, FInfo } from '../../../documents/Documents';
+import { DocUtils, Docs, DocumentOptions, FInfo } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocumentManager } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
 import { DragManager, dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../../../util/SelectionManager';
-import { undoable, undoBatch } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
+import { SettingsManager } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
+import { undoBatch, undoable } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { ContextMenu } from '../../ContextMenu';
 import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
+import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../../ObservableReactComponent';
+import { DefaultStyleProvider, StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { Colors } from '../../global/globalEnums';
 import { DocumentView } from '../../nodes/DocumentView';
-import { FocusViewOptions, FieldViewProps } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
+import { FieldViewProps, FocusViewOptions } from '../../nodes/FieldView';
 import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
-import { ObservableReactComponent } from '../../ObservableReactComponent';
-import { DefaultStyleProvider, StyleProp } from '../../StyleProvider';
 import { CollectionSubView } from '../CollectionSubView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
 import { SchemaColumnHeader } from './SchemaColumnHeader';
 import { SchemaRowBox } from './SchemaRowBox';
-import { faLessThanEqual } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 const { default: { SCHEMA_NEW_NODE_HEIGHT } } = require('../../global/globalCssVariables.module.scss'); // prettier-ignore
 
 export enum ColumnType {
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         (change as any).added.forEach((doc: Doc) => // for each document added 
                             Doc.GetAllPrototypes(doc.value as Doc).forEach(proto => // for all of its prototypes (and itself)
                                 Object.keys(proto).forEach(action(key => // check if any of its keys are new, and add them
-                                    !this.fieldInfos.get(key) && this.fieldInfos.set(key, new FInfo(key, key === 'author'))))));
+                                    !this.fieldInfos.get(key) && this.fieldInfos.set(key, new FInfo("-no description-", key === 'author'))))));
                         break;
                     case 'update': //let oldValue = change.oldValue; // fill this in if the entire child list will ever be reassigned with a new list
                 }
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     };
 
     @action
-    addNewKey = (key: string, defaultVal: any) => this.childDocs.forEach(doc => (doc[key] = defaultVal));
+    addNewKey = (key: string, defaultVal: any) => this.childDocs.forEach(doc => (doc[DocData][key] = defaultVal));
 
     @undoBatch
     removeColumn = (index: number) => {
@@ -747,6 +749,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                         } else {
                             this.setKey(this._menuValue, this._newFieldDefault);
                         }
+                        this._columnMenuIndex = undefined;
                     })}>
                     done
                 </div>
@@ -754,12 +757,12 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         );
     }
 
-    onPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
+    onKeysPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
         // if scrollTop is 0, then don't let wheel trigger scroll on any container (which it would since onScroll won't be triggered on this)
-        if (!this._oldWheel.scrollTop && e.deltaY <= 0) e.preventDefault();
+        if (!this._oldKeysWheel.scrollTop && e.deltaY <= 0) e.preventDefault();
         e.stopPropagation();
     };
-    _oldWheel: any;
+    _oldKeysWheel: any;
     @computed get keysDropdown() {
         return (
             <div className="schema-key-search">
@@ -774,9 +777,9 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                 <div
                     className="schema-key-list"
                     ref={r => {
-                        this._oldWheel?.removeEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel);
-                        this._oldWheel = r;
-                        r?.addEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel, { passive: false });
+                        this._oldKeysWheel?.removeEventListener('wheel', this.onKeysPassiveWheel);
+                        this._oldKeysWheel = r;
+                        r?.addEventListener('wheel', this.onKeysPassiveWheel, { passive: false });
                     }}>
                     {this._menuKeys.map(key => (
                         <div
@@ -787,14 +790,14 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                             }}>
                             <p>
                                 <span className="schema-search-result-key">
-                                    {key}
-                                    {this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.fieldType ? ', ' : ''}
+                                    <b>{key}</b>
+                                    {this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.fieldType ? ':' : ''}
                                 </span>
                                 <span className="schema-search-result-type" style={{ color: this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.readOnly ? 'red' : 'inherit' }}>
                                     {this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.fieldType}
                                 </span>
+                                <span className="schema-search-result-desc">&nbsp;&nbsp;{this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.description}</span>
                             </p>
-                            <p className="schema-search-result-desc">{this.fieldInfos.get(key)!.description}</p>
                         </div>
                     ))}
                 </div>
@@ -806,16 +809,17 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
         const x = this._columnMenuIndex! == -1 ? 0 : this.displayColumnWidths.reduce((total, curr, index) => total + (index < this._columnMenuIndex! ? curr : 0), CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth);
         return (
             <div className="schema-column-menu" style={{ left: x, minWidth: CollectionSchemaView._minColWidth }}>
-                <input className="schema-key-search-input" type="text" value={this._menuValue} onKeyDown={this.onSearchKeyDown} onChange={this.updateKeySearch} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                <input className="schema-key-search-input" type="text" onKeyDown={this.onSearchKeyDown} onChange={this.updateKeySearch} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
+                {this._makeNewField ? this.newFieldMenu : this.keysDropdown}
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+    get renderKeysMenu() {
+        console.log('RNDERMENUT:' + this._columnMenuIndex);
+        return (
+            <div className="schema-column-menu" style={{ left: 0, minWidth: CollectionSchemaView._minColWidth }}>
+                <input className="schema-key-search-input" type="text" onKeyDown={this.onSearchKeyDown} onChange={this.updateKeySearch} onPointerDown={e => e.stopPropagation()} />
                 {this._makeNewField ? this.newFieldMenu : this.keysDropdown}
-                <div
-                    className="schema-column-menu-button"
-                    onPointerDown={action(e => {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        this.closeColumnMenu();
-                    })}>
-                    cancel
-                </div>
             </div>
         );
     }
@@ -899,6 +903,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
     isContentActive = () => this._props.isSelected() || this._props.isContentActive();
     screenToLocal = () => this.ScreenToLocalBoxXf().translate(-this.tableWidth, 0);
     previewWidthFunc = () => this.previewWidth;
+    onPassiveWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => e.stopPropagation();
+    _oldWheel: any;
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="collectionSchemaView" ref={(ele: HTMLDivElement | null) => this.createDashEventsTarget(ele)} onDrop={this.onExternalDrop.bind(this)}>
@@ -907,15 +913,23 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                     className="schema-table"
                     style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.previewWidth}px)` }}
                     onWheel={e => this._props.isContentActive() && e.stopPropagation()}
-                    ref={r => {
-                        // prevent wheel events from passively propagating up through containers
-                        r?.addEventListener('wheel', (e: WheelEvent) => {}, { passive: false });
+                    ref={ele => {
+                        // prevent wheel events from passively propagating up through containers and prevents containers from preventDefault which would block scrolling
+                        this._oldWheel?.removeEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel);
+                        (this._oldWheel = ele)?.addEventListener('wheel', this.onPassiveWheel, { passive: false });
                     }}>
                     <div className="schema-header-row" style={{ height: this.rowHeightFunc() }}>
                         <div className="row-menu" style={{ width: CollectionSchemaView._rowMenuWidth }}>
-                            <div className="schema-header-button" onPointerDown={e => (this._columnMenuIndex === -1 ? this.closeColumnMenu() : this.openColumnMenu(-1, true))}>
-                                <FontAwesomeIcon icon="plus" />
-                            </div>
+                            <Popup
+                                placement="right"
+                                background={SettingsManager.userBackgroundColor}
+                                color={SettingsManager.userColor}
+                                toggle={<FontAwesomeIcon onPointerDown={e => this.openColumnMenu(-1, true)} icon="plus" />}
+                                trigger={PopupTrigger.CLICK}
+                                type={Type.TERT}
+                                isOpen={this._columnMenuIndex !== -1 ? false : undefined}
+                                popup={this.renderKeysMenu}
+                            />
                         </div>
                         {this.columnKeys.map((key, index) => (
                             <SchemaColumnHeader
@@ -936,7 +950,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView() {
                             />
                         ))}
                     </div>
-                    {this._columnMenuIndex !== undefined && this.renderColumnMenu}
+                    {this._columnMenuIndex !== undefined && this._columnMenuIndex !== -1 && this.renderColumnMenu}
                     {this._filterColumnIndex !== undefined && this.renderFilterMenu}
                     <CollectionSchemaViewDocs schema={this} childDocs={this.sortedDocsFunc} rowHeight={this.rowHeightFunc} setRef={(ref: HTMLDivElement | null) => (this._tableContentRef = ref)} />
                     {this.layoutDoc.chromeHidden ? null : (
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
index 1c4520ae2..734345255 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTableCell.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { Popup, Size, Type } from 'browndash-components';
 import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { extname } from 'path';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
+import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
 import Select from 'react-select';
 import { Utils, emptyFunction, returnEmptyDoclist, returnEmptyFilter, returnFalse, returnTrue, returnZero } from '../../../../Utils';
 import { DateField } from '../../../../fields/DateField';
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ import { BoolCast, Cast, DateCast, DocCast, FieldValue, StrCast } from '../../..
 import { ImageField } from '../../../../fields/URLField';
 import { FInfo, FInfoFieldType } from '../../../documents/Documents';
 import { DocFocusOrOpen } from '../../../util/DocumentManager';
+import { dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import { SettingsManager } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
 import { Transform } from '../../../util/Transform';
 import { undoBatch, undoable } from '../../../util/UndoManager';
 import { EditableView } from '../../EditableView';
@@ -24,12 +29,7 @@ import { KeyValueBox } from '../../nodes/KeyValueBox';
 import { FormattedTextBox } from '../../nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
 import { ColumnType, FInfotoColType } from './CollectionSchemaView';
 import './CollectionSchemaView.scss';
-import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
-import { Popup, Size, Type } from 'browndash-components';
-import { IconLookup, faCaretDown } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { SettingsManager } from '../../../util/SettingsManager';
-import { dropActionType } from '../../../util/DragManager';
+import { SnappingManager } from '../../../util/SnappingManager';
 
 export interface SchemaTableCellProps {
     Document: Doc;
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ export class SchemaTableCell extends ObservableReactComponent<SchemaTableCellPro
                     contents={undefined}
                     fieldContents={fieldProps}
                     editing={this.selected ? undefined : false}
-                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey)}
+                    GetValue={() => Field.toKeyValueString(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey, SnappingManager.MetaKey)}
                     SetValue={undoable((value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, enterKey?: boolean) => {
                         if (shiftDown && enterKey) {
                             this._props.setColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
-                        } /*else {
-                            this._props.setSelectedColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
-                        }*/
-                        const ret = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                            this._props.finishEdit?.();
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        const ret = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value, Doc.IsDataProto(this._props.Document) ? true : undefined);
                         this._props.finishEdit?.();
                         return ret;
                     }, 'edit schema cell')}
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ export class SchemaBoolCell extends ObservableReactComponent<SchemaTableCellProp
                     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());
-                        }
-                        KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
+                        } else KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), (color === 'black' ? '=' : '') + value?.target?.checked.toString());
                     })}
                 />
                 <EditableView
@@ -366,8 +365,10 @@ export class SchemaBoolCell extends ObservableReactComponent<SchemaTableCellProp
                     SetValue={undoBatch((value: string, shiftDown?: boolean, enterKey?: boolean) => {
                         if (shiftDown && enterKey) {
                             this._props.setColumnValues(this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                            this._props.finishEdit?.();
+                            return true;
                         }
-                        const set = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value);
+                        const set = KeyValueBox.SetField(this._props.Document, this._props.fieldKey.replace(/^_/, ''), value, Doc.IsDataProto(this._props.Document) ? true : undefined);
                         this._props.finishEdit?.();
                         return set;
                     })}