Merge commit 'ecae4ae' into new_search

17 files changed, 265 insertions, 198 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
index b5eaab349..4fda38a26 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionBaseView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action } from 'mobx';
+import { action, computed } from 'mobx';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Document } from '../../../fields/Document';
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
     }
 
     createsCycle(documentToAdd: Document, containerDocument: Document): boolean {
-        let data = documentToAdd.GetList<Document>(KeyStore.Data, []);
-        for (const doc of data) {
+        if (!(documentToAdd instanceof Document)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let data = documentToAdd.GetList(KeyStore.Data, [] as Document[]);
+        for (const doc of data.filter(d => d instanceof Document)) {
             if (this.createsCycle(doc, containerDocument)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        let annots = documentToAdd.GetList<Document>(KeyStore.Annotations, []);
+        let annots = documentToAdd.GetList(KeyStore.Annotations, [] as Document[]);
         for (const annot of annots) {
             if (this.createsCycle(annot, containerDocument)) {
                 return true;
@@ -80,12 +83,16 @@ export class CollectionBaseView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
         }
         return false;
     }
+    @computed get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
 
     @action.bound
     addDocument(doc: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean = false): boolean {
         let props = this.props;
         var curPage = props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
         doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.Page, new NumberField(curPage));
+        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+            doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1));
+        }
         if (curPage >= 0) {
             doc.SetOnPrototype(KeyStore.AnnotationOn, props.Document);
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
index 0e7e0afa7..50da2b11d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 .collectiondockingview-content {
     height: 100%;
+    text-align:center;
+    .documentView-node-topmost {
+        text-align:left;
+        transform-origin: center top;
+        display: inline-block;
+    }
+}
+.collectiondockingview-content-height {
+    height: 100%;
 }
 .lm_active .messageCounter{
     color:white;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index eb1cd1c09..2b886adb6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Document } from "../../../fields/Document";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import { FieldId, Opt, Field, FieldWaiting } from "../../../fields/Field";
-import { Utils, returnTrue, emptyFunction, emptyDocFunction } from "../../../Utils";
+import { Utils, returnTrue, emptyFunction, emptyDocFunction, returnOne } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Server } from "../../Server";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../util/UndoManager";
 import { DocumentView } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ServerUtils } from "../../../server/ServerUtil";
 import { DragManager, DragLinksAsDocuments } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { TextField } from "../../../fields/TextField";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
+import { thisExpression } from "babel-types";
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
         } catch (e) {
 
         }
-        this._goldenLayout.destroy();
+        if (this._goldenLayout) this._goldenLayout.destroy();
         this._goldenLayout = null;
         window.removeEventListener('resize', this.onResize);
     }
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
                             let counter: any = this.htmlToElement(`<div class="messageCounter">${count}</div>`);
                             tab.element.append(counter);
                             counter.DashDocId = tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId;
-                            (tab as any).reactionDisposer = reaction(() => [f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedFromDocs, ListField), f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedToDocs, ListField)],
+                            tab.reactionDisposer = reaction(() => [f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedFromDocs, ListField), f.GetT(KeyStore.LinkedToDocs, ListField)],
                                 (lists) => {
                                     let count = (lists.length > 0 && lists[0] && lists[0]!.Data ? lists[0]!.Data.length : 0) +
                                         (lists.length > 1 && lists[1] && lists[1]!.Data ? lists[1]!.Data.length : 0);
@@ -327,19 +328,31 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
 
     private _nativeWidth = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this._panelWidth);
     private _nativeHeight = () => this._document!.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this._panelHeight);
-    private _contentScaling = () => this._panelWidth / (this._nativeWidth() ? this._nativeWidth() : this._panelWidth);
+    private _contentScaling = () => {
+        let wscale = this._panelWidth / (this._nativeWidth() ? this._nativeWidth() : this._panelWidth);
+        if (wscale * this._nativeHeight() > this._panelHeight)
+            return this._panelHeight / (this._nativeHeight() ? this._nativeHeight() : this._panelHeight);
+        return wscale;
+    }
 
     ScreenToLocalTransform = () => {
-        let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!);
-        return CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY).scale(scale / this._contentScaling());
+        let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!.children[0].firstChild as HTMLElement);
+        let scaling = scale;
+        {
+            let { scale, translateX, translateY } = Utils.GetScreenTransform(this._mainCont.current!);
+            scaling = scale;
+        }
+        return CollectionDockingView.Instance.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-translateX, -translateY).scale(scaling / this._contentScaling());
     }
 
     render() {
         if (!this._document) {
             return (null);
         }
+        let wscale = this._panelWidth / (this._nativeWidth() ? this._nativeWidth() : this._panelWidth);
+        let name = (wscale * this._nativeHeight() > this._panelHeight) ? "" : "-height";
         var content =
-            <div className="collectionDockingView-content" ref={this._mainCont}>
+            <div className={`collectionDockingView-content${name}`} ref={this._mainCont}>
                 <DocumentView key={this._document.Id} Document={this._document}
                     addDocument={undefined}
                     removeDocument={undefined}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPDFView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPDFView.tsx
index 6cbe59012..229bc4059 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPDFView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionPDFView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
+import { action } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ContextMenu } from "../ContextMenu";
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class CollectionPDFView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         let props = { ...this.props, ...renderProps };
         return (
             <>
-                <CollectionFreeFormView {...props} />
+                <CollectionFreeFormView {...props} CollectionView={this} />
                 {this.props.isSelected() ? this.uIButtons : (null)}
             </>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
index 40e49bb5f..c8bfedff4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
     padding: 0px;
     font-size: 100%;
 }
+
+ul {
+    list-style-type: disc;
+}
+
 #schema-options-header {
     text-align: center;
     padding: 0px;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index fdb82690a..1defdba7e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { Field, Opt } from "../../../fields/Field";
 import { Key } from "../../../fields/Key";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
-import { emptyDocFunction, emptyFunction, returnFalse } from "../../../Utils";
+import { emptyDocFunction, emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Server } from "../../Server";
 import { SetupDrag } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { CompileScript, ToField } from "../../util/Scripting";
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
         let props: FieldViewProps = {
             Document: rowProps.value[0],
             fieldKey: rowProps.value[1],
+            ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             isSelected: returnFalse,
             select: emptyFunction,
             isTopMost: false,
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @computed
     get columns() {
-        return this.props.Document.GetList<Key>(KeyStore.ColumnsKey, []);
+        return this.props.Document.GetList(KeyStore.ColumnsKey, [] as Key[]);
     }
 
     @action
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @computed
     get findAllDocumentKeys(): { [id: string]: boolean } {
-        const docs = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+        const docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
         let keys: { [id: string]: boolean } = {};
         if (this._optionsActivated > -1) {
             // bcz: ugh.  this is untracked since otherwise a large collection of documents will blast the server for all their fields.
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
     }
     @action
     setScaling = (r: any) => {
-        const children = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+        const children = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
         const selected = children.length > this._selectedIndex ? children[this._selectedIndex] : undefined;
         this._panelWidth = r.entry.width;
         this._panelHeight = r.entry.height ? r.entry.height : this._panelHeight;
@@ -252,8 +253,10 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
     getPreviewTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(- this.borderWidth - this.DIVIDER_WIDTH - this._dividerX - this._tableWidth, - this.borderWidth).scale(1 / this._contentScaling);
 
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (e.button === 1 && this.props.isSelected() && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
+        if (e.button === 0 && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
+            if (this.props.isSelected())
+                e.stopPropagation();
+            else e.preventDefault();
         }
     }
 
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
         library.add(faCog);
         library.add(faPlus);
         const columns = this.columns;
-        const children = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+        const children = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
         const selected = children.length > this._selectedIndex ? children[this._selectedIndex] : undefined;
         //all the keys/columns that will be displayed in the schema
         const allKeys = this.findAllDocumentKeys;
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView {
                                 ContentScaling={this.getContentScaling}
                                 PanelWidth={this.getPanelWidth}
                                 PanelHeight={this.getPanelHeight}
-                                ContainingCollectionView={undefined}
+                                ContainingCollectionView={this.props.CollectionView}
                                 focus={emptyDocFunction}
                                 parentActive={this.props.active}
                                 onActiveChanged={this.props.onActiveChanged} /> : null}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
index d91db68bb..d3d69b1af 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSubView.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import { Server } from "../../Server";
 import { FieldViewProps } from "../nodes/FieldView";
 import * as rp from 'request-promise';
 import { emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
+import { CollectionView } from "./CollectionView";
+import { CollectionPDFView } from "./CollectionPDFView";
+import { CollectionVideoView } from "./CollectionVideoView";
 
 export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
     addDocument: (document: Document, allowDuplicates?: boolean) => boolean;
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ export interface CollectionViewProps extends FieldViewProps {
 }
 
 export interface SubCollectionViewProps extends CollectionViewProps {
+    CollectionView: CollectionView | CollectionPDFView | CollectionVideoView;
 }
 
 export type CursorEntry = TupleField<[string, string], [number, number]>;
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ export class CollectionSubView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
                 }).then(async (res: Response) => {
                     (await res.json()).map(action((file: any) => {
                         let path = window.location.origin + file;
-                        let docPromise = this.getDocumentFromType(type, path, { ...options, nativeWidth: 300, width: 300, title: dropFileName });
+                        let docPromise = this.getDocumentFromType(type, path, { ...options, nativeWidth: 600, width: 300, title: dropFileName });
 
                         docPromise.then(action((doc?: Document) => {
                             let docs = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.Data, ListField);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
index 973eead97..8ecc5b67b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.scss
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@
     .docContainer:hover {
         .delete-button {
             display: inline;
-            width: auto;
+            // width: auto;
         }
     }
 
     .delete-button {
         color: $intermediate-color;
-        float: right;
+        // float: right;
         margin-left: 15px;
-        margin-top: 3px;
+        // margin-top: 3px;
         display: inline;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionVideoView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionVideoView.tsx
index 6c9780adb..29fb342c6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionVideoView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionVideoView.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class CollectionVideoView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         let props = { ...this.props, ...renderProps };
         return (
             <>
-                <CollectionFreeFormView {...props} />
+                <CollectionFreeFormView {...props} CollectionView={this} />
                 {this.props.isSelected() ? this.uIButtons : (null)}
             </>
         );
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 8abd0a02d..675e720e2 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../../server/authentication/models/current_
 import { KeyStore } from '../../../fields/KeyStore';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
+import { trace } from 'mobx';
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
@@ -18,18 +19,20 @@ export class CollectionView extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
     private SubView = (type: CollectionViewType, renderProps: CollectionRenderProps) => {
         let props = { ...this.props, ...renderProps };
         switch (type) {
-            case CollectionViewType.Schema: return (<CollectionSchemaView {...props} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Docking: return (<CollectionDockingView {...props} />);
-            case CollectionViewType.Tree: return (<CollectionTreeView {...props} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Schema: return (<CollectionSchemaView {...props} CollectionView={this} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Docking: return (<CollectionDockingView {...props} CollectionView={this} />);
+            case CollectionViewType.Tree: return (<CollectionTreeView {...props} CollectionView={this} />);
             case CollectionViewType.Freeform:
             default:
-                return (<CollectionFreeFormView {...props} />);
+                return (<CollectionFreeFormView {...props} CollectionView={this} />);
         }
         return (null);
     }
 
+    get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
+
     onContextMenu = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
-        if (!e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document.Id !== CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId) { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view7
+        if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay && !e.isPropagationStopped() && this.props.Document.Id !== CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId) { // need to test this because GoldenLayout causes a parallel hierarchy in the React DOM for its children and the main document view7
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Freeform", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Freeform)) });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Schema", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Schema)) });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Treeview", event: undoBatch(() => this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.ViewType, CollectionViewType.Tree)) });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 081b3eb6c..8868f7df0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         let l = this.props.LinkDocs;
         let a = this.props.A;
         let b = this.props.B;
-        let x1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2);
-        let y1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2);
-        let x2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2);
-        let y2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2);
+        let x1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.Width() / 2);
+        let y1 = a.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (a.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : a.Height() / 2);
+        let x2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.Width() / 2);
+        let y2 = b.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + (b.GetBoolean(KeyStore.Minimized, false) ? 5 : b.Height() / 2);
         return (
             <line key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
                 style={{ strokeWidth: `${l.length * 5}` }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
index 647c83d4d..cd74d3a84 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { computed, reaction, trace, IReactionDisposer } from "mobx";
+import { computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
-import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../../fields/Field";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ListField } from "../../../../fields/ListField";
 import { Utils } from "../../../../Utils";
@@ -17,9 +16,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component<CollectionViewP
 
     _brushReactionDisposer?: IReactionDisposer;
     componentDidMount() {
-        this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []).map(doc => doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0)),
+        this._brushReactionDisposer = reaction(() => this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).map(doc => doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0)),
             () => {
-                let views = this.props.Document.GetList<Document>(this.props.fieldKey, []);
+                let views = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
                 for (let i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
                     for (let j = 0; j < views.length; j++) {
                         let srcDoc = views[j];
@@ -85,19 +84,17 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinksView extends React.Component<CollectionViewP
             let targetViews = this.documentAnchors(connection.b);
             let possiblePairs: { a: Document, b: Document, }[] = [];
             srcViews.map(sv => targetViews.map(tv => possiblePairs.push({ a: sv.props.Document, b: tv.props.Document })));
-            possiblePairs.map(possiblePair => {
-                if (!drawnPairs.reduce((found, drawnPair) => {
+            possiblePairs.map(possiblePair =>
+                drawnPairs.reduce((found, drawnPair) => {
                     let match = (possiblePair.a === drawnPair.a && possiblePair.b === drawnPair.b);
-                    if (match) {
-                        if (!drawnPair.l.reduce((found, link) => found || link.Id === connection.l.Id, false)) {
-                            drawnPair.l.push(connection.l);
-                        }
+                    if (match && !drawnPair.l.reduce((found, link) => found || link.Id === connection.l.Id, false)) {
+                        drawnPair.l.push(connection.l);
                     }
                     return match || found;
-                }, false)) {
-                    drawnPairs.push({ a: possiblePair.a, b: possiblePair.b, l: [connection.l] });
-                }
-            });
+                }, false)
+                ||
+                drawnPairs.push({ a: possiblePair.a, b: possiblePair.b, l: [connection.l] })
+            );
             return drawnPairs;
         }, [] as { a: Document, b: Document, l: Document[] }[]);
         return connections.map(c => <CollectionFreeFormLinkView key={Utils.GenerateGuid()} A={c.a} B={c.b} LinkDocs={c.l} />);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
index 751ea8190..cf0a6de00 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors extends React.Component<CollectionV
     protected getCursors(): CursorEntry[] {
         let doc = this.props.Document;
         let id = CurrentUserUtils.id;
-        let cursors = doc.GetList<CursorEntry>(KeyStore.Cursors, []);
+        let cursors = doc.GetList(KeyStore.Cursors, [] as CursorEntry[]);
         let notMe = cursors.filter(entry => entry.Data[0][0] !== id);
         return id ? notMe : [];
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index 26c794e91..392bd514f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
   }
   .formattedTextBox-cont {
     background: $light-color-secondary;
+    overflow: visible;
   }
  
   opacity: 0.99;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index d416c3619..97708ce19 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import { Document } from "../../../../fields/Document";
-import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../../fields/Field";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../../fields/KeyStore";
-import { NumberField } from "../../../../fields/NumberField";
-import { TextField } from "../../../../fields/TextField";
-import { emptyFunction, returnFalse } from "../../../../Utils";
+import { emptyFunction, returnFalse, returnOne } from "../../../../Utils";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DragManager } from "../../../util/DragManager";
 import { SelectionManager } from "../../../util/SelectionManager";
@@ -14,7 +11,7 @@ import { Transform } from "../../../util/Transform";
 import { undoBatch } from "../../../util/UndoManager";
 import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH } from "../../../views/globalCssVariables.scss";
 import { InkingCanvas } from "../../InkingCanvas";
-import { Main } from "../../Main";
+import { MainOverlayTextBox } from "../../MainOverlayTextBox";
 import { CollectionFreeFormDocumentView } from "../../nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView";
 import { DocumentContentsView } from "../../nodes/DocumentContentsView";
 import { DocumentViewProps } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
@@ -28,24 +25,40 @@ import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
 
 @observer
 export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
-    public _canvasRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     private _selectOnLoaded: string = ""; // id of document that should be selected once it's loaded (used for click-to-type)
+    private _lastX: number = 0;
+    private _lastY: number = 0;
+    @observable private _pwidth: number = 0;
+    @observable private _pheight: number = 0;
 
-    public addLiveTextBox = (newBox: Document) => {
-        // mark this collection so that when the text box is created we can send it the SelectOnLoad prop to focus itself and receive text input
-        this._selectOnLoaded = newBox.Id;
+    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0); }
+    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0); }
+    private get borderWidth() { return this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 0 : COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH; }
+    private get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
+    private childViews = () => this.views;
+    private panX = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+    private panY = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+    private zoomScaling = () => this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1);
+    private centeringShiftX = () => !this.nativeWidth ? this._pwidth / 2 : 0;  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+    private centeringShiftY = () => !this.nativeHeight ? this._pheight / 2 : 0;// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
+    private getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth).translate(-this.centeringShiftX(), -this.centeringShiftY()).transform(this.getLocalTransform());
+    private getContainerTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth);
+    private getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity().scale(1 / this.zoomScaling()).translate(this.panX(), this.panY());
+    private addLiveTextBox = (newBox: Document) => {
+        this._selectOnLoaded = newBox.Id;// track the new text box so we can give it a prop that tells it to focus itself when it's displayed
         this.addDocument(newBox, false);
     }
-
-    public addDocument = (newBox: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean) =>
-        this.props.addDocument(this.bringToFront(newBox), false)
-
-    public selectDocuments = (docs: Document[]) => {
+    private addDocument = (newBox: Document, allowDuplicates: boolean) => {
+        if (this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+            newBox.SetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1));
+        }
+        return this.props.addDocument(this.bringToFront(newBox), false);
+    }
+    private selectDocuments = (docs: Document[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll;
         docs.map(doc => DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc)).filter(dv => dv).map(dv =>
             SelectionManager.SelectDoc(dv!, true));
     }
-
     public getActiveDocuments = () => {
         var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
         return this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).reduce((active, doc) => {
@@ -57,23 +70,6 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
         }, [] as Document[]);
     }
 
-    @observable public DownX: number = 0;
-    @observable public DownY: number = 0;
-    @observable private _lastX: number = 0;
-    @observable private _lastY: number = 0;
-    @observable private _pwidth: number = 0;
-    @observable private _pheight: number = 0;
-
-    @computed get panX(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0); }
-    @computed get panY(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0); }
-    @computed get scale(): number { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
-    @computed get isAnnotationOverlay() { return this.props.fieldKey && this.props.fieldKey.Id === KeyStore.Annotations.Id; } // bcz: ? Why do we need to compare Id's?
-    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0); }
-    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0); }
-    @computed get zoomScaling() { return this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, 1); }
-    @computed get centeringShiftX() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0) ? this._pwidth / 2 : 0; }  // shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
-    @computed get centeringShiftY() { return !this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0) ? this._pheight / 2 : 0; }// shift so pan position is at center of window for non-overlay collections
-
     @undoBatch
     @action
     drop = (e: Event, de: DragManager.DropEvent) => {
@@ -93,6 +89,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
                     }
                     this.bringToFront(d);
                 });
+                SelectionManager.ReselectAll();
             }
             return true;
         }
@@ -107,13 +104,17 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (((e.button === 2 && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling !== 1)) || e.button === 0) && this.props.active()) {
+        let childSelected = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((childSelected, doc) => {
+            var dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
+            return childSelected || (dv && SelectionManager.IsSelected(dv) ? true : false);
+        }, false);
+        if (((e.button === 2 && (!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling() !== 1)) || (e.button === 0 && e.altKey)) && (childSelected || this.props.active())) {
             document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
             document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-            this._lastX = this.DownX = e.pageX;
-            this._lastY = this.DownY = e.pageY;
+            this._lastX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = e.pageY;
         }
     }
 
@@ -126,15 +127,16 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-        if (!e.cancelBubble && this.props.active()) {
-            if ((!this.isAnnotationOverlay || this.zoomScaling !== 1) && !e.shiftKey) {
-                let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
-                let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
-                let docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+        if (!e.cancelBubble) {
+            let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
+            let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
+            let docs = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]);
+            let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
+            if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
                 let minx = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) : 0;
-                let maxx = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) + minx : minx;
+                let maxx = docs.length ? docs[0].Width() + minx : minx;
                 let miny = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) : 0;
-                let maxy = docs.length ? docs[0].GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) + miny : miny;
+                let maxy = docs.length ? docs[0].Height() + miny : miny;
                 let ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc).reduce((range, doc) => {
                     let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
                     let xe = x + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0);
@@ -143,63 +145,64 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
                     return [[range[0][0] > x ? x : range[0][0], range[0][1] < xe ? xe : range[0][1]],
                     [range[1][0] > y ? y : range[1][0], range[1][1] < ye ? ye : range[1][1]]];
                 }, [[minx, maxx], [miny, maxy]]);
-                let panelwidth = this._pwidth / this.scale / 2;
-                let panelheight = this._pheight / this.scale / 2;
-                let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
+                let panelwidth = this._pwidth / this.zoomScaling() / 2;
+                let panelheight = this._pheight / this.zoomScaling() / 2;
                 if (x - dx < ranges[0][0] - panelwidth) x = ranges[0][1] + panelwidth + dx;
                 if (x - dx > ranges[0][1] + panelwidth) x = ranges[0][0] - panelwidth + dx;
                 if (y - dy < ranges[1][0] - panelheight) y = ranges[1][1] + panelheight + dy;
                 if (y - dy > ranges[1][1] + panelheight) y = ranges[1][0] - panelheight + dy;
-                this.SetPan(x - dx, y - dy);
-                this._lastX = e.pageX;
-                this._lastY = e.pageY;
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                e.preventDefault();
             }
+            this.setPan(x - dx, y - dy);
+            this._lastX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = e.pageY;
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            e.preventDefault();
         }
     }
 
     @action
     onPointerWheel = (e: React.WheelEvent): void => {
-        this.props.select(false);
+        // if (!this.props.active()) {
+        //     return;
+        // }
+        let childSelected = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((childSelected, doc) => {
+            var dv = DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(doc);
+            return childSelected || (dv && SelectionManager.IsSelected(dv) ? true : false);
+        }, false);
+        if (!this.props.isSelected() && !childSelected && !this.props.isTopMost) {
+            return;
+        }
         e.stopPropagation();
-        let coefficient = 1000;
+        const coefficient = 1000;
 
         if (e.ctrlKey) {
-            var nativeWidth = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, 0);
-            var nativeHeight = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, 0);
-            const coefficient = 1000;
             let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, nativeWidth * deltaScale);
-            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, nativeHeight * deltaScale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeWidth, this.nativeWidth * deltaScale);
+            this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.NativeHeight, this.nativeHeight * deltaScale);
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
         } else {
             // if (modes[e.deltaMode] === 'pixels') coefficient = 50;
             // else if (modes[e.deltaMode] === 'lines') coefficient = 1000; // This should correspond to line-height??
-            let transform = this.getTransform();
-
             let deltaScale = (1 - (e.deltaY / coefficient));
-            if (deltaScale * this.zoomScaling < 1 && this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
-                deltaScale = 1 / this.zoomScaling;
+            if (deltaScale * this.zoomScaling() < 1 && this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
+                deltaScale = 1 / this.zoomScaling();
             }
-            let [x, y] = transform.transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
-
-            let localTransform = this.getLocalTransform();
-            localTransform = localTransform.inverse().scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y);
-            // console.log(localTransform)
+            let [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+            let localTransform = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().scaleAbout(deltaScale, x, y);
 
             this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.Scale, localTransform.Scale);
-            this.SetPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / localTransform.Scale, -localTransform.TranslateY / localTransform.Scale);
+            this.setPan(-localTransform.TranslateX / localTransform.Scale, -localTransform.TranslateY / localTransform.Scale);
+            e.stopPropagation();
         }
     }
 
     @action
-    private SetPan(panX: number, panY: number) {
-        Main.Instance.SetTextDoc();
-        var x1 = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
-        const newPanX = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeWidth, Math.max(0, panX));
-        const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / x1) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
+    setPan(panX: number, panY: number) {
+        MainOverlayTextBox.Instance.SetTextDoc();
+        var scale = this.getLocalTransform().inverse().Scale;
+        const newPanX = Math.min((1 - 1 / scale) * this.nativeWidth, Math.max(0, panX));
+        const newPanY = Math.min((1 - 1 / scale) * this.nativeHeight, Math.max(0, panY));
         this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanX : panX);
         this.props.Document.SetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, this.isAnnotationOverlay ? newPanY : panY);
     }
@@ -215,39 +218,18 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
 
     @action
     bringToFront(doc: Document) {
-        const { fieldKey: fieldKey, Document: Document } = this.props;
-
-        const value: Document[] = Document.GetList<Document>(fieldKey, []).slice();
-        value.sort((doc1, doc2) => {
-            if (doc1 === doc) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-            if (doc2 === doc) {
-                return -1;
-            }
+        this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).slice().sort((doc1, doc2) => {
+            if (doc1 === doc) return 1;
+            if (doc2 === doc) return -1;
             return doc1.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0) - doc2.GetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, 0);
-        }).map((doc, index) =>
-            doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, index + 1));
+        }).map((doc, index) => doc.SetNumber(KeyStore.ZIndex, index + 1));
         return doc;
     }
 
-    @computed get backgroundLayout(): string | undefined {
-        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, TextField);
-        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
-            return field.Data;
-        }
-    }
-    @computed get overlayLayout(): string | undefined {
-        let field = this.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.OverlayLayout, TextField);
-        if (field && field !== FieldWaiting) {
-            return field.Data;
-        }
-    }
-
     focusDocument = (doc: Document) => {
-        let x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) / 2;
-        let y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0) / 2;
-        this.SetPan(x, y);
+        this.setPan(
+            doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) + doc.Width() / 2,
+            doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) + doc.Height() / 2);
         this.props.focus(this.props.Document);
     }
 
@@ -262,8 +244,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
             selectOnLoad: document.Id === this._selectOnLoaded,
             PanelWidth: document.Width,
             PanelHeight: document.Height,
-            ContentScaling: this.noScaling,
-            ContainingCollectionView: undefined,
+            ContentScaling: returnOne,
+            ContainingCollectionView: this.props.CollectionView,
             focus: this.focusDocument,
             parentActive: this.props.active,
             onActiveChanged: this.props.active,
@@ -273,71 +255,103 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView {
     @computed
     get views() {
         var curPage = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.CurPage, -1);
-        return this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((prev, doc) => {
+        let docviews = this.props.Document.GetList(this.props.fieldKey, [] as Document[]).filter(doc => doc).reduce((prev, doc) => {
             var page = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Page, -1);
             if (page === curPage || page === -1) {
                 prev.push(<CollectionFreeFormDocumentView key={doc.Id} {...this.getDocumentViewProps(doc)} />);
             }
             return prev;
         }, [] as JSX.Element[]);
-    }
 
-    @computed
-    get backgroundView() {
-        return !this.backgroundLayout ? (null) :
-            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
-                layoutKey={KeyStore.BackgroundLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
-    }
-    @computed
-    get overlayView() {
-        return !this.overlayLayout ? (null) :
-            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)}
-                layoutKey={KeyStore.OverlayLayout} isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+        setTimeout(() => this._selectOnLoaded = "", 600);// bcz: surely there must be a better way ....
+
+        return docviews;
     }
 
-    @computed
-    get borderWidth() {
-        return this.isAnnotationOverlay ? 0 : COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH;
+    @action
+    onResize = (r: any) => {
+        this._pwidth = r.entry.width;
+        this._pheight = r.entry.height;
+    }
+    @action
+    onCursorMove = (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+        super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY));
     }
-    getTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth).translate(-this.centeringShiftX, -this.centeringShiftY).transform(this.getLocalTransform());
-    getContainerTransform = (): Transform => this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().translate(-this.borderWidth, -this.borderWidth);
-    getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity().scale(1 / this.scale).translate(this.panX, this.panY);
-    noScaling = () => 1;
-    childViews = () => this.views;
 
     render() {
-        const [dx, dy] = [this.centeringShiftX, this.centeringShiftY];
-        const panx: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
-        const pany: number = -this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
-        const zoom: number = this.zoomScaling;// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
-        const backgroundView = this.backgroundView; // needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
-        const overlayView = this.overlayView;// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
-
+        const containerName = `collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`;
         return (
-            <Measure onResize={(r: any) => runInAction(() => { this._pwidth = r.entry.width; this._pheight = r.entry.height; })}>
+            <Measure onResize={this.onResize}>
                 {({ measureRef }) => (
-                    <div className={`collectionfreeformview-measure`} ref={measureRef}>
-                        <div className={`collectionfreeformview${this.isAnnotationOverlay ? "-overlay" : "-container"}`}
-                            onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={(e) => super.setCursorPosition(this.getTransform().transformPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY))}
-                            onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onDragOver={this.onDragOver} onWheel={this.onPointerWheel} ref={this.createDropTarget}>
+                    <div className="collectionfreeformview-measure" ref={measureRef}>
+                        <div className={containerName} ref={this.createDropTarget} onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
+                            onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onPointerMove={this.onCursorMove} onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)} onDragOver={this.onDragOver} >
                             <MarqueeView container={this} activeDocuments={this.getActiveDocuments} selectDocuments={this.selectDocuments}
                                 addDocument={this.addDocument} removeDocument={this.props.removeDocument} addLiveTextDocument={this.addLiveTextBox}
                                 getContainerTransform={this.getContainerTransform} getTransform={this.getTransform}>
-                                <div className="collectionfreeformview" ref={this._canvasRef}
-                                    style={{ transform: `translate(${dx}px, ${dy}px) scale(${zoom}, ${zoom}) translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px)` }}>
-                                    {backgroundView}
-                                    <CollectionFreeFormLinksView {...this.props}>
+                                <CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents centeringShiftX={this.centeringShiftX} centeringShiftY={this.centeringShiftY}
+                                    zoomScaling={this.zoomScaling} panX={this.panX} panY={this.panY}>
+                                    <CollectionFreeFormBackgroundView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />
+                                    <CollectionFreeFormLinksView {...this.props} key="freeformLinks">
                                         <InkingCanvas getScreenTransform={this.getTransform} Document={this.props.Document} >
                                             {this.childViews}
                                         </InkingCanvas>
                                     </CollectionFreeFormLinksView>
-                                    <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} />
-                                </div>
-                                {overlayView}
+                                    <CollectionFreeFormRemoteCursors {...this.props} key="remoteCursors" />
+                                </CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents>
+                                <CollectionFreeFormOverlayView {...this.getDocumentViewProps(this.props.Document)} />
                             </MarqueeView>
                         </div>
                     </div>)}
             </Measure>
         );
     }
+}
+
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormOverlayView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
+    @computed get overlayView() {
+        let overlayLayout = this.props.Document.GetText(KeyStore.OverlayLayout, "");
+        return !overlayLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} layoutKey={KeyStore.OverlayLayout}
+                isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+    }
+    render() {
+        return this.overlayView;
+    }
+}
+
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormBackgroundView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
+    @computed get backgroundView() {
+        let backgroundLayout = this.props.Document.GetText(KeyStore.BackgroundLayout, "");
+        return !backgroundLayout ? (null) :
+            (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} layoutKey={KeyStore.BackgroundLayout}
+                isTopMost={this.props.isTopMost} isSelected={returnFalse} select={emptyFunction} />);
+    }
+    render() {
+        return this.backgroundView;
+    }
+}
+
+interface CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContentsProps {
+    centeringShiftX: () => number;
+    centeringShiftY: () => number;
+    panX: () => number;
+    panY: () => number;
+    zoomScaling: () => number;
+}
+
+@observer
+class CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContents extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFormViewPannableContentsProps>{
+    render() {
+        const cenx = this.props.centeringShiftX();
+        const ceny = this.props.centeringShiftY();
+        const panx = -this.props.panX();
+        const pany = -this.props.panY();
+        const zoom = this.props.zoomScaling();// needs to be a variable outside of the <Measure> otherwise, reactions won't fire
+        return <div className="collectionfreeformview" style={{ transform: `translate(${cenx}px, ${ceny}px) scale(${zoom}, ${zoom}) translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px)` }}>
+            {this.props.children}
+        </div>;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
index e5ffcec76..ae0a9fd48 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.scss
@@ -13,4 +13,14 @@
     border-width: 1px;
     border-color: black;
     pointer-events: none;
+    .marquee-legend {
+        bottom:-18px;
+        left:0;
+        position: absolute;
+        font-size: 9;
+        white-space:nowrap;
+    }
+    .marquee-legend::after {
+        content: "Press: C (collection), or Delete"
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index a4722a6f8..65f461b27 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.X, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2);
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Y, d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2);
                 d.SetNumber(KeyStore.Page, -1);
-                d.SetText(KeyStore.Title, "" + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0) + " " + d.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0));
                 return d;
             });
             let ink = this.props.container.props.Document.GetT(KeyStore.Ink, InkField);
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
                 pany: 0,
                 width: bounds.width,
                 height: bounds.height,
-                backgroundColor: "Transparent",
                 ink: inkData ? this.marqueeInkSelect(inkData) : undefined,
                 title: "a nested collection"
             });
@@ -209,10 +207,11 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
         let selRect = this.Bounds;
         let selection: Document[] = [];
         this.props.activeDocuments().map(doc => {
+            var z = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Zoom, 1);
             var x = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.X, 0);
             var y = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Y, 0);
-            var w = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Width, 0);
-            var h = doc.GetNumber(KeyStore.Height, 0);
+            var w = doc.Width() / z;
+            var h = doc.Height() / z;
             if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, selRect)) {
                 selection.push(doc);
             }
@@ -224,7 +223,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
     get marqueeDiv() {
         let p = this.props.getContainerTransform().transformPoint(this._downX < this._lastX ? this._downX : this._lastX, this._downY < this._lastY ? this._downY : this._lastY);
         let v = this.props.getContainerTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
-        return <div className="marquee" style={{ transform: `translate(${p[0]}px, ${p[1]}px)`, width: `${Math.abs(v[0])}`, height: `${Math.abs(v[1])}` }} />;
+        return <div className="marquee" style={{ transform: `translate(${p[0]}px, ${p[1]}px)`, width: `${Math.abs(v[0])}`, height: `${Math.abs(v[1])}` }} >
+            <span className="marquee-legend" />
+        </div>;
     }
 
     render() {