getting rid of data docs from many places

36 files changed, 105 insertions, 112 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 669aa97b5..650538e93 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
                     {
                         type: type,
                         content: [
-                            ...configs.map(config => CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(config.doc, undefined, config.initialWidth, config.path))
+                            ...configs.map(config => CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(config.doc, config.initialWidth, config.path))
                         ]
                     }
                 ]
diff --git a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
index 3394cb93d..569c1ef6d 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
             ["open fields", {
                 action: (target: DocumentView) => {
                     const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(target.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 });
-                    target.props.addDocTab(kvp, target.props.DataDoc, "onRight");
+                    target.props.addDocTab(kvp, "onRight");
                 }
             }],
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                     const proseMirrorState = `{"doc":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"bullet_list","content":[{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"${prompt}"}]}]}]}]},"selection":{"type":"text","anchor":${anchor},"head":${head}}}`;
                     proto.data = new RichTextField(proseMirrorState);
                     proto.backgroundColor = "#eeffff";
-                    target.props.addDocTab(newBox, proto, "onRight");
+                    target.props.addDocTab(newBox, "onRight");
                 }
             }]
 
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index bfda8e75b..c639f07f5 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
             const targetDocContext = (annotatedDoc ? annotatedDoc : contextDoc);
 
             if (!targetDocContext) { // we don't have a view and there's no context specified ... create a new view of the target using the dockFunc or default
-                (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(Doc.BrushDoc(Doc.MakeAlias(targetDoc)), undefined);
+                (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(Doc.BrushDoc(Doc.MakeAlias(targetDoc)));
                 highlight();
             } else {
                 const targetDocContextView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(targetDocContext);
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ export class DocumentManager {
                             retryDocView.props.focus(targetDoc, willZoom); // focus on the target if it now exists in the context
                         } else {
                             if (closeContextIfNotFound && targetDocContextView.props.removeDocument) targetDocContextView.props.removeDocument(targetDocContextView.props.Document);
-                            targetDoc.layout && (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(Doc.BrushDoc(Doc.MakeAlias(targetDoc)), undefined); // otherwise create a new view of the target
+                            targetDoc.layout && (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(Doc.BrushDoc(Doc.MakeAlias(targetDoc))); // otherwise create a new view of the target
                         }
                         highlight();
                     }, 0);
                 } else {  // there's no context view so we need to create one first and try again
-                    (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(targetDocContext, undefined);
+                    (dockFunc || CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit)(targetDocContext);
                     setTimeout(() => {
                         const finalDocView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(targetDoc);
                         const finalDocContextView = DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(targetDocContext);
diff --git a/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx b/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
index 23b0a56a8..cfbae5dca 100644
--- a/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ export class ImageResizeView {
                 DocServer.GetRefField(node.attrs.docid).then(async linkDoc =>
                     (linkDoc instanceof Doc) &&
                     DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(linkDoc, view.state.schema.Document,
-                        document => addDocTab(document, undefined, node.attrs.location ? node.attrs.location : "inTab"), false));
+                        document => addDocTab(document, node.attrs.location ? node.attrs.location : "inTab"), false));
             }
         };
         this._handle.onpointerdown = function (e: any) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
index 0bf944f22..61b1f9e0f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocComponent.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Doc, Opt } from '../../new_fields/Doc';
+import { Doc, Opt, DataSym } from '../../new_fields/Doc';
 import { Touchable } from './Touchable';
 import { computed, action, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { Cast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function DocAnnotatableComponent<P extends DocAnnotatableProps, T>(schema
         //TODO This might be pretty inefficient if doc isn't observed, because computed doesn't cache then
         @computed get Document(): T { return schemaCtor(this.props.Document); }
         @computed get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
-        @computed get dataDoc() { return (this.props.DataDoc && (this.props.Document.isTemplateForField || this.props.Document.isTemplateDoc) ? this.props.DataDoc : Cast(this.props.Document.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null) || Doc.GetProto(this.props.Document)) as Doc; }
+        @computed get dataDoc() { return this.props.Document[DataSym]; }
 
         _annotationKey: string = "annotations";
         public set annotationKey(val: string) { this._annotationKey = val; }
diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
index b530d8a42..c8ad78f47 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentButtonBar.tsx
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ export class DocumentButtonBar extends React.Component<{ views: (DocumentView |
 
     @computed
     get contextButton() {
-        return !this.view0 ? (null) : <ParentDocSelector Views={this.props.views.filter(v => v).map(v => v as DocumentView)} Document={this.view0.props.Document} addDocTab={(doc, data, where) => {
-            where === "onRight" ? CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, data) :
-                this.props.stack ? CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this.props.stack, doc, data) :
-                    this.view0?.props.addDocTab(doc, data, "onRight");
+        return !this.view0 ? (null) : <ParentDocSelector Views={this.props.views.filter(v => v).map(v => v as DocumentView)} Document={this.view0.props.Document} addDocTab={(doc, where) => {
+            where === "onRight" ? CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc) :
+                this.props.stack ? CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this.props.stack, doc) :
+                    this.view0?.props.addDocTab(doc, "onRight");
             return true;
         }} />;
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
index 979687ffb..d0900251d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/GlobalKeyHandler.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default class KeyManager {
                         return { stopPropagation: false, preventDefault: false };
                     }
                 }
-                MainView.Instance.mainFreeform && CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(MainView.Instance.mainFreeform, undefined);
+                MainView.Instance.mainFreeform && CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(MainView.Instance.mainFreeform);
                 break;
             case "arrowleft":
                 if (document.activeElement) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 7948da3c5..1849ec250 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
                 reaction(() => CollectionDockingView.Instance && CollectionDockingView.Instance.initialized,
                     initialized => initialized && received && DocServer.GetRefField(received).then(docField => {
                         if (docField instanceof Doc && docField._viewType !== CollectionViewType.Docking) {
-                            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(docField, undefined);
+                            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(docField);
                         }
                     }),
                 );
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
     }
     flyoutWidthFunc = () => this.flyoutWidth;
-    addDocTabFunc = (doc: Doc, data: Opt<Doc>, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]): boolean => {
+    addDocTabFunc = (doc: Doc, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]): boolean => {
         return where === "close" ? CollectionDockingView.CloseRightSplit(doc) :
             doc.dockingConfig ? this.openWorkspace(doc) :
-                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, undefined, libraryPath);
+                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, libraryPath);
     }
     mainContainerXf = () => new Transform(0, -this._buttonBarHeight, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainViewNotifs.tsx b/src/client/views/MainViewNotifs.tsx
index 09fa1cb0c..82e07c449 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainViewNotifs.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainViewNotifs.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class MainViewNotifs extends React.Component {
     @observable static NotifsCol: Opt<Doc>;
     openNotifsCol = () => {
         if (MainViewNotifs.NotifsCol) {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(MainViewNotifs.NotifsCol, undefined);
+            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(MainViewNotifs.NotifsCol);
         }
     }
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
index 26b65c898..6e1d522fc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionDockingView.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import * as GoldenLayout from "../../../client/goldenLayout";
 import { DateField } from '../../../new_fields/DateField';
-import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt, DataSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from '../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { List } from '../../../new_fields/List';
 import { FieldId } from "../../../new_fields/RefField";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const _global = (window /* browser */ || global /* node */) as any;
 export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProps> {
     @observable public static Instances: CollectionDockingView[] = [];
     @computed public static get Instance() { return CollectionDockingView.Instances[0]; }
-    public static makeDocumentConfig(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, width?: number, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static makeDocumentConfig(document: Doc, width?: number, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         return {
             type: 'react-component',
             component: 'DocumentFrameRenderer',
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
             width: width,
             props: {
                 documentId: document[Id],
-                dataDocumentId: dataDoc && dataDoc[Id] !== document[Id] ? dataDoc[Id] : "",
-                libraryPath: libraryPath ? libraryPath.map(d => d[Id]) : []
+                libraryPath: libraryPath?.map(d => d[Id])
                 //collectionDockingView: CollectionDockingView.Instance
             }
         };
@@ -76,12 +75,12 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     public StartOtherDrag(e: any, dragDocs: Doc[]) {
         let config: any;
         if (dragDocs.length === 1) {
-            config = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(dragDocs[0], undefined);
+            config = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(dragDocs[0]);
         } else {
             config = {
                 type: 'row',
                 content: dragDocs.map((doc, i) => {
-                    CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(doc, undefined);
+                    CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(doc);
                 })
             };
         }
@@ -97,10 +96,9 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     @action
     public OpenFullScreen(docView: DocumentView, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         const document = Doc.MakeAlias(docView.props.Document);
-        const dataDoc = docView.props.DataDoc;
         const newItemStackConfig = {
             type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
+            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath)]
         };
         const docconfig = this._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, this._goldenLayout);
         this._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].addChild(docconfig);
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     }
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static ReplaceRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[], addToSplit?: boolean): boolean {
+    public static ReplaceRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[], addToSplit?: boolean): boolean {
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         let retVal = false;
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
             retVal = Array.from(instance._goldenLayout.root.contentItems[0].contentItems).some((child: any) => {
                 if (child.contentItems.length === 1 && child.contentItems[0].config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer" &&
                     DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(child.contentItems[0].config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanel) {
-                    const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath);
+                    const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
                     child.addChild(newItemStackConfig, undefined);
                     !addToSplit && child.contentItems[0].remove();
                     instance.layoutChanged(document);
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
                 }
                 return Array.from(child.contentItems).filter((tab: any) => tab.config.component === "DocumentFrameRenderer").some((tab: any, j: number) => {
                     if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViewById(tab.config.props.documentId)?.Document.isDisplayPanel) {
-                        const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath);
+                        const newItemStackConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
                         child.addChild(newItemStackConfig, undefined);
                         !addToSplit && child.contentItems[j].remove();
                         instance.layoutChanged(document);
@@ -210,12 +208,12 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static AddRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
+    public static AddRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[]) {
         if (!CollectionDockingView.Instance) return false;
         const instance = CollectionDockingView.Instance;
         const newItemStackConfig = {
             type: 'stack',
-            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDoc, undefined, libraryPath)]
+            content: [CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath)]
         };
 
         const newContentItem = instance._goldenLayout.root.layoutManager.createContentItem(newItemStackConfig, instance._goldenLayout);
@@ -245,18 +243,18 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
     //
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public static UseRightSplit(document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[], shiftKey?: boolean) {
+    public static UseRightSplit(document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[], shiftKey?: boolean) {
         document.isDisplayPanel = true;
-        if (shiftKey || !CollectionDockingView.ReplaceRightSplit(document, dataDoc, libraryPath, shiftKey)) {
-            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(document, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+        if (shiftKey || !CollectionDockingView.ReplaceRightSplit(document, libraryPath, shiftKey)) {
+            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(document, libraryPath);
         }
     }
 
     @undoBatch
     @action
-    public AddTab = (stack: any, document: Doc, dataDocument: Doc | undefined, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
+    public AddTab = (stack: any, document: Doc, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
         Doc.GetProto(document).lastOpened = new DateField;
-        const docContentConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, dataDocument, undefined, libraryPath);
+        const docContentConfig = CollectionDockingView.makeDocumentConfig(document, undefined, libraryPath);
         if (stack === undefined) {
             let stack: any = this._goldenLayout.root;
             while (!stack.isStack) {
@@ -427,7 +425,6 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
             }
 
             const doc = await DocServer.GetRefField(tab.contentItem.config.props.documentId) as Doc;
-            const dataDoc = await DocServer.GetRefField(tab.contentItem.config.props.dataDocumentId) as Doc;
             if (doc instanceof Doc) {
                 //tab.titleElement[0].outerHTML = `<input class='lm_title' style="background:black" value='${doc.title}' />`;
                 tab.titleElement[0].onclick = (e: any) => tab.titleElement[0].focus();
@@ -507,7 +504,7 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
         stack.header.element[0].style.backgroundColor = DocServer.Control.isReadOnly() ? "#228540" : undefined;
         stack.header.element.on('mousedown', (e: any) => {
             if (e.target === stack.header.element[0] && e.button === 1) {
-                this.AddTab(stack, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), title: "Untitled Collection" }), undefined);
+                this.AddTab(stack, Docs.Create.FreeformDocument([], { _width: this.props.PanelWidth(), _height: this.props.PanelHeight(), title: "Untitled Collection" }));
             }
         });
 
@@ -580,7 +577,6 @@ export class CollectionDockingView extends React.Component<SubCollectionViewProp
 
 interface DockedFrameProps {
     documentId: FieldId;
-    dataDocumentId: FieldId;
     glContainer: any;
     libraryPath: (FieldId[]);
     backgroundColor?: (doc: Doc) => string | undefined;
@@ -593,7 +589,6 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     @observable private _panelWidth = 0;
     @observable private _panelHeight = 0;
     @observable private _document: Opt<Doc>;
-    @observable private _dataDoc: Opt<Doc>;
     @observable private _isActive: boolean = false;
 
     get _stack(): any {
@@ -601,12 +596,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     }
     constructor(props: any) {
         super(props);
-        DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.documentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => {
-            this._document = f as Doc;
-            if (this.props.dataDocumentId && this.props.documentId !== this.props.dataDocumentId) {
-                DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.dataDocumentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => this._dataDoc = f as Doc));
-            }
-        }));
+        DocServer.GetRefField(this.props.documentId).then(action((f: Opt<Field>) => this._document = f as Doc));
         this.props.libraryPath && this.setupLibraryPath();
     }
 
@@ -630,7 +620,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             pinDoc.presentationTargetDoc = doc;
             Doc.AddDocToList(curPres, "data", pinDoc);
             if (!DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentView(curPres)) {
-                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(curPres, undefined);
+                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(curPres);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -708,16 +698,16 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
     get previewPanelCenteringOffset() { return this.nativeWidth() ? (this._panelWidth - this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / 2 : 0; }
     get widthpercent() { return this.nativeWidth() ? `${(this.nativeWidth() * this.contentScaling()) / this.panelWidth() * 100}%` : undefined; }
 
-    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>, location: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
+    addDocTab = (doc: Doc, location: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => {
         SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         if (doc.dockingConfig) {
             return MainView.Instance.openWorkspace(doc);
         } else if (location === "onRight") {
-            return CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+            return CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, libraryPath);
         } else if (location === "close") {
             return CollectionDockingView.CloseRightSplit(doc);
         } else {
-            return CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this._stack, doc, dataDoc, libraryPath);
+            return CollectionDockingView.Instance.AddTab(this._stack, doc, libraryPath);
         }
     }
 
@@ -725,7 +715,7 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
         TraceMobx();
         if (!this._document) return (null);
         const document = this._document;
-        const resolvedDataDoc = document.layout instanceof Doc ? document : this._dataDoc;
+        const resolvedDataDoc = this._document[DataSym] !== this._document && this._document[DataSym];// document.layout instanceof Doc ? document : this._dataDoc;
         return <DocumentView key={document[Id]}
             LibraryPath={this._libraryPath}
             Document={document}
@@ -762,5 +752,5 @@ export class DockedFrameRenderer extends React.Component<DockedFrameProps> {
             </div >);
     }
 }
-Scripting.addGlobal(function openOnRight(doc: any) { CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, undefined); });
-Scripting.addGlobal(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) { CollectionDockingView.UseRightSplit(doc, undefined, undefined, shiftKey); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function openOnRight(doc: any) { CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc); });
+Scripting.addGlobal(function useRightSplit(doc: any, shiftKey?: boolean) { CollectionDockingView.UseRightSplit(doc, undefined, shiftKey); });
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index a3b1b5ec0..851fded71 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export interface CellProps {
     Document: Doc;
     fieldKey: string;
     renderDepth: number;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     moveDocument: (document: Doc, targetCollection: Doc | undefined, 
     addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index c422c38f1..7dee7f18f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export interface SchemaTableProps {
     ScreenToLocalTransform: () => Transform;
     active: (outsideReaction: boolean) => boolean;
     onDrop: (e: React.DragEvent<Element>, options: DocumentOptions, completed?: (() => void) | undefined) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     isSelected: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isFocused: (document: Doc) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index ad9dc8f7c..0d5d3e449 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CursorProperty } from "csstype";
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import Switch from 'rc-switch';
-import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, HeightSym, WidthSym, DataSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             const rowSpan = Math.ceil((height() + this.gridGap) / this.gridGap);
             const style = this.isStackingView ? { width: width(), marginTop: i === 0 ? 0 : this.gridGap, height: height() } : { gridRowEnd: `span ${rowSpan}` };
             return <div className={`collectionStackingView-${this.isStackingView ? "columnDoc" : "masonryDoc"}`} key={d[Id]} ref={dref} style={style} >
-                {this.getDisplayDoc(d, Cast(d.resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null) || this.props.DataDoc, dxf, width)}
+                {this.getDisplayDoc(d, this.props.DataDoc, dxf, width)}
             </div>;
         });
     }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         const height = () => this.getDocHeight(doc);
         return <ContentFittingDocumentView
             Document={doc}
-            DataDocument={dataDoc}
+            DataDocument={doc[DataSym] !== doc && doc[DataSym]}
             backgroundColor={this.props.backgroundColor}
             LayoutDoc={this.props.childLayoutTemplate}
             LibraryPath={this.props.LibraryPath}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 13ab7c1a4..dd622bf9d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface TreeViewProps {
     deleteDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean;
     moveDocument: DragManager.MoveFunction;
     dropAction: "alias" | "copy" | undefined;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     panelWidth: () => number;
     panelHeight: () => number;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     }
 
     @undoBatch delete = () => this.props.deleteDoc(this.props.document);
-    @undoBatch openRight = () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath);
+    @undoBatch openRight = () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath);
     @undoBatch indent = () => this.props.addDocument(this.props.document) && this.delete();
     @undoBatch move = (doc: Doc, target: Doc | undefined, addDoc: (doc: Doc) => boolean) => {
         return this.props.document !== target && this.props.deleteDoc(doc) && addDoc(doc);
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Clear All", event: () => Doc.GetProto(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.recentlyClosed as Doc).data = new List<Doc>(), icon: "plus" });
             } else if (this.props.document !== CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.workspaces) {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pin to Presentation", event: () => this.props.pinToPres(this.props.document), icon: "tv" });
-                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "inTab", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "folder" });
-                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, this.templateDataDoc, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
+                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, "inTab", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "folder" });
+                ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.document, "onRight", this.props.libraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
                 if (DocumentManager.Instance.getDocumentViews(this.dataDoc).length) {
                     ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Focus", event: () => (view => view && view.props.focus(this.props.document, true))(DocumentManager.Instance.getFirstDocumentView(this.props.document)), icon: "camera" });
                 }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
                 ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Create New Workspace", event: () => MainView.Instance.createNewWorkspace(), icon: "plus" });
             }
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Toggle Theme Colors", event: () => this.props.document.darkScheme = !this.props.document.darkScheme, icon: "minus" });
-            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => { const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }); this.props.addDocTab(kvp, this.props.dataDoc ? this.props.dataDoc : kvp, "onRight"); }, icon: "layer-group" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => { const kvp = Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }); this.props.addDocTab(kvp, "onRight"); }, icon: "layer-group" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Publish", event: () => DocUtils.Publish(this.props.document, StrCast(this.props.document.title), () => { }, () => { }), icon: "file" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(e.pageX > 156 ? e.pageX - 156 : 0, e.pageY - 15);
             e.stopPropagation();
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         remove: ((doc: Doc) => boolean),
         move: DragManager.MoveFunction,
         dropAction: dropActionType,
-        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean,
+        addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean,
         pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void,
         backgroundColor: undefined | ((document: Doc) => string | undefined),
         screenToLocalXf: () => Transform,
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 79fd7d792..95f9fa62f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ export class CollectionView extends Touchable<FieldViewProps> {
             const layoutItems = existing && "subitems" in existing ? existing.subitems : [];
             layoutItems.push({ description: `${this.props.Document.forceActive ? "Select" : "Force"} Contents Active`, event: () => this.props.Document.forceActive = !this.props.Document.forceActive, icon: "project-diagram" });
             if (this.props.Document.childLayout instanceof Doc) {
-                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childLayout as Doc, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
+                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childLayout as Doc, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
             if (this.props.Document.childDetailed instanceof Doc) {
-                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Detailed Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childDetailed as Doc, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
+                layoutItems.push({ description: "View Child Detailed Layout", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document.childDetailed as Doc, "onRight"), icon: "project-diagram" });
             }
             !existing && ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Layout...", subitems: layoutItems, icon: "hand-point-right" });
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
index 027ac5a0e..43ba5c614 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/ParentDocumentSelector.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type SelectorProps = {
     Document: Doc,
     Views: DocumentView[],
     Stack?: any,
-    addDocTab(doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, location: string): void
+    addDocTab(doc: Doc, location: string): void
 };
 
 @observer
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class SelectorContextMenu extends React.Component<SelectorProps> {
                 col._panX = newPanX;
                 col._panY = newPanY;
             }
-            this.props.addDocTab(col, undefined, "inTab"); // bcz: dataDoc?
+            this.props.addDocTab(col, "inTab"); // bcz: dataDoc?
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkFollowBox.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkFollowBox.tsx
index 325c92413..b47464517 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkFollowBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkFollowBox.tsx
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
     }
 
-    static _addDocTab: (undefined | ((doc: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>, where: string) => boolean));
+    static _addDocTab: (undefined | ((doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean));
 
-    static setAddDocTab = (addFunc: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>, where: string) => boolean) => {
+    static setAddDocTab = (addFunc: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean) => {
         LinkFollowBox._addDocTab = addFunc;
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
                 options.context._panX = newPanX;
                 options.context._panY = newPanY;
             }
-            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(options.context, undefined, "onRight");
+            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(options.context, "onRight");
 
             if (options.shouldZoom) this.jumpToLink({ shouldZoom: options.shouldZoom });
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
     openLinkRight = () => {
         if (LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc) {
             const alias = Doc.MakeAlias(LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc);
-            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(alias, undefined, "onRight");
+            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(alias, "onRight");
             this.highlightDoc();
             SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
         }
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
     @undoBatch
     jumpToLink = async (options: { shouldZoom: boolean }) => {
         if (LinkFollowBox.sourceDoc && LinkFollowBox.linkDoc) {
-            const focus = (document: Doc) => { (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(document, undefined, "inTab"); SelectionManager.DeselectAll(); };
-            //let focus = (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.focus(docthis.props.focus(LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc, true, 1, () => this.props.addDocTab(doc, undefined, maxLocation));
+            const focus = (document: Doc) => { (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(document, "inTab"); SelectionManager.DeselectAll(); };
+            //let focus = (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.focus(docthis.props.focus(LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc, true, 1, () => this.props.addDocTab(doc, maxLocation));
 
             DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(LinkFollowBox.linkDoc, LinkFollowBox.sourceDoc, focus, options && options.shouldZoom, false, undefined);
         }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         if (LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc) {
             const fullScreenAlias = Doc.MakeAlias(LinkFollowBox.destinationDoc);
             // this.prosp.addDocTab is empty -- use the link source's addDocTab 
-            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(fullScreenAlias, undefined, "inTab");
+            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(fullScreenAlias, "inTab");
 
             this.highlightDoc();
             SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export class LinkFollowBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
                 options.context._panX = newPanX;
                 options.context._panY = newPanY;
             }
-            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(options.context, undefined, "inTab");
+            (LinkFollowBox._addDocTab || this.props.addDocTab)(options.context, "inTab");
             if (options.shouldZoom) this.jumpToLink({ shouldZoom: options.shouldZoom });
 
             this.highlightDoc();
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
index 1a40f0c55..a8aa01306 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ library.add(faTrash);
 interface Props {
     docView: DocumentView;
     changeFlyout: () => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
 }
 
 @observer
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
index 0c38ff45c..78c77e106 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ interface LinkMenuGroupProps {
     group: Doc[];
     groupType: string;
     showEditor: (linkDoc: Doc) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     docView: DocumentView;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index b7d27ee30..54f5636e4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface LinkMenuItemProps {
     sourceDoc: Doc;
     destinationDoc: Doc;
     showEditor: (linkDoc: Doc) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
 }
 
 @observer
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
index 73fe4fb5d..36233a7e6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ContentFittingDocumentView.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ interface ContentFittingDocumentViewProps {
     removeDocument?: (document: Doc) => boolean;
     active: (outsideReaction: boolean) => boolean;
     whenActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     dontRegisterView?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
index 156b16ec8..a0b5cd8ec 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class DocuLinkBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, DocLinkSchema>(Doc
     onClick = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         if (!this.props.Document.onClick) {
             if (Math.abs(e.clientX - this._downx) < 3 && Math.abs(e.clientY - this._downy) < 3 && (e.button !== 2 && !e.ctrlKey && this.props.Document.isButton)) {
-                DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(this.props.Document, this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc as Doc, document => this.props.addDocTab(document, undefined, "inTab"), false);
+                DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(this.props.Document, this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc as Doc, document => this.props.addDocTab(document, "inTab"), false);
             }
             e.stopPropagation();
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index 11a33b70a..c0f603171 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
         return this.props.DataDoc instanceof Promise ? undefined : this.props.DataDoc;
     }
     get layoutDoc() {
-        if (this.props.DataDoc === undefined && (this.props.LayoutDoc || typeof Doc.LayoutField(this.props.Document) !== "string")) {
+        if (this.props.LayoutDoc || (this.props.DataDoc === undefined && typeof Doc.LayoutField(this.props.Document) !== "string")) {
             // if there is no dataDoc (ie, we're not rendering a template layout), but this document has a layout document (not a layout string), 
             // then we render the layout document as a template and use this document as the data context for the template layout.
             return Doc.expandTemplateLayout(this.props.LayoutDoc?.() || Doc.Layout(this.props.Document), this.props.Document);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 566c0d5de..dea08600a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export interface DocumentViewProps {
     parentActive: (outsideReaction: boolean) => boolean;
     whenActiveChanged: (isActive: boolean) => void;
     bringToFront: (doc: Doc, sendToBack?: boolean) => void;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string, libraryPath?: Doc[]) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     zoomToScale: (scale: number) => void;
     backgroundHalo?: () => boolean;
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
 
     //     RadialMenu.Instance.openMenu();
 
-    //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { width: 300, height: 300 }), undefined, "onRight"), icon: "layer-group", selected: -1 });
+    //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { width: 300, height: 300 }), "onRight"), icon: "layer-group", selected: -1 });
     //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Delete this document", event: () => this.props.ContainingCollectionView?.removeDocument(this.props.Document), icon: "trash", selected: -1 });
-    //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open in a new tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "folder", selected: -1 });
+    //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open in a new tab", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, "onRight"), icon: "folder", selected: -1 });
     //     RadialMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Pin to Presentation", event: () => this.props.pinToPres(this.props.Document), icon: "map-pin", selected: -1 });
 
     //     RadialMenu.Instance.displayMenu(pt.pageX - 15, pt.pageY - 15);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
                 if (StrCast(fullScreenAlias.layoutKey) !== "layout_fullScreen" && fullScreenAlias.layout_fullScreen) {
                     fullScreenAlias.layoutKey = "layout_fullScreen";
                 }
-                UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => this.props.addDocTab(fullScreenAlias, undefined, "inTab"), "double tap");
+                UndoManager.RunInBatch(() => this.props.addDocTab(fullScreenAlias, "inTab"), "double tap");
                 SelectionManager.DeselectAll();
                 Doc.UnBrushDoc(this.props.Document);
             } else if (this.onClickHandler && this.onClickHandler.script) {
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         if (linkDocs.length) {
             DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(undefined, this.props.Document,
                 // open up target if it's not already in view ... by zooming into the button document first and setting flag to reset zoom afterwards
-                (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.focus(this.props.Document, true, 1, () => this.props.addDocTab(doc, undefined, maxLocation)),
+                (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.focus(this.props.Document, true, 1, () => this.props.addDocTab(doc, maxLocation)),
                 ctrlKey, altKey, this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc);
         }
     }
@@ -644,12 +644,12 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         const open = ContextMenu.Instance.findByDescription("Open...");
         const openItems: ContextMenuProps[] = open && "subitems" in open ? open.subitems : [];
         openItems.push({ description: "Open Full Screen", event: () => CollectionDockingView.Instance && CollectionDockingView.Instance.OpenFullScreen(this, this.props.LibraryPath), icon: "desktop" });
-        openItems.push({ description: "Open Tab        ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, "inTab", this.props.LibraryPath), icon: "folder" });
-        openItems.push({ description: "Open Right      ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, "onRight", this.props.LibraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
-        openItems.push({ description: "Open Alias Tab  ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.Document), this.props.DataDoc, "inTab"), icon: "folder" });
-        openItems.push({ description: "Open Alias Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.Document), this.props.DataDoc, "onRight"), icon: "caret-square-right" });
-        openItems.push({ description: "Open Fields     ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), undefined, "onRight"), icon: "layer-group" });
-        templateDoc && openItems.push({ description: "Open Template   ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, undefined, "onRight"), icon: "eye" });
+        openItems.push({ description: "Open Tab        ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, "inTab", this.props.LibraryPath), icon: "folder" });
+        openItems.push({ description: "Open Right      ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, "onRight", this.props.LibraryPath), icon: "caret-square-right" });
+        openItems.push({ description: "Open Alias Tab  ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.Document), "inTab"), icon: "folder" });
+        openItems.push({ description: "Open Alias Right", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Doc.MakeAlias(this.props.Document), "onRight"), icon: "caret-square-right" });
+        openItems.push({ description: "Open Fields     ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(this.props.Document, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "onRight"), icon: "layer-group" });
+        templateDoc && openItems.push({ description: "Open Template   ", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(templateDoc, "onRight"), icon: "eye" });
         openItems.push({ description: "Open Repl", icon: "laptop-code", event: () => OverlayView.Instance.addWindow(<ScriptingRepl />, { x: 300, y: 100, width: 200, height: 200, title: "Scripting REPL" }) });
         !open && cm.addItem({ description: "Open...", subitems: openItems, icon: "external-link-alt" });
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
index 00f00dd52..f5c85e143 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FieldView.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface FieldViewProps {
     select: (isCtrlPressed: boolean) => void;
     renderDepth: number;
     addDocument?: (document: Doc) => boolean;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     removeDocument?: (document: Doc) => boolean;
     moveDocument?: (document: Doc, targetCollection: Doc | undefined, addDocument: (document: Doc) => boolean) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
index a191ac4f4..d4da21239 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, FontIconDocument>(
 
     showTemplate = (): void => {
         const dragFactory = Cast(this.props.Document.dragFactory, Doc, null);
-        dragFactory && this.props.addDocTab(dragFactory, undefined, "onRight");
+        dragFactory && this.props.addDocTab(dragFactory, "onRight");
     }
 
     specificContextMenu = (): void => {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index fd288f720..842ccdd7b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProps &
         //             if (linkClicked) {
         //                 DocServer.GetRefField(linkClicked).then(async linkDoc => {
         //                     (linkDoc instanceof Doc) &&
-        //                         DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(linkDoc, this.props.Document, document => this.props.addDocTab(document, undefined, location ? location : "inTab"), false);
+        //                         DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(linkDoc, this.props.Document, document => this.props.addDocTab(document, location ? location : "inTab"), false);
         //                 });
         //             }
         //         } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
index fda3e3285..1174110e7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBoxComment.tsx
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ export class FormattedTextBoxComment {
                 const textBox = FormattedTextBoxComment.textBox;
                 if (FormattedTextBoxComment.linkDoc && !keep && textBox) {
                     DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(FormattedTextBoxComment.linkDoc, textBox.props.Document,
-                        (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => textBox.props.addDocTab(doc, undefined, e.ctrlKey ? "inTab" : "onRight"));
+                        (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => textBox.props.addDocTab(doc, e.ctrlKey ? "inTab" : "onRight"));
                 } else if (textBox && (FormattedTextBoxComment.tooltipText as any).href) {
-                    textBox.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument((FormattedTextBoxComment.tooltipText as any).href, { title: (FormattedTextBoxComment.tooltipText as any).href, _width: 200, _height: 400 }), undefined, "onRight");
+                    textBox.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.WebDocument((FormattedTextBoxComment.tooltipText as any).href, { title: (FormattedTextBoxComment.tooltipText as any).href, _width: 200, _height: 400 }), "onRight");
                 }
                 keep && textBox && FormattedTextBoxComment.start !== undefined && textBox.adoptAnnotation(
                     FormattedTextBoxComment.start, FormattedTextBoxComment.end, FormattedTextBoxComment.mark);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
index e6b512adf..93bda6d02 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValuePair.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface KeyValuePairProps {
     keyWidth: number;
     PanelHeight: () => number;
     PanelWidth: () => number;
-    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, data: Opt<Doc>, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (doc: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
 }
 @observer
 export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class KeyValuePair extends React.Component<KeyValuePairProps> {
         if (value instanceof Doc) {
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
-            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(value, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), undefined, "onRight"), icon: "layer-group" });
+            ContextMenu.Instance.addItem({ description: "Open Fields", event: () => this.props.addDocTab(Docs.Create.KVPDocument(value, { _width: 300, _height: 300 }), "onRight"), icon: "layer-group" });
             ContextMenu.Instance.displayMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
index d4a47c159..8d20bbe59 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PresBox.tsx
@@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ export class PresBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
         if (toggle) {
             if (this.props.Document.inOverlay) {
                 Doc.RemoveDocFromList((CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.overlays as Doc), this.props.fieldKey, this.props.Document);
-                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc);
+                CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(this.props.Document);
                 this.props.Document.inOverlay = false;
             } else {
                 this.props.Document.x = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0)[0];// 500;//e.clientX + 25;
                 this.props.Document.y = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().inverse().transformPoint(0, 0)[1];////e.clientY - 25;
-                this.props.addDocTab && this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, "close");
+                this.props.addDocTab?.(this.props.Document, "close");
                 Doc.AddDocToList((CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.overlays as Doc), this.props.fieldKey, this.props.Document);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index 6695e04c3..69c6f2617 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends DocAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoDocum
     @action public FullScreen() {
         this._fullScreen = true;
         this.player && this.player.requestFullscreen();
-        this._youtubePlayer && this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, "inTab");
+        this._youtubePlayer && this.props.addDocTab(this.props.Document, "inTab");
     }
 
     choosePath(url: string) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
index d8b340db6..58823c93d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/Annotation.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import "./Annotation.scss";
 
 interface IAnnotationProps {
     anno: Doc;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     focus: (doc: Doc) => void;
     dataDoc: Doc;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface IRegionAnnotationProps {
     y: number;
     width: number;
     height: number;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     document: Doc;
     dataDoc: Doc;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class RegionAnnotation extends React.Component<IRegionAnnotationProps> {
             const annoGroup = await Cast(this.props.document.group, Doc);
             if (annoGroup) {
                 DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(undefined, annoGroup,
-                    (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.addDocTab(doc, undefined, e.ctrlKey ? "inTab" : "onRight"),
+                    (doc: Doc, maxLocation: string) => this.props.addDocTab(doc, e.ctrlKey ? "inTab" : "onRight"),
                     false, false, undefined);
                 e.stopPropagation();
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index a9b8c6bbe..198aeb856 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ interface IViewerProps {
     loaded: (nw: number, nh: number, np: number) => void;
     active: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
     isChildActive: (outsideReaction?: boolean) => boolean;
-    addDocTab: (document: Doc, dataDoc: Doc | undefined, where: string) => boolean;
+    addDocTab: (document: Doc, where: string) => boolean;
     pinToPres: (document: Doc) => void;
     addDocument?: (doc: Doc) => boolean;
     setPdfViewer: (view: PDFViewer) => void;
diff --git a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
index 888707ee3..8d62c34c5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/presentationview/PresElementBox.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { faArrowDown, faArrowUp, faFile as fileSolid, faFileDownload, faLocation
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, DataSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { documentSchema } from '../../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
 import { Id } from "../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
 import { createSchema, makeInterface } from '../../../new_fields/Schema';
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export class PresElementBox extends DocExtendableComponent<FieldViewProps, PresD
             <div className="presElementBox-embedded" style={{ height: this.embedHeight() }}>
                 <ContentFittingDocumentView
                     Document={this.targetDoc}
+                    DataDocument={this.targetDoc[DataSym] !== this.targetDoc && this.targetDoc[DataSym]}
                     LibraryPath={emptyPath}
                     fitToBox={true}
                     addDocument={returnFalse}
diff --git a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
index 827cb80c6..2cbb24da7 100644
--- a/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/search/SearchItem.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class SelectorContextMenu extends React.Component<SearchItemProps> {
                 col._panX = newPanX;
                 col._panY = newPanY;
             }
-            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(col, undefined);
+            CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(col);
         };
     }
     render() {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class LinkContextMenu extends React.Component<LinkMenuProps> {
 
     unHighlightDoc = (doc: Doc) => () => Doc.UnBrushDoc(doc);
 
-    getOnClick = (col: Doc) => () => CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(col, undefined);
+    getOnClick = (col: Doc) => () => CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(col);
 
     render() {
         return (
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class SearchItem extends React.Component<SearchItemProps> {
 
     @computed
     get contextButton() {
-        return <ParentDocSelector Views={DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews} Document={this.props.doc} addDocTab={(doc, data, where) => CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc, data)} />;
+        return <ParentDocSelector Views={DocumentManager.Instance.DocumentViews} Document={this.props.doc} addDocTab={(doc, where) => CollectionDockingView.AddRightSplit(doc)} />;
     }
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
index 43bbea623..1f2dd1c8f 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { listSpec } from "./Schema";
 import { ComputedField } from "./ScriptField";
 import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast, ToConstructor } from "./Types";
 import { deleteProperty, getField, getter, makeEditable, makeReadOnly, setter, updateFunction } from "./util";
+import { DatasetAbout } from "../client/northstar/model/idea/idea";
 
 export namespace Field {
     export function toKeyValueString(doc: Doc, key: string): string {
@@ -495,7 +496,8 @@ export namespace Doc {
     // if the childDoc is a template for a field, then this will return the expanded layout with its data doc.
     // otherwise, it just returns the childDoc
     export function GetLayoutDataDocPair(containerDoc: Doc, containerDataDoc: Opt<Doc>, childDoc: Doc) {
-        const resolvedDataDoc = containerDataDoc === containerDoc || !containerDataDoc || (!childDoc.isTemplateDoc && !childDoc.isTemplateForField) ? undefined : containerDataDoc;
+        const existingResolvedDataDoc = childDoc[DataSym] !== Doc.GetProto(childDoc)[DataSym] && childDoc[DataSym];
+        const resolvedDataDoc = existingResolvedDataDoc || (containerDataDoc === containerDoc || !containerDataDoc || (!childDoc.isTemplateDoc && !childDoc.isTemplateForField) ? undefined : containerDataDoc);
         return { layout: Doc.expandTemplateLayout(childDoc, resolvedDataDoc), data: resolvedDataDoc };
     }
     export function CreateDocumentExtensionForField(doc: Doc, fieldKey: string) {