1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts b/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
index 3c7caa60b..393e39687 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DropConverter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { DragManager } from "./DragManager";
-import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../new_fields/Doc";
+import { Doc, DocListCast, Opt } from "../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { DocumentType } from "../documents/DocumentTypes";
 import { ObjectField } from "../../new_fields/ObjectField";
 import { StrCast } from "../../new_fields/Types";
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import { ScriptField, ComputedField } from "../../new_fields/ScriptField";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../new_fields/RichTextField";
 import { ImageField } from "../../new_fields/URLField";
 
-export function makeTemplate(doc: Doc, first: boolean = true): boolean {
+// 
+// converts 'doc' into a template that can be used to render other documents.
+// the title of doc is used to determine which field is being templated, so
+// passing a value for 'rename' allows the doc to be given a meangingful name 
+// after it has been converted to
+export function makeTemplate(doc: Doc, first: boolean = true, rename: Opt<string> = undefined): boolean {
     const layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc && doc.layout.isTemplateForField ? doc.layout : doc;
     const layout = StrCast(layoutDoc.layout).match(/fieldKey={'[^']*'}/)![0];
     const fieldKey = layout.replace("fieldKey={'", "").replace(/'}$/, "");
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ export function makeTemplate(doc: Doc, first: boolean = true): boolean {
             any = Doc.MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(layoutDoc, Doc.GetProto(layoutDoc));
         }
     }
+    rename && (doc.title = rename);
     return any;
 }
 export function convertDropDataToButtons(data: DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ export function convertDropDataToButtons(data: DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
         if (!doc.onDragStart && !doc.onClick && !doc.isButtonBar) {
             const layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc && doc.layout.isTemplateForField ? doc.layout : doc;
             if (layoutDoc.type === DocumentType.COL || layoutDoc.type === DocumentType.TEXT || layoutDoc.type === DocumentType.IMG) {
-                makeTemplate(layoutDoc);
+                !layoutDoc.isTemplateDoc && makeTemplate(layoutDoc);
             } else {
                 (layoutDoc.layout instanceof Doc) && !data.userDropAction;
             }