3 files changed, 102 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.scss b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
index d583a8218..df9b1030c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.scss
@@ -29,4 +29,22 @@
         width:100%;
         height: 100%
     }
+}
+
+.border {
+    border-style: solid;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+}
+
+//this is an animation for the blinking cursor!
+@keyframes blink {
+	0% {opacity: 0}
+	49%{opacity: 0}
+	50% {opacity: 1}
+}
+
+#prevCursor {
+    animation: blink 1s infinite;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 12909c151..c2d2b0f7b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { action, computed } from "mobx";
+import { observable, action, computed } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Document } from "../../../fields/Document";
 import { FieldWaiting } from "../../../fields/Field";
+import { Server } from "tls";
+import { RichTextField } from "../../../fields/RichTextField";
 import { KeyStore } from "../../../fields/KeyStore";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
 import { TextField } from "../../../fields/TextField";
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ import { ImageBox } from "../nodes/ImageBox";
 import "./CollectionFreeFormView.scss";
 import { COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH } from "./CollectionView";
 import { CollectionViewBase } from "./CollectionViewBase";
+import { Documents } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import React = require("react");
 const JsxParser = require('react-jsx-parser').default;//TODO Why does this need to be imported like this?
 
@@ -28,9 +31,18 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
     private _canvasRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     private _lastX: number = 0;
     private _lastY: number = 0;
+
+    @observable
     private _downX: number = 0;
+    @observable
     private _downY: number = 0;
 
+    //determines whether the blinking cursor for indicating whether a text will be made on key down is visible
+    @observable
+    private _previewCursorVisible: boolean = false;
+
+    @computed get colFocus(): boolean { return this.props.CollectionView.isFocusOn() }
+
     @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); }
@@ -63,8 +75,10 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
             document.addEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
             document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
             document.addEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
-            this._downX = this._lastX = e.pageX;
-            this._downY = this._lastY = e.pageY;
+            this._lastX = e.pageX;
+            this._lastY = e.pageY;
+            this._downX = e.pageX;
+            this._downY = e.pageY;
         }
     }
 
@@ -74,10 +88,15 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
         document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
         e.stopPropagation();
         if (Math.abs(this._downX - e.clientX) < 3 && Math.abs(this._downY - e.clientY) < 3) {
+            //show preview text cursor on tap
+            this._previewCursorVisible = true;
+            this.props.CollectionView.showPreviewCursor();
+            //select is not already selected
             if (!this.props.isSelected()) {
                 this.props.select(false);
             }
         }
+
     }
 
     @action
@@ -88,7 +107,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
             let x = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0);
             let y = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0);
             let [dx, dy] = this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
-
+            this._previewCursorVisible = false;
             this.SetPan(x + dx, y + dy);
         }
         this._lastX = e.pageX;
@@ -146,6 +165,26 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
     }
 
     @action
+    onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent<Element>) => {
+        console.log("KEY PRESSED");
+        //if not these keys, make a textbox if preview cursor is active!
+        if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.altKey && !e.shiftKey) {
+            if (this._previewCursorVisible) {
+                //make textbox and add it to this collection
+                let [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(this._downX, this._downY); (this._downX, this._downY);
+                let newBox = Documents.TextDocument({ width: 200, height: 100, x: x, y: y, title: "new" });
+                //set text to be the typed key and get focus on text box
+                this.props.CollectionView.addDocument(newBox);
+                newBox.SetText(KeyStore.Data, e.key);
+                newBox.SetNumber(KeyStore.SelectOnLoaded, 1);
+
+                //remove cursor from screen
+                this._previewCursorVisible = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @action
     bringToFront(doc: Document) {
         const { fieldKey: fieldKey, Document: Document } = this.props;
 
@@ -223,22 +262,41 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionViewBase {
     getLocalTransform = (): Transform => Transform.Identity.translate(-this.panX, -this.panY).scale(1 / this.scale);
     noScaling = () => 1;
 
+    //hides the preview cursor for generating new text boxes - called when other docs are selected/dragged
+    @action
+    hidePreviewCursor() {
+        this._previewCursorVisible = false;
+    }
+
     render() {
+
+        let cursor = null;
+        //toggle for preview cursor -> will be on when user taps freeform
+        if (this._previewCursorVisible && this.props.CollectionView.isFocusOn) {
+            //get local position and place cursor there!
+            let [x, y] = this.getTransform().transformPoint(this._downX, this._downY);
+            cursor = <div id="prevCursor" onKeyPress={this.onKeyDown} style={{ color: "black", position: "absolute", transformOrigin: "left top", transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)` }}>I</div>
+        }
+
         const panx: number = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanX, 0) + this.centeringShiftX;
         const pany: number = this.props.Document.GetNumber(KeyStore.PanY, 0) + this.centeringShiftY;
+
         return (
             <div className="collectionfreeformview-container"
                 onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown}
+                onKeyPress={this.onKeyDown}
                 onWheel={this.onPointerWheel}
                 onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
                 onDrop={this.onDrop.bind(this)}
                 onDragOver={this.onDragOver}
                 style={{ borderWidth: `${COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH}px`, }}
+                tabIndex={0}
                 ref={this.createDropTarget}>
                 <div className="collectionfreeformview"
                     style={{ transformOrigin: "left top", transform: ` translate(${panx}px, ${pany}px) scale(${this.zoomScaling}, ${this.zoomScaling})` }}
                     ref={this._canvasRef}>
                     {this.backgroundView}
+                    {cursor}
                     {this.views}
                 </div>
                 {this.overlayView}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
index 03e1f1fa4..6ab0f15c0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { action, computed } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Document } from "../../../fields/Document";
 import { ListField } from "../../../fields/ListField";
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { CollectionFreeFormView } from "./CollectionFreeFormView";
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "./CollectionDockingView";
 import { CollectionSchemaView } from "./CollectionSchemaView";
 import { CollectionViewProps } from "./CollectionViewBase";
+var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 import { CollectionTreeView } from "./CollectionTreeView";
 import { Field } from "../../../fields/Field";
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ export const COLLECTION_BORDER_WIDTH = 2;
 @observer
 export class CollectionView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
 
+    private _focusOn: boolean = false;
+
     public static LayoutString(fieldKey: string = "DataKey") {
         return `<CollectionView Document={Document}
                     ScreenToLocalTransform={ScreenToLocalTransform} fieldKey={${fieldKey}} panelWidth={PanelWidth} panelHeight={PanelHeight} isSelected={isSelected} select={select} bindings={bindings}
@@ -70,6 +73,21 @@ export class CollectionView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
         return false
     }
 
+
+
+    @computed
+    get isFocusOn() { return this._focusOn; }
+
+    @action
+    showPreviewCursor() {
+        this._focusOn = true;
+    }
+
+    @action
+    hidePreviewCursor() {
+        this._focusOn = false;
+    }
+
     get collectionViewType(): CollectionViewType {
         let Document = this.props.Document;
         let viewField = Document.GetT(KeyStore.ViewType, NumberField);
@@ -87,13 +105,15 @@ export class CollectionView extends React.Component<CollectionViewProps> {
         Document.SetData(KeyStore.ViewType, type, NumberField);
     }
 
+
     render() {
         let viewType = this.collectionViewType;
+
         switch (viewType) {
             case CollectionViewType.Freeform:
                 return (<CollectionFreeFormView {...this.props}
                     addDocument={this.addDocument} removeDocument={this.removeDocument} active={this.active}
-                    CollectionView={this} />)
+                    CollectionView={this} />);
             case CollectionViewType.Schema:
                 return (<CollectionSchemaView {...this.props}
                     addDocument={this.addDocument} removeDocument={this.removeDocument} active={this.active}