3 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
index bc922be36..17d28e886 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenu.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc } from "../../../fields/Doc";
 import { LinkManager } from "../../util/LinkManager";
-import { DocumentLinksButton } from "../nodes/DocumentLinksButton";
-import { DocumentView, DocumentViewSharedProps } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
+import { DocumentView } from "../nodes/DocumentView";
 import { LinkDocPreview } from "../nodes/LinkDocPreview";
 import { LinkEditor } from "./LinkEditor";
 import './LinkMenu.scss';
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ interface Props {
     docView: DocumentView;
     position?: { x?: number, y?: number };
     itemHandler?: (doc: Doc) => void;
+    clearLinkEditor: () => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface Props {
  */
 @observer
 export class LinkMenu extends React.Component<Props> {
-    private _editorRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    _editorRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     @observable _editingLink?: Doc;
     @observable _linkMenuRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
@@ -29,16 +29,21 @@ export class LinkMenu extends React.Component<Props> {
         return this.props.position ?? (dv => ({ x: dv?.left || 0, y: (dv?.bottom || 0) + 15 }))(this.props.docView.getBounds());
     }
 
+    clear = action(() => {
+        this.props.clearLinkEditor();
+        this._editingLink = undefined;
+    });
+
     componentDidMount() { document.addEventListener("pointerdown", this.onPointerDown); }
     componentWillUnmount() { document.removeEventListener("pointerdown", this.onPointerDown); }
 
-    onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+    onPointerDown = action((e: PointerEvent) => {
         LinkDocPreview.Clear();
         if (!this._linkMenuRef.current?.contains(e.target as any) &&
             !this._editorRef.current?.contains(e.target as any)) {
-            DocumentLinksButton.ClearLinkEditor();
+            this.clear();
         }
-    }
+    });
 
     /**
      * maps each link to a JSX element to be rendered
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ export class LinkMenu extends React.Component<Props> {
                 sourceDoc={this.props.docView.props.Document}
                 group={group[1]}
                 groupType={group[0]}
+                clearLinkEditor={this.clear}
                 showEditor={action(linkDoc => this._editingLink = linkDoc)} />);
 
         return linkItems.length ? linkItems : this.props.position ? [<></>] : [<p key="">No links have been created yet. Drag the linking button onto another document to create a link.</p>];
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
index 5b1e29e67..fa6a2f506 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuGroup.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ interface LinkMenuGroupProps {
     sourceDoc: Doc;
     group: Doc[];
     groupType: string;
+    clearLinkEditor: () => void;
     showEditor: (linkDoc: Doc) => void;
     docView: DocumentView;
     itemHandler?: (doc: Doc) => void;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export class LinkMenuGroup extends React.Component<LinkMenuGroupProps> {
                     linkDoc={linkDoc}
                     sourceDoc={this.props.sourceDoc}
                     destinationDoc={destination}
+                    clearLinkEditor={this.props.clearLinkEditor}
                     showEditor={this.props.showEditor}
                     menuRef={this._menuRef} />;
             }
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index d6400a6b3..3ddcf803d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { DragManager } from '../../util/DragManager';
 import { Hypothesis } from '../../util/HypothesisUtils';
 import { LinkManager } from '../../util/LinkManager';
 import { undoBatch } from '../../util/UndoManager';
-import { DocumentLinksButton } from '../nodes/DocumentLinksButton';
 import { DocumentView } from '../nodes/DocumentView';
 import { LinkDocPreview } from '../nodes/LinkDocPreview';
 import './LinkMenuItem.scss';
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ interface LinkMenuItemProps {
     docView: DocumentView;
     sourceDoc: Doc;
     destinationDoc: Doc;
+    clearLinkEditor: () => void;
     showEditor: (linkDoc: Doc) => void;
     menuRef: React.Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
     itemHandler?: (doc: Doc) => void;
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ export class LinkMenuItem extends React.Component<LinkMenuItemProps> {
                 const eleClone: any = this._drag.current!.cloneNode(true);
                 eleClone.style.transform = `translate(${e.x}px, ${e.y}px)`;
                 StartLinkTargetsDrag(eleClone, this.props.docView, e.x, e.y, this.props.sourceDoc, [this.props.linkDoc]);
-                DocumentLinksButton.ClearLinkEditor();
+                this.props.clearLinkEditor();
                 return true;
             },
             emptyFunction,
             () => {
-                DocumentLinksButton.ClearLinkEditor();
+                this.props.clearLinkEditor();
                 if (this.props.itemHandler) {
 
                     this.props.itemHandler?.(this.props.linkDoc);