From 8a3cfa8d6e72c9bfea4b38760e0b138b6525574c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bob <bcz@cs.brown.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:42:37 -0400
Subject: a bunch of fixes to layouts to support templates in paticular.

---
 src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 93f6dc468..5e8ac3ecd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
     get transform() { return `scale(${this.props.ContentScaling()}) translate(${this.X}px, ${this.Y}px) rotate(${random(-1, 1) * this.props.jitterRotation}deg)`; }
     get X() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[0] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.x : this.props.x !== undefined ? this.props.x : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.x : this.Document.x || 0; }
     get Y() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[1] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.y : this.props.y !== undefined ? this.props.y : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.y : this.Document.y || 0; }
-    get width() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.width : this.props.width !== undefined ? this.props.width : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.width : this.props.Document[WidthSym](); }
-    get height() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.height : this.props.height !== undefined ? this.props.height : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.height : this.props.Document[HeightSym](); }
+    get width() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.width : this.props.width !== undefined ? this.props.width : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.width : this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](); }
+    get height() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.height : this.props.height !== undefined ? this.props.height : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.height : this.layoutDoc[HeightSym](); }
     @computed get dataProvider() { return this.props.dataProvider && this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) ? this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) : undefined; }
     @computed get nativeWidth() { return FieldValue(this.Document.nativeWidth, 0); }
     @computed get nativeHeight() { return FieldValue(this.Document.nativeHeight, 0); }
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 929584999080616adb350df638b640f770c6f44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Zeleznik <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:47:01 -0400
Subject: fixed some display issues with templates and linking

---
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx    |  4 ++--
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx   |  6 ++----
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx        |  7 ++++---
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx       |  6 +++---
 src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.scss                  |  8 ++++++++
 src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx                   | 16 ++++++++--------
 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.scss

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index fe92eed10..a59fda6d9 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
     }
     render() {
         // let l = this.props.LinkDocs;
-        let a = this.props.A;
-        let b = this.props.B;
+        let a = this.props.A.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.A.layout : this.props.A;
+        let b = this.props.B.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.B.layout : this.props.B;
         let x1 = NumCast(a.x) + (BoolCast(a.isMinimized, false) ? 5 : NumCast(a.width) / 2);
         let y1 = NumCast(a.y) + (BoolCast(a.isMinimized, false) ? 5 : NumCast(a.height) / 2);
         let x2 = NumCast(b.x) + (BoolCast(b.isMinimized, false) ? 5 : NumCast(b.width) / 2);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
index a81f5315a..189981e35 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinksView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import { computed, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { computed, IReactionDisposer } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc, DocListCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../new_fields/FieldSymbols";
-import { List } from "../../../../new_fields/List";
-import { listSpec } from "../../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Cast, FieldValue } from "../../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { DocumentManager } from "../../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DocumentView } from "../../nodes/DocumentView";
 import { CollectionViewProps } from "../CollectionSubView";
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 2b0ef8ada..5dccb5bf0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 this.props.Document.scrollY = NumCast(doc.y) - offset;
             }
         } else {
-            const newPanX = NumCast(doc.x) + NumCast(doc.width) / 2;
-            const newPanY = NumCast(doc.y) + NumCast(doc.height) / 2;
+            let layoutdoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
+            const newPanX = NumCast(layoutdoc.x) + NumCast(layoutdoc.width) / 2;
+            const newPanY = NumCast(layoutdoc.y) + NumCast(layoutdoc.height) / 2;
             const newState = HistoryUtil.getState();
             newState.initializers![this.Document[Id]] = { panX: newPanX, panY: newPanY };
             HistoryUtil.pushState(newState);
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             this.Document.panTransformType = "Ease";
             Doc.BrushDoc(this.props.Document);
             this.props.focus(this.props.Document);
-            willZoom && this.setScaleToZoom(doc, scale);
+            willZoom && this.setScaleToZoom(layoutdoc, scale);
 
             afterFocus && setTimeout(() => {
                 if (afterFocus && afterFocus()) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 5e8ac3ecd..8153923de 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export const PositionDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema, positionSchema);
 export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps, PositionDocument>(PositionDocument) {
     _disposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined = undefined;
     get transform() { return `scale(${this.props.ContentScaling()}) translate(${this.X}px, ${this.Y}px) rotate(${random(-1, 1) * this.props.jitterRotation}deg)`; }
-    get X() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[0] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.x : this.props.x !== undefined ? this.props.x : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.x : this.Document.x || 0; }
-    get Y() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[1] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.y : this.props.y !== undefined ? this.props.y : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.y : this.Document.y || 0; }
+    get X() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[0] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.x : this.props.x !== undefined ? this.props.x : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.x : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x); }
+    get Y() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[1] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.y : this.props.y !== undefined ? this.props.y : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.y : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y); }
     get width() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.width : this.props.width !== undefined ? this.props.width : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.width : this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](); }
     get height() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.height : this.props.height !== undefined ? this.props.height : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.height : this.layoutDoc[HeightSym](); }
     @computed get dataProvider() { return this.props.dataProvider && this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) ? this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) : undefined; }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
         this._disposer = reaction(() => [this.props.Document.animateToPos, this.props.Document.isAnimating],
             () => {
                 const target = this.props.Document.animateToPos ? Array.from(Cast(this.props.Document.animateToPos, listSpec("number"))!) : undefined;
-                this._animPos = !target ? undefined : target[2] ? [this.Document.x || 0, this.Document.y || 0] : this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(target[0], target[1]);
+                this._animPos = !target ? undefined : target[2] ? [NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x), NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y)] : this.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().transformPoint(target[0], target[1]);
             }, { fireImmediately: true });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.scss b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57c1a66e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.docuLinkBox-cont {
+    cursor: default;
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 25px;
+    height: 25px;
+    border-radius: 20px;
+    pointer-events: all;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
index 2e968a9f6..8c41b9d4f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocuLinkBox.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DocumentManager } from "../../util/DocumentManager";
 import { DragLinksAsDocuments } from "../../util/DragManager";
 import { DocComponent } from "../DocComponent";
 import { documentSchema } from "./DocumentView";
-import "./DocumentView.scss";
+import "./DocuLinkBox.scss";
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from "./FieldView";
 import React = require("react");
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class DocuLinkBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, DocLinkSchema>(Doc
             let bounds = cdiv.getBoundingClientRect();
             let pt = Utils.getNearestPointInPerimeter(bounds.left, bounds.top, bounds.width, bounds.height, e.clientX, e.clientY);
             let separation = Math.sqrt((pt[0] - e.clientX) * (pt[0] - e.clientX) + (pt[1] - e.clientY) * (pt[1] - e.clientY));
-            let dragdist = Math.sqrt((pt[0] - this._downx) * (pt[0] - this._downx) + (pt[1] - this._downy) * (pt[1] - this._downy))
+            let dragdist = Math.sqrt((pt[0] - this._downx) * (pt[0] - this._downx) + (pt[1] - this._downy) * (pt[1] - this._downy));
             if (separation > 100) {
                 DragLinksAsDocuments(this._ref.current!, pt[0], pt[1], this.props.ContainingCollectionDoc as Doc, this.props.Document); // Containging collection is the document, not a collection... hack.
                 document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class DocuLinkBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, DocLinkSchema>(Doc
                 this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "_y"] = (pt[1] - bounds.top) / bounds.height * 100;
             }
         }
-    })
+    });
     onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         document.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.onPointerMove);
         document.removeEventListener("pointerup", this.onPointerUp);
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ export class DocuLinkBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, DocLinkSchema>(Doc
         let y = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "_y"], 100);
         let x = NumCast(this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey + "_x"], 100);
         let c = StrCast(this.props.Document.backgroundColor, "lightblue");
-        return <div onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onClick={this.onClick} title={StrCast((this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey === "anchor1" ? "anchor2" : "anchor1"]! as Doc).title)} ref={this._ref} style={{
-            cursor: "default", position: "absolute", background: c, width: "25px", height: "25px", borderRadius: "20px", textAlign: "center", left: `calc(${x}% - 12.5px)`, top: `calc(${y}% - 12.5px)`,
-            pointerEvents: "all",
-            transform: `scale(${1 / this.props.ContentScaling()})`,
-        }} />
+        return <div className="docuLinkBox-cont" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDown} onClick={this.onClick} title={StrCast((this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey === "anchor1" ? "anchor2" : "anchor1"]! as Doc).title)}
+            ref={this._ref} style={{
+                background: c, width: "25px", left: `calc(${x}% - 12.5px)`, top: `calc(${y}% - 12.5px)`,
+                transform: `scale(${1 / this.props.ContentScaling()})`
+            }} />;
     }
 }
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2


From 3d910bae8771e67cabc1500c49b77d425fdf62e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Zeleznik <zzzman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:49:20 -0400
Subject: cleaned up a bunch layout vs doc issues related to templates

---
 src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx           |  6 +-
 src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx                 |  2 +-
 src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx                  |  4 +-
 .../views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx   |  8 +--
 .../views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx       |  6 +-
 .../collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx  | 66 +++++++++++-----------
 .../collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx | 24 ++++----
 .../views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx | 14 ++---
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx    |  6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx            | 11 ++--
 src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx             |  2 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx        |  6 +-
 src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx             |  2 +-
 src/new_fields/Doc.ts                              | 24 +++++---
 14 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx')

diff --git a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
index 8409a34da..07af4799b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{}, { value: string }>
         SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments().forEach(element => {
             if (dX !== 0 || dY !== 0 || dW !== 0 || dH !== 0) {
                 let doc = PositionDocument(element.props.Document);
-                let layoutDoc = PositionDocument(element.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? element.props.Document.layout : element.props.Document);
+                let layoutDoc = PositionDocument(Doc.Layout(element.props.Document));
                 let nwidth = doc.nativeWidth || 0;
                 let nheight = doc.nativeHeight || 0;
                 let width = (layoutDoc.width || 0);
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ export class DocumentDecorations extends React.Component<{}, { value: string }>
                 let scale = element.props.ScreenToLocalTransform().Scale * element.props.ContentScaling();
                 let actualdW = Math.max(width + (dW * scale), 20);
                 let actualdH = Math.max(height + (dH * scale), 20);
-                layoutDoc.x = (layoutDoc.x || 0) + dX * (actualdW - width);
-                layoutDoc.y = (layoutDoc.y || 0) + dY * (actualdH - height);
+                doc.x = (doc.x || 0) + dX * (actualdW - width);
+                doc.y = (doc.y || 0) + dY * (actualdH - height);
                 let proto = doc.isTemplateField ? doc : Doc.GetProto(element.props.Document); // bcz: 'doc' didn't work here...
                 let fixedAspect = e.ctrlKey || (!layoutDoc.ignoreAspect && nwidth && nheight);
                 if (fixedAspect && e.ctrlKey && layoutDoc.ignoreAspect) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx b/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx
index c3a617ffe..105adc03d 100644
--- a/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/InkingControl.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class InkingControl {
                     ruleProvider = (view.props.Document.heading && ruleProvider) ? ruleProvider : undefined;
                     ruleProvider && ((Doc.GetProto(ruleProvider)["ruleColor_" + NumCast(view.props.Document.heading)] = Utils.toRGBAstr(color.rgb)));
                 }
-                (!ruleProvider && targetDoc) && (view.props.Document.backgroundColor = matchedColor);
+                (!ruleProvider && targetDoc) && (Doc.Layout(view.props.Document).backgroundColor = matchedColor);
 
                 return {
                     target: targetDoc,
diff --git a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
index da776f887..d76b033f0 100644
--- a/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/TemplateMenu.tsx
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ export class TemplateMenu extends React.Component<TemplateMenuProps> {
     @action
     toggleChrome = (): void => {
         this.props.docs.map(dv => {
-            let layout = dv.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? dv.Document.layout : dv.Document;
+            let layout = Doc.Layout(dv.Document);
             layout.chromeStatus = (layout.chromeStatus !== "disabled" ? "disabled" : "enabled");
         });
     }
 
     render() {
-        let layout = this.props.docs[0].Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.docs[0].Document.layout : this.props.docs[0].Document;
+        let layout = Doc.Layout(this.props.docs[0].Document);
         let templateMenu: Array<JSX.Element> = [];
         this.props.templates.forEach((checked, template) =>
             templateMenu.push(<TemplateToggle key={template.Name} template={template} checked={checked} toggle={this.toggleTemplate} />));
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
index f9f040c6b..1a578f4fc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionStackingView.tsx
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
         this._heightMap.set(key, sectionHeight);
     }
 
-    get layoutDoc() {
-        // if this document's layout field contains a document (ie, a rendering template), then we will use that
-        // to determine the render JSX string, otherwise the layout field should directly contain a JSX layout string.
-        return this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document;
-    }
+    get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
 
     get Sections() {
         if (!this.sectionFilter || this.sectionHeaders instanceof Promise) return new Map<SchemaHeaderField, Doc[]>();
@@ -189,7 +185,7 @@ export class CollectionStackingView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
     }
     getDocHeight(d?: Doc) {
         if (!d) return 0;
-        let layoutDoc = d.layout instanceof Doc ? d.layout : d;
+        let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d);
         let nw = NumCast(d.nativeWidth);
         let nh = NumCast(d.nativeHeight);
         let wid = this.columnWidth / (this.isStackingView ? this.numGroupColumns : 1);
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
index 5d88e6290..2fbe8527e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/CollectionTreeView.tsx
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
     }
     docWidth = () => {
         let aspect = NumCast(this.props.document.nativeHeight) / NumCast(this.props.document.nativeWidth);
-        let layoutDoc = this.props.document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.document.layout : this.props.document;
+        let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(this.props.document);
         if (aspect) return Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), Math.min(this.MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT / aspect, this.props.panelWidth() - 20));
         return NumCast(this.props.document.nativeWidth) ? Math.min(layoutDoc[WidthSym](), this.props.panelWidth() - 20) : this.props.panelWidth() - 20;
     }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
         let bounds = this.boundsOfCollectionDocument;
         return Math.min(this.MAX_EMBED_HEIGHT, (() => {
             let aspect = NumCast(this.props.document.nativeHeight) / NumCast(this.props.document.nativeWidth);
-            let layoutDoc = this.props.document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.document.layout : this.props.document;
+            let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(this.props.document);
             if (aspect) return this.docWidth() * aspect;
             if (bounds) return this.docWidth() * (bounds.b - bounds.y) / (bounds.r - bounds.x);
             return layoutDoc.fitWidth ? (!this.props.document.nativeHeight ? NumCast(this.props.containingCollection.height) :
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             if (!pair.layout || pair.data instanceof Promise) {
                 return (null);
             }
-            const childLayout = pair.layout.layout instanceof Doc ? pair.layout.layout : pair.layout;
 
             let indent = i === 0 ? undefined : () => {
                 if (StrCast(docs[i - 1].layout).indexOf("fieldKey") !== -1) {
@@ -483,6 +482,7 @@ class TreeView extends React.Component<TreeViewProps> {
             let addDocument = (doc: Doc, relativeTo?: Doc, before?: boolean) => {
                 return add(doc, relativeTo ? relativeTo : docs[i], before !== undefined ? before : false);
             };
+            const childLayout = Doc.Layout(pair.layout);
             let rowHeight = () => {
                 let aspect = NumCast(child.nativeWidth, 0) / NumCast(child.nativeHeight, 0);
                 return aspect ? Math.min(childLayout[WidthSym](), rowWidth()) / aspect : childLayout[HeightSym]();
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index 932b6722b..eff73b14e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -130,22 +130,22 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         if (super.drop(e, de)) {
             if (de.data instanceof DragManager.DocumentDragData) {
                 if (de.data.droppedDocuments.length) {
-                    let firstLayoutDoc = de.data.droppedDocuments[0].layout instanceof Doc ? de.data.droppedDocuments[0].layout : de.data.droppedDocuments[0];
-                    let z = NumCast(firstLayoutDoc.z);
+                    let firstDoc = de.data.droppedDocuments[0];
+                    let z = NumCast(firstDoc.z);
                     let x = (z ? xpo : xp) - de.data.offset[0];
                     let y = (z ? ypo : yp) - de.data.offset[1];
-                    let dropX = NumCast(firstLayoutDoc.x);
-                    let dropY = NumCast(firstLayoutDoc.y);
+                    let dropX = NumCast(firstDoc.x);
+                    let dropY = NumCast(firstDoc.y);
                     de.data.droppedDocuments.forEach(action((d: Doc) => {
-                        let layoutDoc = d.layout instanceof Doc ? d.layout : d;
-                        layoutDoc.x = x + NumCast(layoutDoc.x) - dropX;
-                        layoutDoc.y = y + NumCast(layoutDoc.y) - dropY;
+                        let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(d);
+                        d.x = x + NumCast(d.x) - dropX;
+                        d.y = y + NumCast(d.y) - dropY;
                         if (!NumCast(layoutDoc.width)) {
                             layoutDoc.width = 300;
                         }
-                        if (!NumCast(d.height)) {
-                            let nw = NumCast(d.nativeWidth);
-                            let nh = NumCast(d.nativeHeight);
+                        if (!NumCast(layoutDoc.height)) {
+                            let nw = NumCast(layoutDoc.nativeWidth);
+                            let nh = NumCast(layoutDoc.nativeHeight);
                             layoutDoc.height = nw && nh ? nh / nw * NumCast(layoutDoc.width) : 300;
                         }
                         this.bringToFront(d);
@@ -157,13 +157,12 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             else if (de.data instanceof DragManager.AnnotationDragData) {
                 if (de.data.dropDocument) {
                     let dragDoc = de.data.dropDocument;
-                    let layoutDoc = dragDoc.layout instanceof Doc ? dragDoc.layout : dragDoc;
                     let x = xp - de.data.offset[0];
                     let y = yp - de.data.offset[1];
-                    let dropX = NumCast(layoutDoc.x);
-                    let dropY = NumCast(layoutDoc.y);
-                    layoutDoc.x = x + NumCast(layoutDoc.x) - dropX;
-                    layoutDoc.y = y + NumCast(layoutDoc.y) - dropY;
+                    let dropX = NumCast(dragDoc.x);
+                    let dropY = NumCast(dragDoc.y);
+                    dragDoc.x = x + NumCast(dragDoc.x) - dropX;
+                    dragDoc.y = y + NumCast(dragDoc.y) - dropY;
                     de.data.targetContext = this.props.Document; // dropped a PDF annotation, so we need to set the targetContext on the dragData which the PDF view uses at the end of the drop operation
                     this.bringToFront(dragDoc);
                 }
@@ -174,9 +173,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
 
     pickCluster(probe: number[]) {
         return this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout).reduce((cluster, cd) => {
-            let layoutDoc = cd.layout instanceof Doc ? cd.layout : cd;
-            let cx = NumCast(layoutDoc.x) - this._clusterDistance;
-            let cy = NumCast(layoutDoc.y) - this._clusterDistance;
+            let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(cd);
+            let cx = NumCast(cd.x) - this._clusterDistance;
+            let cy = NumCast(cd.y) - this._clusterDistance;
             let cw = NumCast(layoutDoc.width) + 2 * this._clusterDistance;
             let ch = NumCast(layoutDoc.height) + 2 * this._clusterDistance;
             return !layoutDoc.z && intersectRect({ left: cx, top: cy, width: cw, height: ch }, { left: probe[0], top: probe[1], width: 1, height: 1 }) ?
@@ -218,10 +217,8 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             this._clusterSets.map(set => Doc.IndexOf(doc, set) !== -1 && set.splice(Doc.IndexOf(doc, set), 1));
             let preferredInd = NumCast(doc.cluster);
             doc.cluster = -1;
-            let layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
             this._clusterSets.map((set, i) => set.map(member => {
-                let memberLayout = member.layout instanceof Doc ? member.layout : member;
-                if (doc.cluster === -1 && Doc.IndexOf(member, childLayouts) !== -1 && Doc.overlapping(layoutDoc, memberLayout, this._clusterDistance)) {
+                if (doc.cluster === -1 && Doc.IndexOf(member, childLayouts) !== -1 && Doc.overlapping(doc, member, this._clusterDistance)) {
                     doc.cluster = i;
                 }
             }));
@@ -293,18 +290,19 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             }
             let x = this.Document.panX || 0;
             let y = this.Document.panY || 0;
-            let docs = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout.layout instanceof Doc ? pair.layout.layout : pair.layout);
+            let docs = this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair => pair.layout);
             let [dx, dy] = this.getTransform().transformDirection(e.clientX - this._lastX, e.clientY - this._lastY);
             if (!this.isAnnotationOverlay) {
                 let minx = docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].x) : 0;
-                let maxx = docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].width) + minx : minx;
+                let maxx = docs.length ? NumCast(Doc.Layout(docs[0]).width) + minx : minx;
                 let miny = docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].y) : 0;
-                let maxy = docs.length ? NumCast(docs[0].height) + miny : miny;
+                let maxy = docs.length ? NumCast(Doc.Layout(docs[0]).height) + miny : miny;
                 let ranges = docs.filter(doc => doc).reduce((range, doc) => {
+                    let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
                     let x = NumCast(doc.x);
-                    let xe = x + NumCast(doc.width);
+                    let xe = x + NumCast(layoutDoc.width);
                     let y = NumCast(doc.y);
-                    let ye = y + NumCast(doc.height);
+                    let ye = y + NumCast(layoutDoc.height);
                     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]]);
@@ -408,9 +406,9 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
                 this.props.Document.scrollY = NumCast(doc.y) - offset;
             }
         } else {
-            let layoutdoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
-            const newPanX = NumCast(layoutdoc.x) + NumCast(layoutdoc.width) / 2;
-            const newPanY = NumCast(layoutdoc.y) + NumCast(layoutdoc.height) / 2;
+            let layoutdoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+            const newPanX = NumCast(doc.x) + NumCast(layoutdoc.width) / 2;
+            const newPanY = NumCast(doc.y) + NumCast(layoutdoc.height) / 2;
             const newState = HistoryUtil.getState();
             newState.initializers![this.Document[Id]] = { panX: newPanX, panY: newPanY };
             HistoryUtil.pushState(newState);
@@ -471,10 +469,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
     getCalculatedPositions(params: { doc: Doc, index: number, collection: Doc, docs: Doc[], state: any }): { x?: number, y?: number, z?: number, width?: number, height?: number, transition?: string, state?: any } {
         const script = this.Document.arrangeScript;
         const result = script && script.script.run(params, console.log);
+        const layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(params.doc);
         if (result && result.success) {
             return { ...result, transition: "transform 1s" };
         }
-        return { x: Cast(params.doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(params.doc.y, "number"), z: Cast(params.doc.z, "number"), width: Cast(params.doc.width, "number"), height: Cast(params.doc.height, "number") };
+        return { x: Cast(params.doc.x, "number"), y: Cast(params.doc.y, "number"), z: Cast(params.doc.z, "number"), width: Cast(layoutDoc.width, "number"), height: Cast(layoutDoc.height, "number") };
     }
 
     viewDefsToJSX = (views: any[]) => {
@@ -530,8 +529,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         let elements = initResult && initResult.success ? this.viewDefsToJSX(initResult.result.views) : [];
 
         this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map((pair, i) => {
-            let finalLayout = pair.layout.layout instanceof Doc ? pair.layout.layout : pair.layout;
-            const pos = this.getCalculatedPositions({ doc: finalLayout, index: i, collection: this.Document, docs: layoutDocs, state });
+            const pos = this.getCalculatedPositions({ doc: pair.layout, index: i, collection: this.Document, docs: layoutDocs, state });
             state = pos.state === undefined ? state : pos.state;
             layoutPoolData.set(pair, pos);
         });
@@ -574,7 +572,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
             let i = 0;
             const width = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc.width)));
             const height = Math.max(...docs.map(doc => NumCast(doc.height)));
-            for (const doc of docs.map(d => d.layout instanceof Doc ? d.layout : d)) {
+            for (const doc of docs) {
                 doc.x = x;
                 doc.y = y;
                 x += width + 20;
@@ -592,7 +590,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView(PanZoomDocument) {
         // find rule colorations when rule providing is turned on by looking at each document to see if it has a coloring -- if so, use it's color as the rule for its associated heading.
         this.Document.isRuleProvider && this.childLayoutPairs.map(pair =>
             // iterate over the children of a displayed document (or if the displayed document is a template, iterate over the children of that template)
-            DocListCast(pair.layout.layout instanceof Doc ? pair.layout.layout.data : pair.layout.data).map(heading => {
+            DocListCast(Doc.Layout(pair.layout).data).map(heading => {
                 let headingPair = Doc.GetLayoutDataDocPair(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc, this.props.fieldKey, heading);
                 let headingLayout = headingPair.layout && (pair.layout.data_ext instanceof Doc) && (pair.layout.data_ext[`Layout[${headingPair.layout[Id]}]`] as Doc) || headingPair.layout;
                 if (headingLayout && NumCast(headingLayout.heading) > 0 && headingLayout.backgroundColor !== headingLayout.defaultBackgroundColor) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
index 1362736cf..637168f1b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/MarqueeView.tsx
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             let bounds = this.Bounds;
             let selected = this.marqueeSelect(false);
             if (e.key === "c") {
-                selected.map(d => d.layout instanceof Doc ? d.layout : d).map(d => {
+                selected.map(d => {
                     this.props.removeDocument(d);
                     d.x = NumCast(d.x) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2;
                     d.y = NumCast(d.y) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             let palette = Array.from(Cast(this.props.container.props.Document.colorPalette, listSpec("string")) as string[]);
             let usedPaletted = new Map<string, number>();
             [...this.props.activeDocuments(), this.props.container.props.Document].map(child => {
-                let bg = StrCast(child.layout instanceof Doc ? child.layout.backgroundColor : child.backgroundColor);
+                let bg = StrCast(Doc.Layout(child).backgroundColor);
                 if (palette.indexOf(bg) !== -1) {
                     palette.splice(palette.indexOf(bg), 1);
                     if (usedPaletted.get(bg)) usedPaletted.set(bg, usedPaletted.get(bg)! + 1);
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             this.marqueeInkDelete(inkData);
 
             if (e.key === "s" || e.key === "S") {
-                selected.map(d => d.layout instanceof Doc ? d.layout : d).map(d => {
+                selected.map(d => {
                     this.props.removeDocument(d);
                     d.x = NumCast(d.x) - bounds.left - bounds.width / 2;
                     d.y = NumCast(d.y) - bounds.top - bounds.height / 2;
@@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
         let selRect = this.Bounds;
         let selection: Doc[] = [];
         this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => !doc.isBackground && doc.z === undefined).map(doc => {
-            let layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
-            var x = NumCast(layoutDoc.x);
-            var y = NumCast(layoutDoc.y);
+            let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+            var x = NumCast(doc.x);
+            var y = NumCast(doc.y);
             var w = NumCast(layoutDoc.width);
             var h = NumCast(layoutDoc.height);
             if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, selRect)) {
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
         });
         if (!selection.length && selectBackgrounds) {
             this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => doc.z === undefined).map(doc => {
-                let layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
-                var x = NumCast(layoutDoc.x);
-                var y = NumCast(layoutDoc.y);
+                let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+                var x = NumCast(doc.x);
+                var y = NumCast(doc.y);
                 var w = NumCast(layoutDoc.width);
                 var h = NumCast(layoutDoc.height);
                 if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, selRect)) {
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@ export class MarqueeView extends React.Component<MarqueeViewProps>
             let size = this.props.getContainerTransform().transformDirection(this._lastX - this._downX, this._lastY - this._downY);
             let otherBounds = { left: topLeft[0], top: topLeft[1], width: Math.abs(size[0]), height: Math.abs(size[1]) };
             this.props.activeDocuments().filter(doc => doc.z !== undefined).map(doc => {
-                let layoutDoc = doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc;
-                var x = NumCast(layoutDoc.x);
-                var y = NumCast(layoutDoc.y);
+                let layoutDoc = Doc.Layout(doc);
+                var x = NumCast(doc.x);
+                var y = NumCast(doc.y);
                 var w = NumCast(layoutDoc.width);
                 var h = NumCast(layoutDoc.height);
                 if (this.intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, otherBounds)) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
index 8153923de..2243a44d5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/CollectionFreeFormDocumentView.tsx
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ export const PositionDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema, positionSchema);
 export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeFormDocumentViewProps, PositionDocument>(PositionDocument) {
     _disposer: IReactionDisposer | undefined = undefined;
     get transform() { return `scale(${this.props.ContentScaling()}) translate(${this.X}px, ${this.Y}px) rotate(${random(-1, 1) * this.props.jitterRotation}deg)`; }
-    get X() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[0] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.x : this.props.x !== undefined ? this.props.x : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.x : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.x); }
-    get Y() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[1] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.y : this.props.y !== undefined ? this.props.y : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.y : NumCast(this.layoutDoc.y); }
+    get X() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[0] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.x : this.props.x !== undefined ? this.props.x : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.x : (this.Document.x || 0); }
+    get Y() { return this._animPos !== undefined ? this._animPos[1] : this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.y : this.props.y !== undefined ? this.props.y : this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.y : (this.Document.y || 0); }
     get width() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.width : this.props.width !== undefined ? this.props.width : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.width : this.layoutDoc[WidthSym](); }
     get height() { return this.renderScriptDim ? this.renderScriptDim.height : this.props.height !== undefined ? this.props.height : this.props.dataProvider && this.dataProvider ? this.dataProvider.height : this.layoutDoc[HeightSym](); }
     @computed get dataProvider() { return this.props.dataProvider && this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) ? this.props.dataProvider(this.props.Document, this.props.DataDoc) : undefined; }
-    @computed get nativeWidth() { return FieldValue(this.Document.nativeWidth, 0); }
-    @computed get nativeHeight() { return FieldValue(this.Document.nativeHeight, 0); }
+    @computed get nativeWidth() { return NumCast(this.layoutDoc.nativeWidth); }
+    @computed get nativeHeight() { return NumCast(this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight); }
 
     @computed get renderScriptDim() {
         if (this.Document.renderScript) {
@@ -92,11 +92,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormDocumentView extends DocComponent<CollectionFreeF
 
     clusterColorFunc = (doc: Doc) => this.clusterColor;
 
-    get layoutDoc() {
-        // if this document's layout field contains a document (ie, a rendering template), then we will use that
-        // to determine the render JSX string, otherwise the layout field should directly contain a JSX layout string.
-        return this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document;
-    }
+    get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
 
     @observable _animPos: number[] | undefined = undefined;
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index d375405b9..bb9315ca3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
         }
         return this.props.DataDoc;
     }
-    get layoutDoc() {
-        // if this document's layout field contains a document (ie, a rendering template), then we will use that
-        // to determine the render JSX string, otherwise the layout field should directly contain a JSX layout string.
-        return this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document;
-    }
+    get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
 
     CreateBindings(): JsxBindings {
         let list = {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 26e2c0fa2..1087c57ad 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     public get ContentDiv() { return this._mainCont.current; }
     @computed get active() { return SelectionManager.IsSelected(this) || this.props.parentActive(); }
     @computed get topMost() { return this.props.renderDepth === 0; }
-    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.Document.nativeWidth || 0; }
-    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.Document.nativeHeight || 0; }
+    @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.layoutDoc.nativeWidth || 0; }
+    @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.layoutDoc.nativeHeight || 0; }
     @computed get onClickHandler() { return this.props.onClick ? this.props.onClick : this.Document.onClick; }
 
     @action
@@ -287,8 +287,9 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     @undoBatch
     deleteClicked = (): void => { SelectionManager.DeselectAll(); this.props.removeDocument && this.props.removeDocument(this.props.Document); }
 
-    @undoBatch
-    static makeNativeViewClicked = async (doc: Doc): Promise<void> => swapViews(doc, "layoutNative", "layoutCustom")
+    static makeNativeViewClicked = async (doc: Doc): Promise<void> => {
+        undoBatch(() => swapViews(doc, "layoutNative", "layoutCustom"))();
+    }
 
     static makeCustomViewClicked = async (doc: Doc, dataDoc: Opt<Doc>) => {
         const batch = UndoManager.StartBatch("CustomViewClicked");
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     // the document containing the view layout information - will be the Document itself unless the Document has
     // a layout field.  In that case, all layout information comes from there unless overriden by Document
     get layoutDoc(): Document {
-        return Document(this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document);
+        return Document(Doc.Layout(this.props.Document));
     }
 
     // does Document set a layout prop 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
index c5bf28d5b..fd6a475fb 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FontIconBox.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class FontIconBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, FontIconDocument>(
     }
     render() {
         let referenceDoc = (this.props.Document.dragFactory instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.dragFactory : this.props.Document);
-        let referenceLayout = referenceDoc.layout instanceof Doc ? referenceDoc.layout : referenceDoc;
+        let referenceLayout = Doc.Layout(referenceDoc);
         return <button className="fontIconBox-outerDiv" title={StrCast(this.props.Document.title)} ref={this._ref}
             style={{ background: StrCast(referenceLayout.backgroundColor), boxShadow: this.props.Document.unchecked ? undefined : `4px 4px 12px black` }}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon className="fontIconBox-icon" icon={this.Document.icon as any} color={this._foregroundColor} size="sm" />
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index 6f4ced7f3..ac10d729a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
 
     // the document containing the view layout information - will be the Document itself unless the Document has
     // a layout field.  In that case, all layout information comes from there unless overriden by Document
-    @computed get layoutDoc(): Doc {
-        return this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout : this.props.Document;
-    }
+    @computed get layoutDoc(): Doc { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
 
     linkOnDeselect: Map<string, string> = new Map();
 
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocComponent<(FieldViewProps & FormattedTe
                 // apply as template when dragging with Meta
             } else if (draggedDoc && draggedDoc.type === DocumentType.TEXT && !Doc.AreProtosEqual(draggedDoc, this.props.Document) && de.mods === "MetaKey") {
                 draggedDoc.isTemplateDoc = true;
-                let newLayout = draggedDoc.layout instanceof Doc ? draggedDoc.layout : draggedDoc;
+                let newLayout = Doc.Layout(draggedDoc);
                 if (typeof (draggedDoc.layout) === "string") {
                     newLayout = Doc.MakeDelegate(draggedDoc);
                     newLayout.layout = StrCast(newLayout.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${this.props.fieldKey}"}`);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
index 3a9318469..76cf60188 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/KeyValueBox.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class KeyValueBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
 
     public static ApplyKVPScript(doc: Doc, key: string, kvpScript: KVPScript): boolean {
         const { script, type, onDelegate } = kvpScript;
-        //const target = onDelegate ? (doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc) : Doc.GetProto(doc); // bcz: need to be able to set fields on layout templates
+        //const target = onDelegate ? Doc.Layout(doc.layout) : Doc.GetProto(doc); // bcz: TODO need to be able to set fields on layout templates
         const target = onDelegate ? doc : Doc.GetProto(doc);
         let field: Field;
         if (type === "computed") {
diff --git a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
index 69c048ebf..31173a5c1 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
         setTimeout(action(() => {
             !templateDataDoc[metadataFieldName] && data instanceof ObjectField && (Doc.GetProto(templateDataDoc)[metadataFieldName] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(data));
             let layout = StrCast(fieldLayoutDoc.layout).replace(/fieldKey={"[^"]*"}/, `fieldKey={"${metadataFieldName}"}`);
-            let layoutDelegate = fieldTemplate.layout instanceof Doc ? fieldLayoutDoc : fieldTemplate;
+            let layoutDelegate = Doc.Layout(fieldTemplate);
             layoutDelegate.layout = layout;
             fieldTemplate.layout = layoutDelegate !== fieldTemplate ? layoutDelegate : layout;
             if (fieldTemplate.backgroundColor !== templateDataDoc.defaultBackgroundColor) fieldTemplate.defaultBackgroundColor = fieldTemplate.backgroundColor;
@@ -633,16 +633,18 @@ export namespace Doc {
         return true;
     }
 
-    export function overlapping(doc: Doc, doc2: Doc, clusterDistance: number) {
+    export function overlapping(doc1: Doc, doc2: Doc, clusterDistance: number) {
+        let doc2Layout = Doc.Layout(doc2);
+        let doc1Layout = Doc.Layout(doc1);
         var x2 = NumCast(doc2.x) - clusterDistance;
         var y2 = NumCast(doc2.y) - clusterDistance;
-        var w2 = NumCast(doc2.width) + clusterDistance;
-        var h2 = NumCast(doc2.height) + clusterDistance;
-        var x = NumCast(doc.x) - clusterDistance;
-        var y = NumCast(doc.y) - clusterDistance;
-        var w = NumCast(doc.width) + clusterDistance;
-        var h = NumCast(doc.height) + clusterDistance;
-        return doc.z === doc2.z && intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, { left: x2, top: y2, width: w2, height: h2 });
+        var w2 = NumCast(doc2Layout.width) + clusterDistance;
+        var h2 = NumCast(doc2Layout.height) + clusterDistance;
+        var x = NumCast(doc1.x) - clusterDistance;
+        var y = NumCast(doc1.y) - clusterDistance;
+        var w = NumCast(doc1Layout.width) + clusterDistance;
+        var h = NumCast(doc1Layout.height) + clusterDistance;
+        return doc1.z === doc2.z && intersectRect({ left: x, top: y, width: w, height: h }, { left: x2, top: y2, width: w2, height: h2 });
     }
 
     export function isBrushedHighlightedDegree(doc: Doc) {
@@ -663,6 +665,10 @@ export namespace Doc {
         @observable _user_doc: Doc = undefined!;
         @observable BrushedDoc: ObservableMap<Doc, boolean> = new ObservableMap();
     }
+
+    // if this document's layout field contains a document (ie, a rendering template), then we will use that
+    // to determine the render JSX string, otherwise the layout field should directly contain a JSX layout string.
+    export function Layout(doc: Doc) { return doc.layout instanceof Doc ? doc.layout : doc; }
     const manager = new DocData();
     export function UserDoc(): Doc { return manager._user_doc; }
     export function SetUserDoc(doc: Doc) { manager._user_doc = doc; }
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