diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js
index 091c6089..019f50b2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
@@ -2596,10 +2596,12 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 			this.collect(gids || 'current', title) }, 2)],
 	collectRibbon: ['Collections|Ribbon/Add $ribbon to collection...',
 		// NOTE: this is not an alias as we need it to be marked as a dialog...
-		widgets.uiDialog(function(){ return this.collect('ribbon') })],
+		//widgets.uiDialog(function(){ return this.collect('ribbon') })],
+		'collect: "ribbon"'],
 	collectLoaded: ['Collections/$Add loaded images to collection...',
 		// NOTE: this is not an alias as we need it to be marked as a dialog...
-		widgets.uiDialog(function(){ return this.collect('loaded') })],
+		//widgets.uiDialog(function(){ return this.collect('loaded') })],
+		'collect: "loaded"'],
 	joinCollect: [
 		collectionGetterWrapper(function(title){ this.joinCollect(title) })],
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js
index 411fb7d8..ea157995 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
@@ -644,18 +644,26 @@ var DialogsActions = actions.Actions({
 	},
 
 	// testers...
+	//
+	// XXX should these test only the root action or the whole tree???
 	isUIContainer: ['- Interface/',
-		actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
-			return action != null
-				&& action.__container__ == true })],
+		function(action){
+			return !!this.getActionAttr(action, '__container__') }],
+		//actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
+		//	return action != null
+		//		&& action.__container__ == true })],
 	isUIDialog: ['- Interface/',
-		actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
-			return action != null 
-				&& action.__dialog__ == true })],
+		function(action){
+			return !!this.getActionAttr(action, '__dialog__') }],
+		//actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
+		//	return action != null 
+		//		&& action.__dialog__ == true })],
 	isUIElement: ['- Interface/',
-		actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
-			return action != null 
-				&& (action.__dialog__ == true || action.__container__ == true) })],
+		function(action){ 
+			return this.isUIDialog(action) || this.isUIContainer(action) }],
+		//actions.doWithRootAction(function(action){
+		//	return action != null 
+		//		&& (action.__dialog__ == true || action.__container__ == true) })],
 
 
 	// container constructors...
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/package-lock.json b/ui (gen4)/package-lock.json
index f2881c5b..37222493 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/package-lock.json	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/package-lock.json	
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==",
+          "integrity": "sha1-UWbihkV/AzBgZL5Ul+jbsMPTIIM=",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "1.1.8"
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==",
+          "integrity": "sha1-UWbihkV/AzBgZL5Ul+jbsMPTIIM=",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "1.1.8"
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==",
+          "integrity": "sha1-UWbihkV/AzBgZL5Ul+jbsMPTIIM=",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "1.1.8"
@@ -2527,9 +2527,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "ig-actions": {
-      "version": "3.11.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-actions/-/ig-actions-3.11.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gAWFKy03jdTCJL2xnr9y+JucO2ORXj8wsQUbBlXqoZK0rduSDtgTS+lSEI5DhspFT6lgyTxq/4ULkShdszNTQA==",
+      "version": "3.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-actions/-/ig-actions-3.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9fRwJKN2K9lP87NS5Cagdp5CEu/Z4CYF59dv++1IjNkvGmrpgHV41nSSW90vk8p1yKlu3zBV6+i7suLFljT90g==",
       "requires": {
         "ig-object": "1.0.2"
       }
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-features/-/ig-features-3.3.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-NSvuVkLUI47f1mpG03/fVqJaMYLDUFVcg2FNXUtqvDqQqKhlZuXJfxsGcoFQ1eIZ1pqYcYeYHmjNbgmK6rT5cA==",
       "requires": {
-        "ig-actions": "3.11.0",
+        "ig-actions": "3.12.0",
         "ig-object": "1.0.2"
       }
     },
@@ -9784,7 +9784,7 @@
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==",
+          "integrity": "sha1-UWbihkV/AzBgZL5Ul+jbsMPTIIM=",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "1.1.8"
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/package.json b/ui (gen4)/package.json
index 023dc12e..ec83ea19 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/package.json	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/package.json	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "fs-walk": "^0.0.1",
     "glob": "^4.0.6",
     "guarantee-events": "^1.0.0",
-    "ig-actions": "^3.11.0",
+    "ig-actions": "^3.12.0",
     "ig-features": "^3.3.2",
     "ig-object": "^1.0.2",
     "npm": "^5.6.0",