diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/app.js b/ui (gen4)/features/app.js
index f36bad2a..c149ca17 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/app.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/app.js	
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ module.PortableAppControl = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 	handlers: [
 		// update window title...
 		// XXX make this generic...
-		['focusImage',
+		['focusImage clear',
 			function(){
 				if(this.images){
 					var img = this.images[this.current]
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js
index ea0e2f8f..3428265a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
@@ -2380,6 +2380,7 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 	//
 	// XXX would be nice to make this nested (i.e. path list) -- collection grouping... (???)
 	// XXX should we use options object???
+	// XXX might need to check (in a standard way) that nothing is loaded...
 	browseCollections: ['Collections/$Collections...',
 		core.doc`Collection list...
 
@@ -2423,6 +2424,12 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 								.addClass('highlighted')
 						})
 
+					// nothing loaded...
+					if(that.data.length == 0 && that.collection == null){
+						make.Empty('No collections...')
+						return
+					}
+
 					var openHandler = function(_, title){
 						var title = $(this).find('.text').attr('text') || title
 						// create collection if it does not exist...