diff --git a/src/qqq/components/forms/EntityForm.tsx b/src/qqq/components/forms/EntityForm.tsx
index 2199ff9..bd01e2a 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/forms/EntityForm.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/forms/EntityForm.tsx
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ function EntityForm(props: Props): JSX.Element
                   else
                   {
                      setAlertContent(error.message);
-                     HtmlUtils.autoScroll(0);
+                     scrollToTopToShowAlert();
                   }
                });
          }
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ function EntityForm(props: Props): JSX.Element
                   else
                   {
                      setAlertContent(error.message);
-                     HtmlUtils.autoScroll(0);
+                     scrollToTopToShowAlert();
                   }
                });
          }
@@ -981,6 +981,22 @@ function EntityForm(props: Props): JSX.Element
    };
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   function scrollToTopToShowAlert()
+   {
+      if (props.isModal)
+      {
+         document.getElementById("modalTopReference")?.scrollIntoView();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         HtmlUtils.autoScroll(0);
+      }
+   }
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -1265,6 +1281,7 @@ function EntityForm(props: Props): JSX.Element
       return (
          <Box sx={{position: "absolute", overflowY: "auto", maxHeight: "100%", width: "100%"}}>
             <Card sx={{my: 5, mx: "auto", p: 6, pb: 0, maxWidth: "1024px"}}>
+               <span id="modalTopReference"></span>
                {body}
             </Card>
          </Box>
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/horseshoe/Breadcrumbs.tsx b/src/qqq/components/horseshoe/Breadcrumbs.tsx
index cc396bd..5322dcb 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/horseshoe/Breadcrumbs.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/horseshoe/Breadcrumbs.tsx
@@ -94,16 +94,19 @@ function QBreadcrumbs({icon, title, route, light}: Props): JSX.Element
    {
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // avoid showing "saved view" as a breadcrumb element //
+      // e.g., if at /app/table/savedView/1 (so where i==2) //
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-      if(routes[i] === "savedView")
+      if(routes[i] === "savedView" && i == 2)
       {
          continue;
       }
 
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // avoid showing the table name if it's the element before savedView //
+      // e.g., when at /app/table/savedView/1 (so where i==1)              //
+      // we want to just be showing "App"                                  //
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-      if(i < routes.length - 1 && routes[i+1] == "savedView")
+      if(i < routes.length - 1 && routes[i+1] == "savedView" && i == 1)
       {
          continue;
       }
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/query/QuickFilter.tsx b/src/qqq/components/query/QuickFilter.tsx
index 9de8049..60e0cbf 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/query/QuickFilter.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/query/QuickFilter.tsx
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export default function QuickFilter({tableMetaData, fullFieldName, fieldMetaData
    //////////////////////////////
    // return the button & menu //
    //////////////////////////////
-   const widthAndMaxWidth = (fieldMetaData?.type == QFieldType.DATE_TIME) ? 295 : 250;
+   const widthAndMaxWidth = (fieldMetaData?.type == QFieldType.DATE_TIME) ? 315 : 250;
    return (
       <>
          {button}
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/sharing/ShareModal.tsx b/src/qqq/components/sharing/ShareModal.tsx
index 3bfa7f4..634b579 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/sharing/ShareModal.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/sharing/ShareModal.tsx
@@ -369,15 +369,15 @@ export default function ShareModal({open, onClose, tableMetaData, record}: Share
             <Card sx={{my: 5, mx: "auto", p: 3}}>
 
                {/* header */}
-               <Box display="flex" flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" alignItems="flex-start">
+               <Box display="flex" flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" alignItems="flex-start" maxWidth="590px">
                   <Typography variant="h4" pb={1} fontWeight="600">
                      Share {tableMetaData.label}: {record?.recordLabel ?? record?.values?.get(tableMetaData.primaryKeyField) ?? "Unknown"}
-                     <Box color={colors.gray.main} pb={"0.5rem"} fontSize={"0.875rem"} fontWeight="400" maxWidth="590px">
+                     <Box color={colors.gray.main} pb={"0.5rem"} fontSize={"0.875rem"} fontWeight="400">
                         {/* todo move to helpContent (what do we attach the meta-data too??) */}
                         Select a user or a group to share this record with.
                         {/*You can choose if they should only be able to Read the record, or also make Edits to it.*/}
                      </Box>
-                     <Box fontSize={14} maxWidth="590px" pb={1} fontWeight="300">
+                     <Box fontSize={14} pb={1} fontWeight="300">
                         {alert && <Alert color="error" onClose={() => setAlert(null)}>{alert}</Alert>}
                         {statusString}
                         {!alert && !statusString && (<>&nbsp;</>)}
diff --git a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
index 2a5e20b..d34cbb9 100644
--- a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class FilterUtils
 
          let values = criteria.values;
          let hasFilterVariable = false;
+
          if (field.possibleValueSourceName)
          {
             //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@ class FilterUtils
             //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
             if (values && values.length > 0 && values[0] !== null && values[0] !== undefined && values[0] !== "")
             {
+               ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               // do not do this lookup if the field is a filter variable expression //
+               ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                if (values[0].type && values[0].type == "FilterVariableExpression")
                {
                   hasFilterVariable = true;
@@ -142,11 +146,7 @@ class FilterUtils
             }
          }
 
-         if (hasFilterVariable)
-         {
-            values[0] = new FilterVariableExpression({fieldName: field.name, valueIndex: 0});
-         }
-         else if (values && values.length)
+         if (values && values.length)
          {
             for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
             {
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ class FilterUtils
          {
             return (new ThisOrLastPeriodExpression(value));
          }
+         else if (value.type == "FilterVariableExpression")
+         {
+            return (new FilterVariableExpression(value));
+         }
       }
 
       return (null);