diff --git a/src/qqq/components/widgets/misc/RecordGridWidget.tsx b/src/qqq/components/widgets/misc/RecordGridWidget.tsx
index 2c90096..5f9e8a6 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/widgets/misc/RecordGridWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/widgets/misc/RecordGridWidget.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function RecordGridWidget({widgetMetaData, data, addNewRecordCallback, disableRo
          }
 
          const tableMetaData = data.childTableMetaData instanceof QTableMetaData ? data.childTableMetaData as QTableMetaData : new QTableMetaData(data.childTableMetaData);
-         const rows = DataGridUtils.makeRows(records, tableMetaData);
+         const rows = DataGridUtils.makeRows(records, tableMetaData, undefined, true);
 
          /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          // note - tablePath may be null, if the user doesn't have access to the table. //
@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@ function RecordGridWidget({widgetMetaData, data, addNewRecordCallback, disableRo
          disabledFields = data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords;
       }
 
-      const defaultValuesForNewChildRecords = data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords || {}
+      const defaultValuesForNewChildRecords = data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords || {};
 
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // copy values from specified fields in the parent record down into the child record //
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-      if(data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecordsFromParentFields)
+      if (data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecordsFromParentFields)
       {
-         for(let childField in data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecordsFromParentFields)
+         for (let childField in data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecordsFromParentFields)
          {
             const parentField = data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecordsFromParentFields[childField];
             defaultValuesForNewChildRecords[childField] = parentRecord?.values?.get(parentField);
diff --git a/src/qqq/utils/DataGridUtils.tsx b/src/qqq/utils/DataGridUtils.tsx
index b7effe7..9ee5fa4 100644
--- a/src/qqq/utils/DataGridUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/utils/DataGridUtils.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default class DataGridUtils
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
-   public static makeRows = (results: QRecord[], tableMetaData: QTableMetaData, tableVariant?: QTableVariant): GridRowsProp[] =>
+   public static makeRows = (results: QRecord[], tableMetaData: QTableMetaData, tableVariant?: QTableVariant, allowEmptyId = false): GridRowsProp[] =>
    {
       const fields = [...tableMetaData.fields.values()];
       const rows = [] as any[];
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default class DataGridUtils
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // DataGrid gets very upset about a null or undefined here, so, try to make it happier //
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-               if (!tableVariant)
+               if (!allowEmptyId)
                {
                   row["id"] = "--";
                }
@@ -242,20 +242,6 @@ export default class DataGridUtils
                cellValues.value ? <Link to={`${linkBase}${encodeURIComponent(cellValues.value)}`} onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>{cellValues.value}</Link> : ""
             );
          }
-         /* todo wip ... not sure if/how to get tooltipFieldName set in the row... */
-         /*
-         else if (field.hasAdornment(AdornmentType.TOOLTIP))
-         {
-            const tooltipAdornment = field.getAdornment(AdornmentType.TOOLTIP);
-            const tooltipFieldName: string = tooltipAdornment.getValue("tooltipFieldName");
-            if(tooltipFieldName)
-            {
-               column.renderCell = (cellValues: any) => (
-                  cellValues.value ? <Tooltip title={cellValues.row[tooltipFieldName]}><span>{cellValues.value}</span></Tooltip> : ""
-               );
-            }
-         }
-        */
       });
    }
 
diff --git a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
index 73fa993..3d90a67 100644
--- a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
@@ -255,11 +255,6 @@ class ValueUtils
          return (<BlobComponent field={field} url={url} filename={displayValue} usage={usage} />);
       }
 
-      // todo if(field.hasAdornment(AdornmentType.CODE))
-      // todo {
-      // todo    return <span style={{fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: "12px", color: "#4f4f4f"}}>{ValueUtils.getUnadornedValueForDisplay(field, rawValue, displayValue)}</span>
-      // todo }
-
       return (ValueUtils.getUnadornedValueForDisplay(field, rawValue, displayValue));
    }