diff --git a/src/qqq/components/DashboardWidgets.tsx b/src/qqq/components/DashboardWidgets.tsx
index e26995f..9725d42 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/DashboardWidgets.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/DashboardWidgets.tsx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function DashboardWidgets({widgetMetaDataList, tableName, entityPrimaryKey, omit
                      <SimpleStatisticsCard
                         title={widgetMetaData.label}
                         data={widgetData[i]}
-                        increaseIsGood={true}
+                        increaseIsGood={widgetData[i].increaseIsGood}
                         isCurrency={widgetData[i].isCurrency}
                      />
                   )
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ function DashboardWidgets({widgetMetaDataList, tableName, entityPrimaryKey, omit
                      <FieldValueListWidget
                         title={widgetMetaData.label}
                         data={widgetData[i]}
+                        reloadWidgetCallback={(data) => reloadWidget(i, data)}
                      />
                )
             }
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Components/DropdownMenu.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Components/DropdownMenu.tsx
index 90ed2db..9447751 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Components/DropdownMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Components/DropdownMenu.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ function DropdownMenu({label, dropdownOptions, onChangeCallback, sx}: Props): JS
                sx={{...sx, cursor: "pointer"}}
                onChange={handleOnChange}
                renderInput={(params: any) => <TextField {...params} label={label} />}
+               renderOption={(props, option: DropdownOption) => (
+                  <li {...props} style={{whiteSpace: "normal"}}>{option.label}</li>
+               )}
             />
          </span>
       ) : null
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/DefaultLineChart.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/DefaultLineChart.tsx
index f14e06a..9e7f579 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/DefaultLineChart.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/DefaultLineChart.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ const options = {
    },
    scales: {
       y: {
+         beginAtZero: true,
          grid: {
             drawBorder: false,
             display: true,
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/FieldValueListWidget.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/FieldValueListWidget.tsx
index b868358..3fd38e6 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/FieldValueListWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/FieldValueListWidget.tsx
@@ -33,12 +33,22 @@ interface Props
 {
    title: string;
    data: any;
+   reloadWidgetCallback?: (params: string) => void;
 }
 
 FieldValueListWidget.defaultProps = {};
 
-function FieldValueListWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
+function FieldValueListWidget({title, data, reloadWidgetCallback}: Props): JSX.Element
 {
+   if(data?.dropdownNeedsSelectedText)
+   {
+      return (
+         <Widget label={title} widgetData={data} reloadWidgetCallback={reloadWidgetCallback}>
+            <br />
+         </Widget>
+      );
+   }
+
    if(!data.fields || !data.record)
    {
       const skeletons = [75, 50, 90];
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@ function FieldValueListWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
    const fieldIndentLevels = data.fieldIndentLevels ?? {};
 
    return (
-      <Widget label={title}>
+      <Widget label={title} widgetData={data} reloadWidgetCallback={reloadWidgetCallback}>
          <Box p={3} pt={0} display="flex" flexDirection="column">
             {
                fields.map((field: QFieldMetaData, index: number) => (
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/LineChart.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/LineChart.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 5256e0a..0000000
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/LineChart.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
- * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
- * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
- * contact@kingsrook.com
- * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import Card from "@mui/material/Card";
-import Icon from "@mui/material/Icon";
-import {ReactNode, useMemo} from "react";
-import {Line} from "react-chartjs-2";
-import colors from "qqq/components/Temporary/colors";
-import MDBox from "qqq/components/Temporary/MDBox";
-import MDTypography from "qqq/components/Temporary/MDTypography";
-import configs from "qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Configs/LineChartConfigs";
-
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////
-// structure of expected line chart data //
-///////////////////////////////////////////
-export interface LineChartData
-{
-   labels: string[];
-   datasets: {
-      label: string;
-      color?: "primary" | "secondary" | "info" | "success" | "warning" | "error" | "light" | "dark";
-      data: number[];
-   }[];
-};
-
-
-////////////////////////
-// line chart options //
-////////////////////////
-const options = {
-   responsive: true,
-   maintainAspectRatio: false,
-   plugins: {
-      legend: {
-         display: false,
-      },
-   },
-   interaction: {
-      intersect: false,
-      mode: "index",
-   },
-   scales: {
-      y: {
-         grid: {
-            drawBorder: false,
-            display: true,
-            drawOnChartArea: true,
-            drawTicks: false,
-            borderDash: [5, 5],
-            color: "rgba(255, 255, 255, .2)",
-         },
-         ticks: {
-            display: true,
-            color: "#f8f9fa",
-            padding: 10,
-            font: {
-               size: 14,
-               weight: 300,
-               family: "Roboto",
-               style: "normal",
-               lineHeight: 2,
-            },
-         },
-      },
-      x: {
-         grid: {
-            drawBorder: false,
-            display: false,
-            drawOnChartArea: false,
-            drawTicks: false,
-            borderDash: [5, 5],
-         },
-         ticks: {
-            display: true,
-            color: "#f8f9fa",
-            padding: 10,
-            font: {
-               size: 14,
-               weight: 300,
-               family: "Roboto",
-               style: "normal",
-               lineHeight: 2,
-            },
-         },
-      },
-   },
-};
-
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////
-// define input properties and defaults //
-//////////////////////////////////////////
-interface Props
-{
-   icon?: {
-      color?: "primary" | "secondary" | "info" | "success" | "warning" | "error" | "light" | "dark";
-      component: ReactNode;
-   };
-   title?: string;
-   description?: string | ReactNode;
-   height?: string | number;
-   chart: {
-      labels: string[];
-      datasets: {
-         label: string;
-         color?: "primary" | "secondary" | "info" | "success" | "warning" | "error" | "light" | "dark";
-         data: number[];
-      }[];
-   };
-
-   [key: string]: any;
-}
-
-LineChart.defaultProps = {
-   icon: {color: "info", component: ""},
-   title: "",
-   description: "",
-   height: "19.125rem",
-};
-
-function LineChart({icon, title, description, height, chart}: Props): JSX.Element
-{
-   const chartDatasets = chart.datasets
-      ? chart.datasets.map((dataset) => ({
-         ...dataset,
-         tension: 0,
-         pointRadius: 3,
-         borderWidth: 4,
-         backgroundColor: "transparent",
-         fill: true,
-         pointBackgroundColor: colors[dataset.color]
-            ? colors[dataset.color || "dark"].main
-            : colors.dark.main,
-         borderColor: colors[dataset.color]
-            ? colors[dataset.color || "dark"].main
-            : colors.dark.main,
-         maxBarThickness: 6,
-      }))
-      : [];
-
-   const {data} = configs(chart.labels || [], chartDatasets);
-
-   const renderChart = (
-      <MDBox py={2} pr={2} pl={icon.component ? 1 : 2}>
-         {title || description ? (
-            <MDBox display="flex" px={description ? 1 : 0} pt={description ? 1 : 0}>
-               {icon.component && (
-                  <MDBox
-                     width="4rem"
-                     height="4rem"
-                     bgColor={icon.color || "info"}
-                     variant="gradient"
-                     coloredShadow={icon.color || "info"}
-                     borderRadius="xl"
-                     display="flex"
-                     justifyContent="center"
-                     alignItems="center"
-                     color="white"
-                     mt={-5}
-                     mr={2}
-                  >
-                     <Icon fontSize="medium">{icon.component}</Icon>
-                  </MDBox>
-               )}
-               <MDBox mt={icon.component ? -2 : 0}>
-                  {title && <MDTypography variant="h5">{title}</MDTypography>}
-                  <MDBox mb={2}>
-                     <MDTypography component="div" variant="button" color="text">
-                        {description}
-                     </MDTypography>
-                  </MDBox>
-               </MDBox>
-            </MDBox>
-         ) : null}
-         {useMemo(
-            () => (
-               <MDBox height={height}>
-                  <Line data={data} options={options} />
-               </MDBox>
-            ),
-            [chart, height]
-         )}
-      </MDBox>
-   );
-
-   return title || description ? <Card>{renderChart}</Card> : renderChart;
-}
-
-
-export default LineChart;
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/ParentWidget.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/ParentWidget.tsx
index 29d778a..e1f3a75 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/ParentWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/ParentWidget.tsx
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ function ParentWidget({widgetIndex, label, data, reloadWidgetCallback, entityPri
 {
    const [childUrlParams, setChildUrlParams] = useState("");
    const [qInstance, setQInstance] = useState(null as QInstance);
-   const [dropdownData, setDropdownData] = useState([]);
    const [widgets, setWidgets] = useState([] as any[]);
-   const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
 
    useEffect(() =>
    {
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/RecordGridWidget.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/RecordGridWidget.tsx
index d3b3b7d..f28dc74 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/RecordGridWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/RecordGridWidget.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 import {QTableMetaData} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/metaData/QTableMetaData";
 import {QRecord} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/QRecord";
-import {DataGridPro} from "@mui/x-data-grid-pro";
+import {DataGridPro, GridCallbackDetails, GridRowParams, MuiEvent} from "@mui/x-data-grid-pro";
 import React, {useEffect, useState} from "react";
+import {useNavigate} from "react-router-dom";
 import DataGridUtils from "qqq/utils/DataGridUtils";
+import QClient from "qqq/utils/QClient";
 import Widget, {AddNewRecordButton, HeaderLink, LabelComponent} from "./Widget";
 
 interface Props
@@ -34,10 +36,13 @@ interface Props
 
 RecordGridWidget.defaultProps = {};
 
+const qController = QClient.getInstance();
+
 function RecordGridWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
 {
    const [rows, setRows] = useState([]);
    const [columns, setColumns] = useState([]);
+   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
    useEffect(() =>
    {
@@ -59,6 +64,21 @@ function RecordGridWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
          const childTablePath = data.tablePath + (data.tablePath.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/")
          const columns = DataGridUtils.setupGridColumns(tableMetaData, columnsToRender, childTablePath);
 
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // do not not show the foreign-key column of the parent table //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         if(data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords)
+         {
+            for (let i = 0; i < columns.length; i++)
+            {
+               if(data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords[columns[i].field])
+               {
+                  columns.splice(i, 1);
+                  i--
+               }
+            }
+         }
+
          setRows(rows);
          setColumns(columns);
       }
@@ -81,6 +101,21 @@ function RecordGridWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
       labelAdditionalComponentsRight.push(new AddNewRecordButton(data.childTableMetaData, data.defaultValuesForNewChildRecords, "Add new", disabledFields))
    }
 
+
+   const handleRowClick = (params: GridRowParams, event: MuiEvent<React.MouseEvent>, details: GridCallbackDetails) =>
+   {
+      (async () =>
+      {
+         const qInstance = await qController.loadMetaData()
+         const tablePath = qInstance.getTablePathByName(data.childTableMetaData.name)
+         if(tablePath)
+         {
+            navigate(`${tablePath}/${params.id}`);
+         }
+      })();
+   };
+
+
    return (
       <Widget
          label={title}
@@ -94,6 +129,7 @@ function RecordGridWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
             columns={columns}
             rowBuffer={10}
             getRowClassName={(params) => (params.indexRelativeToCurrentPage % 2 === 0 ? "even" : "odd")}
+            onRowClick={handleRowClick}
             // getRowHeight={() => "auto"} // maybe nice?  wraps values in cells...
             // components={{Toolbar: CustomToolbar, Pagination: CustomPagination, LoadingOverlay: Loading}}
             // pinnedColumns={pinnedColumns}
@@ -106,7 +142,6 @@ function RecordGridWidget({title, data}: Props): JSX.Element
             // checkboxSelection
             // rowCount={totalRecords === null ? 0 : totalRecords}
             // onPageSizeChange={handleRowsPerPageChange}
-            // onRowClick={handleRowClick}
             // onStateChange={handleStateChange}
             // density={density}
             // loading={loading}
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Widget.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Widget.tsx
index e46e72d..7987752 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Widget.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/dashboards/Widgets/Widget.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function Widget(props: React.PropsWithChildren<Props>): JSX.Element
       {
          const dropdown = component as Dropdown
          return (
-            <Box my={3} mr={2} sx={{float: "right"}}>
+            <Box my={2} mr={2} sx={{float: "right"}}>
                <DropdownMenu
                   sx={{width: 200, marginLeft: "15px"}}
                   label={`Select ${dropdown.label}`}
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/entity-view/EntityView.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/entity-view/EntityView.tsx
index ee91dff..2388b95 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/entity-view/EntityView.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/entity-view/EntityView.tsx
@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@ function EntityView({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
                return;
             }
          }
+
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // look for anchor links - e.g., table section names.  return w/ no-op if found. //
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         if(tableSections)
+         {
+            for (let i = 0; i < tableSections.length; i++)
+            {
+               if("#" + tableSections[i].name === location.hash)
+               {
+                  return;
+               }
+            }
+         }
       }
       catch (e)
       {
@@ -564,7 +578,7 @@ function EntityView({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
 
                                     <Grid container spacing={3}>
                                        <Grid item xs={12} mb={3}>
-                                          <Card id={t1SectionName}>
+                                          <Card id={t1SectionName} sx={{scrollMarginTop: "100px"}}>
                                              <MDBox display="flex" p={3} pb={1}>
                                                 <MDBox mr={1.5}>
                                                    <Avatar sx={{bgcolor: colors.info.main}}>