65 files changed, 3093 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/js/controllers/elements/component-controller.js b/js/controllers/elements/component-controller.js
index 83450d0f..260ee8a0 100755
--- a/js/controllers/elements/component-controller.js
+++ b/js/controllers/elements/component-controller.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ exports.ComponentController = Montage.create(ElementController, {
 
     getProperty: {
         value: function(el, prop) {
+            var component = el.controller || this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el);
+
             switch(prop) {
                 case "id":
                 case "class":
@@ -19,18 +21,20 @@ exports.ComponentController = Montage.create(ElementController, {
                 case "width":
                 case "height":
                     if(el.nodeName === "IMG" && (prop === "width" || prop === "height")) {
-                        return this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el)[prop];
+                        return component[prop];
                     } else {
                         return ElementController.getProperty(el, prop, true);
                     }
                 default:
-                    return this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el)[prop];
+                    return component[prop];
             }
         }
     },
 
     setProperty: {
         value: function(el, p, value) {
+            var component = el.controller || this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el);
+
             switch(p) {
                 case "id":
                 case "class":
@@ -39,15 +43,14 @@ exports.ComponentController = Montage.create(ElementController, {
                 case "width":
                 case "height":
                     if(el.nodeName === "IMG" && (p === "width" || p === "height")) {
-                        this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el)[p] = value;
+                        component[p] = value;
                     } else {
                         ElementController.setProperty(el, p, value);
                     }
                     break;
                 default:
                     if(p === "min" || p === "max") value = parseFloat(value);
-
-                    this.application.ninja.currentDocument.getComponentFromElement(el)[p] = value;
+                    component[p] = value;
                     break;
 
             }
diff --git a/js/controllers/selection-controller.js b/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
index 154fb7f8..5091f99a 100755
--- a/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
+++ b/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Mot
 
 
 var Montage = require("montage/core/core").Montage,
-    Component = require("montage/ui/component").Component;
+    Component = require("montage/ui/component").Component,
+    NJUtils     = require("js/lib/NJUtils").NJUtils;
 
 exports.SelectionController = Montage.create(Component, {
 
@@ -154,6 +155,33 @@ exports.SelectionController = Montage.create(Component, {
                 this._isDocument = true;
             }
 
+            if(item && item.controller && !item.elementModel.isComponent) {
+                var componentInfo = Montage.getInfoForObject(item.controller);
+                var componentName = componentInfo.objectName.toLowerCase();
+                switch(componentName) {
+                    case "feedreader":
+                        NJUtils.makeElementModel(item, "Feed Reader", "component", false);
+                        item.elementModel.pi = "FeedReaderPi";
+                        item.elementModel.isComponent = true;
+                        break;
+                    case "map":
+                        NJUtils.makeElementModel(item, "Map", "component", false);
+                        item.elementModel.pi = "MapPi";
+                        item.elementModel.isComponent = true;
+                        break;
+                    case "youtubechannel":
+                        NJUtils.makeElementModel(item, "Youtube Channel", "component", false);
+                        item.elementModel.pi = "YoutubeChannelPi";
+                        item.elementModel.isComponent = true;
+                        break;
+                    case "picasacarousel":
+                        NJUtils.makeElementModel(item, "Picasa Carousel", "c