1 files changed, 37 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js b/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
index 3eaf3dec..7ed33fda 100644
--- a/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
+++ b/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
@@ -305,9 +305,20 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
                         // Clear for future DnD
                         this._dropLayerID = null;
                         this._dragLayerID = null;
+                        
+                        // Sometimes, just to be fun, the drop and dragend events don't fire.
+                        // So just in case, set the draw routine to delete the helper.
+                        this._deleteHelper = true;
+                        this.needsDraw = true;
                 }
         }
     },
+    _appendHelper: {
+        value: false
+    },
+    _deleteHelper: {
+        value: false
+    },
     /* === END: Models === */
     /* === BEGIN: Draw cycle === */
     prepareForDraw:{
@@ -329,7 +340,6 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
     willDraw:{
         value:function () {
             if (this._isLayer) {
-              //  this.createNewLayer();
                 this._isLayer = false;
             }
         }
@@ -351,6 +361,26 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
                         }
                         this._dragAndDropHelperCoords = false;
                 }
+                // Do we have a helper to delete?
+                if (this._deleteHelper === true) {
+                        if (this._dragAndDropHelper === null) {
+                                // Problem....maybe a helper didn't get appended, or maybe it didn't get stored.
+                                // Try and recover the helper so we can delete it.
+                                var myHelper = this.container_layers.querySelector(".timeline-dnd-helper");
+                                if (myHelper != null) {
+                                        this._dragAndDropHelper = myHelper;
+                                }
+                        }
+                    if (this._dragAndDropHelper !== null) {
+                        // We need to delete the helper.  Can we delete it from container_layers?
+                        if (this._dragAndDropHelper && this._dragAndDropHelper.parentNode === this.container_layers) {
+                                this.container_layers.removeChild(this._dragAndDropHelper);
+                                this._dragAndDropHelper = null;
+                                this._deleteHelper = false;
+                        }
+                    } 
+                    
+                }
         }
     },
     /* === END: Draw cycle === */
@@ -1043,7 +1073,7 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
                 }
                 this._dragAndDropHelperOffset = findYOffset(this.container_layers);
                 this._appendHelper = true;
-            // this.container_layers.appendChild(this._dragAndDropHelper);
+                this._deleteHelper = false;
         }
     },
     handleLayerDragover: {
@@ -1056,23 +1086,17 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
     },
     handleLayerDragEnd : {
         value: function(event) {
-            // Delete the helper and clean up
-            if (this._dragAndDropHelper !== null) {
-                this.container_layers.removeChild(this._dragAndDropHelper);
-                                this._dragAndDropHelper = null;
-            }
+                this._deleteHelper = true;
+                this.needsDraw = true;
+           
         }
     },
     handleLayerDrop : {
         value: function(event) {
             event.stopPropagation();
             event.preventDefault();
-                // Usually drop fires after dragend, but sometimes
-                // dragend doesn't fire. So if we're here in drop 
-                // and there's still a helper, we need to manually fire dragend.
-                if (this._dragAndDropHelper !== null) {
-                        this.handleLayerDragEnd(event);
-                }
+            this._deleteHelper = true; 
+            this.needsDraw = true;
         }
     },
     /* === END: Controllers === */