diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/MultilineTextEditor.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/MultilineTextEditor.ts
index 8d70d24b..1c69233f 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/MultilineTextEditor.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/MultilineTextEditor.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class EditorComponent extends Events {
       resize: 'none',
       overflow: 'hidden',
       padding: '0px 0px 0px 0px',
+      lineHeight: '100%',
     });
 
     result.append(textareaElem);
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ class EditorComponent extends Events {
     });
   }
 
-  private resize(text?: string) {
+  private resize(text?: string): void {
     // Force relayout ...
     EventBus.instance.fireEvent('forceLayout');
 
@@ -132,15 +133,12 @@ class EditorComponent extends Events {
 
     const textValue = text || this.getTextAreaText();
     const textElem = this.getTextareaElem();
-    const lines = textValue.split('\n');
 
-    let maxLineLength = 1;
-    lines.forEach((line: string) => {
-      maxLineLength = Math.max(line.length, maxLineLength);
-    });
+    const rows = [...textValue].filter((x) => x === '\n').length + 1;
+    const maxLineLength = Math.max(...textValue.split('\n').map((l) => l.length));
 
     textElem.attr('cols', maxLineLength);
-    textElem.attr('rows', lines.length);
+    textElem.attr('rows', rows);
 
     this._containerElem.css({
       width: `${maxLineLength + 2}em`,
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/Topic.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/Topic.ts
index 5eef5d9c..6f0c378d 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/Topic.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/Topic.ts
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ abstract class Topic extends NodeGraph {
       textShape.setFontName(fontFamily);
 
       const text = this.getText();
-      textShape.setText(text.trim());
+      textShape.setText(text);
 
       // Update outer shape style ...
       const outerShape = this.getOuterShape();
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/AbstractBasicSorter.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/AbstractBasicSorter.ts
index 52a2116b..025ca728 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/AbstractBasicSorter.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/AbstractBasicSorter.ts
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ abstract class AbstractBasicSorter extends ChildrenSorterStrategy {
     if (children.length === 0 || node.areChildrenShrunken()) {
       result = height;
     } else {
-      let childrenHeight = 0;
-
-      children.forEach((child) => {
-        childrenHeight += this._computeChildrenHeight(treeSet, child, heightCache);
-      });
-
+      const childrenHeight = children
+        .map((child) => this._computeChildrenHeight(treeSet, child, heightCache))
+        .reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => accumulator + currentValue, 0);
       result = Math.max(height, childrenHeight);
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ abstract class AbstractBasicSorter extends ChildrenSorterStrategy {
     return result;
   }
 
-  protected _getSortedChildren(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node) {
+  protected _getSortedChildren(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): Node[] {
     const result = treeSet.getChildren(node);
     result.sort((a, b) => a.getOrder() - b.getOrder());
     return result;
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/BalancedSorter.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/BalancedSorter.ts
index cf649ba0..1751c54e 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/BalancedSorter.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/BalancedSorter.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class BalancedSorter extends AbstractBasicSorter {
     }
   }
 
-  computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node) {
+  computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): Map<number, PositionType> {
     $assert(treeSet, 'treeSet can no be null.');
     $assert(node, 'node can no be null.');
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class BalancedSorter extends AbstractBasicSorter {
     let ysum = 0;
 
     // Calculate the offsets ...
-    const result = {};
+    const result = new Map<number, PositionType>();
     for (let i = 0; i < heights.length; i++) {
       const direction = heights[i].order % 2 ? -1 : 1;
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class BalancedSorter extends AbstractBasicSorter {
       $assert(!Number.isNaN(xOffset), 'xOffset can not be null');
       $assert(!Number.isNaN(yOffset), 'yOffset can not be null');
 
-      result[heights[i].id] = { x: xOffset, y: yOffset };
+      result.set(heights[i].id, { x: xOffset, y: yOffset });
     }
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/ChildrenSorterStrategy.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/ChildrenSorterStrategy.ts
index 0806d30e..8d266e3a 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/ChildrenSorterStrategy.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/ChildrenSorterStrategy.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import PositionType from '../PositionType';
 abstract class ChildrenSorterStrategy {
   abstract computeChildrenIdByHeights(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): Map<number, number>;
 
-  abstract computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): void;
+  abstract computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): Map<number, PositionType>;
 
   abstract insert(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, parent: Node, child: Node, order: number): void;
 
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/Node.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/Node.ts
index af05655d..a5680521 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/Node.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/Node.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ class Node {
 
   /** */
   setSize(size: SizeType) {
-    $assert($defined(size), 'Size can not be null');
     this._setProperty('size', { ...size });
   }
 
@@ -177,14 +176,7 @@ class Node {
 
   setPosition(position: PositionType) {
     // This is a performance improvement to avoid movements that really could be avoided.
-    const currentPos = this.getPosition();
-    if (
-      currentPos == null ||
-      Math.abs(currentPos.x - position.x) > 2 ||
-      Math.abs(currentPos.y - position.y) > 2
-    ) {
-      this._setProperty('position', position);
-    }
+    this._setProperty('position', position);
   }
 
   _setProperty(key: string, value) {
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/OriginalLayout.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/OriginalLayout.ts
index 4c492cc7..0044df7f 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/OriginalLayout.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/OriginalLayout.ts
@@ -81,15 +81,17 @@ class OriginalLayout {
       // Calculate all node heights ...
       const sorter = node.getSorter();
       const heightById = sorter.computeChildrenIdByHeights(this._treeSet, node);
-      this._layoutChildren(node, heightById);
-      this._fixOverlapping(node, heightById);
+
+      this.layoutChildren(node, heightById);
+      // this.fixOverlapping(node, heightById);
     });
   }
 
-  private _layoutChildren(node: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): void {
+  private layoutChildren(node: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): void {
     const nodeId = node.getId();
     const children = this._treeSet.getChildren(node);
     const parent = this._treeSet.getParent(node);
+
     const childrenOrderMoved = children.some((child) => child.hasOrderChanged());
     const childrenSizeChanged = children.some((child) => child.hasSizeChanged());
 
@@ -99,43 +101,24 @@ class OriginalLayout {
 
     const parentHeightChanged = parent ? parent._heightChanged : false;
     const heightChanged = node._branchHeight !== newBranchHeight;
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
     node._heightChanged = heightChanged || parentHeightChanged;
 
     if (childrenOrderMoved || childrenSizeChanged || heightChanged || parentHeightChanged) {
       const sorter = node.getSorter();
       const offsetById = sorter.computeOffsets(this._treeSet, node);
       const parentPosition = node.getPosition();
-      const me = this;
 
       children.forEach((child) => {
-        const offset = offsetById[child.getId()];
-
-        const childFreeDisplacement = child.getFreeDisplacement();
-        const direction = node.getSorter().getChildDirection(me._treeSet, child);
-
-        if (
-          (direction > 0 && childFreeDisplacement.x < 0) ||
-          (direction < 0 && childFreeDisplacement.x > 0)
-        ) {
-          child.resetFreeDisplacement();
-          child.setFreeDisplacement({
-            x: -childFreeDisplacement.x,
-            y: childFreeDisplacement.y,
-          });
-        }
-
-        offset.x += child.getFreeDisplacement().x;
-        offset.y += child.getFreeDisplacement().y;
+        const offset = offsetById.get(child.getId())!;
 
         const parentX = parentPosition.x;
         const parentY = parentPosition.y;
 
         const newPos = {
           x: parentX + offset.x,
-          y: parentY + offset.y + me._calculateAlignOffset(node, child, heightById),
+          y: parentY + offset.y + this.calculateAlignOffset(node, child, heightById),
         };
-        me._treeSet.updateBranchPosition(child, newPos);
+        this._treeSet.updateBranchPosition(child, newPos);
       });
 
       node._branchHeight = newBranchHeight;
@@ -143,15 +126,11 @@ class OriginalLayout {
 
     // Continue reordering the children nodes ...
     children.forEach((child) => {
-      this._layoutChildren(child, heightById);
+      this.layoutChildren(child, heightById);
     });
   }
 
-  private _calculateAlignOffset(node: Node, child: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): number {
-    if (child.isFree()) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-
+  private calculateAlignOffset(node: Node, child: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): number {
     let offset = 0;
 
     const nodeHeight = node.getSize().height;
@@ -192,14 +171,11 @@ class OriginalLayout {
     );
   }
 
-  private _fixOverlapping(node: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): void {
+  private fixOverlapping(node: Node, heightById: Map<number, number>): void {
     const children = this._treeSet.getChildren(node);
 
-    if (node.isFree()) {
-      this._shiftBranches(node, heightById);
-    }
     children.forEach((child) => {
-      this._fixOverlapping(child, heightById);
+      this.fixOverlapping(child, heightById);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/RootedTreeSet.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/RootedTreeSet.ts
index 3b6b4d82..a18562a3 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/RootedTreeSet.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/RootedTreeSet.ts
@@ -334,9 +334,8 @@ class RootedTreeSet {
     const yOffset = oldPos.y - position.y;
 
     const children = this.getChildren(node);
-    const me = this;
     children.forEach((child) => {
-      me.shiftBranchPosition(child, xOffset, yOffset);
+      this.shiftBranchPosition(child, xOffset, yOffset);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/SymmetricSorter.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/SymmetricSorter.ts
index 8473bcc7..4c752b19 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/SymmetricSorter.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/layout/SymmetricSorter.ts
@@ -198,25 +198,11 @@ class SymmetricSorter extends AbstractBasicSorter {
     node.setOrder(0);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param treeSet
-   * @param node
-   * @throws will throw an error if treeSet is null or undefined
-   * @throws will throw an error if node is null or undefined
-   * @throws will throw an error if the calculated x offset cannot be converted to a numeric
-   * value, is null or undefined
-   * @throws will throw an error if the calculated y offset cannot be converted to a numeric
-   * value, is null or undefined
-   * @return offsets
-   */
-  computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node) {
-    $assert(treeSet, 'treeSet can no be null.');
-    $assert(node, 'node can no be null.');
-
+  computeOffsets(treeSet: RootedTreeSet, node: Node): Map<number, PositionType> {
     const children = this._getSortedChildren(treeSet, node);
 
     // Compute heights ...
-    const heights = children
+    const sizeById = children
       .map((child) => ({
         id: child.getId(),
         order: child.getOrder(),
@@ -227,30 +213,26 @@ class SymmetricSorter extends AbstractBasicSorter {
       .reverse();
 
     // Compute the center of the branch ...
-    let totalHeight = 0;
-    heights.forEach((elem) => {
-      totalHeight += elem.height;
-    });
+    const totalHeight = sizeById
+      .map((e) => e.height)
+      .reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => accumulator + currentValue, 0);
     let ysum = totalHeight / 2;
 
     // Calculate the offsets ...
-    const result = {};
-    for (let i = 0; i < heights.length; i++) {
-      ysum -= heights[i].height;
-      const childNode = treeSet.find(heights[i].id);
+    const result = new Map<number, PositionType>();
+    for (let i = 0; i < sizeById.length; i++) {
+      ysum -= sizeById[i].height;
+      const childNode = treeSet.find(sizeById[i].id);
       const direction = this.getChildDirection(treeSet, childNode);
 
-      const yOffset = ysum + heights[i].height / 2;
+      const yOffset = ysum + sizeById[i].height / 2;
       const xOffset =
         direction *
-        (heights[i].width / 2 +
+        (sizeById[i].width / 2 +
           node.getSize().width / 2 +
           SymmetricSorter.INTERNODE_HORIZONTAL_PADDING);
 
-      $assert(!Number.isNaN(xOffset), 'xOffset can not be null');
-      $assert(!Number.isNaN(yOffset), 'yOffset can not be null');
-
-      result[heights[i].id] = { x: xOffset, y: yOffset };
+      result.set(sizeById[i].id, { x: xOffset, y: yOffset });
     }
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/packages/web2d/src/components/Text.ts b/packages/web2d/src/components/Text.ts
index d41dcfe7..80692448 100644
--- a/packages/web2d/src/components/Text.ts
+++ b/packages/web2d/src/components/Text.ts
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ class Text extends WorkspaceElement<TextPeer> {
   }
 
   getFontHeight(): number {
-    const lines = this.peer.getText().split('\n').length;
-    return this.getShapeHeight() / lines;
+    return this.getShapeHeight() / this.peer.getTextLines().length;
   }
 
   getPosition(): PositionType {
diff --git a/packages/web2d/src/components/peer/svg/TextPeer.ts b/packages/web2d/src/components/peer/svg/TextPeer.ts
index 5e928237..44286b03 100644
--- a/packages/web2d/src/components/peer/svg/TextPeer.ts
+++ b/packages/web2d/src/components/peer/svg/TextPeer.ts
@@ -20,53 +20,77 @@ import FontPeer, { FontStyle } from './FontPeer';
 import ElementPeer from './ElementPeer';
 import { getPosition } from '../utils/DomUtils';
 import SizeType from '../../SizeType';
+import PositionType from '../../PositionType';
 
 class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
   private _position: { x: number; y: number };
   private _font: FontPeer;
-  private _textAlign: any;
-  private _text: string | undefined;
+  private _textAlign: string;
+  private _text: string;
 
   constructor(fontPeer: FontPeer) {
     const svgElement = window.document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'text');
     super(svgElement);
     this._position = { x: 0, y: 0 };
     this._font = fontPeer;
+    this._text = '';
+    this._textAlign = 'left';
   }
 
-  append(element: ElementPeer) {
+  append(element: ElementPeer): void {
     this._native.appendChild(element._native);
   }
 
-  setTextAlignment(align: string) {
+  setTextAlignment(align: string): void {
     this._textAlign = align;
   }
 
-  getTextAlignment() {
-    return $defined(this._textAlign) ? this._textAlign : 'left';
+  getTextAlignment(): 'left' | 'right' | 'center' {
+    return this._textAlign ? (this._textAlign as 'left' | 'right' | 'center') : 'left';
   }
 
   setText(text: string) {
+    this._text = text;
+
     // Remove all previous nodes ...
     while (this._native.firstChild) {
       this._native.removeChild(this._native.firstChild);
     }
 
-    this._text = text;
-    if (text) {
-      const lines = text.split('\n');
-      lines.forEach((line) => {
-        const tspan = window.document.createElementNS(ElementPeer.svgNamespace, 'tspan');
-        tspan.setAttribute('dy', '1em');
-        tspan.setAttribute('x', String(this.getPosition().x));
+    // Add nodes ...
+    this.getTextLines().forEach((l) => {
+      // Append a new line ...
+      const tspan = window.document.createElementNS(ElementPeer.svgNamespace, 'tspan');
+      tspan.setAttribute('dy', '1em');
+      tspan.setAttribute('x', this.getPosition().x.toFixed(1));
 
-        tspan.textContent = line.length === 0 ? ' ' : line;
-        this._native.appendChild(tspan);
-      });
-    }
+      // Add new line ...
+      tspan.textContent = l || ' ';
+      this._native.appendChild(tspan);
+    });
   }
 
-  getText(): any {
+  getTextLines(): string[] {
+    const result: string[] = [];
+    if (this._text) {
+      const text = this._text;
+      let line = '';
+      let i = 0;
+      do {
+        const c = text[i];
+        if (c === '\n' || i === text.length) {
+          result.push(line);
+          line = '';
+        } else {
+          line = line + c;
+        }
+        i = i + 1;
+      } while (i < text.length + 1);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  getText(): string {
     return this._text;
   }
 
@@ -81,20 +105,20 @@ class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
     });
   }
 
-  getPosition() {
+  getPosition(): PositionType {
     return this._position;
   }
 
-  getNativePosition() {
+  getNativePosition(): { left: number; top: number } {
     return getPosition(this._native);
   }
 
   setFont(fontName: string, size: number, style: string, weight: string): void {
-    if ($defined(fontName)) {
+    if (fontName) {
       this._font = new FontPeer(fontName);
     }
 
-    if ($defined(style)) {
+    if (style) {
       this._font.setStyle(style);
     }
     if ($defined(weight)) {
@@ -103,10 +127,10 @@ class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
     if ($defined(size)) {
       this._font.setSize(size);
     }
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
-  _updateFontStyle() {
+  private updateFontStyle() {
     this._native.setAttribute('font-family', this._font.getFontName());
     this._native.setAttribute('font-size', this._font.getGraphSize());
     this._native.setAttribute('font-style', this._font.getStyle());
@@ -123,17 +147,17 @@ class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
 
   setTextSize(size: number) {
     this._font.setSize(size);
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
   setStyle(style: string) {
     this._font.setStyle(style);
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
   setWeight(weight: string) {
     this._font.setWeight(weight);
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
   setFontName(fontName: string): void {
@@ -142,7 +166,7 @@ class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
     this._font.setSize(oldFont.getSize());
     this._font.setStyle(oldFont.getStyle());
     this._font.setWeight(oldFont.getWeight());
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
   getFontStyle(): FontStyle {
@@ -159,7 +183,7 @@ class TextPeer extends ElementPeer {
 
   setFontSize(size: number): void {
     this._font.setSize(size);
-    this._updateFontStyle();
+    this.updateFontStyle();
   }
 
   getShapeWidth(): number {