diff --git a/web/includes/Monitor.php b/web/includes/Monitor.php
index edaa60a50..dcfe9be70 100644
--- a/web/includes/Monitor.php
+++ b/web/includes/Monitor.php
@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ public static function getStatuses() {
  * Same width height.  If both are set we should calculate the smaller resulting scale
  */
   function getStreamHTML($options) {
+    global $basename;
+
     if (isset($options['scale']) and $options['scale'] != '' and $options['scale'] != 'fixed') {
       if ($options['scale'] != 'auto' && $options['scale'] != '0') {
         $options['width'] = reScale($this->ViewWidth(), $options['scale']).'px';
@@ -1021,10 +1023,11 @@ public static function getStatuses() {
     if ($this->StreamReplayBuffer())
       $options['buffer'] = $this->StreamReplayBuffer();
     //Warning("width: " . $options['width'] . ' height: ' . $options['height']. ' scale: ' . $options['scale'] );
+    $blockRatioControl = ($basename == "montage") ? '<div id="ratioControl'.$this->Id().'" class="ratioControl hidden"><select name="ratio'.$this->Id().'" id="ratio'.$this->Id().'" class="select-ratio chosen" data-on-change="changeRatio">
+</select></div>' : '';
     $html = '
       <div id="m'. $this->Id() . '" class="grid-monitor grid-stack-item" gs-id="'. $this->Id() . '" gs-w="12" gs-auto-position="true">
-        <div id="ratioControl'.$this->Id().'" class="ratioControl hidden"><select name="ratio'.$this->Id().'" id="ratio'.$this->Id().'" class="select-ratio chosen" data-on-change="changeRatio">
-</select></div>
+        ' . $blockRatioControl . '
         <div class="grid-stack-item-content">
           <div id="monitor'. $this->Id() . '" data-id="'.$this->Id().'" class="monitor" title="'.$this->Id(). ' '.$this->Name().'">
             <div
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/js/skin.js b/web/skins/classic/js/skin.js
index 4638624f1..fa9bd5e27 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/js/skin.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/js/skin.js
@@ -1154,6 +1154,10 @@ function applyChosen() {
   $j('.chosen.chosen-auto-width').chosen({allow_single_deselect: true, disable_search_threshold: limit_search_threshold, search_contains: true, width: "auto"});
 }
 
+function stringToNumber(str) {
+  return parseInt(str.replace(/\D/g, ''));
+}
+
 const font = new FontFaceObserver('Material Icons', {weight: 400});
 font.load().then(function() {
   $j('.material-icons').css('display', 'inline-block');
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/event.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/event.js
index 69fb5f1ed..783f30250 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/event.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/event.js
@@ -1956,10 +1956,5 @@ function panZoomOut(el) {
   manageCursor(id);
 }
 
-function stringToNumber(str) {
-  //This function will probably need to be moved to the main JS file, because now used on Watch & Montage pages
-  return parseInt(str.replace(/\D/g, ''));
-}
-
 // Kick everything off
 $j( window ).on("load", initPage);
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
index b3a1cd627..207bf884c 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ var defaultPresetRatio = 'auto';
 
 var averageMonitorsRatio;
 
-function stringToNumber(str) {
-  return parseInt(str.replace(/\D/g, ''));
-}
-
 function isPresetLayout(name) {
   return ((ZM_PRESET_LAYOUT_NAMES.indexOf(name) != -1) ? true : false);
 }
@@ -155,7 +151,8 @@ function selectLayout(new_layout_id) {
       const monitor_wrapper = monitor_frame.closest('[gs-id="' + monitor.id + '"]');
 
       if (nameLayout == "Freeform") {
-        monitor_wrapper.attr('gs-w', 12).removeAttr('gs-x').removeAttr('gs-y').removeAttr('gs-h');
+        monitor_wrapper.attr('gs-w', layoutColumns / stringToNumber(freeform_layout_id)).removeAttr('gs-x').removeAttr('gs-y').removeAttr('gs-h');
+        //monitor_wrapper.attr('gs-w', 12).removeAttr('gs-x').removeAttr('gs-y').removeAttr('gs-h');
       } else {
         monitor_wrapper.attr('gs-w', widthFrame).removeAttr('gs-x').removeAttr('gs-y').removeAttr('gs-h');
       }
@@ -449,7 +446,7 @@ function delete_layout(button) {
   }
   if (!document.getElementById('deleteConfirm')) {
     // Load the delete confirmation modal into the DOM
-//    $j.getJSON(thisUrl + '?request=modal&modal=delconfirm')
+    // $j.getJSON(thisUrl + '?request=modal&modal=delconfirm')
     $j.getJSON(thisUrl + '?request=modal&modal=delconfirm', {
       key: 'ConfirmDeleteLayout',
     })
@@ -552,6 +549,7 @@ function handleClick(evt) {
       const point = {clientX: event.clientX, clientY: event.clientY};
       panZoom[id].zoomToPoint(scale, point, {focal: {x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY}});
     }
+    setTriggerChangedMonitors(id);
     //updateScale = true;
   }
 }
@@ -709,9 +707,9 @@ function initPage() {
     $j("#flipMontageHeader").slideToggle("fast");
     $j("#hdrbutton").toggleClass('glyphicon-menu-down').toggleClass('glyphicon-menu-up');
   }
-//  if (getCookie('zmMontageLayout')) { //This is implemented in montage.php And the cookies may contain the number of a non-existent Layouts!!!
-//    $j('#zmMontageLayout').val(getCookie('zmMontageLayout'));
-//  }
+  //if (getCookie('zmMontageLayout')) { //This is implemented in montage.php And the cookies may contain the number of a non-existent Layouts!!!
+  //  $j('#zmMontageLayout').val(getCookie('zmMontageLayout'));
+  //}
 
   $j(".grid-monitor").hover(
       //Displaying "Scale" and other buttons at the top of the monitor image
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
index 4131aa521..6859e0ae6 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ layouts[<?php echo $layout->Id() ?>] = {
   "Positions":<?php echo json_decode($layout->Positions())?$layout->Positions():'{}' ?>};
 <?php
 } // end foreach layout
-global $FreeFormLayoutId;
-echo 'freeform_layout_id='.$FreeFormLayoutId.';'
+global $AutoLayoutName;
+echo 'freeform_layout_id="'.$AutoLayoutName.'";'
 ?>
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/watch.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/watch.js
index 242fb496f..532c1b46a 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/watch.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/watch.js
@@ -1512,10 +1512,5 @@ function monitorsSetScale(id=null) {
   }
 }
 
-function stringToNumber(str) {
-  //This function will probably need to be moved to the main JS file, because now used on Watch & Montage pages
-  return parseInt(str.replace(/\D/g, ''));
-}
-
 // Kick everything off
 $j( window ).on("load", initPage);
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/montage.php b/web/skins/classic/views/montage.php
index 56852e958..af15957ac 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/montage.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/montage.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['monitorStatusPositonSelected'])) {
 
 $layouts = ZM\MontageLayout::find(NULL, array('order'=>"lower('Name')"));
 $layoutsById = array();
-$FreeFormLayoutId = 0;
+$AutoLayoutName = '';
 
 /* Create an array "Name"=>"Id" to make it easier to find IDs by name*/
 $arrNameId = array();
@@ -101,10 +101,13 @@ uasort($layouts, function($a, $b) {
 
 /* Add custom Layouts & assign objects instead of names for preset Layouts */
 foreach ( $layouts as $l ) {
+  $nameLayout = $l->Name();
   if ( $l->Name() == 'Freeform' ) {
-    $FreeFormLayoutId = $l->Id();
+    $AutoLayoutName = $l->Id(); //Temporarily assign ID instead of Name to simplify the comparison code
+    $nameLayout = "Auto";
   }
-  $layoutsById[$l->Id()] = $l;
+  //$layoutsById[$l->Id()] = $l;
+  $layoutsById[$l->Id()] = $nameLayout;
 }
 
 zm_session_start();
@@ -199,16 +202,20 @@ foreach ($displayMonitors as &$row) {
   }
 } # end foreach Monitor
 
-if (!$layout_id || !is_numeric($layout_id) || !isset($layoutsById[$layout_id])) {
+if (!$layout_id || !is_numeric($layout_id) || !isset($layoutsById[$layout_id]) || $layout_id == $AutoLayoutName) {
   $default_layout = '';
-  if (count($monitors) > 6) {
+  if (count($monitors) >= 6) {
     $default_layout = '6 Wide';
-  } else if (count($monitors) > 4) {
+  } else if (count($monitors) >= 4) {
     $default_layout = '4 Wide';
   } else {
     $default_layout = '2 Wide';
   }
-  $layout_id = $arrNameId[$default_layout];
+  if ($layout_id != $AutoLayoutName) {
+    $layout_id = $arrNameId[$default_layout];
+  } else {
+    $AutoLayoutName = $default_layout;
+  }
 }
 
 if ( $layout_id and is_numeric($layout_id) and isset($layoutsById[$layout_id]) ) {