diff --git a/packages/core/App.module.css b/packages/core/App.module.css
index bb447201d..b9de68643 100644
--- a/packages/core/App.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/App.module.css
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 }
 
 .center {
+    flex: auto;
     height: 100%;
     margin: var(--margin) 0 var(--margin) var(--margin);
     width: calc(70% - var(--margin));
diff --git a/packages/core/App.tsx b/packages/core/App.tsx
index cf09a7246..1571bc33d 100644
--- a/packages/core/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/App.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import ContextMenu from "./components/ContextMenu";
 import Modal from "./components/Modal";
 import DirectoryTree from "./components/DirectoryTree";
 import FileDetails from "./components/FileDetails";
+import GlobalActionButtonRow from "./components/GlobalActionButtonRow";
 import StatusMessage from "./components/StatusMessage";
 import TutorialTooltip from "./components/TutorialTooltip";
 import QuerySidebar from "./components/QuerySidebar";
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import { PlatformDependentServices } from "./state/interaction/actions";
 
 import "./styles/global.css";
 import styles from "./App.module.css";
-import GlobalActionButtonRow from "./components/GlobalActionButtonRow";
 
 // Used for mousemove listeners when resizing elements via click and drag (eg. File Details pane)
 export const ROOT_ELEMENT_ID = "root";
diff --git a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/AnnotationFilterForm.module.css b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/AnnotationFilterForm.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fcb6cfc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/AnnotationFilterForm.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.loading-container > div > div {
+    border-color: var(--secondary-text-color) var(--secondary-background-color) var(--secondary-background-color);
+}
+
+.loading-container, .picker {
+    background-color: var(--secondary-background-color);
+    color: var(--secondary-text-color);
+    padding: var(--margin);
+    width: 35vw;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/index.tsx
index 2c2405bf8..a354527c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/index.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { Spinner, SpinnerSize } from "@fluentui/react";
-import { find, isNil } from "lodash";
+import { isNil } from "lodash";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import useAnnotationValues from "./useAnnotationValues";
+import Annotation, { AnnotationName } from "../../entity/Annotation";
 import { AnnotationType } from "../../entity/AnnotationFormatter";
 import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
 import ListPicker, { ListItem } from "../ListPicker";
 import NumberRangePicker from "../NumberRangePicker";
 import SearchBoxForm from "../SearchBoxForm";
 import DateRangePicker from "../DateRangePicker";
-import { interaction, metadata, selection } from "../../state";
+import { interaction, selection } from "../../state";
+
+import styles from "./AnnotationFilterForm.module.css";
 
 interface AnnotationFilterFormProps {
-    name: string;
+    annotation: Annotation;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -24,62 +27,48 @@ interface AnnotationFilterFormProps {
  */
 export default function AnnotationFilterForm(props: AnnotationFilterFormProps) {
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
-    const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getSortedAnnotations);
-    const fileFilters = useSelector(selection.selectors.getFileFilters);
+    const allFilters = useSelector(selection.selectors.getFileFilters);
     const annotationService = useSelector(interaction.selectors.getAnnotationService);
-    // TODO: annotationService throws an error for annotations that aren't in the API
     const [annotationValues, isLoading, errorMessage] = useAnnotationValues(
-        props.name,
+        props.annotation.name,
         annotationService
     );
 
-    const annotation = React.useMemo(
-        () => find(annotations, (annotation) => annotation.name === props.name),
-        [annotations, props.name]
-    );
-
-    const currentValues = React.useMemo(
-        () => find(fileFilters, (annotation) => annotation.name === props.name),
-        [props.name, fileFilters]
+    const filtersForAnnotation = React.useMemo(
+        () => allFilters.filter((filter) => filter.name === props.annotation.name),
+        [allFilters, props.annotation]
     );
 
     const items = React.useMemo<ListItem[]>(() => {
-        const appliedFilters = fileFilters
-            .filter((filter) => filter.name === annotation?.name)
-            .map((filter) => filter.value);
+        const appliedFilters = new Set(filtersForAnnotation.map((filter) => filter.value));
 
         return (annotationValues || []).map((value) => ({
-            selected: appliedFilters.includes(value),
-            displayValue: annotation?.getDisplayValue(value) || value,
+            selected: appliedFilters.has(value),
+            displayValue: props.annotation.getDisplayValue(value) || value,
             value,
         }));
-    }, [annotation, annotationValues, fileFilters]);
+    }, [props.annotation, annotationValues, filtersForAnnotation]);
 
     const onDeselectAll = () => {
-        const filters = items.map(
-            (item) =>
-                new FileFilter(
-                    props.name,
-                    isNil(annotation?.valueOf(item.value))
-                        ? item.value
-                        : annotation?.valueOf(item.value)
-                )
-        );
-        dispatch(selection.actions.removeFileFilter(filters));
+        dispatch(selection.actions.removeFileFilter(filtersForAnnotation));
     };
 
     const onDeselect = (item: ListItem) => {
         const fileFilter = new FileFilter(
-            props.name,
-            isNil(annotation?.valueOf(item.value)) ? item.value : annotation?.valueOf(item.value)
+            props.annotation.name,
+            isNil(props.annotation.valueOf(item.value))
+                ? item.value
+                : props.annotation.valueOf(item.value)
         );
         dispatch(selection.actions.removeFileFilter(fileFilter));
     };
 
     const onSelect = (item: ListItem) => {
         const fileFilter = new FileFilter(
-            props.name,
-            isNil(annotation?.valueOf(item.value)) ? item.value : annotation?.valueOf(item.value)
+            props.annotation.name,
+            isNil(props.annotation.valueOf(item.value))
+                ? item.value
+                : props.annotation.valueOf(item.value)
         );
         dispatch(selection.actions.addFileFilter(fileFilter));
     };
@@ -88,10 +77,10 @@ export default function AnnotationFilterForm(props: AnnotationFilterFormProps) {
         const filters = items.map(
             (item) =>
                 new FileFilter(
-                    props.name,
-                    isNil(annotation?.valueOf(item.value))
+                    props.annotation.name,
+                    isNil(props.annotation.valueOf(item.value))
                         ? item.value
-                        : annotation?.valueOf(item.value)
+                        : props.annotation.valueOf(item.value)
                 )
         );
         dispatch(selection.actions.addFileFilter(filters));
@@ -99,25 +88,30 @@ export default function AnnotationFilterForm(props: AnnotationFilterFormProps) {
 
     function onSearch(filterValue: string) {
         if (filterValue && filterValue.trim()) {
-            const fileFilter = new FileFilter(props.name, filterValue);
-            if (currentValues) {
-                dispatch(selection.actions.removeFileFilter(currentValues));
-            }
-            dispatch(selection.actions.addFileFilter(fileFilter));
+            dispatch(
+                selection.actions.setFileFilters([
+                    ...allFilters.filter((filter) => filter.name !== props.annotation.name),
+                    new FileFilter(props.annotation.name, filterValue),
+                ])
+            );
         }
     }
 
-    function onReset() {
-        if (currentValues) {
-            dispatch(selection.actions.removeFileFilter(currentValues));
-        }
+    if (isLoading) {
+        return (
+            <div className={styles.loadingContainer}>
+                <Spinner size={SpinnerSize.small} />
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 
-    const listPicker = () => {
+    // Use the checkboxes if values exist and are few enough to reasonably scroll through
+    if (items.length > 0 && items.length <= 100) {
         return (
             <ListPicker
                 items={items}
                 loading={isLoading}
+                title={`Filter by ${props.annotation.displayName}`}
                 errorMessage={errorMessage}
                 onDeselect={onDeselect}
                 onDeselectAll={onDeselectAll}
@@ -125,63 +119,64 @@ export default function AnnotationFilterForm(props: AnnotationFilterFormProps) {
                 onSelectAll={onSelectAll}
             />
         );
-    };
-
-    if (isLoading) {
-        return (
-            <div>
-                <Spinner size={SpinnerSize.small} />
-            </div>
-        );
     }
 
-    const customInput = () => {
-        switch (annotation?.type) {
-            case AnnotationType.DATE:
-            case AnnotationType.DATETIME:
-                return (
-                    <DateRangePicker
-                        onSearch={onSearch}
-                        onReset={onReset}
-                        currentRange={currentValues}
-                    />
-                );
-            case AnnotationType.NUMBER:
+    switch (props.annotation.type) {
+        case AnnotationType.DATE:
+        case AnnotationType.DATETIME:
+            return (
+                <DateRangePicker
+                    className={styles.picker}
+                    onSearch={onSearch}
+                    title={`Filter by ${props.annotation.displayName}`}
+                    onReset={onDeselectAll}
+                    currentRange={filtersForAnnotation?.[0]}
+                />
+            );
+        case AnnotationType.NUMBER:
+            // File size is a special case where we don't have
+            // the ability to filter by range in the backend yet
+            // so we'll just let that case fall through to the string below
+            if (props.annotation.name !== AnnotationName.FILE_SIZE) {
                 return (
                     <NumberRangePicker
+                        className={styles.picker}
                         items={items}
                         loading={isLoading}
+                        title={`Filter by ${props.annotation.displayName}`}
                         errorMessage={errorMessage}
                         onSearch={onSearch}
-                        onReset={onReset}
-                        currentRange={currentValues}
-                        units={annotation?.units}
+                        onReset={onDeselectAll}
+                        currentRange={filtersForAnnotation?.[0]}
+                        units={props.annotation.units}
                     />
                 );
-            case AnnotationType.DURATION:
-            case AnnotationType.STRING:
-            // prettier-ignore
-            default: // FALL-THROUGH
-                return (
-                    <> {listPicker()} </>
-                );
-        }
-    };
-    // Use the checkboxes if values exist and are few enough to reasonably scroll through
-    if (items.length > 0 && items.length <= 100) {
-        return <> {listPicker()} </>;
-    }
-    // Use a search box if the API does not return values to select
-    // (e.g., it's not an AICS annotation)
-    else if (items.length === 0 && annotation?.type === AnnotationType.STRING) {
-        return (
-            <SearchBoxForm
-                onSearch={onSearch}
-                onReset={onReset}
-                fieldName={annotation.name}
-                currentValue={currentValues}
-            />
-        );
+            }
+        case AnnotationType.STRING:
+            return (
+                <SearchBoxForm
+                    className={styles.picker}
+                    onSearch={onSearch}
+                    onReset={onDeselectAll}
+                    fieldName={props.annotation.displayName}
+                    title={`Filter by ${props.annotation.displayName}`}
+                    currentValue={filtersForAnnotation?.[0]}
+                />
+            );
+        case AnnotationType.DURATION:
+        // prettier-ignore
+        default: // FALL-THROUGH
+            return (
+                <ListPicker
+                    items={items}
+                    loading={isLoading}
+                    title={`Filter by ${props.annotation.displayName}`}
+                    errorMessage={errorMessage}
+                    onDeselect={onDeselect}
+                    onDeselectAll={onDeselectAll}
+                    onSelect={onSelect}
+                    onSelectAll={onSelectAll}
+                />
+            );
     }
-    return <> {customInput()} </>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/test/AnnotationFilterForm.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/test/AnnotationFilterForm.test.tsx
index edf2aaac9..a34b0272d 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/test/AnnotationFilterForm.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/test/AnnotationFilterForm.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { createSandbox } from "sinon";
 import AnnotationFilterForm from "..";
 import Annotation from "../../../entity/Annotation";
 import FileFilter from "../../../entity/FileFilter";
-import { initialState, reducer, reduxLogics, interaction } from "../../../state";
+import { initialState, reducer, reduxLogics, interaction, selection } from "../../../state";
 import HttpAnnotationService from "../../../services/AnnotationService/HttpAnnotationService";
 
 describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             description: "",
             type: "Text",
         });
-        const annotations = [fooAnnotation];
 
         const sandbox = createSandbox();
 
@@ -43,18 +42,15 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             });
             sandbox.stub(interaction.selectors, "getAnnotationService").returns(annotationService);
 
-            const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
+            const { store } = configureMockStore({
+                state: initialState,
+                responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
 
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state, responseStubs: responseStub });
-
             // act
             const { findAllByRole } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name="foo" />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
 
@@ -85,9 +81,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
 
             // start with the input selected
             const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
                 selection: {
                     filters: [new FileFilter(fooAnnotation.name, "b")],
                 },
@@ -100,31 +93,29 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             });
 
             // act
-            const { getByLabelText } = render(
+            const { getByText } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name={fooAnnotation.name} />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
+            await waitFor(() => expect(getByText("b")).to.not.be.undefined);
 
-            // wait a couple render cycles for the async react hook to retrieve the annotation values
-            await waitFor(() =>
-                // assert that the input is selected
-                expect(getByLabelText("b").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("true")
-            );
+            // (sanity-check): Check that the "b" input is selected
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(1);
 
-            // deselect the input
-            fireEvent.click(getByLabelText("b"));
+            // Act: Deselect the "False" input
+            fireEvent.click(getByText("b"));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
-            // assert that the input is deselected
-            expect(getByLabelText("b").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("false");
+            // Assert: Check that the "b" input is deselected
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(0);
 
-            // select the input again
-            fireEvent.click(getByLabelText("b"));
+            // Act: Reselect the "b" input
+            fireEvent.click(getByText("b"));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
-            // assert that the input is selected again
-            expect(getByLabelText("b").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("true");
+            // Assert: Check that the "False" input is selected again
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(1);
         });
 
         it("naturally sorts values", async () => {
@@ -142,17 +133,14 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             });
             sandbox.stub(interaction.selectors, "getAnnotationService").returns(annotationService);
 
-            const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
+            const { store } = configureMockStore({
+                state: initialState,
+                responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
 
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state, responseStubs: responseStub });
-
             const { findAllByRole } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name="foo" />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
 
@@ -162,10 +150,10 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             expect(annotationValueListItems.length).to.equal(4);
             const expectedOrder = ["AICS-0", "aICs-2", "AICS-24", "aics-32"];
             annotationValueListItems.forEach((listItem, index) => {
-                const { getByLabelText } = within(listItem);
+                const { getByText } = within(listItem);
 
                 // getByLabelText will throw if it can't find a matching node
-                expect(getByLabelText(expectedOrder[index])).to.not.be.undefined;
+                expect(getByText(expectedOrder[index])).to.not.be.undefined;
             });
         });
     });
@@ -178,7 +166,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             description: "",
             type: "YesNo",
         });
-        const annotations = [fooAnnotation];
 
         const responseStub = {
             when: `test/file-explorer-service/1.0/annotations/${fooAnnotation.name}/values`,
@@ -208,16 +195,14 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
 
         it("shows all values as unchecked at first", async () => {
             // Arrange
-            const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
+            const { store } = configureMockStore({
+                state: initialState,
+                responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state, responseStubs: responseStub });
             // Act
             const { findAllByRole } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name="foo" />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
 
@@ -234,9 +219,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
         it("deselects and selects a value", async () => {
             // Arrange: Start with the "False" input selected
             const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
                 selection: {
                     filters: [new FileFilter(fooAnnotation.name, false)],
                 },
@@ -248,30 +230,29 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
                 responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
             // Act
-            const { getByLabelText } = render(
+            const { getByText } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name={fooAnnotation.name} />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
-            // Wait a couple render cycles for the async react hook to retrieve the annotation values
-            await waitFor(() =>
-                // Assert: Check that the "False" input is selected
-                expect(getByLabelText("False").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("true")
-            );
+            await waitFor(() => expect(getByText("False")).to.not.be.undefined);
+
+            // (sanity-check): Check that the "False" input is selected
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(1);
 
             // Act: Deselect the "False" input
-            fireEvent.click(getByLabelText("False"));
+            fireEvent.click(getByText("False"));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
             // Assert: Check that the "False" input is deselected
-            expect(getByLabelText("False").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("false");
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(0);
 
             // Act: Reselect the "False" input
-            fireEvent.click(getByLabelText("False"));
+            fireEvent.click(getByText("False"));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
             // Assert: Check that the "False" input is selected again
-            expect(getByLabelText("False").getAttribute("aria-checked")).to.equal("true");
+            expect(selection.selectors.getFileFilters(store.getState())).to.be.lengthOf(1);
         });
     });
 
@@ -282,7 +263,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             description: "",
             type: "Number",
         });
-        const annotations = [fooAnnotation];
 
         const sandbox = createSandbox();
 
@@ -305,17 +285,14 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             });
             sandbox.stub(interaction.selectors, "getAnnotationService").returns(annotationService);
 
-            const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
+            const { store } = configureMockStore({
+                state: initialState,
+                responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
 
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state, responseStubs: responseStub });
-
             const { findAllByRole } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name="foo" />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
 
@@ -325,10 +302,10 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             expect(annotationValueListItems.length).to.equal(6);
             const expectedOrder = [-12, 0, 5, 6.3, 8, 10000000000];
             annotationValueListItems.forEach((listItem, index) => {
-                const { getByLabelText } = within(listItem);
+                const { getByText } = within(listItem);
 
                 // getByLabelText will throw if it can't find a matching node
-                expect(getByLabelText(String(expectedOrder[index]))).to.not.be.undefined;
+                expect(getByText(String(expectedOrder[index]))).to.not.be.undefined;
             });
         });
     });
@@ -340,7 +317,6 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             description: "",
             type: "Duration",
         });
-        const annotations = [fooAnnotation];
 
         const sandbox = createSandbox();
 
@@ -363,17 +339,14 @@ describe("<AnnotationFilterForm />", () => {
             });
             sandbox.stub(interaction.selectors, "getAnnotationService").returns(annotationService);
 
-            const state = mergeState(initialState, {
-                metadata: {
-                    annotations,
-                },
+            const { store } = configureMockStore({
+                state: initialState,
+                responseStubs: responseStub,
             });
 
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state, responseStubs: responseStub });
-
             const { findAllByRole } = render(
                 <Provider store={store}>
-                    <AnnotationFilterForm name="foo" />
+                    <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={fooAnnotation} />
                 </Provider>
             );
 
diff --git a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/useAnnotationValues.ts b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/useAnnotationValues.ts
index ec47ecd00..c9646cb8d 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/useAnnotationValues.ts
+++ b/packages/core/components/AnnotationFilterForm/useAnnotationValues.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 
 import { naturalComparator } from "../../util/strings";
 import AnnotationService, { AnnotationValue } from "../../services/AnnotationService";
+import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES } from "../../constants";
 
 /**
  * Custom React hook to accomplish requesting the unique values for annotations. This hook will request values for the given
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import AnnotationService, { AnnotationValue } from "../../services/AnnotationSer
  * If there was an error the third element will contain the message from the error.
  */
 export default function useAnnotationValues(
-    annotation: string,
+    annotationName: string,
     annotationService: AnnotationService
 ): [AnnotationValue[] | undefined, boolean, string | undefined] {
     const [annotationValues, setAnnotationValues] = React.useState<AnnotationValue[]>();
@@ -23,33 +24,36 @@ export default function useAnnotationValues(
         // annotation to filter on quickly
         let ignoreResponse = false;
 
-        setIsLoading(true);
-        annotationService
-            .fetchValues(annotation)
-            .then((response: AnnotationValue[]) => {
-                if (!ignoreResponse) {
-                    if (response && response.length > 1) {
-                        setAnnotationValues([...response].sort(naturalComparator));
-                        return;
+        // Only fetch values for annotations that are not top level file annotations
+        if (!TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES.includes(annotationName)) {
+            setIsLoading(true);
+            annotationService
+                .fetchValues(annotationName)
+                .then((response: AnnotationValue[]) => {
+                    if (!ignoreResponse) {
+                        if (response && response.length > 1) {
+                            setAnnotationValues([...response].sort(naturalComparator));
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        setAnnotationValues(response);
                     }
-                    setAnnotationValues(response);
-                }
-            })
-            .catch((error) => {
-                if (!ignoreResponse) {
-                    setErrorMessage(error.message);
-                }
-            })
-            .finally(() => {
-                if (!ignoreResponse) {
-                    setIsLoading(false);
-                }
-            });
+                })
+                .catch((error) => {
+                    if (!ignoreResponse) {
+                        setErrorMessage(error.message);
+                    }
+                })
+                .finally(() => {
+                    if (!ignoreResponse) {
+                        setIsLoading(false);
+                    }
+                });
+        }
 
         return function cleanup() {
             ignoreResponse = true;
         };
-    }, [annotation, annotationService]);
+    }, [annotationName, annotationService]);
 
     React.useDebugValue(annotationValues); // display annotationValues in React DevTools when this hook is inspected
     return [annotationValues, isLoading, errorMessage];
diff --git a/packages/core/components/AnnotationPicker/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/AnnotationPicker/index.tsx
index 520838c60..a8c6b70a5 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/AnnotationPicker/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/AnnotationPicker/index.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import ListPicker, { ListItem } from "../ListPicker";
+import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES } from "../../constants";
 import Annotation from "../../entity/Annotation";
 import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
 
 interface Props {
+    disabledTopLevelAnnotations?: boolean;
     hasSelectAllCapability?: boolean;
     disableUnavailableAnnotations?: boolean;
     className?: string;
@@ -29,15 +31,21 @@ export default function AnnotationPicker(props: Props) {
         selection.selectors.getAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchyLoading
     );
 
-    const items = annotations.map((annotation) => ({
-        selected: props.selections.includes(annotation),
-        disabled: unavailableAnnotations.includes(annotation),
-        loading: areAvailableAnnotationLoading,
-        description: annotation.description,
-        data: annotation,
-        value: annotation.name,
-        displayValue: annotation.displayName,
-    }));
+    const items = annotations
+        .filter(
+            (annotation) =>
+                !props.disabledTopLevelAnnotations ||
+                !TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES.includes(annotation.name)
+        )
+        .map((annotation) => ({
+            selected: props.selections.includes(annotation),
+            disabled: unavailableAnnotations.includes(annotation),
+            loading: areAvailableAnnotationLoading,
+            description: annotation.description,
+            data: annotation,
+            value: annotation.name,
+            displayValue: annotation.displayName,
+        }));
 
     const removeSelection = (item: ListItem<Annotation>) => {
         props.setSelections(props.selections.filter((annotation) => annotation !== item.data));
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/DateRangePicker.module.css b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/DateRangePicker.module.css
index 5462fa4fe..54c889e45 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/DateRangePicker.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/DateRangePicker.module.css
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
-.filter-input, .date-range-box {
-    border: none;
-    flex: auto;
+.clear-button, .clear-button i {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color);
+    color: var(--primary-text-color);
 }
 
-.date-range-box {
-    display: flex;
+.clear-button:hover, .clear-button:hover i {
+    background-color: var(--highlight-background-color);
+    color: var(--highlight-text-color);
 }
 
-.date-range-box {
-    max-height: 32px;
-    overflow: hidden;
+.date-range-container {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
 }
 
 .date-range-separator {
+    align-items: center;
     display: flex;
     font-size: small;
-    padding: 0 2px;
+    margin: 0 2px;
+}
+
+.filter-input div {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color);
+    border: none;
+    color: var(--primary-text-color);
 }
 
-.date-range-separator i {
-    margin: auto;
+.title {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding-bottom: var(--margin);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/index.tsx
index e766a551e..a34557ad1 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/index.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { extractDatesFromRangeOperatorFilterString } from "../../entity/Annotati
 import styles from "./DateRangePicker.module.css";
 
 interface DateRangePickerProps {
+    className?: string;
+    title?: string;
     onSearch: (filterValue: string) => void;
     onReset: () => void;
     currentRange: FileFilter | undefined;
@@ -62,32 +64,36 @@ export default function DateRangePicker(props: DateRangePickerProps) {
         endDate.setDate(endDate.getDate() - 1);
     }
     return (
-        <span className={styles.dateRangeBox}>
-            <DatePicker
-                borderless
-                className={styles.filterInput}
-                ariaLabel="Select a start date"
-                placeholder={`Start of date range`}
-                onSelectDate={(v) => (v ? onDateRangeSelection(v, null) : onReset())}
-                value={extractDateFromDateString(startDate?.toISOString())}
-            />
-            <div className={styles.dateRangeSeparator}>
-                <Icon iconName="Forward" />
+        <div className={props.className}>
+            <h3 className={styles.title}>{props.title}</h3>
+            <div className={styles.dateRangeContainer}>
+                <DatePicker
+                    borderless
+                    textField={{ className: styles.filterInput }}
+                    ariaLabel="Select a start date"
+                    placeholder={`Start of date range`}
+                    onSelectDate={(v) => (v ? onDateRangeSelection(v, null) : onReset())}
+                    value={extractDateFromDateString(startDate?.toISOString())}
+                />
+                <div className={styles.dateRangeSeparator}>
+                    <Icon iconName="Forward" />
+                </div>
+                <DatePicker
+                    borderless
+                    className={styles.filterInput}
+                    ariaLabel="Select an end date"
+                    placeholder={`End of date range`}
+                    onSelectDate={(v) => (v ? onDateRangeSelection(null, v) : onReset())}
+                    value={extractDateFromDateString(endDate?.toISOString())}
+                />
+                <IconButton
+                    className={styles.clearButton}
+                    ariaLabel="Clear filter date"
+                    iconProps={{ iconName: "Delete" }}
+                    onClick={onReset}
+                    title="Reset"
+                />
             </div>
-            <DatePicker
-                borderless
-                className={styles.filterInput}
-                ariaLabel="Select an end date"
-                placeholder={`End of date range`}
-                onSelectDate={(v) => (v ? onDateRangeSelection(null, v) : onReset())}
-                value={extractDateFromDateString(endDate?.toISOString())}
-            />
-            <IconButton
-                ariaLabel="Clear filter date"
-                iconProps={{ iconName: "Cancel" }}
-                onClick={onReset}
-                title="Clear"
-            />
-        </span>
+        </div>
     );
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/test/DateRangePicker.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/test/DateRangePicker.test.tsx
index 67bf08d74..cd65081c4 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/test/DateRangePicker.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/DateRangePicker/test/DateRangePicker.test.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe("<DateRangePicker />", () => {
         expect(getByText("Wed Mar 20 2024")).to.exist;
     });
 
-    it("renders a 'Clear' button if given a callback", () => {
+    it("renders a 'Reset' button if given a callback", () => {
         // Arrange
         const onSearch = noop;
         const onReset = sinon.spy();
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("<DateRangePicker />", () => {
 
         // Hit reset
         expect(onReset.called).to.equal(false);
-        fireEvent.click(getByTitle("Clear"));
+        fireEvent.click(getByTitle("Reset"));
         expect(onReset.called).to.equal(true);
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/selectors.ts b/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/selectors.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b1f36167d..000000000
--- a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/selectors.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { createSelector } from "reselect";
-
-import { selection } from "../../state";
-
-export const getHierarchy = createSelector(
-    [selection.selectors.getAnnotationHierarchy],
-    (annotationHierarchy) => {
-        return annotationHierarchy.map((annotation) => annotation.name);
-    }
-);
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/test/DirectoryTree.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/test/DirectoryTree.test.tsx
index fd505619a..809f0b760 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/test/DirectoryTree.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/test/DirectoryTree.test.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ describe("<DirectoryTree />", () => {
         description: "",
         type: "Text",
     });
-    const annotations = [fooAnnotation, barAnnotation];
 
     const baseUrl = "http://test-aics.corp.alleninstitute.org";
     const baseDisplayAnnotations = TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS.filter(
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ describe("<DirectoryTree />", () => {
             fileExplorerServiceBaseUrl: baseUrl,
         },
         selection: {
-            annotationHierarchy: annotations,
+            annotationHierarchy: [fooAnnotation.name, barAnnotation.name],
             displayAnnotations: [...baseDisplayAnnotations, fooAnnotation, barAnnotation],
         },
     });
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ describe("<DirectoryTree />", () => {
                 fileExplorerServiceBaseUrl: baseUrl,
             },
             selection: {
-                annotationHierarchy: [fooAnnotation],
+                annotationHierarchy: [fooAnnotation.name],
                 displayAnnotations: [...baseDisplayAnnotations, fooAnnotation, barAnnotation],
             },
         });
diff --git a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/useDirectoryHierarchy.tsx b/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/useDirectoryHierarchy.tsx
index 17a153ed6..bc9aab0b5 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/useDirectoryHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/DirectoryTree/useDirectoryHierarchy.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import FileList from "../FileList";
 import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
 import FileSet from "../../entity/FileSet";
 import { ValueError } from "../../errors";
-import * as directoryTreeSelectors from "./selectors";
 import { interaction, metadata, selection } from "../../state";
 import { naturalComparator } from "../../util/strings";
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ const useDirectoryHierarchy = (
         DEFAULTS
     );
     const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getAnnotations);
-    const hierarchy = useSelector(directoryTreeSelectors.getHierarchy);
+    const hierarchy = useSelector(selection.selectors.getAnnotationHierarchy);
     const annotationService = useSelector(interaction.selectors.getAnnotationService);
     const fileService = useSelector(interaction.selectors.getFileService);
     const selectedFileFilters = useSelector(selection.selectors.getFileFilters);
diff --git a/packages/core/components/EmptyFileListMessage/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/EmptyFileListMessage/index.tsx
index b35c1f4cc..9d08d805c 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/EmptyFileListMessage/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/EmptyFileListMessage/index.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import FilterList from "./FilterList";
-import { selection } from "../../state";
+import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
 
 import styles from "./EmptyFileListMessage.module.css";
 
 export default function EmptyFileListMessage() {
+    const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getAnnotations);
     const annotationHierarchy = useSelector(selection.selectors.getAnnotationHierarchy);
     const groupedByFilterName = useSelector(selection.selectors.getGroupedByFilterName);
 
@@ -41,16 +42,24 @@ export default function EmptyFileListMessage() {
                                     {" "}
                                     with annotation
                                     {annotationHierarchy.length === 1 ? "" : "s "}
-                                    {map(annotationHierarchy, (annotation, index) => (
-                                        <span key={annotation.name} title={annotation.description}>
-                                            {index > 0
-                                                ? index === annotationHierarchy.length - 1
-                                                    ? " and "
-                                                    : ", "
-                                                : " "}
-                                            <b>{annotation.displayName}</b>
-                                        </span>
-                                    ))}
+                                    {map(annotationHierarchy, (annotationName, index) => {
+                                        const annotation = annotations.find(
+                                            (a) => a.name === annotationName
+                                        );
+                                        return (
+                                            <span
+                                                key={annotation?.name}
+                                                title={annotation?.description}
+                                            >
+                                                {index > 0
+                                                    ? index === annotationHierarchy.length - 1
+                                                        ? " and "
+                                                        : ", "
+                                                    : " "}
+                                                <b>{annotation?.displayName}</b>
+                                            </span>
+                                        );
+                                    })}
                                 </span>
                             )}{" "}
                         </span>
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationList.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationList.tsx
index 14e949220..aca7d277a 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationList.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationList.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default function FileAnnotationList(props: FileAnnotationListProps) {
                         <FileAnnotationRow
                             key="file-path-local"
                             className={styles.row}
-                            name="File path (Local)"
+                            name="File Path (Local)"
                             value={localPath}
                         />
                     );
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationRow.module.css b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationRow.module.css
index f56ff7b0f..8904927de 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationRow.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileAnnotationRow.module.css
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 
 .cell {
     height: auto;
-    padding: 3px;
+    padding: 3px 3px 3px 0;
     overflow-wrap: anywhere;
     white-space: normal;
 }
 
+.cell:first-of-type {
+    padding-left: 0;
+}
+
 .key {
     /* flex child */
     flex: 1 1 40%;
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileDetails.module.css b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileDetails.module.css
index 781f8904c..9a06c4875 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileDetails.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/FileDetails.module.css
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     overflow: auto;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
-    z-index: 1111111111;
+    z-index: 1001;
 }
 
 .expandable::after {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
     position: relative;
     width: 100%;
-    height: calc(100% - var(--window-buttons-height) - var(--pagination-height) - 28px);
+    height: calc(100% - var(--window-buttons-height) - var(--pagination-height));
 }
 
 .overflow-container {
@@ -165,12 +165,13 @@
 .file-name {
     padding: var(--margin);
     text-align: center;
+    user-select: text;
     word-break: break-all;
 }
 
-.file-name-divider {
-    border-color: var(--secondary-text-color);
-    width: 25%;
+.title {
+    font-size: large;
+    margin: 0 0 0 var(--margin);
 }
 
 .icon-button span {
@@ -183,5 +184,5 @@
 }
 
 .icon-button i, .icon-button:hover i {
-    color: var(--primary-text-color);
+    color: var(--primary-text-color) !important;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/OpenFileButton.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/OpenFileButton.tsx
index 7e66c6569..b505315c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/OpenFileButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/OpenFileButton.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ export default function OpenFileButton(props: Props) {
                 className: styles.buttonMenu,
                 items: openMenuItems,
             }}
+            iconProps={{
+                iconName: "OpenInNewWindow",
+            }}
             text="Open"
         />
     );
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/index.tsx
index 0dbd4988b..a93f7942f 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/index.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export default function FileDetails(props: Props) {
                                         />
                                     </div>
                                     <p className={styles.fileName}>{fileDetails?.name}</p>
-                                    <hr className={styles.fileNameDivider} />
+                                    <h4 className={styles.title}>Information</h4>
                                     <FileAnnotationList
                                         className={styles.annotationList}
                                         fileDetails={fileDetails}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/FileAnnotationList.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/FileAnnotationList.test.tsx
index 974758de0..dbf1c8a09 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/FileAnnotationList.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/FileAnnotationList.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import FileAnnotationList from "../FileAnnotationList";
 import FileDetail from "../../../entity/FileDetail";
 import ExecutionEnvServiceNoop from "../../../services/ExecutionEnvService/ExecutionEnvServiceNoop";
 import { initialState } from "../../../state";
+import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS } from "../../../constants";
 
 describe("<FileAnnotationList />", () => {
     describe("file path representation", () => {
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ describe("<FileAnnotationList />", () => {
 
             // Assert
             [
-                "File path (Canonical)",
+                "File Path (Canonical)",
                 canonicalFilePath,
-                "File path (Local)",
+                "File Path (Local)",
                 expectedLocalPath,
             ].forEach(async (cellText) => {
                 expect(await findByText(cellText)).to.not.be.undefined;
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ describe("<FileAnnotationList />", () => {
 
             const { store } = configureMockStore({
                 state: mergeState(initialState, {
+                    metadata: {
+                        annotations: TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS,
+                    },
                     interaction: {
                         platformDependentServices: {
                             executionEnvService: new FakeExecutionEnvService(),
@@ -100,8 +104,8 @@ describe("<FileAnnotationList />", () => {
             );
 
             // Assert
-            expect(() => getByText("File path (Local)")).to.throw();
-            ["File path (Canonical)", filePath].forEach((cellText) => {
+            expect(() => getByText("File Path (Local)")).to.throw();
+            ["File Path (Canonical)", filePath].forEach((cellText) => {
                 expect(getByText(cellText)).to.not.be.undefined;
             });
         });
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/OpenFileButton.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/OpenFileButton.test.tsx
index 43ed5018f..05ca8286d 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/OpenFileButton.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileDetails/test/OpenFileButton.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { configureMockStore } from "@aics/redux-utils";
+import { configureMockStore, mergeState } from "@aics/redux-utils";
 import { fireEvent, render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import * as React from "react";
@@ -6,12 +6,25 @@ import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 
 import { initialState, interaction } from "../../../state";
 import FileDetail from "../../../entity/FileDetail";
+
 import OpenFileButton from "../OpenFileButton";
 
 describe("<OpenFileButton />", () => {
     it("opens file in app", () => {
         // Arrange
-        const { store, actions } = configureMockStore({ state: initialState });
+        const appName = "MyApp";
+        const appPath = `/home/some/path/${appName}.exe`;
+        const state = mergeState(initialState, {
+            interaction: {
+                userSelectedApplications: [
+                    {
+                        defaultFileKinds: [],
+                        filePath: appPath,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        });
+        const { store, actions } = configureMockStore({ state });
         const fileDetails = new FileDetail({
             file_path: "/allen/some/path/MyFile.txt",
             file_id: "abc123",
@@ -32,12 +45,15 @@ describe("<OpenFileButton />", () => {
 
         // Act
         fireEvent.click(getByText("Open"));
+        // Execution service will attempt to find name however we have the Noop service
+        // in place so it will just return this for any request for a file name
+        fireEvent.click(getByText("ExecutionEnvServiceNoop::getFilename"));
 
         // Assert
         expect(actions.list.length).to.equal(1);
         expect(
             actions.includesMatch({
-                type: interaction.actions.OPEN_WITH_DEFAULT,
+                type: interaction.actions.OPEN_WITH,
             })
         ).to.be.true;
     });
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileList/ColumnPicker.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileList/ColumnPicker.tsx
index 7a09e65f8..17cd5f0e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileList/ColumnPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileList/ColumnPicker.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import AnnotationPicker from "../AnnotationPicker";
 import { selection } from "../../state";
 
 /**
- * TODO
+ * Picker for selecting which columns to display in the file list.
  */
 export default function ColumnPicker() {
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedRow.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedRow.tsx
index 98b4cfb62..f3415670a 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedRow.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export default function LazilyRenderedRow(props: LazilyRenderedRowProps) {
                 })}
                 rowIdentifier={{ index, id: file.id }}
                 onSelect={onSelect}
-                data-testid="asdsadasdsadsad"
             />
         );
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.module.css b/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.module.css
index af17ece9b..1101cd42c 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileList/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.module.css
@@ -7,15 +7,27 @@
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+.selected {
+  background-color: var(--highlight-background-color);
+}
+
+.focused {
+  border: 1px solid var(--highlight-text-color);
+}
+
 .thumbnail-wrapper {
   padding: 10px
 }
 
-.selected {
-  background-color: #d4e3fc;
+.thumbnail-wrapper > div {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
 }
 
-.focused {
-  margin: 0;
-  border: 2px solid #669bf4;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+.thumbnail-wrapper > div:not(.focused) {
+  margin: 1px;
+}
+
+.thumbnail-wrapper > div > img {
+  margin: 0 auto;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedRow.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedRow.test.tsx
index 94795ee47..14b1f7c36 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedRow.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedRow.test.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 
-import LazilyRenderedRow from "../LazilyRenderedRow";
 import Annotation from "../../../entity/Annotation";
 import FileDetail from "../../../entity/FileDetail";
 import FileSet from "../../../entity/FileSet";
 import { initialState } from "../../../state";
 
-import styles from "../LazilyRenderedRow.module.css";
+import LazilyRenderedRow from "../LazilyRenderedRow";
 
 describe("<LazilyRenderedRow />", () => {
     const fileNameAnnotation = new Annotation({
@@ -67,37 +66,4 @@ describe("<LazilyRenderedRow />", () => {
         // Assert
         expect(getByText("my_image.czi")).to.not.equal(null);
     });
-
-    describe("Dynamic styling", () => {
-        [true, false].forEach((shouldDisplaySmallFont) => {
-            it(`Has${
-                shouldDisplaySmallFont ? "" : " no"
-            } small font style when shouldDisplaySmallFont is ${shouldDisplaySmallFont}`, () => {
-                // Arrange
-                const { store } = configureMockStore({
-                    state: mergeState(initialState, {
-                        metadata: {
-                            annotations: [fileNameAnnotation],
-                        },
-                        selection: {
-                            displayAnnotations: [fileNameAnnotation],
-                            shouldDisplaySmallFont,
-                        },
-                    }),
-                });
-
-                // Act
-                const { getByTestId } = render(
-                    <Provider store={store}>
-                        <LazilyRenderedRow data={makeItemData()} index={3} style={{}} />
-                    </Provider>
-                );
-
-                // Assert
-                expect(
-                    getByTestId("non-resizeable-cell-test-id").classList.contains(styles.smallFont)
-                ).to.equal(shouldDisplaySmallFont);
-            });
-        });
-    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.test.tsx
index f24454774..17a20ad41 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileList/test/LazilyRenderedThumbnail.test.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ describe("<LazilyRenderedThumbnail />", () => {
                     file_name: "my_image9.jpg",
                     file_path: "some/path/to/my_image9.jpg",
                     file_size: 1,
-                    thumbnail: "",
                     uploaded: new Date().toISOString(),
                 });
             }
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ describe("<LazilyRenderedThumbnail />", () => {
                     file_name: "my_image25.czi",
                     file_path: "some/path/to/my_image25.czi",
                     file_size: 1,
-                    thumbnail: "",
                     uploaded: new Date().toISOString(),
                 });
             }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/FileThumbnail/test/FileThumbnail.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/FileThumbnail/test/FileThumbnail.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc724844f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/FileThumbnail/test/FileThumbnail.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { configureMockStore, mergeState } from "@aics/redux-utils";
+import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Provider } from "react-redux";
+
+import { initialState } from "../../../state";
+
+import FileThumbnail from "..";
+
+describe("<FileThumbnail />", () => {
+    it("renders thumbnail one is specified", () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const state = mergeState(initialState, {});
+        const { store } = configureMockStore({ state });
+
+        // Act
+        const { getByRole } = render(
+            <Provider store={store}>
+                <FileThumbnail uri={"some/path/to/my_image0.jpg"} />
+            </Provider>
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        // Also checking for proper row/col indexing
+        const thumbnail = getByRole("img");
+        expect(thumbnail.getAttribute("src")).to.include("some/path/to/my_image0.jpg");
+    });
+
+    it("renders svg as thumbnail if no URI is specified", () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const { store } = configureMockStore({ state: initialState });
+
+        // Act
+        const { queryByRole } = render(
+            <Provider store={store}>
+                <FileThumbnail />
+            </Provider>
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        // Also confirms proper row/col indexing
+        expect(".no-thumbnail").to.exist;
+        expect(".svg").to.exist;
+        expect(queryByRole("img")).not.to.exist;
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/ListPicker.module.css b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/ListPicker.module.css
index 4c3f4b2b9..9954ae5cf 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/ListPicker.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/ListPicker.module.css
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .container {
     --spacing: 0.5rem;
     --footer-height: 15px;
-    --header-height: 90px;
+    --header-height: 110px;
 
     background-color: var(--secondary-background-color);
     color: var(--secondary-text-color);
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     width: 100%;
 }
 
+.header > h3 {
+    margin: 0 0 var(--spacing) 0;
+}
+
 .buttons {
     backdrop-filter: blur(1px);
     display: flex;
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@
     max-width: 100%;
     position: absolute;
     width: 100%;
-    z-index: 11
+    z-index: 10
 }
 
 .footer {
@@ -63,8 +67,8 @@
 }
 
 .action-button:hover:not(.disabled), .action-button:hover:not(.disabled) i {
-    background-color: var(--highlight-background-color);
-    color: var(--highlight-text-color);
+    background-color: var(--highlight-background-color) !important;
+    color: var(--highlight-text-color) !important;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 
@@ -110,12 +114,17 @@
     width: 100%;
 }
 
-.item-container:hover:not(.disabled), .selected {
+.item-container:hover:not(.disabled) {
     background-color: var(--highlight-background-color);
     border: none;
     color: var(--highlight-text-color);
 }
 
+.selected {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color);
+    color: var(--primary-text-color);
+}
+
 .item-container, .item-container label {
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/index.tsx
index d3e7ee7bd..bfee0a7aa 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/index.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ interface ListPickerProps {
     errorMessage?: string;
     items: ListItem[];
     loading?: boolean;
+    title?: string;
     onDeselect: (item: ListItem) => void;
     onDeselectAll: () => void;
     onSelect: (item: ListItem) => void;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ export default function ListPicker(props: ListPickerProps) {
             data-is-focusable="true"
         >
             <div className={styles.header}>
+                {props.title && <h3>{props.title}</h3>}
                 <SearchBox
                     className={styles.searchBox}
                     onChange={onSearchBoxChange}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/test/ListPicker.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/test/ListPicker.test.tsx
index 33d07cf9c..39b80d22d 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/ListPicker/test/ListPicker.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/ListPicker/test/ListPicker.test.tsx
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         // Arrange
         const onSelect = sinon.spy();
         const onDeselect = sinon.spy();
-        const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val, idx) => ({
-            selected: idx % 2 === 0,
+        const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val) => ({
+            selected: val === "bar",
             displayValue: val,
             value: val,
         }));
 
         // Act / Assert
-        const { getByRole, getAllByRole } = render(
+        const { getAllByRole, getByText } = render(
             <ListPicker
                 items={items}
                 onDeselect={onDeselect}
@@ -27,25 +27,21 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
             />
         );
 
-        // Should render both list items
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox").length).to.equal(2);
-
-        // One should be checked, the other shouldn't be
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox", { checked: false }).length).to.equal(1);
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox", { checked: true }).length).to.equal(1);
+        // Should render both list items + a reset button
+        expect(getAllByRole("button")).to.be.lengthOf(3);
 
         // Trigger selection for the item that isn't selected
-        fireEvent.click(getByRole("checkbox", { checked: false }));
-        expect(onDeselect.called).to.equal(false);
-        expect(onSelect.called).to.equal(true);
+        fireEvent.click(getByText("foo"));
+        expect(onDeselect.called).to.be.false;
+        expect(onSelect.called).to.be.true;
 
         // Trigger deselect for the item that is selected
         // (reset spies first to isolate assertions)
         onDeselect.resetHistory();
         onSelect.resetHistory();
-        fireEvent.click(getByRole("checkbox", { checked: true }));
-        expect(onDeselect.called).to.equal(true);
-        expect(onSelect.called).to.equal(false);
+        fireEvent.click(getByText("bar"));
+        expect(onDeselect.called).to.be.true;
+        expect(onSelect.called).to.be.false;
     });
 
     it("renders a search box that filters the rendered list items", () => {
@@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         }));
 
         // Act / Assert
-        const { getAllByRole, getByRole } = render(
+        const { getByText, getByRole } = render(
             <ListPicker
                 items={items}
                 onDeselect={onDeselect}
@@ -69,7 +65,8 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         );
 
         // Should render both list items
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox").length).to.equal(2);
+        expect(getByText("foo")).to.be.not.be.undefined;
+        expect(getByText("bar")).to.be.not.be.undefined;
 
         // Trigger a search
         fireEvent.change(getByRole("searchbox"), {
@@ -77,7 +74,8 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
                 value: "foo",
             },
         });
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox").length).to.equal(1);
+        expect(getByText("foo")).to.be.not.be.undefined;
+        expect(() => getByText("bar")).to.throw();
     });
 
     it("Renders a 'Reset' button that deselects entire selection", () => {
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         }));
 
         // Act / Assert
-        const { getAllByRole, getByText } = render(
+        const { getByText } = render(
             <ListPicker
                 items={items}
                 onDeselect={onDeselect}
@@ -101,24 +99,48 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
             />
         );
 
-        // Should render both list items as initially selected
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox", { checked: true }).length).to.equal(2);
-
         // Hit reset
         expect(onDeselectAll.called).to.equal(false);
         fireEvent.click(getByText("Reset"));
         expect(onDeselectAll.called).to.equal(true);
     });
 
+    it("Unable to select 'Reset' button if no items selected", () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const onSelect = noop;
+        const onDeselect = noop;
+        const onDeselectAll = sinon.spy();
+        const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val) => ({
+            selected: false, // start with all items selected
+            displayValue: val,
+            value: val,
+        }));
+
+        // Act / Assert
+        const { getByText } = render(
+            <ListPicker
+                items={items}
+                onDeselect={onDeselect}
+                onDeselectAll={onDeselectAll}
+                onSelect={onSelect}
+            />
+        );
+
+        // Hit reset
+        expect(onDeselectAll.called).to.be.false;
+        fireEvent.click(getByText("Reset"));
+        expect(onDeselectAll.called).to.be.false;
+    });
+
     it("Renders a 'Select All' button if given a callback for selecting all items", () => {
         // Arrange
         const onSelectAll = sinon.spy();
         const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val) => ({
-            selected: true, // start with all items selected
+            selected: false, // start with all items selected
             displayValue: val,
             value: val,
         }));
-        const { getAllByRole, getByText } = render(
+        const { getByText } = render(
             <ListPicker
                 items={items}
                 onDeselect={noop}
@@ -129,7 +151,6 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         );
 
         // (sanity-check)
-        expect(getAllByRole("checkbox", { checked: true }).length).to.equal(2);
         expect(onSelectAll.called).to.be.false;
 
         // Act
@@ -139,6 +160,34 @@ describe("<ListPicker />", () => {
         expect(onSelectAll.called).to.be.true;
     });
 
+    it("Unable to select 'Select All' button if all items selected", () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const onSelectAll = sinon.spy();
+        const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val) => ({
+            selected: true, // start with all items selected
+            displayValue: val,
+            value: val,
+        }));
+        const { getByText } = render(
+            <ListPicker
+                items={items}
+                onDeselect={noop}
+                onDeselectAll={noop}
+                onSelectAll={onSelectAll}
+                onSelect={noop}
+            />
+        );
+
+        // (sanity-check)
+        expect(onSelectAll.called).to.be.false;
+
+        // Act
+        fireEvent.click(getByText("Select All"));
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(onSelectAll.called).to.be.false;
+    });
+
     it("Displays count of items", () => {
         // Arrange
         const items: ListItem[] = ["foo", "bar"].map((val) => ({
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/PythonSnippet.module.css b/packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/CodeSnippet.module.css
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/PythonSnippet.module.css
rename to packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/CodeSnippet.module.css
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/index.tsx
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/index.tsx
rename to packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/index.tsx
index 4c2f7cf41..87f31ec53 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/index.tsx
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ import { ModalProps } from "..";
 import { interaction } from "../../../state";
 import BaseModal from "../BaseModal";
 
-import styles from "./PythonSnippet.module.css";
+import styles from "./CodeSnippet.module.css";
 
 const COPY_ICON = { iconName: "copy" };
 
 /**
- * Dialog meant to show the user a Python snippet
+ * Dialog meant to show the user a Code snippet
  */
-export default function PythonSnippet({ onDismiss }: ModalProps) {
+export default function CodeSnippet({ onDismiss }: ModalProps) {
     const pythonSnippet = useSelector(interaction.selectors.getPythonSnippet);
-    const code = pythonSnippet && pythonSnippet.code;
-    const setup = pythonSnippet && pythonSnippet.setup;
+    const code = pythonSnippet?.code;
+    const setup = pythonSnippet?.setup;
 
     const [isSetupCopied, setSetupCopied] = React.useState(false);
     const [isCodeCopied, setCodeCopied] = React.useState(false);
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ export default function PythonSnippet({ onDismiss }: ModalProps) {
         </>
     );
 
-    return <BaseModal body={body} onDismiss={onDismiss} title="Python snippet" />;
+    return <BaseModal body={body} onDismiss={onDismiss} title="Code Snippet" />;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/test/PythonSnippet.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/test/CodeSnippet.test.tsx
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/test/PythonSnippet.test.tsx
rename to packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/test/CodeSnippet.test.tsx
index 76d5b1c38..700fe0692 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/PythonSnippet/test/PythonSnippet.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/CodeSnippet/test/CodeSnippet.test.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 import Modal, { ModalType } from "../..";
 import { initialState } from "../../../../state";
 
-describe("<PythonSnippet />", () => {
+describe("<CodeSnippet />", () => {
     const visibleDialogState = mergeState(initialState, {
         interaction: {
-            visibleModal: ModalType.PythonSnippet,
+            visibleModal: ModalType.CodeSnippet,
         },
     });
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ describe("<PythonSnippet />", () => {
 
     it("displays snippet when present in state", async () => {
         // Arrange
-        const setup = "pip install aicsfiles";
-        const code = "my_files = querier.query()";
+        const setup = "pip install pandas";
+        const code = "TODO";
         const { store } = configureMockStore({ state: visibleDialogState });
         const { findByText } = render(
             <Provider store={store}>
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/CsvManifest.module.css b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/CsvManifest.module.css
index 4fdfe3e14..65d3f518b 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/CsvManifest.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/CsvManifest.module.css
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
     color: var(--primary-text-color);
 }
 
-.download-button:hover, .download-button:active {
+.disabled {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+.download-button:hover:not(.disabled), .download-button:active:not(.disabled) {
     border: none;
     background-color: var(--highlight-background-color);
     color: var(--highlight-text-color);
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/index.tsx
index 01e1928a4..48997e341 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/index.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 import { PrimaryButton } from "@fluentui/react";
-import { isEmpty } from "lodash";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import { ModalProps } from "..";
 import BaseModal from "../BaseModal";
 import AnnotationPicker from "../../AnnotationPicker";
-import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS } from "../../../constants";
-import Annotation from "../../../entity/Annotation";
 import * as modalSelectors from "../selectors";
 import { interaction } from "../../../state";
 
 import styles from "./CsvManifest.module.css";
+import classNames from "classnames";
 
 /**
  * Modal overlay for selecting columns to be included in a CSV manifest download of
@@ -23,10 +21,8 @@ export default function CsvManifest({ onDismiss }: ModalProps) {
     const annotationsPreviouslySelected = useSelector(
         modalSelectors.getAnnotationsPreviouslySelected
     );
-    const [selectedAnnotations, setSelectedAnnotations] = React.useState<Annotation[]>(() =>
-        isEmpty(annotationsPreviouslySelected)
-            ? [...TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS]
-            : annotationsPreviouslySelected
+    const [selectedAnnotations, setSelectedAnnotations] = React.useState(
+        annotationsPreviouslySelected
     );
 
     const onDownload = () => {
@@ -51,7 +47,9 @@ export default function CsvManifest({ onDismiss }: ModalProps) {
             body={body}
             footer={
                 <PrimaryButton
-                    className={styles.downloadButton}
+                    className={classNames(styles.downloadButton, {
+                        [styles.disabled]: !selectedAnnotations.length,
+                    })}
                     iconProps={{ iconName: "Download" }}
                     disabled={!selectedAnnotations.length}
                     onClick={onDownload}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/test/CsvManifest.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/test/CsvManifest.test.tsx
index ea608ccc3..b37929160 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/test/CsvManifest.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/CsvManifest/test/CsvManifest.test.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 import { createSandbox } from "sinon";
 
 import Modal, { ModalType } from "../..";
-import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS } from "../../../../constants";
 import Annotation from "../../../../entity/Annotation";
 import FileFilter from "../../../../entity/FileFilter";
 import FileDownloadService, { DownloadResolution } from "../../../../services/FileDownloadService";
@@ -99,11 +98,22 @@ describe("<CsvManifest />", () => {
 
         const state = mergeState(visibleDialogState, {
             interaction: {
+                csvColumns: ["Cell Line"],
                 fileFiltersForVisibleModal: [new FileFilter("Cell Line", "AICS-11")],
                 platformDependentServices: {
                     fileDownloadService: new TestDownloadService(),
                 },
             },
+            metadata: {
+                annotations: [
+                    new Annotation({
+                        annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
+                        annotationName: "Cell Line",
+                        description: "test",
+                        type: "text",
+                    }),
+                ],
+            },
         });
 
         const { store, logicMiddleware, actions } = configureMockStore({
@@ -132,21 +142,6 @@ describe("<CsvManifest />", () => {
     });
 
     describe("column list", () => {
-        it("has default columns when none were previousuly saved", async () => {
-            // Arrange
-            const { store } = configureMockStore({ state: visibleDialogState });
-            const { getByText } = render(
-                <Provider store={store}>
-                    <Modal />
-                </Provider>
-            );
-
-            // Assert
-            TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS.forEach((annotation) => {
-                expect(getByText(annotation.displayName)).to.exist;
-            });
-        });
-
         it("has pre-saved columns when some were previousuly saved", async () => {
             // Arrange
             const preSavedColumns = ["Cas9", "Cell Line", "Donor Plasmid"];
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/Modal/index.tsx
index fb3c601bb..049f205fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/index.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import React from "react";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import { interaction } from "../../state";
+import CodeSnippet from "./CodeSnippet";
 import CsvManifest from "./CsvManifest";
 import DataSourcePrompt from "./DataSourcePrompt";
-import PythonSnippet from "./PythonSnippet";
 
 export interface ModalProps {
     onDismiss: () => void;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface ModalProps {
 export enum ModalType {
     CsvManifest = 1,
     DataSourcePrompt = 2,
-    PythonSnippet = 3,
+    CodeSnippet = 3,
 }
 
 /**
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export default function Modal() {
             return <CsvManifest onDismiss={onDismiss} />;
         case ModalType.DataSourcePrompt:
             return <DataSourcePrompt onDismiss={onDismiss} />;
-        case ModalType.PythonSnippet:
-            return <PythonSnippet onDismiss={onDismiss} />;
+        case ModalType.CodeSnippet:
+            return <CodeSnippet onDismiss={onDismiss} />;
         default:
             return null;
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/components/Modal/selectors.ts b/packages/core/components/Modal/selectors.ts
index 2acbeb325..2ec2bead2 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/Modal/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/components/Modal/selectors.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import * as metadataSelectors from "../../state/metadata/selectors";
  */
 export const getAnnotationsPreviouslySelected = createSelector(
     [interactionSelectors.getCsvColumns, metadataSelectors.getAnnotations],
-    (annotationDisplayNames, annotations) => {
-        return annotations.filter((annotation) =>
-            annotationDisplayNames?.includes(annotation.displayName)
-        );
-    }
+    (annotationDisplayNames, annotations) =>
+        annotations.filter((annotation) => annotationDisplayNames?.includes(annotation.displayName))
 );
diff --git a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/NumberRangePicker.module.css b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/NumberRangePicker.module.css
index 18e386ed4..45acbab0b 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/NumberRangePicker.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/NumberRangePicker.module.css
@@ -1,57 +1,62 @@
-.container {
-    --spacing: 0.5rem;
-
-    overflow: auto;
-    max-height: 300px;
-    padding: 0 var(--spacing) 0 var(--spacing);
-    margin-top: var(--spacing);
-}
-
-.header {
-    position: sticky;
-    top: 0;
-    padding-bottom: var(--spacing);
-    width: 100%;
-    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
-}
-
 .buttons {
     clear: both;
     display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    padding-top: var(--margin);
 }
 
 .footer {
-    bottom: 0;
-    padding-bottom: var(--spacing);
-    position: sticky;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
 .footer > h6 {
-    background-color: white;
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    color: grey;
-    font-size: 12px;
     font-weight: normal;
-    margin: 0 0 0 auto;
-    width: fit-content;
+    margin: var(--margin) 0 0 0;
+}
+
+.action-button, .action-button i {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color) !important;
+    color: var(--primary-text-color) !important;
 }
 
-.action-button {
-    color: steelblue;
+.action-button:hover:not(.disabled), .action-button:hover:not(.disabled) i {
+    background-color: var(--highlight-background-color) !important;
+    color: var(--highlight-text-color) !important;
     cursor: pointer;
-    display: flex;
-    margin: 0.5rem auto 0;
 }
 
 .action-button.disabled {
-    color: grey;
     cursor: not-allowed;
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+.reset-button-container {
+    margin-top: 2px;
+}
+
+.inputs {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+
+}
+
+.input-field > input {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color);
+    border: none;
+    color: var(--primary-text-color);
+    outline: none;
+}
+
+.range-seperator {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+    font-size: small;
+    margin: 0 2px;
 }
 
-.input-field {
-    float: left;
-    margin-left: 10px;
+.title {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding-bottom: var(--margin);
 }
 
 label,input{
diff --git a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/index.tsx
index 35327d788..03648087c 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { ActionButton, Spinner, SpinnerSize } from "@fluentui/react";
+import { ActionButton, Icon, IconButton, Spinner, SpinnerSize } from "@fluentui/react";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import * as React from "react";
+
 import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
 import { extractValuesFromRangeOperatorFilterString } from "../../entity/AnnotationFormatter/number-formatter";
 import { AnnotationValue } from "../../services/AnnotationService";
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ export interface ListItem {
 }
 
 interface NumberRangePickerProps {
+    className?: string;
     disabled?: boolean;
     errorMessage?: string;
+    title?: string;
     items: ListItem[];
     loading?: boolean;
     onSearch: (filterValue: string) => void;
@@ -53,13 +56,6 @@ export default function NumberRangePicker(props: NumberRangePickerProps) {
         setSearchMaxValue("");
     }
 
-    function onSelectFullRange() {
-        setSearchMinValue(overallMin);
-        setSearchMaxValue(overallMax);
-        // Plus 1 here to ensure that actual max is not excluded for full range
-        onSearch(`RANGE(${overallMin},${(Number(overallMax) + 1).toString()})`);
-    }
-
     const onSubmitRange = () => {
         const {
             minValue: oldMinValue,
@@ -84,47 +80,69 @@ export default function NumberRangePicker(props: NumberRangePickerProps) {
     };
 
     if (errorMessage) {
-        return <div className={styles.container}>Whoops! Encountered an error: {errorMessage}</div>;
+        return (
+            <div className={classNames(styles.container, props.className)}>
+                Whoops! Encountered an error: {errorMessage}
+            </div>
+        );
     }
 
     if (loading) {
         return (
-            <div className={styles.container}>
+            <div className={classNames(styles.container, props.className)}>
                 <Spinner size={SpinnerSize.small} />
             </div>
         );
     }
+    console.log(overallMin, overallMax);
 
     return (
-        <div className={styles.container} data-is-scrollable="true" data-is-focusable="true">
+        <div
+            className={classNames(styles.container, props.className)}
+            data-is-scrollable="true"
+            data-is-focusable="true"
+        >
+            <h3 className={styles.title}>{units ? `${props.title} (in ${units})` : props.title}</h3>
             <div className={styles.header}>
-                <div className={styles.inputField}>
-                    <label htmlFor="rangemin">Min (inclusive)</label>
-                    <input
-                        id="rangemin"
-                        title="Min (inclusive)"
-                        type="number"
-                        value={searchMinValue}
-                        step="any"
-                        onChange={onMinChange}
-                        min={Number(overallMin)}
-                        max={Number(overallMax)}
-                    />
-                    {units}
-                </div>
-                <div className={styles.inputField}>
-                    <label htmlFor="rangemax">Max (exclusive)</label>
-                    <input
-                        id="rangemax"
-                        title="Max (exclusive)"
-                        type="number"
-                        value={searchMaxValue}
-                        step="any"
-                        onChange={onMaxChange}
-                        min={Number(overallMin)}
-                        max={Number(overallMax)}
-                    />
-                    {units}
+                <div className={styles.inputs}>
+                    <div className={styles.inputField}>
+                        <label htmlFor="rangemin">Min (inclusive)</label>
+                        <input
+                            id="rangemin"
+                            title="Min (inclusive)"
+                            type="number"
+                            value={searchMinValue}
+                            step="any"
+                            onChange={onMinChange}
+                            min={Number(overallMin)}
+                            max={Number(overallMax)}
+                        />
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={styles.rangeSeperator}>
+                        <Icon iconName="Forward" />
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={styles.inputField}>
+                        <label htmlFor="rangemax">Max (exclusive)</label>
+                        <input
+                            id="rangemax"
+                            title="Max (exclusive)"
+                            type="number"
+                            value={searchMaxValue}
+                            step="any"
+                            onChange={onMaxChange}
+                            min={Number(overallMin)}
+                            max={Number(overallMax)}
+                        />
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={styles.resetButtonContainer}>
+                        <IconButton
+                            ariaLabel="Reset"
+                            className={classNames(styles.actionButton)}
+                            title={"Reset filter"}
+                            onClick={onResetSearch}
+                            iconProps={{ iconName: "Delete" }}
+                        />
+                    </div>
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.buttons}>
                     <ActionButton
@@ -136,34 +154,20 @@ export default function NumberRangePicker(props: NumberRangePickerProps) {
                             styles.actionButton
                         )}
                         disabled={!searchMinValue && !searchMaxValue}
+                        iconProps={{ iconName: "ReturnKey" }}
                         title={searchMinValue || searchMaxValue ? undefined : "No options selected"}
                         onClick={onSubmitRange}
                     >
-                        Submit range
-                    </ActionButton>
-                    {onSelectFullRange && (
-                        <ActionButton
-                            ariaLabel="Select Full Range"
-                            className={classNames(styles.actionButton)}
-                            onClick={onSelectFullRange}
-                        >
-                            Select Full Range
-                        </ActionButton>
-                    )}
-                    <ActionButton
-                        ariaLabel="Reset"
-                        className={classNames(styles.actionButton)}
-                        title={"Clear filter"}
-                        onClick={onResetSearch}
-                    >
-                        Reset
+                        Submit Range
                     </ActionButton>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div className={styles.footer}>
-                <h6>
-                    Full range available: {overallMin}, {overallMax}
-                </h6>
+                {overallMin && overallMax && (
+                    <h6>
+                        Full range available: {overallMin}, {overallMax}
+                    </h6>
+                )}
             </div>
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/test/NumberRangePicker.test.tsx b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/test/NumberRangePicker.test.tsx
index e0957318a..89f65fc90 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/test/NumberRangePicker.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/NumberRangePicker/test/NumberRangePicker.test.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe("<NumberRangePicker />", () => {
         }));
 
         // Act / Assert
-        const { getByText } = render(
+        const { getByTitle } = render(
             <NumberRangePicker
                 items={items}
                 onSearch={onSearch}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe("<NumberRangePicker />", () => {
 
         // Hit reset
         expect(onReset.called).to.equal(false);
-        fireEvent.click(getByText("Reset"));
+        fireEvent.click(getByTitle("Reset filter"));
         expect(onReset.called).to.equal(true);
 
         // Should clear min and max values
@@ -89,46 +89,6 @@ describe("<NumberRangePicker />", () => {
         expect(screen.getByTitle<HTMLInputElement>(/^Max/).value).to.equal("");
     });
 
-    it("renders a 'Select Full Range' button that updates min and max values", () => {
-        // Arrange
-        const items: ListItem[] = ["0", "20"].map((val) => ({
-            selected: true, // start with all items selected
-            displayValue: val,
-            value: val,
-        }));
-        const { getByTitle, getByText } = render(
-            <NumberRangePicker
-                items={items}
-                onReset={noop}
-                onSearch={noop}
-                currentRange={undefined}
-            />
-        );
-
-        // Enter values
-        fireEvent.change(getByTitle(/^Min/), {
-            target: {
-                value: 5,
-            },
-        });
-        fireEvent.change(getByTitle(/^Max/), {
-            target: {
-                value: 10,
-            },
-        });
-
-        // Sanity check
-        expect(screen.getByTitle<HTMLInputElement>(/^Min/).value).to.equal("5");
-        expect(screen.getByTitle<HTMLInputElement>(/^Max/).value).to.equal("10");
-
-        // Act
-        fireEvent.click(getByText("Select Full Range"));
-
-        // Assert
-        expect(screen.getByTitle<HTMLInputElement>(/^Min/).value).to.equal("0");
-        expect(screen.getByTitle<HTMLInputElement>(/^Max/).value).to.equal("20");
-    });
-
     it("displays available min and max of items", () => {
         // Arrange
         const items: ListItem[] = ["-2", "1", "20", "42"].map((val) => ({
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryDataSource.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryDataSource.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8482b28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryDataSource.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+
+import QueryPart from ".";
+import { Collection } from "../../entity/FileExplorerURL";
+
+interface Props {
+    dataSources: (Collection | undefined)[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component responsible for rendering the "Filter" part of the query
+ */
+export default function QueryDataSource(props: Props) {
+    return (
+        <QueryPart
+            title="Data Source"
+            addButtonIconName="Folder"
+            onRenderAddMenuList={() => <div>TODO: To be implemented in another ticket</div>}
+            rows={props.dataSources.map((dataSource) => {
+                // Undefined data source must mean we are querying AICS FMS
+                // we should have a more sentinal value for this
+                if (!dataSource) {
+                    return {
+                        id: "AICS FMS",
+                        title: "AICS FMS",
+                    };
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    id: `${dataSource.name} ${dataSource.version}`,
+                    title: dataSource.name,
+                };
+            })}
+        />
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryFilter.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryFilter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f9b2c5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryFilter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { map } from "lodash";
+import * as React from "react";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+
+import QueryPart from ".";
+import AnnotationPicker from "../AnnotationPicker";
+import AnnotationFilterForm from "../AnnotationFilterForm";
+import Tutorial from "../../entity/Tutorial";
+import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
+import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
+import Annotation from "../../entity/Annotation";
+
+interface Props {
+    filters: FileFilter[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component responsible for rendering the "Filter" part of the query
+ */
+export default function QueryFilter(props: Props) {
+    const dispatch = useDispatch();
+
+    const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getSortedAnnotations);
+    const filtersGroupedByName = useSelector(selection.selectors.getGroupedByFilterName);
+
+    return (
+        <QueryPart
+            title="Filter"
+            addButtonIconName="Filter"
+            tutorialId={Tutorial.FILTER_HEADER_ID}
+            onDelete={(annotation) =>
+                dispatch(
+                    selection.actions.removeFileFilter(
+                        props.filters.filter((filter) => filter.name === annotation)
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+            onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
+                <AnnotationPicker
+                    disableUnavailableAnnotations
+                    annotationSubMenuRenderer={(annotationItem) => (
+                        <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={annotationItem.data as Annotation} />
+                    )}
+                    selections={annotations.filter((annotation) =>
+                        props.filters.some((f) => f.name === annotation.name)
+                    )}
+                    setSelections={() => dispatch(selection.actions.setFileFilters([]))}
+                />
+            )}
+            onRenderEditMenuList={(item) => {
+                const annotation = annotations.find((a) => a.name === item.id);
+                return <AnnotationFilterForm annotation={annotation as Annotation} />;
+            }}
+            rows={Object.entries(filtersGroupedByName).map(([annotationName, filters]) => {
+                const operator = filters.length > 1 ? "ONE OF" : "EQUALS";
+                const valueDisplay = map(filters, (filter) => filter.displayValue).join(", ");
+                return {
+                    id: filters[0].name,
+                    title: `${annotationName} ${operator} ${valueDisplay}`,
+                };
+            })}
+        />
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryGroup.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryGroup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421a975db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryGroup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+
+import QueryPart from ".";
+import AnnotationPicker from "../AnnotationPicker";
+import Tutorial from "../../entity/Tutorial";
+import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
+import Annotation from "../../entity/Annotation";
+
+interface Props {
+    groups: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component responsible for rendering the "Group" part of the query
+ */
+export default function QueryGroup(props: Props) {
+    const dispatch = useDispatch();
+
+    const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getSortedAnnotations);
+
+    const selectedAnnotations = props.groups
+        .map((annotationName) =>
+            annotations.find((annotation) => annotation.name === annotationName)
+        )
+        .filter((a) => !!a) as Annotation[];
+
+    const onDelete = (annotationName: string) => {
+        dispatch(selection.actions.removeFromAnnotationHierarchy(annotationName));
+    };
+
+    const onReorder = (annotationName: string, destinationIndex: number) => {
+        dispatch(selection.actions.reorderAnnotationHierarchy(annotationName, destinationIndex));
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <QueryPart
+            title="Group"
+            addButtonIconName="FabricFolder"
+            tutorialId={Tutorial.GROUPING_HEADER_ID}
+            onDelete={onDelete}
+            onReorder={onReorder}
+            onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
+                <AnnotationPicker
+                    disabledTopLevelAnnotations
+                    disableUnavailableAnnotations
+                    selections={selectedAnnotations}
+                    setSelections={(annotations) => {
+                        dispatch(
+                            selection.actions.setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations.map((a) => a.name))
+                        );
+                    }}
+                />
+            )}
+            rows={selectedAnnotations.map((annotation) => ({
+                id: annotation.name,
+                title: annotation.displayName,
+            }))}
+        />
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPart.module.css b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPart.module.css
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPart.module.css
rename to packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPart.module.css
index e552e61d4..e9cfd872c 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPart.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPart.module.css
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     background-color: var(--primary-sidebar-color);
     border: none;
     padding: 0 4px;
-    width: 100px;
+    width: 100%;
 }
 
 .add-button:hover, .add-button:hover button  {
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     border: none;
 }
 
+.add-button > span > span {
+    text-align: left;
+}
+
 .add-button-container > * {
     margin: 5px 0;
     width: 125px
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPartRow.module.css b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPartRow.module.css
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPartRow.module.css
rename to packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPartRow.module.css
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPartRow.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPartRow.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPartRow.tsx
rename to packages/core/components/QueryPart/QueryPartRow.tsx
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QuerySort.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QuerySort.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccc2a66fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/QuerySort.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+
+import QueryPart from ".";
+import AnnotationPicker from "../AnnotationPicker";
+import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
+import FileSort, { SortOrder } from "../../entity/FileSort";
+import Tutorial from "../../entity/Tutorial";
+
+interface Props {
+    sort?: FileSort;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component responsible for rendering the "Sort" part of the query
+ */
+export default function QuerySort(props: Props) {
+    const dispatch = useDispatch();
+
+    const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getSortedAnnotations);
+
+    return (
+        <QueryPart
+            title="Sort"
+            addButtonIconName="Sort"
+            tutorialId={Tutorial.SORT_HEADER_ID}
+            onDelete={() => dispatch(selection.actions.setSortColumn())}
+            rows={
+                props.sort
+                    ? [
+                          {
+                              id: props.sort.annotationName,
+                              title: `${props.sort.annotationName} (${props.sort.order})`,
+                          },
+                      ]
+                    : []
+            }
+            onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
+                <AnnotationPicker
+                    disableUnavailableAnnotations
+                    selections={annotations.filter(
+                        (annotation) => annotation.name === props.sort?.annotationName
+                    )}
+                    setSelections={(annotations) => {
+                        const newAnnotation = annotations.filter(
+                            (annotation) => annotation.name !== props.sort?.annotationName
+                        )?.[0].name;
+                        dispatch(
+                            selection.actions.setSortColumn(
+                                newAnnotation
+                                    ? new FileSort(newAnnotation, SortOrder.DESC)
+                                    : undefined
+                            )
+                        );
+                    }}
+                />
+            )}
+        />
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPart.tsx b/packages/core/components/QueryPart/index.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryPart.tsx
rename to packages/core/components/QueryPart/index.tsx
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.module.css b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.module.css
index 8777aaedd..8f20aef5a 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.module.css
@@ -34,35 +34,12 @@
     display: flex;
 }
 
-.divider, .small-divider {
+.divider {
     border-color: var(--secondary-text-color);
     margin: 0 auto;
     opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
-.small-divider {
-    width: 35%;
-}
-
-.data-source-container {
-    margin: 8px 0 8px 10px;
-}
-
-.data-source-header {
-    display: flex;
-    margin-bottom: 6px;
-}
-
-.data-source-header > h5 {
-    margin: 0 0 0 10px;
-    padding-top: 2px;
-}
-
-.data-source-container > p {
-    font-size: smaller;
-    margin-top: 4px;
-}
-
 .title {
     background-color: var(--primary-sidebar-color);
     color: var(--primary-sidebar-text-color);
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.tsx b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.tsx
index b04c60c78..dc29b46c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/Query.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-import { Icon, IconButton, TextField } from "@fluentui/react";
+import { IconButton, TextField } from "@fluentui/react";
 import classNames from "classnames";
-import { map } from "lodash";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
-import QueryPart from "./QueryPart";
-import AnnotationPicker from "../AnnotationPicker";
 import QueryFooter from "./QueryFooter";
-import Tutorial from "../../entity/Tutorial";
+import QueryDataSource from "../QueryPart/QueryDataSource";
+import QueryFilter from "../QueryPart/QueryFilter";
+import QueryGroup from "../QueryPart/QueryGroup";
+import QuerySort from "../QueryPart/QuerySort";
 import FileExplorerURL from "../../entity/FileExplorerURL";
-import FileSort, { SortOrder } from "../../entity/FileSort";
 import { metadata, selection } from "../../state";
 import { Query as QueryType } from "../../state/selection/actions";
 
 import styles from "./Query.module.css";
-import AnnotationFilterForm from "../AnnotationFilterForm";
-import { QueryPartRowItem } from "./QueryPartRow";
 
 interface QueryProps {
     isSelected: boolean;
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ export default function Query(props: QueryProps) {
     const queries = useSelector(selection.selectors.getQueries);
     const annotations = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getSortedAnnotations);
     const currentGlobalURL = useSelector(selection.selectors.getEncodedFileExplorerUrl);
-    const filtersGroupedByName = useSelector(selection.selectors.getGroupedByFilterName);
 
     const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = React.useState(false);
     React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -41,9 +37,9 @@ export default function Query(props: QueryProps) {
     const decodedURL = React.useMemo(
         () =>
             props.isSelected
-                ? FileExplorerURL.decode(currentGlobalURL, annotations)
-                : FileExplorerURL.decode(props.query.url, annotations),
-        [props.query.url, currentGlobalURL, annotations, props.isSelected]
+                ? FileExplorerURL.decode(currentGlobalURL)
+                : FileExplorerURL.decode(props.query.url),
+        [props.query.url, currentGlobalURL, props.isSelected]
     );
 
     const onQueryUpdate = (updatedQuery: QueryType) => {
@@ -93,7 +89,11 @@ export default function Query(props: QueryProps) {
                         <p className={styles.displayRow}>
                             <strong>Groupings:</strong>{" "}
                             {decodedURL.hierarchy
-                                .map((annotation) => annotation.displayName)
+                                .map(
+                                    (a) =>
+                                        annotations.find((annotation) => annotation.name === a)
+                                            ?.displayName || a
+                                )
                                 .join(", ")}
                         </p>
                     )}
@@ -141,120 +141,10 @@ export default function Query(props: QueryProps) {
                     />
                 </div>
                 <hr className={styles.divider} />
-                <div className={styles.dataSourceContainer}>
-                    <div className={styles.dataSourceHeader}>
-                        <Icon iconName="Folder" />
-                        <h5>Data Source</h5>
-                    </div>
-                    <p>{dataSourceName}</p>
-                </div>
-                <hr className={styles.smallDivider} />
-                <QueryPart
-                    title="Group"
-                    addButtonIconName="FabricFolder"
-                    tutorialId={Tutorial.GROUPING_HEADER_ID}
-                    onDelete={(annotation) =>
-                        dispatch(selection.actions.removeFromAnnotationHierarchy(annotation))
-                    }
-                    onReorder={(annotation, destinationIndex) =>
-                        dispatch(
-                            selection.actions.reorderAnnotationHierarchy(
-                                annotation,
-                                destinationIndex
-                            )
-                        )
-                    }
-                    onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
-                        <AnnotationPicker
-                            disableUnavailableAnnotations
-                            selections={decodedURL.hierarchy}
-                            setSelections={(annotations) => {
-                                dispatch(selection.actions.setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations));
-                            }}
-                        />
-                    )}
-                    rows={decodedURL.hierarchy.map((annotation) => ({
-                        id: annotation.name,
-                        title: annotation.displayName,
-                    }))}
-                />
-                <hr className={styles.smallDivider} />
-                <QueryPart
-                    title="Filter"
-                    addButtonIconName="Filter"
-                    tutorialId={Tutorial.FILTER_HEADER_ID}
-                    onDelete={(annotation) =>
-                        dispatch(
-                            selection.actions.removeFileFilter(
-                                decodedURL.filters.filter((filter) => filter.name === annotation)
-                            )
-                        )
-                    }
-                    onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
-                        <AnnotationPicker
-                            disableUnavailableAnnotations
-                            annotationSubMenuRenderer={(annotationItem) => (
-                                <AnnotationFilterForm name={annotationItem.data?.name as string} />
-                            )}
-                            selections={annotations.filter((annotation) =>
-                                decodedURL.filters.some((f) => f.name === annotation.name)
-                            )}
-                            setSelections={() => selection.actions.setFileFilters([])}
-                        />
-                    )}
-                    onRenderEditMenuList={(item: QueryPartRowItem) => (
-                        <AnnotationFilterForm name={item.id} />
-                    )}
-                    rows={Object.entries(filtersGroupedByName).map(([annotation, filters]) => {
-                        const operator = filters.length > 1 ? "ONE OF" : "EQUALS";
-                        const valueDisplay = map(filters, (filter) => filter.displayValue).join(
-                            ", "
-                        );
-                        return {
-                            id: annotation,
-                            title: `${annotation} ${operator} ${valueDisplay}`,
-                        };
-                    })}
-                />
-                <hr className={styles.smallDivider} />
-                <QueryPart
-                    title="Sort"
-                    addButtonIconName="Sort"
-                    tutorialId={Tutorial.SORT_HEADER_ID}
-                    onDelete={() => dispatch(selection.actions.setSortColumn())}
-                    rows={
-                        decodedURL.sortColumn
-                            ? [
-                                  {
-                                      id: decodedURL.sortColumn.annotationName,
-                                      title: `${decodedURL.sortColumn.annotationName} (${decodedURL.sortColumn.order})`,
-                                  },
-                              ]
-                            : []
-                    }
-                    onRenderAddMenuList={() => (
-                        <AnnotationPicker
-                            disableUnavailableAnnotations
-                            selections={annotations.filter(
-                                (annotation) =>
-                                    annotation.name === decodedURL.sortColumn?.annotationName
-                            )}
-                            setSelections={(annotations) => {
-                                const newAnnotation = annotations.filter(
-                                    (annotation) =>
-                                        annotation.name !== decodedURL.sortColumn?.annotationName
-                                )?.[0].name;
-                                dispatch(
-                                    selection.actions.setSortColumn(
-                                        newAnnotation
-                                            ? new FileSort(newAnnotation, SortOrder.DESC)
-                                            : undefined
-                                    )
-                                );
-                            }}
-                        />
-                    )}
-                />
+                <QueryDataSource dataSources={[decodedURL.collection]} />
+                <QueryGroup groups={decodedURL.hierarchy} />
+                <QueryFilter filters={decodedURL.filters} />
+                <QuerySort sort={decodedURL.sortColumn} />
                 <hr className={styles.divider} />
                 <QueryFooter
                     isDeletable={queries.length > 1}
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryFooter.tsx b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryFooter.tsx
index 19333a828..ad7ee9615 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryFooter.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QueryFooter.tsx
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ export default function QueryFooter(props: Props) {
     };
     const shareQueryOptions: IContextualMenuItem[] = [
         {
-            key: "Python Snippet",
-            text: "Python Snippet",
+            key: "Code Snippet",
+            text: "Code Snippet",
             iconProps: { iconName: "Code" },
             onClick: () => {
-                dispatch(interaction.actions.setVisibleModal(ModalType.PythonSnippet));
+                dispatch(interaction.actions.setVisibleModal(ModalType.CodeSnippet));
             },
         },
         {
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QuerySidebar.module.css b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QuerySidebar.module.css
index 1e1e21c3f..4bdfd88a4 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QuerySidebar.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/QuerySidebar.module.css
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     max-width: var(--query-sidebar-max-width);
     position: absolute;
     width: calc(0.3 * 80% - var(--margin));
-    z-index: 1111;
+    z-index: 2;
 }
 
 .minimize-bar {
diff --git a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/index.tsx
index a29f21955..3d5b7ea4d 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/QuerySidebar/index.tsx
@@ -33,10 +33,19 @@ export default function QuerySidebar(props: QuerySidebarProps) {
     const collections = useSelector(metadata.selectors.getCollections);
     const selectedQuery = useSelector(selection.selectors.getSelectedQuery);
 
-    const isAICSEmployee = true; // TODO: Add trigger somewhere on app startup
+    // TODO: Add trigger somewhere on app startup before releasing to public
+    const isAICSEmployee = true;
 
     const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = React.useState(true);
 
+    // Default to first query in array if none selected yet some available
+    // this is primarily useful for when loading queries from persisted state
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+        if (queries.length && !selectedQuery) {
+            dispatch(selection.actions.changeQuery(queries[0]));
+        }
+    }, [queries, selectedQuery, dispatch]);
+
     const helpMenuOptions = React.useMemo(() => HELP_OPTIONS(dispatch), [dispatch]);
     const addQueryOptions = React.useMemo(() => {
         const onEnterURL = (evt: React.FormEvent) => {
diff --git a/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/SearchBoxForm.module.css b/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/SearchBoxForm.module.css
index a8b60ea04..d2612f863 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/SearchBoxForm.module.css
+++ b/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/SearchBoxForm.module.css
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-.search-box-input {
-    border: none;
-    flex: auto;
+.search-box-input, .search-box-input > :is(div, input), .search-box-input :is(button, i) {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color) !important;
+    color: var(--primary-text-color) !important;
 }
 
-.container {
-    --spacing: 0.5rem;
-
-    overflow: auto;
-    max-height: 300px;
-    padding: 0 var(--spacing) 0 var(--spacing);
-    margin-top: var(--spacing);
+.search-box-input > div:hover > button, .search-box-input > div:hover i {
+    background-color: var(--primary-background-color) !important;
+    color: var(--primary-text-color) !important;
 }
 
-.header {
-    position: sticky;
-    top: 0;
-    padding-bottom: var(--spacing);
-    width: 100%;
-    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
+.search-box-input::after {
+    display: none;
 }
+
+.title {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding-bottom: var(--margin);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/index.tsx b/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/index.tsx
index 6a83c93c3..b632b8174 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/components/SearchBoxForm/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import * as React from "react";
 import { SearchBox } from "@fluentui/react";
+import * as React from "react";
+
 import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
+
 import styles from "./SearchBoxForm.module.css";
 
 interface SearchBoxFormProps {
+    className?: string;
+    title?: string;
     onSearch: (filterValue: string) => void;
     onReset: () => void;
     fieldName: string;
@@ -36,18 +40,17 @@ export default function SearchBoxForm(props: SearchBoxFormProps) {
     }
 
     return (
-        <div className={styles.container} data-is-focusable="true">
-            <div className={styles.header}>
-                <SearchBox
-                    onClear={onClear}
-                    className={styles.searchBoxInput}
-                    placeholder={`Search by ${fieldName}`}
-                    styles={SEARCH_BOX_STYLE_OVERRIDES}
-                    onSearch={onSearch}
-                    onChange={onSearchBoxChange}
-                    value={searchValue}
-                />
-            </div>
+        <div className={props.className} data-is-focusable="true">
+            <h3 className={styles.title}>{props.title}</h3>
+            <SearchBox
+                onClear={onClear}
+                className={styles.searchBoxInput}
+                placeholder={`Search by ${fieldName}`}
+                styles={SEARCH_BOX_STYLE_OVERRIDES}
+                onSearch={onSearch}
+                onChange={onSearchBoxChange}
+                value={searchValue}
+            />
         </div>
     );
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/constants/index.ts b/packages/core/constants/index.ts
index 1b04d2b53..15a7f9a93 100644
--- a/packages/core/constants/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/constants/index.ts
@@ -56,5 +56,3 @@ export const THUMBNAIL_SIZE_TO_NUM_COLUMNS = {
     LARGE: 5,
     SMALL: 10,
 };
-
-export const RENDERABLE_IMAGE_FORMATS = [".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif"];
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/Annotation/test/annotation.test.ts b/packages/core/entity/Annotation/test/annotation.test.ts
index f127531fe..ee0681c32 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/Annotation/test/annotation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/Annotation/test/annotation.test.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import { compact, find } from "lodash";
 
 import Annotation, { AnnotationName } from "../";
 import { AnnotationType } from "../../AnnotationFormatter";
+import dateTimeFormatter from "../../AnnotationFormatter/date-time-formatter";
 import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS } from "../../../constants";
 import FileDetail from "../../FileDetail";
 
 describe("Annotation", () => {
     const annotationResponse = Object.freeze({
         annotationDisplayName: "Date uploaded",
-        annotationName: "someDateAnnotation",
+        annotationName: AnnotationName.UPLOADED,
         description: "Date the file was uploaded",
         type: AnnotationType.DATETIME,
     });
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ describe("Annotation", () => {
 
     describe("extractFromFile", () => {
         it("gets the display value for a top-level annotation it represents from a given FmsFile", () => {
+            const uploaded = new Date().toISOString();
             const fmsFile = new FileDetail({
                 annotations: [
                     {
@@ -76,14 +78,23 @@ describe("Annotation", () => {
                 file_size: 1,
                 thumbnail:
                     "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/production.imsc-visual-essay.allencell.org/assets/Cell-grid-images-144ppi/ACTB_Interphase.png",
-                uploaded: new Date().toISOString(),
+                uploaded,
             });
 
             const annotation = new Annotation(annotationResponse);
-            expect(annotation.extractFromFile(fmsFile)).to.equal("5/17/2019, 12:43:55 AM");
+            expect(annotation.extractFromFile(fmsFile)).to.equal(
+                dateTimeFormatter.displayValue(uploaded)
+            );
         });
 
         it("gets the display value for a non-top-level annotation it represents from a given FmsFile", () => {
+            const someDateAnnotation = {
+                annotationDisplayName: "Some Date",
+                annotationName: "someDateAnnotation",
+                description: "Some date",
+                type: AnnotationType.DATETIME,
+            };
+
             const fmsFile = new FileDetail({
                 annotations: [
                     {
@@ -100,11 +111,18 @@ describe("Annotation", () => {
                 uploaded: new Date().toISOString(),
             });
 
-            const annotation = new Annotation(annotationResponse);
+            const annotation = new Annotation(someDateAnnotation);
             expect(annotation.extractFromFile(fmsFile)).to.equal("5/17/2019, 12:43:55 AM");
         });
 
         it("returns a MISSING_VALUE sentinel if the given FmsFile does not have the annotation", () => {
+            const missingAnnotation = {
+                annotationDisplayName: "Nothing Here",
+                annotationName: "Nothing Here",
+                description: "Nothing Here",
+                type: AnnotationType.STRING,
+            };
+
             const fmsFile = new FileDetail({
                 annotations: [
                     {
@@ -129,7 +147,7 @@ describe("Annotation", () => {
                 uploaded: new Date().toISOString(),
             });
 
-            const annotation = new Annotation(annotationResponse);
+            const annotation = new Annotation(missingAnnotation);
             expect(annotation.extractFromFile(fmsFile)).to.equal(Annotation.MISSING_VALUE);
         });
     });
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/FileDetail/index.ts b/packages/core/entity/FileDetail/index.ts
index b95c093d2..0b3794b9f 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/FileDetail/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/FileDetail/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { RENDERABLE_IMAGE_FORMATS } from "../../constants";
 import { FmsFileAnnotation } from "../../services/FileService";
 
+const RENDERABLE_IMAGE_FORMATS = [".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif"];
+
 /**
  * Expected JSON response of a file detail returned from the query service. Example:
  * {
@@ -135,9 +136,8 @@ export default class FileDetail {
 
         // If no thumbnail present try to render the file itself as the thumbnail
         if (!thumbnailPath) {
-            const fileExtension = this.name.toLowerCase();
             const isFileRenderableImage = RENDERABLE_IMAGE_FORMATS.some((format) =>
-                fileExtension.endsWith(format)
+                this.name.toLowerCase().endsWith(format)
             );
             if (isFileRenderableImage) {
                 thumbnailPath = this.path;
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ export default class FileDetail {
         if (thumbnailPath?.startsWith("/allen")) {
             return `http://aics.corp.alleninstitute.org/labkey/fmsfiles/image${thumbnailPath}`;
         }
-        return this.thumbnail;
+        return thumbnailPath;
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/index.ts b/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/index.ts
index 998f105a9..06ce0da0b 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { isObject } from "lodash";
 
-import Annotation, { AnnotationName } from "../Annotation";
+import { AnnotationName } from "../Annotation";
 import FileFilter, { FileFilterJson } from "../FileFilter";
 import FileFolder from "../FileFolder";
 import { AnnotationValue } from "../../services/AnnotationService";
 import { ValueError } from "../../errors";
 import FileSort, { SortOrder } from "../FileSort";
 
-interface Collection {
+export interface Collection {
     name: string;
     version?: number;
     uri?: string;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface Collection {
 
 // Components of the application state this captures
 export interface FileExplorerURLComponents {
-    hierarchy: Annotation[];
+    hierarchy: string[];
     collection?: Collection;
     filters: FileFilter[];
     openFolders: FileFolder[];
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default class FileExplorerURL {
      * without breaking an existing FileExplorerURL.
      * */
     public static encode(urlComponents: Partial<FileExplorerURLComponents>) {
-        const groupBy = urlComponents.hierarchy?.map((annotation) => annotation.name) || [];
+        const groupBy = urlComponents.hierarchy?.map((annotation) => annotation) || [];
         const filters = urlComponents.filters?.map((filter) => filter.toJSON()) || [];
         const openFolders = urlComponents.openFolders?.map((folder) => folder.fileFolder) || [];
         const sort = urlComponents.sortColumn
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export default class FileExplorerURL {
      * Decode a previously encoded FileExplorerURL into components that can be rehydrated into the
      * application state
      */
-    public static decode(encodedURL: string, annotations: Annotation[]): FileExplorerURLComponents {
+    public static decode(encodedURL: string): FileExplorerURLComponents {
         const trimmedEncodedURL = encodedURL.trim();
         if (!trimmedEncodedURL.startsWith(FileExplorerURL.PROTOCOL)) {
             throw new ValueError(
@@ -140,17 +140,8 @@ export default class FileExplorerURL {
         }
 
         const hierarchyDepth = parsedURL.groupBy.length;
-        const annotationNameSet = new Set(annotations.map((annotation) => annotation.name));
         return {
-            hierarchy: parsedURL.groupBy.map((annotationName) => {
-                if (!annotationNameSet.has(annotationName)) {
-                    throw new ValueError(
-                        `Unable to decode FileExplorerURL, couldn't find Annotation(${annotationName})`
-                    );
-                }
-                const matchingAnnotation = annotations.filter((a) => a.name === annotationName)[0];
-                return matchingAnnotation;
-            }),
+            hierarchy: parsedURL.groupBy,
             collection: parsedURL.collection,
             filters: parsedURL.filters.map((filter) => {
                 return new FileFilter(filter.name, filter.value);
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/test/fileexplorerurl.test.ts b/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/test/fileexplorerurl.test.ts
index db456374f..1dc2a53cd 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/test/fileexplorerurl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/FileExplorerURL/test/fileexplorerurl.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import FileExplorerURL, { FileExplorerURLComponents } from "..";
 import { Dataset } from "../../../services/DatasetService";
-import Annotation, { AnnotationName } from "../../Annotation";
+import { AnnotationName } from "../../Annotation";
 import FileFilter from "../../FileFilter";
 import FileFolder from "../../FileFolder";
 import FileSort, { SortOrder } from "../../FileSort";
@@ -39,15 +39,7 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
                 order: SortOrder.DESC,
             };
             const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy: expectedAnnotationNames.map(
-                    (annotationName) =>
-                        new Annotation({
-                            annotationName,
-                            annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                            description: "test-description",
-                            type: "Date",
-                        })
-                ),
+                hierarchy: expectedAnnotationNames,
                 filters: expectedFilters.map(({ name, value }) => new FileFilter(name, value)),
                 openFolders: expectedOpenFolders.map((folder) => new FileFolder(folder)),
                 sortColumn: new FileSort(AnnotationName.FILE_SIZE, SortOrder.DESC),
@@ -113,25 +105,8 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
                 ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", false],
                 ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", true],
             ];
-            const hierarchy = expectedAnnotationNames.map(
-                (annotationName) =>
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName,
-                        annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                        description: "test-description",
-                        type: "Date",
-                    })
-            );
-            const annotations = hierarchy.concat([
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cas9",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                    description: "test-description",
-                    type: "Date",
-                }),
-            ]);
             const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy,
+                hierarchy: expectedAnnotationNames,
                 filters: expectedFilters.map(({ name, value }) => new FileFilter(name, value)),
                 openFolders: expectedOpenFolders.map((folder) => new FileFolder(folder)),
                 sortColumn: new FileSort(AnnotationName.UPLOADED, SortOrder.DESC),
@@ -144,7 +119,7 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
             const encodedUrlWithWhitespace = " " + encodedUrl + " ";
 
             // Act
-            const result = FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrlWithWhitespace, annotations);
+            const result = FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrlWithWhitespace);
 
             // Assert
             expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(components);
@@ -162,7 +137,7 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
             const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
 
             // Act
-            const result = FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, []);
+            const result = FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl);
 
             // Assert
             expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(components);
@@ -180,126 +155,20 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
             );
 
             // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, [])).to.throw();
-        });
-
-        it("Throws error for urls with annotations outside of list of annotations", () => {
-            // Arrange
-            const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy: [
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName: "Cell Line",
-                        annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
-                        description: "Cell Line Annotation",
-                        type: "Text",
-                    }),
-                ],
-                filters: [],
-                openFolders: [],
-            };
-            const annotations = [
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cas9",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "Cas9",
-                    description: "Cas9 description",
-                    type: "Text",
-                }),
-            ];
-            const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
-
-            // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, annotations)).to.throw();
-        });
-
-        it("Throws error for filters with annotations outside of list of annotations", () => {
-            // Arrange
-            const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy: [],
-                filters: [new FileFilter("Cas9", "spCas9")],
-                openFolders: [],
-            };
-            const annotations = [
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cell Line",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
-                    description: "Cell Line description",
-                    type: "Text",
-                }),
-            ];
-            const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
-
-            // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, annotations)).to.throw();
+            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl)).to.throw();
         });
 
         it("Throws error when folder depth is greater than hierarchy depth", () => {
             // Arrange
             const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy: [
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName: "Cell Line",
-                        annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
-                        description: "Cell Line Description",
-                        type: "Text",
-                    }),
-                ],
+                hierarchy: ["Cell Line"],
                 filters: [],
                 openFolders: [new FileFolder(["AICS-0"]), new FileFolder(["AICS-0", false])],
             };
-            const annotations = [
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cell Line",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
-                    description: "Cell Line description",
-                    type: "Text",
-                }),
-            ];
             const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
 
             // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, annotations)).to.throw();
-        });
-
-        it("Throws error when sort column is not a file attribute", () => {
-            // Arrange
-            const expectedAnnotationNames = ["Plate Barcode", "Donor Plasmid", "Balls?"];
-            const expectedFilters = [
-                { name: "Cas9", value: "spCas9" },
-                { name: "Donor Plasmid", value: "ACTB-mEGFP" },
-            ];
-            const expectedOpenFolders = [
-                ["3500000654"],
-                ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP"],
-                ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", false],
-                ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", true],
-            ];
-            const hierarchy = expectedAnnotationNames.map(
-                (annotationName) =>
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName,
-                        annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                        description: "test-description",
-                        type: "Date",
-                    })
-            );
-            const annotations = hierarchy.concat([
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cas9",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                    description: "test-description",
-                    type: "Date",
-                }),
-            ]);
-            const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy,
-                filters: expectedFilters.map(({ name, value }) => new FileFilter(name, value)),
-                openFolders: expectedOpenFolders.map((folder) => new FileFolder(folder)),
-                sortColumn: new FileSort(AnnotationName.KIND, SortOrder.DESC),
-            };
-            const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
-
-            // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, annotations)).to.throw();
+            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl)).to.throw();
         });
 
         it("Throws error when sort order is not DESC or ASC", () => {
@@ -315,25 +184,8 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
                 ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", false],
                 ["3500000654", "ACTB-mEGFP", true],
             ];
-            const hierarchy = expectedAnnotationNames.map(
-                (annotationName) =>
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName,
-                        annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                        description: "test-description",
-                        type: "Date",
-                    })
-            );
-            const annotations = hierarchy.concat([
-                new Annotation({
-                    annotationName: "Cas9",
-                    annotationDisplayName: "test-display-name",
-                    description: "test-description",
-                    type: "Date",
-                }),
-            ]);
             const components: FileExplorerURLComponents = {
-                hierarchy,
+                hierarchy: expectedAnnotationNames,
                 filters: expectedFilters.map(({ name, value }) => new FileFilter(name, value)),
                 openFolders: expectedOpenFolders.map((folder) => new FileFolder(folder)),
                 sortColumn: new FileSort(AnnotationName.FILE_PATH, "Garbage" as any),
@@ -341,7 +193,7 @@ describe("FileExplorerURL", () => {
             const encodedUrl = FileExplorerURL.encode(components);
 
             // Act / Assert
-            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl, annotations)).to.throw();
+            expect(() => FileExplorerURL.decode(encodedUrl)).to.throw();
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/FileSelection/test/FileSelection.test.ts b/packages/core/entity/FileSelection/test/FileSelection.test.ts
index 1817e1064..83581517e 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/FileSelection/test/FileSelection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/FileSelection/test/FileSelection.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import FileSelection, { FocusDirective } from "..";
 import FileFilter from "../../FileFilter";
 import { IndexError, ValueError } from "../../../errors";
 import HttpFileService from "../../../services/FileService/HttpFileService";
+import FileDetail from "../../FileDetail";
 
 describe("FileSelection", () => {
     describe("select", () => {
@@ -345,7 +346,9 @@ describe("FileSelection", () => {
                 queryResult.push(i);
             }
             // Due to overfetching the result set we desire is a subsection of query results
-            const expectedDetails = queryResult.slice(1, 31);
+            const expectedDetails = queryResult
+                .slice(1, 31)
+                .map((detail) => new FileDetail(detail as any));
             const httpClient = createMockHttpClient({
                 when: `${baseUrl}/${HttpFileService.BASE_FILES_URL}?from=${0}&limit=${31}`,
                 respondWith: {
diff --git a/packages/core/entity/FileSet/index.ts b/packages/core/entity/FileSet/index.ts
index cb6cc3edd..cb99e38fd 100644
--- a/packages/core/entity/FileSet/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/entity/FileSet/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export default class FileSet {
     constructor(opts: Partial<Opts> = {}) {
         const { fileService, filters, maxCacheSize, sort } = defaults({}, opts, DEFAULT_OPTS);
 
-        // TODO: Can entity be cached...?
         this.cache = new LRUCache<number, FileDetail>({ max: maxCacheSize });
         this._filters = filters;
         this.sort = sort;
diff --git a/packages/core/services/AnnotationService/HttpAnnotationService/test/HttpAnnotationService.test.ts b/packages/core/services/AnnotationService/HttpAnnotationService/test/HttpAnnotationService.test.ts
index 337e2da36..5ac7d9111 100644
--- a/packages/core/services/AnnotationService/HttpAnnotationService/test/HttpAnnotationService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/services/AnnotationService/HttpAnnotationService/test/HttpAnnotationService.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createMockHttpClient } from "@aics/redux-utils";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import { spy } from "sinon";
 
+import { TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES } from "../../../../constants";
 import Annotation from "../../../../entity/Annotation";
 import { annotationsJson } from "../../../../entity/Annotation/mocks";
 import FileFilter from "../../../../entity/FileFilter";
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ describe("HttpAnnotationService", () => {
         it("issues request for all available Annotations", async () => {
             const annotationService = new HttpAnnotationService({ baseUrl: "test", httpClient });
             const annotations = await annotationService.fetchAnnotations();
-            expect(annotations.length).to.equal(annotationsJson.length);
+            expect(annotations.length).to.equal(
+                annotationsJson.length + TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES.length
+            );
             expect(annotations[0]).to.be.instanceOf(Annotation);
         });
     });
@@ -162,22 +165,25 @@ describe("HttpAnnotationService", () => {
 
     describe("fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy", () => {
         it("issues request for annotations that can be combined with current hierarchy", async () => {
-            const expectedValues = ["cell_dead", "date_created"];
+            const annotationsFromServer = ["cell_dead", "date_created"];
             const httpClient = createMockHttpClient({
                 when: `test/${HttpAnnotationService.BASE_ANNOTATION_URL}/hierarchy/available?hierarchy=cas9&hierarchy=cell_line`,
                 respondWith: {
                     data: {
-                        data: expectedValues,
+                        data: annotationsFromServer,
                     },
                 },
             });
 
+            const hierarchy = ["cell_line", "cas9"];
+            const expectedValues = [
+                ...TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATION_NAMES,
+                ...annotationsFromServer,
+                ...hierarchy,
+            ];
             const annotationService = new HttpAnnotationService({ baseUrl: "test", httpClient });
-            const values = await annotationService.fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy([
-                "cell_line",
-                "cas9",
-            ]);
-            expect(values).to.equal(expectedValues);
+            const values = await annotationService.fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy(hierarchy);
+            expect(values.sort()).to.deep.equal(expectedValues.sort());
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/index.ts b/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/index.ts
index 92200a6cf..57cb15376 100644
--- a/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { omit } from "lodash";
+import { isNil, omit } from "lodash";
 
 import FileService, { GetFilesRequest, SelectionAggregationResult } from "..";
 import DatabaseService from "../../DatabaseService";
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ export default class DatabaseFileService implements FileService {
             row["File Name"] || filePath.split("\\").pop()?.split("/").pop() || filePath;
         annotations.push({ name: "File Name", values: [fileName] });
         annotations.push({ name: "File ID", values: [row["File ID"] || `${rowNumber}`] });
-        if (row["File Size"] !== undefined && row["File Size"] !== null) {
+        if (!isNil(row["File Size"])) {
             annotations.push({ name: "File Size", values: [row["File Size"]] });
         }
-        annotations.push({ name: "File Size", values: [row["File ID"] || `${rowNumber}`] });
         if (row["Thumbnail"]) {
             annotations.push({ name: "Thumbnail", values: [row["Thumbnail"]] });
         }
@@ -78,7 +77,11 @@ export default class DatabaseFileService implements FileService {
         if (allFiles.length && allFiles[0].size === undefined) {
             return { count };
         }
-        const size = allFiles.reduce((acc, file) => acc + (file.size || 0), 0);
+        // TODO: Should have file size return as number not a string
+        const size = allFiles.reduce(
+            (acc, file) => acc + parseInt((file.size as any) || "0", 10),
+            0
+        );
         return { count, size };
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/test/DatabaseFileService.test.ts b/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/test/DatabaseFileService.test.ts
index cca191fb8..a6f401430 100644
--- a/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/test/DatabaseFileService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/services/FileService/DatabaseFileService/test/DatabaseFileService.test.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ describe("DatabaseFileService", () => {
     const totalFileSize = 864452;
     const fileIds = ["abc123", "def456"];
     const files = fileIds.map((file_id) => ({
-        file_id,
-        file_size: `${totalFileSize / 2}`,
+        "File ID": file_id,
+        "File Size": `${totalFileSize / 2}`,
+        "File Path": "path/to/file",
         num_files: "6",
     }));
 
@@ -34,10 +35,36 @@ describe("DatabaseFileService", () => {
             });
             const data = response;
             expect(data.length).to.equal(2);
-            expect(data[0]).to.deep.equal({
-                file_id: files[0].file_id,
-                file_size: totalFileSize / 2,
+            expect(data[0].details).to.deep.equal({
                 annotations: [
+                    {
+                        name: "File Path",
+                        values: ["path/to/file"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File Name",
+                        values: ["file"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File ID",
+                        values: ["abc123"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File Size",
+                        values: ["432226"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File ID",
+                        values: ["abc123"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File Size",
+                        values: ["432226"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "File Path",
+                        values: ["path/to/file"],
+                    },
                     {
                         name: "num_files",
                         values: ["6"],
diff --git a/packages/core/services/FileService/HttpFileService/test/HttpFileService.test.ts b/packages/core/services/FileService/HttpFileService/test/HttpFileService.test.ts
index 1c52b6889..a87d4d41f 100644
--- a/packages/core/services/FileService/HttpFileService/test/HttpFileService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/services/FileService/HttpFileService/test/HttpFileService.test.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import NumericRange from "../../../../entity/NumericRange";
 describe("HttpFileService", () => {
     const baseUrl = "test";
     const fileIds = ["abc123", "def456", "ghi789", "jkl012"];
-    const files = fileIds.map((file_id) => {
-        file_id;
-    });
+    const files = fileIds.map((file_id) => ({
+        file_id,
+    }));
 
     describe("getFiles", () => {
         const httpClient = createMockHttpClient([
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("HttpFileService", () => {
             });
             const data = response;
             expect(data.length).to.equal(1);
-            expect(data[0]).to.equal(files[0]);
+            expect(data[0].id).to.equal(files[0]["file_id"]);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/state/index.ts b/packages/core/state/index.ts
index 87b80de46..9d335adda 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/index.ts
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ export function createReduxStore(options: CreateStoreOptions = {}) {
         },
         selection: {
             displayAnnotations,
-            selectedQuery: queries?.[0],
-            // TODO: Enable
-            queries: [],
+            queries,
         },
     });
     return configureStore<State>({
diff --git a/packages/core/state/interaction/logics.ts b/packages/core/state/interaction/logics.ts
index 4a5acd64a..5d13aa15c 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/interaction/logics.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/interaction/logics.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ const downloadFiles = createLogic({
                 filesToDownload = await fileSelection.fetchAllDetails();
             }
 
-            const totalBytesToDownload = sumBy(filesToDownload, "file_size");
+            const totalBytesToDownload = sumBy(filesToDownload, "size");
             const totalBytesDisplay = numberFormatter.displayValue(totalBytesToDownload, "bytes");
             await Promise.all(
                 filesToDownload.map(async (file) => {
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ const openWithLogic = createLogic({
             filesToOpen = await fileSelection.fetchAllDetails();
         }
         const filePaths = await Promise.all(
-            filesToOpen.map(async (file) => await executionEnvService.formatPathForHost(file.path))
+            filesToOpen.map((file) => executionEnvService.formatPathForHost(file.path))
         );
 
         // Open the files in the specified executable
@@ -522,10 +522,9 @@ const refresh = createLogic({
 
             // Refresh list of annotations & which annotations are available
             const hierarchy = selection.selectors.getAnnotationHierarchy(getState());
-            const annotationNamesInHierachy = hierarchy.map((a) => a.name);
             const [annotations, availableAnnotations] = await Promise.all([
                 annotationService.fetchAnnotations(),
-                annotationService.fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy(annotationNamesInHierachy),
+                annotationService.fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy(hierarchy),
             ]);
             dispatch(metadata.actions.receiveAnnotations(annotations));
             dispatch(selection.actions.setAvailableAnnotations(availableAnnotations));
diff --git a/packages/core/state/interaction/test/logics.test.ts b/packages/core/state/interaction/test/logics.test.ts
index 3e847c39c..a9f2b0027 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/interaction/test/logics.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/interaction/test/logics.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
         sortOrder: 0,
     });
 
+    class FakeFileViewerService implements FileViewerService {
+        open() {
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+    }
+
     describe("downloadManifest", () => {
         const sandbox = createSandbox();
 
@@ -909,6 +915,7 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
         const fileKinds = ["PNG", "TIFF"];
         for (let i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
             files.push({
+                file_path: `/allen/file_${i}.ext`,
                 annotations: [
                     {
                         name: AnnotationName.KIND,
@@ -963,6 +970,7 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
                 interaction: {
                     platformDependentServices: {
                         executionEnvService: new UselessExecutionEnvService(),
+                        fileViewerService: new FakeFileViewerService(),
                         notificationService: new UselessNotificationService(),
                     },
                 },
@@ -1078,6 +1086,7 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
                     platformDependentServices: {
                         ...initialState.interaction.platformDependentServices,
                         executionEnvService: new UselessExecutionEnvService(),
+                        fileViewerService: new FakeFileViewerService(),
                         notificationService: new UselessNotificationService(),
                     },
                 },
@@ -1120,12 +1129,18 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
         const csvKind = "CSV";
         const csvFiles: Partial<FmsFile>[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i <= 50; i++) {
-            csvFiles.push({ annotations: [{ name: AnnotationName.KIND, values: [csvKind] }] });
+            csvFiles.push({
+                file_path: `/csv${i}.txt`,
+                annotations: [{ name: AnnotationName.KIND, values: [csvKind] }],
+            });
         }
         const pngKind = "PNG";
         const pngFiles: Partial<FmsFile>[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i <= 50; i++) {
-            pngFiles.push({ annotations: [{ name: AnnotationName.KIND, values: [pngKind] }] });
+            pngFiles.push({
+                file_path: `/png${i}.txt`,
+                annotations: [{ name: AnnotationName.KIND, values: [pngKind] }],
+            });
         }
         const files = [...csvFiles, ...pngFiles];
         const baseUrl = "test";
@@ -1146,6 +1161,12 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
             sortOrder: 0,
         });
 
+        class FakeExecutionEnvService extends ExecutionEnvServiceNoop {
+            public formatPathForHost(posixPath: string): Promise<string> {
+                return Promise.resolve(posixPath);
+            }
+        }
+
         it("attempts to open selected files with default apps", async () => {
             const app1 = {
                 defaultFileKinds: [csvKind],
@@ -1158,7 +1179,8 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
             const state = mergeState(initialState, {
                 interaction: {
                     platformDependentServices: {
-                        executionEnvService: new ExecutionEnvServiceNoop(),
+                        executionEnvService: new FakeExecutionEnvService(),
+                        fileViewerService: new FakeFileViewerService(),
                     },
                     userSelectedApplications: [app1, app2],
                 },
@@ -1181,7 +1203,6 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
                     type: OPEN_WITH,
                     payload: {
                         app: app1,
-                        files: csvFiles,
                     },
                 })
             ).to.be.true;
@@ -1199,7 +1220,8 @@ describe("Interaction logics", () => {
             const state = mergeState(initialState, {
                 interaction: {
                     platformDependentServices: {
-                        executionEnvService: new ExecutionEnvServiceNoop(),
+                        executionEnvService: new FakeExecutionEnvService(),
+                        fileViewerService: new FakeFileViewerService(),
                     },
                 },
                 selection: {
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/actions.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/actions.ts
index 191885ce5..f4d71fda2 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/actions.ts
@@ -405,13 +405,13 @@ export function removeFromAnnotationHierarchy(
 export const SET_ANNOTATION_HIERARCHY = makeConstant(STATE_BRANCH_NAME, "set-annotation-hierarchy");
 
 export interface SetAnnotationHierarchyAction {
-    payload: Annotation[];
+    payload: string[];
     type: string;
 }
 
-export function setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations: Annotation[]): SetAnnotationHierarchyAction {
+export function setAnnotationHierarchy(annotationNames: string[]): SetAnnotationHierarchyAction {
     return {
-        payload: annotations,
+        payload: annotationNames,
         type: SET_ANNOTATION_HIERARCHY,
     };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/logics.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/logics.ts
index 07a75d0f1..d022d9db8 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/logics.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/logics.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const modifyAnnotationHierarchy = createLogic({
     async process(deps: ReduxLogicDeps, dispatch, done) {
         const { action, getState, ctx } = deps;
         const { payload: currentHierarchy } = action as SetAnnotationHierarchyAction;
-        const existingHierarchy = ctx.existingHierarchy;
+        const existingHierarchy = ctx.existingHierarchy as string[];
         const originalPayload = ctx.originalAction.payload;
 
         const existingOpenFileFolders = selectionSelectors.getOpenFileFolders(getState());
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ const modifyAnnotationHierarchy = createLogic({
         let openFileFolders: FileFolder[];
         if (existingHierarchy.length > currentHierarchy.length) {
             // Determine which index the remove occurred
-            const indexOfRemoval = existingHierarchy.findIndex(
-                (a: Annotation) => a.name === originalPayload.id
-            );
+            const indexOfRemoval = existingHierarchy.findIndex((a) => a === originalPayload.id);
 
             // Determine the new folders now that an annotation has been removed
             // removing any that can't be used anymore
@@ -131,9 +129,7 @@ const modifyAnnotationHierarchy = createLogic({
             const annotationIndexMap = currentHierarchy.reduce(
                 (map, currentAnnotation, newIndex) => ({
                     ...map,
-                    [newIndex]: existingHierarchy.findIndex(
-                        (a: Annotation) => a.name === currentAnnotation.name
-                    ),
+                    [newIndex]: existingHierarchy.findIndex((a) => a === currentAnnotation),
                 }),
                 {}
             );
@@ -151,42 +147,34 @@ const modifyAnnotationHierarchy = createLogic({
 
         done();
     },
-    transform(deps: ReduxLogicDeps, next, reject) {
+    transform(deps: ReduxLogicDeps, next) {
         const { action, getState, ctx } = deps;
+        const {
+            payload: { id: modifiedAnnotationName },
+        } = action as ReorderAnnotationHierarchyAction | RemoveFromAnnotationHierarchyAction;
 
-        const allAnnotations = metadata.selectors.getAnnotations(getState());
         const existingHierarchy = selectionSelectors.getAnnotationHierarchy(getState());
         ctx.existingHierarchy = existingHierarchy;
         ctx.originalAction = action as
             | RemoveFromAnnotationHierarchyAction
             | ReorderAnnotationHierarchyAction;
-        const annotation = find(
-            allAnnotations,
-            (annotation) => annotation.name === action.payload.id
-        );
-
-        // Reject the action is the annotation modified is unknown to the state
-        if (annotation === undefined) {
-            reject && reject(action); // reject is for some reason typed in react-logic as optional
-            return;
-        }
 
-        let nextHierarchy: Annotation[];
-        if (find(existingHierarchy, (a) => a.name === annotation.name)) {
-            const removed = existingHierarchy.filter((a) => a.name !== annotation.name);
+        let nextHierarchy: string[];
+        if (find(existingHierarchy, (a) => a === modifiedAnnotationName)) {
+            const removed = existingHierarchy.filter((a) => a !== modifiedAnnotationName);
 
             // if moveTo is defined, change the order
             // otherwise, remove it from the hierarchy
             if (action.payload.moveTo !== undefined) {
                 // change order
-                removed.splice(action.payload.moveTo, 0, annotation);
+                removed.splice(action.payload.moveTo, 0, modifiedAnnotationName);
             }
 
             nextHierarchy = removed;
         } else {
             // add to list
             nextHierarchy = Array.from(existingHierarchy);
-            nextHierarchy.splice(action.payload.moveTo, 0, annotation);
+            nextHierarchy.splice(action.payload.moveTo, 0, modifiedAnnotationName);
         }
 
         next(setAnnotationHierarchy(nextHierarchy));
@@ -197,7 +185,7 @@ const modifyAnnotationHierarchy = createLogic({
 const setAvailableAnnotationsLogic = createLogic({
     async process(deps: ReduxLogicDeps, dispatch, done) {
         const { action, httpClient, getState } = deps;
-        const annotationNamesInHierachy = action.payload.map((a: Annotation) => a.name);
+        const { payload: annotationHierarchy } = action as SetAnnotationHierarchyAction;
         const annotationService = interaction.selectors.getAnnotationService(getState());
         const applicationVersion = interaction.selectors.getApplicationVersion(getState());
         if (annotationService instanceof HttpAnnotationService) {
@@ -211,7 +199,7 @@ const setAvailableAnnotationsLogic = createLogic({
             dispatch(
                 setAvailableAnnotations(
                     await annotationService.fetchAvailableAnnotationsForHierarchy(
-                        annotationNamesInHierachy
+                        annotationHierarchy
                     )
                 )
             );
@@ -303,11 +291,9 @@ const toggleFileFolderCollapse = createLogic({
 const decodeFileExplorerURLLogics = createLogic({
     async process(deps: ReduxLogicDeps, dispatch, done) {
         const encodedURL = deps.action.payload;
-        const annotations = metadata.selectors.getAnnotations(deps.getState());
         const collections = metadata.selectors.getCollections(deps.getState());
         const { hierarchy, filters, openFolders, sortColumn, collection } = FileExplorerURL.decode(
-            encodedURL,
-            annotations
+            encodedURL
         );
 
         let selectedCollection = collections.find(
@@ -394,8 +380,7 @@ const selectNearbyFile = createLogic({
                     filters: sortedOpenFileListPaths[
                         fileListIndexAboveCurrentFileList
                     ].fileFolder.map(
-                        (filterValue, index) =>
-                            new FileFilter(hierarchy[index].displayName, filterValue)
+                        (filterValue, index) => new FileFilter(hierarchy[index], filterValue)
                     ),
                     sort: sortColumn,
                 });
@@ -432,8 +417,7 @@ const selectNearbyFile = createLogic({
                     filters: sortedOpenFileListPaths[
                         fileListIndexBelowCurrentFileList
                     ].fileFolder.map(
-                        (filterValue, index) =>
-                            new FileFilter(hierarchy[index].displayName, filterValue)
+                        (filterValue, index) => new FileFilter(hierarchy[index], filterValue)
                     ),
                     sort: sortColumn,
                 });
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/reducer.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/reducer.ts
index 1889ebf83..c570be5c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/reducer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/reducer.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import Tutorial from "../../entity/Tutorial";
 import { Dataset } from "../../services/DatasetService";
 
 export interface SelectionStateBranch {
-    annotationHierarchy: Annotation[];
+    annotationHierarchy: string[];
     availableAnnotationsForHierarchy: string[];
     availableAnnotationsForHierarchyLoading: boolean;
     collection?: Dataset;
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/selectors.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/selectors.ts
index a8672da67..38c44e98c 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/selectors.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createSelector } from "reselect";
 import { State } from "../";
 import Annotation from "../../entity/Annotation";
 import FileExplorerURL from "../../entity/FileExplorerURL";
-import FileFilter, { Filter } from "../../entity/FileFilter";
+import FileFilter from "../../entity/FileFilter";
 import FileFolder from "../../entity/FileFolder";
 import FileSort from "../../entity/FileSort";
 import { Dataset } from "../../services/DatasetService";
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const getQueries = (state: State) => state.selection.queries;
 export const getEncodedFileExplorerUrl = createSelector(
     [getAnnotationHierarchy, getFileFilters, getOpenFileFolders, getSortColumn, getCollection],
     (
-        hierarchy: Annotation[],
+        hierarchy: string[],
         filters: FileFilter[],
         openFolders: FileFolder[],
         sortColumn?: FileSort,
@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@ export const getGroupedByFilterName = createSelector(
     [getFileFilters, getAnnotations],
     (globalFilters: FileFilter[], annotations: Annotation[]) => {
         const annotationNameToInstanceMap = keyBy(annotations, "name");
-        const filters: Filter[] = map(globalFilters, (filter: FileFilter) => {
+        const filters = map(globalFilters, (filter: FileFilter) => {
             const annotation = annotationNameToInstanceMap[filter.name];
             return {
+                displayName: annotation?.displayName,
                 name: filter.name,
                 value: filter.value,
                 displayValue: annotation?.getDisplayValue(filter.value),
             };
         }).filter((filter) => filter.displayValue !== undefined);
-        return groupBy(filters, (filter) => filter.name);
+        return groupBy(filters, (filter) => filter.displayName);
     }
 );
 
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/test/logics.test.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/test/logics.test.ts
index 1b8952b6d..6e4236895 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/test/logics.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/test/logics.test.ts
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
                     annotations: [...annotations],
                 },
                 selection: {
-                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 2),
+                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 2).map((a) => a.name),
                     openFileFolders: [],
                 },
             };
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
             expect(
                 actions.includes({
                     type: SET_ANNOTATION_HIERARCHY,
-                    payload: [...annotations.slice(0, 2), annotations[2]],
+                    payload: [...annotations.slice(0, 2), annotations[2]].map((a) => a.name),
                 })
             ).to.be.true;
         });
@@ -495,10 +495,10 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
                 },
                 selection: {
                     annotationHierarchy: [
-                        annotations[0],
-                        annotations[1],
-                        annotations[2],
-                        annotations[3],
+                        annotations[0].name,
+                        annotations[1].name,
+                        annotations[2].name,
+                        annotations[3].name,
                     ],
                     openFileFolders: [],
                 },
@@ -516,7 +516,12 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
             expect(
                 actions.includes({
                     type: SET_ANNOTATION_HIERARCHY,
-                    payload: [annotations[2], annotations[0], annotations[1], annotations[3]],
+                    payload: [
+                        annotations[2].name,
+                        annotations[0].name,
+                        annotations[1].name,
+                        annotations[3].name,
+                    ],
                 })
             ).to.equal(true);
         });
@@ -526,15 +531,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
 
             // Create new Annotation entities rather than re-use existing
             // ones to test proper comparison using annotationName
-            const annotationHierarchy = annotations.slice(0, 4).map(
-                (a) =>
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationDisplayName: a.displayName,
-                        annotationName: a.name,
-                        description: a.description,
-                        type: a.displayName,
-                    })
-            );
+            const annotationHierarchy = annotations.slice(0, 4).map((a) => a.name);
             const state = {
                 interaction: {
                     fileExplorerServiceBaseUrl: "test",
@@ -615,7 +612,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
                     annotations: [...annotations],
                 },
                 selection: {
-                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 2),
+                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 2).map((a) => a.name),
                     openFileFolders: [
                         new FileFolder(["AICS-0"]),
                         new FileFolder(["AICS-0", "false"]),
@@ -650,7 +647,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
                     annotations: [...annotations],
                 },
                 selection: {
-                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 3),
+                    annotationHierarchy: annotations.slice(0, 3).map((a) => a.name),
                     openFileFolders: [
                         new FileFolder(["AICS-0"]),
                         new FileFolder(["AICS-0", "false"]),
@@ -733,7 +730,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
             });
 
             // Act
-            store.dispatch(setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations.slice(0, 2)));
+            store.dispatch(setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations.slice(0, 2).map((a) => a.name)));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
             // Assert
@@ -772,7 +769,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
             });
 
             // Act
-            store.dispatch(setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations.slice(0, 2)));
+            store.dispatch(setAnnotationHierarchy(annotations.slice(0, 2).map((a) => a.name)));
             await logicMiddleware.whenComplete();
 
             // Assert
@@ -959,7 +956,7 @@ describe("Selection logics", () => {
                 logics: selectionLogics,
                 state,
             });
-            const hierarchy = annotations.slice(0, 2);
+            const hierarchy = annotations.slice(0, 2).map((a) => a.name);
             const filters = [new FileFilter(annotations[3].name, "20x")];
             const openFolders = [["a"], ["a", false]].map((folder) => new FileFolder(folder));
             const sortColumn = new FileSort(AnnotationName.UPLOADED, SortOrder.DESC);
diff --git a/packages/core/state/selection/test/reducer.test.ts b/packages/core/state/selection/test/reducer.test.ts
index d8fb10c71..0ead3a24c 100644
--- a/packages/core/state/selection/test/reducer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/state/selection/test/reducer.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import FileSelection from "../../../entity/FileSelection";
 import FileSet from "../../../entity/FileSet";
 import NumericRange from "../../../entity/NumericRange";
 import FileSort, { SortOrder } from "../../../entity/FileSort";
-import Annotation, { AnnotationName } from "../../../entity/Annotation";
+import { AnnotationName } from "../../../entity/Annotation";
 import FileFolder from "../../../entity/FileFolder";
 
 describe("Selection reducer", () => {
@@ -51,14 +51,7 @@ describe("Selection reducer", () => {
             // Arrange
             const state = {
                 ...selection.initialState,
-                annotationHierarchy: [
-                    new Annotation({
-                        annotationName: "Cell Line",
-                        annotationDisplayName: "Cell Line",
-                        description: "Line of cells",
-                        type: "lookup",
-                    }),
-                ],
+                annotationHierarchy: ["Cell Line"],
                 fileSelection: new FileSelection().select({
                     fileSet: new FileSet(),
                     index: 4,
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@ describe("Selection reducer", () => {
                     ...initialState,
                     selection: nextSelectionState,
                 })
-            ).to.deep.equal([TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS]);
+            ).to.deep.equal(TOP_LEVEL_FILE_ANNOTATIONS);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/services/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.ts b/packages/desktop/src/services/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.ts
index ee3ca6216..e6e399c65 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/services/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/services/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ const OPTIONS: Options<Record<string, unknown>> = {
         [PersistedConfigKeys.ImageJExecutable]: {
             type: "string",
         },
+        [PersistedConfigKeys.Queries]: {
+            type: "array",
+            items: {
+                type: "object",
+                properties: {
+                    name: {
+                        type: "string",
+                    },
+                    url: {
+                        type: "string",
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        },
         [PersistedConfigKeys.HasUsedApplicationBefore]: {
             type: "boolean",
         },
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/services/test/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.test.ts b/packages/desktop/src/services/test/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.test.ts
index ff2d1667f..f0608c11a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/services/test/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.test.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/services/test/PersistentConfigServiceElectron.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ describe(`${RUN_IN_RENDERER} PersistentConfigServiceElectron`, () => {
                     name: "ZEN",
                 },
             ];
-
+            const expectedQueries = [
+                {
+                    name: "foo",
+                    url: "bar",
+                },
+            ];
             const expectedDisplayAnnotations = [
                 {
                     annotationDisplayName: "Foo",
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ describe(`${RUN_IN_RENDERER} PersistentConfigServiceElectron`, () => {
             service.persist(PersistedConfigKeys.AllenMountPoint, expectedAllenMountPoint);
             service.persist(PersistedConfigKeys.CsvColumns, expectedCsvColumns);
             service.persist(PersistedConfigKeys.ImageJExecutable, expectedImageJExecutable);
+            service.persist(PersistedConfigKeys.Queries, expectedQueries);
             service.persist(
                 PersistedConfigKeys.HasUsedApplicationBefore,
                 expectedHasUsedApplicationBefore
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ describe(`${RUN_IN_RENDERER} PersistentConfigServiceElectron`, () => {
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.AllenMountPoint]: expectedAllenMountPoint,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.CsvColumns]: expectedCsvColumns,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.ImageJExecutable]: expectedImageJExecutable,
+                [PersistedConfigKeys.Queries]: expectedQueries,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.HasUsedApplicationBefore]: expectedHasUsedApplicationBefore,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.UserSelectedApplications]: expectedUserSelectedApps,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.DisplayAnnotations]: expectedDisplayAnnotations,
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ describe(`${RUN_IN_RENDERER} PersistentConfigServiceElectron`, () => {
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.AllenMountPoint]: "/some/path/to/allen",
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.CsvColumns]: ["a", "b"],
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.ImageJExecutable]: "/my/imagej",
+                [PersistedConfigKeys.Queries]: [],
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.HasUsedApplicationBefore]: undefined,
                 [PersistedConfigKeys.UserSelectedApplications]: [
                     {