diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/draw.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/draw.rkt
index e775f4cb..25305f33 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/draw.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/draw.rkt
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
                 [elems (quad-elems q)]
                 [tag (quad-tag q)]
                 [attrs (quad-attrs q)]
-                [size (match (quad-tag q)
-                        [(== 'text eq?) (make-size-promise-for-string q (quad-ref q :string ""))]
-                        [(== 'line eq?) (pt (abs (- (quad-ref q :x1) (quad-ref q :x2)))
-                                            (abs (- (quad-ref q :y1) (quad-ref q :y2))))]
-                        [_ (pt (quad-ref q :width 0) (quad-ref q :height 0))])]
+                [size (if (quad-ref q :anchor-parent)
+                          (pt 0 0)
+                          (match (quad-tag q)
+                            [(== 'text eq?) (make-size-promise-for-string q (quad-ref q :string ""))]
+                            [(== 'line eq?) (pt (abs (- (quad-ref q :x1) (quad-ref q :x2)))
+                                                (abs (- (quad-ref q :y1) (quad-ref q :y2))))]
+                            [_ (pt (quad-ref q :width 0) (quad-ref q :height 0))]))]
                 [draw-end (λ (q doc)
                             (when (draw-debug-draw?)
                               (draw-debug q doc "red" "red")))]                
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/query.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/query.rkt
index 82362034..64e4d030 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/query.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/query.rkt
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@
            (find (vector-memq starting-q vec) 0 2)]
           [(== 'next eq?) ; search 1 ahead, but if starting-q is also pred, search 2 ahead
            (find (vector-memq starting-q vec) maxidx (if (pred starting-q) 2 1))]
-          [(? negative? count) ; search backward from end
-           (find maxidx vidx (abs count))]
-          [(? positive? count) ; seach forward
-           (find vidx maxidx count)]
+          [(? number? count)
+           (cond
+             [(negative? count) ; search backward from end
+              (find maxidx vidx (abs count))]
+             [else ; seach forward
+              (find vidx maxidx count)])]
           [_ #false])))
     (define next-maxidx
       (cond