diff --git a/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/ordered-view-frame.js b/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/ordered-view-frame.js
index 67fc01f..e68be49 100644
--- a/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/ordered-view-frame.js
+++ b/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/ordered-view-frame.js
@@ -351,16 +351,31 @@ Exhibit.OrderedViewFrame.prototype._internalReconstruct = function(allItems) {
             processNonNumericLevel(items, index, values, valueType) :
             processNumericLevel(items, index, values, valueType);
         
+        grouped = true;
+        // The idea here appears to be to avoid considering a set of
+        // one item a group; but this ends up producing very confusing
+        // grouping with ordering - a single-item set without a group
+        // has no label and subsequent sibling entities (items or groups) then
+        // end up appearing as children instead, depending on position
+        // relative to the end of the supergroup.  The current solution:
+        // consider single items a group.  Comments labelled mono-grouping
+        // optimize this choice.  Consider revisiting it in the future,
+        // possibly as a setting.
+        /** mono-grouping
         grouped = false;
         for (k = 0; k < keys.length; k++) {
             if (keys[k].items.size() > 1) {
                 grouped = true;
             }
         }
+        */
 
+        hasSomeGrouping = true;
+        /** mono-grouping
         if (grouped) {
             hasSomeGrouping = true;
         }
+        */
         
         for (k = 0; k < keys.length; k++) {
             key = keys[k];
diff --git a/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/thumbnail-view.js b/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/thumbnail-view.js
index 85f3e97..4ba3c96 100644
--- a/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/thumbnail-view.js
+++ b/scripted/src/scripts/ui/views/thumbnail-view.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Exhibit.ThumbnailView.prototype._reconstructWithFloats = function() {
         state.groupDoms = state.groupDoms.slice(0, groupLevel);
         state.groupCounts = state.groupCounts.slice(0, groupLevel);
 
-        if (groupLevel > 0 && groupLevel <= state.groupDoms.length) {
+        if (groupLevel > 0) {
             state.div = state.groupDoms[groupLevel - 1].contentDiv;
         } else {
             state.div = view._dom.bodyDiv;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Exhibit.ThumbnailView.prototype._reconstructWithTable = function() {
     closeGroups = function(groupLevel) {
         var i;
         for (i = groupLevel; i < state.groupDoms.length; i++) {
-            state.groupDoms[i].countSpan.innerHTML = state.groupCounts[i];
+            Exhibit.jQuery(state.groupDoms[i].countSpan).html(state.groupCounts[i]);
         }
         state.groupDoms = state.groupDoms.slice(0, groupLevel);
         state.groupCounts = state.groupCounts.slice(0, groupLevel);
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ Exhibit.ThumbnailView.prototype._reconstructWithTable = function() {
     };
 
     this._orderedViewFrame.onNewGroup = function(groupSortKey, keyType, groupLevel) {
-        // @@@ this may not be algorithmically correct
         closeGroups(groupLevel);
 
         var groupDom = Exhibit.ThumbnailView.constructGroup(
@@ -427,28 +426,28 @@ Exhibit.ThumbnailView.prototype.stateDiffers = function(state) {
  */
 Exhibit.ThumbnailView.constructGroup = function(groupLevel, label) {
     var template = {
-        tag: "div",
+        "tag": "div",
         "class": "exhibit-thumbnailView-group",
-        children: [
-            {   tag: "h" + (groupLevel + 1),
-                children: [ 
+        "children": [
+            {   "tag": "h" + (groupLevel + 1),
+                "children": [ 
                     label,
-                    {   tag:        "span",
+                    {   "tag":        "span",
                         "class":  "exhibit-collectionView-group-count",
-                        children: [
+                        "children": [
                             " (",
-                            {   tag: "span",
-                                field: "countSpan"
+                            {   "tag": "span",
+                                "field": "countSpan"
                             },
                             ")"
                         ]
                     }
                 ],
-                field: "header"
+                "field": "header"
             },
-            {   tag: "div",
+            {   "tag": "div",
                 "class": "exhibit-collectionView-group-content",
-                field: "contentDiv"
+                "field": "contentDiv"
             }
         ]
     };