diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/FileDetails.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/FileDetails.tsx
index 4111fe870f6..599339bc7da 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/FileDetails.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/FileDetails.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export const FileDetails: React.FunctionComponent<FileDetailsProps> = ({
 
     return <SizeMe monitorHeight>{({ size }) =>
         <div style={{ height: "100%" }}>
-            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selectedTab={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
+            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selected={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
             <DelayLoadedPanel visible={tab === "summary"} size={size}>
                 {file?.ContentType === "key"
                     ? <IndexFileSummary cluster={cluster} logicalFile={logicalFile} />
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/Metrics.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/Metrics.tsx
index ed3d5c14ae2..f31cf7a4f1f 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/Metrics.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/Metrics.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { CommandBar, ContextualMenuItemType, ICommandBarItemProps, IIconProps, SearchBox } from "@fluentui/react";
-import { Breadcrumb, BreadcrumbButton, BreadcrumbDivider, BreadcrumbItem, Spinner } from "@fluentui/react-components";
+import { Label, Spinner } from "@fluentui/react-components";
+import { typographyStyles } from "@fluentui/react-theme";
 import { useConst } from "@fluentui/react-hooks";
 import { bundleIcon, Folder20Filled, Folder20Regular, FolderOpen20Filled, FolderOpen20Regular, } from "@fluentui/react-icons";
 import { WorkunitsServiceEx } from "@hpcc-js/comms";
@@ -13,12 +14,13 @@ import { FetchStatus, useMetricsOptions, useWorkunitMetrics } from "../hooks/met
 import { HolyGrail } from "../layouts/HolyGrail";
 import { AutosizeComponent, AutosizeHpccJSComponent } from "../layouts/HpccJSAdapter";
 import { DockPanel, DockPanelItems, ReactWidget, ResetableDockPanel } from "../layouts/DockPanel";
-import { IScope, MetricGraph, MetricGraphWidget, isGraphvizWorkerResponse, layoutCache } from "../util/metricGraph";
+import { IScope, LayoutStatus, MetricGraph, MetricGraphWidget, isGraphvizWorkerResponse, layoutCache } from "../util/metricGraph";
 import { pushUrl } from "../util/history";
 import { debounce } from "../util/throttle";
 import { ErrorBoundary } from "../util/errorBoundary";
 import { ShortVerticalDivider } from "./Common";
 import { MetricsOptions } from "./MetricsOptions";
+import { BreadcrumbInfo, OverflowBreadcrumb } from "./controls/OverflowBreadcrumb";
 
 const logger = scopedLogger("src-react/components/Metrics.tsx");
 
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ export const Metrics: React.FunctionComponent<MetricsProps> = ({
             for (let i = 0; i < minLen; ++i) {
                 const item = lineages[0][i];
                 if (lineages.every(lineage => lineage[i] === item)) {
-                    if (metricGraph.isSubgraph(item) && item.id && !metricGraph.isVertex(item)) {
+                    if (item.id && item.type !== "child" && metricGraph.isSubgraph(item) && !metricGraph.isVertex(item)) {
                         newLineage.push(item);
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -321,7 +323,8 @@ export const Metrics: React.FunctionComponent<MetricsProps> = ({
     const updateMetricGraph = React.useCallback((svg: string, selection: IScope[]) => {
         let cancelled = false;
         if (metricGraphWidget?.renderCount() > 0) {
-            setIsRenderComplete(false);
+            const sameSVG = metricGraphWidget.svg() === svg;
+            setIsRenderComplete(sameSVG);
             metricGraphWidget
                 .svg(svg)
                 .visible(false)
@@ -335,7 +338,11 @@ export const Metrics: React.FunctionComponent<MetricsProps> = ({
                             ;
                         if (trackSelection && selectedMetricsSource !== "metricGraphWidget") {
                             if (newSel.length) {
-                                metricGraphWidget.zoomToSelection(0);
+                                if (sameSVG) {
+                                    metricGraphWidget.centerOnSelection();
+                                } else {
+                                    metricGraphWidget.zoomToSelection(0);
+                                }
                             } else {
                                 metricGraphWidget.zoomToFit(0);
                             }
@@ -410,38 +417,42 @@ export const Metrics: React.FunctionComponent<MetricsProps> = ({
         } else if (!isLayoutComplete) {
             return `${nlsHPCC.PerformingLayout} (${dot.split("\n").length})`;
         } else if (!isRenderComplete) {
-            return `${nlsHPCC.RenderSVG}`;
+            return nlsHPCC.RenderSVG;
         }
         return "";
     }, [fetchStatus, isLayoutComplete, isRenderComplete, dot]);
 
+    const breadcrumbs = React.useMemo<BreadcrumbInfo[]>(() => {
+        return lineage.map(item => {
+            return {
+                id: item.id,
+                label: item.id,
+                props: {
+                    icon: selectedLineage === item ? <SelectedLineageIcon /> : <LineageIcon />
+                }
+            };
+        });
+    }, [lineage, selectedLineage]);
+
     const graphComponent = React.useMemo(() => {
         return <HolyGrail
             header={<>
                 <CommandBar items={graphButtons} farItems={graphRightButtons} />
-                <Breadcrumb>{
-                    lineage.map((item, idx) => {
-                        return <>
-                            <BreadcrumbItem key={idx} >
-                                <BreadcrumbButton current={selectedLineage === item} icon={selectedLineage === item ? <SelectedLineageIcon /> : <LineageIcon />} onClick={() => setSelectedLineage(item)}>
-                                    {item.id}
-                                </BreadcrumbButton>
-                            </BreadcrumbItem>
-                            {idx < lineage.length - 1 && <BreadcrumbDivider />}
-                        </>;
-                    })
-                }</Breadcrumb>
+                <OverflowBreadcrumb breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs} selected={selectedLineage?.id} onSelect={item => setSelectedLineage(lineage.find(l => l.id === item.id))} />
             </>}
             main={<>
                 <AutosizeComponent hidden={!spinnerLabel}>
-                    <Spinner size="extra-large" label={spinnerLabel} labelPosition="below"></Spinner>
+                    <Spinner size="extra-large" label={spinnerLabel} labelPosition="below" ></Spinner>
+                </AutosizeComponent>
+                <AutosizeComponent hidden={!!spinnerLabel || selectedMetrics.length > 0}>
+                    <Label style={{ ...typographyStyles.subtitle2 }}>{nlsHPCC.NoContentPleaseSelectItem}</Label>
                 </AutosizeComponent>
                 <AutosizeHpccJSComponent widget={metricGraphWidget}>
                 </AutosizeHpccJSComponent>
             </>
             }
         />;
-    }, [graphButtons, graphRightButtons, lineage, spinnerLabel, metricGraphWidget, selectedLineage]);
+    }, [graphButtons, graphRightButtons, breadcrumbs, selectedLineage?.id, spinnerLabel, selectedMetrics.length, metricGraphWidget, lineage]);
 
     //  Props Table  ---
     const propsTable = useConst(() => new Table()
@@ -518,7 +529,7 @@ export const Metrics: React.FunctionComponent<MetricsProps> = ({
     React.useEffect(() => {
         let cancelled = false;
         if (metricGraphWidget?.renderCount() > 0) {
-            setIsLayoutComplete(false);
+            setIsLayoutComplete(layoutCache.status(dot) === LayoutStatus.COMPLETED);
             layoutCache.calcSVG(dot).then(response => {
                 if (!cancelled) {
                     if (isGraphvizWorkerResponse(response)) {
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/QueryDetails.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/QueryDetails.tsx
index 92a58a014c6..40b7b97061d 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/QueryDetails.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/QueryDetails.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const QueryDetails: React.FunctionComponent<QueryDetailsProps> = ({
 
     return <SizeMe monitorHeight>{({ size }) =>
         <div style={{ height: "100%" }}>
-            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selectedTab={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
+            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selected={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
             <DelayLoadedPanel visible={tab === "summary"} size={size}>
                 <QuerySummary queryId={queryId} querySet={querySet} />
             </DelayLoadedPanel>
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/WorkunitDetails.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/WorkunitDetails.tsx
index 66d016c479b..2373e601687 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/WorkunitDetails.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/WorkunitDetails.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export const WorkunitDetails: React.FunctionComponent<WorkunitDetailsProps> = ({
 
     return <SizeMe monitorHeight>{({ size }) =>
         <div style={{ height: "100%" }}>
-            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selectedTab={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
+            <OverflowTabList tabs={tabs} selected={tab} onTabSelect={onTabSelect} size="medium" />
             <DelayLoadedPanel visible={tab === "summary"} size={size}>
                 <WorkunitSummary wuid={wuid} />
             </DelayLoadedPanel>
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowBreadcrumb.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowBreadcrumb.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..227759b73f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowBreadcrumb.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Overflow, Breadcrumb, OverflowItem, BreadcrumbItem, BreadcrumbButton, BreadcrumbButtonProps, BreadcrumbDivider, OverflowDivider } from "@fluentui/react-components";
+import { bundleIcon, Folder20Filled, Folder20Regular, FolderOpen20Filled, FolderOpen20Regular, } from "@fluentui/react-icons";
+import { OverflowMenu } from "./OverflowMenu";
+
+const LineageIcon = bundleIcon(Folder20Filled, Folder20Regular);
+const SelectedLineageIcon = bundleIcon(FolderOpen20Filled, FolderOpen20Regular);
+
+export interface BreadcrumbInfo {
+    id: string;
+    label: string;
+    props?: BreadcrumbButtonProps
+}
+
+interface OverflowGroupDividerProps {
+    groupId: string;
+}
+
+const OverflowGroupDivider: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowGroupDividerProps> = ({
+    groupId,
+}) => {
+    return <OverflowDivider groupId={groupId}>
+        <BreadcrumbDivider data-group={groupId} />
+    </OverflowDivider>;
+};
+
+function icon(breadcrumb: BreadcrumbInfo, selected: string) {
+    return breadcrumb.id === selected ? <SelectedLineageIcon /> : <LineageIcon />
+}
+
+export interface OverflowBreadcrumbProps {
+    breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbInfo[];
+    selected: string;
+    onSelect: (tab: BreadcrumbInfo) => void;
+}
+
+export const OverflowBreadcrumb: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowBreadcrumbProps> = ({
+    breadcrumbs,
+    selected,
+    onSelect
+}) => {
+
+    const overflowItems = React.useMemo(() => {
+        return breadcrumbs.map((breadcrumb, idx) => <>
+            <OverflowItem id={breadcrumb.id} groupId={breadcrumb.id} key={`button-items-${breadcrumb.id}`} priority={breadcrumb.id === selected ? 1 : 1}>
+                <BreadcrumbItem>
+                    <BreadcrumbButton {...breadcrumb.props} current={breadcrumb.id === selected} icon={icon(breadcrumb, selected)} onClick={() => onSelect(breadcrumb)}>
+                        {breadcrumb.label}
+                    </BreadcrumbButton>
+                </BreadcrumbItem>
+            </OverflowItem>
+            {idx < breadcrumbs.length - 1 && <OverflowGroupDivider groupId={breadcrumb.id} />}
+        </>);
+    }, [breadcrumbs, onSelect, selected]);
+
+    return <Overflow>
+        <Breadcrumb>
+            {...overflowItems}
+            <OverflowMenu menuItems={breadcrumbs.map(breadcrumb => ({ ...breadcrumb, icon: icon(breadcrumb, selected) }))} onMenuSelect={onSelect} />
+        </Breadcrumb>
+    </Overflow>;
+};
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowMenu.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowMenu.tsx
similarity index 62%
rename from esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowMenu.tsx
rename to esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowMenu.tsx
index 018b0e75ce6..fa41b4903ac 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowMenu.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/OverflowMenu.tsx
@@ -2,26 +2,35 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { makeStyles, tokens, Button, Menu, MenuList, MenuPopover, MenuTrigger, useOverflowMenu, useIsOverflowItemVisible, MenuItem, } from "@fluentui/react-components";
 import { MoreHorizontalRegular, MoreHorizontalFilled, bundleIcon, } from "@fluentui/react-icons";
 import type { ARIAButtonElement } from "@fluentui/react-aria";
-import { TabInfo } from "./TabInfo";
-import { Count } from "./Count";
+import { Count } from "./TabbedPanes/Count";
 
 const MoreHorizontal = bundleIcon(MoreHorizontalFilled, MoreHorizontalRegular);
 
+export interface MenuItem {
+    id: string;
+    icon?: React.ReactElement;
+    label: string;
+    count?: string | number;
+    disabled?: boolean;
+}
+
 type OverflowMenuItemProps = {
-    tab: TabInfo;
+    item: MenuItem;
     onClick: React.MouseEventHandler<ARIAButtonElement<"div">>;
 };
 
-const OverflowMenuItem = (props: OverflowMenuItemProps) => {
-    const { tab, onClick } = props;
-    const isVisible = useIsOverflowItemVisible(tab.id);
+const OverflowMenuItem: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowMenuItemProps> = ({
+    item,
+    onClick
+}) => {
+    const isVisible = useIsOverflowItemVisible(item.id);
 
     if (isVisible) {
         return <></>;
     }
 
-    return <MenuItem key={tab.id} icon={tab.icon} disabled={tab.disabled} onClick={onClick}>
-        <div>{tab.label}<Count value={tab.count} /></div>
+    return <MenuItem key={item.id} icon={item.icon} disabled={item.disabled} onClick={onClick}>
+        <div>{item.label}<Count value={item.count} /></div>
     </MenuItem>;
 };
 
@@ -34,13 +43,13 @@ const useOverflowMenuStyles = makeStyles({
     },
 });
 
-export type OverflowMenuProps = {
-    tabs: TabInfo[];
-    onMenuSelect: (tab: TabInfo) => void;
-};
+export interface OverflowMenuProps {
+    menuItems: readonly MenuItem[];
+    onMenuSelect: (menuItem: MenuItem) => void;
+}
 
 export const OverflowMenu: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowMenuProps> = ({
-    tabs,
+    menuItems,
     onMenuSelect
 }) => {
     const { ref, isOverflowing, overflowCount } = useOverflowMenu<HTMLButtonElement>();
@@ -58,17 +67,17 @@ export const OverflowMenu: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowMenuProps> = ({
                 className={styles.menuButton}
                 ref={ref}
                 icon={<MoreHorizontal />}
-                aria-label={`${overflowCount} more tabs`}
-                role="tab"
+                aria-label={`${overflowCount} more menu items`}
+                role="menuItem"
             />
         </MenuTrigger>
         <MenuPopover>
             <MenuList className={styles.menu}>
-                {tabs.map((tab) => (
+                {menuItems.map((menuItem) => (
                     <OverflowMenuItem
-                        key={tab.id}
-                        tab={tab}
-                        onClick={() => onMenuSelect(tab)}
+                        key={menuItem.id}
+                        item={menuItem}
+                        onClick={() => onMenuSelect(menuItem)}
                     />
                 ))}
             </MenuList>
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowTabList.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowTabList.tsx
index 585d74c080b..e9cf3520ccf 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowTabList.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/controls/TabbedPanes/OverflowTabList.tsx
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { Overflow, OverflowItem, SelectTabData, SelectTabEvent, Tab, TabList } from "@fluentui/react-components";
 import { Count } from "./Count";
 import { TabInfo } from "./TabInfo";
-import { OverflowMenu } from "./OverflowMenu";
+import { OverflowMenu } from "../OverflowMenu";
 
 export interface OverflowTabListProps {
     tabs: TabInfo[];
-    selectedTab: string;
+    selected: string;
     onTabSelect: (tab: TabInfo) => void;
     size?: "small" | "medium" | "large";
 }
 
 export const OverflowTabList: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowTabListProps> = ({
     tabs,
-    selectedTab,
+    selected,
     onTabSelect,
     size = "medium"
 }) => {
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ export const OverflowTabList: React.FunctionComponent<OverflowTabListProps> = ({
         const tabsIndex = {};
         return [tabs.map(tab => {
             tabsIndex[tab.id] = tab;
-            if (tab.id === selectedTab) {
+            if (tab.id === selected) {
                 tab.__state = state;
             }
-            return <OverflowItem key={tab.id} id={tab.id} priority={tab.id === selectedTab ? 2 : 1}>
+            return <OverflowItem key={tab.id} id={tab.id} priority={tab.id === selected ? 2 : 1}>
                 <Tab value={tab.id} icon={tab.icon} disabled={tab.disabled}>{tab.label}<Count value={tab.count} /></Tab>
             </OverflowItem>;
         }), tabsIndex];
-    }, [selectedTab, state, tabs]);
+    }, [selected, state, tabs]);
 
     const localTabSelect = React.useCallback((evt: SelectTabEvent, data: SelectTabData) => {
         onTabSelect(tabsIndex[data.value as string]);
     }, [onTabSelect, tabsIndex]);
 
     return <Overflow minimumVisible={2}>
-        <TabList selectedValue={selectedTab} onTabSelect={localTabSelect} size={size}>
+        <TabList selectedValue={selected} onTabSelect={localTabSelect} size={size}>
             {...overflowItems}
-            <OverflowMenu onMenuSelect={onTabSelect} tabs={tabs} />
+            <OverflowMenu onMenuSelect={onTabSelect} menuItems={tabs} />
         </TabList>
     </Overflow>;
 };
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts b/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
index b44d91217fb..ba799585eee 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
@@ -610,6 +610,11 @@ export class MetricGraphWidget extends SVGZoomWidget {
         return this;
     }
 
+    centerOnSelection(transitionDuration?: number) {
+        this.centerOnBBox(this.selectionBBox(), transitionDuration);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     zoomToItem(scopeID: string) {
         this.zoomToBBox(this.itemBBox(scopeID));
         return this;
diff --git a/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts b/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
index 64f66489db3..3062e77c01f 100644
--- a/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ export = {
         NewPassword: "New Password",
         NextSelection: "Next Selection",
         NoContent: "(No content)",
+        NoContentPleaseSelectItem: "No content - please select an item",
         NoCommon: "No Common",
         noDataMessage: "...Zero Rows...",
         Node: "Node",
@@ -688,9 +689,9 @@ export = {
         PleaseSelectADynamicESDLService: "Please select a dynamic ESDL service",
         PleaseSelectAServiceToBind: "Please select a service to bind",
         PleaseSelectATopologyItem: "Please select a target, service or machine.",
-        Plugins: "Plugins",
         PleaseEnterANumber: "Please enter a number 1 - ",
         PleaseLogin: "Please log in using your username and password",
+        Plugins: "Plugins",
         Pods: "Pods",
         PodsAccessError: "Cannot retrieve list of pods",
         Port: "Port",