diff --git a/cypress/integration/dialogs.spec.js b/cypress/integration/dialogs.spec.js
index 51473d517..756c68f88 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/dialogs.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/dialogs.spec.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("dialogs", function () {
     cy.get(`[data-test="cutsiteHideShowTool"]`).click();
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araD").rightclick();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     cy.focused().type("new feat");
     cy.screenshot();
 
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ describe("dialogs", function () {
     cy.get(".tg-test-locations-1-start input").should("have.value", "29");
     cy.get(".tg-test-locations-1-end input").should("have.value", "49");
   });
-  it(`new feature dialog should 
-  -not show a warning for a circular feature that fits within the sequence bounds if the sequence is circular
-
-  `, () => {
+  it(`new feature dialog should not show a warning for a circular feature that fits within the sequence bounds if the sequence is circular`, () => {
     //open the new feature dialog
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ describe("dialogs", function () {
       ".bp3-menu-item.bp3-disabled",
       "New Reverse Translation"
     ).should("exist");
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     //change the start/end inputs to be making an origin spanning feature
     cy.get(".tg-test-name input").clear().type("Fake name");
     cy.get(".tg-test-start input").clear().type("400");
@@ -76,15 +73,12 @@ describe("dialogs", function () {
     cy.get(".tg-test-start .bp3-intent-danger").should("not.exist");
     cy.get(".veLabelText").contains("Fake name").should("be.visible");
   });
-  it(`new part dialog should 
-  -show a warning for a circular part that goes beyond the sequence
-  -not show a warning for a circular part that fits within the sequence bounds if the sequence is circular
-  `, () => {
+  it(`new part dialog should show a warning for a circular part that goes beyond the sequence and not show a warning for a circular part that fits within the sequence bounds if the sequence is circular`, () => {
     //open the new feature dialog
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
 
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click({ force: true });
     //change the start/end inputs to be making an origin spanning feature
     cy.get(".tg-test-name input").clear().type("Fake name");
     cy.get(".tg-test-start input").clear().type("400");
diff --git a/cypress/integration/editor.spec.js b/cypress/integration/editor.spec.js
index ca15334c0..6bd38a3bb 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/editor.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/editor.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ describe("editor", function () {
     );
     cy.contains(".tg-menu-bar-item", "View").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Limits").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Max Cutsites To Show").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Max Cutsites To Show").click({
+      force: true
+    });
     cy.get(".bp3-menu-item:contains(100) .bp3-icon-small-tick");
     cy.get(".bp3-menu-item:contains(400)").click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".bp3-menu-item:contains(400) .bp3-icon-small-tick");
@@ -207,14 +209,16 @@ describe("editor", function () {
     cy.get(".bp3-toast").contains("No Sequence Selected To Copy");
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("File").click();
     cy.get(".bp3-menu-item").contains("Export Sequence").trigger("mouseover");
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Custom export option!").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Custom export option!").click({
+      force: true
+    });
     cy.get(".bp3-toast").contains("Custom export hit!");
   });
   it(`should handle custom dialog overrides correctly`, () => {
     cy.tgToggle("overrideAddEditFeatureDialog");
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains("I Am Overridden. Any custom React can go here");
   });
   it(`should focus the linear view`, () => {
@@ -270,7 +274,9 @@ describe("editor", function () {
   it(`should handle enabling external labels and then only showing labels that don't fit`, () => {
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("View").click();
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Labels").click();
-    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("External Labels").click();
+    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover")
+      .contains("External Labels")
+      .click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".veTabProperties").contains("Properties").click();
     cy.get(".veTabLinearMap").contains("Linear Map").click();
     cy.contains("text", "pSC101**");
@@ -283,7 +289,9 @@ describe("editor", function () {
     cy.get(".veLabelLine").should("have.css", "opacity", "0.1");
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("View").click();
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Labels").click();
-    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Label Line Intensity").click();
+    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover")
+      .contains("Label Line Intensity")
+      .click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("High").click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".veLabelLine").should("have.css", "opacity", "0.9");
   });
@@ -294,7 +302,9 @@ describe("editor", function () {
       );
       cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("View").click();
       cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Labels").click();
-      cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Circular Label Size").click();
+      cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover")
+        .contains("Circular Label Size")
+        .click({ force: true });
       cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("50%").click({ force: true });
       cy.get(".veCircularViewLabelText").then((fiftyPercentText) => {
         const halfFontSize = parseFloat(
@@ -346,7 +356,9 @@ describe("editor", function () {
   it(`should handle very long external labels in RowView`, () => {
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("View").click();
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("Labels").click();
-    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover").contains("External Labels").click();
+    cy.get(".tg-menu-bar-popover")
+      .contains("External Labels")
+      .click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "Part 0").rightclick();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Edit Part").click();
     const longName =
diff --git a/cypress/integration/findTool.spec.js b/cypress/integration/findTool.spec.js
index a62c37a9e..39e74ac77 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/findTool.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/findTool.spec.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe("find tool", function () {
       .should("be.visible")
       .rightclick(); //click the search layer
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-radio", "Positive")
       .find("input")
       .should("not.be.checked");
diff --git a/cypress/integration/menuBar.spec.js b/cypress/integration/menuBar.spec.js
index 8a3367fcb..bbd611e47 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/menuBar.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/menuBar.spec.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Features").trigger("mouseover");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Filter Individually")
       .contains("22/22")
-      .trigger("mouseover");
+      .trigger("mouseover", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "araD").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "araC").click({ force: true });
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Parts").trigger("mouseover");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Filter Individually")
       .contains("3/3")
-      .trigger("mouseover");
+      .trigger("mouseover", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Part 0").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "Part 0").should("not.exist");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Uncheck All").click({ force: true });
@@ -48,14 +48,16 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.get(`[data-test="cutsiteHideShowTool"]`).click();
     cy.contains(".tg-menu-bar button", "View").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Features").trigger("mouseover");
-    cy.get("[data-test=filter-feature-length]").click("top");
+    cy.get("[data-test=filter-feature-length]").click("top", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "pSC101**").should("not.exist");
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araD").should("not.exist");
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araC").should("not.exist");
-    cy.get('[data-test="max-feature-length"]').type("{selectall}900");
+    cy.get('[data-test="max-feature-length"]').type("{selectall}900", {
+      force: true
+    });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araD").should("exist");
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araC").should("exist");
-    cy.get("[data-test=filter-feature-length]").click("top");
+    cy.get("[data-test=filter-feature-length]").click("top", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "pSC101**").should("exist");
   });
   it("Should be able to filter part by length", () => {
@@ -63,9 +65,11 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.contains(".tg-menu-bar button", "View").click();
     cy.contains("Part - pj5_00001 - Start: 1 End: 5299");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Part").trigger("mouseover");
-    cy.get("[data-test=filter-part-length]").click("top");
+    cy.get("[data-test=filter-part-length]").click("top", { force: true });
     cy.contains("Part - pj5_00001 - Start: 1 End: 5299").should("not.exist");
-    cy.get('[data-test="max-part-length"]').type("{selectall}6000");
+    cy.get('[data-test="max-part-length"]').type("{selectall}6000", {
+      force: true
+    });
     cy.contains("Part - pj5_00001 - Start: 1 End: 5299");
   });
   it("Should be able to change circular/linear from the menu bar", () => {
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Change Circular/Linear").trigger(
       "mouseover"
     );
-    cy.get(":nth-child(2) > .bp3-menu-item").click();
+    cy.get(":nth-child(2) > .bp3-menu-item").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains("Truncate Annotations").click();
     cy.contains(".tg-menu-bar button", "Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Change Circular/Linear").trigger(
@@ -104,11 +108,11 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".rowViewTextContainer", "gacgtcttatga");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Change Case").trigger("mouseover");
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Upper Case Sequence").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Upper Case Sequence").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".rowViewTextContainer", "GACGTCTTATGA");
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Change Case").trigger("mouseover");
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Lower Case Sequence").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Lower Case Sequence").click({ force: true });
     cy.contains(".rowViewTextContainer", "gacgtcttatga");
   });
   it(`should be able permanently change selected sequence case`, () => {
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ describe("menuBar", function () {
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Features").trigger("mouseover");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Filter By Type")
       .contains("9/9")
-      .trigger("mouseover");
+      .trigger("mouseover", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araD");
     cy.contains(".veLabelText", "araC");
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "misc_feature").click({ force: true });
diff --git a/cypress/integration/partTags.spec.js b/cypress/integration/partTags.spec.js
index 892401048..d0728f23a 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/partTags.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/partTags.spec.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe("partTags", function () {
   it(`should be able to add/edit tags on parts`, () => {
     cy.get(".veRowViewSelectionLayer").trigger("contextmenu", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click({ force: true });
     cy.focused().type("np");
     cy.get(".tg-test-tags").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "status: ready").click();
diff --git a/cypress/integration/partTypes.spec.js b/cypress/integration/partTypes.spec.js
index 7a090aa70..4d49aead9 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/partTypes.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/partTypes.spec.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("partTypes", function () {
   it(`should be able to add a part type`, () => {
     cy.get(".veRowViewSelectionLayer").trigger("contextmenu", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".tg-test-type").click();
     cy.contains(".tg-select-option", "misc_RNA").click();
     cy.get(".tg-test-name input").type("test part");
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("partTypes", function () {
   it("should be able to make a part from feature", () => {
     cy.get(".veRowViewSelectionLayer").trigger("contextmenu", { force: true });
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     cy.get(".tg-test-name input").type("test feature");
     cy.get(".tg-test-end input").type("0");
     cy.get(".tg-select").click();
diff --git a/cypress/integration/proteinEditor.spec.js b/cypress/integration/proteinEditor.spec.js
index 7f654dd2f..9332eedd3 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/proteinEditor.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/proteinEditor.spec.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("proteinEditor", function () {
   it(`feature/part add/edit should be AA indexed`, () => {
     cy.get(".tg-menu-bar").contains("Edit").click();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
     cy.focused().type("NF");
     cy.get(`.tg-test-start input[value="1"]`);
     cy.get(`.tg-test-end [value="1"]`);
diff --git a/cypress/integration/virtualDigest.spec.js b/cypress/integration/virtualDigest.spec.js
index c18086fa8..be033cc68 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/virtualDigest.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/virtualDigest.spec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe("virtualDigest", function () {
   it(`users should be able to choose between multiple ladders`, () => {
     cy.triggerFileCmd("Digest");
     cy.contains("20000 bp");
-    cy.contains("15000 bp").should('not.exist');
+    cy.contains("15000 bp").should("not.exist");
     cy.contains(".tg-select-value", "GeneRuler 1kb + DNA 75-20,000 bp");
     cy.get(".tg-single-select").click();
     cy.contains("Invitrogen 1kb").click();
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe("virtualDigest", function () {
   it(`should give a right click create feature/part option and have the annotation name autofilled`, () => {
     cy.triggerFileCmd("Digest");
     cy.get(`[data-test="Pae17kI -- Cfr6I 5299 bps"]`).rightclick();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Part").click({ force: true });
     cy.get(`.tg-test-name input`).should(
       "have.value",
       `Pae17kI -- Cfr6I 5299 bps`
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe("virtualDigest", function () {
     cy.contains(".rt-td", "AvrII").click();
     cy.get(".veSelectionLayer").first().rightclick();
     cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "Create").click();
-    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click();
+    cy.contains(".bp3-menu-item", "New Feature").click({ force: true });
 
     cy.get(`.tg-test-name input`).should(
       "have.value",