diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
index 6097b15ac1..af2a5db6c0 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import { newCanvasFromImageDndTarget } from 'features/dnd/dnd';
 import { DndDropTarget } from 'features/dnd/DndDropTarget';
 import { DndImage } from 'features/dnd/DndImage';
 import { newCanvasFromImage } from 'features/imageActions/actions';
-import { memo, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { PiDotsThreeOutlineVerticalFill, PiUploadBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ const GenerateWithStartingImageAndInpaintMask = memo(() => {
 GenerateWithStartingImageAndInpaintMask.displayName = 'GenerateWithStartingImageAndInpaintMask';
 
 const SimpleActiveSession = memo(() => {
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+  const { getState, dispatch } = useAppStore();
+  const selectedImage = useAppSelector(selectSelectedImage);
+
   const isStaging = useAppSelector(selectIsStaging);
 
   const onReset = useCallback(() => {
@@ -302,13 +304,64 @@ const SimpleActiveSession = memo(() => {
 
   useHotkeys(['left'], selectPrev, { preventDefault: true }, [selectPrev]);
 
+  const vary = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!selectedImage) {
+      return;
+    }
+    newCanvasFromImage({
+      imageDTO: selectedImage.imageDTO,
+      type: 'raster_layer',
+      withResize: true,
+      getState,
+      dispatch,
+    });
+  }, [dispatch, getState, selectedImage]);
+
+  const useAsControl = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!selectedImage) {
+      return;
+    }
+    newCanvasFromImage({
+      imageDTO: selectedImage.imageDTO,
+      type: 'control_layer',
+      withResize: true,
+      getState,
+      dispatch,
+    });
+  }, [dispatch, getState, selectedImage]);
+
+  const edit = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!selectedImage) {
+      return;
+    }
+    newCanvasFromImage({
+      imageDTO: selectedImage.imageDTO,
+      type: 'raster_layer',
+      withInpaintMask: true,
+      getState,
+      dispatch,
+    });
+  }, [dispatch, getState, selectedImage]);
+
   return (
     <Flex flexDir="column" w="full" h="full" alignItems="center" justifyContent="center" gap={2}>
       <Flex>
         <Text fontSize="lg" fontWeight="bold">
           Simple Session (staging view) {isStaging && 'STAGING'}
         </Text>
-        <Button onClick={onReset}>reset</Button>
+        <Spacer />
+        <Button onClick={onReset}>Start Over</Button>
+      </Flex>
+      <Flex gap={2}>
+        <Button onClick={vary} tooltip="Vary the image using Image to Image">
+          Vary
+        </Button>
+        <Button onClick={useAsControl} tooltip="Use this image to control a new Text to Image generation">
+          Use as Control
+        </Button>
+        <Button onClick={edit} tooltip="Edit parts of this image with Inpainting">
+          Edit
+        </Button>
       </Flex>
       <SelectedImage />
       <SessionImages />
@@ -343,7 +396,11 @@ const SelectedImage = memo(() => {
     );
   }
 
-  return <Text>No images</Text>;
+  return (
+    <Flex alignItems="center" justifyContent="center" minH={0} minW={0} h="full">
+      <Text>No images</Text>
+    </Flex>
+  );
 });
 SelectedImage.displayName = 'SelectedImage';
 
@@ -361,6 +418,8 @@ const SessionImages = memo(() => {
 });
 SessionImages.displayName = 'SessionImages';
 
+const getStagingImageId = (imageDTO: ImageDTO) => `staging-image-${imageDTO.image_name}`;
+
 const sx = {
   objectFit: 'contain',
   maxW: 'full',
@@ -381,8 +440,14 @@ const SessionImage = memo(({ index, imageDTO }: { index: number; imageDTO: Image
   const onClick = useCallback(() => {
     dispatch(stagingAreaImageSelected({ index }));
   }, [dispatch, index]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (selectedImageIndex === index) {
+      document.getElementById(getStagingImageId(imageDTO))?.scrollIntoView();
+    }
+  }, [imageDTO, index, selectedImageIndex]);
   return (
     <DndImage
+      id={getStagingImageId(imageDTO)}
       imageDTO={imageDTO}
       asThumbnail
       onClick={onClick}
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/DndImage.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/DndImage.tsx
index 5e7042cde7..ded8ab249e 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/DndImage.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/DndImage.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { createSingleImageDragPreview, setSingleImageDragPreview } from 'feature
 import { firefoxDndFix } from 'features/dnd/util';
 import { useImageContextMenu } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageContextMenu';
 import { $imageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
-import { memo, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { memo, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 
 const sx = {
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ export namespace DndImage {
 export const DndImage = memo(({ imageDTO, asThumbnail, ...rest }: DndImage.Props) => {
   const store = useAppStore();
   const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = useState(false);
-  const [element, ref] = useState<HTMLImageElement | null>(null);
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLImageElement>(null);
   const [dragPreviewState, setDragPreviewState] = useState<DndDragPreviewSingleImageState | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const element = ref.current;
     if (!element) {
       return;
     }
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ export const DndImage = memo(({ imageDTO, asThumbnail, ...rest }: DndImage.Props
         },
       })
     );
-  }, [imageDTO, element, store]);
+  }, [imageDTO, store]);
 
-  useImageContextMenu(imageDTO, element);
+  useImageContextMenu(imageDTO, ref);
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageContextMenu.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageContextMenu.tsx
index 530269c5fb..b8676a2ad6 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageContextMenu.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import MultipleSelectionMenuItems from 'features/gallery/components/ImageContext
 import SingleSelectionMenuItems from 'features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/SingleSelectionMenuItems';
 import { selectSelectionCount } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySelectors';
 import { map } from 'nanostores';
+import type { RefObject } from 'react';
 import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const onClose = () => {
  * Map of elements to image DTOs. This is used to determine which image DTO to show the context menu for, depending on
  * the target of the context menu or long press event.
  */
-const elToImageMap = new Map<HTMLDivElement, ImageDTO>();
+const elToImageMap = new Map<HTMLElement, ImageDTO>();
 
 /**
  * Given a target node, find the first registered parent element that contains the target node and return the imageDTO
@@ -59,17 +60,20 @@ const getImageDTOFromMap = (target: Node): ImageDTO | undefined => {
  * @param imageDTO The image DTO to register the context menu for.
  * @param targetRef The ref of the target element that should trigger the context menu.
  */
-export const useImageContextMenu = (imageDTO: ImageDTO | undefined, targetRef: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+export const useImageContextMenu = (imageDTO: ImageDTO | undefined, ref: RefObject<HTMLElement>) => {
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!targetRef || !imageDTO) {
+    if (!imageDTO) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const el = ref.current;
+    if (!el) {
       return;
     }
-    const el = targetRef;
     elToImageMap.set(el, imageDTO);
     return () => {
       elToImageMap.delete(el);
     };
-  }, [imageDTO, targetRef]);
+  }, [imageDTO, ref]);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageGrid/GalleryImage.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageGrid/GalleryImage.tsx
index 5721307fba..91e425c1f6 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageGrid/GalleryImage.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageGrid/GalleryImage.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { SizedSkeletonLoader } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageGrid/Sized
 import { $imageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
 import { imageToCompareChanged, selectGallerySlice } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
 import type { MouseEventHandler } from 'react';
-import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useId, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 
 // This class name is used to calculate the number of images that fit in the gallery
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const GalleryImage = memo(({ imageDTO }: Props) => {
   const [dragPreviewState, setDragPreviewState] = useState<
     DndDragPreviewSingleImageState | DndDragPreviewMultipleImageState | null
   >(null);
-  const [element, ref] = useState<HTMLImageElement | null>(null);
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLImageElement>(null);
   const dndId = useId();
   const selectIsSelectedForCompare = useMemo(
     () => createSelector(selectGallerySlice, (gallery) => gallery.imageToCompare?.image_name === imageDTO.image_name),
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export const GalleryImage = memo(({ imageDTO }: Props) => {
   const isSelected = useAppSelector(selectIsSelected);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const element = ref.current;
     if (!element) {
       return;
     }
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export const GalleryImage = memo(({ imageDTO }: Props) => {
         },
       })
     );
-  }, [imageDTO, element, store, dndId]);
+  }, [imageDTO, store, dndId]);
 
   const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false);
 
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ export const GalleryImage = memo(({ imageDTO }: Props) => {
 
   const dataTestId = useMemo(() => getGalleryImageDataTestId(imageDTO.image_name), [imageDTO.image_name]);
 
-  useImageContextMenu(imageDTO, element);
+  useImageContextMenu(imageDTO, ref);
 
   return (
     <>