diff --git a/docs/docs/plugin/managers/markdown-extensions.md b/docs/docs/plugin/managers/markdown-extensions.md
index 87aadd19d..5bfcf2b15 100644
--- a/docs/docs/plugin/managers/markdown-extensions.md
+++ b/docs/docs/plugin/managers/markdown-extensions.md
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ Generally, the command should be URL encoded, e.g., `a b` => `a%20b` (in JS, `en
 - `focus-refs=ref1,ref2,...` - On click, focuses nodes with the provided refs
 - `highlight-refs=ref1,ref2,...` - On mouse over, highlights the provided refs
 - `query=...&lang=...&action=highlight,focus&focus-radius=...`
-  - `query` is an expression (e.g., `resn HEM` when using PyMol syntax)
-  - (optional) `lang` is one of `mol-script` (default), `pymol`, `vmd`, `jmol`
-  - (optional) `action` is an array of `highlight` (default), `focus` (multiple actions can be specified)
-  - (optional) `focus-radius` is extra distance applied when focusing the selection (default is `3`)
-  - Example: `[HEM](!query%3Dresn%20HEM%26lang%3Dpymol%26action%3Dhighlight%2Cfocus)` highlights or focuses the HEM residue (the command must be URL encoded because it contains spaces and possibly other special characters)
+    - `query` is an expression (e.g., `resn HEM` when using PyMol syntax)
+    - (optional) `lang` is one of `mol-script` (default), `pymol`, `vmd`, `jmol`
+    - (optional) `action` is an array of `highlight` (default), `focus` (multiple actions can be specified)
+    - (optional) `focus-radius` is extra distance applied when focusing the selection (default is `3`)
+    - Example: `[HEM](!query=resn%20HEM%26lang=pymol&action=highlight,focus)` highlights or focuses the HEM residue (the query must be URL encoded because it contains spaces and possibly other special characters)
 - `play-audio=src`, `toggle-audio[=str]`, `stop-audio`, `pause-audio` - Audio playback support
 
 ## Custom Content
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ Extends Markdown Image syntax to support expressions of the form `![alt](!c1=v1&
 ### Built-in Custom Content
 - `color-swatch=color` - Renders a box with the provided color
 -  Color palettes:
-  - `color-palette-name=name` - Renders a gradient with the provided named color palette (see `mol-util/color/lists.ts` for supported color schemes)
-  - `color-palette-colors=color1,color2` - Renders a gradient with the provided colors
-  - `color-palette-width=CCS-value` - Specifies the width of the element, defaults to `150px`
-  - `color-palette-height=CCS-value` - Specified the height of the element, defaults to `0.5em`
-  - `color-palette-discrete` - Renders discrete color list instead of interpolating
+    - `color-palette-name=name` - Renders a gradient with the provided named color palette (see `mol-util/color/lists.ts` for supported color schemes)
+    - `color-palette-colors=color1,color2` - Renders a gradient with the provided colors
+    - `color-palette-width=CCS-value` - Specifies the width of the element, defaults to `150px`
+    - `color-palette-height=CCS-value` - Specified the height of the element, defaults to `0.5em`
+    - `color-palette-discrete` - Renders discrete color list instead of interpolating
 
 
 ## Example
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/focus-camera/focus-object.ts b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/focus-camera/focus-object.ts
index 48c1271cf..45e918bfd 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/focus-camera/focus-object.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/focus-camera/focus-object.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Loci } from '../../../mol-model/loci';
 import { Structure } from '../../../mol-model/structure';
 import { PluginContext } from '../../../mol-plugin/context';
 import { PluginState } from '../../../mol-plugin/state';
-import { StateObject, StateTransform } from '../../../mol-state';
+import { StateObjectCell, StateSelection, StateTransform } from '../../../mol-state';
 import { PluginStateObject } from '../../objects';
 
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function getCellBoundingSphere(plugin: PluginContext, cellRef: StateTrans
 /** Push bounding spheres within cell `cellRef` to `out`. If a cell does not define bounding spheres, collect bounding spheres from subtree. */
 function collectCellBoundingSpheres(out: Sphere3D[], plugin: PluginContext, cellRef: StateTransform.Ref): Sphere3D[] {
     const cell = plugin.state.data.cells.get(cellRef);
-    const spheres = getStateObjectBoundingSpheres(cell?.obj);
+    const spheres = getStateObjectBoundingSpheres(plugin, cell);
     if (spheres) {
         out.push(...spheres);
     } else {
@@ -76,14 +76,17 @@ function collectCellBoundingSpheres(out: Sphere3D[], plugin: PluginContext, cell
 }
 
 /** Return a set of bounding spheres of a plugin state object. Return `undefined` if this plugin state object type does not define bounding spheres. */
-function getStateObjectBoundingSpheres(obj: StateObject | undefined): Sphere3D[] | undefined {
+function getStateObjectBoundingSpheres(plugin: PluginContext, cell: StateObjectCell | undefined): Sphere3D[] | undefined {
+    const obj = cell?.obj;
     if (!obj) return undefined;
     if (!obj.data) {
         console.warn('Focus: no data');
         return undefined;
     }
     if (obj.data instanceof Structure) {
-        const sphere = Loci.getBoundingSphere(Structure.Loci(obj.data));
+        const decorated = StateSelection.getDecorated<PluginStateObject.Molecule.Structure>(plugin.state.data, cell.transform.ref);
+        const data = decorated?.obj?.data ?? obj?.data;
+        const sphere = Loci.getBoundingSphere(Structure.Loci(data));
         return sphere ? [sphere] : [];
     } else if (PluginStateObject.isRepresentation3D(obj)) {
         const out: Sphere3D[] = [];
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/markdown-extensions.ts b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/markdown-extensions.ts
index a8944d9ec..1c8115457 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/markdown-extensions.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/markdown-extensions.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import { getCellBoundingSphere } from '../../mol-plugin-state/manager/focus-camera/focus-object';
 import { PluginStateObject } from '../../mol-plugin-state/objects';
-import { StateObjectCell } from '../../mol-state';
+import { StateObjectCell, StateSelection } from '../../mol-state';
 import { PluginContext } from '../../mol-plugin/context';
 import { Script } from '../../mol-script/script';
 import { QueryContext, QueryFn, StructureElement, StructureSelection } from '../../mol-model/structure';
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ export const BuiltInMarkdownExtension: MarkdownExtension[] = [
                 if (!action.includes('focus')) {
                     return;
                 }
-                const spheres = structures.map(s => {
+                const decorated = structures.map(s => StateSelection.getDecorated<PluginStateObject.Molecule.Structure>(manager.plugin.state.data, s.transform.ref));
+                const spheres = decorated.map(s => {
                     if (!s.obj?.data) return undefined;
                     const selection = query(new QueryContext(s.obj.data));
                     if (StructureSelection.isEmpty(selection)) return;
diff --git a/src/mol-state/state/selection.ts b/src/mol-state/state/selection.ts
index 1e8eb64be..884d17c49 100644
--- a/src/mol-state/state/selection.ts
+++ b/src/mol-state/state/selection.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,14 @@ namespace StateSelection {
         const first = children.first();
         if (first && state.transforms.get(first).transformer.definition.isDecorator) return tryFindDecorator(state, first, transformer);
     }
+
+    export function getDecorated<T extends StateObject>(state: State, root: StateTransform.Ref): StateObjectCell<T> {
+        const children = state.tree.children.get(root);
+        if (children.size !== 1) return state.cells.get(root) as any;
+        const first = children.first();
+        if (first && state.transforms.get(first).transformer.definition.isDecorator) return getDecorated(state, first);
+        return state.cells.get(root) as any;
+    }
 }
 
 export { StateSelection };
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