diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/assetBrowser/scripts/assetTypes/material.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/assetBrowser/scripts/assetTypes/material.tscript
index c0707eb92..dea372e35 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/assetBrowser/scripts/assetTypes/material.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/assetBrowser/scripts/assetTypes/material.tscript
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ function GuiInspectorTypeMaterialAssetPtr::onControlDropped( %this, %payload, %p
    EWorldEditor.isDirty = true;
 }
 
+function GuiInspectorTypeMaterialAssetRef::onControlDropped( %this, %payload, %position )
+{
+   GuiInspectorTypeMaterialAssetPtr::onControlDropped( %this, %payload, %position );
+}
+
 function GuiInspectorGroup::buildMaterialInheritListField(%this, %fieldName, %fieldLabel, %fieldDesc, %fieldDefaultVal, %fieldDataVals, %callbackName, %ownerObj)
 {
    %extent = 18;
diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
index 197c365b3..3614795ba 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function MaterialEditorGui::establishMaterials(%this)
       };
    }
 
-   if(!isObject(materialEd_previewMaterial))
+   if(!isObject(materialEd_justAlphaMaterial))
    {
       singleton CustomMaterial( materialEd_justAlphaMaterial )
       {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function MaterialEditorGui::establishMaterials(%this)
       };
    }
 
-   if(!isObject(materialEd_previewMaterial))
+   if(!isObject(materialEd_justAlphaShader))
    {
       //Custom shader to allow the display of just the alpha channel. 
       singleton ShaderData( materialEd_justAlphaShader )
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ function MaterialEditorGui::prepareActiveObject( %this, %override )
       {
          %fieldName = %obj.getField(%i);
          
-         if( %obj.getFieldType(%fieldName) !$= "TypeMaterialAssetId" && %obj.getFieldType(%fieldName) !$= "TypeMaterialAssetPtr")
+         if( %obj.getFieldType(%fieldName) !$= "TypeMaterialAssetId" && %obj.getFieldType(%fieldName) !$= "TypeMaterialAssetPtr" 
+               && %obj.getFieldType(%fieldName) !$= "TypeMaterialAssetRef")
             continue;
       
          if( !%canSupportMaterial )