1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
index 01096e5e5..594eda8ff 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentContentsView.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { computed } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Doc } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../new_fields/ScriptField";
+import { Cast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { OmitKeys, Without } from "../../../Utils";
 import { HistogramBox } from "../../northstar/dash-nodes/HistogramBox";
 import DirectoryImportBox from "../../util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox";
 import { CollectionDockingView } from "../collections/CollectionDockingView";
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ import { PresElementBox } from "../presentationview/PresElementBox";
 import { VideoBox } from "./VideoBox";
 import { WebBox } from "./WebBox";
 import React = require("react");
-import { Without, OmitKeys } from "../../../Utils";
-import { Cast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { RecommendationsBox } from "../RecommendationsBox";
 const JsxParser = require('react-jsx-parser').default; //TODO Why does this need to be imported like this?
 
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
     hideOnLeave?: boolean
 }> {
     @computed get layout(): string {
+        if (!this.layoutDoc) return "<p>awaiting layout</p>";
         const layout = Cast(this.layoutDoc[this.props.layoutKey], "string");
         if (layout === undefined) {
             return this.props.Document.data ?
@@ -70,21 +71,22 @@ export class DocumentContentsView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps & {
     }
 
     get dataDoc() {
-        if (this.props.DataDoc === undefined && (this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc || this.props.Document instanceof Promise)) {
-            // if there is no dataDoc (ie, we're not rendering a template layout), but this document
-            // has a template layout document, then we will render the template layout but use 
-            // this document as the data document for the layout.
+        if (this.props.DataDoc === undefined && typeof Doc.LayoutField(this.props.Document) !== "string") {
+            // if there is no dataDoc (ie, we're not rendering a template layout), but this document has a layout document (not a layout string), 
+            // then we render the layout document as a template and use this document as the data context for the template layout.
             return this.props.Document;
         }
         return this.props.DataDoc;
     }
-    get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.props.Document); }
+    get layoutDoc() {
+        return this.props.DataDoc === undefined ? Doc.expandTemplateLayout(Doc.Layout(this.props.Document), this.props.Document) : Doc.Layout(this.props.Document);
+    }
 
     CreateBindings(): JsxBindings {
         let list = {
             ...OmitKeys(this.props, ['parentActive'], (obj: any) => obj.active = this.props.parentActive).omit,
             Document: this.layoutDoc,
-            DataDoc: this.dataDoc
+            DataDoc: this.dataDoc,
         };
         return { props: list };
     }