1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
index 1f628228a..b9e5719fd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/MainView.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Id } from '../../new_fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { InkTool } from '../../new_fields/InkField';
 import { List } from '../../new_fields/List';
 import { listSpec } from '../../new_fields/Schema';
-import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
+import { Cast, FieldValue, NumCast, BoolCast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
 import { CurrentUserUtils } from '../../server/authentication/models/current_user_utils';
 import { RouteStore } from '../../server/RouteStore';
 import { emptyFunction, returnOne, returnTrue } from '../../Utils';
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
         MainView.Instance = this;
         // causes errors to be generated when modifying an observable outside of an action
         configure({ enforceActions: "observed" });
-        if (window.location.search.includes("readonly")) {
-            DocServer.Util.makeReadOnly();
-        }
-        if (window.location.search.includes("safe")) {
-            if (!window.location.search.includes("nro")) {
-                DocServer.Util.makeReadOnly();
-            }
-            CollectionBaseView.SetSafeMode(true);
-        }
         if (window.location.pathname !== RouteStore.home) {
             let pathname = window.location.pathname.substr(1).split("/");
             if (pathname.length > 1) {
@@ -195,7 +186,21 @@ export class MainView extends React.Component {
     openWorkspace = async (doc: Doc, fromHistory = false) => {
         CurrentUserUtils.MainDocId = doc[Id];
         this.mainContainer = doc;
-        fromHistory || HistoryUtil.pushState({ type: "doc", docId: doc[Id], initializers: {} });
+        const state = HistoryUtil.parseUrl(window.location) || {} as any;
+        fromHistory || HistoryUtil.pushState({ type: "doc", docId: doc[Id], readonly: state.readonly, nro: state.nro });
+        if (state.readonly === true || state.readonly === null) {
+            DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+        } else if (state.safe) {
+            if (!state.nro) {
+                DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+            }
+            CollectionBaseView.SetSafeMode(true);
+        } else if (state.nro || state.nro === null || state.readonly === false) {
+        } else if (BoolCast(doc.readOnly)) {
+            DocServer.Control.makeReadOnly();
+        } else {
+            DocServer.Control.makeEditable();
+        }
         const col = await Cast(CurrentUserUtils.UserDocument.optionalRightCollection, Doc);
         // if there is a pending doc, and it has new data, show it (syip: we use a timeout to prevent collection docking view from being uninitialized)
         setTimeout(async () => {