1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 6ea5b2d2a..63c17b1f6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
             e.stopPropagation();
             e.preventDefault();
             if (e.key === "†" || e.key === "t") {
-                if (!StrCast(this.Document.showTitle)) this.Document.showTitle = "title";
+                if (!StrCast(this.layoutDoc.showTitle)) this.layoutDoc.showTitle = "title";
                 if (!this._titleRef.current) setTimeout(() => this._titleRef.current?.setIsFocused(true), 0);
                 else if (!this._titleRef.current.setIsFocused(true)) { // if focus didn't change, focus on interior text...
                     {
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     }
 
     // does Document set a layout prop 
-    setsLayoutProp = (prop: string) => this.props.Document[prop] !== this.props.Document["default" + prop[0].toUpperCase() + prop.slice(1)];
+    setsLayoutProp = (prop: string) => this.props.Document[prop] !== this.props.Document["default" + prop[0].toUpperCase() + prop.slice(1)] && this.props.Document["default" + prop[0].toUpperCase() + prop.slice(1)];
     // get the a layout prop by first choosing the prop from Document, then falling back to the layout doc otherwise.
     getLayoutPropStr = (prop: string) => StrCast(this.setsLayoutProp(prop) ? this.props.Document[prop] : this.layoutDoc[prop]);
     getLayoutPropNum = (prop: string) => NumCast(this.setsLayoutProp(prop) ? this.props.Document[prop] : this.layoutDoc[prop]);
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
 
     chromeHeight = () => {
         const showOverlays = this.props.showOverlays ? this.props.showOverlays(this.Document) : undefined;
-        const showTitle = showOverlays && "title" in showOverlays ? showOverlays.title : StrCast(this.Document.showTitle);
+        const showTitle = showOverlays && "title" in showOverlays ? showOverlays.title : StrCast(this.layoutDoc.showTitle);
         return (showTitle ? 25 : 0) + 1;
     }
 
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     @computed get innards() {
         TraceMobx();
         const showOverlays = this.props.showOverlays ? this.props.showOverlays(this.Document) : undefined;
-        const showTitle = showOverlays && "title" in showOverlays ? showOverlays.title : this.getLayoutPropStr("showTitle");
+        const showTitle = showOverlays && "title" in showOverlays ? showOverlays.title : StrCast(this.getLayoutPropStr("showTitle"));
         const showCaption = showOverlays && "caption" in showOverlays ? showOverlays.caption : this.getLayoutPropStr("showCaption");
-        const showTextTitle = showTitle && StrCast(this.Document.layout).indexOf("FormattedTextBox") !== -1 ? showTitle : undefined;
+        const showTextTitle = showTitle && StrCast(this.layoutDoc.layout).indexOf("FormattedTextBox") !== -1 ? showTitle : undefined;
         const searchHighlight = (!this.Document.searchFields ? (null) :
             <div className="documentView-searchHighlight">
                 {this.Document.searchFields}