1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index d027ed516..47ec3b5a1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -218,7 +218,15 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
         e.stopPropagation();
     }
 
-    get dataDoc() { return this.props.DataDoc !== this.props.Document ? this.props.DataDoc : undefined; }
+    get dataDoc() {
+        if (this.props.DataDoc === undefined && this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc) {
+            // if there is no dataDoc (ie, we're not rendering a temlplate 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.
+            return this.props.Document;
+        }
+        return this.props.DataDoc !== this.props.Document ? this.props.DataDoc : undefined;
+    }
     startDragging(x: number, y: number, dropAction: dropActionType, dragSubBullets: boolean) {
         if (this._mainCont.current) {
             let allConnected = [this.props.Document, ...(dragSubBullets ? DocListCast(this.props.Document.subBulletDocs) : [])];
@@ -585,20 +593,23 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
     @computed get nativeWidth() { return this.Document.nativeWidth || 0; }
     @computed get nativeHeight() { return this.Document.nativeHeight || 0; }
     @computed get contents() {
-        return (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} isSelected={this.isSelected} select={this.select} selectOnLoad={this.props.selectOnLoad} layoutKey={"layout"} />);
+        return (<DocumentContentsView {...this.props} isSelected={this.isSelected} select={this.select} selectOnLoad={this.props.selectOnLoad} layoutKey={"layout"} DataDoc={this.dataDoc} />);
     }
 
     render() {
         if (this.Document.hidden) {
             return null;
         }
+        let self = this;
         let backgroundColor = this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? StrCast(this.props.Document.layout.backgroundColor) : this.Document.backgroundColor;
+        let foregroundColor = StrCast(this.props.Document.layout instanceof Doc ? this.props.Document.layout.color : this.props.Document.color);
         var nativeWidth = this.nativeWidth > 0 ? `${this.nativeWidth}px` : "100%";
         var nativeHeight = BoolCast(this.props.Document.ignoreAspect) ? this.props.PanelHeight() / this.props.ContentScaling() : this.nativeHeight > 0 ? `${this.nativeHeight}px` : "100%";
         return (
             <div className={`documentView-node${this.topMost ? "-topmost" : ""}`}
                 ref={this._mainCont}
                 style={{
+                    color: foregroundColor,
                     outlineColor: "maroon",
                     outlineStyle: "dashed",
                     outlineWidth: BoolCast(this.props.Document.libraryBrush) && !StrCast(this.props.Document.borderRounding) ?