diff --git a/src/plugins/displayLayout/DisplayLayoutToolbar.js b/src/plugins/displayLayout/DisplayLayoutToolbar.js
index ff03d23fe3..707c49327c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/displayLayout/DisplayLayoutToolbar.js
+++ b/src/plugins/displayLayout/DisplayLayoutToolbar.js
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@ define(['lodash'], function (_) {
                     let selectedParent = selectionPath[1].context.item;
                     let layoutItem = selectionPath[0].context.layoutItem;
 
+                    if (!layoutItem) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     if (layoutItem.type === 'subobject-view') {
                         if (toolbar['add-menu'].length === 0 && selectionPath[0].context.item.type === 'layout') {
                             toolbar['add-menu'] = [getAddButton(selectedObjects, selectionPath)];
diff --git a/src/plugins/displayLayout/components/AlphanumericFormatView.vue b/src/plugins/displayLayout/components/AlphanumericFormatView.vue
index d858b7a052..2207d09d2c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/displayLayout/components/AlphanumericFormatView.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/displayLayout/components/AlphanumericFormatView.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ export default {
                 return;
             }
 
-            let format = selection[0][0].context.layoutItem.format;
+            let layoutItem = selection[0][0].context.layoutItem;
+
+            if (!layoutItem) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let format = layoutItem.format;
             this.nonMixedFormat = selection.every(selectionPath => {
                 return selectionPath[0].context.layoutItem.format === format;
             });
diff --git a/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue b/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
index 08be3ae443..6a97b9adcf 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
+++ b/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export default {
             return this.composition.load();
         },
         getSelectionContext() {
-            if (this.currentView.getSelectionContext) {
+            if (this.currentView && this.currentView.getSelectionContext) {
                 return this.currentView.getSelectionContext();
             } else {
                 return { item: this.currentObject };