diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
index 0e983c21..603c133c 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@
     <!-- <span class="v-label v-label--active theme--light">
       Wiki
     </span> -->
-    <div>
-      <v-btn depressed tile @click="switchView()">
-        <v-icon left>{{ switchViewIcon() }}</v-icon
-        >Wiki</v-btn
-      >
-    </div>
+    <template v-if="readOnly">
+      <div>
+        <v-btn depressed tile @click="switchView()">
+          Wiki<v-icon right>{{ switchViewIcon() }}</v-icon></v-btn
+        >
+      </div>
+    </template>
+    <template v-else>
+      <div>
+        <v-btn depressed tile @click="switchView()">
+          Wiki<v-icon right>{{ switchViewIcon() }}</v-icon></v-btn
+        >
+      </div>
+    </template>
+
     <v-sheet
       v-if="currentView != 0"
       elevation="2"
@@ -16,11 +25,8 @@
     >
       <v-row>
         <!-- DESIGNER -->
-        <v-col
-          v-if="canEdit"
-          v-show="showDesigner()"
-          :cols="currentView == 1 ? 6 : 12"
-        >
+        <!-- v-show="showDesigner()" -->
+        <v-col v-if="showDesigner()" :cols="currentView == 1 ? 6 : 12">
           <div>
             <v-btn depressed tile> <v-icon>fa-bold</v-icon></v-btn>
             <v-btn depressed tile> <v-icon>fa-italic</v-icon></v-btn>
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@
           <v-textarea v-model="value" auto-grow></v-textarea>
         </v-col>
         <!-- WIKI -->
-        <v-col v-show="showWiki()" :cols="currentView == 1 ? 6 : 12">
+        <v-col v-if="showWiki()" :cols="currentView == 1 ? 6 : 12">
           <div class="aywiki" v-html="compiledOutput()"></div>
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
@@ -67,14 +73,14 @@ export default {
   },
   props: {
     value: String,
-    canEdit: Boolean
+    readOnly: Boolean
   },
   methods: {
     switchViewIcon() {
       //return the icon that indicates what it will change to if you click it
       //mirror of switchview below
 
-      if (!this.canEdit) {
+      if (this.readOnly) {
         if (this.currentView == HIDDEN_VIEW) {
           return "fa-eye";
         } else {
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ export default {
     },
     switchView() {
       //if user can't edit then cycle between hidden and wiki view
-      if (!this.canEdit) {
+      if (this.readOnly) {
         if (this.currentView == HIDDEN_VIEW) {
           this.currentView = WIKI_VIEW;
         } else {
@@ -157,6 +163,8 @@ Standard view maybe top and bottom better?
 baseurl setting for local images:
 https://marked.js.org/#/USING_ADVANCED.md#options
 
+todo: event log type just for edit wiki?
+  - this is because a wiki is not a discrete object in v8 so rights follow object itself and maybe it's necessary to know when wiki was edited?
 
 Clean up the example markdown, go through and use mine and sprinkle in the marked sample stuff where it differs
 
diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/widget.vue b/ayanova/src/views/widget.vue
index 1506e6dc..905cbb0f 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/widget.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/widget.vue
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             <v-col cols="12">
               <gz-wiki
                 v-model="obj.wikiContent"
-                :canEdit="true"
+                :readOnly="formstate.readOnly"
                 :parentVM="this"
               ></gz-wiki
             ></v-col>