diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
index 21b7917b0..be55259cc 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
@@ -2931,6 +2931,7 @@ MainWindow::close_view (int index)
 
         //  last view closed
 
+        lay::LayoutView::set_current (0);
         current_view_changed ();
 
         clear_current_pos ();
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index e124d01b0..30f242720 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -3315,7 +3315,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::create_layout (const std::string &technology, bool add_cellview,
 {
   const db::Technology *tech = db::Technologies::instance ()->technology_by_name (technology);
 
-  db::Layout *layout = new db::Layout (manager ());
+  db::Layout *layout = new db::Layout (m_editable, manager ());
   if (tech) {
     layout->dbu (tech->dbu ());
   }
diff --git a/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayerProperties.cc b/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayerProperties.cc
index 64180e22c..f6175a348 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayerProperties.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayerProperties.cc
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ TEST (16)
 
   int cv1 = view.create_layout ("", true, false);
   db::Layout &ly1 = view.cellview (cv1)->layout ();
+  EXPECT_EQ (ly1.is_editable (), is_editable ());
   ly1.insert_layer (db::LayerProperties (1, 0));
   ly1.insert_layer (db::LayerProperties (2, 0));
 
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb b/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
index 14b4b621d..9ec0bd57c 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
@@ -535,6 +535,21 @@ class LAYLayoutView_TestClass < TestBase
 
   end
 
+  # issue-1259
+  def test_7
+
+    # standalone layout view
+    lv = RBA::LayoutView::new(true)
+    
+    assert_equal(lv.is_editable, true)
+
+    lv.create_layout(true)
+
+    layout = lv.active_cellview.layout
+    assert_equal(layout.is_editable, true)
+
+  end
+
 end
 
 load("test_epilogue.rb")