diff --git a/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js b/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
index 634733ff4c..b2eaefdf45 100644
--- a/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
+++ b/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ _f.Frm.prototype.check_doctype_conflict = function(docname) {
 	if(this.doctype=='DocType' && docname=='DocType') {
 		msgprint('Allowing DocType, DocType. Be careful!')
 	} else if(this.doctype=='DocType') {
-		if(wn.views.formview[docname]) {
+		if (wn.views.formview[docname] || wn.pages['List/'+docname]) {
 			msgprint("Cannot open DocType when its instance is open")
 			throw 'doctype open conflict'
 		}
 	} else {
-		if(wn.views.formview.DocType && wn.views.formview.DocType.frm.opendocs[this.doctype]) {
+		if (wn.views.formview.DocType && wn.views.formview.DocType.frm.opendocs[this.doctype]) {
 			msgprint("Cannot open instance when its DocType is open")
 			throw 'doctype open conflict'
 		}		
@@ -542,11 +542,16 @@ _f.Frm.prototype.refresh = function(docname) {
 		cur_frm = this;
 		this.parent.cur_frm = this;
 	}
-			
+	
 	if(this.docname) { // document to show
 
 		// check permissions
 		if(!this.check_doc_perm()) return;
+		
+		// check if doctype is already open
+		if (!this.opendocs[this.docname]) {
+			this.check_doctype_conflict(this.docname);
+		}
 
 		// set the doc
 		this.doc = get_local(this.doctype, this.docname);	  
@@ -759,7 +764,8 @@ _f.Frm.prototype.refresh_dependency = function() {
 // ======================================================================================
 
 _f.Frm.prototype.setnewdoc = function(docname) {
-	this.check_doctype_conflict(docname);
+	// moved this call to refresh function
+	// this.check_doctype_conflict(docname);
 
 	// if loaded
 	if(this.opendocs[docname]) { // already exists
diff --git a/js/wn/views/doclistview.js b/js/wn/views/doclistview.js
index 7827ccdc47..41a437f1d7 100644
--- a/js/wn/views/doclistview.js
+++ b/js/wn/views/doclistview.js
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ wn.views.DocListView = wn.ui.Listing.extend({
 			docstatus: this.can_submit ? $.map(this.$page.find('.show-docstatus :checked'), 
 				function(inp) { return $(inp).attr('data-docstatus') }) : [],
 			order_by: this.listview.order_by || undefined,
+			group_by: this.listview.group_by || undefined,
 		}
 	},
 	add_delete_option: function() {
diff --git a/py/core/doctype/report/listview.js b/py/core/doctype/report/report_list.js
similarity index 100%
rename from py/core/doctype/report/listview.js
rename to py/core/doctype/report/report_list.js
diff --git a/py/core/doctype/search_criteria/listview.js b/py/core/doctype/search_criteria/search_criteria_list.js
similarity index 100%
rename from py/core/doctype/search_criteria/listview.js
rename to py/core/doctype/search_criteria/search_criteria_list.js
diff --git a/py/webnotes/model/doctype.py b/py/webnotes/model/doctype.py
index bb265f69d6..428b90520b 100644
--- a/py/webnotes/model/doctype.py
+++ b/py/webnotes/model/doctype.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class _DocType:
 			
 		_add_code(scrub(doc.name) + '.js', '__js')
 		_add_code(scrub(doc.name) + '.css', '__css')
-		_add_code('listview.js', '__listjs')
+		_add_code('%s_list.js' % scrub(doc.name), '__listjs')
 		_add_code('help.md', 'description')
 		
 		# embed all require files
diff --git a/py/webnotes/widgets/doclistview.py b/py/webnotes/widgets/doclistview.py
index c7a633b61c..0a176814cb 100644
--- a/py/webnotes/widgets/doclistview.py
+++ b/py/webnotes/widgets/doclistview.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def get(arg=None):
 	
 	if not data.get('order_by'):
 		data['order_by'] = tables[0] + '.modified desc'
-		
-	if len(tables) > 1:
-		data['group_by'] = "group by " + tables[0] + ".name"
+
+	if data.get('group_by'):
+		data['group_by'] = "group by " + data.get('group_by')
 	else:
 		data['group_by'] = ''