diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
index 619f8cda4..01a1f7c87 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ export default class NoteWrapperWidget extends FlexContainer<BasicWidget> {
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (note.type === "search" && ![ "grid", "list" ].includes(note.getLabelValue("viewType") ?? "list")) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         return !!note?.isLabelTruthy("fullContentWidth");
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ export default class NoteWrapperWidget extends FlexContainer<BasicWidget> {
         const noteId = this.noteContext?.noteId;
         if (
             loadResults.isNoteReloaded(noteId) ||
-            loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((attr) => attr.type === "label" && ["cssClass", "language"].includes(attr.name ?? "") && attributeService.isAffecting(attr, this.noteContext?.note))
+            loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((attr) => attr.type === "label" && ["cssClass", "language", "viewType"].includes(attr.name ?? "") && attributeService.isAffecting(attr, this.noteContext?.note))
         ) {
             this.refresh();
         }