diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tree-view/tree-node-view.js b/frontend/src/components/tree-view/tree-node-view.js
index df99dbce2c..f55d352b8e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/tree-view/tree-node-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tree-view/tree-node-view.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const propTypes = {
   onMenuItemClick: PropTypes.func,
   onNodeDragMove: PropTypes.func,
   onNodeDrop: PropTypes.func,
-  appMenuType: PropTypes.oneOf(['list_view_contextmenu', 'item_contextmenu', 'tree_contextmenu', 'item_op_menu']),
   handleContextClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   onNodeDragEnter: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   onNodeDragLeave:PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ class TreeNodeView extends React.Component {
               onNodeDrop={this.props.onNodeDrop}
               onNodeDragEnter={this.props.onNodeDragEnter}
               onNodeDragLeave={this.props.onNodeDragLeave}
-              appMenuType={this.props.appMenuType}
               handleContextClick={this.props.handleContextClick}
             />
           );
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
index bf40f4d620..5286380abb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
       this.showDir(direntPath);
     } else {  // is file
       if (this.state.currentMode === 'column' && Utils.isMarkdownFile(direntPath)) {
-        this.showFile(direntPath);
+        this.showColumnMarkdownFile(direntPath);
       } else {
         const w=window.open('about:blank');
         const url = siteRoot + 'lib/' + repoID + '/file' + Utils.encodePath(direntPath);
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
     } else {
       if (Utils.isMarkdownFile(node.path)) {
         if (node.path !== this.state.path) {
-          this.showFile(node.path);
+          this.showColumnMarkdownFile(node.path);
         }
       } else {
         const w = window.open('about:blank');
@@ -1187,6 +1187,19 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
+  showColumnMarkdownFile = (filePath) => {
+    let repoID = this.props.repoID;
+    seafileAPI.getFileInfo(repoID, filePath).then((res) => {
+      if (res.data.size === 0) {
+        const w = window.open('about:blank');
+        const url = siteRoot + 'lib/' + repoID + '/file' + Utils.encodePath(filePath);
+        w.location.href = url;
+      } else {
+        this.showFile(filePath);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   onTreeNodeCollapse = (node) => {
     let tree = treeHelper.collapseNode(this.state.treeData, node);
     this.setState({treeData: tree});