diff --git a/src/api/Editor.js b/src/api/Editor.js
index 3d1b98c48f..1520a4765c 100644
--- a/src/api/Editor.js
+++ b/src/api/Editor.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export default class Editor extends EventEmitter {
      * Initiate an editing session. This will start a transaction during
      * which any persist operations will be deferred until either save()
      * or finish() are called.
+     * @private
      */
     edit() {
         if (this.editing === true) {
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ export default class Editor extends EventEmitter {
     /**
      * Save any unsaved changes from this editing session. This will
      * end the current transaction.
+     *
+     * @private
      */
     save() {
         return this.getTransactionService().commit().then((result)=>{
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ export default class Editor extends EventEmitter {
 
     /**
      * End the currently active transaction and discard unsaved changes.
+     *
+     * @private
      */
     cancel() {
         this.getTransactionService().cancel();
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/container.vue b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/container.vue
index 7ddda1c2fb..3bde1b235b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/container.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/container.vue
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
                     :key="frame.id"
                     :frame="frame"
                     :index="i"
-                    :containerIndex="index">
+                    :containerIndex="index"
+                    :isEditing="isEditing">
                 </frame-component>
 
                 <drop-hint
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@
                     :orientation="rowsLayout ? 'horizontal' : 'vertical'"
                     @init-move="startFrameResizing"
                     @move="frameResizing"
-                    @end-move="endFrameResizing">
+                    @end-move="endFrameResizing"
+                    :isEditing="isEditing">
                 </resize-handle>
             </template>
         </div>
@@ -77,14 +79,12 @@ import FrameComponent from './frame.vue';
 import Frame from '../utils/frame';
 import ResizeHandle from './resizeHandle.vue';
 import DropHint from './dropHint.vue';
-import isEditingMixin from '../mixins/isEditing';
 
 const MIN_FRAME_SIZE = 5;
 
 export default {
     inject:['openmct'],
-    props: ['container', 'index', 'rowsLayout'],
-    mixins: [isEditingMixin],
+    props: ['container', 'index', 'rowsLayout', 'isEditing'],
     components: {
         FrameComponent,
         ResizeHandle,
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/flexibleLayout.vue b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/flexibleLayout.vue
index 560b555903..e300933820 100644
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/flexibleLayout.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/flexibleLayout.vue
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
                     :index="index"
                     :container="container"
                     :rowsLayout="rowsLayout"
+                    :isEditing="isEditing"
                     @move-frame="moveFrame"
                     @new-frame="setFrameLocation"
                     @persist="persist">
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
                     :key="index"
                     :index="index"
                     :orientation="rowsLayout ? 'vertical' : 'horizontal'"
+                    :isEditing="isEditing"
                     @init-move="startContainerResizing"
                     @move="containerResizing"
                     @end-move="endContainerResizing">
@@ -420,7 +422,6 @@ import Container from '../utils/container';
 import Frame from '../utils/frame';
 import ResizeHandle from  './resizeHandle.vue';
 import DropHint from './dropHint.vue';
-import isEditingMixin from '../mixins/isEditing';
 
 const MIN_CONTAINER_SIZE = 5;
 
@@ -465,7 +466,6 @@ function sizeToFill(items) {
 
 export default {
     inject: ['openmct', 'layoutObject'],
-    mixins: [isEditingMixin],
     components: {
         ContainerComponent,
         ResizeHandle,
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ export default {
             newFrameLocation: []
         }
     },
+    props: {
+        isEditing: Boolean
+    },
     computed: {
         layoutDirectionStr() {
             if (this.rowsLayout) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/frame.vue b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/frame.vue
index 308b894c3d..bc381f9660 100644
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/frame.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/frame.vue
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@
 <script>
 import ResizeHandle from './resizeHandle.vue';
 import ObjectFrame from '../../../ui/components/ObjectFrame.vue';
-import isEditingMixin from '../mixins/isEditing';
 
 export default {
     inject: ['openmct'],
-    props: ['frame', 'index', 'containerIndex'],
-    mixins: [isEditingMixin],
+    props: ['frame', 'index', 'containerIndex', 'isEditing'],
     data() {
         return {
             domainObject: undefined,
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/resizeHandle.vue b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/resizeHandle.vue
index 4785beb1af..88ac094899 100644
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/resizeHandle.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/resizeHandle.vue
@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import isEditingMixin from '../mixins/isEditing';
-
 export default {
-    props: ['orientation', 'index'],
-    mixins: [isEditingMixin],
+    props: ['orientation', 'index', 'isEditing'],
     data() {
         return {
             initialPos: 0,
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/flexibleLayoutViewProvider.js b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/flexibleLayoutViewProvider.js
index ef223577ab..fd48ffdedc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/flexibleLayoutViewProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/flexibleLayoutViewProvider.js
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ define([
                 let component;
 
                 return {
-                    show: function (element) {
+                    show: function (element, isEditing) {
                         component =  new Vue({
+                            data() {
+                                return {
+                                    isEditing: isEditing
+                                }
+                            },
                             components: {
                                 FlexibleLayoutComponent: FlexibleLayoutComponent.default
                             },
@@ -64,6 +69,9 @@ define([
                             type: 'flexible-layout'
                         };
                     },
+                    onEditModeChange: function (isEditing) {
+                        component.isEditing = isEditing;
+                    },
                     destroy: function (element) {
                         component.$destroy();
                         component = undefined;
diff --git a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/mixins/isEditing.js b/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/mixins/isEditing.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f44019112..0000000000
--- a/src/plugins/flexibleLayout/mixins/isEditing.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-    inject: ['openmct'],
-    data() {
-        return {
-            isEditing: this.openmct.editor.isEditing()
-        };
-    },
-    mounted() {
-        this.openmct.editor.on('isEditing', this.toggleEditing);
-    },
-    destroyed() {
-        this.openmct.editor.off('isEditing', this.toggleEditing);
-    },
-    methods: {
-        toggleEditing(value) {
-            this.isEditing = value;
-        }
-    }
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/summaryWidget/src/views/SummaryWidgetViewProvider.js b/src/plugins/summaryWidget/src/views/SummaryWidgetViewProvider.js
index 77a9a2f814..4c6b6ec8b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/summaryWidget/src/views/SummaryWidgetViewProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/summaryWidget/src/views/SummaryWidgetViewProvider.js
@@ -24,16 +24,10 @@ define([
                 return domainObject.type === 'summary-widget';
             },
             view: function (domainObject) {
-                var statusService = openmct.$injector.get('statusService');
-                var objectId = objectUtils.makeKeyString(domainObject.identifier);
-                var statuses = statusService.listStatuses(objectId);
-                var isEditing = statuses.indexOf('editing') !== -1;
-
-                if (isEditing) {
-                    return new SummaryWidgetEditView(domainObject, openmct);
-                } else {
-                    return new SummaryWidgetView(domainObject, openmct);
-                }
+                return new SummaryWidgetView(domainObject, openmct);
+            },
+            edit: function (domainObject) {
+                return new SummaryWidgetEditView(domainObject, openmct);
             },
             priority: function (domainObject) {
                 if (domainObject.type === 'summary-widget') {
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableViewProvider.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableViewProvider.js
index b96c1efe53..7e6182cbc6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableViewProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableViewProvider.js
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ define([
                 let table = new TelemetryTable(domainObject, openmct);
                 let component;
                 return {
-                    show: function (element) {
+                    show: function (element, isEditing) {
                         component = new Vue({
+                            data() {
+                                return {
+                                    isEditing: false
+                                }
+                            },
                             components: {
                                 TableComponent: TableComponent.default,
                             },
@@ -58,9 +63,12 @@ define([
                                 table
                             },
                             el: element,
-                            template: '<table-component></table-component>'
+                            template: '<table-component :isEditing="isEditing"></table-component>'
                         });
                     },
+                    onEditModeChange(isEditing) {
+                        component.isEditing = isEditing;
+                    },
                     destroy: function (element) {
                         component.$destroy();
                         component = undefined;
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table-column-header.vue b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table-column-header.vue
index 7707ac9fea..88bd0a4f43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table-column-header.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table-column-header.vue
@@ -73,18 +73,14 @@ const MOVE_COLUMN_DT_TYPE = 'movecolumnfromindex';
 
 export default {
     inject: ['openmct'],
-    data() {
-        return {
-            isEditing: this.openmct.editor.isEditing()
-        }
-    },
     props: {
         headerKey: String,
         headerIndex: Number,
         isHeaderTitle: Boolean,
         sortOptions: Object,
         columnWidth: Number,
-        hotzone: Boolean
+        hotzone: Boolean,
+        isEditing: Boolean
     },
     computed: {
         isSortable() {
@@ -167,16 +163,7 @@ export default {
         },
         sort() {
             this.$emit("sort");
-        },
-        toggleEditMode(isEditing) {
-            this.isEditing = isEditing;
         }
-    },
-    created() {
-        this.openmct.editor.on('isEditing', this.toggleEditMode);
-    },
-    destroyed() {
-        this.openmct.editor.off('isEditing', this.toggleEditMode);
     }
 }
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table.vue b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table.vue
index 69287978d5..922d872ab3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table.vue
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                         @resizeColumnEnd="updateConfiguredColumnWidths"
                         :columnWidth="columnWidths[key]"
                         :sortOptions="sortOptions"
+                        :isEditing="isEditing"
                         >{{title}}</table-column-header>
                 </tr>
                 <tr class="c-telemetry-table__headers__filter">
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@
                         @dropTargetActive="dropTargetActive"
                         @reorderColumn="reorderColumn"
                         @resizeColumnEnd="updateConfiguredColumnWidths"
-                        :columnWidth="columnWidths[key]">
+                        :columnWidth="columnWidths[key]"
+                        :isEditing="isEditing"
+                        >
                         <search class="c-table__search"
                             v-model="filters[key]"
                             v-on:input="filterChanged(key)"
@@ -260,6 +263,12 @@ export default {
         search
     },
     inject: ['table', 'openmct', 'csvExporter'],
+    props: {
+        isEditing: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: false
+        }
+    },
     data() {
         let configuration = this.table.configuration.getConfiguration();
 
diff --git a/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue b/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
index 03f08e0c30..0896a06ba8 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
+++ b/src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ export default {
     },
     destroyed() {
         this.clear();
+        if (this.releaseEditModeHandler) {
+            this.releaseEditModeHandler();
+        }
     },
     watch: {
         view(newView, oldView) {
@@ -37,6 +40,11 @@ export default {
             if (this.currentView) {
                 this.currentView.destroy();
                 this.$el.innerHTML = '';
+
+                if (this.releaseEditModeHandler) {
+                    this.releaseEditModeHandler();
+                    delete this.releaseEditModeHandler;
+                }
             }
             delete this.viewContainer;
             delete this.currentView;
@@ -46,6 +54,13 @@ export default {
                 delete this.removeSelectable;
             }
         },
+        invokeEditModeHandler(editMode) {
+            this.currentView.onEditModeChange(editMode);
+        },
+        toggleEditView(editMode) {
+            this.clear();
+            this.updateView(true);
+        },
         updateView(immediatelySelect) {
             this.clear();
             if (!this.currentObject) {
@@ -55,14 +70,32 @@ export default {
             this.viewContainer.classList.add('c-object-view','u-contents');
             this.$el.append(this.viewContainer);
             let provider = this.openmct.objectViews.getByProviderKey(this.viewKey);
+
             if (!provider) {
                 provider = this.openmct.objectViews.get(this.currentObject)[0];
                 if (!provider) {
                     return;
                 }
             }
-            this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject);
-            this.currentView.show(this.viewContainer);
+
+
+            if (provider.edit) {
+                if (this.openmct.editor.isEditing()) {
+                    this.currentView = provider.edit(this.currentObject);
+                } else {
+                    this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject, false);    
+                }
+                this.openmct.editor.on('isEditing', this.toggleEditView);
+                this.releaseEditModeHandler = () => this.openmct.editor.off('isEditing', this.toggleEditView);
+            } else {
+                this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject, this.openmct.editor.isEditing());
+
+                if (this.currentView.onEditModeChange) {
+                    this.openmct.editor.on('isEditing', this.invokeEditModeHandler);
+                    this.releaseEditModeHandler = () => this.openmct.editor.off('isEditing', this.invokeEditModeHandler);
+                }
+            }
+            this.currentView.show(this.viewContainer, this.openmct.editor.isEditing());
 
             if (immediatelySelect) {
                 this.removeSelectable = openmct.selection.selectable(
diff --git a/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue b/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
index 183179c399..86751c2e11 100644
--- a/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
+++ b/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         mounted() {
             let viewProvider = this.openmct.objectViews.get(this.domainObject)[0];
             this.view = viewProvider.view(this.domainObject);
-            this.view.show(this.$refs.objectView);
+            this.view.show(this.$refs.objectView, false);
         },
         destroy() {
             this.view.destroy();
diff --git a/src/ui/registries/ViewRegistry.js b/src/ui/registries/ViewRegistry.js
index 480bb79867..3967e55360 100644
--- a/src/ui/registries/ViewRegistry.js
+++ b/src/ui/registries/ViewRegistry.js
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ define([], function () {
      * @memberof module:openmct.View#
      */
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether or not the application is in edit mode. This supports
+     * views that have distinct visual and behavioral elements when the
+     * navigated object is being edited.
+     *
+     * For cases where a completely separate view is desired for editing purposes,
+     * see {@link openmct.ViewProvider#edit}
+     *
+     * @param {boolean} isEditing
+     * @method show
+     * @memberof module:openmct.View#
+     */
+
     /**
      * Release any resources associated with this view.
      *
@@ -172,7 +185,15 @@ define([], function () {
 
     /**
      * An optional function that defines whether or not this view can be used to edit a given object.
-     * If not provided, will default to `false` and the view will not support editing.
+     * If not provided, will default to `false` and the view will not support editing. To support editing,
+     * return true from this function and then -
+     * * Return a {@link openmct.View} from the `view` function, using the `onEditModeChange` callback to
+     * add and remove editing elements from the view
+     * OR
+     * * Return a {@link openmct.View} from the `view` function defining a read-only view.
+     * AND
+     * * Define an {@link openmct.ViewProvider#Edit} function on the view provider that returns an 
+     * editing-specific view.
      *
      * @method canEdit
      * @memberof module:openmct.ViewProvider#
@@ -211,6 +232,19 @@ define([], function () {
      * @returns {module:openmct.View} a view of this domain object
      */
 
+    /**
+     * Provide an edit-mode specific view of this object.
+     *
+     * If optionally specified, this function will be called when the application
+     * enters edit mode. This will cause the active non-edit mode view and its
+     * dom element to be destroyed.
+     *
+     * @method edit
+     * @memberof module:openmct.ViewProvider#
+     * @param {*} object the object to be edit
+     * @returns {module:openmct.View} an editable view of this domain object
+     */
+
     return ViewRegistry;
 
 });