Context-Menu for Tables (#2424)

* add context menu capability to table rows, add view switcher to preview

* add an option to limit context menu actions to the ones requested, and modify preview action to also include a view historical data action

* extend preview action into view historical data action

* add context menu to LAD Table

* add keys to context menu actions, allow tables to conditionally attach context menu handler

* working switch y axis label

* New vertical select element for Y axis configuration in plots

- CSS for vertically rotated selects for Y axis label selection;
- New theme constants;
- Removed themedSelect theme mixins;
- New SASS svgColorFromHex function;

* use keys in lad table context menu options

* show historical view context menu on alpha-numerics

* make reviewer requested changes

* pass contextual object path from object view down etc

* made reviewer requested changes: removed options object, pass in object path instead

* remove redundant function from LADRow.vue

src/adapter/actions/LegacyContextMenuAction.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const OUTSIDE_EDIT_PATH_BLACKLIST = ["copy", "follow", "properties", "move", "li
 export default class LegacyContextMenuAction {
     constructor(openmct, LegacyAction) {
         this.openmct = openmct;
+        this.key = LegacyAction.definition.key;
         this.name = LegacyAction.definition.name;
         this.description = LegacyAction.definition.description;
         this.cssClass = LegacyAction.definition.cssClass;

src/api/contextMenu/ContextMenuAPI.js

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class ContextMenuAPI {
      *           a single sentence or short paragraph) of this kind of view
      * @property {string} cssClass the CSS class to apply to labels for this
      *           view (to add icons, for instance)
+     * @property {string} key unique key to identify the context menu action
+     *           (used in custom context menu eg table rows, to identify which actions to include)
+     * @property {boolean} hideInDefaultMenu optional flag to hide action from showing in the default context menu (tree item)
      */
     /**
      * @method appliesTo
@@ -72,12 +75,21 @@ class ContextMenuAPI {
     /**
      * @private
      */
-    _showContextMenuForObjectPath(objectPath, x, y) {
+    _showContextMenuForObjectPath(objectPath, x, y, actionsToBeIncluded) {
+
         let applicableActions = this._allActions.filter((action) => {
-            if (action.appliesTo === undefined) {
+
-                return true;
+            if (actionsToBeIncluded) {
+                if (action.appliesTo === undefined && actionsToBeIncluded.includes(action.key)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return action.appliesTo(objectPath, actionsToBeIncluded) && actionsToBeIncluded.includes(action.key);
+            } else {
+                if (action.appliesTo === undefined) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return action.appliesTo(objectPath) && !action.hideInDefaultMenu;
             }
-            return action.appliesTo(objectPath);
         });
 
         if (this._activeContextMenu) {

src/plugins/LADTable/LADTableSetViewProvider.js

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define([
             canEdit: function (domainObject) {
                 return domainObject.type === 'LadTableSet';
             },
-            view: function (domainObject) {
+            view: function (domainObject, isEditing, objectPath) {
                 let component;
 
                 return {
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ define([
                             },
                             provide: {
                                 openmct,
-                                domainObject
+                                domainObject,
+                                objectPath
                             },
                             el: element,
                             template: '<lad-table-set></lad-table-set>'

src/plugins/LADTable/LADTableViewProvider.js

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define([
             canEdit: function (domainObject) {
                 return domainObject.type === 'LadTable';
             },
-            view: function (domainObject) {
+            view: function (domainObject, isEditing, objectPath) {
                 let component;
 
                 return {
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ define([
                             },
                             provide: {
                                 openmct,
-                                domainObject
+                                domainObject,
+                                objectPath
                             },
                             el: element,
                             template: '<lad-table-component></lad-table-component>'

src/plugins/LADTable/components/LADRow.vue

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, United States Government
  * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 <template>
-    <tr>
+    <tr @contextmenu.prevent="showContextMenu">
         <td>{{name}}</td>
         <td>{{timestamp}}</td>
         <td :class="valueClass">
@@ -35,15 +36,25 @@
 </style>
 
 <script>
+
+const CONTEXT_MENU_ACTIONS = [
+    'viewHistoricalData',
+    'remove'
+];
+
 export default {
-    inject: ['openmct'],
+    inject: ['openmct', 'objectPath'],
     props: ['domainObject'],
     data() {
+        let currentObjectPath = this.objectPath.slice();
+        currentObjectPath.unshift(this.domainObject);
+
         return {
             name: this.domainObject.name,
             timestamp: '---',
             value: '---',
-            valueClass: ''
+            valueClass: '',
+            currentObjectPath
         }
     },
     methods: {
@@ -73,11 +84,15 @@ export default {
                 .request(this.domainObject, {strategy: 'latest'})
                 .then((array) => this.updateValues(array[array.length - 1]));
 
+        },
+        showContextMenu(event) {
+           this.openmct.contextMenu._showContextMenuForObjectPath(this.currentObjectPath, event.x, event.y, CONTEXT_MENU_ACTIONS);
         }
     },
     mounted() {
         this.metadata = this.openmct.telemetry.getMetadata(this.domainObject);
         this.formats = this.openmct.telemetry.getFormatMap(this.metadata);
+        this.keyString = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(this.domainObject.identifier);
 
         this.limitEvaluator = openmct
             .telemetry

src/plugins/LADTable/components/LADTable.vue

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import lodash from 'lodash';
 import LadRow from './LADRow.vue';
 
 export default {
-    inject: ['openmct', 'domainObject'],
+    inject: ['openmct', 'domainObject', 'objectPath'],
     components: {
         LadRow
     },

src/plugins/displayLayout/AlphanumericFormatViewProvider.js

@@ -46,13 +46,14 @@ define([
 
                 return selection.every(isTelemetryObject);
             },
-            view: function (selection) {
+            view: function (domainObject, isEditing, objectPath) {
                 let component;
                 return {
                     show: function (element) {
                         component = new Vue({
                             provide: {
-                                openmct
+                                openmct,
+                                objectPath
                             },
                             components: {
                                 AlphanumericFormatView: AlphanumericFormatView.default

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/DisplayLayout.vue

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
                 return selectionPath && selectionPath.length > 1 && !singleSelectedLine;
             }
         },
-        inject: ['openmct', 'options'],
+        inject: ['openmct', 'options', 'objectPath'],
         props: ['domainObject'],
         components: components,
         methods: {

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/SubobjectView.vue

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                   @endMove="() => $emit('endMove')">
         <object-frame v-if="domainObject"
                       :domain-object="domainObject"
-                      :object-path="objectPath"
+                      :object-path="currentObjectPath"
                       :has-frame="item.hasFrame"
                       :show-edit-view="false"
                       ref="objectFrame">
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                 hasFrame: hasFrameByDefault(domainObject.type)
             };
         },
-        inject: ['openmct'],
+        inject: ['openmct', 'objectPath'],
         props: {
             item: Object,
             gridSize: Array,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         data() {
             return {
                 domainObject: undefined,
-                objectPath: []
+                currentObjectPath: []
             }
         },
         components: {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         methods: {
             setObject(domainObject) {
                 this.domainObject = domainObject;
-                this.objectPath = [this.domainObject].concat(this.openmct.router.path);
+                this.currentObjectPath = [this.domainObject].concat(this.objectPath.slice());
                 this.$nextTick(function () {
                     let childContext = this.$refs.objectFrame.getSelectionContext();
                     childContext.item = domainObject;

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/TelemetryView.vue

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
                    @endMove="() => $emit('endMove')">
         <div class="c-telemetry-view"
              :style="styleObject"
-             v-if="domainObject">
+             v-if="domainObject"
+             @contextmenu.prevent="showContextMenu">
             <div v-if="showLabel"
                   class="c-telemetry-view__label">
                 <div class="c-telemetry-view__label-text">{{ domainObject.name }}</div>
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@
     import printj from 'printj'
 
     const DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_DIMENSIONS = [10, 5],
-          DEFAULT_POSITION = [1, 1];
+          DEFAULT_POSITION = [1, 1],
+          CONTEXT_MENU_ACTIONS = ['viewHistoricalData'];
 
     export default {
         makeDefinition(openmct, gridSize, domainObject, position) {
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@
                 size: "13px"
             };
         },
-        inject: ['openmct'],
+        inject: ['openmct', 'objectPath'],
         props: {
             item: Object,
             gridSize: Array,
@@ -163,7 +165,8 @@
             return {
                 datum: undefined,
                 formats: undefined,
-                domainObject: undefined
+                domainObject: undefined,
+                currentObjectPath: undefined
             }
         },
         watch: {
@@ -218,12 +221,16 @@
             },
             setObject(domainObject) {
                 this.domainObject = domainObject;
+                this.keyString = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(domainObject.identifier);
                 this.metadata = this.openmct.telemetry.getMetadata(this.domainObject);
                 this.limitEvaluator = this.openmct.telemetry.limitEvaluator(this.domainObject);
                 this.formats = this.openmct.telemetry.getFormatMap(this.metadata);
                 this.requestHistoricalData();
                 this.subscribeToObject();
 
+                this.currentObjectPath = this.objectPath.slice();
+                this.currentObjectPath.unshift(this.domainObject);
+
                 this.context = {
                     item: domainObject,
                     layoutItem: this.item,
@@ -235,6 +242,9 @@
             },
             updateTelemetryFormat(format) {
                 this.$emit('formatChanged', this.item, format);
+            },
+            showContextMenu(event) {
+                this.openmct.contextMenu._showContextMenuForObjectPath(this.currentObjectPath, event.x, event.y, CONTEXT_MENU_ACTIONS);
             }
         },
         mounted() {

src/plugins/displayLayout/plugin.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function DisplayLayoutPlugin(options) {
             canEdit: function (domainObject) {
                 return domainObject.type === 'layout';
             },
-            view: function (domainObject) {
+            view: function (domainObject, isEditing, objectPath) {
                 let component;
                 return {
                     show(container) {
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ export default function DisplayLayoutPlugin(options) {
                             provide: {
                                 openmct,
                                 objectUtils,
-                                options
+                                options,
+                                objectPath
                             },
                             el: container,
                             data () {
                                 return {
                                     domainObject: domainObject
-                                }
+                                };
                             }
                         });
                     },

src/plugins/goToOriginalAction/goToOriginalAction.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 export default class GoToOriginalAction {
     constructor(openmct) {
         this.name = 'Go To Original';
+        this.key = 'goToOriginal';
         this.description = 'Go to the original unlinked instance of this object';
 
         this._openmct = openmct;

src/plugins/plot/res/templates/mct-plot.html

@@ -115,10 +115,22 @@
                  width: (tickWidth + 30) + 'px'
              }">
 
-            <div class="gl-plot-label gl-plot-y-label">
+            <div class="gl-plot-label gl-plot-y-label" ng-if="!yKeyOptions">
                 {{ yAxis.get('label') }}
             </div>
 
+            <div class="gl-plot-label gl-plot-y-label" ng-if="yKeyOptions.length > 1 && series.length === 1">
+                <select  class="gl-plot-y-label__select"
+                         ng-model="yAxisLabel" ng-change="plot.toggleYAxisLabel(yAxisLabel, yKeyOptions, series[0])">
+                    <option ng-repeat="option in yKeyOptions"
+                            value="{{option.name}}"
+                            ng-selected="option.name == yAxisLabel">
+                        {{option.name}}
+                    </option>
+                </select>
+            </div>
+            
+
             <mct-ticks axis="yAxis">
                 <div ng-repeat="tick in ticks track by tick.text"
                      class="gl-plot-tick gl-plot-y-tick-label"
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@
                 <div class="gl-plot__local-controls h-local-controls h-local-controls--overlay-content c-local-controls--show-on-hover">
                     <div class="c-button-set c-button-set--strip-h">
                         <button class="c-button icon-minus"
-                                ng-click="plot.zoom('out', 0.2)"
+                                ng-click="plot.toggleYAxis()"
                                 title="Zoom out">
                         </button>
                         <button class="c-button icon-plus"

src/plugins/plot/src/plot/MCTPlotController.js

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ define([
         this.$scope.series = this.config.series.models;
         this.$scope.legend = this.config.legend;
 
+        this.$scope.yAxisLabel = this.config.yAxis.get('label');
+
         this.cursorGuideVertical = this.$element[0].querySelector('.js-cursor-guide--v');
         this.cursorGuideHorizontal = this.$element[0].querySelector('.js-cursor-guide--h');
         this.cursorGuide = false;
@@ -103,9 +105,27 @@ define([
         this.listenTo(this.$scope, 'plot:tickWidth', this.onTickWidthChange, this);
         this.listenTo(this.$scope, 'plot:highlight:set', this.onPlotHighlightSet, this);
         this.listenTo(this.$scope, 'plot:reinitializeCanvas', this.initCanvas, this);
-
         this.listenTo(this.config.xAxis, 'change:displayRange', this.onXAxisChange, this);
         this.listenTo(this.config.yAxis, 'change:displayRange', this.onYAxisChange, this);
+
+        this.setUpYAxisOptions();
+    };
+
+    MCTPlotController.prototype.setUpYAxisOptions = function () {
+        if (this.$scope.series.length === 1) {
+            let metadata = this.$scope.series[0].metadata;
+
+            this.$scope.yKeyOptions = metadata
+                .valuesForHints(['range'])
+                .map(function (o) {
+                    return {
+                        name: o.name,
+                        key: o.key
+                    };
+                });
+        } else {
+            this.$scope.yKeyOptions = undefined;
+        }
     };
 
     MCTPlotController.prototype.onXAxisChange = function (displayBounds) {
@@ -493,5 +513,13 @@ define([
         this.cursorGuide = !this.cursorGuide;
     };
 
+    MCTPlotController.prototype.toggleYAxisLabel = function (label, options, series) {
+        let yAxisObject = options.filter(o => o.name === label)[0];
+
+        if (yAxisObject) {
+            series.emit('change:yKey', yAxisObject.key);
+        }
+    };
+
     return MCTPlotController;
 });

src/plugins/remove/RemoveAction.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 export default class RemoveAction {
     constructor(openmct) {
         this.name = 'Remove';
+        this.key = 'remove';
         this.description = 'Remove this object from its containing object.';
         this.cssClass = "icon-trash";
 

src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableRow.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ define([], function () {
             this.limitEvaluator = limitEvaluator;
             this.objectKeyString = objectKeyString;
         }
-        
+
         getFormattedDatum(headers) {
             return Object.keys(headers).reduce((formattedDatum, columnKey) => {
                 formattedDatum[columnKey] = this.getFormattedValue(columnKey);
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ define([], function () {
                 this.cellLimitClasses = Object.values(this.columns).reduce((alarmStateMap, column) => {
                     let limitEvaluation = this.limitEvaluator.evaluate(this.datum, column.getMetadatum());
                     alarmStateMap[column.getKey()] = limitEvaluation && limitEvaluation.cssClass;
-                    
+
                     return alarmStateMap;
                 }, {});
             }
             return this.cellLimitClasses;
         }
+
+        getContextMenuActions() {
+            return [];
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,4 +89,4 @@ define([], function () {
     }
 
     return TelemetryTableRow;
-});
+});

src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableViewProvider.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ define([
             canEdit(domainObject) {
                 return domainObject.type === 'table';
             },
-            view(domainObject) {
+            view(domainObject, isEditing, objectPath) {
                 let table = new TelemetryTable(domainObject, openmct);
                 let component;
                 return {
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ define([
                             },
                             provide: {
                                 openmct,
-                                table
+                                table,
+                                objectPath
                             },
                             el: element,
                             template: '<table-component :isEditing="isEditing" :enableMarking="true"></table-component>'

src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table-row.vue

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         rowClass,
         {'is-selected': marked}
     ]"
-    @click="markRow">
+    v-on="listeners">
     <component v-for="(title, key) in headers" 
         :key="key"
         :is="componentList[key]"
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import TableCell from './table-cell.vue';
 
 export default {
+    inject: ['openmct', 'objectPath'],
     data: function () {
         return {
             rowTop: (this.rowOffset + this.rowIndex) * this.rowHeight + 'px',
@@ -150,6 +151,16 @@ export default {
                 }], false);
                 event.stopPropagation();
             }
+        },
+         showContextMenu: function (event) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+
+            this.openmct.objects.get(this.row.objectKeyString).then((domainObject) => {
+                let contextualObjectPath = this.objectPath.slice();
+                contextualObjectPath.unshift(domainObject);
+
+                this.openmct.contextMenu._showContextMenuForObjectPath(contextualObjectPath, event.x, event.y, this.row.getContextMenuActions());
+            });
         }
     },
     // TODO: use computed properties
@@ -162,6 +173,19 @@ export default {
     },
     components: {
         TableCell
+    },
+    computed: {
+        listeners() {
+            let listenersObject = {
+                click: this.markRow
+            }
+
+            if (this.row.getContextMenuActions().length) {
+                listenersObject.contextmenu = this.showContextMenu;
+            }
+            
+            return listenersObject;
+        }
     }
 }
 </script>

src/plugins/telemetryTable/components/table.vue

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export default {
         search,
         TelemetryFilterIndicator
     },
-    inject: ['table', 'openmct'],
+    inject: ['table', 'openmct', 'objectPath'],
     props: {
         isEditing: {
             type: Boolean,

src/styles-new/_constants-espresso.scss

@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ $btnStdH: 24px;
 $colorCursorGuide: rgba(white, 0.6);
 $shdwCursorGuide: rgba(black, 0.4) 0 0 2px;
 $colorLocalControlOvrBg: rgba($colorBodyBg, 0.8);
+$colorSelectBg: $colorBtnBg; // This must be a solid color, not a gradient, due to usage of SVG bg in selects
+$colorSelectFg: $colorBtnFg;
+$colorSelectArw: lighten($colorBtnBg, 20%);
+$shdwSelect: rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 3px;
 
 // Menus
 $colorMenuBg: pullForward($colorBodyBg, 15%);
@@ -425,7 +429,3 @@ $createBtnTextTransform: uppercase;
     background: linear-gradient(pullForward($c, 5%), $c);
     box-shadow: rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 2px;
 }
-
-@mixin themedSelect($bg: $colorBtnBg, $fg: $colorBtnFg) {
-    @include cSelect(linear-gradient(lighten($bg, 5%), $bg), $fg, lighten($bg, 20%), rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 3px);
-}

src/styles-new/_constants-maelstrom.scss

@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ $btnStdH: 24px;
 $colorCursorGuide: rgba(white, 0.6);
 $shdwCursorGuide: rgba(black, 0.4) 0 0 2px;
 $colorLocalControlOvrBg: rgba($colorBodyBg, 0.8);
+$colorSelectBg: $colorBtnBg; // This must be a solid color, not a gradient, due to usage of SVG bg in selects
+$colorSelectFg: $colorBtnFg;
+$colorSelectArw: lighten($colorBtnBg, 20%);
+$shdwSelect: rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 3px;
 
 // Menus
 $colorMenuBg: pullForward($colorBodyBg, 15%);
@@ -430,10 +434,6 @@ $createBtnTextTransform: uppercase;
     box-shadow: rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 2px;
 }
 
-@mixin themedSelect($bg: $colorBtnBg, $fg: $colorBtnFg) {
-    @include cSelect(linear-gradient(lighten($bg, 5%), $bg), $fg, lighten($bg, 20%), rgba(black, 0.5) 0 0.5px 3px);
-}
-
 /**************************************************** OVERRIDES */
 .c-frame {
     &:not(.no-frame) {

src/styles-new/_constants-snow.scss

@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ $btnStdH: 24px;
 $colorCursorGuide: rgba(black, 0.6);
 $shdwCursorGuide: rgba(white, 0.4) 0 0 2px;
 $colorLocalControlOvrBg: rgba($colorBodyFg, 0.8);
+$colorSelectBg: $colorBtnBg; // This must be a solid color, not a gradient, due to usage of SVG bg in selects
+$colorSelectFg: $colorBtnFg;
+$colorSelectArw: lighten($colorBtnBg, 20%);
+$shdwSelect: none;
 
 // Menus
 $colorMenuBg: pushBack($colorBodyBg, 10%);
@@ -424,7 +428,3 @@ $createBtnTextTransform: uppercase;
 @mixin themedButton($c: $colorBtnBg) {
     background: $c;
 }
-
-@mixin themedSelect($bg: $colorBtnBg, $fg: $colorBtnFg) {
-    @include cSelect($bg, $fg, lighten($bg, 20%), none);
-}

src/styles-new/_controls.scss

@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button {
 // SELECTS
 select {
     @include appearanceNone();
-    @include themedSelect();
+    background-color: $colorSelectBg;
+    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='10'%3e%3cpath fill='%23#{svgColorFromHex($colorSelectArw)}' d='M5 5l5-5H0z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
+    color: $colorSelectFg;
+    box-shadow: $shdwSelect;
     background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat;
     background-position: right .4em top 80%, 0 0;
     border: none;

src/styles-new/_legacy-plots.scss

@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ mct-plot {
             height: auto;
         }
 
-        &.gl-plot-y-label,
+        &.gl-plot-y-label {
-        &.l-plot-y-label {
             $x: -50%;
             $r: -90deg;
             transform-origin: 50% 0;
@@ -172,6 +171,12 @@ mct-plot {
             left: 0;
             top: 50%;
             white-space: nowrap;
+
+            select {
+                background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='10'%3e%3cpath fill='%23#{svgColorFromHex($colorSelectArw)}' d='M0 5l5 5V0L0 5z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
+                background-position: left .4em top 50%, 0 0;
+                padding: 1px $interiorMargin 1px 20px;
+            }
         }
     }
 

src/styles-new/_mixins.scss

@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@
     }
 }
 
+@function svgColorFromHex($hexColor) {
+    // Remove initial # in color value
+    @return str-slice(inspect($hexColor), 2, str-length(inspect($hexColor)));
+}
+
 @mixin test($c: deeppink, $a: 0.3) {
     background: rgba($c, $a) !important;
     background-color: rgba($c, $a) !important;

src/ui/components/ObjectFrame.vue

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
             class="c-so-view__object-view"
             ref="objectView"
             :object="domainObject"
-            :show-edit-view="showEditView">
+            :show-edit-view="showEditView"
+            :object-path="objectPath">
         </object-view>
     </div>
 </template>

src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export default {
     props: {
         view: String,
         object: Object,
-        showEditView: Boolean
+        showEditView: Boolean,
+        objectPath: Array
     },
     destroyed() {
         this.clear();
@@ -91,17 +92,19 @@ export default {
                 return;
             }
 
+            let objectPath = this.currentObjectPath || this.objectPath;
+
             if (provider.edit && this.showEditView) {
                 if (this.openmct.editor.isEditing()) {
-                    this.currentView = provider.edit(this.currentObject);
+                    this.currentView = provider.edit(this.currentObject, true, objectPath);
                 } else {
-                    this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject, false);    
+                    this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject, false, objectPath);    
                 }
 
                 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());
+                this.currentView = provider.view(this.currentObject, this.openmct.editor.isEditing(), objectPath);
 
                 if (this.currentView.onEditModeChange) {
                     this.openmct.editor.on('isEditing', this.invokeEditModeHandler);
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ export default {
 
             this.openmct.objectViews.on('clearData', this.clearData);
         },
-        show(object, viewKey, immediatelySelect) {
+        show(object, viewKey, immediatelySelect, currentObjectPath) {
             if (this.unlisten) {
                 this.unlisten();
             }
@@ -132,6 +135,11 @@ export default {
             }
 
             this.currentObject = object;
+
+            if (currentObjectPath) {
+                this.currentObjectPath = currentObjectPath;
+            }
+
             this.unlisten = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.currentObject, '*', (mutatedObject) => {
                 this.currentObject = mutatedObject;
             });

src/ui/layout/BrowseBar.vue

@@ -19,28 +19,11 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="l-browse-bar__end">
-            <div class="l-browse-bar__view-switcher c-ctrl-wrapper c-ctrl-wrapper--menus-left"
+            <view-switcher
-                 v-if="views.length > 1">
+                :currentView="currentView"
-                <button class="c-button--menu"
+                :views="views"
-                     :class="currentView.cssClass"
+                @setView="setView">
-                     title="Switch view type"
+            </view-switcher>
-                     @click.stop="toggleViewMenu">
-                    <span class="c-button__label">
-                          {{ currentView.name }}
-                    </span>
-                </button>
-                <div class="c-menu" v-show="showViewMenu">
-                    <ul>
-                        <li v-for="(view, index) in views"
-                            @click="setView(view)"
-                            :key="index"
-                            :class="view.cssClass"
-                            :title="view.name">
-                            {{ view.name }}
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                </div>
-            </div>
             <!-- Action buttons -->
             <div class="l-browse-bar__actions">
                 <button v-if="notebookEnabled" 
@@ -77,14 +60,15 @@
 
 <script>
 import NotebookSnapshot from '../utils/notebook-snapshot';
+import ViewSwitcher from './ViewSwitcher.vue';
 const PLACEHOLDER_OBJECT = {};
 
     export default {
         inject: ['openmct'],
+        components: {
+            ViewSwitcher
+        },
         methods: {
-            toggleViewMenu() {
-                this.showViewMenu = !this.showViewMenu;
-            },
             toggleSaveMenu() {
                 this.showSaveMenu = !this.showSaveMenu;
             },

src/ui/layout/ViewSwitcher.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<template>
+    <div class="l-browse-bar__view-switcher c-ctrl-wrapper c-ctrl-wrapper--menus-left"
+            v-if="views.length > 1">
+        <button class="c-button--menu"
+                :class="currentView.cssClass"
+                title="Switch view type"
+                @click.stop="toggleViewMenu">
+            <span class="c-button__label">
+                    {{ currentView.name }}
+            </span>
+        </button>
+        <div class="c-menu" v-show="showViewMenu">
+            <ul>
+                <li v-for="(view, index) in views"
+                    @click="setView(view)"
+                    :key="index"
+                    :class="view.cssClass"
+                    :title="view.name">
+                    {{ view.name }}
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+    props: [
+        'currentView',
+        'views'
+    ],
+    data() {
+        return {
+            showViewMenu: false
+        }
+    },
+    methods: {
+        setView(view) {
+            this.$emit('setView', view);
+        },
+        toggleViewMenu() {
+            this.showViewMenu = !this.showViewMenu;
+        },
+        hideViewMenu() {
+            this.showViewMenu = false;
+        }
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        document.addEventListener('click', this.hideViewMenu);
+    },
+    destroyed() {
+        document.removeEventListener('click', this.hideViewMenu);
+    }
+}
+</script>

src/ui/preview/Preview.vue

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
             </div>
             <div class="l-browse-bar__end">
                 <div class="l-browse-bar__actions">
+                    <view-switcher
+                        :views="views"
+                        :currentView="currentView"
+                        @setView="setView">
+                    </view-switcher>
                     <button v-if="notebookEnabled"
                         class="l-browse-bar__actions__edit c-button icon-notebook" 
                         title="New Notebook entry" 
@@ -80,20 +85,52 @@
 
  <script>
     import ContextMenuDropDown from '../../ui/components/contextMenuDropDown.vue';
+    import ViewSwitcher from '../../ui/layout/ViewSwitcher.vue';
     import NotebookSnapshot from '../utils/notebook-snapshot';
 
     export default {
         components: {
-            ContextMenuDropDown
+            ContextMenuDropDown,
+            ViewSwitcher
         },
         inject: [
             'openmct',
             'objectPath'
         ],
+        computed: {
+            views() {
+                return this
+                    .openmct
+                    .objectViews
+                    .get(this.domainObject);
+            },
+            currentView() {
+                return this.views.filter(v => v.key === this.viewKey)[0] || {};
+            }
+        },
         methods: {
             snapshot() {
                 let element = document.getElementsByClassName("l-preview-window__object-view")[0];
                 this.notebookSnapshot.capture(this.domainObject, element);
+            },
+            clear() {
+                if (this.view) {
+                    this.view.destroy();
+                    this.$refs.objectView.innerHTML = '';
+                }
+                delete this.view;
+                delete this.viewContainer;
+            },
+            setView(view) {
+                this.clear();
+            
+                this.viewKey = view.key;
+                this.viewContainer = document.createElement('div');
+                this.viewContainer.classList.add('c-object-view','u-contents');
+                this.$refs.objectView.append(this.viewContainer);
+
+                this.view = this.currentView.view(this.domainObject, false, this.objectPath);
+                this.view.show(this.viewContainer, false);
             }
         },
         data() {
@@ -103,13 +140,13 @@
             return {
                 domainObject: domainObject,
                 type: type,
-                notebookEnabled: false
+                notebookEnabled: false,
+                viewKey: undefined
             };
         },
         mounted() {
-            let viewProvider = this.openmct.objectViews.get(this.domainObject)[0];
+            let view = this.openmct.objectViews.get(this.domainObject)[0];
-            this.view = viewProvider.view(this.domainObject);
+            this.setView(view);
-            this.view.show(this.$refs.objectView, false);
 
             if (this.openmct.types.get('notebook')) {
                 this.notebookSnapshot = new NotebookSnapshot(this.openmct);

src/ui/preview/PreviewAction.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default class PreviewAction {
          * Metadata
          */
         this.name = 'Preview';
+        this.key = 'preview';
         this.description = 'Preview in large dialog';
         this.cssClass = 'icon-eye-open';
 

src/ui/preview/ViewHistoricalDataAction.js

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+import PreviewAction from './PreviewAction';
+
+export default class ViewHistoricalDataAction extends PreviewAction {
+    constructor(openmct) {
+        super(openmct);
+
+        this.name = 'View Historical Data';
+        this.key = 'viewHistoricalData';
+        this.description = 'View Historical Data in a Table or Plot';
+        this.cssClass = 'icon-eye-open';
+        this.hideInDefaultMenu = true;
+    }
+}

src/ui/preview/plugin.js

@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
 import PreviewAction from './PreviewAction.js';
+import ViewHistoricalDataAction from './ViewHistoricalDataAction';
 
 export default function () {
     return function (openmct) {
         openmct.contextMenu.registerAction(new PreviewAction(openmct));
-    }
+        openmct.contextMenu.registerAction(new ViewHistoricalDataAction(openmct));
+    };
 }

src/ui/registries/ViewRegistry.js

@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ define(['EventEmitter'], function (EventEmitter) {
     /**
      * Provide a view of this object.
      *
-     * When called by Open MCT, this may include additional arguments
+     * When called by Open MCT, the following arguments will be passed to it:
-     * which are on the path to the object to be viewed; for instance,
+     * @param {object} domainObject - the domainObject that the view is provided for
-     * when viewing "A Folder" within "My Items", this method will be
+     * @param {boolean} isEditing - A boolean value indicating wether openmct is in a global edit mode
-     * invoked with "A Folder" (as a domain object) as the first argument,
+     * @param {array} objectPath - The current contextual object path of the view object
-     * and "My Items" as the second argument.
+     *                             eg current domainObject is located under MyItems which is under Root
      *
      * @method view
      * @memberof module:openmct.ViewProvider#

src/ui/router/Browse.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ define([
         let navigateCall = 0;
         let browseObject;
         let unobserve = undefined;
+        let currentObjectPath;
 
         openmct.router.route(/^\/browse\/?$/, navigateToFirstChildOfRoot);
 
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ define([
         });
 
         function viewObject(object, viewProvider) {
-            openmct.layout.$refs.browseObject.show(object, viewProvider.key, true);
+            currentObjectPath = openmct.router.path;
+
+            openmct.layout.$refs.browseObject.show(object, viewProvider.key, true, currentObjectPath);
             openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.domainObject = object;
             openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.viewKey = viewProvider.key;
         }