diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/BrowseController.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/BrowseController.js
index 50f1da936c..180fd8102e 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/BrowseController.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/BrowseController.js
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ define(
                     $route.current = priorRoute;
                     unlisten();
                 });
-                // urlService.urlFor used to adjust current
+                // urlService.urlForLocation used to adjust current
                 // path to new, addressed, path based on
                 // domainObject
-                $location.path(urlService.urlFor("browse", domainObject));
+                $location.path(urlService.urlForLocation("browse", domainObject));
+                
             }
 
             // Callback for updating the in-scope reference to the object
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/services/UrlService.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/services/UrlService.js
index e8b05c27be..b4c145c5dc 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/services/UrlService.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/services/UrlService.js
@@ -39,34 +39,53 @@ define(
             // is returned. The view is defaulted to
             // the current location's (current object's)
             // view set.
-            function urlFor(mode, domainObject) {
+            function urlForLocation(mode, domainObject) {
                 var context = domainObject &&
                         domainObject.getCapability('context'),
                     objectPath = context ? context.getPath() : [],
                     ids = objectPath.map(function (domainObject) {
                         return domainObject.getId();
                     }),
-                    viewPath = "?view=" + $location.search().view,
                     // Parses the path together. Starts with the 
                     // default index.html file, then the mode passed
                     // into the service, followed by ids in the url
                     // joined by '/', and lastly the view path from
                     // the current location
-                    path = "index.html#/" + mode + "/" +
-                        ids.slice(1).join("/") + viewPath;
-                
+                    path = "/" + mode + "/" +
+                        ids.slice(1).join("/");
                 return path;
             }
             
+            // Uses the Url for the current location
+            // from the urlForLocation function and
+            // includes the view and the index path
+            function urlForNewTab(mode, domainObject) {
+                var viewPath = "?view=" + $location.search().view,
+                    newTabPath = "index.html#" +
+                        urlForLocation(mode, domainObject) + viewPath;
+                return newTabPath;
+            }
+            
             return {
                /**
                  * Returns the Url path for a specific domain object
+                 * without the index.html path and the view path
                  * @param {value} value of the browse or edit mode 
                  *        for the path
                  * @param {DomainObject} value of the domain object 
                  *        to get the path of
                  */
-                urlFor: urlFor
+                urlForNewTab: urlForNewTab,
+               /**
+                 * Returns the Url path for a specific domain object
+                 * including the index.html path and the view path
+                 * allowing a new tab to hold the correct characteristics
+                 * @param {value} value of the browse or edit mode 
+                 *        for the path
+                 * @param {DomainObject} value of the domain object 
+                 *        to get the path of
+                 */
+                urlForLocation: urlForLocation
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
index 2437cff41f..8616a89711 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ define(
                 // (browse) and the domainObject is passed in and
                 // the path is returned and opened in a new tab
                 perform: function () {
-                    $window.open(urlService.urlFor("browse", getSelectedObject()),
+                    $window.open(urlService.urlForNewTab("browse", getSelectedObject()),
                                 "_blank");
                 }
             };