DashboardScene: Get rid of panel edit route (#80605)

* Wip: get rod of panel edit route

* Cleanup unused code

* Test update

* Simplify url sync for inspect and vie/edit panel

* Update navigating back to dashboard from edit panel

* DashboardScene:  Panel inspect improvements (#80655)

Improve inspect, andle view pane end edit mode inspection

* Url sync fixes

* Test update

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/PanelInspectDrawer.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import { Alert, Drawer, Tab, TabsBar } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getDataSourceWithInspector } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/hooks';
 import { supportsDataQuery } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/utils';
 
+import { getDashboardUrl } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
+import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../utils/utils';
+
 import { InspectDataTab } from './InspectDataTab';
 import { InspectJsonTab } from './InspectJsonTab';
 import { InspectMetaDataTab } from './InspectMetaDataTab';
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ import { SceneInspectTab } from './types';
 
 interface PanelInspectDrawerState extends SceneObjectState {
   tabs?: SceneInspectTab[];
-  panelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
+  panelRef?: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
   pluginNotLoaded?: boolean;
   canEdit?: boolean;
 }
@@ -47,8 +50,7 @@ export class PanelInspectDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<PanelInspectDrawerState>
    */
   async buildTabs(retry: number) {
     const panelRef = this.state.panelRef;
-    const panel = panelRef.resolve();
-    const plugin = panel.getPlugin();
+    const plugin = panelRef?.resolve()?.getPlugin();
     const tabs: SceneInspectTab[] = [];
 
     if (!plugin) {
@@ -59,31 +61,46 @@ export class PanelInspectDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<PanelInspectDrawerState>
       }
     }
 
-    if (supportsDataQuery(plugin)) {
-      const data = sceneGraph.getData(panel);
+    if (panelRef) {
+      if (supportsDataQuery(plugin)) {
+        const data = sceneGraph.getData(panelRef.resolve());
 
-      tabs.push(new InspectDataTab({ panelRef }));
-      tabs.push(new InspectStatsTab({ panelRef }));
-      tabs.push(new InspectQueryTab({ panelRef }));
+        tabs.push(new InspectDataTab({ panelRef }));
+        tabs.push(new InspectStatsTab({ panelRef }));
+        tabs.push(new InspectQueryTab({ panelRef }));
 
-      const dsWithInspector = await getDataSourceWithInspector(data.state.data);
-      if (dsWithInspector) {
-        tabs.push(new InspectMetaDataTab({ panelRef, dataSource: dsWithInspector }));
+        const dsWithInspector = await getDataSourceWithInspector(data.state.data);
+        if (dsWithInspector) {
+          tabs.push(new InspectMetaDataTab({ panelRef, dataSource: dsWithInspector }));
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    tabs.push(new InspectJsonTab({ panelRef, onClose: this.onClose }));
+      tabs.push(new InspectJsonTab({ panelRef, onClose: this.onClose }));
+    }
 
     this.setState({ tabs });
   }
 
   getDrawerTitle() {
-    const panel = this.state.panelRef.resolve();
-    return sceneGraph.interpolate(panel, `Inspect: ${panel.state.title}`);
+    const panel = this.state.panelRef?.resolve();
+    if (panel) {
+      return sceneGraph.interpolate(panel, `Inspect: ${panel.state.title}`);
+    }
+    return `Inspect panel`;
   }
 
   onClose = () => {
-    locationService.partial({ inspect: null, inspectTab: null });
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+    locationService.push(
+      getDashboardUrl({
+        uid: dashboard.state.uid,
+        currentQueryParams: locationService.getLocation().search,
+        updateQuery: {
+          inspect: null,
+          inspectTab: null,
+        },
+      })
+    );
   };
 }
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import { buildNavModel } from 'app/features/folders/state/navModel';
 import { store } from 'app/store/store';
 import { DashboardDTO, DashboardMeta, DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types';
 
-import { buildPanelEditScene, PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
+import { PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { transformSaveModelToScene } from '../serialization/transformSaveModelToScene';
-import { getVizPanelKeyForPanelId, findVizPanelByKey } from '../utils/utils';
 
 export interface DashboardScenePageState {
   dashboard?: DashboardScene;
@@ -96,25 +95,6 @@ export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardSc
     }
   }
 
-  public async loadPanelEdit(uid: string, panelId: string) {
-    try {
-      const dashboard = await this.loadScene(uid);
-      const panel = findVizPanelByKey(dashboard, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(parseInt(panelId, 10)));
-
-      if (!panel) {
-        this.setState({ isLoading: false, loadError: 'Panel not found' });
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const panelEditor = buildPanelEditScene(dashboard, panel);
-      panelEditor.startUrlSync();
-
-      this.setState({ isLoading: false, panelEditor });
-    } catch (err) {
-      this.setState({ isLoading: false, loadError: String(err) });
-    }
-  }
-
   private async loadScene(uid: string): Promise<DashboardScene> {
     const fromCache = this.cache[uid];
     if (fromCache) {

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/PanelEditPage.tsx

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Libraries
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-
-import { PageLayoutType } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
-import PageLoader from 'app/core/components/PageLoader/PageLoader';
-import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
-
-import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from './DashboardScenePageStateManager';
-
-export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ uid: string; panelId: string }> {}
-
-export function PanelEditPage({ match }: Props) {
-  const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
-  const { panelEditor, isLoading, loadError } = stateManager.useState();
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    stateManager.loadPanelEdit(match.params.uid, match.params.panelId);
-    return () => {
-      stateManager.clearState();
-    };
-  }, [stateManager, match.params.uid, match.params.panelId]);
-
-  if (!panelEditor) {
-    return (
-      <Page layout={PageLayoutType.Canvas}>
-        {isLoading && <PageLoader />}
-        {loadError && <h2>{loadError}</h2>}
-      </Page>
-    );
-  }
-
-  return <panelEditor.Component model={panelEditor} />;
-}
-
-export default PanelEditPage;

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as H from 'history';
 import { NavIndex } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
-  getUrlSyncManager,
   SceneFlexItem,
   SceneFlexLayout,
   SceneGridItem,
@@ -11,19 +10,20 @@ import {
   SceneObjectBase,
   SceneObjectRef,
   SceneObjectState,
-  sceneUtils,
   SplitLayout,
   VizPanel,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
 
-import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
-import { DashboardModelCompatibilityWrapper } from '../utils/DashboardModelCompatibilityWrapper';
 import { getDashboardUrl } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
+import {
+  findVizPanelByKey,
+  getDashboardSceneFor,
+  getPanelIdForVizPanel,
+  getVizPanelKeyForPanelId,
+} from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { PanelDataPane } from './PanelDataPane/PanelDataPane';
 import { PanelEditorRenderer } from './PanelEditorRenderer';
-import { PanelEditorUrlSync } from './PanelEditorUrlSync';
 import { PanelOptionsPane } from './PanelOptionsPane';
 import { VizPanelManager } from './VizPanelManager';
 
@@ -31,49 +31,26 @@ export interface PanelEditorState extends SceneObjectState {
   body: SceneObject;
   controls?: SceneObject[];
   isDirty?: boolean;
-  /** Panel to inspect */
-  inspectPanelKey?: string;
-  /** Scene object that handles the current drawer */
-  overlay?: SceneObject;
-
-  dashboardRef: SceneObjectRef<DashboardScene>;
-  sourcePanelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
+  panelId: number;
   panelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanelManager>;
 }
 
 export class PanelEditor extends SceneObjectBase<PanelEditorState> {
   static Component = PanelEditorRenderer;
 
-  /**
-   * Handles url sync
-   */
-  protected _urlSync = new PanelEditorUrlSync(this);
-
   public constructor(state: PanelEditorState) {
     super(state);
-
-    this.addActivationHandler(() => this._activationHandler());
   }
-
-  private _activationHandler() {
-    const oldDashboardWrapper = new DashboardModelCompatibilityWrapper(this.state.dashboardRef.resolve());
-    // @ts-expect-error
-    getDashboardSrv().setCurrent(oldDashboardWrapper);
-
-    // Deactivation logic
-    return () => {
-      getUrlSyncManager().cleanUp(this);
-    };
-  }
-
-  public startUrlSync() {
-    getUrlSyncManager().initSync(this);
+  public getUrlKey() {
+    return this.state.panelId.toString();
   }
 
   public getPageNav(location: H.Location, navIndex: NavIndex) {
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+
     return {
       text: 'Edit panel',
-      parentItem: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().getPageNav(location, navIndex),
+      parentItem: dashboard.getPageNav(location, navIndex),
     };
   }
 
@@ -95,8 +72,8 @@ export class PanelEditor extends SceneObjectBase<PanelEditorState> {
   };
 
   private _commitChanges() {
-    const dashboard = this.state.dashboardRef.resolve();
-    const sourcePanel = this.state.sourcePanelRef.resolve();
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+    const sourcePanel = findVizPanelByKey(dashboard.state.body, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(this.state.panelId));
 
     if (!dashboard.state.isEditing) {
       dashboard.onEnterEditMode();
@@ -104,41 +81,38 @@ export class PanelEditor extends SceneObjectBase<PanelEditorState> {
 
     const panelMngr = this.state.panelRef.resolve();
 
-    if (sourcePanel.parent instanceof SceneGridItem) {
-      sourcePanel.parent.setState({ body: panelMngr.state.panel.clone() });
+    if (sourcePanel!.parent instanceof SceneGridItem) {
+      sourcePanel!.parent.setState({ body: panelMngr.state.panel.clone() });
     }
 
-    // preserve time range and variables state
     dashboard.setState({
-      $timeRange: this.state.$timeRange?.clone(),
-      $variables: this.state.$variables?.clone(),
       isDirty: true,
     });
   }
 
   private _navigateBackToDashboard() {
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
     locationService.push(
       getDashboardUrl({
-        uid: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().state.uid,
+        uid: dashboard.state.uid,
         currentQueryParams: locationService.getLocation().search,
+        updateQuery: {
+          editPanel: null,
+          // Clean the PanelEditor data pane tab query param
+          tab: null,
+        },
       })
     );
   }
 }
 
-export function buildPanelEditScene(dashboard: DashboardScene, panel: VizPanel): PanelEditor {
+export function buildPanelEditScene(panel: VizPanel): PanelEditor {
   const panelClone = panel.clone();
-
   const vizPanelMgr = new VizPanelManager(panelClone);
-  const dashboardStateCloned = sceneUtils.cloneSceneObjectState(dashboard.state);
 
   return new PanelEditor({
-    dashboardRef: dashboard.getRef(),
-    sourcePanelRef: panel.getRef(),
+    panelId: getPanelIdForVizPanel(panel),
     panelRef: vizPanelMgr.getRef(),
-    controls: dashboardStateCloned.controls,
-    $variables: dashboardStateCloned.$variables,
-    $timeRange: dashboardStateCloned.$timeRange,
     body: new SplitLayout({
       direction: 'row',
       primary: new SplitLayout({

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorRenderer.tsx

@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
-import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2, PageLayoutType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneComponentProps } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Button, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { AppChromeUpdate } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate';
 import { NavToolbarSeparator } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/NavToolbar/NavToolbarSeparator';
-import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
-import { useSelector } from 'app/types/store';
+
+import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { PanelEditor } from './PanelEditor';
 
 export function PanelEditorRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<PanelEditor>) {
-  const { body, controls, overlay } = model.useState();
+  const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(model);
+  const { body } = model.useState();
+  const { controls } = dashboard.useState();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const location = useLocation();
-  const navIndex = useSelector((state) => state.navIndex);
-  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location, navIndex);
 
   return (
-    <Page navId="scenes" pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
+    <>
       <AppChromeUpdate actions={getToolbarActions(model)} />
       <div className={styles.canvasContent}>
         {controls && (
@@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ export function PanelEditorRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<PanelEditor>)
           <body.Component model={body} />
         </div>
       </div>
-      {overlay && <overlay.Component model={overlay} />}
-    </Page>
+    </>
   );
 }
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorUrlSync.ts

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
-import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler, SceneObjectUrlValues } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
-
-import { PanelInspectDrawer } from '../inspect/PanelInspectDrawer';
-import { findVizPanelByKey } from '../utils/utils';
-
-import { PanelEditor, PanelEditorState } from './PanelEditor';
-
-export class PanelEditorUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
-  constructor(private _scene: PanelEditor) {}
-
-  getKeys(): string[] {
-    return ['inspect'];
-  }
-
-  getUrlState(): SceneObjectUrlValues {
-    const state = this._scene.state;
-    return {
-      inspect: state.inspectPanelKey,
-    };
-  }
-
-  updateFromUrl(values: SceneObjectUrlValues): void {
-    const { inspectPanelKey } = this._scene.state;
-    const update: Partial<PanelEditorState> = {};
-
-    // Handle inspect object state
-    if (typeof values.inspect === 'string') {
-      const panel = findVizPanelByKey(this._scene, values.inspect);
-      if (!panel) {
-        appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Panel not found']);
-        locationService.partial({ inspect: null });
-        return;
-      }
-
-      update.inspectPanelKey = values.inspect;
-      update.overlay = new PanelInspectDrawer({ panelRef: panel.getRef() });
-    } else if (inspectPanelKey) {
-      update.inspectPanelKey = undefined;
-      update.overlay = undefined;
-    }
-
-    if (Object.keys(update).length > 0) {
-      this._scene.setState(update);
-    }
-  }
-}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/VizPanelManager.test.tsx

@@ -540,10 +540,11 @@ describe('VizPanelManager', () => {
     describe('dashboard queries', () => {
       it('should update queries', () => {
         const { scene, panel } = setupTest('panel-3');
+        scene.setState({
+          editPanel: buildPanelEditScene(panel),
+        });
 
-        const panelEditScene = buildPanelEditScene(scene, panel);
-
-        const vizPanelManager = panelEditScene.state.panelRef.resolve();
+        const vizPanelManager = scene.state.editPanel!.state.panelRef.resolve();
         vizPanelManager.activate();
         vizPanelManager.state.panel.state.$data?.activate();
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as H from 'history';
 import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { CoreApp, DataQueryRequest, NavIndex, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, DataQueryRequest, NavIndex, NavModelItem, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   getUrlSyncManager,
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
 import { VariablesChanged } from 'app/features/variables/types';
 import { DashboardMeta } from 'app/types';
 
+import { PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { DashboardSceneRenderer } from '../scene/DashboardSceneRenderer';
 import { SaveDashboardDrawer } from '../serialization/SaveDashboardDrawer';
 import { DashboardEditView } from '../settings/utils';
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ export interface DashboardSceneState extends SceneObjectState {
   viewPanelScene?: ViewPanelScene;
   /** Edit view */
   editview?: DashboardEditView;
+  /** Edit panel */
+  editPanel?: PanelEditor;
+
   /** Scene object that handles the current drawer or modal */
   overlay?: SceneObject;
 }
@@ -169,8 +173,21 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
     this.stopTrackingChanges();
     // Stop url sync before updating url
     this.stopUrlSync();
-    // Now we can update url
-    locationService.replace({ pathname: this._initialUrlState?.pathname, search: this._initialUrlState?.search });
+
+    // Now we can update urls
+    // We are updating url and removing editview and editPanel.
+    // The initial url may be including edit view, edit panel or inspect query params if the user pasted the url,
+    // hence we need to cleanup those query params to get back to the dashboard view. Otherwise url sync can trigger overlays.
+    locationService.replace(
+      locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(this._initialUrlState!, {
+        editPanel: null,
+        editview: null,
+        inspect: null,
+        inspectTab: null,
+      })
+    );
+
+    // locationService.replace({ pathname: this._initialUrlState?.pathname, search: this._initialUrlState?.search });
     // Update state and disable editing
     this.setState({ ...this._initialState, isEditing: false });
     // and start url sync again
@@ -188,14 +205,14 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
   };
 
   public getPageNav(location: H.Location, navIndex: NavIndex) {
-    const { meta, viewPanelScene } = this.state;
+    const { meta, viewPanelScene, editPanel } = this.state;
 
     let pageNav: NavModelItem = {
       text: this.state.title,
       url: getDashboardUrl({
         uid: this.state.uid,
         currentQueryParams: location.search,
-        updateQuery: { viewPanel: null, inspect: null, editview: null },
+        updateQuery: { viewPanel: null, inspect: null, editview: null, editPanel: null, tab: null },
       }),
     };
 
@@ -220,6 +237,13 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
       };
     }
 
+    if (editPanel) {
+      pageNav = {
+        text: 'Edit panel',
+        parentItem: pageNav,
+      };
+    }
+
     return pageNav;
   }
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneRenderer.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
 import { NavToolbarActions } from './NavToolbarActions';
 
 export function DashboardSceneRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardScene>) {
-  const { controls, overlay, editview } = model.useState();
+  const { controls, overlay, editview, editPanel } = model.useState();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const location = useLocation();
   const navIndex = useSelector((state) => state.navIndex);
@@ -27,23 +27,26 @@ export function DashboardSceneRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardS
 
   return (
     <Page navModel={navModel} pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
-      <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin={'100%'}>
-        <div className={styles.canvasContent}>
-          <NavToolbarActions dashboard={model} />
+      {editPanel && <editPanel.Component model={editPanel} />}
+      {!editPanel && (
+        <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin={'100%'}>
+          <div className={styles.canvasContent}>
+            <NavToolbarActions dashboard={model} />
 
-          {controls && (
-            <div className={styles.controls}>
-              {controls.map((control) => (
-                <control.Component key={control.state.key} model={control} />
-              ))}
-              <SceneDebugger scene={model} key={'scene-debugger'} />
+            {controls && (
+              <div className={styles.controls}>
+                {controls.map((control) => (
+                  <control.Component key={control.state.key} model={control} />
+                ))}
+                <SceneDebugger scene={model} key={'scene-debugger'} />
+              </div>
+            )}
+            <div className={cx(styles.body)}>
+              <bodyToRender.Component model={bodyToRender} />
             </div>
-          )}
-          <div className={cx(styles.body)}>
-            <bodyToRender.Component model={bodyToRender} />
           </div>
-        </div>
-      </CustomScrollbar>
+        </CustomScrollbar>
+      )}
       {overlay && <overlay.Component model={overlay} />}
     </Page>
   );

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler, SceneObjectUrlValues } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState, SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler, SceneObjectUrlValues } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 
 import { PanelInspectDrawer } from '../inspect/PanelInspectDrawer';
+import { buildPanelEditScene } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { createDashboardEditViewFor } from '../settings/utils';
-import { findVizPanelByKey, isPanelClone } from '../utils/utils';
+import { findVizPanelByKey, getDashboardSceneFor, isPanelClone } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardScene, DashboardSceneState } from './DashboardScene';
 import { ViewPanelScene } from './ViewPanelScene';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
   constructor(private _scene: DashboardScene) {}
 
   getKeys(): string[] {
-    return ['inspect', 'viewPanel', 'editview'];
+    return ['inspect', 'viewPanel', 'editPanel', 'editview'];
   }
 
   getUrlState(): SceneObjectUrlValues {
@@ -28,11 +29,12 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
       inspect: state.inspectPanelKey,
       viewPanel: state.viewPanelScene?.getUrlKey(),
       editview: state.editview?.getUrlKey(),
+      editPanel: state.editPanel?.getUrlKey() || undefined,
     };
   }
 
   updateFromUrl(values: SceneObjectUrlValues): void {
-    const { inspectPanelKey, viewPanelScene, meta, isEditing } = this._scene.state;
+    const { inspectPanelKey, viewPanelScene, meta, isEditing, editPanel } = this._scene.state;
     const update: Partial<DashboardSceneState> = {};
 
     if (typeof values.editview === 'string' && meta.canEdit) {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
 
     // Handle inspect object state
     if (typeof values.inspect === 'string') {
-      const panel = findVizPanelByKey(this._scene, values.inspect);
+      let panel = findVizPanelByKey(this._scene, values.inspect);
       if (!panel) {
         appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Panel not found']);
         locationService.partial({ inspect: null });
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
       }
 
       update.inspectPanelKey = values.inspect;
-      update.overlay = new PanelInspectDrawer({ panelRef: panel.getRef() });
+      update.overlay = new PanelInspectDrawer({
+        $behaviors: [new ResolveInspectPanelByKey({ panelKey: values.inspect })],
+      });
     } else if (inspectPanelKey) {
       update.inspectPanelKey = undefined;
       update.overlay = undefined;
@@ -80,10 +84,26 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
       }
 
       update.viewPanelScene = new ViewPanelScene({ panelRef: panel.getRef() });
-    } else if (viewPanelScene) {
+    } else if (viewPanelScene && values.viewPanel === null) {
       update.viewPanelScene = undefined;
     }
 
+    // Handle edit panel state
+    if (typeof values.editPanel === 'string') {
+      const panel = findVizPanelByKey(this._scene, values.editPanel);
+      if (!panel) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // If we are not in editing (for example after full page reload)
+      if (!isEditing) {
+        this._scene.onEnterEditMode();
+      }
+      update.editPanel = buildPanelEditScene(panel);
+    } else if (editPanel && values.editPanel === null) {
+      update.editPanel = undefined;
+    }
+
     if (Object.keys(update).length > 0) {
       this._scene.setState(update);
     }
@@ -101,3 +121,41 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
     }
   }
 }
+
+interface ResolveInspectPanelByKeyState extends SceneObjectState {
+  panelKey: string;
+}
+
+class ResolveInspectPanelByKey extends SceneObjectBase<ResolveInspectPanelByKeyState> {
+  constructor(state: ResolveInspectPanelByKeyState) {
+    super(state);
+    this.addActivationHandler(this._onActivate);
+  }
+
+  private _onActivate = () => {
+    const parent = this.parent;
+
+    if (!parent || !(parent instanceof PanelInspectDrawer)) {
+      throw new Error('ResolveInspectPanelByKey must be attached to a PanelInspectDrawer');
+    }
+
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(parent);
+    if (!dashboard) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const panelId = this.state.panelKey;
+    let panel = findVizPanelByKey(dashboard, panelId);
+
+    if (dashboard.state.editPanel) {
+      panel = dashboard.state.editPanel.state.panelRef.resolve().state.panel;
+    }
+
+    if (dashboard.state.viewPanelScene && dashboard.state.viewPanelScene.state.body) {
+      panel = dashboard.state.viewPanelScene.state.body;
+    }
+
+    if (panel) {
+      parent.setState({ panelRef: panel.getRef() });
+    }
+  };
+}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.test.tsx

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('panelMenuBehavior', () => {
     // verify view panel url keeps url params and adds viewPanel=<panel-key>
     expect(menu.state.items?.[0].href).toBe('/d/dash-1?from=now-5m&to=now&viewPanel=panel-12');
     // verify edit url keeps url time range
-    expect(menu.state.items?.[1].href).toBe('/d/dash-1/panel-edit/12?from=now-5m&to=now');
+    expect(menu.state.items?.[1].href).toBe('/d/dash-1?from=now-5m&to=now&editPanel=12');
     // verify share
     expect(menu.state.items?.[2].text).toBe('Share');
     // verify explore url

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { addDataTrailPanelAction } from 'app/features/trails/dashboardIntegratio
 
 import { ShareModal } from '../sharing/ShareModal';
 import { DashboardInteractions } from '../utils/interactions';
-import { getDashboardUrl, getInspectUrl, getViewPanelUrl, tryGetExploreUrlForPanel } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
+import { getEditPanelUrl, getInspectUrl, getViewPanelUrl, tryGetExploreUrlForPanel } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
 import { getPanelIdForVizPanel, getQueryRunnerFor } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export function panelMenuBehavior(menu: VizPanelMenu) {
     const panel = menu.parent as VizPanel;
     const plugin = panel.getPlugin();
 
-    const location = locationService.getLocation();
     const items: PanelMenuItem[] = [];
     const moreSubMenu: PanelMenuItem[] = [];
     const inspectSubMenu: PanelMenuItem[] = [];
@@ -57,12 +56,8 @@ export function panelMenuBehavior(menu: VizPanelMenu) {
           text: t('panel.header-menu.edit', `Edit`),
           iconClassName: 'eye',
           shortcut: 'e',
-          onClick: () => () => DashboardInteractions.panelMenuItemClicked('edit'),
-          href: getDashboardUrl({
-            uid: dashboard.state.uid,
-            subPath: `/panel-edit/${panelId}`,
-            currentQueryParams: location.search,
-          }),
+          onClick: () => DashboardInteractions.panelMenuItemClicked('edit'),
+          href: getEditPanelUrl(panelId),
         });
       }
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/keyboardShortcuts.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { KeybindingSet } from 'app/core/services/KeybindingSet';
 
 import { ShareModal } from '../sharing/ShareModal';
 import { dashboardSceneGraph } from '../utils/dashboardSceneGraph';
-import { getDashboardUrl, getInspectUrl, getViewPanelUrl, tryGetExploreUrlForPanel } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
+import { getEditPanelUrl, getInspectUrl, getViewPanelUrl, tryGetExploreUrlForPanel } from '../utils/urlBuilders';
 import { getPanelIdForVizPanel } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
@@ -30,13 +30,9 @@ export function setupKeyboardShortcuts(scene: DashboardScene) {
       const sceneRoot = vizPanel.getRoot();
       if (sceneRoot instanceof DashboardScene) {
         const panelId = getPanelIdForVizPanel(vizPanel);
-        locationService.push(
-          getDashboardUrl({
-            uid: sceneRoot.state.uid,
-            subPath: `/panel-edit/${panelId}`,
-            currentQueryParams: location.search,
-          })
-        );
+        if (!scene.state.editPanel) {
+          locationService.push(getEditPanelUrl(panelId));
+        }
       }
     }),
   });

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.ts

@@ -67,8 +67,14 @@ export function getViewPanelUrl(vizPanel: VizPanel) {
   return locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(locationService.getLocation(), { viewPanel: vizPanel.state.key });
 }
 
+export function getEditPanelUrl(panelId: number) {
+  return locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(locationService.getLocation(), { editPanel: panelId });
+}
+
 export function getInspectUrl(vizPanel: VizPanel, inspectTab?: InspectTab) {
-  return locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(locationService.getLocation(), { inspect: vizPanel.state.key, inspectTab });
+  const inspect = vizPanel.state.key?.replace('-view', '');
+
+  return locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(locationService.getLocation(), { inspect, inspectTab });
 }
 
 export function tryGetExploreUrlForPanel(vizPanel: VizPanel): Promise<string | undefined> {

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { initialIntervalVariableModelState } from 'app/features/variables/interval/reducer';
 
-import { PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 
 export function getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panelId: number) {
@@ -166,10 +165,6 @@ export function getQueryRunnerFor(sceneObject: SceneObject | undefined): SceneQu
 export function getDashboardSceneFor(sceneObject: SceneObject): DashboardScene {
   const root = sceneObject.getRoot();
 
-  if (root instanceof PanelEditor) {
-    return root.state.dashboardRef.resolve();
-  }
-
   if (root instanceof DashboardScene) {
     return root;
   }

public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   TestDataSourceResponse,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneDataProvider, SceneDataTransformer, SceneObject } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { PanelEditor } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import {
   findVizPanelByKey,
   getQueryRunnerFor,
@@ -84,13 +83,7 @@ export class DashboardDatasource extends DataSourceApi<DashboardQuery> {
   }
 
   private findSourcePanel(scene: SceneObject, panelId: number) {
-    let sceneToSearch = scene.getRoot();
-
-    if (sceneToSearch instanceof PanelEditor) {
-      sceneToSearch = sceneToSearch.state.dashboardRef.resolve();
-    }
-
-    return findVizPanelByKey(sceneToSearch, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panelId));
+    return findVizPanelByKey(scene, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panelId));
   }
 
   testDatasource(): Promise<TestDataSourceResponse> {

public/app/routes/routes.tsx

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
         () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPageProxy" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy')
       ),
     },
-    {
-      path: '/d/:uid/panel-edit/:panelId',
-      component: SafeDynamicImport(
-        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/PanelEditPage')
-      ),
-    },
     {
       path: '/d/:uid/:slug?',
       pageClass: 'page-dashboard',