DashboardScene: Panel edit route basics (#74081)

* DashboardScene: Panel edit route basics

* remove unused file

* Removed some comments

* Minor fix

* Update

* example of apply changes implementation

* SceneObjectRef: Testing scene object ref

* Rename to ref suffix

* Update

* Fix url sync in panel edit

* Update

* Update

* simplify logic when committing change

* remove import

* Another fix for committing change

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

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   SceneObject,
   sceneGraph,
   VizPanel,
+  SceneObjectRef,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Drawer, Tab, TabsBar } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { supportsDataQuery } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/utils';
@@ -21,39 +22,38 @@ import { InspectTabState } from './types';
 
 interface PanelInspectDrawerState extends SceneObjectState {
   tabs?: Array<SceneObject<InspectTabState>>;
+  panelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
 }
 
 export class PanelInspectDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<PanelInspectDrawerState> {
   static Component = PanelInspectRenderer;
 
-  // Not stored in state as this is just a reference and it never changes
-  private _panel: VizPanel;
+  constructor(state: PanelInspectDrawerState) {
+    super(state);
 
-  constructor(panel: VizPanel) {
-    super({});
-
-    this._panel = panel;
     this.buildTabs();
   }
 
   buildTabs() {
-    const plugin = this._panel.getPlugin();
+    const panel = this.state.panelRef.resolve();
+    const plugin = panel.getPlugin();
     const tabs: Array<SceneObject<InspectTabState>> = [];
 
     if (plugin) {
       if (supportsDataQuery(plugin)) {
-        tabs.push(new InspectDataTab(this._panel));
-        tabs.push(new InspectStatsTab(this._panel));
+        tabs.push(new InspectDataTab(panel));
+        tabs.push(new InspectStatsTab(panel));
       }
     }
 
-    tabs.push(new InspectJsonTab(this._panel));
+    tabs.push(new InspectJsonTab(panel));
 
     this.setState({ tabs });
   }
 
   getDrawerTitle() {
-    return sceneGraph.interpolate(this._panel, `Inspect: ${this._panel.state.title}`);
+    const panel = this.state.panelRef.resolve();
+    return sceneGraph.interpolate(panel, `Inspect: ${panel.state.title}`);
   }
 
   onClose = () => {

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

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ uid: string }> {}
 
 export function DashboardScenePage({ match }: Props) {
   const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
-  const { dashboard, isLoading } = stateManager.useState();
+  const { dashboard, isLoading, loadError } = stateManager.useState();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    stateManager.loadAndInit(match.params.uid);
+    stateManager.loadDashboard(match.params.uid);
+
     return () => {
       stateManager.clearState();
     };
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export function DashboardScenePage({ match }: Props) {
     return (
       <Page layout={PageLayoutType.Canvas}>
         {isLoading && <PageLoader />}
-        {!isLoading && <h2>Dashboard not found</h2>}
+        {loadError && <h2>{loadError}</h2>}
       </Page>
     );
   }

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

@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       const loadDashboardMock = setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
 
       expect(loadDashboardMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('db', '', 'fake-dash');
 
       // should use cache second time
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
       expect(loadDashboardMock.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
     });
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: undefined, meta: {} });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
 
       expect(loader.state.dashboard).toBeUndefined();
       expect(loader.state.isLoading).toBe(false);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
 
       expect(loader.state.dashboard?.state.uid).toBe('fake-dash');
       expect(loader.state.loadError).toBe(undefined);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
 
       expect(loader.state.dashboard).toBeInstanceOf(DashboardScene);
       expect(loader.state.isLoading).toBe(false);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       locationService.partial({ from: 'now-5m', to: 'now' });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
       const dash = loader.state.dashboard;
 
       expect(dash!.state.$timeRange?.state.from).toEqual('now-5m');
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
       // try loading again (and hitting cache)
       locationService.partial({ from: 'now-10m', to: 'now' });
 
-      await loader.loadAndInit('fake-dash');
+      await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
       const dash2 = loader.state.dashboard;
 
       expect(dash2!.state.$timeRange?.state.from).toEqual('now-10m');

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

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { StateManagerBase } from 'app/core/services/StateManagerBase';
 import { dashboardLoaderSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv';
 
+import { buildPanelEditScene, 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;
+  panelEditor?: PanelEditor;
   isLoading?: boolean;
   loadError?: string;
 }
@@ -13,13 +16,31 @@ export interface DashboardScenePageState {
 export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardScenePageState> {
   private cache: Record<string, DashboardScene> = {};
 
-  async loadAndInit(uid: string) {
+  public async loadDashboard(uid: string) {
     try {
-      const scene = await this.loadScene(uid);
-      scene.startUrlSync();
+      const dashboard = await this.loadScene(uid);
+      dashboard.startUrlSync();
 
-      this.cache[uid] = scene;
-      this.setState({ dashboard: scene, isLoading: false });
+      this.setState({ dashboard: dashboard, isLoading: false });
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.setState({ isLoading: false, loadError: String(err) });
+    }
+  }
+
+  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) });
     }
@@ -36,14 +57,16 @@ export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardSc
     const rsp = await dashboardLoaderSrv.loadDashboard('db', '', uid);
 
     if (rsp.dashboard) {
-      return transformSaveModelToScene(rsp);
+      const scene = transformSaveModelToScene(rsp);
+      this.cache[uid] = scene;
+      return scene;
     }
 
     throw new Error('Dashboard not found');
   }
 
   public clearState() {
-    this.setState({ dashboard: undefined, loadError: undefined, isLoading: false });
+    this.setState({ dashboard: undefined, loadError: undefined, isLoading: false, panelEditor: undefined });
   }
 }
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// 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

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import * as H from 'history';
+
+import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import {
+  getUrlSyncManager,
+  SceneFlexItem,
+  SceneFlexLayout,
+  SceneObject,
+  SceneObjectBase,
+  SceneObjectRef,
+  SceneObjectState,
+  sceneUtils,
+  SplitLayout,
+  VizPanel,
+} from '@grafana/scenes';
+
+import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
+import { getDashboardUrl } from '../utils/utils';
+
+import { PanelEditorRenderer } from './PanelEditorRenderer';
+import { PanelOptionsPane } from './PanelOptionsPane';
+
+export interface PanelEditorState extends SceneObjectState {
+  body: SceneObject;
+  controls?: SceneObject[];
+  isDirty?: boolean;
+  /** Panel to inspect */
+  inspectPanelId?: string;
+  /** Scene object that handles the current drawer */
+  drawer?: SceneObject;
+
+  dashboardRef: SceneObjectRef<DashboardScene>;
+  sourcePanelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
+  panelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
+}
+
+export class PanelEditor extends SceneObjectBase<PanelEditorState> {
+  static Component = PanelEditorRenderer;
+
+  public constructor(state: PanelEditorState) {
+    super(state);
+
+    this.addActivationHandler(() => this._activationHandler());
+  }
+
+  private _activationHandler() {
+    // Deactivation logic
+    return () => {
+      getUrlSyncManager().cleanUp(this);
+    };
+  }
+
+  public startUrlSync() {
+    getUrlSyncManager().initSync(this);
+  }
+
+  public getPageNav(location: H.Location) {
+    return {
+      text: 'Edit panel',
+      parentItem: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().getPageNav(location),
+    };
+  }
+
+  public onDiscard = () => {
+    // Open question on what to preserve when going back
+    // Preserve time range, and variables state (that might have been changed while in panel edit)
+    // Preserve current panel data? (say if you just changed the time range and have new data)
+    this._navigateBackToDashboard();
+  };
+
+  public onApply = () => {
+    this._commitChanges();
+    this._navigateBackToDashboard();
+  };
+
+  public onSave = () => {
+    this._commitChanges();
+    // Open dashboard save drawer
+  };
+
+  private _commitChanges() {
+    const dashboard = this.state.dashboardRef.resolve();
+    const sourcePanel = this.state.sourcePanelRef.resolve();
+    const panel = this.state.panelRef.resolve();
+
+    if (!dashboard.state.isEditing) {
+      dashboard.onEnterEditMode();
+    }
+
+    const newState = sceneUtils.cloneSceneObjectState(panel.state);
+    sourcePanel.setState(newState);
+
+    // preserve time range and variables state
+    dashboard.setState({
+      $timeRange: this.state.$timeRange?.clone(),
+      $variables: this.state.$variables?.clone(),
+      isDirty: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  private _navigateBackToDashboard() {
+    locationService.push(
+      getDashboardUrl({
+        uid: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().state.uid,
+        currentQueryParams: locationService.getLocation().search,
+      })
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export function buildPanelEditScene(dashboard: DashboardScene, panel: VizPanel): PanelEditor {
+  const panelClone = panel.clone();
+  const dashboardStateCloned = sceneUtils.cloneSceneObjectState(dashboard.state);
+
+  return new PanelEditor({
+    dashboardRef: new SceneObjectRef(dashboard),
+    sourcePanelRef: new SceneObjectRef(panel),
+    panelRef: new SceneObjectRef(panelClone),
+    controls: dashboardStateCloned.controls,
+    $variables: dashboardStateCloned.$variables,
+    $timeRange: dashboardStateCloned.$timeRange,
+    body: new SplitLayout({
+      direction: 'row',
+      primary: new SceneFlexLayout({
+        direction: 'column',
+        children: [panelClone],
+      }),
+      secondary: new SceneFlexItem({
+        width: '300px',
+        body: new PanelOptionsPane(panelClone),
+      }),
+    }),
+  });
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2, PageLayoutType } 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 { PanelEditor } from './PanelEditor';
+
+export function PanelEditorRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<PanelEditor>) {
+  const { body, controls, drawer } = model.useState();
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location);
+
+  return (
+    <Page navId="scenes" pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
+      <AppChromeUpdate actions={getToolbarActions(model)} />
+      <div className={styles.canvasContent}>
+        {controls && (
+          <div className={styles.controls}>
+            {controls.map((control) => (
+              <control.Component key={control.state.key} model={control} />
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <div className={styles.body}>
+          <body.Component model={body} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {drawer && <drawer.Component model={drawer} />}
+    </Page>
+  );
+}
+
+function getToolbarActions(editor: PanelEditor) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <NavToolbarSeparator leftActionsSeparator key="separator" />
+
+      <Button
+        onClick={editor.onDiscard}
+        tooltip=""
+        key="panel-edit-discard"
+        variant="destructive"
+        fill="outline"
+        size="sm"
+      >
+        Discard
+      </Button>
+
+      <Button onClick={editor.onApply} tooltip="" key="panel-edit-apply" variant="primary" size="sm">
+        Apply
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    canvasContent: css({
+      label: 'canvas-content',
+      display: 'flex',
+      flexDirection: 'column',
+      padding: theme.spacing(0, 2),
+      flexBasis: '100%',
+      flexGrow: 1,
+      minHeight: 0,
+      width: '100%',
+    }),
+    body: css({
+      label: 'body',
+      flexGrow: 1,
+      display: 'flex',
+      position: 'relative',
+      minHeight: 0,
+      gap: '8px',
+      marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
+    }),
+    controls: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      flexWrap: 'wrap',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      padding: theme.spacing(2, 0),
+    }),
+  };
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { SceneComponentProps, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { Field, Input, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+export interface PanelOptionsPaneState extends SceneObjectState {}
+
+export class PanelOptionsPane extends SceneObjectBase<PanelOptionsPaneState> {
+  public panel: VizPanel;
+
+  public constructor(panel: VizPanel) {
+    super({});
+
+    this.panel = panel;
+  }
+
+  static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<PanelOptionsPane>) => {
+    const { panel } = model;
+    const { title } = panel.useState();
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+    return (
+      <div className={styles.box}>
+        <Field label="Title">
+          <Input value={title} onChange={(evt) => panel.setState({ title: evt.currentTarget.value })} />
+        </Field>
+      </div>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    box: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      flexDirection: 'column',
+      padding: theme.spacing(2),
+      flexBasis: '100%',
+      flexGrow: 1,
+      minHeight: 0,
+    }),
+  };
+}

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

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe('DashboardScene', () => {
 function buildTestScene() {
   const scene = new DashboardScene({
     title: 'hello',
+    uid: 'dash-1',
     body: new SceneGridLayout({
       children: [
         new SceneGridItem({

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

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as H from 'history';
 import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { locationUtil, NavModelItem, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
+import { NavModelItem, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   getUrlSyncManager,
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   SceneGridLayout,
   SceneObject,
   SceneObjectBase,
+  SceneObjectRef,
   SceneObjectState,
   SceneObjectStateChangedEvent,
   sceneUtils,
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 
 import { DashboardSceneRenderer } from '../scene/DashboardSceneRenderer';
 import { SaveDashboardDrawer } from '../serialization/SaveDashboardDrawer';
-import { findVizPanelByKey, forceRenderChildren } from '../utils/utils';
+import { findVizPanelByKey, forceRenderChildren, getDashboardUrl } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardSceneUrlSync } from './DashboardSceneUrlSync';
 
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
   public constructor(state: DashboardSceneState) {
     super(state);
 
-    this.addActivationHandler(() => this.onActivate());
+    this.addActivationHandler(() => this._activationHandler());
   }
 
-  private onActivate() {
+  private _activationHandler() {
     if (this.state.isEditing) {
       this.startTrackingChanges();
     }
@@ -119,13 +120,17 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
   };
 
   public onSave = () => {
-    this.setState({ drawer: new SaveDashboardDrawer(this) });
+    this.setState({ drawer: new SaveDashboardDrawer({ dashboardRef: new SceneObjectRef(this) }) });
   };
 
   public getPageNav(location: H.Location) {
     let pageNav: NavModelItem = {
       text: this.state.title,
-      url: locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(location, { viewPanel: null, inspect: null }),
+      url: getDashboardUrl({
+        uid: this.state.uid,
+        currentQueryParams: location.search,
+        updateQuery: { viewPanel: null, inspect: null },
+      }),
     };
 
     if (this.state.viewPanelKey) {

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler, SceneObjectUrlValues } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { SceneObjectRef, SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler, SceneObjectUrlValues } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 
 import { PanelInspectDrawer } from '../inspect/PanelInspectDrawer';
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
       }
 
       update.inspectPanelKey = values.inspect;
-      update.drawer = new PanelInspectDrawer(panel);
+      update.drawer = new PanelInspectDrawer({ panelRef: new SceneObjectRef(panel) });
     } else if (inspectPanelId) {
       update.inspectPanelKey = undefined;
       update.drawer = undefined;

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

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { VizPanel, VizPanelMenu } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
+import { getDashboardUrl, getPanelIdForVizPanel } from '../utils/utils';
+
+import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
+
 /**
  * Behavior is called when VizPanelMenu is activated (ie when it's opened).
  */
@@ -10,26 +14,45 @@ export function panelMenuBehavior(menu: VizPanelMenu) {
   // hm.. add another generic param to SceneObject to specify parent type?
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
   const panel = menu.parent as VizPanel;
-
   const location = locationService.getLocation();
   const items: PanelMenuItem[] = [];
+  const panelId = getPanelIdForVizPanel(panel);
+  const dashboard = panel.getRoot();
 
   // TODO
   // Add tracking via reportInteraction (but preserve the fact that these are normal links)
 
-  items.push({
-    text: t('panel.header-menu.view', `View`),
-    iconClassName: 'eye',
-    shortcut: 'v',
-    // Hm... need the numeric id to be url compatible?
-    href: locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(location, { viewPanel: panel.state.key }),
-  });
+  if (dashboard instanceof DashboardScene) {
+    items.push({
+      text: t('panel.header-menu.view', `View`),
+      iconClassName: 'eye',
+      shortcut: 'v',
+      href: getDashboardUrl({
+        uid: dashboard.state.uid,
+        currentQueryParams: location.search,
+        updateQuery: { filter: null, new: 'A' },
+      }),
+    });
+
+    // We could check isEditing here but I kind of think this should always be in the menu,
+    // and going into panel edit should make the dashboard go into edit mode is it's not already
+    items.push({
+      text: t('panel.header-menu.edit', `Edit`),
+      iconClassName: 'eye',
+      shortcut: 'v',
+      href: getDashboardUrl({
+        uid: dashboard.state.uid,
+        subPath: `/panel-edit/${panelId}`,
+        currentQueryParams: location.search,
+        updateQuery: { filter: null, new: 'A' },
+      }),
+    });
+  }
 
   items.push({
     text: t('panel.header-menu.inspect', `Inspect`),
     iconClassName: 'info-circle',
     shortcut: 'i',
-    // Hm... need the numeric id to be url compatible?
     href: locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(location, { inspect: panel.state.key }),
   });
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/SaveDashboardDrawer.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { SceneComponentProps, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { SceneComponentProps, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState, SceneObjectRef } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Drawer } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { SaveDashboardDiff } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/SaveDashboardDiff';
 import { jsonDiff } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/VersionHistory/utils';
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 
 import { transformSceneToSaveModel } from './transformSceneToSaveModel';
 
-interface SaveDashboardDrawerState extends SceneObjectState {}
+interface SaveDashboardDrawerState extends SceneObjectState {
+  dashboardRef: SceneObjectRef<DashboardScene>;
+}
 
 export class SaveDashboardDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<SaveDashboardDrawerState> {
-  constructor(public dashboard: DashboardScene) {
-    super({});
-  }
-
   onClose = () => {
-    this.dashboard.setState({ drawer: undefined });
+    this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().setState({ drawer: undefined });
   };
 
   static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<SaveDashboardDrawer>) => {
-    const initialScene = new DashboardScene(model.dashboard.getInitialState()!);
+    const dashboard = model.state.dashboardRef.resolve();
+    const initialState = dashboard.getInitialState();
+    const initialScene = new DashboardScene(initialState!);
     const initialSaveModel = transformSceneToSaveModel(initialScene);
-    const changedSaveModel = transformSceneToSaveModel(model.dashboard);
+    const changedSaveModel = transformSceneToSaveModel(dashboard);
 
     const diff = jsonDiff(initialSaveModel, changedSaveModel);
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class SaveDashboardDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<SaveDashboardDrawerStat
     // }
 
     return (
-      <Drawer title="Save dashboard" subtitle={model.dashboard.state.title} scrollableContent onClose={model.onClose}>
+      <Drawer title="Save dashboard" subtitle={dashboard.state.title} scrollableContent onClose={model.onClose}>
         <SaveDashboardDiff diff={diff} oldValue={initialSaveModel} newValue={changedSaveModel} />
       </Drawer>
     );

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

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { getDashboardUrl } from './utils';
+
+describe('dashboard utils', () => {
+  it('Can getUrl', () => {
+    const url = getDashboardUrl({ uid: 'dash-1', currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A' });
+
+    expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1?orgId=1&filter=A');
+  });
+
+  it('Can getUrl with subpath', () => {
+    const url = getDashboardUrl({ uid: 'dash-1', subPath: '/panel-edit/2', currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A' });
+
+    expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1/panel-edit/2?orgId=1&filter=A');
+  });
+
+  it('Can getUrl with params removed and addded', () => {
+    const url = getDashboardUrl({
+      uid: 'dash-1',
+      currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A',
+      updateQuery: { filter: null, new: 'A' },
+    });
+
+    expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1?orgId=1&new=A');
+  });
+});

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

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { UrlQueryMap, urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { locationSearchToObject } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { MultiValueVariable, sceneGraph, SceneObject, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
 export function getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panelId: number) {
@@ -67,6 +69,35 @@ export function forceRenderChildren(model: SceneObject, recursive?: boolean) {
   });
 }
 
+export interface DashboardUrlOptions {
+  uid?: string;
+  subPath?: string;
+  updateQuery?: UrlQueryMap;
+  /**
+   * Set to location.search to preserve current params
+   */
+  currentQueryParams: string;
+}
+
+export function getDashboardUrl(options: DashboardUrlOptions) {
+  const url = `/scenes/dashboard/${options.uid}${options.subPath ?? ''}`;
+
+  const params = options.currentQueryParams ? locationSearchToObject(options.currentQueryParams) : {};
+
+  if (options.updateQuery) {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(options.updateQuery)) {
+      // removing params with null | undefined
+      if (options.updateQuery[key] === null || options.updateQuery[key] === undefined) {
+        delete params[key];
+      } else {
+        params[key] = options.updateQuery[key];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return urlUtil.renderUrl(url, params);
+}
+
 export function getMultiVariableValues(variable: MultiValueVariable) {
   const { value, text, options } = variable.state;
 

public/app/routes/routes.tsx

@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ export function getDynamicDashboardRoutes(cfg = config): RouteDescriptor[] {
         () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage')
       ),
     },
+    {
+      path: '/scenes/dashboard/:uid/panel-edit/:panelId',
+      component: SafeDynamicImport(
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/PanelEditPage')
+      ),
+    },
     {
       path: '/scenes/grafana-monitoring',
       exact: false,