diff --git a/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ContentViewOptions.jsx b/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ContentViewOptions.jsx
index 6bc66db22..1ec9013e7 100644
--- a/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ContentViewOptions.jsx
+++ b/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ContentViewOptions.jsx
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ ContentViewOptions.propTypes = {
 function ContentViewOptions({ flow, message, uploadContent, readonly, contentViewDescription }) {
     return (
         <div className="view-options">
-            <ViewSelector message={message}/>
+            {readonly ? <ViewSelector message={message}/> : <span><b>View:</b> edit</span>}
             &nbsp;
             <DownloadContentButton flow={flow} message={message}/>
             &nbsp;
             {!readonly && <UploadContentButton uploadContent={uploadContent}/> }
             &nbsp;
-            <span>{contentViewDescription}</span>
+            {readonly && <span>{contentViewDescription}</span>}
         </div>
     )
 }
diff --git a/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ViewSelector.jsx b/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ViewSelector.jsx
index fcdc3ee34..43a539956 100644
--- a/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ViewSelector.jsx
+++ b/web/src/js/components/ContentView/ViewSelector.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React, { PropTypes, Component } from 'react'
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
-import * as ContentViews from './ContentViews'
 import { setContentView } from '../../ducks/ui/flow';
 import Dropdown from '../common/Dropdown'
 
@@ -8,27 +7,20 @@ import Dropdown from '../common/Dropdown'
 ViewSelector.propTypes = {
     contentViews: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
     activeView: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    isEdit: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     setContentView: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 }
 
-function ViewSelector ({contentViews, activeView, isEdit, setContentView}){
-    let edit = ContentViews.Edit.displayName
-    let inner = <span> <b>View:</b> {activeView} <span className="caret"></span> </span>
+function ViewSelector ({contentViews, activeView, setContentView}){
+    let inner = <span> <b>View:</b> {activeView.toLowerCase()} <span className="caret"></span> </span>
 
     return (
         <Dropdown dropup className="pull-left" btnClass="btn btn-default btn-xs" text={inner}>
             {contentViews.map(name =>
-                <a href="#" key={name} onClick={e => {e.preventDefault(); setContentView(name)}}>
+                <a href="#" key={name}  onClick={e => {e.preventDefault(); setContentView(name)}}>
                     {name.toLowerCase().replace('_', ' ')}
                 </a>
                 )
             }
-            {isEdit &&
-                <a href="#" onClick={e => {e.preventDefault(); setContentView(edit)}}>
-                    {edit.toLowerCase()}
-                </a>
-            }
         </Dropdown>
     )
 }
@@ -37,7 +29,6 @@ export default connect (
     state => ({
         contentViews: state.settings.contentViews,
         activeView: state.ui.flow.contentView,
-        isEdit: !!state.ui.flow.modifiedFlow,
     }), {
         setContentView,
     }
diff --git a/web/src/js/ducks/ui/flow.js b/web/src/js/ducks/ui/flow.js
index b5f6f78bd..fa7474d21 100644
--- a/web/src/js/ducks/ui/flow.js
+++ b/web/src/js/ducks/ui/flow.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default function reducer(state = defaultState, action) {
                 ...state,
                 tab: action.tab ? action.tab : 'request',
                 displayLarge: false,
-                showFullContent: false
+                showFullContent: state.contentView == 'Edit'
             }
 
         case SET_CONTENT_VIEW: