diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Attachment.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Attachment.php
index dbc773c..4679a47 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Attachment.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Attachment.php
@@ -296,4 +296,11 @@ public function renderPager() {
     return $this->usesPager() && $this->getOption('render_pager');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function mainDisplaySection() {
+    return 'displays';
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
index 2c49b66..bb3e468 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
@@ -2731,6 +2731,18 @@ protected function isBaseTableTranslatable() {
     }
     return FALSE;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a section which is the main one for a display type.
+   *
+   * For example for a route related display its the path section.
+   *
+   * @return string|NULL
+   */
+  public function mainDisplaySection() {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/PathPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/PathPluginBase.php
index fd93c3c..453517c 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/PathPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/PathPluginBase.php
@@ -486,5 +486,11 @@ public function validate() {
     return $errors;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function mainDisplaySection() {
+    return 'path';
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/js/views-admin.js b/core/modules/views_ui/js/views-admin.js
index c3c5b8d..01332a4 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/js/views-admin.js
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/js/views-admin.js
@@ -791,6 +791,38 @@
   };
 
   /**
+   * Fetch the value of a given query parameter.
+   *
+   * @param name
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  Drupal.views.getParameterByName = function (name) {
+    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
+    var regexString = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)";
+    var regex = new RegExp(regexString);
+    var found = regex.exec(window.location.search);
+    if(found == null)
+      return "";
+    else
+      return decodeURIComponent(found[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
+  };
+
+  Drupal.behaviors.urlModalOpen = {
+    attach: function (context) {
+      jQuery(".views-edit-view", context).once('mainSectionModal', function() {
+        var modalLink = Drupal.views.getParameterByName('modal');
+        if (modalLink !== "") {
+          // Remove the modal from the current url.
+          var href = window.location.href.replace('modal=' + modalLink, '');
+          href = href.substr(-1) == '?' ? href.substr(0, href.length - 1) : href;
+          window.history.pushState(null, null, href);
+          jQuery("a#" + modalLink, context).click();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
    * Remove icon class from elements that are themed as buttons or dropbuttons.
    */
   Drupal.behaviors.viewsRemoveIconClass = {
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
index 428775f..b201725 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\user\TempStoreFactory;
+use Drupal\views\Plugin\ViewsPluginManager;
 use Drupal\views\Views;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ class ViewEditForm extends ViewFormBase {
   protected $dateFormatter;
 
   /**
+   * The display plugin manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\ViewsPluginManager
+   */
+  protected $displayPluginManager;
+
+  /**
    * Constructs a new ViewEditForm object.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\user\TempStoreFactory $temp_store_factory
@@ -60,11 +68,14 @@ class ViewEditForm extends ViewFormBase {
    *   The request stack object.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DateFormatter $date_formatter
    *   The date Formatter service.
+   * @param \Drupal\views\Plugin\ViewsPluginManager $display_plugin_manager
+   *   The views plugin manager.
    */
-  public function __construct(TempStoreFactory $temp_store_factory, RequestStack $requestStack, DateFormatter $date_formatter) {
+  public function __construct(TempStoreFactory $temp_store_factory, RequestStack $requestStack, DateFormatter $date_formatter, ViewsPluginManager $display_plugin_manager) {
     $this->tempStore = $temp_store_factory->get('views');
     $this->requestStack = $requestStack;
     $this->dateFormatter = $date_formatter;
+    $this->displayPluginManager = $display_plugin_manager;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -74,7 +85,8 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {
     return new static(
       $container->get('user.tempstore'),
       $container->get('request_stack'),
-      $container->get('date.formatter')
+      $container->get('date.formatter'),
+      $container->get('plugin.manager.views.display')
     );
   }
 
@@ -843,13 +855,23 @@ public function submitDisplayAdd($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     // A new display got added so the asterisks symbol should appear on the new
     // display.
     $view->getExecutable()->current_display = $display_id;
+
     $view->cacheSet();
 
+    $options = [];
+    // Ask the display handler to provide some modal link.
+    $executable = $view->getExecutable();
+    $executable->setDisplay($display_id);
+
+    if ($display_section = $executable->display_handler->mainDisplaySection()) {
+      $options['query']['modal'] = 'views-' . str_replace('_', '-', $display_id) . '-' . $display_section;
+    }
+
     // Redirect to the new display's edit page.
-    $form_state->setRedirect('entity.view.edit_display_form', array(
+    $form_state->setRedirect('entity.view.edit_display_form', [
       'view' => $view->id(),
       'display_id' => $display_id,
-    ));
+    ], $options);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewFormBase.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewFormBase.php
index 4da7f8b..04f93e0 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewFormBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewFormBase.php
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
   protected $displayID;
 
   /**
+   * @var \Drupal\views\Entity\View
+   */
+  protected $entity;
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function init(FormStateInterface $form_state) {