diff --git a/src/app/app-routing-paths.ts b/src/app/app-routing-paths.ts
index 57767b6f3e..6524edef77 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing-paths.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing-paths.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ export function getWorkflowItemModuleRoute() {
   return `/${WORKFLOW_ITEM_MODULE_PATH}`;
 }
 
+export const WORKSPACE_ITEM_MODULE_PATH = 'workspaceitems';
+
+export function getWorkspaceItemModuleRoute() {
+  return `/${WORKSPACE_ITEM_MODULE_PATH}`;
+}
+
 export function getDSORoute(dso: DSpaceObject): string {
   if (hasValue(dso)) {
     switch ((dso as any).type) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/resolver/submission-object.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/submission/resolver/submission-object.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f6c544e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/resolver/submission-object.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { DSpaceObject } from './../../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { followLink } from './../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { ChildHALResource } from './../../shared/child-hal-resource.model';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { DataService } from '../../data/data.service';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../shared/operators';
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class SubmissionObjectResolver<T> implements Resolve<RemoteData<T>> {
+    constructor(
+        protected dataService: DataService<any>,
+        protected store: Store<any>
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method for resolving an item based on the parameters in the current route
+     * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
+     * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
+     * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found item based on the parameters in the current route,
+     * or an error if something went wrong
+     */
+    resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
+        const itemRD$ = this.dataService.findById(route.params.id,
+            true,
+            false,
+            followLink('item'),
+        ).pipe(
+            getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+            switchMap((wfiRD: RemoteData<any>) => wfiRD.payload.item as Observable<RemoteData<T>>),
+            getFirstCompletedRemoteData()
+        );
+        return itemRD$;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
index 7cc8ff92c4..042be3d8ce 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
@@ -12,26 +12,28 @@
                                      [tooltipMsg]="'item.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
           </div>
         </div>
-        <div class="simple-view-link my-3" *ngIf="!fromWfi">
+        <div class="simple-view-link my-3" *ngIf="!fromSubmissionObject">
           <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[(itemPageRoute$ | async)]">
             {{"item.page.link.simple" | translate}}
           </a>
         </div>
-        <table class="table table-responsive table-striped">
-          <tbody>
-          <ng-container *ngFor="let mdEntry of (metadata$ | async) | keyvalue">
-            <tr *ngFor="let mdValue of mdEntry.value">
-              <td>{{mdEntry.key}}</td>
-              <td>{{mdValue.value}}</td>
-              <td>{{mdValue.language}}</td>
-            </tr>
-          </ng-container>
-          </tbody>
-        </table>
+        <div class="table-responsive">
+          <table class="table  table-striped">
+            <tbody>
+            <ng-container *ngFor="let mdEntry of (metadata$ | async) | keyvalue">
+              <tr *ngFor="let mdValue of mdEntry.value">
+                <td>{{mdEntry.key}}</td>
+                <td>{{mdValue.value}}</td>
+                <td>{{mdValue.language}}</td>
+              </tr>
+            </ng-container>
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+        </div>
         <ds-item-page-full-file-section [item]="item"></ds-item-page-full-file-section>
         <ds-item-page-collections [item]="item"></ds-item-page-collections>
         <ds-item-versions class="mt-2" [item]="item"></ds-item-versions>
-        <div class="button-row bottom" *ngIf="fromWfi">
+        <div class="button-row bottom" *ngIf="fromSubmissionObject">
           <div class="text-right">
             <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary mr-1" (click)="back()"><i
                     class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'item.page.return' | translate}}</button>
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
index c739efe500..66c6488b8e 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('should show simple view button when not originated from workflow item', () => {
-    expect(comp.fromWfi).toBe(false);
+    expect(comp.fromSubmissionObject).toBe(false);
     const simpleViewBtn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.simple-view-link'));
     expect(simpleViewBtn).toBeTruthy();
   });
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
     comp.ngOnInit();
     fixture.detectChanges();
     fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-      expect(comp.fromWfi).toBe(true);
+      expect(comp.fromSubmissionObject).toBe(true);
       const simpleViewBtn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.simple-view-link'));
       expect(simpleViewBtn).toBeFalsy();
     });
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
index 369769c77d..118e436004 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Data, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
-import { Observable ,  BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { ItemPageComponent } from '../simple/item-page.component';
 import { MetadataMap } from '../../core/shared/metadata.models';
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit,
   metadata$: Observable<MetadataMap>;
 
   /**
-   * True when the itemRD has been originated from its workflowitem, false otherwise.
+   * True when the itemRD has been originated from its workspaceite/workflowitem, false otherwise.
    */
-  fromWfi = false;
+  fromSubmissionObject = false;
 
   subs = [];
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit,
       map((item: Item) => item.metadata),);
 
     this.subs.push(this.route.data.subscribe((data: Data) => {
-        this.fromWfi = hasValue(data.wfi);
+        this.fromSubmissionObject = hasValue(data.wfi) || hasValue(data.wsi);
       })
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.html
index 4ad6665cf8..47ae8cdb8e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.html
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 <ng-container *ngVar="(actionRD$ | async)?.payload as workflowAction">
   <div class="mt-1 mb-3 space-children-mr">
-    <ds-claimed-task-actions-loader *ngFor="let option of workflowAction?.options"
-                                    [option]="option"
-                                    [object]="object"
-                                    (processCompleted)="this.processCompleted.emit($event)">
+    <ds-claimed-task-actions-loader *ngFor="let option of workflowAction?.options" [option]="option" [object]="object"
+      (processCompleted)="this.processCompleted.emit($event)">
     </ds-claimed-task-actions-loader>
 
-    <ng-container *ngIf="hasViewAction(workflowAction)">
-      <button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view"
-              ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
-              [routerLink]="[getWorkflowItemViewRoute((workflowitem$ | async))]">
-        <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workflow.generic.view" | translate}}
-      </button>
-    </ng-container>
+    <button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view" ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
+      [routerLink]="[getWorkflowItemViewRoute((workflowitem$ | async))]">
+      <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workflow.generic.view" | translate}}
+    </button>
 
-    <ds-claimed-task-actions-loader [option]="returnToPoolOption"
-                                    [object]="object"
-                                    (processCompleted)="this.processCompleted.emit($event)">
+    <ds-claimed-task-actions-loader [option]="returnToPoolOption" [object]="object"
+      (processCompleted)="this.processCompleted.emit($event)">
     </ds-claimed-task-actions-loader>
   </div>
 </ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
index 5e6938853a..6f7970d71f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -161,25 +161,22 @@ describe('ClaimedTaskActionsComponent', () => {
     });
   }));
 
-  describe('when edit options is not available', () => {
-    it('should display a view button', waitForAsync(() => {
-      component.object = null;
-      component.initObjects(mockObject);
-      fixture.detectChanges();
+  it('should display a view button', waitForAsync(() => {
+    component.object = null;
+    component.initObjects(mockObject);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
 
-      fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-        const debugElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.workflow-view'));
-        expect(debugElement).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(debugElement.nativeElement.innerText.trim()).toBe('submission.workflow.generic.view');
-      });
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      const debugElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.workflow-view'));
+      expect(debugElement).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(debugElement.nativeElement.innerText.trim()).toBe('submission.workflow.generic.view');
+    });
 
-    }));
-
-    it('getWorkflowItemViewRoute should return the combined uri to show a workspaceitem', waitForAsync(() => {
-      const href = component.getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem);
-      expect(href).toEqual('/workflowitems/333/view');
-    }));
-  });
+  }));
 
+  it('getWorkflowItemViewRoute should return the combined uri to show a workspaceitem', waitForAsync(() => {
+    const href = component.getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem);
+    expect(href).toEqual('/workflowitems/333/view');
+  }));
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
index 65ddd76bc4..386d2c2805 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@ export class ClaimedTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Claime
     this.actionRD$ = object.action;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Check if claimed task actions should display a view item button.
-   * @param workflowAction
-   */
-  hasViewAction(workflowAction: WorkflowAction) {
-    return !workflowAction?.options.includes('submit_edit_metadata');
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get the workflowitem view route.
    */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.html
index 214f85ed5b..57617d8151 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.html
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-<button type="button"
-        class="btn btn-info mt-1 mb-3"
-        ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.tasks.pool.claim_help' | translate}}"
-        [disabled]="(processing$ | async)"
-        (click)="claim()">
-  <span *ngIf="(processing$ | async)"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.processing' | translate}}</span>
-  <span *ngIf="!(processing$ | async)"><i class="fas fa-hand-paper"></i> {{'submission.workflow.tasks.pool.claim' | translate}}</span>
+<button type="button" class="btn btn-info mt-1 mb-3"
+  ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.tasks.pool.claim_help' | translate}}" [disabled]="(processing$ | async)"
+  (click)="claim()">
+  <span *ngIf="(processing$ | async)"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i>
+    {{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.processing' | translate}}</span>
+  <span *ngIf="!(processing$ | async)"><i class="fas fa-hand-paper"></i> {{'submission.workflow.tasks.pool.claim' |
+    translate}}</span>
+</button>
+<button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view ml-1 mt-1 mb-3" data-test="view-btn"
+  ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
+  [routerLink]="[getWorkflowItemViewRoute((workflowitem$ | async))]">
+  <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workflow.generic.view" | translate}}
 </button>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
index bce1f1a467..5686030510 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { waitForAsync, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ describe('PoolTaskActionsComponent', () => {
     expect(btn).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('should display view button', () => {
+    const btn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button [data-test="view-btn"]'));
+
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
   it('should call claim task with href of getPoolTaskEndpointById', ((done) => {
 
     const poolTaskHref = 'poolTaskHref';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
index 92086ac817..45f51a5d4a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Injector, Input, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import {filter, map, switchMap, take} from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { MyDSpaceReloadableActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-reloadable-actions';
 import { ProcessTaskResponse } from '../../../core/tasks/models/process-task-response';
+import { getWorkflowItemViewRoute } from '../../../workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page-routing-paths';
 
 /**
  * This component represents mydspace actions related to PoolTask object.
@@ -58,12 +59,12 @@ export class PoolTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceReloadableActionsComponent
    * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
-              protected router: Router,
-              protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected claimedTaskService: ClaimedTaskDataService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService,
-              protected searchService: SearchService,
-              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    protected router: Router,
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected claimedTaskService: ClaimedTaskDataService,
+    protected translate: TranslateService,
+    protected searchService: SearchService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService) {
     super(PoolTask.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export class PoolTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceReloadableActionsComponent
     return this.objectDataService.getPoolTaskEndpointById(this.object.id)
       .pipe(switchMap((poolTaskHref) => {
         return this.claimedTaskService.claimTask(this.object.id, poolTaskHref);
-    }));
+      }));
   }
 
   reloadObjectExecution(): Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject> | DSpaceObject> {
@@ -107,12 +108,19 @@ export class PoolTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceReloadableActionsComponent
       switchMap((workflowItem: WorkflowItem) => workflowItem.item.pipe(getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload())
       ))
       .subscribe((item: Item) => {
-      this.itemUuid = item.uuid;
-    });
+        this.itemUuid = item.uuid;
+      });
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this.subs.forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the workflowitem view route.
+   */
+  getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem: WorkflowItem): string {
+    return getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem?.id);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.html
index e69de29bb2..f6e5fecb50 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view mt-1 mb-3" data-test="view-btn"
+        ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workspace.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
+        [routerLink]="[getWorkflowItemViewRoute(object)]">
+  <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workspace.generic.view" | translate}}
+</button>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index 046eb2f018..79aece892e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/request.service.mock';
 import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/search-service.mock';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 let component: WorkflowitemActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<WorkflowitemActionsComponent>;
@@ -105,4 +106,10 @@ describe('WorkflowitemActionsComponent', () => {
     expect(component.object).toEqual(mockObject);
   });
 
+  it('should display view button', () => {
+    const btn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button [data-test="view-btn"]'));
+
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
index 62a23ba66e..3587356642 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workflowitem-d
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
+import { getWorkflowItemViewRoute } from '../../../workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page-routing-paths';
 
 /**
  * This component represents actions related to WorkflowItem object.
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ export class WorkflowitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Workf
     super(WorkflowItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the workflowitem view route.
+   */
+  getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem: WorkflowItem): string {
+    return getWorkflowItemViewRoute(workflowitem?.id);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Init the target object
    *
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
index a43c9f8d17..c658651790 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 <div class="space-children-mr">
-  <a class="btn btn-primary mt-1 mb-3"
-     id="{{'edit_' + object.id}}"
-     ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.edit-help' | translate}}"
-     [routerLink]="['/workspaceitems/' + object.id + '/edit']"
-     role="button">
+
+  <button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view mt-1 mb-3" data-test="view-btn"
+    ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workspace.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
+    [routerLink]="[getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(object)]">
+    <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workspace.generic.view" | translate}}
+  </button>
+
+  <a class="btn btn-primary mt-1 mb-3" id="{{'edit_' + object.id}}"
+    ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.edit-help' | translate}}"
+    [routerLink]="['/workspaceitems/' + object.id + '/edit']" role="button">
     <i class="fa fa-edit"></i> {{'submission.workflow.generic.edit' | translate}}
   </a>
 
-  <button type="button"
-          id="{{'delete_' + object.id}}"
-          class="btn btn-danger mt-1 mb-3"
-          ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.delete-help' | translate}}"
-          (click)="$event.preventDefault();confirmDiscard(content)">
-    <span *ngIf="(processingDelete$ | async)"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.processing' | translate}}</span>
-    <span *ngIf="!(processingDelete$ | async)"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{'submission.workflow.generic.delete' | translate}}</span>
+  <button type="button" id="{{'delete_' + object.id}}" class="btn btn-danger mt-1 mb-3"
+    ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.delete-help' | translate}}"
+    (click)="$event.preventDefault();confirmDiscard(content)">
+    <span *ngIf="(processingDelete$ | async)"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i>
+      {{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.processing' | translate}}</span>
+    <span *ngIf="!(processingDelete$ | async)"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{'submission.workflow.generic.delete' |
+      translate}}</span>
   </button>
 </div>
 
+
 <ng-template #content let-c="close" let-d="dismiss">
   <div class="modal-header">
     <h4 class="modal-title text-danger">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.title' | translate}}</h4>
@@ -28,7 +34,9 @@
     <p>{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.info' | translate}}</p>
   </div>
   <div class="modal-footer">
-    <button type="button" id="delete_cancel" class="btn btn-secondary" (click)="c('cancel')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.cancel' | translate}}</button>
-    <button type="button" id="delete_confirm"class="btn btn-danger" (click)="c('ok')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.submit' | translate}}</button>
+    <button type="button" id="delete_cancel" class="btn btn-secondary"
+      (click)="c('cancel')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.cancel' | translate}}</button>
+    <button type="button" id="delete_confirm" class="btn btn-danger"
+      (click)="c('ok')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.submit' | translate}}</button>
   </div>
 </ng-template>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index f5f98a26ce..7299c28df2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
     expect(btn).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('should display view button', () => {
+    const btn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button [data-test="view-btn"]'));
+
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
   describe('on discard confirmation', () => {
     beforeEach((done) => {
       mockDataService.delete.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
index a25ce335e3..a6d30728ac 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { NoContent } from '../../../core/shared/NoContent.model';
+import { getWorkspaceItemViewRoute } from '../../../workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing-paths';
 
 /**
  * This component represents actions related to WorkspaceItem object.
@@ -48,12 +49,12 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
    * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
-              protected router: Router,
-              protected modalService: NgbModal,
-              protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService,
-              protected searchService: SearchService,
-              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    protected router: Router,
+    protected modalService: NgbModal,
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected translate: TranslateService,
+    protected searchService: SearchService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService) {
     super(WorkspaceItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
@@ -85,4 +86,11 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
     this.object = object;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the workflowitem view route.
+   */
+  getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(workspaceItem: WorkspaceItem): string {
+    return getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(workspaceItem?.id);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-detail-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
index 7e611ec3c8..27a94b0cf5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { SearchResultDetailElementComponent } from '../search-result-detail-element.component';
-import { MyDspaceItemStatusType } from '../../../object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status-type';
+import {
+  MyDspaceItemStatusType
+} from '../../../object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status-type';
 import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../core/shared/context.model';
 
 /**
  * This component renders item object for the search result in the detail view.
@@ -16,7 +19,8 @@ import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-
   templateUrl: './item-search-result-detail-element.component.html'
 })
 
-@listableObjectComponent(Item, ViewMode.DetailedListElement)
+@listableObjectComponent(ItemSearchResult, ViewMode.DetailedListElement, Context.Workspace)
+@listableObjectComponent(ItemSearchResult, ViewMode.DetailedListElement, Context.Workflow)
 export class ItemSearchResultDetailElementComponent extends SearchResultDetailElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.ts b/src/app/workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.ts
index 2aaa762b2a..bacf515656 100644
--- a/src/app/workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,21 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Resolve } from '@angular/router';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
-import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../core/submission/workflowitem-data.service';
-import { WorkflowItem } from '../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
-import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { SubmissionObjectResolver } from '../core/submission/resolver/submission-object.resolver';
 
 /**
  * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ItemFromWorkflowResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
+export class ItemFromWorkflowResolver extends SubmissionObjectResolver<Item> implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>>  {
   constructor(
     private workflowItemService: WorkflowItemDataService,
     protected store: Store<any>
   ) {
+    super(workflowItemService, store);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Method for resolving an item based on the parameters in the current route
-   * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
-   * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
-   * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found item based on the parameters in the current route,
-   * or an error if something went wrong
-   */
-  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> {
-    const itemRD$ = this.workflowItemService.findById(route.params.id,
-      true,
-      false,
-      followLink('item'),
-    ).pipe(
-      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
-      switchMap((wfiRD: RemoteData<WorkflowItem>) => wfiRD.payload.item as Observable<RemoteData<Item>>),
-      getFirstCompletedRemoteData()
-    );
-    return itemRD$;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.spec.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c14344d70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { ItemFromWorkspaceResolver } from './item-from-workspace.resolver';
+
+describe('ItemFromWorkspaceResolver', () => {
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    let resolver: ItemFromWorkspaceResolver;
+    let wfiService: WorkspaceitemDataService;
+    const uuid = '1234-65487-12354-1235';
+    const itemUuid = '8888-8888-8888-8888';
+    const wfi = {
+      id: uuid,
+      item: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ id: itemUuid })
+    };
+
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wfiService = {
+        findById: (id: string) => createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(wfi)
+      } as any;
+      resolver = new ItemFromWorkspaceResolver(wfiService, null);
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve a an item from from the workflow item with the correct id', (done) => {
+      resolver.resolve({ params: { id: uuid } } as any, undefined)
+        .pipe(first())
+        .subscribe(
+          (resolved) => {
+            expect(resolved.payload.id).toEqual(itemUuid);
+            done();
+          }
+        );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60e1fe6a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/item-from-workspace.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Resolve } from '@angular/router';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { SubmissionObjectResolver } from '../core/submission/resolver/submission-object.resolver';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ItemFromWorkspaceResolver extends SubmissionObjectResolver<Item> implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>>  {
+    constructor(
+        private workspaceItemService: WorkspaceitemDataService,
+        protected store: Store<any>
+    ) {
+        super(workspaceItemService, store);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbd3360db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { WorkspaceItemPageResolver } from './workspace-item-page.resolver';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/remote-data.utils';
+
+describe('WorkflowItemPageResolver', () => {
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    let resolver: WorkspaceItemPageResolver;
+    let wsiService: WorkspaceitemDataService;
+    const uuid = '1234-65487-12354-1235';
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wsiService = {
+        findById: (id: string) => createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ id })
+      } as any;
+      resolver = new WorkspaceItemPageResolver(wsiService);
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve a workspace item with the correct id', (done) => {
+      resolver.resolve({ params: { id: uuid } } as any, undefined)
+        .pipe(first())
+        .subscribe(
+          (resolved) => {
+            expect(resolved.payload.id).toEqual(uuid);
+            done();
+          }
+        );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b1aa25492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { WorkflowItem } from '../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific workflow item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class WorkspaceItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>> {
+  constructor(private workspaceItemService: WorkspaceitemDataService) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method for resolving a workflow item based on the parameters in the current route
+   * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
+   * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
+   * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found workflow item based on the parameters in the current route,
+   * or an error if something went wrong
+   */
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>> {
+    return this.workspaceItemService.findById(route.params.id,
+      true,
+      false,
+      followLink('item'),
+    ).pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing-paths.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing-paths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74917b4392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing-paths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { getWorkspaceItemModuleRoute } from '../app-routing-paths';
+import { URLCombiner } from '../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
+
+export function getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(wfiId: string) {
+  return new URLCombiner(getWorkspaceItemModuleRoute(), wfiId, WORKSPACE_ITEM_VIEW_PATH).toString();
+}
+
+export const WORKSPACE_ITEM_VIEW_PATH = 'view';
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
index 1a58417d0c..cc76634c03 100644
--- a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -4,22 +4,42 @@ import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { ThemedSubmissionEditComponent } from '../submission/edit/themed-submission-edit.component';
 import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { ThemedFullItemPageComponent } from '../item-page/full/themed-full-item-page.component';
+import { ItemFromWorkspaceResolver } from './item-from-workspace.resolver';
+import { WorkspaceItemPageResolver } from './workspace-item-page.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
       { path: '', redirectTo: '/home', pathMatch: 'full' },
       {
-        canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
-        path: ':id/edit',
-        component: ThemedSubmissionEditComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'submission.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'submission.edit' }
+        path: ':id',
+        resolve: { wsi: WorkspaceItemPageResolver },
+        children: [
+          {
+            canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+            path: 'edit',
+            component: ThemedSubmissionEditComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+            },
+            data: { title: 'submission.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'submission.edit' }
+          },
+          {
+            canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+            path: 'view',
+            component: ThemedFullItemPageComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              dso: ItemFromWorkspaceResolver,
+              breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+            },
+            data: { title: 'workspace-item.view.title', breadcrumbKey: 'workspace-item.view' }
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ])
-  ]
+  ],
+  providers: [WorkspaceItemPageResolver, ItemFromWorkspaceResolver]
 })
 /**
  * This module defines the default component to load when navigating to the workspaceitems edit page path
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index d30661f3d7..9bdf41346d 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -4072,6 +4072,10 @@
   "submission.workflow.tasks.pool.show-detail": "Show detail",
 
 
+  "submission.workspace.generic.view": "View",
+
+  "submission.workspace.generic.view-help": "Select this option to view the item's metadata.",
+
 
   "thumbnail.default.alt": "Thumbnail Image",
 
@@ -4178,6 +4182,9 @@
 
   "workflow-item.view.breadcrumbs": "Workflow View",
 
+  "workspace-item.view.breadcrumbs": "Workspace View",
+
+  "workspace-item.view.title": "Workspace View",
 
   "idle-modal.header": "Session will expire soon",