diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/locales/en/components/workbench.yaml b/packages/i18n/src/locales/en/components/workbench.yaml
index 43a12a233b4..8e1866c7931 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/locales/en/components/workbench.yaml
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/locales/en/components/workbench.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@ layoutThing: 'Layout {thing}'
 pageSize: Page size
 startBySelectingAThing: 'Start by selecting a {thing}'
 testThing: 'Test {thing}'
-yamlEditViewTitleThing: 'Edit Pattern Configuration for {thing}'
-yamlEditViewError: Issues with YAML
-yamlEditViewErrorDesc: We saved your input, but it might not work for the following reasons
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/index.mjs b/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/index.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8274c11153f..00000000000
--- a/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/index.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-import yaml from 'js-yaml'
-import { defaultGist } from 'shared/components/workbench/gist.mjs'
-import { validateGist } from './gist-validator.mjs'
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react'
-import { Popout } from 'shared/components/popout.mjs'
-import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next'
-import { capitalize } from '@freesewing/core'
-
-/** a view for editing the gist as yaml */
-export const EditYaml = (props) => {
-  let { gist, setGist, gistReady } = props
-
-  const inputRef = useRef(null)
-  // the gist parsed to yaml
-  const [gistAsYaml, setGistAsYaml] = useState(null)
-  // any errors as a json string
-  const [error, setError] = useState(null)
-  // success notifier
-  const [success, setSuccess] = useState(null)
-
-  const { t } = useTranslation(['workbench'])
-
-  // parse the current gist to yaml. this will also run when the gist gets set by input
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (gistReady) {
-      // get everything but the design because it's a function and can't be serialized
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-      const { design, ...gistRest } = gist
-      setGistAsYaml(yaml.dump(gistRest))
-    }
-  }, [gist, gistReady])
-
-  // set the line numbers when the yaml changes
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (gistAsYaml) {
-      inputRef.current.value = gistAsYaml
-    }
-  }, [gistAsYaml])
-
-  /** user-initiated save */
-  const onSave = () => {
-    // clear the errors
-    setError(null)
-    try {
-      // parse back to json
-      const editedAsJson = yaml.load(inputRef.current.value)
-      // make it backwards compatible so that people can paste in the yaml export from org
-      // the yaml export from org is missing some of the settings that are needed in the gist,
-      // and what it does have is under 'settings',  so we merge that stuff with the existing gist view state
-      // and the default settings to make sure all necessary keys are accounted for,
-      // but we're not keeping stuff that was supposed to be cleared
-      const gistFromDefaults = { _state: gist._state }
-      for (const d in defaultGist) {
-        gistFromDefaults[d] = gist[d] === undefined ? defaultGist[d] : gist[d]
-      }
-
-      // merge it all up
-      const gistToCheck = {
-        ...gistFromDefaults,
-        ...(editedAsJson.settings ? editedAsJson.settings : editedAsJson),
-      }
-
-      // validate it
-      const validation = validateGist(gistToCheck, props.design)
-      // if it's not valid, show a warning about errors
-      if (!validation.valid) {
-        const newError = JSON.stringify(validation.errors, null, 2)
-        setError(newError)
-      }
-
-      // save regardless
-      setGist(gistToCheck)
-      setSuccess(true)
-    } catch (e) {
-      setError(e)
-    }
-  }
-
-  const designName = capitalize(props.design.designConfig.data.name.replace('@freesewing/', ''))
-  return (
-    <div className="max-w-screen-xl m-auto h-screen form-control">
-      <h2>{t('yamlEditViewTitleThing', { thing: designName })}</h2>
-
-      {error ? (
-        <Popout warning className="mb-4">
-          <h3> {t('yamlEditViewError')} </h3>
-          {success ? <p> {t('yamlEditViewErrorDesc')}: </p> : null}
-          <pre
-            className="language-json hljs text-base lg:text-lg whitespace-pre overflow-scroll pr-4"
-            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: error }}
-          ></pre>
-        </Popout>
-      ) : null}
-      {success ? (
-        <div className="alert alert-success my-4">
-          <div>
-            <span>{t('success')}</span>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      ) : null}
-      <div id="editor" className="h-3/5 my-8">
-        <textarea
-          className="textarea textarea-primary w-full p-4 leading-7 text-lg h-full"
-          name="gistAsYaml"
-          aria-label="Configuration in YAML format"
-          ref={inputRef}
-          defaultValue={gistAsYaml}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={onSave}>
-        {' '}
-        Save{' '}
-      </button>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/index.mjs b/sites/shared/components/workbench/index.mjs
index 8d351684bb6..1639489acef 100644
--- a/sites/shared/components/workbench/index.mjs
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/index.mjs
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import { DraftView, ns as draftNs } from 'shared/components/workbench/views/draf
 import { SaveView, ns as saveNs } from 'shared/components/workbench/views/save/index.mjs'
 import { PrintView, ns as printNs } from 'shared/components/workbench/views/print/index.mjs'
 import { CutView, ns as cutNs } from 'shared/components/workbench/views/cut/index.mjs'
+import { EditView, ns as editNs } from './views/edit/index.mjs'
 
-export const ns = ['account', 'workbench', ...draftNs, ...saveNs, ...printNs, ...cutNs]
+export const ns = ['account', 'workbench', ...draftNs, ...saveNs, ...printNs, ...cutNs, ...editNs]
 
 const defaultUi = {
   renderer: 'react',
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ const views = {
   draft: DraftView,
   print: PrintView,
   cut: CutView,
+  edit: EditView,
 }
 
 const draftViews = ['draft', 'test']
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ export const Workbench = ({ design, Design, baseSettings, DynamicDocs, from }) =
     case 'save':
       viewContent = <SaveView {...viewProps} from={from} />
       break
+    case 'edit':
+      viewContent = <EditView {...viewProps} setSettings={setSettings} />
+      break
     default: {
       const layout = ui.layouts?.[view] || settings.layout || true
       // Generate the pattern here so we can pass it down to both the view and the options menu
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/index.mjs b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/index.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..866c8b55c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/index.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import { validateSettings } from './settings-validator.mjs'
+import { useEffect, useState, useRef, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next'
+import { useToast } from 'shared/hooks/use-toast.mjs'
+import { CloseIcon } from 'shared/components/icons.mjs'
+import { capitalize } from 'shared/utils.mjs'
+
+export const ns = ['wbedit']
+
+/** a view for editing the gist as yaml */
+export const EditView = ({ settings, setSettings, design, Design }) => {
+  const inputRef = useRef(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState(false)
+  const [success, setSuccess] = useState(false)
+  const { t } = useTranslation(ns)
+  const patternConfig = useMemo(() => new Design().getConfig(), [Design])
+  const toast = useToast()
+
+  // parse the settings to yaml and set them as the value on the textArea
+  useEffect(() => {
+    inputRef.current.value = yaml.dump(settings)
+  }, [settings])
+
+  /** user-initiated save */
+  const onSave = () => {
+    setError(false)
+    setSuccess(false)
+
+    try {
+      // parse back to json
+      const editedAsJson = yaml.load(inputRef.current.value)
+
+      // validate it
+      const validation = validateSettings(editedAsJson, patternConfig)
+      // if it's not valid, show a warning about errors
+      if (!validation.valid) {
+        const newError = JSON.stringify(validation.errors, null, 2)
+        setError(newError)
+      }
+
+      // save regardless
+      setSettings(editedAsJson)
+      setSuccess(true)
+      if (validation.valid) toast.success(t('success'))
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e)
+      setError(e.message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="max-w-screen-xl m-auto h-screen form-control mt-4 flex flex-col">
+      <h2>{t('yamlEditViewTitleThing', { thing: capitalize(design) })}</h2>
+      <div id="editor" className="h-2/3 my-2 overflow-auto flex flex-col">
+        {error && (
+          <div className={`w-full shadow bg-base-100 p-0 my-4`}>
+            <div className={`w-full m-0 bg-error p-4 border bg-opacity-30 rounded-lg`}>
+              <button
+                className="float-right btn btn-circle btn-outline btn-sm"
+                onClick={() => setError(false)}
+              >
+                <CloseIcon />
+              </button>
+              <h3> {t('yamlEditViewError')} </h3>
+              {success && <p>{t('yamlEditViewErrorDesc')}: </p>}
+              <pre
+                className="language-json hljs text-base lg:text-lg whitespace-pre overflow-scroll pr-4"
+                dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: error }}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <textarea
+          className="textarea textarea-primary w-full p-4 leading-7 text-lg grow"
+          name="gistAsYaml"
+          aria-label="Configuration in YAML format"
+          ref={inputRef}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={onSave}>
+        {t('save')}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/gist-validator.mjs b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/settings-validator.mjs
similarity index 54%
rename from sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/gist-validator.mjs
rename to sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/settings-validator.mjs
index 80f113b32e9..493abc086bc 100644
--- a/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit/gist-validator.mjs
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/settings-validator.mjs
@@ -1,60 +1,45 @@
-import { defaultGist } from 'shared/components/workbench/gist.mjs'
-
-/** A utility for validating a gist against a design */
-class GistValidator {
-  givenGist
-  design
+/** A utility for validating a gist against a patternConfig */
+class SettingsValidator {
+  givenSettings
+  patternConfig
   errors
   valid = true
 
-  setGist(givenGist, design) {
-    this.givenGist = givenGist
-    this.design = design
+  setGist(givenSettings, patternConfig) {
+    this.givenSettings = givenSettings
+    this.patternConfig = patternConfig
     this.errors = {}
     this.valid = true
   }
 
-  /** check that the settings all exist and are all of the right type */
-  validateSettings() {
-    for (const key in defaultGist) {
-      if (this.givenGist[key] === undefined) {
-        this.errors[key] = 'MissingSetting'
-        this.valid = false
-      } else if (typeof this.givenGist[key] !== typeof defaultGist[key]) {
-        this.errors[key] = 'TypeError'
-        this.valid = false
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   /** check that the required measurements are all there and the correct type */
   validateMeasurements() {
-    if (!this.givenGist.measurements && this.design.patternConfig.measurements.length) {
+    if (!this.givenSettings.measurements && this.patternConfig.measurements.length) {
       this.errors.measurements = 'MissingMeasurements'
       this.valid = false
       return
     }
 
     this.errors.measurements = {}
-    for (const m of this.design.patternConfig.measurements || []) {
-      if (this.givenGist.measurements[m] === undefined) {
+    for (const m of this.patternConfig.measurements || []) {
+      if (this.givenSettings.measurements[m] === undefined) {
         this.errors.measurements[m] = 'MissingMeasurement'
         this.valid = false
-      } else if (isNaN(this.givenGist.measurements[m])) {
+      } else if (isNaN(this.givenSettings.measurements[m])) {
         this.errors.measurements[m] = 'TypeError'
         this.valid = false
       }
     }
   }
 
-  /** check validit of any options that are included */
+  /** check validity of any options that are included */
   validateOptions() {
     this.errors.options = {}
-    const configOpts = this.design.patternConfig.options
-    const gistOpts = this.givenGist.options
-    for (const o in gistOpts) {
+    const configOpts = this.patternConfig.options
+    const settingsOpts = this.givenSettings.options
+    for (const o in settingsOpts) {
       const configOpt = configOpts[o]
-      const gistOpt = gistOpts[o]
+      const settingsOpt = settingsOpts[o]
       // if the option doesn't exist on the pattern
       if (!configOpt) {
         this.errors.options[o] = 'UnknownOption'
@@ -65,20 +50,20 @@ class GistValidator {
       }
       // if it's a list option but the selection isn't in the list, mark it an unknown selection
       else if (configOpt.list !== undefined) {
-        if (!configOpt.list.includes(gistOpt) && gistOpt != configOpt.dflt)
+        if (!configOpt.list.includes(settingsOpt) && settingsOpt != configOpt.dflt)
           this.error.options[o] = 'UnknownOptionSelection'
       }
       // if it's a boolean option but the gist value isn't a boolean. mark a type error
       else if (configOpts[o].bool !== undefined) {
-        if (typeof gistOpt !== 'boolean') this.errors.options[o] = 'TypeError'
+        if (typeof settingsOpt !== 'boolean') this.errors.options[o] = 'TypeError'
       }
       // all other options are numbers, so check it's a number
-      else if (isNaN(gistOpt)) {
+      else if (isNaN(settingsOpt)) {
         this.errors.options[o] = 'TypeError'
       }
       // if still no error, check the bounds
       else {
-        const checkNum = configOpt.pct ? gistOpt * 100 : gistOpt
+        const checkNum = configOpt.pct ? settingsOpt * 100 : settingsOpt
         if (checkNum < configOpt.min || checkNum > configOpt.max) {
           this.errors.options[o] = 'RangeError'
         }
@@ -90,7 +75,6 @@ class GistValidator {
 
   /** run all validations */
   validate() {
-    this.validateSettings()
     this.validateMeasurements()
     this.validateOptions()
 
@@ -98,10 +82,10 @@ class GistValidator {
   }
 }
 
-const validator = new GistValidator()
+const validator = new SettingsValidator()
 
 /** make and run a gist validator */
-export function validateGist(givenGist, design) {
-  validator.setGist(givenGist, design)
+export function validateSettings(givenSettings, patternConfig) {
+  validator.setGist(givenSettings, patternConfig)
   return validator.validate()
 }
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/wbedit.en.yaml b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/wbedit.en.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e688f106e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/views/edit/wbedit.en.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+yamlEditViewTitleThing: 'Edit Pattern Configuration for {thing}'
+yamlEditViewError: Issues with YAML
+yamlEditViewErrorDesc: We saved your input, but it might not work for the following reasons
+save: Save Settings