diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/bundle.json b/platform/commonUI/browse/bundle.json
index ee6ad552c0..f8c230edd1 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/bundle.json
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/bundle.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                 "implementation": "windowing/NewTabAction.js",
                 "description": "Open this object in a new tab",
                 "category": ["view-control", "contextual"],
-                "depends": [ "$window", "$route", "$location", "navigationService" ],
+                "depends": [ "$window", "$route", "$location" ],
                 "group": "windowing",
                 "glyph": "y"
             },
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
index d715bb4c52..1780658473 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/windowing/NewTabAction.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ define(
     function () {
         "use strict";
         var ROOT_ID = "ROOT",
-            DEFAULT_PATH = "mine";
+            DEFAULT_PATH = "/mine";
         /**
          * The new tab action allows a domain object to be opened
          * into a new browser tab. (Currently this is a stub, present
@@ -37,10 +37,19 @@ define(
          * the user interface.)
          * @constructor
          */
-        function NewTabAction($window, $route, $location, navigationService) {
-            function getNavigatedObject() {
-                var navigatedObject = navigationService.getNavigation();
-                return navigatedObject;
+        function NewTabAction($window, $route, $location, context) {
+
+            
+            function getSelectedObject() {
+                var object,
+                    newParent;
+                if (context.selectedObject) {
+                    newParent = context.domainObject;
+                    object = context.selectedObject;
+                } else {
+                    object = context.domainObject;
+                }
+                return object;
             }
             
             return {
@@ -48,19 +57,19 @@ define(
                  * Open the object in a new tab
                  */
                 perform: function () {
-                    
-                    
-                    var currentDomainObject = getNavigatedObject(),
-                        context = currentDomainObject &&
-                            currentDomainObject.getCapability('context'),
+                    var genPath = [ROOT_ID].concat(($route.current.params.ids || DEFAULT_PATH)),
+                        selectedDomainObject = getSelectedObject(),
+                        context = selectedDomainObject &&
+                            selectedDomainObject.getCapability('context'),
                         objectPath = context ? context.getPath() : [],
-                        ids = objectPath.map(function (currentDomainObject) {
-                            return currentDomainObject.getId();
+                        ids = objectPath.map(function (selectedDomainObject) {
+                            return selectedDomainObject.getId();
                         }),
                         viewKey = $location.search().view,
-                        partialPath = "index.html#/browse/" + ids.slice(1).join("/") + "?view=" + viewKey;
+                        partialPath = "index.html#/browse/" + ids.slice(1).join("/") +
+                            "?view=" + viewKey;
                     
-                    window.alert(partialPath);
+                    window.open(partialPath, "_blank");
                 }
             };
         }