diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
index f0568c5f0..813d10f7c 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
@@ -3204,7 +3204,7 @@ void GLCanvas3D::select_view(const std::string& direction)
     else if (direction == "rear")
         dir_vec = VIEW_REAR;
 
-    if ((dir_vec != nullptr) && !empty(volumes_bounding_box()))
+    if (dir_vec != nullptr)
     {
         m_camera.phi = dir_vec[0];
         m_camera.set_theta(dir_vec[1]);
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
index 767f629fd..67f01ad42 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -319,23 +319,14 @@ void MainFrame::init_menubar()
     // View menu
     if (m_plater) {
         m_viewMenu = new wxMenu();
-// \xA0 is a non-breaing space. It is entered here to spoil the automatic accelerators,
-        // as the simple numeric accelerators spoil all numeric data entry.
-        // The camera control accelerators are captured by 3DScene Perl module instead.
-        auto accel = [](const wxString& st1, const wxString& st2) {
-//             if ($^O eq "MSWin32")
-//                 return st1 + "\t\xA0" + st2;
-//             else
-                return st1; 
-        };
-
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Iso")), "0"),     L("Iso View"),   [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("iso"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Top")), "1"),     L("Top View"),   [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("top"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Bottom")), "2"),  L("Bottom View"),[this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("bottom"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Front")), "3"),   L("Front View"), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("front"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Rear")), "4"),    L("Rear View"),  [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("rear"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Left")), "5"),    L("Left View"),  [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("left"); });
-        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, accel(_(L("Right")), "6"),   L("Right View"), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("right"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Iso\t0")), _(L("Iso View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("iso"); });
+        m_viewMenu->AppendSeparator();
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Top\t1")), _(L("Top View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("top"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Bottom\t2")), _(L("Bottom View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("bottom"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Front\t3")), _(L("Front View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("front"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Rear\t4")), _(L("Rear View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("rear"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Left\t5")), _(L("Left View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("left"); });
+        append_menu_item(m_viewMenu, wxID_ANY, _(L("Right\t6")), _(L("Right View")), [this](wxCommandEvent&){ select_view("right"); });
     }
 
     // Help menu
@@ -683,9 +674,10 @@ void MainFrame::select_tab(size_t tab) const{
 }
 
 // Set a camera direction, zoom to all objects.
-void MainFrame::select_view(const std::string& direction){
-//     if (m_plater)
-//         m_plater->select_view(direction);
+void MainFrame::select_view(const std::string& direction)
+{
+     if (m_plater)
+         m_plater->select_view(direction);
 }
 
 void MainFrame::on_presets_changed(SimpleEvent &event)
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
index f6e3983d9..6eb2c217e 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ struct Plater::priv
     std::vector<int> collect_selections();
 #endif // !ENABLE_EXTENDED_SELECTION
     void update(bool force_autocenter = false);
+    void select_view(const std::string& direction);
     void update_ui_from_settings();
     ProgressStatusBar* statusbar();
     std::string get_config(const std::string &key) const;
@@ -1002,6 +1003,19 @@ void Plater::priv::update(bool force_autocenter)
     // schedule_background_process();   // TODO
 }
 
+void Plater::priv::select_view(const std::string& direction)
+{
+    int page_id = notebook->GetSelection();
+    if (page_id != wxNOT_FOUND)
+    {
+        const wxString& page_text = notebook->GetPageText(page_id);
+        if (page_text == _(L("3D")))
+            _3DScene::select_view(canvas3D, direction);
+        else if (page_text == _(L("Preview")))
+            preview->select_view(direction);
+    }
+}
+
 void Plater::priv::update_ui_from_settings()
 {
     // TODO: (?)
@@ -1852,6 +1866,9 @@ void Plater::add()
 void Plater::load_files(const std::vector<fs::path> &input_files) { p->load_files(input_files); }
 
 void Plater::update(bool force_autocenter) { p->update(force_autocenter); }
+
+void Plater::select_view(const std::string& direction) { p->select_view(direction); }
+
 void Plater::remove(size_t obj_idx) { p->remove(obj_idx); }
 
 void Plater::remove_selected()
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
index 135dcfcde..eeb3123cd 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ public:
     void load_files(const std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> &input_files);
 
     void update(bool force_autocenter = false);
+    void select_view(const std::string& direction);
+
     void remove(size_t obj_idx);
     void remove_selected();
     void increase(size_t num = 1);