diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 049cfcb396..d197384a86 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 #include "SoFCDB.h"
 #include "PythonConsolePy.h"
 #include "PythonDebugger.h"
+#include "MDIViewPy.h"
 #include "View3DPy.h"
 #include "DlgOnlineHelpImp.h"
 #include "SpaceballEvent.h"
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
 #include "TransactionObject.h"
 #include "FileDialog.h"
 
+#include "TextDocumentEditorView.h"
 #include "SplitView3DInventor.h"
 #include "View3DInventor.h"
 #include "ViewProvider.h"
@@ -430,6 +432,7 @@ Application::Application(bool GUIenabled)
     OutputStdout                ::init_type();
     OutputStderr                ::init_type();
     PythonStdin                 ::init_type();
+    MDIViewPy                   ::init_type();
     View3DInventorPy            ::init_type();
     View3DInventorViewerPy      ::init_type();
     AbstractSplitViewPy         ::init_type();
@@ -1654,6 +1657,7 @@ void Application::initTypes(void)
     Gui::View3DInventor                         ::init();
     Gui::AbstractSplitView                      ::init();
     Gui::SplitView3DInventor                    ::init();
+    Gui::TextDocumentEditorView                 ::init();
     // View Provider
     Gui::ViewProvider                           ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderExtension                  ::init();
diff --git a/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index b709ecbccf..329db88658 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1133,11 +1133,13 @@ SOURCE_GROUP("Widget" FILES ${Widget_SRCS})
 # The view sources
 SET(View_CPP_SRCS
     MDIView.cpp
+    MDIViewPy.cpp
     GraphvizView.cpp
     ActiveObjectList.cpp
 )
 SET(View_HPP_SRCS
     MDIView.h
+    MDIViewPy.h
     GraphvizView.h
     ActiveObjectList.h
 )
diff --git a/src/Gui/MDIView.cpp b/src/Gui/MDIView.cpp
index b6e1486365..a010b95da7 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MDIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/MDIView.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 
 #include "MDIView.h"
+#include "MDIViewPy.h"
 #include "Command.h"
 #include "Document.h"
 #include "Application.h"
@@ -44,11 +45,15 @@
 
 using namespace Gui;
 
-TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(Gui::MDIView,Gui::BaseView);
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(Gui::MDIView,Gui::BaseView)
 
 
 MDIView::MDIView(Gui::Document* pcDocument,QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags wflags)
-  : QMainWindow(parent, wflags), BaseView(pcDocument),currentMode(Child), wstate(Qt::WindowNoState)
+  : QMainWindow(parent, wflags)
+  , BaseView(pcDocument)
+  , pythonObject(nullptr)
+  , currentMode(Child)
+  , wstate(Qt::WindowNoState)
   , ActiveObjects(pcDocument)
 {
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
@@ -83,6 +88,12 @@ MDIView::~MDIView()
     }
     if (connectDelObject.connected())
       connectDelObject.disconnect();
+
+    if (pythonObject) {
+        Base::PyGILStateLocker lock;
+        Py_DECREF(pythonObject);
+        pythonObject = nullptr;
+    }
 }
 
 void MDIView::deleteSelf()
@@ -111,6 +122,15 @@ void MDIView::deleteSelf()
     _pcDocument = 0;
 }
 
+PyObject* MDIView::getPyObject()
+{
+    if (!pythonObject)
+        pythonObject = new MDIViewPy(this);
+
+    Py_INCREF(pythonObject);
+    return pythonObject;
+}
+
 void MDIView::setOverrideCursor(const QCursor& c)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(c);
diff --git a/src/Gui/MDIView.h b/src/Gui/MDIView.h
index 064a68e346..063c210353 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MDIView.h
+++ b/src/Gui/MDIView.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class GuiExport MDIView : public QMainWindow, public BaseView
 
     TYPESYSTEM_HEADER();
 
-
 public:
     /** View constructor
      * Attach the view to the given document. If the document is zero
@@ -80,10 +79,12 @@ public:
     virtual bool canClose(void);
     /// delete itself
     virtual void deleteSelf();
+    virtual PyObject *getPyObject();
     /** @name Printing */
     //@{
 public Q_SLOTS:
     virtual void print(QPrinter* printer);
+
 public:
     /** Print content of view */
     virtual void print();
@@ -149,6 +150,9 @@ protected:
     /** \internal */
     void changeEvent(QEvent *e);
 
+protected:
+    PyObject* pythonObject;
+
 private:
     ViewMode currentMode;
     Qt::WindowStates wstate;
diff --git a/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.cpp b/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a399cebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2019 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+
+#include "MDIViewPy.h"
+#include "Application.h"
+#include "Document.h"
+
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+#include <Base/Exception.h>
+#include <Base/Interpreter.h>
+#include <Base/PlacementPy.h>
+#include <Base/Rotation.h>
+#include <Base/RotationPy.h>
+#include <Base/VectorPy.h>
+#include <Base/GeometryPyCXX.h>
+
+#include <App/Document.h>
+#include <App/DocumentObject.h>
+#include <App/DocumentObjectPy.h>
+#include <App/GeoFeature.h>
+#include <CXX/Objects.hxx>
+
+using namespace Gui;
+
+
+void MDIViewPy::init_type()
+{
+    behaviors().name("MDIViewPy");
+    behaviors().doc("Python binding class for the MDI view class");
+    // you must have overwritten the virtual functions
+    behaviors().supportRepr();
+    behaviors().supportGetattr();
+    behaviors().supportSetattr();
+
+    add_varargs_method("message",&MDIViewPy::message,"message()");
+    add_varargs_method("fitAll",&MDIViewPy::fitAll,"fitAll()");
+    add_varargs_method("setActiveObject", &MDIViewPy::setActiveObject, "setActiveObject(name,object,subname=None)\nadd or set a new active object");
+    add_varargs_method("getActiveObject", &MDIViewPy::getActiveObject, "getActiveObject(name,resolve=True)\nreturns the active object for the given type");
+}
+
+MDIViewPy::MDIViewPy(MDIView *mdi)
+  : _view(mdi)
+{
+}
+
+MDIViewPy::~MDIViewPy()
+{
+}
+
+Py::Object MDIViewPy::repr()
+{
+    std::string s;
+    std::ostringstream s_out;
+    if (!_view)
+        throw Py::RuntimeError("Cannot print representation of deleted object");
+    s_out << "MDIView";
+    return Py::String(s_out.str());
+}
+
+Py::Object MDIViewPy::message(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    const char **ppReturn = 0;
+    char *psMsgStr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "s;Message string needed (string)",&psMsgStr))     // convert args: Python->C
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    try {
+        if (_view)
+            _view->onMsg(psMsgStr,ppReturn);
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError(e.what());
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError(e.what());
+    }
+    catch (...) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError("Unknown C++ exception");
+    }
+    return Py::None();
+}
+
+Py::Object MDIViewPy::fitAll(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), ""))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    try {
+        if (_view)
+            _view->viewAll();
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError(e.what());
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError(e.what());
+    }
+    catch (...) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError("Unknown C++ exception");
+    }
+    return Py::None();
+}
+
+Py::Object MDIViewPy::setActiveObject(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    PyObject* docObject = Py_None;
+    char* name;
+    char *subname = 0;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "s|Os", &name, &docObject, &subname))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    if (_view) {
+        if (docObject == Py_None) {
+            _view->setActiveObject(0, name);
+        }
+        else {
+            if (!PyObject_TypeCheck(docObject, &App::DocumentObjectPy::Type))
+                throw Py::TypeError("Expect the second argument to be a document object or None");
+
+            App::DocumentObject* obj = static_cast<App::DocumentObjectPy*>(docObject)->getDocumentObjectPtr();
+            _view->setActiveObject(obj, name, subname);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return Py::None();
+}
+
+Py::Object MDIViewPy::getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    const char* name;
+    PyObject *resolve = Py_True;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "s|O", &name,&resolve))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    App::DocumentObject *parent = nullptr;
+    std::string subname;
+    App::DocumentObject* obj = nullptr;
+    if (_view)
+        obj = _view->getActiveObject<App::DocumentObject*>(name,&parent,&subname);
+    if (!obj)
+        return Py::None();
+
+    if (PyObject_IsTrue(resolve))
+        return Py::asObject(obj->getPyObject());
+
+    return Py::TupleN(
+            Py::asObject(obj->getPyObject()),
+            Py::asObject(parent->getPyObject()),
+            Py::String(subname.c_str()));
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.h b/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a0665bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gui/MDIViewPy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2019 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef GUI_MDIVIEWPY_H
+#define GUI_MDIVIEWPY_H
+
+#include <Base/PyObjectBase.h>
+#include <CXX/Extensions.hxx>
+#include <QPointer>
+
+namespace Gui {
+class MDIView;
+
+class MDIViewPy : public Py::PythonExtension<MDIViewPy>
+{
+public:
+    static void init_type(void);    // announce properties and methods
+
+    MDIViewPy(MDIView *mdi);
+    ~MDIViewPy();
+
+    Py::Object repr();
+
+    Py::Object message(const Py::Tuple&);
+    Py::Object fitAll(const Py::Tuple&);
+    Py::Object setActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
+    Py::Object getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
+
+    MDIView* getMDIViewPtr() {return _view.data();}
+
+private:
+    QPointer<MDIView> _view;
+};
+
+} // namespace Gui
+
+#endif //GUI_MDIVIEWPY_H
diff --git a/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.cpp b/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.cpp
index 771114e624..4b48efee85 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 using namespace Gui;
 
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(Gui::TextDocumentEditorView, Gui::MDIView)
+
 TextDocumentEditorView::TextDocumentEditorView(
         App::TextDocument* txtDoc, QPlainTextEdit* e,
         QWidget* parent)
diff --git a/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.h b/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.h
index c1d2db217b..528d52d7c4 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.h
+++ b/src/Gui/TextDocumentEditorView.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace Gui {
 
 class GuiExport TextDocumentEditorView : public MDIView {
     Q_OBJECT
+    TYPESYSTEM_HEADER();
+
 public:
     TextDocumentEditorView(
             App::TextDocument* textDocument,
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
index d927b6c784..bee3e54115 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void GLOverlayWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 
 /* TRANSLATOR Gui::View3DInventor */
 
-TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(Gui::View3DInventor,Gui::MDIView);
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(Gui::View3DInventor,Gui::MDIView)
 
 View3DInventor::View3DInventor(Gui::Document* pcDocument, QWidget* parent,
                                const QtGLWidget* sharewidget, Qt::WindowFlags wflags)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/AppSpreadsheetGui.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/AppSpreadsheetGui.cpp
index 1cd55423b7..35c750d5dc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/AppSpreadsheetGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/AppSpreadsheetGui.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(SpreadsheetGui)
 
     SpreadsheetGui::ViewProviderSheet::init();
     SpreadsheetGui::Workbench::init();
-//    SpreadsheetGui::SheetView::init();
+    SpreadsheetGui::SheetView::init();
 
     // add resources and reloads the translators
     loadSpreadsheetResource();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
index d0c4b57dc9..8d47c91883 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ using namespace App;
 
 /* TRANSLATOR SpreadsheetGui::SheetView */
 
-TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(SpreadsheetGui::SheetView, Gui::MDIView);
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(SpreadsheetGui::SheetView, Gui::MDIView)
 
 SheetView::SheetView(Gui::Document *pcDocument, App::DocumentObject *docObj, QWidget *parent)
     : MDIView(pcDocument, parent)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ QModelIndex SheetView::currentIndex() const
 
 PyObject *SheetView::getPyObject()
 {
-    Py_Return;
+    return Gui::MDIView::getPyObject();
 }
 
 void SheetView::deleteSelf()
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
index d5511b046e..087d8eaf74 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <Gui/WidgetFactory.h>
 
 #include "Workbench.h"
+#include "MDIViewPage.h"
 
 #include "DlgPrefsTechDrawImp.h"
 #include "DlgPrefsTechDraw2Imp.h"
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(TechDrawGui)
     CreateTechDrawCommandsAnnotate();
 
     TechDrawGui::Workbench::init();
+    TechDrawGui::MDIViewPage::init();
 
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderPage::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingView::init();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
index 28d76da7f6..a1f56e3316 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ using namespace TechDrawGui;
 
 /* TRANSLATOR TechDrawGui::MDIViewPage */
 
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE_ABSTRACT(TechDrawGui::MDIViewPage, Gui::MDIView)
+
 MDIViewPage::MDIViewPage(ViewProviderPage *pageVp, Gui::Document* doc, QWidget* parent)
   : Gui::MDIView(doc, parent),
     m_orientation(QPrinter::Landscape),
@@ -847,7 +849,7 @@ QPrinter::PaperSize MDIViewPage::getPaperSize(int w, int h) const
 
 PyObject* MDIViewPage::getPyObject()
 {
-    Py_Return;
+    return Gui::MDIView::getPyObject();
 }
 
 void MDIViewPage::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.h
index b19293e1de..33005e946f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class QGIView;
 class TechDrawGuiExport MDIViewPage : public Gui::MDIView, public Gui::SelectionObserver
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    TYPESYSTEM_HEADER();
 
 public:
     MDIViewPage(ViewProviderPage *page, Gui::Document* doc, QWidget* parent = 0);