diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
index f4a3776a16..4650b2f577 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
@@ -651,6 +651,17 @@ void TaskDlgDetail::modifyStandardButtons(QDialogButtonBox* box)
     widget->saveButtons(btnOK, btnCancel);
 }
 
+std::string TaskDlgDetail::getDetailName() const
+{
+    DrawViewDetail* detailObj = widget->getDetailFeat();
+    if (!detailObj) {
+        return {"not found"};
+    }
+
+    return detailObj->getNameInDocument();
+}
+
+
 //==== calls from the TaskView ===============================================================
 void TaskDlgDetail::open()
 {
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.h
index 5c1ae309fc..bbd0abc62b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public:
                      QPushButton* btnCancel);
     void enableTaskButtons(bool button);
 
+    TechDraw::DrawViewPart* getBaseFeat();
+    TechDraw::DrawViewDetail* getDetailFeat();
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
         void onDraggerClicked(bool clicked);
         void onHighlightMoved(QPointF dragEnd);
@@ -93,8 +96,6 @@ protected:
     void restoreDetailState();
     QPointF getAnchorScene();
 
-    TechDraw::DrawViewPart* getBaseFeat();
-    TechDraw::DrawViewDetail* getDetailFeat();
 
 private:
     std::unique_ptr<Ui_TaskDetail> ui;
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ public:
 
     void modifyStandardButtons(QDialogButtonBox* box) override;
 
+    std::string getDetailName() const;
+
 private:
     TaskDetail * widget;
     Gui::TaskView::TaskBox* taskbox;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewPart.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewPart.cpp
index a3696d81ff..f18ed6643d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewPart.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewPart.cpp
@@ -365,12 +365,28 @@ void ViewProviderViewPart::handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, co
 
 bool ViewProviderViewPart::onDelete(const std::vector<std::string> & subNames)
 {
-    // Base::Console().message("VPVP::onDelete(%d subNames)\n", subNames.size());
     // we cannot delete if the view has a section or detail view
     (void) subNames;
     QString bodyMessage;
     QTextStream bodyMessageStream(&bodyMessage);
 
+    // this code should be in a ViewProviderDetail if we had one.  Since we do not, we have to deal
+    // with a derived class here in the parent
+    Gui::TaskView::TaskDialog *dlg = Gui::Control().activeDialog();
+    auto* dlgDetail = dynamic_cast<TaskDlgDetail*>(dlg);
+    if (dlgDetail) {
+        std::string dlgDetailTarget = dlgDetail->getDetailName();   //new method
+        if (getViewObject()->getNameInDocument() == dlgDetailTarget) {
+            bodyMessageStream << qApp->translate("Std_Delete",
+            "Close open dialog before deleting detail object");
+            bodyMessage = bodyMessageStream.readLine();
+            QMessageBox::warning(Gui::getMainWindow(),
+            qApp->translate("Std_Delete", "Object dependencies"), bodyMessage,
+            QMessageBox::Ok);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     // get child views
     auto viewSection = getViewObject()->getSectionRefs();
     auto viewDetail = getViewObject()->getDetailRefs();
@@ -378,6 +394,7 @@ bool ViewProviderViewPart::onDelete(const std::vector<std::string> & subNames)
     if (!viewSection.empty() || !viewDetail.empty()) {
         bodyMessageStream << qApp->translate("Std_Delete",
             "You cannot delete this view because it has one or more dependent views that would become broken.");
+        bodyMessage = bodyMessageStream.readLine();
         QMessageBox::warning(Gui::getMainWindow(),
             qApp->translate("Std_Delete", "Object dependencies"), bodyMessage,
             QMessageBox::Ok);