diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/ViewCreate.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/ViewCreate.vue
index 6f038f5a35..5cc9b9fa0c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/ViewCreate.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/ViewCreate.vue
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from '@vue/runtime-core'
 import type { Form as AntForm, SelectProps } from 'ant-design-vue'
 import { capitalize } from '@vue/runtime-core'
-import type { FormType, GalleryType, GridType, KanbanType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import type { FormType, GalleryType, GridType, KanbanType, TableType, ViewType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { UITypes, ViewTypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import {
-  MetaInj,
-  ViewListInj,
   computed,
   generateUniqueTitle,
-  inject,
   message,
   nextTick,
+  onBeforeMount,
   reactive,
+  ref,
   unref,
   useApi,
   useI18n,
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ interface Props {
   title?: string
   selectedViewId?: string
   groupingFieldColumnId?: string
+  viewList: ViewType[]
+  meta: TableType
 }
 
 interface Emits {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ interface Form {
   fk_grp_col_id: string | null
 }
 
-const props = defineProps<Props>()
+const { viewList = [], meta, selectedViewId, ...props } = defineProps<Props>()
 
 const emits = defineEmits<Emits>()
 
@@ -55,10 +56,6 @@ const { t } = useI18n()
 
 const { isLoading: loading, api } = useApi()
 
-const meta = inject(MetaInj, ref())
-
-const viewList = inject(ViewListInj)
-
 const form = reactive<Form>({
   title: props.title || '',
   type: props.type,
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ const viewNameRules = [
   {
     validator: (_: unknown, v: string) =>
       new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        ;(unref(viewList) || []).every((v1) => ((v1 as GridType | KanbanType | GalleryType).alias || v1.title) !== v)
+        viewList.every((v1) => ((v1 as GridType | KanbanType | GalleryType).alias || v1.title) !== v)
           ? resolve(true)
           : reject(new Error(`View name should be unique`))
       }),
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ const typeAlias = computed(
     }[props.type]),
 )
 
-watch(vModel, (value) => value && init())
+onBeforeMount(init)
 
 watch(
   () => props.type,
@@ -108,22 +105,23 @@ watch(
 )
 
 function init() {
-  form.title = generateUniqueTitle(capitalize(ViewTypes[props.type].toLowerCase()), viewList?.value || [], 'title')
+  form.title = generateUniqueTitle(capitalize(ViewTypes[props.type].toLowerCase()), viewList, 'title')
 
-  if (props.selectedViewId) {
-    form.copy_from_id = props.selectedViewId
+  if (selectedViewId) {
+    form.copy_from_id = selectedViewId
   }
 
   // preset the grouping field column
   if (props.type === ViewTypes.KANBAN) {
     singleSelectFieldOptions.value = meta
-      .value!.columns!.filter((el) => el.uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect)
+      .columns!.filter((el) => el.uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect)
       .map((field) => {
         return {
           value: field.id,
           label: field.title,
         }
       })
+
     if (props.groupingFieldColumnId) {
       // take from the one from copy view
       form.fk_grp_col_id = props.groupingFieldColumnId
@@ -186,7 +184,8 @@ async function onSubmit() {
 <template>
   <a-modal v-model:visible="vModel" class="!top-[35%]" :confirm-loading="loading" wrap-class-name="nc-modal-view-create">
     <template #title>
-      {{ $t('general.create') }} <span class="text-capitalize">{{ typeAlias }}</span> {{ $t('objects.view') }}
+      {{ $t(`general.${selectedViewId ? 'duplicate' : 'create'}`) }} <span class="text-capitalize">{{ typeAlias }}</span>
+      {{ $t('objects.view') }}
     </template>
 
     <a-form ref="formValidator" layout="vertical" :model="form">
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/MenuTop.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/MenuTop.vue
index f4df93f1dd..6cc1107920 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/MenuTop.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/MenuTop.vue
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 import type { ViewType, ViewTypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { SortableEvent } from 'sortablejs'
 import type { Menu as AntMenu } from 'ant-design-vue'
-import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import Sortable from 'sortablejs'
 import {
   ActiveViewInj,
-  ViewListInj,
   extractSdkResponseErrorMsg,
   inject,
   message,
@@ -22,9 +20,9 @@ import {
   watch,
 } from '#imports'
 
-const emits = defineEmits<Emits>()
-
-const { t } = useI18n()
+interface Props {
+  views: ViewType[]
+}
 
 interface Emits {
   (event: 'openModal', data: { type: ViewTypes; title?: string; copyViewId?: string; groupingFieldColumnId?: string }): void
@@ -32,12 +30,16 @@ interface Emits {
   (event: 'deleted'): void
 }
 
+const { views } = defineProps<Props>()
+
+const emits = defineEmits<Emits>()
+
+const { t } = useI18n()
+
 const { $e } = useNuxtApp()
 
 const activeView = inject(ActiveViewInj, ref())
 
-const views = inject<Ref<ViewType[]>>(ViewListInj, ref([]))
-
 const { api } = useApi()
 
 const router = useRouter()
@@ -54,10 +56,8 @@ let isMarked = $ref<string | false>(false)
 
 /** Watch currently active view, so we can mark it in the menu */
 watch(activeView, (nextActiveView) => {
-  const _nextActiveView = nextActiveView as ViewType
-
-  if (_nextActiveView && _nextActiveView.id) {
-    selected.value = [_nextActiveView.id]
+  if (nextActiveView && nextActiveView.id) {
+    selected.value = [nextActiveView.id]
   }
 })
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function validate(view: ViewType) {
     return 'View name is required'
   }
 
-  if (views.value.some((v) => v.title === view.title && v.id !== view.id)) {
+  if (views.some((v) => v.title === view.title && v.id !== view.id)) {
     return 'View name should be unique'
   }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function onSortEnd(evt: SortableEvent) {
   evt.preventDefault()
   dragging = false
 
-  if (views.value.length < 2) return
+  if (views.length < 2) return
 
   const { newIndex = 0, oldIndex = 0 } = evt
 
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ async function onSortEnd(evt: SortableEvent) {
   const previousEl = children[newIndex - 1]
   const nextEl = children[newIndex + 1]
 
-  const currentItem = views.value.find((v) => v.id === evt.item.id)
+  const currentItem = views.find((v) => v.id === evt.item.id)
 
   if (!currentItem || !currentItem.id) return
 
-  const previousItem = (previousEl ? views.value.find((v) => v.id === previousEl.id) : {}) as ViewType
-  const nextItem = (nextEl ? views.value.find((v) => v.id === nextEl.id) : {}) as ViewType
+  const previousItem = (previousEl ? views.find((v) => v.id === previousEl.id) : {}) as ViewType
+  const nextItem = (nextEl ? views.find((v) => v.id === nextEl.id) : {}) as ViewType
 
   let nextOrder: number
 
   // set new order value based on the new order of the items
-  if (views.value.length - 1 === newIndex) {
+  if (views.length - 1 === newIndex) {
     nextOrder = parseFloat(String(previousItem.order)) + 1
   } else if (newIndex === 0) {
     nextOrder = parseFloat(String(nextItem.order)) / 2
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function openDeleteDialog(view: Record<string, any>) {
         // return to the default view
         router.replace({
           params: {
-            viewTitle: views.value[0].title,
+            viewTitle: views[0].title,
           },
         })
       }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
index bd54d2d860..58580fee38 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import type { ViewType, ViewTypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import {
   ActiveViewInj,
   MetaInj,
-  ViewListInj,
   computed,
   inject,
-  provide,
   ref,
+  resolveComponent,
+  useDialog,
   useNuxtApp,
   useRoute,
   useRouter,
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ const route = useRoute()
 
 const { $e } = useNuxtApp()
 
-provide(ViewListInj, views)
-
 /** Sidebar visible */
 const { isOpen } = useSidebar('nc-right-sidebar')
 
@@ -41,21 +39,6 @@ const sidebarCollapsed = computed(() => !isOpen.value)
 /** Sidebar ref */
 const sidebar = ref()
 
-/** View type to create from modal */
-let viewCreateType = $ref<ViewTypes>()
-
-/** View title to create from modal (when duplicating) */
-let viewCreateTitle = $ref('')
-
-/** selected view id for copying view meta */
-let selectedViewId = $ref('')
-
-/** Kanban Grouping Column Id for copying view meta */
-let kanbanGrpColumnId = $ref('')
-
-/** is view creation modal open */
-let modalOpen = $ref(false)
-
 /** Watch route param and change active view based on `viewTitle` */
 watch(
   [views, () => route.params.viewTitle],
@@ -88,31 +71,45 @@ watch(
   { immediate: true },
 )
 
-/** Open view creation modal */
-function openModal({
+/** Open delete modal */
+function openCreateDialog({
+  title,
   type,
-  title = '',
   copyViewId,
   groupingFieldColumnId,
 }: {
+  title?: string
   type: ViewTypes
-  title: string
-  copyViewId: string
-  groupingFieldColumnId: string
+  copyViewId?: string
+  groupingFieldColumnId?: string
 }) {
-  modalOpen = true
-  viewCreateType = type
-  viewCreateTitle = title
-  selectedViewId = copyViewId
-  kanbanGrpColumnId = groupingFieldColumnId
-}
+  const isOpen = ref(true)
 
-/** Handle view creation */
-async function onCreate(view: ViewType) {
-  await loadViews()
-  router.push({ params: { viewTitle: view.title || '' } })
-  modalOpen = false
-  $e('a:view:create', { view: view.type })
+  const { close } = useDialog(resolveComponent('DlgViewCreate'), {
+    'modelValue': isOpen,
+    title,
+    type,
+    meta,
+    'selectedViewId': copyViewId,
+    groupingFieldColumnId,
+    'viewList': views,
+    'onUpdate:modelValue': closeDialog,
+    'onCreated': async (view: ViewType) => {
+      closeDialog()
+
+      await loadViews()
+
+      router.push({ params: { viewTitle: view.title || '' } })
+
+      $e('a:view:create', { view: view.type })
+    },
+  })
+
+  function closeDialog() {
+    isOpen.value = false
+
+    close(1000)
+  }
 }
 </script>
 
@@ -132,22 +129,12 @@ async function onCreate(view: ViewType) {
     />
 
     <div v-if="isOpen" class="flex-1 flex flex-col min-h-0">
-      <LazySmartsheetSidebarMenuTop @open-modal="openModal" @deleted="loadViews" />
+      <LazySmartsheetSidebarMenuTop :views="views" @open-modal="openCreateDialog" @deleted="loadViews" />
 
       <div v-if="isUIAllowed('virtualViewsCreateOrEdit')" class="!my-3 w-full border-b-1" />
 
-      <LazySmartsheetSidebarMenuBottom @open-modal="openModal" />
+      <LazySmartsheetSidebarMenuBottom @open-modal="openCreateDialog" />
     </div>
-
-    <LazyDlgViewCreate
-      v-if="views"
-      v-model="modalOpen"
-      :title="viewCreateTitle"
-      :type="viewCreateType"
-      :selected-view-id="selectedViewId"
-      :grouping-field-column-id="kanbanGrpColumnId"
-      @created="onCreate"
-    />
   </a-layout-sider>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useDialog/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useDialog/index.ts
index 1d779e8625..45711931cd 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useDialog/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useDialog/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 import type { VNode } from '@vue/runtime-dom'
 import { isVNode, render } from '@vue/runtime-dom'
 import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from '@vue/runtime-core'
+import type { MaybeRef } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { isClient } from '@vueuse/core'
-import { createEventHook, h, ref, toReactive, tryOnScopeDispose, useNuxtApp, watch } from '#imports'
+import {
+  createEventHook,
+  getCurrentInstance,
+  getCurrentScope,
+  h,
+  ref,
+  toReactive,
+  tryOnScopeDispose,
+  unref,
+  useNuxtApp,
+  watch,
+} from '#imports'
 
 /**
  * Programmatically create a component and attach it to the body (or a specific mount target), like a dialog or modal.
@@ -38,7 +50,7 @@ import { createEventHook, h, ref, toReactive, tryOnScopeDispose, useNuxtApp, wat
 export function useDialog(
   componentOrVNode: any,
   props: NonNullable<Parameters<typeof h>[1]> = {},
-  mountTarget?: Element | ComponentPublicInstance,
+  mountTarget?: MaybeRef<Element | ComponentPublicInstance>,
 ) {
   if (typeof document === 'undefined' || !isClient) {
     console.warn('[useDialog]: Cannot use outside of browser!')
@@ -53,10 +65,12 @@ export function useDialog(
 
   const vNodeRef = ref<VNode>()
 
-  mountTarget = mountTarget ? ('$el' in mountTarget ? (mountTarget.$el as HTMLElement) : mountTarget) : document.body
+  let _mountTarget = unref(mountTarget)
+
+  _mountTarget = _mountTarget ? ('$el' in _mountTarget ? (_mountTarget.$el as HTMLElement) : _mountTarget) : document.body
 
   /** if specified, append vnode to mount target instead of document.body */
-  mountTarget.appendChild(domNode)
+  _mountTarget.appendChild(domNode)
 
   /** When props change, we want to re-render the element with the new prop values */
   const stop = watch(
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useViews.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useViews.ts
index f04030b1d9..9083b7192c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useViews.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useViews.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function useViews(meta: MaybeRef<TableType | undefined>) {
     }
   }
 
-  watch(meta, loadViews, { immediate: true })
+  watch(() => meta, loadViews, { immediate: true })
 
   return { views: $$(views), loadViews }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/context/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/context/index.ts
index 339c17006e..e56434931f 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/context/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/context/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export const ReloadViewMetaHookInj: InjectionKey<EventHook<boolean | void>> = Sy
 export const ReloadRowDataHookInj: InjectionKey<EventHook<boolean | void>> = Symbol('reload-row-data-injection')
 export const OpenNewRecordFormHookInj: InjectionKey<EventHook<void>> = Symbol('open-new-record-form-injection')
 export const FieldsInj: InjectionKey<Ref<any[]>> = Symbol('fields-injection')
-export const ViewListInj: InjectionKey<Ref<ViewType[]>> = Symbol('view-list-injection')
 export const EditModeInj: InjectionKey<Ref<boolean>> = Symbol('edit-mode-injection')
 export const SharedViewPasswordInj: InjectionKey<Ref<string | null>> = Symbol('shared-view-password-injection')
 export const CellUrlDisableOverlayInj: InjectionKey<Ref<boolean>> = Symbol('cell-url-disable-url')
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/lang/en.json b/packages/nc-gui/lang/en.json
index 42947645d2..f302abc244 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/lang/en.json
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/lang/en.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "cancel": "Cancel",
     "submit": "Submit",
     "create": "Create",
+    "duplicate": "Duplicate",
     "insert": "Insert",
     "delete": "Delete",
     "update": "Update",