diff --git a/packages/editor/src/hooks/index.js b/packages/editor/src/hooks/index.js
index 6001d53f65c103..e79a9207e48f58 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/hooks/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/hooks/index.js
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ import './custom-sources-backwards-compatibility';
 import './default-autocompleters';
 import './media-upload';
 import './pattern-overrides';
+import './navigation-link-view-button';
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/hooks/navigation-link-view-button.js b/packages/editor/src/hooks/navigation-link-view-button.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d1bf2f4e81726b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/hooks/navigation-link-view-button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { addFilter } from '@wordpress/hooks';
+import { createHigherOrderComponent } from '@wordpress/compose';
+import { useCallback } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import {
+	__unstableBlockToolbarLastItem as BlockToolbarLastItem,
+	store as blockEditorStore,
+	useBlockEditingMode,
+} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+import { ToolbarButton, ToolbarGroup } from '@wordpress/components';
+import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
+
+// Target blocks that should have the View button.
+const SUPPORTED_BLOCKS = [ 'core/navigation-link', 'core/navigation-submenu' ];
+
+/**
+ * Component that renders the View button for navigation blocks.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} props            Component props.
+ * @param {Object} props.attributes Block attributes.
+ * @return {JSX.Element|null} The View button component or null if not applicable.
+ */
+function NavigationViewButton( { attributes } ) {
+	const { kind, id, type } = attributes;
+	const blockEditingMode = useBlockEditingMode();
+
+	const onNavigateToEntityRecord = useSelect(
+		( select ) =>
+			select( blockEditorStore ).getSettings().onNavigateToEntityRecord,
+		[]
+	);
+
+	const onViewPage = useCallback( () => {
+		if (
+			kind === 'post-type' &&
+			type === 'page' &&
+			id &&
+			onNavigateToEntityRecord
+		) {
+			onNavigateToEntityRecord( {
+				postId: id,
+				postType: type,
+			} );
+		}
+	}, [ kind, id, type, onNavigateToEntityRecord ] );
+
+	// Only show for page-type links, when navigation is available, and when in contentOnly mode.
+	if (
+		kind !== 'post-type' ||
+		type !== 'page' ||
+		! id ||
+		! onNavigateToEntityRecord ||
+		blockEditingMode !== 'contentOnly'
+	) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return (
+		<BlockToolbarLastItem>
+			<ToolbarGroup>
+				<ToolbarButton
+					name="view"
+					title={ __( 'View' ) }
+					onClick={ onViewPage }
+				>
+					{ __( 'View' ) }
+				</ToolbarButton>
+			</ToolbarGroup>
+		</BlockToolbarLastItem>
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Higher-order component that adds the View button to navigation blocks.
+ */
+const withNavigationViewButton = createHigherOrderComponent(
+	( BlockEdit ) => ( props ) => {
+		const isSupportedBlock = SUPPORTED_BLOCKS.includes( props.name );
+
+		return (
+			<>
+				<BlockEdit key="edit" { ...props } />
+				{ props.isSelected && isSupportedBlock && (
+					<NavigationViewButton { ...props } />
+				) }
+			</>
+		);
+	},
+	'withNavigationViewButton'
+);
+
+// Register the filter.
+addFilter(
+	'editor.BlockEdit',
+	'core/editor/with-navigation-view-button',
+	withNavigationViewButton
+);