diff --git a/gpui/examples/text.rs b/gpui/examples/text.rs
index b76d31622d659ed30ac649d9413151de0b44afcb..123481b9910fa113219c6a744b85d3f964b321c2 100644
--- a/gpui/examples/text.rs
+++ b/gpui/examples/text.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl gpui::View for TextView {
         "View"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
         TextElement.boxed()
     }
 }
diff --git a/gpui/src/app.rs b/gpui/src/app.rs
index c15268c102287396325323855a69b97f8e7e68fa..edfed5af1de39c272ca39ac13942a7b881bb2656 100644
--- a/gpui/src/app.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/app.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub trait Entity: 'static {
 
 pub trait View: Entity + Sized {
     fn ui_name() -> &'static str;
-    fn render(&self, cx: &mut RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> ElementBox;
+    fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> ElementBox;
     fn on_focus(&mut self, _: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {}
     fn on_blur(&mut self, _: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {}
     fn keymap_context(&self, _: &AppContext) -> keymap::Context {
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ impl MutableAppContext {
         titlebar_height: f32,
         refreshing: bool,
     ) -> Result<ElementBox> {
-        let view = self
+        let mut view = self
             .cx
             .views
             .remove(&(window_id, view_id))
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ pub trait AnyView {
     fn release(&mut self, cx: &mut MutableAppContext);
     fn ui_name(&self) -> &'static str;
     fn render<'a>(
-        &self,
+        &mut self,
         window_id: usize,
         view_id: usize,
         titlebar_height: f32,
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ where
     }
 
     fn render<'a>(
-        &self,
+        &mut self,
         window_id: usize,
         view_id: usize,
         titlebar_height: f32,
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3432,7 +3432,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 let mouse_down_count = self.mouse_down_count.clone();
                 EventHandler::new(Empty::new().boxed())
                     .on_mouse_down(move |_| {
@@ -3494,7 +3494,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "View"
             }
 
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
         }
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3731,7 +3731,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3789,7 +3789,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl View for ViewA {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl View for ViewB {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         impl super::View for View {
-            fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
 
@@ -4038,7 +4038,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "test view"
             }
 
-            fn render(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
         }
@@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "test view"
             }
 
-            fn render(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
         }
@@ -4106,7 +4106,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "test view"
             }
 
-            fn render(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
                 Empty::new().boxed()
             }
         }
diff --git a/gpui/src/elements/list.rs b/gpui/src/elements/list.rs
index bfbb6a7b737e9a70364d9d3507e74091590d6d11..5c1a3495e3619a0174c3eee47e34e2f9a33ad332 100644
--- a/gpui/src/elements/list.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/elements/list.rs
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ mod tests {
             "TestView"
         }
 
-        fn render(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> ElementBox {
+        fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> ElementBox {
             unimplemented!()
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/rpc.rs b/server/src/rpc.rs
index 5a0199b725c5e59a6376b633d40e92d3df11c256..8a7f2d43af07be09b32aaa7aa072c4888e7e41f9 100644
--- a/server/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/server/src/rpc.rs
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ mod tests {
             "empty view"
         }
 
-        fn render(&self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
+        fn render(&mut self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
             gpui::Element::boxed(gpui::elements::Empty)
         }
     }
diff --git a/zed/src/chat_panel.rs b/zed/src/chat_panel.rs
index e94f5712e574954b141399cf492f36ccb186e8f9..20b6b52525a2b7e7e8bcb53ef0c6690be31e8f9a 100644
--- a/zed/src/chat_panel.rs
+++ b/zed/src/chat_panel.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl View for ChatPanel {
         "ChatPanel"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         let theme = &self.settings.borrow().theme;
         Container::new(
             Flex::column()
diff --git a/zed/src/editor.rs b/zed/src/editor.rs
index e076c22ae4dbf4808c54f388d14a15c7e901d2d4..64aa3ed4302e1744a7cc2d5f0daef038fa241221 100644
--- a/zed/src/editor.rs
+++ b/zed/src/editor.rs
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ impl Entity for Editor {
 }
 
 impl View for Editor {
-    fn render<'a>(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         EditorElement::new(self.handle.clone()).boxed()
     }
 
diff --git a/zed/src/file_finder.rs b/zed/src/file_finder.rs
index 464b7e3589bad1b36e9c61bbe592aa5041915e9c..c31d617201730ef840aef4334e7c144708b591c6 100644
--- a/zed/src/file_finder.rs
+++ b/zed/src/file_finder.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl View for FileFinder {
         "FileFinder"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, _: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         let settings = self.settings.borrow();
 
         Align::new(
diff --git a/zed/src/project_browser.rs b/zed/src/project_browser.rs
index 5793b756188ad9dbe0cbfdcfbb2ca40242da88ff..796441c7041e737ec9a78dff95f49dc3cc09595f 100644
--- a/zed/src/project_browser.rs
+++ b/zed/src/project_browser.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ impl View for ProjectBrowser {
         "ProjectBrowser"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, _: &mut gpui::RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
         Empty::new().boxed()
     }
 }
diff --git a/zed/src/theme_selector.rs b/zed/src/theme_selector.rs
index a20ea8f75877b7ff9ac0ed47f84672728e34f690..e1e4a84c8a3b0e04bb0a4705b66eaa2fb6230487 100644
--- a/zed/src/theme_selector.rs
+++ b/zed/src/theme_selector.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ impl View for ThemeSelector {
         "ThemeSelector"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         let settings = self.settings.borrow();
 
         Align::new(
diff --git a/zed/src/workspace.rs b/zed/src/workspace.rs
index 4d6e0b6b754fd050f44d6fe3bd236827ba9ab8d0..8fd1d600109e9655f19b253ab8e989c7cc04617a 100644
--- a/zed/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/zed/src/workspace.rs
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ impl View for Workspace {
         "Workspace"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         let settings = self.settings.borrow();
         Container::new(
             Flex::column()
diff --git a/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs b/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
index 34f44253f32b1b3bce3d1c1955417b1c39f57ef1..5d78b9a20ee3742b95ecb6aad72e67dde545d455 100644
--- a/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
+++ b/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ impl View for Pane {
         "Pane"
     }
 
-    fn render(&self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
+    fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         if let Some(active_item) = self.active_item() {
             Flex::column()
                 .with_child(self.render_tabs(cx))