Based on someone else's good hack, put this Unity 2018.4.1f1 script next to EditorUtil.cs to make Inspecting prefabs act more like Unity 2018.2 and earlier.

CustomPrefabImporterEditor.cs

using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Experimental.AssetImporters;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Reflection;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using Object = UnityEngine.Object;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class CustomPrefabImporterEditor : AssetImporterEditor
{
    #region Injection
    /*
     * See Editor/Mono/CustomEditorAttributes.cs for original logic of getting an editor by type. The UnityEditor.CustomEditorAttributes class handles this
     * 
     * We sneak ourselfs in by
     * 1. Call FindCustomEditorTypeByType to initialize state
     * 2. Modify the kSCustomEditors and kSCustomMultiEditors lists with our class for the type 'UnityEditor.PrefabImporter'
     * 3. ??
     * 4. Profit!
     */

    //We have to find the types in this assembly
    private static readonly Assembly editorAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(AssetImporterEditor));
    private static readonly string customEditorAttributes = "UnityEditor.CustomEditorAttributes",
                                    findCustomEditorTypeByType = "FindCustomEditorTypeByType",
                                    kSCustomEditors = "kSCustomEditors",
                                    kSCustomMultiEditors = "kSCustomMultiEditors",
                                    prefabImporter = "PrefabImporter",
                                    m_InspectorType = "m_InspectorType";
    [InitializeOnLoadMethod]
    private static void inject()
    {
        callPrivateStaticMethod(customEditorAttributes, findCustomEditorTypeByType, null, false); //null as type to get does an early out. 

        var editorTypeDictionary = getPrivateStaticField<ICollection>(customEditorAttributes, kSCustomEditors);

        //editorTypeKey is of type KeyValuePair<Type, List<UnityEditor.CustomEditorAttributes.MonoEditorType>>, but we cant cast it. Reflection all the way!
        foreach (var editorTypeDictEntry in editorTypeDictionary)
        {
            if (getPublicProperty<Type>(editorTypeDictEntry, "Key").Name != prefabImporter) continue; //Only our importer

            //editor is of type UnityEditor.CustomEditorAttribute.MonoEditorType
            foreach (var editor in getPublicProperty<IList>(editorTypeDictEntry, "Value"))
                setPublicField(editor, m_InspectorType, typeof(CustomPrefabImporterEditor));
        }
    }

    private static object callPrivateStaticMethod(string typeName, string methodName, params object[] parameters)
    {
        var type = editorAssembly.GetType(typeName, true);
        var method = type.GetMethod(methodName, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);

        return method.Invoke(null, parameters);
    }
    private static T getPrivateStaticField<T>(string typeName, string fieldName)
    {
        var type = editorAssembly.GetType(typeName, true);
        var field = type.GetField(fieldName, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
        return (T)field.GetValue(null);
    }

    private static T getPublicProperty<T>(object target, string fieldName)
    {
        return (T)target.GetType().GetProperty(fieldName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(target);
    }
    public static void setPublicField(object target, string fieldName, object value)
    {
        target.GetType().GetField(fieldName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(target, value);
    }

    #endregion

    #region Inspector GUI
    private Editor[] targetEditors;
    private bool[] folds;
    public override void OnEnable()
    {
        base.OnEnable();

        if (assetTargets == null) return;

        if (assetTargets.Length <= 1)
        {
            var targets = (assetTarget as GameObject).GetComponents<Component>();
            targetEditors = new Editor[targets.Length + 1];
            folds = new bool[targetEditors.Length];
            for( int f = 0; f < folds.Length; f++ ) { folds[f] = true; }
            assetTarget.hideFlags = HideFlags.None;
            targetEditors[0] = CreateEditor(assetTarget);
            for (int i = 0; i < targets.Length; i++)
            {
            	if( targets[i] == null ) { continue; }
                targets[i].hideFlags = HideFlags.None; //This is the magic that makes them editable, by default they are set to NonEditable.
                targetEditors[i + 1] = CreateEditor(targets[i]);
            }
        }
        else //multiple
        {
            //Get all components that are shared on all objects
            var commonComponents = assetTargets.SelectMany(a => (a as GameObject).GetComponents<Component>()).GroupBy(c => c.GetType()).Where(g => g.Count() > 1);

            foreach (var t in assetTargets) t.hideFlags = HideFlags.None;

            targetEditors = new Editor[commonComponents.Count() + 1];
            targetEditors[0] = CreateEditor(assetTargets);

            folds = new bool[targetEditors.Length];
            for( int f = 0; f < folds.Length; f++ ) { folds[f] = true; }

            int i = 1;
            foreach (var group in commonComponents)
            {
                foreach (var c in group)
                    c.hideFlags = HideFlags.None;
                targetEditors[i++] = CreateEditor(group.ToArray());
            }
        }
    }
    
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
    	string[] splits;
        for (int i = 0; i < targetEditors.Length; i++)
        {
        	if( targetEditors[i] == null ) { continue; }

            if( targetEditors[i].target is GameObject )
            {
            	targetEditors[i].DrawHeader();
            }
            else
            {
            	folds[i] = EditorGUILayout.InspectorTitlebar( folds[i], targetEditors[i].target );
            }

            if( folds[i] )
            {
            	EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck();
	            targetEditors[i].OnInspectorGUI();

	            EditorGUIUtility.LookLikeControls( 150.0f );

	            //When the object is changed it is reimported, and our editors point to incorrect objects. Restart to create new editors!
	            if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck())
	            {
	                OnEnable();
	                return;
	            }
            }
        }

        for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) { EditorGUILayout.Space(); }

        using (new EditorGUI.DisabledScope(assetTargets.Length > 1))
        {
            if (GUILayout.Button("Open Prefab"))
            {
                AssetDatabase.OpenAsset(assetTarget);

                GUIUtility.ExitGUI();
            }
        }
    }
    protected override void OnHeaderGUI() { }
    public override bool showImportedObject { get { return false; } }
    #endregion
}