diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/edit/edit.js b/core/modules/widgets/edit/edit.js
index 5aa96f545..34b838083 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/edit/edit.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/edit/edit.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var EditWidget = function(renderer) {
 EditWidget.prototype.generate = function() {
 	// Get parameters from our attributes
 	this.tiddlerTitle = this.renderer.getAttribute("tiddler",this.renderer.tiddlerTitle);
-	this.fieldName = this.renderer.getAttribute("field","text");
+	this.fieldName = this.renderer.getAttribute("field",this.renderer.renderTree.getContextVariable(this.renderer,"field","text"));
 	// Choose the editor to use
 	// TODO: Tiddler field modules should be able to specify a field type from which the editor is derived
 	var tiddler = this.renderer.renderTree.wiki.getTiddler(this.tiddlerTitle),
diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/view/view.js b/core/modules/widgets/view/view.js
index 89da9f686..e87f1d771 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/view/view.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/view/view.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var ViewWidget = function(renderer) {
 ViewWidget.prototype.generate = function() {
 	// Get parameters from our attributes
 	this.tiddlerTitle = this.renderer.getAttribute("tiddler",this.renderer.tiddlerTitle);
-	this.fieldName = this.renderer.getAttribute("field","text");
+	this.fieldName = this.renderer.getAttribute("field",this.renderer.renderTree.getContextVariable(this.renderer,"field","text"));
 	this.format = this.renderer.getAttribute("format","text");
 	// Get the value to display
 	var tiddler = this.renderer.renderTree.wiki.getTiddler(this.tiddlerTitle),