diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/view.js b/core/modules/widgets/view.js
index bbe9106be..30da34147 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/view.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/view.js
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ ViewWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this.viewIndex = this.getAttribute("index");
 	this.viewFormat = this.getAttribute("format","text");
 	this.viewTemplate = this.getAttribute("template","");
+	this.viewMode = this.getAttribute("mode","block");
 	switch(this.viewFormat) {
 		case "htmlwikified":
-			this.text = this.getValueAsHtmlWikified();
+			this.text = this.getValueAsHtmlWikified(this.viewMode);
 			break;
 		case "plainwikified":
-			this.text = this.getValueAsPlainWikified();
+			this.text = this.getValueAsPlainWikified(this.viewMode);
 			break;
 		case "htmlencodedplainwikified":
-			this.text = this.getValueAsHtmlEncodedPlainWikified();
+			this.text = this.getValueAsHtmlEncodedPlainWikified(this.viewMode);
 			break;
 		case "htmlencoded":
 			this.text = this.getValueAsHtmlEncoded();
@@ -134,16 +135,25 @@ ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsText = function() {
 	return this.getValue({asString: true});
 };
 
-ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsHtmlWikified = function() {
-	return this.wiki.renderText("text/html","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{parentWidget: this});
+ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsHtmlWikified = function(mode) {
+	return this.wiki.renderText("text/html","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{
+		parseAsInline: mode !== "block",
+		parentWidget: this
+	});
 };
 
-ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsPlainWikified = function() {
-	return this.wiki.renderText("text/plain","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{parentWidget: this});
+ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsPlainWikified = function(mode) {
+	return this.wiki.renderText("text/plain","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{
+		parseAsInline: mode !== "block",
+		parentWidget: this
+	});
 };
 
-ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsHtmlEncodedPlainWikified = function() {
-	return $tw.utils.htmlEncode(this.wiki.renderText("text/plain","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{parentWidget: this}));
+ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsHtmlEncodedPlainWikified = function(mode) {
+	return $tw.utils.htmlEncode(this.wiki.renderText("text/plain","text/vnd.tiddlywiki",this.getValueAsText(),{
+		parseAsInline: mode !== "block",
+		parentWidget: this
+	}));
 };
 
 ViewWidget.prototype.getValueAsHtmlEncoded = function() {
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ViewWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ViewWidget.tid
index 66d415795..0967352af 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ViewWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ViewWidget.tid
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 caption: view
 created: 20131024141900000
-modified: 20160623152830060
+modified: 20170824195528248
 tags: Widgets
 title: ViewWidget
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The content of the `<$view>` widget is displayed if the field or property is mis
 |format |The format for displaying the field (see below) |
 |template |Optional template string used with certain formats such as dates |
 |subtiddler |Optional SubTiddler title when the target tiddler is a [[plugin|Plugins]] (see below) |
+|mode |<<.from-version "5.1.15">> Optional transclusion parsing mode for wikified formats. May be "inline" or "block" (the default) |
 
 !! Formats
 
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ The following formats can be specified in the `format` attribute:
 |''htmlencoded'' |The field is displayed with HTML encoding |
 |''urlencoded'' |The field is displayed with URL encoding |
 |''doubleurlencoded'' |The field is displayed with double URL encoding |
-|''htmlwikified'' |The field is wikified and the resulting HTML returned as plain text (ie HTML elements will appear in plain text) |
-|''plainwikified'' |The field is wikified and the text content of the resulting HTML returned as plain text (ie HTML elements will be removed) |
-|''htmlencodedplainwikified'' |The field is wikified and the text content of the resulting HTML returned as HTML encoded plain text (ie HTML elements will be removed) |
+|''htmlwikified'' |The field is wikified according to the mode attribute and the resulting HTML returned as plain text (ie HTML elements will appear in plain text) |
+|''plainwikified'' |The field is wikified according to the mode attribute and the text content of the resulting HTML returned as plain text (ie HTML elements will be removed) |
+|''htmlencodedplainwikified'' |The field is wikified according to the mode attribute and the text content of the resulting HTML returned as HTML encoded plain text (ie HTML elements will be removed) |
 |''date'' |The field is interpreted as a UTC date and displayed according to the DateFormat specified in the `template` attribute |
 |''relativedate'' |The field is interpreted as a UTC date and displayed as the interval from the present instant |
 |''stripcomments'' |The field is interpreted as JavaScript source code and any lines beginning `\\#` are stripped |