diff --git a/forms/ComplexTableField.php b/forms/ComplexTableField.php
index 9374ab003..49cd9544f 100644
--- a/forms/ComplexTableField.php
+++ b/forms/ComplexTableField.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ComplexTableField extends TableListField {
 	/**
 	 * @return String
 	 */
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(THIRDPARTY_DIR . "/prototype/prototype.js");
 		Requirements::javascript(THIRDPARTY_DIR . "/behaviour/behaviour.js");
 		Requirements::javascript(THIRDPARTY_DIR . "/greybox/AmiJS.js");
diff --git a/forms/CompositeField.php b/forms/CompositeField.php
index d19086af4..dbb540c4c 100644
--- a/forms/CompositeField.php
+++ b/forms/CompositeField.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class CompositeField extends FormField {
 	/**
 	 * Returns the fields nested inside another DIV
 	 */
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		$content = '';
 
 		if($this->tag == 'fieldset' && $this->legend) {
diff --git a/forms/DatalessField.php b/forms/DatalessField.php
index cafdef336..68a081772 100644
--- a/forms/DatalessField.php
+++ b/forms/DatalessField.php
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class DatalessField extends FormField {
 	 * Returns the field's representation in the form.
 	 * For dataless fields, this defaults to $Field.
 	 */
-	function FieldHolder() {
-		return $this->Field();
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
+		return $this->Field($properties);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/forms/DateField.php b/forms/DateField.php
index 576a1fd8b..b6d94a5fa 100644
--- a/forms/DateField.php
+++ b/forms/DateField.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class DateField extends TextField {
 		parent::__construct($name, $title, $value);
 	}
 
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		// TODO Replace with properly extensible view helper system 
 		$d = DateField_View_JQuery::create($this); 
 		$d->onBeforeRender(); 
diff --git a/forms/DatetimeField.php b/forms/DatetimeField.php
index 167d82332..c939cbf2d 100644
--- a/forms/DatetimeField.php
+++ b/forms/DatetimeField.php
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ class DatetimeField extends FormField {
 		return $this;
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		$config = array(
 			'datetimeorder' => $this->getConfig('datetimeorder'),
 		);
 		$config = array_filter($config);
 		$this->addExtraClass(Convert::raw2json($config));
 
-		return parent::FieldHolder();
+		return parent::FieldHolder($properties);
 	}
 	
 	function Field($properties = array()) {
diff --git a/forms/FieldGroup.php b/forms/FieldGroup.php
index a6f135a58..be1476f72 100644
--- a/forms/FieldGroup.php
+++ b/forms/FieldGroup.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class FieldGroup extends CompositeField {
 	    return $this;
  	}
   
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		$Title = $this->XML_val('Title');
 		$Message = $this->XML_val('Message');
 		$MessageType = $this->XML_val('MessageType');
diff --git a/forms/FormAction.php b/forms/FormAction.php
index 7e52f7c8f..9c04a9f30 100644
--- a/forms/FormAction.php
+++ b/forms/FormAction.php
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class FormAction extends FormField {
 		return $this->customise($properties)->renderWith($this->getTemplate());
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
-		return $this->Field();
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
+		return $this->Field($properties);
 	}
 
 	public function Type() {
diff --git a/forms/HasManyComplexTableField.php b/forms/HasManyComplexTableField.php
index 9f6c660d4..f0078e2b5 100644
--- a/forms/HasManyComplexTableField.php
+++ b/forms/HasManyComplexTableField.php
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class HasManyComplexTableField extends ComplexTableField {
 		
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
-		$ret = parent::FieldHolder();
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
+		$ret = parent::FieldHolder($properties);
 		
 		Requirements::add_i18n_javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/lang');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . "/javascript/HasManyFileField.js");
diff --git a/forms/HiddenField.php b/forms/HiddenField.php
index 1e33b080f..ddb9ff9c0 100644
--- a/forms/HiddenField.php
+++ b/forms/HiddenField.php
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ class HiddenField extends FormField {
 
 	protected $template = 'HiddenField';
 
-	function FieldHolder() {
-		return $this->Field();
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
+		return $this->Field($properties);
 	}
 
 	function performReadonlyTransformation() {
diff --git a/forms/LiteralField.php b/forms/LiteralField.php
index d99170025..0ce883757 100644
--- a/forms/LiteralField.php
+++ b/forms/LiteralField.php
@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@ class LiteralField extends DatalessField {
 		parent::__construct($name);
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
-		return is_object($this->content) ? $this->content->forTemplate() : $this->content; 
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
+		if(is_object($this->content)) {
+			$obj = $this->content;
+			if($properties)
+				$obj = $obj->customise($properties);
+			return $obj->forTemplate();
+		} else {
+			return $this->content;
+		}
 	}
 
 	function Field($properties = array()) {
-		return $this->FieldHolder();
+		return $this->FieldHolder($properties);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/forms/PrintableTransformation.php b/forms/PrintableTransformation.php
index 3e1739176..c74d52901 100644
--- a/forms/PrintableTransformation.php
+++ b/forms/PrintableTransformation.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class PrintableTransformation_TabSet extends TabSet {
 		CompositeField::__construct($tabs);
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		// This gives us support for sub-tabs.
 		$tag = ($this->tabSet) ? "h2>" : "h1>";
 		
diff --git a/forms/SelectionGroup.php b/forms/SelectionGroup.php
index b742d5d3b..b2aabefdc 100644
--- a/forms/SelectionGroup.php
+++ b/forms/SelectionGroup.php
@@ -85,12 +85,14 @@ class SelectionGroup extends CompositeField {
 		return true;
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(THIRDPARTY_DIR .'/jquery/jquery.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR   . '/javascript/SelectionGroup.js');
 		Requirements::css(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/css/SelectionGroup.css');
+
+		$obj = $properties ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
 		
-		return $this->renderWith($this->template);
+		return $obj->renderWith($this->template);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/forms/TabSet.php b/forms/TabSet.php
index 90bdd394d..defcfbe52 100644
--- a/forms/TabSet.php
+++ b/forms/TabSet.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TabSet extends CompositeField {
 	 * Returns a tab-strip and the associated tabs.
 	 * The HTML is a standardised format, containing a <ul;
 	 */
-	public function FieldHolder() {
+	public function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery/jquery.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui/jquery-ui.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-cookie/jquery.cookie.js');
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class TabSet extends CompositeField {
 		
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/TabSet.js');
 		
-		return $this->renderWith($this->template);
+		$obj = $properties ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
+		return $obj->renderWith($this->template);
 	}
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/forms/TableField.php b/forms/TableField.php
index 0f365bab2..0d202ccc8 100644
--- a/forms/TableField.php
+++ b/forms/TableField.php
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class TableField extends TableListField {
 	/**
 	 * Sets the template to be rendered with
 	 */
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery/jquery.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(THIRDPARTY_DIR . "/prototype/prototype.js");
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/behaviour/behaviour.js');
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ class TableField extends TableListField {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/TableField.js');
 		Requirements::css(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/css/TableListField.css');
 		
-		return $this->renderWith($this->template);
+		$obj = $properties ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
+		return $obj->renderWith($this->template);
 	}
 		
 	function setTransformationConditions($conditions) {
diff --git a/forms/TableListField.php b/forms/TableListField.php
index f20180d24..768283637 100644
--- a/forms/TableListField.php
+++ b/forms/TableListField.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class TableListField extends FormField {
 		return new TableListField_ItemRequest($this, $request->param('ID'));
 	}
 	
-	function FieldHolder() {
+	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery/jquery.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/prototype/prototype.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/behaviour/behaviour.js');
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ class TableListField extends FormField {
 			});
 JS
 		);}
-		return $this->renderWith($this->template);
+
+		$obj = $properties ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
+		return $obj->renderWith($this->template);
 	}
 	
 	function Headings() {
diff --git a/forms/ToggleCompositeField.php b/forms/ToggleCompositeField.php
index 9fd73036f..02607baba 100644
--- a/forms/ToggleCompositeField.php
+++ b/forms/ToggleCompositeField.php
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ class ToggleCompositeField extends CompositeField {
 		parent::__construct($children);
 	}
 	
-	public function FieldHolder() {
+	public function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . "/thirdparty/prototype/prototype.js");
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . "/thirdparty/behaviour/behaviour.js");
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . "/javascript/ToggleCompositeField.js");
 		
-		return $this->renderWith($this->template);
+		$obj = $properties ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
+		return $obj->renderWith($this->template);
 	}	
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/forms/gridfield/GridField.php b/forms/gridfield/GridField.php
index 4ea749231..9ac434201 100755
--- a/forms/gridfield/GridField.php
+++ b/forms/gridfield/GridField.php
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class GridField extends FormField {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function FieldHolder() {
+	public function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
 		Requirements::css(THIRDPARTY_DIR . '/jquery-ui-themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css');
 		Requirements::css(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/css/GridField.css');
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class GridField extends FormField {
 	}
 	
 	public function Field($properties = array()) {
-		return $this->FieldHolder();
+		return $this->FieldHolder($properties);
 	}
 
 	public function getAttributes() {