diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
index 3c57c6f45..eae19ef72 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
@@ -414,9 +414,14 @@ static lay::LayoutView *new_view (QWidget *parent, bool editable, db::Manager *m
 }
 #endif
 
+static lay::LayoutView *new_view2 (bool editable, db::Manager *manager, unsigned int options)
+{
+  return new lay::LayoutView (manager, editable, 0 /*plugin parent*/, 0 /*parent*/, "view", options);
+}
+
 Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "LayoutView",
 #if defined(HAVE_QTBINDINGS)
-  gsi::constructor ("new", &new_view, gsi::arg ("parent", (QWidget *) 0, "nil"), gsi::arg ("editable", false), gsi::arg ("manager", (db::Manager *) 0, "nil"), gsi::arg ("options", (unsigned int) 0),
+  gsi::constructor ("new", &new_view, gsi::arg ("parent"), gsi::arg ("editable", false), gsi::arg ("manager", (db::Manager *) 0, "nil"), gsi::arg ("options", (unsigned int) 0),
     "@brief Creates a standalone view\n"
     "\n"
     "This constructor is for special purposes only. To create a view in the context of a main window, "
@@ -431,6 +436,19 @@ Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "Layou
     "It has been enhanced with the arguments in version 0.27.\n"
   ) +
 #endif
+  gsi::constructor ("new", &new_view2, gsi::arg ("editable", false), gsi::arg ("manager", (db::Manager *) 0, "nil"), gsi::arg ("options", (unsigned int) 0),
+    "@brief Creates a standalone view\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This constructor is for special purposes only. To create a view in the context of a main window, "
+    "use \\MainWindow#create_view and related methods.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "@param editable True to make the view editable\n"
+    "@param manager The \\Manager object to enable undo/redo\n"
+    "@param options A combination of the values in the LV_... constants\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This constructor has been introduced in version 0.25.\n"
+    "It has been enhanced with the arguments in version 0.27.\n"
+  ) +
   gsi::constant ("LV_NoLayers", (unsigned int) lay::LayoutView::LV_NoLayers,
     "@brief With this option, no layers view will be provided (see \\layer_control_frame)\n"
     "Use this value with the constructor's 'options' argument.\n"