diff -uNr vocabindex/theme/vocabindex_link.tpl.php vocabindex.new/theme/vocabindex_link.tpl.php
--- vocabindex/theme/vocabindex_link.tpl.php	2009-09-15 16:02:41.000000000 +0100
+++ vocabindex.new/theme/vocabindex_link.tpl.php	2009-09-15 16:08:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 $term->name .= $vi->node_count ? ' <span dir="' . $dir . '">(' . $term->node_count . ')</span>' : NULL;
 // Tree views show term descriptions as link titles (tooltips), while other
 // views show them directly under the term names.
-if ($vi->view != VOCABINDEX_VIEW_TREE && $term->description) {
+if ( ( ($vi->view != VOCABINDEX_VIEW_TREE) && ($vi->view != VOCABINDEX_VIEW_STATICTREE) ) && $term->description) {
   $term->name .= '<span class="description">' . $term->description . '</span>';
   $title = NULL;
 }
diff -uNr vocabindex/vocabindex.admin.inc vocabindex.new/vocabindex.admin.inc
--- vocabindex/vocabindex.admin.inc	2009-09-15 16:02:41.000000000 +0100
+++ vocabindex.new/vocabindex.admin.inc	2009-09-15 16:07:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@
     $default_value = !is_null($vi->view) ? $vi->view : VOCABINDEX_VIEW_TREE;
     $options = array(VOCABINDEX_VIEW_TREE => t('Tree'));
     if ($vi->type == VOCABINDEX_VI_PAGE) {
+      $options[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_STATICTREE] = t('Static Tree');
       $options[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_FLAT] = t('Browsable');
       $options[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_ALPHABETICAL] = t('Alphabetical');
     }
     else {
+      $options[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_STATICTREE] = t('Static Tree');
       $options[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_FLAT] = t('Flat');
     }
     $form[$id . 'view'] = array(
diff -uNr vocabindex/vocabindex.module vocabindex.new/vocabindex.module
--- vocabindex/vocabindex.module	2009-09-15 16:02:41.000000000 +0100
+++ vocabindex.new/vocabindex.module	2009-09-15 16:05:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
  */
 define('VOCABINDEX_VIEW_ALPHABETICAL', 3);
 /**
+ * Static Tree view.
+ */
+define('VOCABINDEX_VIEW_STATICTREE', 4);
+/**
  * A VI block.
  */
 define('VOCABINDEX_VI_BLOCK', 1);
diff -uNr vocabindex/vocabindex.view.inc vocabindex.new/vocabindex.view.inc
--- vocabindex/vocabindex.view.inc	2009-09-15 16:02:41.000000000 +0100
+++ vocabindex.new/vocabindex.view.inc	2009-09-15 16:10:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 function vocabindex_convert_view($view) {
   $strings[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_FLAT] = 'flat';
   $strings[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_TREE] = 'tree';
+  $strings[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_STATICTREE] = 'statictree';
   $strings[VOCABINDEX_VIEW_ALPHABETICAL] = 'alphabetical';
 
   return $strings[$view];
@@ -401,6 +402,23 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Render a static tree
+ *
+ * @param $tree
+ *   Type: array; A taxonomy tree.
+ * @param $children
+ *   Type: array; The vocabindex_get_children() output for this particular tree.
+ * @param $vi
+ *   Type: object; The VI this list belongs to.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Type: string; The fully rendered list.
+ */
+function vocabindex_list_render_statictree($tree, $children, $vi) {
+  return vocabindex_list_render_tree($tree, $children, $vi);
+}
+
+/**
  * Helper function for vocabindex_list_render_tree()
  *
  * Walks through the tree and renders each term.