Locating View Mode in the Properties panel

Hi Greg.  Can you describe the 'View Mode' you are referring to?

There are the Screen Modes at the bottom of the Toolbar. There is the View Menu of course, that has a lot of tools and facilities. You'll no doubt know that the Properties panel is context aware and changes acording to what you have selected and are using.

So if you can give us a bit more information, I am sure we'll home in on it.

Can you post some screenshot with Layers and Properties panel visible?

What is your goal vith View mode? By the way, there is View in menu if you are looking for that.