web_m2x_options

Add new options for many2one field

Description

This modules modifies "many2one" and "many2manytags" form widgets so as to add some new display control options.

Options provided includes possibility to remove "Create..." and/or "Create and Edit..." entries from many2one drop down. You can also change default number of proposition appearing in the drop-down. Or prevent the dialog box poping in case of validation error.

If not specified, the module will avoid proposing any of the create options if the current user has no permission rights to create the related object.

Usage

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• https://www.odoo.com/forum/help-1

in the field's options dict

create boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display the "Create..." entry in dropdown panel.

create_edit boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display "Create and Edit..." entry in dropdown panel

m2o_dialog boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display the many2one dialog in case of validation error.

limit int (Default: openerp default value is 7)

Number of displayed record in drop-down panel

search_more boolean

Used to force disable/enable search more button.

field_color string

A string to define the field used to define color. This option has to be used with colors.

colors dictionary

A dictionary to link field value with a HTML color. This option has to be used with field_color.

no_open_edit boolean (Default: value of no_open which is False if not set)

Causes a many2one not to offer to click through in edit mode, but well in read mode

open boolean (Default: False)

Makes many2many_tags buttons that open the linked resource

no_color_picker boolean (Default: False)

Deactivates the color picker on many2many_tags buttons to do nothing (ignored if open is set)

ir.config_parameter options

Now you can disable "Create..." and "Create and Edit..." entry for all widgets in the odoo instance. If you disable one option, you can enable it for particular field by setting "create: True" option directly on the field definition.

web_m2x_options.create boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display the "Create..." entry in dropdown panel for all fields in the odoo instance.

web_m2x_options.create_edit boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display "Create and Edit..." entry in dropdown panel for all fields in the odoo instance.

web_m2x_options.m2o_dialog boolean (Default: depends if user have create rights)

Whether to display the many2one dialog in case of validation error for all fields in the odoo instance.

web_m2x_options.limit int (Default: openerp default value is 7)

Number of displayed record in drop-down panel for all fields in the odoo instance

web_m2x_options.search_more boolean (Default: default value is False)

Whether the field should always show "Search more..." entry or not.

To add these parameters go to Configuration -> Technical -> Parameters -> System Parameters and add new parameters like:

• web_m2x_options.create: False
• web_m2x_options.create_edit: False
• web_m2x_options.m2o_dialog: False
• web_m2x_options.limit: 10
• web_m2x_options.search_more: True

Example

Your XML form view definition could contain:

...
<field name="partner_id" options="{'limit': 10, 'create': false, 'create_edit': false, 'search_more':true 'field_color':'state', 'colors':{'active':'green'}}"/>
...

Known issues

Double check that you have no inherited view that remove options you set on a field ! If nothing works, add a debugger in the first line of get_search_result method and enable debug mode in Odoo. When you write something in a many2one field, javascript debugger should pause. If not verify your installation. create_edit and create are now supported by default in Odoo's core (no_create_edit, no_create). So, these keywords should be removed when migrating to 11.0 (we keep them in version 10.0 to preserve the compatibility with the previous 10.0 versions of this module)

Roadmap

• Instead of making the tags rectangle clickable, I think it's better to put the text as a clickable link, so we will get a consistent behaviour/aspect with other clickable elements (many2one...).
• In edit mode, it would be great to add an icon like the one on many2one fields to allow to open the many2many in a popup window.
• Include this feature as a configurable option via parameter to have this behaviour by default in all many2many tags.

Bug Tracker

Bugs are tracked on GitHub Issues. In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported. If you spotted it first, help us smashing it by providing a detailed and welcomed feedback here.

Credits

Contributors

• David Coninckx <davconinckx@gmail.com>
• Emanuel Cino <ecino@compassion.ch>
• Holger Brunn <hbrunn@therp.nl>
• Nicolas JEUDY <nicolas@sudokeys.com>
• Yannick Vaucher <yannick.vaucher@camptocamp.com>
• Zakaria Makrelouf <z.makrelouf@gmail.com>
• Jairo Llopis <jairo.llopis@tecnativa.com>
• David Vidal <david.vidal@tecnativa.com>

Maintainer

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.

To contribute to this module, please visit http://odoo-community.org.