View elements

We have seen how to organize the content in a form, using elements such as header, group, and notebook. Now, we can take a closer look at the field and button elements, and what we can do with them.

Buttons

Buttons support these attributes:

• icon to display. Unlike smart buttons, icons available for regular buttons are those found in addons/web/static/src/img/icons.

• string is the button text description.

• type can be workflow, object or action, to either trigger a workflow signal, call a Python method, or run a window action.

• name is the workflow trigger, model method, or window action to run, depending on the button type.

• args can be used to pass additional parameters to the method, if the type is object.

• context sets values on the session context, which can have an effect after the windows action is run, or when a Python method is called. In the latter case, it can sometimes be used as an alternative to args.

• confirm adds a dialog with this message text asking for a confirmation...