Document-style forms

In this recipe, we'll review some design guidelines in order to present a uniform user experience.

How to do it...

1. Start your form with a header element:

<header> 
    <button name="do_something_with_the_record" 
            string="Do something" type="object" class="btn-primary" /> 
    <button name="do_something_else" string="Second action" /> 
    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" /> 
</header> 

2. Then, add a sheet element for content:

<sheet> 

3. Put some prominent field(s) first:

    <div class="oe_left oe_title"> 
        <label for="name" /&gt...