Having an action open a specific view

Window actions automatically determine the view to be used if none is given, but sometimes, we want an action to open a specific view.

We will create a basic form view for the partner model and make the window action specifically open it.

How to do it...

1. Define the partner minimal form view:

<record id="form_all_customers" model="ir.ui.view"> 
    <field name="name">All customers</field> 
    <field name="model">res.partner</field> 
    <field name="arch" type="xml"> 
        <form> 
            <group> 
                <field name="name" /> 
            </group...