Widgets in Odoo

Hello everyone. These are the widget list used in odoo “V8.0, V9.0, V10.0” that can make our development more easy, flexible and usable. Here we have the widgets and their descriptions.

• Monetary

The widget=”monetary” was introduced in Odoo 9.0 and is not available in previous versions. We using it when we want to create a fielfs that unit of measure have linked to a currency like for example “amount_total_signed“.

 

• Statusbar

The widget =”statusbars” gives you the ability to show the progress to the user in a visual way. Statusbars are ideal to use in combination with buttons which will modify the state where a record is in.

 

• Handle

The widget=”handle” gives you the option to re-order lines, making records drag and droppable. When you need to be able to rearrange the order of a field rows, you want to enable user to drag the line up and down the list. This is especially when the rows represent something of which order is important.

Re-order lines:

 

• Mail Followers & Mail Thread

The widget=”mail_followers” and widget=”mail_thread” are used  when we want to add our fields the possibility to create messages, follow it and add attachments.

 

• Statinfo

The widget=”statinfo” is used when we have a Fields to display statics.

 

• Selection

The widget=”selection” adds a drop down list when we have a many2one field.

• Progressbar

The widget=”progressbar” is used to show the progress of a task in percentage.

• Many2many Tags

The widget=”many2many_tags” Present list of tags. List labels as filters.

• Image

The wigdet=”image” For adding an image, we add a binary field in the model.

• One2many List

The widget=”one2many_list” is used when we want to view a filed as one2many.

• Radio

The widget=”radio” is used as a radio button.

• Gauge

There is a module called “Gauge Widget for Kanban” installed by default in odoo, it allows to add gauge widget to kanban board as the name suggests.

• Float Time

The widget=”float_time” shows the floats as if they represent time.

• HTML

The widget=”hml” is used to store HTML. It can save the text format.

• URL

The widget=”url” is used when we have a field that create a link http.

• Percentpie

The widget=”percentpie” show a pie chart with percentage ( does not work in the tree view or kanban).

• Many2one Button

The widget=”many2onebutton” create a simple button that indicates if it’s assigned.

• Many2many Checkboxes

The widget=”many2many_checkboxes” List of checkboxes.

• Many2many Kanban

The widget=”many2many_kanban” view of a kanban that is associated kanban. Be aware that the view needs defined.

• Email

The widget=”email” create a link to send an E-mail.

What am I missing here? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add it in .