How to add new tab to module?

30 May 2013

purchase fields customization purchase_order

Hi,

My question is how to add new tab or (tabs) in my module or existing module

I know the we need to inherit the module we want to add some things and do our changes (As what I do previously (adding one2may & many2one fields))

see below picture will explain what I need

Thank you in advance

7 Answers

Best Answer

To add page in employee after personal information tab you need to inherit the employee form view in xml like,

 <record id="view_employee_form" model="ir.ui.view">
   	<field name="name">hr.employee.form</field>
    <field name="model">hr.employee</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="view_employee_form"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
	    <xpath expr="//page[@string='Personal Information']" position='after'>
	    	<page string='My new tab'>
	    		
	    	</page>
	    </xpath>
    </field>
</record>

Indrabhan Bhamare

23 July 2015

Best Answer

hello Math

Here for you I'm adding new tab in "Quotations" of "sale" module,this is similar to your requirement

Example.py

from openerp import fields, models, api, _

class class_name(models.Model):

    _inherit = 'sale.order'
    <fields name="..."/>

Example.xml

<record id="view_sale_order_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">view.sale.order.tree</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="sale.view_order_form"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">

    <xpath expr="//page[@string='Other Information']" position="after">
        <page string="My_New_Tab">
            <field name='My_new_fields'/>
        </page>
    </xpath>

    </field>
</record>

Paramjitsingh Sahota (psa)

11 June 2013

Best Answer

In form view, inside <notebook> tag you can add as many pages(TAB) by this syntax

 <notebook>
     <page string="Your Tab1">
         <field name="..."/>
     </page>  
     <page string="Your Tab2">
         <field name="..."/>
     </page>   
 </notebook>

Best Answer

You need to add a new page in the notebook in the View. Are you creating an own Addon/Module to alter the partner page?

In case of you do please take a look on that: You need to inherit from the partner view in maybe partner_view.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
  <data>
    <!--
    Partners Extension
  -->

    <record id="view_partner_property_form" model="ir.ui.view">
        <field name="name">res.partner.stock.property.form.inherit</field>
        <field name="model">res.partner</field>
        <field name="inherit_id" ref="product.view_partner_property_form"/>
        <field name="arch" type="xml">
            <notebook position="inside">
                <page string="My New Tab">
                    <field name="..."/>
                </page>
            </notebook>
        </field>
    </record>

  </data>
</openerp>

5 Comments

Maath

- 30 May 2013

What I do without inherit view (inherit the module)   <record model="ir.ui.view" id="student_form"> <field name="name">Student</field> <field name="model">sim77.student</field> <field name="type">form</field> <field name="arch" type="xml"> <form string="Student"> <field name="name"/> <field name="student_name"/>

<field name="gender"/> <field name="contract_id"/> </form> </field> </record>  can you help ? where I put code of new page?

Andreas Maertens

- 30 May 2013

Then add a notebook to your view. That looks exactly as above code just without the "inherit_id" tag nor the position attribute in <notebook>. Notebook adds the Space for your Tabs to the form.

Andreas Maertens

- 30 May 2013

You put the code of the new File in a separate .xml file. Then you need to add the .xml in your __openerp__.py under "update_xml". Just take a look to other addons therefor.

Andreas Maertens

- 13 June 2013

Did that solved your Problem? If it does please mark one of the correct answers to help others to find the solution faster

Cyrus Waithaka

- 15 September 2014

Great, this works fine for me. I have a one2many field in the partner model that creates a relationship with custom model. How can I add a "Create" button to the tab so that it pop up the view of the custom model?

Best Answer

inside <notebook> tag, after <page string="Personal Information"> </page> put your new tab, <page string="My Tab"> </page>

khudrath

3 July 2014

Best Answer

How can we set one tab or page as default, i.e., when i open the screen that that tab opens by default

2 Comments

Pascal Tremblay

- 26 September 2014

I would want to know too!

Rihene

- 23 July 2015

Put it the first not the last hhhh ;)

Abdullah

25 March 2019

Best Answer

For adding a new tab your xpath had to be like this

<xpath expr="//page[2]" position='after'>
1,2,3 depending the number of your tab in the view.

Help

7 Answers