Weird error "Expression cannot be located in parent view" in view inheritance

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Weird error "Expression cannot be located in parent view" in view inheritance

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Raffaele

In v9 I'm trying to add a smart button to the partner form. I copied the code from the sale module, at https://github.com/odoo/odoo/blob/9.0/addons/sale/res_partner_view.xml#L38

The original code is:

<field name="name">res.partner.view.buttons</field>

<field name="model">res.partner</field>

<button class="oe_stat_button" type="action" name="%(sale.act_res_partner_2_sale_order)d"

attrs="{'invisible': [('customer', '=', False)]}"

icon="fa-usd">

</button>

</div>

</field>

</record>

I fitted it to suit my needs

<record id="res_partner_view_buttons" model="ir.ui.view">
      <field name="name">res.partner.view.buttons</field>
      <field name="model">res.partner</field>
      <field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form" />
      <field name="priority" eval="20"/>
      <field name="arch" type="xml">
           <div name="buttons" position="inside"
              <button class="oe_inline oe_stat_button" type="action" string="Cycles"
                name="medical_report_basic.act_res_partner_2_cycle" 
                icon="fa-repeat" help="Manage patient's cycles">
              </button> 
          </div>
      </field>
    </record>

The system keeps complaining that

Element '<div name="buttons">' cannot be located in parent view

I changed it to

<xpath expr="(//sheet/div)[last()]" position="before">
            <div class="oe_right oe_button_box" name="cycle_buttons">
              <button class="oe_inline oe_stat_button" type="action" string="Cycles"
                name="medical_report_basic.act_res_partner_2_cycle" 
                icon="fa-repeat" help="Manage patient's cycles">
              </button>     
            </div>
          </xpath>

And it is working fine - but it is a weird solution.

Why is the sale module code not working for me?

Sudhir Arya (ERP Harbor Consulting Services)

Best Answer

Hello Raffaele,

The <div name="buttons" you are trying might not exists in parent view.

Better to try with following code:

<div name="button_box" position="inside">
...add your fields...
</div>

Raffaele

Author

Actually, looking at the Fields View Get, the <div name="buttons"> does not exist at all. There is <div name="button_box"> instead

Thank you!

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