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Paul Deneen

I'm a new user of Odoo 19 Custom Online.  The field drag & drop functionality and properties editing functions in the Studio sidebar are not shown when editing Reports. They are shown when editing a Form.   I have seen demos where drag and drop, and property editing for Reports works similar to Form editing.  Is that functionality no longer available in Studio?  If it is, how do I enable it?  I am in developer mode.

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Paul Deneen
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Thank you very much for your responses. That clears it up for me.

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Cybrosys Techno Solutions Pvt.Ltd
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Hi,
In Odoo 19 Studio, the functionality for editing reports is indeed available, though it differs from the drag-and-drop sidebar used for form views. Instead of a field palette, the report editor is a content-centric interface accessed by going to Studio, then selecting "Reports" for the relevant model, and ideally duplicating an existing report to edit. Within this editor, you can add elements like fields, lists, tables, and images by typing / to bring up a "powerbox" of commands, directly edit text, and format content. While there isn't a dedicated properties sidebar, elements often have property dialogs for configuration, and for more advanced or conditional changes, direct XML editing of the report's source remains an option.

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Zehntech Technologies Inc.
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Hi Paul,

In Odoo 19, Studio still supports report customization, but it works differently from Form views.

The drag-and-drop field builder and sidebar property editor you see in Forms are not fully available for standard QWeb PDF reports. Reports are based on QWeb templates, which are more technical in nature, so Studio doesn’t always provide the same visual editing experience as it does for Forms and List views.

In some demos, what you’re seeing is either:

• Editing of document layouts (which is supported visually), or

• Enterprise features with specific report types that allow limited drag-and-drop blocks.

If you're not seeing the sidebar while editing Reports, it’s usually because:

  1. The report is a QWeb PDF report (code-based structure).

  2. The report template isn’t fully Studio-compatible.

To customize such reports, you generally need to:

• Edit the QWeb template directly (Developer mode → Technical → Reports → QWeb Views), or

• Create a new custom report template via Studio and modify the XML structure.

So the functionality isn’t completely removed — it’s just more limited for Reports compared to Forms.

If you can share which report you're trying to modify (e.g., Invoice, Sale Order, etc.), it would be easier to guide you more specifically.

Hope this helps! If not, please contact: santosh.sekwadia@zehntech.com

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