The document discusses smart buttons in version 8, highlighting their dynamic and customizable nature compared to regular buttons. It explains how to convert plain buttons into smart buttons, customize their appearance, and add dynamic content using functional fields. Various examples, including the use of HTML and Odoo widgets, demonstrate how to create effective smart buttons.

1. Smart Buttons in v8
Géry Debongnie

2. Content
1. What are Smart Buttons?
2. From Regular Buttons to Smart Buttons
3. Magic! (not really)
4. Customizing the Look
5. Customizing the Content

3. What are Smart Buttons?

4. Smart Buttons

5. Smart Buttons (2)
FromFrom
ToTo

6. Smart Buttons (3)
Two biggest advantages:
dynamic,
customizable.
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7. From Regular to Smart
it's not hard

8. Converting a plain button
Before:
<button<button class="oe_inline" type="action"
string="Opportunities"
name="..." context="..."/>/>
After:
<button<button class="oe_inline oe_stat_button" type="action"
string="Opportunities"
name="..." context="..."/>/>

9. Converting a plain button (2)
Just add 'icon' attribute.
<button<button class="oe_inline oe_stat_button" type="action"
string="Opportunities"
icon="fa-star"
name="..." context="..."/>/>
Font awesome:
http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/

10. Where is the magic?
(next slide)

11. Button tag can contain
anything
Before, the button tag was self-closed:
<button/><button/>
Now, it can contain literally anything:
<button><button>
literally anything
</button></button>
The form view parse the button and render anything inside
(html/Odoo widgets)

12. Example (html)
Pure html : Full control on the content
<button<button class="..." type="..." name="..." context="...">>
<p><p>Hello <strong><strong>Odoo</strong></p></strong></p>
</button></button>
Result:

13. Example (html+field)
<button<button class="..." type="..." name="..." icon="fa-star">>
<span><field<span><field name="opportunity_count"/>/> Opportunities</span></span>
</button></button>
Result:
This is fully dynamic!

14. Common situation:
One2many fields
Example: phonecall_ids in res.partner.
Step 1: add functional field phonecall_count to res.partner
Step 2: add field with widget 'statinfo'
<button<button class="..." type="..." name="..." icon="..." context="...">>
<field<field string="Calls" name="phonecall_count" widget="statinfo"/>/>
</button></button>

15. Customize your buttons
We can customize in two ways:

16. Customizing Content

17. Case study: Sum of all
invoices for a customer
1. add functional field
'total_invoiced':: fields..function((_invoice_total,,
string=="Total Invoiced",,
type=='float'))
defdef _invoice_total((self,, cr,, uid,, ids,, field_name,, arg,, context==None):):
result == {}{}
account_invoice_report == self..pool..get(('account.invoice.report'))
forfor partner inin self..browse((cr,, uid,, ids,, context==context):):
......
returnreturn result

18. Case study: Sum of all
invoices for a customer (2)
2. add field to button
<button<button type="action" class="oe_stat_button"
icon="fa-pencil-square-o" name="..." context="..." >>
<field<field name="total_invoiced" widget="statinfo"/>/>
</button></button>
3. profit!

19. Customizing Look

20. PercentPie Widget
Percentage (integer between 0 and 100)
<button<button name="..." type="action" class="oe_stat_button">>
<field<field name="received_ratio"
string="Received"
widget="percentpie"/>/>
</button></button>

21. Bar Chart Widget
Need to display some kind of trends? Use BarChart Widget!
<button<button name="..." type="action" class="oe_stat_button">>
<field<field name="opened_daily"
string="Opened Daily"
widget="barchart"/>/>
</button></button>
(see mass_mailing.py for full details)

22. Thank you!