There are many widgets present in Odoo user interface to perform different functionalities. Status bar, Checkboxes, Radio button etc. make the operations in Odoo simpler. In this blog, I will be explaining about different default widgets in Odoo, its purpose, and implementation syntax..

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2. INTRODUCTION
 There are many widgets present in Odoo user interface to perform different functionalities. Status bar,
Checkboxes, Radio button etc. make the operations in Odoo simpler. In this blog, I will be explaining about
different default widgets in Odoo, its purpose, and implementation syntax..

3. 1. Many2many Checkboxes
This field displays a list of checkboxes. Usually used to display one or more
related items. See the fig.
 Use widget=’many2many_checkboxes’, to get the many2many checkbox effect.

4. 2. Statusbar
 Used to display the status of a process. We can use widget=’statusbar’ to get the Status Bar effect.
3.Percentpie
The widget is used for to display progress chart. We can use widget=’percentpie’ to get the
effect. This widget is applicable for both integer and float field. Float value will be converted into
an integer value

5. 4. Guage
 Guage is similar to ‘Percentpie’. You can use Use widget=’guage’ to get the Guage effect. But in the case of
gauge, you have to add another field, for the maximum value. Set the following option in XML code.
<field name="entry_progress" widget="gauge"
style="width:120px;height:90px;cursor:pointer;"
options="{'max_field': 'maximum_rate'}">
Entry Progress
</field>
 Here ‘maximum_rate’ is an integer field.

6. 5. Progressbar or Progress
 Displays the progress of a process. Use widget=’progressbar’ to get the effect.
6. Many2many Tags
Similar to the many2many checkbox, but it displays multiple items as tags. (see the fig). Use
widget=’many2many_tags’ to get the effect.

7. 7. Handle
This widget is used to drag the line up and down. This widget is mainly applicable to tree view. We can use
widget=’handle’ to get the effect.
8. Many2many Binary
Many2many_binary filed will provide an option to upload a file and view the preview. The widget is
available only for binary field. Use widget=’many2many_binary’ to get the following effect.

8. 9. Many2many Kanban
Use widget=’many2many_kanban’ to get the many2many kanban effect. We can set ‘many2man
fields as kanban view by using ‘many2many_kanban’ widget.

9. 10.Mail Followers & Mail Thread
We track every model using the ‘mail_followers’ widget.
Use widget=’mail_folowers’ to get the effect.

10. 11.Selction
Displays a list of items. Use widget=’selection’ to get the effect. It is applicable only for ‘many2one’ field
12.Radio
Use widget=’radio’ toge the radio button effect.

11. 13.Float Time
Use widget=’float_time’ to get the float time effect. You have to define the field type as ‘float’
14.Image
Use widget=’image’ to get an Image widget. . This widget is used for binary field.

12. 15.Email
If we set the widget as ‘email’ for a character field the character will be displayed as an email link.
When the user clicks on the data field it will redirect to compose mail form. We can use widget=’email’ to get the
effect.
16.Phone
If we use mobile app, then we can directly dial the number to clipboard by using widget=’phone’.
17.Monetary
. The field allows the user to append currency with our amount. Use widget=’monetary’ to get the monetary
effect

13. 18.URL
If we set the widget as url for a character field the character will be displayed as hyperlink. Use widget=’url’
19.Checkbox
The widget displays checkboxes. Use the widget=’checkbox’ to get the effect.

14. 20.Integer
A field set as integer will allow only integer values. .We can use widget=’integer’ to get th
effect.
21.Date
We can use widget=’date’ to get the following effect. It will convert the datetime field into date field.

15. 22.Html
We can use widget=’html’ to get the following effect.
23.Html Frame
We can use widget=’html_frame’ to get the html frame effect. Here we will get the default frame
for our field.

16. 24.Priority
Use widget=’priority’ to get the priority widget.

17. 25.Boolean Button
Teh boolean_button is useful to set toggle value for the field. Use widget=’boolean_button’ to get the field.
26.Upgrade Boolean
We can use widget=’upgrade_boolean’ to get the following effect. When we click on the field of
‘upgrade_boolean’ widget, then it will pop up the window as below..

18. 27.Upgrade Radio
We can use widget=’upgrade_radio’ to get the following effect.

19. 28.Char Domain
We can set the domain for a particular field using ’char_domain’ widget. Use widget=’char_domain’
to get the effect
29.Statinfo
Use widget=’statinfo’ to get the following effect. The widget will display the count.

20. 30.Many2many Attendee
Use the widget=’many2manyattendee’ to get the following effect.

21. 31.On2many
Use widget=’one2many’ to get the following effect.

22. 32.One2many List
Use widget=’one2many_list’ to get the following effect.
33.Widget on Button
We can use widget=’widgetonbutton’ for the following effect.

23. 34.Website Button
widget=’website_button’ will give you the following effect.

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https://www.cybrosys.com/blog/widgets-in-odoo

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