Actions and menus

Window actions, server actions, URL and client actions, report actions, menus and binding actions to models.

In this lesson

Action types
Menus
Binding actions and returning actions from Python

Key points

act_window: res_model, view_mode, domain, context, target, help
server, act_url, client and report actions
menuitem tree with groups and sequence
binding_model_id adds actions to Action/Print menus; methods can return action dicts

Real-world example

Credit controllers wanted to open 'customers over limit' in one click. A window action on res.partner with a domain on a stored 'over_limit' boolean, search_default for their company and a menu under Accounting gave them a daily worklist without a custom screen.

Questions and answers

Which action type prints a PDF?

ir.actions.report.

What restricts who sees a menu?

The groups attribute on the menu.

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