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Priyan Changd
Priyan Changd

Reputation: 169

How to define correct XPath location?

I was set ssnid & sinid as invisible fields.but both are still shows in my view.seems issue with XPath location.!

Anyone can help me to sort out ?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<openerp>
    <data>
        <!-- 1st part of the sim_view start -->
        <record model="ir.ui.view" id="madulsima_plucker_form">
            <field name="name">madulsima.plucker.form</field>
            <field name="model">madulsima.plucker</field>
            <field name="inherit_id" ref="hr.view_employee_form" />
            <field name="type">form</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <notebook position="inside">
                    <page string="Madulsima Plucker Fields">
                        <field name="reg_no" />
                        <field name="worker_name" />

                        <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/group/field[@name='ssnid']"
                            position="attributes">
                            <attribute name="invisible">True</attribute>
                        </xpath>
                        <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/group/field[@name='sinid']"
                            position="attributes">
                            <attribute name="invisible">True</attribute>
                        </xpath>

                    </page>
                </notebook>
            </field>
        </record>

        <record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_plucker_registration">
            <field name="name">Plucker Registration</field>
            <field name="res_model">madulsima.plucker</field>
            <field name="view_type">form</field>
            <field name="view_mode">form</field>
        </record>


        <menuitem id="menu_madulsima_plucker" name="Madulsima/Checkroll" />

        <menuitem id="menu_madulsima_plucker_registration" name="Plucker Registration"
            parent="menu_madulsima_plucker" action="action_plucker_registration" />
    </data>
</openerp>

i posted my whole code in view.xml

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5800

Answers (1)

odony
odony

Reputation: 4117

The root elements in the arch field of an inherited view are locators which are supposed to identify an element in the parent view, on which an operation can then be performed according to the special position attribute.

A locator must have a position attribute and can be either:

  • an <xpath> element with an expr attribute containing a valid XPath expression for locating a single element in the parent view;
  • any valid view element from the parent view;

An inherited view can have multiple root elements, in order to perform several alteration to the parent view.

Your example is incorrect because you have nested several locators: your xpath elements are inside the page element. Notice that 3 elements have a position attribute in your inherited view: the notebook element and the 2 xpath elements. They all need to be at the top of the view architecture, for example:

       <field name="arch" type="xml">
            <notebook position="inside">
               <!-- ... elements you want to add inside the parent notebook -->
            </notebook>
            <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/group/field[@name='ssnid']"
                   position="attributes">
                <attribute name="invisible">True</attribute>
            </xpath>
            <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/group/field[@name='sinid']"
                   position="attributes">
                <attribute name="invisible">True</attribute>
            </xpath>
        </field>

PS: if you're not familiar with XPath, you should look online for a quick reference or cheat sheet, such as this one.

Upvotes: 5

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