Navi

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Odoo

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v 8.0 v 9.0 v 10.0 Third Party 4
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Versions 9.0 10.0 8.0

Fast Back-End Navigation & Operation using Keyboard only

Save tons of time on Navigating and Operating Odoo!

Press Ctrl twice within 0.5 seconds to launch Navi. Type in the Menu you want to go to. Enter selects the first suggestion in the list - lightning fast!

Access hard-to-find Wizards instantly - don't waste time clicking through Menus. To launch Export Translation:

2x [Ctrl] > 'e tr' > [Enter]

Search for Records and Actions

Pick a Record and press Enter to open it in Form View:

Enter : open record in current window.
Shift + Enter : open record in new window.
By holding Alt key in any of the above cases the object is opened in Edit mode (either in current or in new window).

Or continue selecting other records and press Enter to view them all in List View:

Or select an Action to be performed on the given Records:

A prefilled Wizard will show up, where you only need to tick In Portal if that contact needs to have access to the Portal:

It doesn't matter in which order you list Records and Actions. This is for different people think differently and approach tasks from different sides. Here we choose to print PDFs for a set of Sales Orders:

Navi does a simple thing, but it does it good. Once you pick a Record or an Action of some Model, all further suggestions are auto-limited to that Model. So that you won't mix Quants with Partners by mistake and won't Run Schedulers on Partners :)

Press Esc or click on the grey area to close the Navi input.

Create / Delete Records

Type +[space] to Create a Record of the given Model. Type x[space] to Delete selected Records of the given Model.

Filter by Model

Type :<Model> to only suggest Records / Actions of that Model.
Examples: :Products, :Customers, :Suppliers, :Window Actions etc. Compare these two:

In fact, it's not quite :<Model>, but rather a :<Menu>, so instead of :Partners you see :Customers and :Suppliers. This is for user convenience, as users normally don't think in terms of Partners, but in terms of Suppliers + Customers. Technically, these are Menus that show non-transient Models. More Examples:

  • List different tags:
    :[space]ta.

  • Check Groups of Portal Access Management in a new window:
    :w a > [Enter] > portal > [Enter] > [Shift]+[Enter]      (or [Shift]+[Alt]+[Enter] to Edit)

Configuration

No configuration is needed since version 1.0.

Menus are suggested out of the box. Records are suggested out of the box by activating the desired model with :<Model>.

Optional configuration allows to fine-tune search strategy for Records and to allow specific models to be searched automatically (i.e. without specifying :<Model> filter first).

The Models whose Records/Actions are to be looked up automatically (i.e. without specifying :<Model> filter first) are configured from menu Records Navigation. You no longer have to know where to find this menu: just launch Navi and start typing Navi(gation) > [Enter]. Or just pick the Navi Config suggestion always shown as the last suggestion. Or immediately create Configuration Records using suggestion Missing some Records? Add them to Navi Config!.

Records can be Searched by ID, Name, or by both ID and Name (the default).

  • When Searching by ID, a Template can be specified for showing ID in suggestions.
  • When Searching by Name, Search fields can be specified to limit the search space. Leave Search fields blank for natural search. Above we don't want to search Partners by email, so instead of natural search we set Search fields to name only.
Of course, suggested Records / Menus / Actions are all limited by Users' Access Rights.

Cache is used wherever possible and feasible on both server side and client side (browser) to make Navi lightning fast, and to achieve the smoothest user experience possible.

Created by Developer for Developers

  • Save tons of time on Odoo Navigation and Operation!
  • Forget about Menus - concentrate on the Actions!
  • Stop serving Odoo - make Odoo serve you instead. Make it follow your thoughts.
  • Learn that Odoo is not just Free and Configurable, but also Fun to use!
  • A must-have for any Odoo Developer and Administrator.
  • A must-have for any Odoo Client even more so!

Soon to come

  • List View operation using Keyboard only:
    • Selecting multiple items using Keyboard only in a fast and convenient way.
    • Accessing Print/More actions using Keyboard.
    • Opening arbitrary item using Keyboard.
    • Navigation pointer like in GMail.
  • Shift + Enter : select last suggestion in the list

Tentative

  • Ctrl + Enter : select all suggestions
  • Filters: Last Week / Last Month / Today / Tomorrow / Yesterday.
  • Add Navi to Front-End (Website). [Doubtful]

Ideas

  • "As" Keyword for imitating the Search View for a given Model. Makes Navi behave like the Search bar of the given Model's Action.
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It does not work with backend themes
by
Apoorv Soral
on 7/28/17, 2:43 AM

Please fix this. I use odoo 9 community version with backend theme and navi does not work with it.

@Apoorv Soral
by
Anton Chepurov
on 8/9/17, 2:41 AM Author

Which backend theme do you use? Material Backend Theme v9 by 8cells? Bravo Backend Theme v9 by UNIBRAVO? Odoo 9 Backend-Theme by Ajeng Shilvie N? If you use a non-free theme, please send me the complete HTML of that page where Navi doesn't work. For this, open such a page (e.g. App Drawer) > hit Ctrl+S > choose "Website, Complete" > Save > and send me just the HTML file (no need to send the directory named after the HTML file). This HTML doesn't contain any sensitive data (check it yourself), but would allow me to debug the issue w/o violating the Odoo Proprietary License (i.e. w/o accessing the source code of your non-free backend theme module).

by
Anton Chepurov
on 3/7/17, 9:21 PM Author

What a terrible Chatter it is... It removed all my : <Model> and : <Menu> tags :) Guess yourself which one should go where.

@Apoorv Soral
by
Anton Chepurov
on 3/7/17, 9:18 PM Author

@Apoorv Soral Check the latest version (will be 1.3 once I finish the Description). In short: Navi no longer requires any configuration for suggesting records. Just type : to see any model your user is allowed to see, pick the : filter you are interested in, and subsequent suggestions will be filtered by this model. In fact it's not quite :, but rather :

, so instead of :Partners you'll see :Customers and :Suppliers. This is for user convenience, as users normally don't think in terms of Partners, but in terms of Suppliers + Customers. So these are [non-transient] Model-based Menus, actually. Also, records can be searched by both ID and natural name search, and ID is always shown. And now you no longer have to configure Navi, but you use Navi Configuration to change the default search behaviour: e.g. add a Partner config record to e.g. force search by name only (i.e. don't search emails (done by default)). Similarly, you can set a Template to not show the ID. Finally, just as before, records of configured Models are also suggested w/o : filter. Obviously, it makes sense to remove all the Configuration records, and only leave those you use really often. Navi's default behavior should be just fine for anything else. Enjoy! :)
@Apoorv Soral
by
Anton Chepurov
on 3/4/17, 5:01 AM Author

@Apoorv Soral Exactly! It is what I'm currently up to. It will be used for both limiting models as you've described it, and for hiding low-level technical models from general suggestions while still allowing to search for them by first selecting a short Prefix/Keyword: e.g. SM for Stock Move, PRO for Procurement Order -- the kind of low-level technical models you normally don't want to be suggested.

My Bad
by
Apoorv Soral
on 3/4/17, 4:51 AM Confirmed Purchase

You guys are already doing it. Sorry! Great Job

Okay, I tested the new one
by
Apoorv Soral
on 3/4/17, 4:42 AM Confirmed Purchase

It is working now! Thanks. There is just one suggestion that I would like to be incorporated into Navi; 1. When I cntr*2 and type a phrase to search for a record, navi does a good job showing me the records doing a fuzzy search but CAN WE GROUP THE RECORD BY MODEL EG. - I have two record search criteria - res.partner & product.product when I type "App" - Navi searches "Apple Products" from res.partner and "Apple Computer" from product.product. IS THERE A WAY TO GROUP - PARTNER RECORDS - "Apple Products" and then PRODUCT RECORDS - "Apple Computer"?

@Anton Chepurov
by
Apoorv Soral
on 3/4/17, 4:31 AM Confirmed Purchase

I am using Odoo8

@Walter Lara
by
Anton Chepurov
on 3/3/17, 9:50 PM Author

@Walter Lara, are you talking about this theme? https://www.odoo.com/apps/themes/10.0/backend_theme_v10/ I've just added support for it. Actually, only Menu navigation didn't work for me, other navigation functions worked out of the box. Please update Navi #10.0 to the latest, reload the page (Ctrl + R), and Navi should start working. I will soon make Navi also show up right on the App Drawer. Currently you have to open any of the Apps and then Navi will show up there on 2x Ctrl shortcut. And with Navi you will barely go back to the App Drawer main screen again. Actually, Openworx'es theme and Navi are a perfect match. Hope you'll enjoy it.

@Apoorv Soral
by
Anton Chepurov
on 3/3/17, 8:46 PM Author

Which Odoo version do you use? I've pushed 2x fixes for 9.0 and 10.0 to Odoo repo recently. Please update the module and reload the page (Ctrl + R) to see if it solves the error. Strangely enough, Odoo Apps doesn't send notifications to module authors about comments on the modules. So I'm sorry I didn't notice your comments before.

Also Having Issues saying view is undefined and doesn't work at all
by
Walter Lara
on 3/1/17, 5:47 PM Confirmed Purchase

If this module is installed and enabled my App Drawer no longer works either ( using openworx template and odoo 10 community ).

Another Issue
by
Apoorv Soral
on 3/1/17, 1:00 AM Confirmed Purchase

I get blank instead of list view when I select multiple records

I am getting errors - please resolve
by
Apoorv Soral
on 3/1/17, 12:58 AM Confirmed Purchase

when I hit enter with a record ID in Navi, I get this error - TypeError: views is undefined http://localhost:8469/web/js/web.assets_backend/5926373:3901