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Menu Item Rename

Rename menu items using module xml.

Technical Name:
base_xml_rename
License:
LGPL-3
Author:
Numigi
Maintainer:
https://odoo-community.org
Website:
Repository:
https://github.com/Numigi/odoo-base-addons/tree/12.0/./base_xml_rename
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Base XML Rename

This module allows to rename UI elements using XML data files in modules.

Context

Renaming a menu in Odoo directly through the web interface is not a good idea.

  • We rapidly loose track of what was modified.
  • The menu names are not changed in test environments (except with replication of the prod).
  • The changes are lost if someone forces the override of translations.

The same applies for renaming other objects such as user groups.

Module Design

A mixin xml.rename.mixin is added.

This mixin has a method rename which takes 3 mandatory parameters:

  • ref: the xml reference of the record.
  • lang: the language of the term.
  • value: the new term.

Optionaly, a field parameter can be supplied, in case the field is not name.

The mixin can be added to any model.

For now, the module adds the mixin to ir.ui.menu and res.groups.

Usage

Here are 2 examples for renaming menu items and user groups.

Renaming a Menu

Inside an xml file:

  • Add a function node with model="ir.ui.menu".

  • Inside the function node, you must set 3 value nodes.

    These nodes must have type="char" and respectively contain the following data:

    1. The XML ID of the menu item
    2. The languge code
    3. The new label to set

Here is an example to rename the Settings menu to Administration.

<function name="rename" model="ir.ui.menu">
    <value type="char">base.menu_administration</value>
    <value type="char">en_US</value>
    <value type="char">Administration</value>
</function>

Here is the result after loading the module containg the XML file.

static/description/admin_menu.png

Renaming a User Group

Here is an example of renaming a user group. This works the same way as renaming a menu item.

<function name="rename" model="res.groups">
    <value type="char">account.group_account_user</value>
    <value type="char">fr_FR</value>
    <value type="char">Comptable</value>
</function>

Before loading the XML, the group is named Montrer les fonctions de comptabilité complète in french.

static/description/group_before.png

After loading the XML, the group is named Comptable.

static/description/group_after.png

Known Issues

If you reload translations with Overwrite Existing Terms checked, the terms loaded with XML will not be reloaded automatically. You will need to update the modules containing these XML files).

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