Limit Characters in tree view - Odoo14

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I want to set a limit to the number of Characters displaying in the tree view by 60, that comes from the field "Description" in the project module. But just limit the characters that display in the tree view NOT limit the input of the field.

would that be possible? with an attribute in xml? or directly using custom css or js

<xpath expr="//tree[1]/field[@name='name']" position="after">
     **strong text**<field name="description" string="Comments" Limit="60"/>
</xpath>

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 19 '22 at 16:02

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I don't think it is possible through XML, but what you can do is create a new computed field that copies the first 60 characters of the description field (in the front-end or through code, doesn't matter). It duplicates data but it will do what you want.

x_description_limited = fields.Char(compute=_compute_x_description_limited, stored=False)

@api.depends('description')
def _compute_x_description_limited(self):
    for record in self:
        if record.description:
            if len(record.description) > 60:
                record['x_description_limited'] = f"{record.description[:60]}..."
            else:
                record['x_description_limited'] = record.description
        else:
            record['x_description_limited'] = False

edited Jan 19 '22 at 16:02

Lenormju

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answered May 10 '21 at 07:13

adekock11

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if it's for display purposes only, is not necessary to store the field.. – Tiki May 10 '21 at 13:31
that's an interesting approach i will try it. Thank you Friend – Ron May 10 '21 at 14:55
@Tiki valid point, it does not need to be stored – adekock11 May 11 '21 at 07:32

Limit Characters in tree view - Odoo14

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