Search views

When opening your list view, you'll notice the search field to the upper-right. If you type something there, you get suggestions about what to search for, and there is also a set of predefined filters to choose from. This recipe will walk you through how to define those suggestions and options.

How to do it...

1. Define your search view:

<record id="search_all_customers" model="ir.ui.view"> 
    <field name="model">res.partner</field> 
    <field name="arch" type="xml"> 
        <search> 
          <field name="name" /> 
          <field name="category_id" 
                 filter_domain="[('category_id', 'child_of', self)]" /> 
          <field name="bank_ids" widget="many2one" /> 
          <filter name="suppliers" string="Suppliers" 
                  domain="[('supplier', '=', True)]" /> 
        </search> 
    </field> 
</record>

2. Tell your action to use it:

<record id="action_all_customers" model="ir.actions...