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Web Button No Save

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Web License: AGPL-3

This module allows to define buttons that do not require saving the form.

This can be used to show a popup (wizard) that helps the user to fill in the current record using much more information (links, pictures, videos, ...) than what can be handled from the help of each field.

auto_awesome What this module does

AI-generated from the code · Odoo 12.0

Lets developers add buttons on Odoo forms that run their action without saving the record first, so users can open popups or wizards without losing unsaved changes.

This module changes how buttons behave on Odoo form views. Normally, clicking a button on a form saves the record first. With this module, a button can be marked so that it runs its action immediately, without saving the form.

  • The behaviour is triggered by a special option set on the button definition. When that option is present, the button action runs right away and the form is not saved.
  • While the action is running, the form's buttons are temporarily disabled and then re-enabled when the action finishes, so users cannot click twice by mistake.
  • Buttons that do not have this option keep working exactly as before, saving the record first.

This is useful when a button should open a popup or wizard that helps the user fill in the current record with extra information, such as links, pictures or videos, without forcing a save beforehand.

The module only affects the backend web interface. It does not add any new menu, screen, report or database table, and it does not change any business document such as sales orders or invoices. It is a technical tool for module developers, and it works together with the standard web module.

Depends on

web

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Availability by version

Reviewed: 2026-11-03
Confirmed (verified in repository and branch) Estimated (unverified) No information

Confirmation status: 1 confirmed, 8 with no information of 9 versions.

terminal Installation and usage

OCA documentation · Odoo 12.0

Configuration

Source · Odoo 12.0

In a form view, create a button that has the no_save attribute, for instance:

<button
        type="object"
        name="method_name"
        string="Call method_name without saving"
        no_save="True"
/>

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