The field will be rendered as a simple icon, that when hovered will display the field content as a tooltip.
auto_awesome What this module does
AI-generated from the code · Odoo 19.0Adds a new field widget that shows a small icon instead of the field text; hovering the icon reveals the field content in a popover. Useful to keep forms and lists compact while keeping long text accessible.
This module adds a new way to display text fields in Odoo: instead of showing the value directly, the field is rendered as a small icon. When the user hovers over that icon, the field content appears in a popover (a floating tooltip box).
Where it appears:
- It is available as a field widget named "Icon Popover" for char and text fields, so it can be selected in form and list views.
- In list views, when no column label is shown, the column is kept very narrow (about the width of the handle column) so the icon does not take much space.
Business rules and behaviours: - The icon is only displayed when the field has a value; empty fields show nothing. - The default icon is a circled information symbol, and it can be changed per field through the "Icon" option, where a FontAwesome icon name is entered. - The popover preserves line breaks in the text, so multi-line content stays readable.
It does not add menus, models, reports, emails or scheduled actions. It only extends the web client's field rendering, touching the web module's field registry and backend assets.
Depends on
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Availability by version
Reviewed: 2026-11-03Confirmation status: 3 confirmed, 6 with no information of 9 versions.
Sources · Odoo 19.0
Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 19.0 of OCA/web.
terminal Installation and usage
OCA documentation · Odoo 19.0Usage
Source · Odoo 19.0Use the popover widget on Char or Text fields.
<field
name="warning_message"
widget="popover"
icon="fa-warning"
class="text-danger"
nolabel="1"
/>In list views, use nolabel="1" to hide the column header: the column is then kept as narrow as the icon.
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