OD327 chatter-div-replaced¶

A form's div with class oe_chatter no longer shows the chatter; use <chatter/>.

What it reports¶

A <div> whose class holds the token oe_chatter, which a view's arch adds. A spec that locates the parent's chatter div, such as an xpath on hasclass('oe_chatter'), is not reported, and neither is a QWeb view, which the server renders.

Why it matters¶

Up to saas~17.1 the form view compiles a <div class="oe_chatter"> into the chatter: the messages, the activities and the followers of the record. From saas~17.2 it compiles only a <chatter/> element, and renders the div as plain form markup, with the fields it holds as ordinary fields. The form opens without error, so nothing says that the record lost its chatter: users can no longer log a note, send a message or schedule an activity from it.

Modules of saas~17.1 and earlier are not checked, since <chatter/> does not exist there.

Example¶

<record id="view_project_milestone_form_tracked" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">project.milestone.form.tracked</field>
    <field name="model">project.milestone</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form>
            <sheet>
                <field name="name"/>
            </sheet>
            <div class="oe_chatter">
                <field name="message_follower_ids"/>
                <field name="message_ids"/>
            </div>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

The div holds the fields the chatter read before saas~17.2, which now show as plain fields.

<record id="view_project_milestone_form_tracked" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">project.milestone.form.tracked</field>
    <field name="model">project.milestone</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form>
            <sheet>
                <field name="name"/>
            </sheet>
            <chatter/>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

Suppressing¶

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See suppressing a finding.