type

The type of the button indicating how it behaves. It can have two different values:

object

Call a method on the view’s model. The button’s name is the method that is called with the current record ID and the current context.

action

Load and execute an ir.actions action record. The button’s name is the XMLID of the action to load. The context is extended with the view’s model (as active_model) and with the current record (as active_id).

Example

<button type="object" name="action_create_new" string="Create document"/>
<button type="action" name="addon.action_create_view" string="Create and Edit"/>

Requirement

Mandatory if the special attribute is not set

Type

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