[miraaz]

Bug Description

When creating a new subdirectory from an existing directory's form view (Subdirectories tab -> Add a line), the web client (OWL) marks the Parent Directory field as missing (Missing required fields), blocking the save.

Although context provides default_parent_id (as seen in complete_name), the user is forced to manually re-select the parent directory from the dropdown list.

Solution

Allow parent_id to be hidden and bypass strict client-side requirement when default_parent_id is present in context:

• invisible="is_root_directory or context.get('default_parent_id')"
• required="not is_root_directory and not context.get('default_parent_id')"

[ajimenez-pyming]

LGTM!

[SirPyTech]

Thanks for working on this!
The parent_id should be populated in the new record because of the context default_parent_id.
The exact same mechanism is used in ir.ui.menu and works fine, so I think there is something in parent_id's compute or default or somewhere else that breaks it.
If this mechanism does not work here (it works fine in 18.0), then it should be fixed.
Have you investigated more deeply on why this isn't happening?

This said, the work-around works well and fixes the issue.

[OCA-git-bot]

This PR has the approved label and has been created more than 5 days ago. It should therefore be ready to merge by a maintainer (or a PSC member if the concerned addon has no declared maintainer). 🤖

[victoralmau]

IMO, this change is incorrect; it needs to be corrected so that default_parent_id is defined correctly in the form view of the new directory you want to create.

I need to analyze this more thoroughly to propose the appropriate solution.

[victoralmau]

#527

[SirPyTech]

@miraaz please close this because it has already been fixed by #527