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Odoo 19 - How to dynamically hide a list view column (column_invisible) based on a parent form boolean field?

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Miguel Tamayo

Hi everyone,

I'm struggling to dynamically hide/show columns in a list view (tree) in Odoo 19 based on a boolean flag set in the parent event form.

My Goal:

I have a custom module that inherits from event.event and event.registration.

  • If the event has is_internal_training = True, I want to show the employee_id and employee_number columns in the attendees registration list view.

  • If it is False, these columns should be completely hidden (column_invisible).

What works:

In the Form View of event.registration, using invisible="not is_internal_training" works flawlessly.

The Problem:

In the List View (tree), I cannot find the correct syntax for column_invisible to achieve this without breaking the framework.

  • If I try using parent.is_internal_training, OWL crashes with Name 'parent' is not defined when opening the list view independently (e.g., via the smart button or action menus).

  • If I try reading from the context using standard evaluation, the columns don't hide or I run into circular ParseError on the backend vs EvalError on the client.

My Code Setup:

1. Models (event_event.py):

from odoo import fields, models

classEventEvent(models.Model):
    _inherit = 'event.event'

    is_internal_training = fields.Boolean(string="Internal Training", default=False)

2. Models (event_registration.py):

from odoo import fields, models

classEventRegistration(models.Model):
    _inherit = 'event.registration'

    employee_id = fields.Many2one('hr.employee', string="Employee")
    employee_number = fields.Integer(related='employee_id.employee_number', string='Employee Number', store=True, readonly=True)
    
    # Related field to expose the setting to the tree view
    is_internal_training = fields.Boolean(
        related='event_id.is_internal_training',
        string='Is Internal Training',
        readonly=True,
        store=True
    )


3. Main Event Form View (event_event_views.xml):

<xpath expr="//field[@name='tag_ids']"position="after">	​	​<fieldname="is_internal_training"string="Internal Training"/>
</xpath>

4. Target Inherited Views (event_registration_views.xml):

<recordid="view_event_registration_form_inherit_custom"model="ir.ui.view"><fieldname="name">event.registration.form.inherit.custom.website.event</field><fieldname="model">event.registration</field><fieldname="inherit_id"ref="event.view_event_registration_form"/><fieldname="arch"type="xml"><xpathexpr="//field[@name='name']"position="before"><fieldname="employee_id"placeholder="Search employee..."invisible="not is_internal_training" /><fieldname="employee_number"invisible="not is_internal_training" /></xpath></field></record><recordid="view_event_registration_tree_inherit_custom"model="ir.ui.view"><fieldname="name">event.registration.tree.inherit.custom.website.event</field><fieldname="model">event.registration</field><fieldname="inherit_id"ref="event.view_event_registration_tree"/><fieldname="arch"type="xml"><xpathexpr="//field[@name='name']"position="before"><fieldname="employee_number"optional="show"column_invisible="context.get('is_internal_training', False)"/><fieldname="employee_id"optional="show"column_invisible="context.get('is_internal_training', False)"/></xpath></field></record>

Since the attendees list view can be loaded inside the form but also globally (via smart buttons), what is the correct Odoo 19 way to dynamically evaluate column_invisible for this exact scenario using the context or the related field?

Thanks in advance!

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Codesphere Tech

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Have you tried to pass the context from action?

George

Good question. I’ve run into similar situations where behavior in tree views doesn’t always react as expected to values from the parent form. Interested to see what approaches others are using in Odoo 19 for this kind of requirement.

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Zehntech Technologies Inc.
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Hello Miguel,

What you're trying to achieve is a common limitation of tree views in Odoo.

column_invisible is evaluated at the view level, not per record, so it cannot reliably react to a related field value such as is_internal_training when the list is opened independently or contains records from multiple events.

Using parent.is_internal_training only works when a parent record exists in the view context, which is why it fails when the tree view is accessed directly.

For Odoo 19, the recommended approach is typically to:

  • Pass a dedicated context value from the Event form/action and use that context in column_invisible, or
  • Use separate actions/views for internal-training registrations versus standard registrations.

A related field on event.registration can control row-level visibility (invisible), but not dynamic column visibility (column_invisible) across all entry points.

Hope this works for you! If you need any help implementing this or want a more optimized approach, feel free to reach out for further discussion.

Regards,

Zehntech Technologies Inc.

santosh.sekwadia@zehntech.com

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Cybrosys Techno Solutions Pvt.Ltd
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Hi,

In Odoo 18 and above, <tree> is replaced by <list>, so make sure your inherited view uses <list> tag. The correct way to dynamically hide columns via column_invisible based on a parent form boolean is to pass the flag through context and read it with context.get() this avoids the parent. crash when the view is opened standalone. In your event_event_views.xml, inject the flag from the parent form's stat button or embedded field:

<button name="%(event.event_registration_action_main)d" type="action"
        context="{'is_internal_training': is_internal_training}" />

Then in your registration list view use context.get() with a safe fallback:

<record id="view_event_registration_list_inherit_custom" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">event.registration.list.inherit.custom</field>
    <field name="model">event.registration</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="event.view_event_registration_tree"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <xpath expr="//list//field[@name='name']" position="before">
            <field name="employee_id"
                   optional="show"
                   column_invisible="not context.get('is_internal_training', False)"/>
            <field name="employee_number"
                   optional="show"
                   column_invisible="not context.get('is_internal_training', False)"/>
        </xpath>
    </field>
</record>

When opened inside the event form, the context carries is_internal_training: True and the columns appear; when opened standalone via a smart button or menu without the key, context.get() safely defaults to False and the columns stay hidden with no OWL crash. Your is_internal_training related field on event.registration should still be kept for the form view invisible= attribute to keep working independently.


Hope it helps

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Rohit Dhiman
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if you are using odoo19 use list instead of tree wherever you use tree change it to list 
then i hope it should be working as expected

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