Summary:
- I have a situation where I inherit from im_chat module and I want to hide the top menu chat button from all users but the ones belonging to a group I created.
- I can add the button in case user belongs to that group, but I am not able to remove the one created by inherited module, nor prevent its creation because my JS function is executed before the one in im_chat.
- First I have tried to set the groups policy in the button with qweb, but without any luck (see forum thread: https://www.odoo.com/forum/help-1/question/how-to-use-groups-policies-in-qweb-templates-74256 and bug issue report in Github: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/5058 )
- This is my first encounter with JS
Detailed explanation:
I am writing a new module that depends on im_chat module. I want to hide the top menu chat button (the one with the chat bubbles) from all users but the ones belonging to a security group I created.
In the im_chat module, I find what I should modify. In addons/im_chat/static/src/js/im_chat.js I find this code, starting with:
(function(){
"use strict";
console.log("Original WTF");
var _t = openerp._t;
var _lt = openerp._lt;
var QWeb = openerp.qweb;
var NBR_LIMIT_HISTORY = 20;
var USERS_LIMIT = 20;
var im_chat = openerp.im_chat = {};
...code continues almost till the end, where is the key part, an isolated if condition, which adds the button if user belongs to base.group_users and is an employee:
im_chat.ImTopButton = openerp.Widget.extend({
template:'im_chat.ImTopButton',
events: {
"click": "clicked",
},
clicked: function(ev) {
ev.preventDefault();
this.trigger("clicked");
},
});if(openerp.web && openerp.web.UserMenu) {
openerp.web.UserMenu.include({
do_update: function(){
var self = this;
var Users = new openerp.web.Model('res.users');
Users.call('has_group', ['base.group_user']).done(function(is_employee) {
if (is_employee) {
self.update_promise.then(function() {
var im = new openerp.im_chat.InstantMessaging(self);
openerp.im_chat.single = im;
im.appendTo(openerp.client.$el);
var button = new openerp.im_chat.ImTopButton(this);
button.on("clicked", im, im.switch_display);
button.appendTo(window.$('.oe_systray'));
});
}
});
return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
},
});
}return im_chat;
})();
But, when I create addons/my_module/static/src/js/im_chat.js, I find no way to replace that behaviour, nor to extend or whatever. The function has no name, as file starts with just:
(function(){
and the if condition is not inheritable (no id, no name, no class).
So, if I put this code in addons/my_module/static/src/js/im_chat.js:
(function (){
"use strict";
var _t = openerp._t;
var _lt = openerp._lt;
var QWeb = openerp.qweb;
var NBR_LIMIT_HISTORY = 20;
var USERS_LIMIT = 20;
var im_chat = openerp.im_chat = {};if(openerp.web && openerp.web.UserMenu) {
openerp.web.UserMenu.include({
do_update: function(){
$("#oe_topbar_imbutton_icon").remove();
var self = this;
var Users = new openerp.web.Model('res.users');
Users.call('has_group', ['my_module.group_my_module_manager']).done(function(is_employee) {
if (is_employee) {
self.update_promise.then(function() {
var im = new openerp.im_chat.InstantMessaging(self);
openerp.im_chat.single = im;
im.appendTo(openerp.client.$el);
var button = new openerp.im_chat.ImTopButton(this);
button.on("clicked", im, im.switch_display);
button.appendTo(window.$('.oe_systray'));
});
}
});
return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
},
});
}return im_chat;
})();
It works fine... in its own. It adds a button if user belongs to group 'my_module.group_my_module_manager', but I have no control over im_chat. So I may get two buttons.
Even more... I cannot remove the button creaated in im_chat with mine, because my code seems to execute always after the code in im_chat.
So... how do I remove that im_chat button and keep the one I add in my module?
