diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
index 2ed2b27ba28..cd39b2ad147 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ body.openerp {
 }
 
 /* Main Application */
-.openerp .application {
+.openerp .oe-application {
     padding: 0px;
+    height: 100%;
 }
 
 .openerp h2.oe_view_title {
@@ -676,13 +677,14 @@ body.openerp {
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-content {
+    width: 100%;
     padding: 6px;
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar {
-    width:0;
-    padding:0;
-    margin:0;
+    width: 180px;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: 0;
 }
 
 .openerp .sidebar-main-div {
@@ -749,6 +751,7 @@ body.openerp {
 }
 
 .openerp .toggle-sidebar {
+    cursor: pointer;
     border-color: #D2CFCF;
     border-style: solid;
     border-width: 1px;
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index cbb90ca9e2e..163ae8d335c 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@
         <td valign="top" id="oe_secondary_menu" class="secondary_menu">
         </td>
         <td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%">
-            <div id="oe_main" class="main">
-                <div id="oe_app" class="application"></div>
-                <div id="oe_sidebar"></div>
-            </div>
+            <div id="oe_app" class="oe-application"></div>
         </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -135,23 +132,23 @@
 <t t-name="ViewManager">
     <table class="view-manager-main-table">
     <tr>
-    <td class="view-manager-main-content">
-    <!-- TODO prefix id with the element_id of the controller t-attf-id="#{prefix}_localid" -->
-    <div class="oe_vm_switch">
-        <t t-foreach="views" t-as="view">
-            <button type="button" t-att-data-view-type="view[1]">
-                <t t-esc="view[1]"/>
-            </button>
-        </t>
-    </div>
-    <div t-attf-id="#{prefix}_search"/>
-    <t t-foreach="views" t-as="view">
-        <div t-attf-id="#{prefix}_view_#{view[1]}"/>
-    </t>
-	</td>
-	<td class="view-manager-main-sidebar">
-	</td>
-	</tr>
+        <td class="view-manager-main-content">
+            <!-- TODO prefix id with the element_id of the controller t-attf-id="#{prefix}_localid" -->
+            <div class="oe_vm_switch">
+                <t t-foreach="views" t-as="view">
+                    <button type="button" t-att-data-view-type="view[1]">
+                        <t t-esc="view[1]"/>
+                    </button>
+                </t>
+            </div>
+            <div t-attf-id="#{prefix}_search" t-opentag="true"/>
+            <t t-foreach="views" t-as="view">
+                <div t-attf-id="#{prefix}_view_#{view[1]}"/>
+            </t>
+        </td>
+        <td class="view-manager-main-sidebar">
+        </td>
+    </tr>
     </table>
 </t>
 <table t-name="ListView">