diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index cca3d410a50..669126820e8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
             if (this.fields_view.toolbar) {
                 this.sidebar.add_toolbar(this.fields_view.toolbar);
             }
-            if (self._is_action_enabled('delete')) {
+            if (self.is_action_enabled('delete')) {
                 this.sidebar.add_items('other', [
                     { label: _t('Delete'), callback: self.on_button_delete }
                 ]);
             }
-            if (self._is_action_enabled('create')) {
+            if (self.is_action_enabled('create')) {
                 this.sidebar.add_items('other', [
                     { label: _t('Duplicate'), callback: self.on_button_duplicate }
                 ]);
@@ -3485,7 +3485,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyListView = instance.web.ListView.extend({
                 return self.o2m.dataset.read_ids.apply(self.o2m.dataset, arguments);
             },
             form_view_options: {'not_interactible_on_create':true},
-            readonly: !this._is_action_enabled('edit') || self.o2m.get("effective_readonly")
+            readonly: !this.is_action_enabled('edit') || self.o2m.get("effective_readonly")
         });
     },
     do_button_action: function (name, id, callback) {
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyListView = instance.web.ListView.extend({
 });
 instance.web.form.One2ManyList = instance.web.ListView.List.extend({
     pad_table_to: function (count) {
-        this._super(this.view._is_action_enabled('create') ? (count > 0 ? count - 1 : 0) : this.records.length);
+        this._super(this.view.is_action_enabled('create') ? (count > 0 ? count - 1 : 0) : this.records.length);
 
         // magical invocation of wtf does that do
         if (this.view.o2m.get('effective_readonly')) {
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyList = instance.web.ListView.List.extend({
         }).length;
         if (this.options.selectable) { columns++; }
         if (this.options.deletable) { columns++; }
-        if (this.view._is_action_enabled('create')) {
+        if (this.view.is_action_enabled('create')) {
             var $cell = $('<td>', {
                 colspan: columns,
                 'class': 'oe_form_field_one2many_list_row_add'
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
index 06d2548339c..da806f415cf 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
@@ -252,13 +252,13 @@ instance.web.ListView = instance.web.View.extend( /** @lends instance.web.ListVi
         this.$el.addClass(this.fields_view.arch.attrs['class']);
 
         // add css classes that reflect the (absence of) access rights
-        if (!this._is_action_enabled('create')) {
+        if (!this.is_action_enabled('create')) {
             this.$el.addClass('oe_list_cannot_create');
         }
-        if (!this._is_action_enabled('edit')) {
+        if (!this.is_action_enabled('edit')) {
             this.$el.addClass('oe_list_cannot_edit');
         }
-        if (!this._is_action_enabled('delete')) {
+        if (!this.is_action_enabled('delete')) {
             this.$el.addClass('oe_list_cannot_delete');
         }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ instance.web.ListView = instance.web.View.extend( /** @lends instance.web.ListVi
         if (!this.sidebar && this.options.$sidebar) {
             this.sidebar = new instance.web.Sidebar(this);
             this.sidebar.appendTo(this.options.$sidebar);
-            if (self._is_action_enabled('create')) {
+            if (self.is_action_enabled('create')) {
                 this.sidebar.add_items('other', [
                     { label: _t("Import"), callback: this.on_sidebar_import }
                 ]);
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ instance.web.ListView = instance.web.View.extend( /** @lends instance.web.ListVi
             this.sidebar.add_items('other', [
                 { label: _t("Export"), callback: this.on_sidebar_export }
             ]);
-            if (self._is_action_enabled('delete')) {
+            if (self.is_action_enabled('delete')) {
                 this.sidebar.add_items('other', [
                     { label: _t('Delete'), callback: this.do_delete_selected }
                 ]);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 2615d8c66dd..5a1eac23a90 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
 
     instance.web.ListView.List.include(/** @lends instance.web.ListView.List# */{
         row_clicked: function (event) {
-            if (!this.view.editable() || ! this.view._is_action_enabled('edit')) {
+            if (!this.view.editable() || ! this.view.is_action_enabled('edit')) {
                 return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
             }
             var record_id = $(event.currentTarget).data('id');
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 183b63a218e..43d935b91e8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ instance.web.View = instance.web.Widget.extend({
      * An action is disabled by setting the corresponding attribute in the view's main element,
      * like: <form string="" create="false" edit="false" delete="false">
      */
-    _is_action_enabled: function(action) {
+    is_action_enabled: function(action) {
         return (_.has(this.fields_view.arch.attrs, action)) ? JSON.parse(this.fields_view.arch.attrs[action]) : true;
     }
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index a92eacc0710..789fbcb4baa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
     </tfoot>
 </table>
 <div t-name="ListView.buttons" class="oe_list_buttons">
-    <t t-if="!widget.no_leaf and widget.options.action_buttons !== false and widget.options.addable and widget._is_action_enabled('create')">
+    <t t-if="!widget.no_leaf and widget.options.action_buttons !== false and widget.options.addable and widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
         <button type="button" class="oe_button oe_list_add oe_highlight">
             <t t-esc="widget.options.addable"/>
         </button>
@@ -725,12 +725,12 @@
 <div t-name="FormView.buttons" class="oe_form_buttons">
     <t t-if="widget.options.action_buttons !== false">
         <span class="oe_form_buttons_view">
-            <t t-if="widget._is_action_enabled('edit')">
+            <t t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('edit')">
                 <div style="display: inline-block;"> <!-- required for the bounce effect on button -->
                     <button type="button" class="oe_button oe_form_button_edit" accesskey="E">Edit</button>
                 </div>
             </t>
-            <t t-if="widget._is_action_enabled('create')">
+            <t t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
                 <button type="button" class="oe_button oe_form_button_create" accesskey="C">Create</button>
             </t>
         </span>
diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
index 619ebb241f4..eec8e4f9139 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <t t-name="DiagramView">
     <div class="oe_diagram_header" t-att-id="element_id + '_header'">
         <h3 class="oe_diagram_title"/>
-        <t t-if="widget._is_action_enabled('create')">
+        <t t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
             <div class="oe_diagram_buttons">
                 <button type="button" id="new_node" class="oe_button oe_diagram_button_new">New Node</button>
             </div>
diff --git a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
index 44adbc41b10..8d782c5fd51 100644
--- a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
+++ b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ instance.web_gantt.GanttView = instance.web.View.extend({
                 self.on_task_display(task_info.internal_task);
             }
         });
-        if (this._is_action_enabled('create')) {        
+        if (this.is_action_enabled('create')) {        
             // insertion of create button
             var td = $($("table td", self.$el)[0]);
             var rendered = QWeb.render("GanttView-create-button");
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 143ff7d685b..cbe88ec847b 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
             return JSON.parse(this.fields_view.arch.attrs.quick_create);
         return !! this.group_by;
     },
-    _is_action_enabled: function(action) {
+    is_action_enabled: function(action) {
         if (action === 'create' && !this.options.creatable)
             return false;
         return this._super(action);
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanRecord = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             var $action = $(this),
                 type = $action.data('type') || 'button',
                 method = 'do_action_' + (type === 'action' ? 'object' : type);
-            if ((type === 'edit' || type === 'delete') && ! self.view._is_action_enabled(type)) {
+            if ((type === 'edit' || type === 'delete') && ! self.view.is_action_enabled(type)) {
                 self.view.open_record(self.id);
             } else if (_.str.startsWith(type, 'switch_')) {
                 self.view.do_switch_view(type.substr(7));
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
index b2f9e757b43..278b9cc02b6 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 </t>
 <div t-name="KanbanView.buttons" class="oe_kanban_buttons">
     <t t-if="widget.options.action_buttons !== false">
-        <t t-if="widget._is_action_enabled('create')">
+        <t t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
             <button type="button" class="oe_kanban_button_new oe_highlight">
                 <t t-esc="widget.options.create_text || _t('Create')"/>
             </button>