diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
index 4d3d7adee50..2798a8364a3 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ var AbstractActivityField = AbstractField.extend({
 var Activity = AbstractActivityField.extend({
     className: 'o_mail_activity',
     events: {
+        'click a': '_onClickRedirect',
         'click .o_activity_edit': '_onEditActivity',
         'click .o_activity_unlink': '_onUnlinkActivity',
         'click .o_activity_done': '_onMarkActivityDone',
@@ -164,6 +165,17 @@ var Activity = AbstractActivityField.extend({
     },
 
     // handlers
+    _onClickRedirect: function (ev) {
+        var id = $(ev.target).data('oe-id');
+        if (id) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+            var model = $(ev.target).data('oe-model');
+            this.trigger_up('redirect', {
+                res_id: id,
+                res_model: model,
+            });
+        }
+    },
     _onEditActivity: function (event, options) {
         event.preventDefault();
         var self = this;
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/thread_field.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/thread_field.js
index 00ea4e2037a..0a745b69a96 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/thread_field.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/thread_field.js
@@ -168,13 +168,9 @@ var ThreadField = AbstractField.extend({
         });
     },
     _onRedirect: function (res_model, res_id) {
-        this.do_action({
-            type:'ir.actions.act_window',
-            view_type: 'form',
-            view_mode: 'form',
-            res_model: res_model,
-            views: [[false, 'form']],
+        this.trigger_up('redirect', {
             res_id: res_id,
+            res_model: res_model,
         });
     },
     _onUpdateMessage: function (message) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
index ef2baaaad38..cea75c56726 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var ActionManager = Widget.extend({
         breadcrumb_clicked: '_onBreadcrumbClicked',
         history_back: '_onHistoryBack',
         push_state: '_onPushState',
+        redirect: '_onRedirect',
     },
 
     /**
@@ -885,6 +886,24 @@ var ActionManager = Widget.extend({
             this._pushState(ev.data.controllerID, ev.data.state);
         }
     },
+    /**
+    * Intercepts and triggers a redirection on a link
+    *
+    * @private
+    * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+    * @param {integer} ev.data.res_id
+    * @param {string} ev.data.res_model
+    */
+    _onRedirect: function (ev) {
+        this.do_action({
+            type:'ir.actions.act_window',
+            view_type: 'form',
+            view_mode: 'form',
+            res_model: ev.data.res_model,
+            views: [[false, 'form']],
+            res_id: ev.data.res_id,
+        });
+    },
 });
 
 return ActionManager;