[IMP] base,base_automation,mail,sms: server action UX

- Slight reword of the 'type/state' field labels for server actions
- Re-ordering of 'type/state' values
- Form view changes
- Allow hiding model in display_name of ir.model.fields base on context
  key (avoid technical details when they are not needed)

Task-3450200

Part-of: odoo/odoo#138804

addons/mail/models/ir_actions_server.py

@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ class ServerActions(models.Model):
     _inherit = ['ir.actions.server']
 
     state = fields.Selection(
-        selection_add=[('mail_post', 'Send Email'),
-                       ('followers', 'Add Followers'),
-                       ('remove_followers', 'Remove Followers'),
-                       ('next_activity', 'Create Next Activity'),
+        selection_add=[
+            ('next_activity', 'Create Activity'),
+            ('mail_post', 'Send Email'),
+            ('followers', 'Add Followers'),
+            ('remove_followers', 'Remove Followers'),
+            ('object_create',),
         ],
         ondelete={'mail_post': 'cascade',
                   'followers': 'cascade',

addons/sms/models/ir_actions_server.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ServerActions(models.Model):
     _inherit = ['ir.actions.server']
 
     state = fields.Selection(selection_add=[
-        ('sms', 'Send SMS Text Message'),
+        ('sms', 'Send SMS'), ('followers',),
     ], ondelete={'sms': 'cascade'})
     # SMS
     sms_template_id = fields.Many2one(

odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions.py

@@ -465,20 +465,20 @@ class IrActionsServer(models.Model):
         ('ir_cron', 'Scheduled Action')], string='Usage',
         default='ir_actions_server', required=True)
     state = fields.Selection([
-        ('code', 'Execute Python Code'),
-        ('object_create', 'Create a new Record'),
-        ('object_write', 'Update the Record'),
-        ('multi', 'Execute several actions')], string='Type',
-        default='code', required=True, copy=True,
+        ('object_write', 'Update Record'),
+        ('object_create', 'Create Record'),
+        ('code', 'Execute Code'),
+        ('multi', 'Execute existing actions')], string='Type',
+        default='object_write', required=True, copy=True,
         help="Type of server action. The following values are available:\n"
-             "- 'Execute Python Code': a block of python code that will be executed\n"
-             "- 'Create a new Record': create a new record with new values\n"
              "- 'Update a Record': update the values of a record\n"
-             "- 'Execute several actions': define an action that triggers several other server actions\n"
+             "- 'Create Activity': create an activity (Discuss)\n"
              "- 'Send Email': post a message, a note or send an email (Discuss)\n"
-             "- 'Add Followers': add followers to a record (Discuss)\n"
-             "- 'Create Next Activity': create an activity (Discuss)\n"
-             "- 'Send SMS Text Message': send SMS, log them on documents (SMS)")
+             "- 'Send SMS': send SMS, log them on documents (SMS)"
+             "- 'Add/Remove Followers': add or remove followers to a record (Discuss)\n"
+             "- 'Create Record': create a new record with new values\n"
+             "- 'Execute Code': a block of Python code that will be executed\n"
+             "- 'Execute existing actions': define an action that triggers several other server actions\n")
     # Generic
     sequence = fields.Integer(default=5,
                               help="When dealing with multiple actions, the execution order is "

odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py

@@ -1072,6 +1072,9 @@ class IrModelFields(models.Model):
     def _compute_display_name(self):
         IrModel = self.env["ir.model"]
         for field in self:
+            if self.env.context.get('hide_model'):
+                field.display_name = field.field_description
+                continue
             model_string = IrModel._get(field.model).name
             field.display_name = f'{field.field_description} ({model_string})'
 

odoo/addons/base/views/ir_actions_views.xml

@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@
                         <h1 class="oe_title">
                             <field name="name" placeholder="e.g. Mass archive contacts"/>
                         </h1>
+                        <div class="d-flex flex-column">
+                            <label for="state"/>
+                            <field name="state" widget="selection_badge"/>
+                        </div>
                         <group name="action_wrapper">
                             <group name="action_content">
                                 <field name="model_name" invisible="1"/>
@@ -338,9 +342,8 @@
                                 <field name="model_id" options="{'no_create': True, 'no_open': True}" groups="!base.group_no_one" invisible="context.get('default_model_id')"
                                        domain="[('id', 'in', available_model_ids)]"/>
                                 <field name="groups_id" widget="many2many_tags" groups="base.group_no_one" />
-                                <field name="state" string="Action Type"/>
                                 <field name="update_field_id" invisible="state != 'object_write'"
-                                    options="{'no_create': True, 'no_open': True}"
+                                    options="{'no_create': True, 'no_open': True}" context="{'hide_model': True}"/>
                                     domain="['|', ('model_id', '=', crud_model_id), ('model_id', '=', model_id)]"/>
                                 <field name="evaluation_type" invisible="state != 'object_write'" widget="radio" options="{'horizontal': True}"/>
                                 <field name="value_field_to_show" invisible="1"/>
@@ -384,11 +387,11 @@
 
                             <page string="Actions" name="actions"
                                     invisible="state != 'multi'">
-                                <p class="oe_grey">
-                                    If several child actions return an action, only the last one will be executed.
-                                    This may happen when having server actions executing code that returns an action, or server actions returning a client action.
-                                </p>
-                                <field name="child_ids" domain="[('model_id', '=', model_id)]"/>
+                                    <field name="child_ids" domain="[('model_id', '=', model_id)]"/>
+                                    <p class="oe_grey">
+                                        If several child actions return an action, only the last one will be executed.
+                                        This may happen when having server actions executing code that returns an action, or server actions returning a client action.
+                                    </p>
                             </page>
 
                             <page string="Help" name="help_info"