diff --git a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
index 332d7b8ee00..776c663b994 100644
--- a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
@@ -117,12 +117,10 @@
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="sale.view_sales_config"/>
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <group name="sale_order" position="after">
-                    <group col="4" colspan="4">
-                        <separator string="Contracts" colspan="4"/>
-                        <field name="module_analytic_user_function" attrs="{'invisible': [('module_account_analytic_analysis','=',False)]}"/>
-                        <field name="module_analytic_journal_billing_rate" attrs="{'invisible': [('module_account_analytic_analysis','=',False)]}"/>
-                    </group>
+                <group name="contracts" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Contracts" colspan="4"/>
+                    <field name="module_analytic_user_function"/>
+                    <field name="module_analytic_journal_billing_rate"/>
                 </group>
             </field>
         </record>
diff --git a/addons/base_setup/base_setup_views.xml b/addons/base_setup/base_setup_views.xml
index fe3b73193b0..12265dbd1df 100644
--- a/addons/base_setup/base_setup_views.xml
+++ b/addons/base_setup/base_setup_views.xml
@@ -148,12 +148,13 @@
         <field name="type">form</field>
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <form string="Configure Sales &amp; CRM">
-                <group name="sales" colspan="4">
-                </group>
-                <group name="crm" colspan="4">
-                    <group name="plugin" colspan="4">
-                    </group>
-                </group>
+                <group name="invoice_policy" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="sale_order" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="contracts" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="emails" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="synchronization" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="documents" colspan="4"/>
+                <group name="customer_form" colspan="4"/>
             </form>
         </field>
     </record>
diff --git a/addons/crm/res_config_view.xml b/addons/crm/res_config_view.xml
index 5b349884c34..d974b6015a2 100644
--- a/addons/crm/res_config_view.xml
+++ b/addons/crm/res_config_view.xml
@@ -8,49 +8,38 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="mail.view_sales_config_plugin"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <xpath expr="//form/group[@name='crm']/group[@name='plugin']/group[@name='plugins']" position="after">
-                    <group col="2" colspan="2" name="emails">
-                        <separator string="Emails" colspan="2"/>
-                        <field name="fetchmail_crm"/>
+                <group name="emails" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Emails" colspan="4"/>
+                    <field name="fetchmail_crm"/>
+                    <group colspan="2" attrs="{'invisible': [('fetchmail_crm','=',False)]}">
+                        <field name="default_server" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
+                        <field name="default_type" nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_server_type(default_type, default_is_ssl)" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
+                        <field name="default_port" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
+                        <field name="default_is_ssl" on_change="onchange_server_type(default_type, default_is_ssl)"/>
                         <newline/>
-                        <group col="4" colspan="2" attrs="{'invisible': [('fetchmail_crm','=',False)]}">
-                            <field name="default_server" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
-                            <field name="default_type" nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_server_type(default_type, default_is_ssl)" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
-                            <field name="default_port" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
-                            <field name="default_is_ssl" on_change="onchange_server_type(default_type, default_is_ssl)"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="default_user" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
-                            <field name="default_password" password="True" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
-                        </group>
+                        <field name="default_user" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
+                        <field name="default_password" password="True" attrs="{'required': [('fetchmail_crm','=',True)]}"/>
                     </group>
-                </xpath>
-
-                <xpath expr="//form/group[@name='crm']/group[@name='plugin']" position="after">
-                    <group colspan="4" col="4" name="synchronization">
-                        <separator string="Import and Synchronize data from an other application" colspan="4"/>
-                        <group  colspan="2" col="2">
-                           <field name="module_import_sugarcrm"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                           <field name="module_import_google"/>
-                        </group>
-                        <group colspan="2" col="2">
-                            <field name="module_crm_caldav"/>
-                        </group>
+                </group>
+                <group name="synchronization" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Import and Synchronize data from an other application" colspan="4"/>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
+                        <field name="module_import_sugarcrm"/>
+                        <field name="module_import_google"/>
                     </group>
-
-                    <group  colspan="4" col="4">
-                        <group  colspan="2" col="2">
-                           <separator string="Documents and Wiki" colspan="2"/>
-                           <field name="module_wiki_sale_faq" />
-                        </group>
-                        <group  colspan="2" col="2">
-                           <separator string="Customer Form" colspan="2"/>
-                           <field name="module_base_contact"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                           <field name="module_google_map"/>
-                        </group>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
+                        <field name="module_crm_caldav"/>
                     </group>
-                </xpath>
+                </group>
+                <group name="documents" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Documents and Wiki" colspan="4"/>
+                    <field name="module_wiki_sale_faq" />
+                </group>
+                <group name="customer_form" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Customer Form" colspan="4"/>
+                    <field name="module_base_contact"/>
+                    <field name="module_google_map"/>
+                </group>
             </field>
         </record>
 
diff --git a/addons/mail/res_config_view.xml b/addons/mail/res_config_view.xml
index f6a46cce971..1cc52177f5c 100644
--- a/addons/mail/res_config_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/res_config_view.xml
@@ -7,15 +7,12 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_sale_config_settings"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <xpath expr="//form/group[@name='crm']/group[@name='plugin']" position="inside">
-                    <group col="4" colspan="2" name="plugins">
-                        <separator string="Plugins" colspan="4"/>
-                        <newline/>
-                        <field name="module_plugin_thunderbird"/>
-                        <newline/>
-                        <field name="module_plugin_outlook"/>
-                    </group>
-                </xpath>
+                <group name="emails" position="inside">
+                    <separator string="Plugins" colspan="4"/>
+                    <field name="module_plugin_thunderbird"/>
+                    <newline/>
+                    <field name="module_plugin_outlook"/>
+                </group>
             </field>
         </record>
 
diff --git a/addons/sale/res_config_view.xml b/addons/sale/res_config_view.xml
index 3c8865583f3..b55d10af2fa 100644
--- a/addons/sale/res_config_view.xml
+++ b/addons/sale/res_config_view.xml
@@ -8,61 +8,41 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_sale_config_settings"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <group name="sales" position="inside">
+                <group name="invoice_policy" position="inside">
                     <separator string="Picking and Invoice Policy" colspan="4"/>
-                    <group  colspan="4" col="8">
-                        <group  colspan="4" col="4">
+                    <group colspan="4">
+                        <group colspan="2" col="2">
                            <field name="sale_orders"/>
-                           <newline/>
                            <field name="deli_orders"/>
-                           <newline/>
                            <field name="task_work" on_change="onchange_task_work(task_work)"/>
                            <field name="module_project_timesheet" invisible="1"/>
                            <field name="module_project_mrp" invisible="1"/>
-                           <newline/>
                            <field name="module_account_analytic_analysis"/>
-                           <newline/>
                         </group>
-                        <group colspan="4" col="4">
+                        <group colspan="2" col="2">
                             <field name="default_order_policy" attrs="{'invisible':['|',('sale_orders','=',False),('deli_orders','=',False)]}"/>
-                            <newline/>
                             <field name="module_delivery" attrs="{'invisible':[('sale_orders','=',False), ('deli_orders','=',False)]}"/>
-                            <newline/>
                             <field name="default_picking_policy" attrs="{'invisible':[('deli_orders','=',False)]}"/>
-                            <newline/>
                             <field name="time_unit" domain="[('category_id.name','=','Working Time')]" attrs="{'invisible':[('task_work','=',False),('module_account_analytic_analysis','=',False)],'required': [('module_account_analytic_analysis','=',True)]}"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
-
+                </group>
+                <group name="sale_order" position="inside">
                     <separator string="Sale Order" colspan="4"/>
-                    <group colspan="4" col="8" name="sale_order">
-                        <group  colspan="4" col="4">
-                           <field name="group_sale_pricelist_per_customer"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                           <group col="2" colspan="1">
-                                <field name="tax_policy" on_change="onchange_tax_policy(tax_policy)"/>
-                           </group>
-                           <field name="group_sale_taxes_global_on_order" invisible="1"/>
-                           <field name="group_sale_taxes_on_order_line" invisible="1"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                           <field name="module_sale_margin"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                           <field name="module_warning"/>
-                           <newline/>
-                        </group>
-                        <group colspan="4" col="4">
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="group_sale_uom_per_product"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="group_sale_delivery_address"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="group_sale_disc_per_sale_order_line"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="module_sale_layout"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="module_sale_journal"/>
-                            <newline/>
-                        </group>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
+                        <field name="group_sale_pricelist_per_customer"/>
+                        <field name="tax_policy" on_change="onchange_tax_policy(tax_policy)"/>
+                        <field name="group_sale_taxes_global_on_order" invisible="1"/>
+                        <field name="group_sale_taxes_on_order_line" invisible="1"/>
+                        <field name="module_sale_margin"/>
+                        <field name="module_warning"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
+                        <field name="group_sale_uom_per_product"/>
+                        <field name="group_sale_delivery_address"/>
+                        <field name="group_sale_disc_per_sale_order_line"/>
+                        <field name="module_sale_layout"/>
+                        <field name="module_sale_journal"/>
                     </group>
                 </group>
             </field>