diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
index 38d5ba24170..38347f408cc 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 	</record>
 
 	<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_partner_form">
-		<field name="name">Partner</field>
+		<field name="name">Partners</field>
 		<field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
 		<field name="res_model">res.partner</field>
 		<field name="view_type">form</field>
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 		</field>
 	</record>
 	<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_partner_category">
-		<field name="name">Partner Categories Architecture</field>
+		<field name="name">Partner categories</field>
 		<field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
 		<field name="res_model">res.partner.category</field>
 		<field name="view_type">tree</field>
@@ -500,8 +500,28 @@
 	</record>
 	<menuitem name="Partners/Configuration/Categories" action="action_partner_category" id="menu_partner_category"/>
 
+	<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_partner_by_category">
+		<field name="res_model">res.partner</field>
+		<field name="view_type">form</field>
+		<field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+		<field name="domain">[('category_id','child_of', [active_id])]</field>
+	</record>
+	<record model="ir.values" id="ir_action_partner_by_category">
+		<field name="key2" eval="'tree_but_open'"/>
+		<field name="model" eval="'res.partner.category'"/>
+		<field name="name">Open partners</field>
+		<field name="value" eval="'ir.actions.act_window,%d'%action_partner_by_category"/>
+		<field name="object" eval="True"/>
+	</record>
+
+
+	<menuitem
+		name="Partners/Partners/Partners by categories" 
+		action="action_partner_category" 
+		id="menu_partner_category_main"/>
+
 	<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_partner_category_form">
-		<field name="name">Partner Categories</field>
+		<field name="name">Partner categories</field>
 		<field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
 		<field name="res_model">res.partner.category</field>
 		<field name="view_type">form</field>
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index e8c7326038d..4584a1007dd 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -1495,12 +1495,20 @@ class orm(object):
 						ids2 = [x[0] for x in self.pool.get(field._obj).name_search(cr, user, args[i][2], [], 'like')]
 					else:
 						ids2 = args[i][2]
-					def _rec_get(ids):
+					def _rec_get(ids, table, parent):
+						if not ids:
+							return []
+						if 'active' in table._columns:
+							ids2 = table.search(cr, user, [(parent,'in',ids),('active','in', [True, False])])
+						else:
+							ids2 = table.search(cr, user, [(parent, 'in', ids)])
+						return ids + _rec_get(ids2, table, parent)
+					def _rec_convert(ids):
 						if not len(ids): return []
 						cr.execute('select '+field._id1+' from '+field._rel+' where '+field._id2+' in ('+','.join(map(str,ids))+')')
 						ids = [x[0] for x in cr.fetchall()]
-						return ids + _rec_get(ids)
-					args[i] = ('id','in',ids2+_rec_get(ids2))
+						return ids
+					args[i] = ('id','in',_rec_convert(ids2+_rec_get(ids2, self.pool.get(field._obj), table._parent_name)))
 				else:
 					if isinstance(args[i][2], basestring):
 						res_ids = [x[0] for x in self.pool.get(field._obj).name_search(cr, user, args[i][2], [], args[i][1])]