[FIX] web: support anchor tags with action type in views

addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ var AbstractController = Widget.extend({
     custom_events: {
         open_record: '_onOpenRecord',
     },
+    events: {
+        'click a[type="action"]': '_onActionClicked',
+    },
 
     /**
      * @constructor
@@ -291,6 +294,17 @@ var AbstractController = Widget.extend({
             model: this.modelName,
         });
     },
+    /**
+     * When a user clicks on an <a> link with type="action", we need to actually
+     * do the action. This kind of links is used a lot in no-content helpers.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} event
+     */
+    _onActionClicked: function (event) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        this.do_action(event.target.name);
+    },
 
 });
 

addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js

@@ -3795,5 +3795,29 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
 
         form.destroy();
     });
+
+    QUnit.test('support anchor tags with action type', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                            '<a type="action" name="42"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"/> Click me !</a>' +
+                  '</form>',
+            res_id: 1,
+            intercepts: {
+                do_action: function (event) {
+                    assert.strictEqual(event.data.action, "42",
+                        "should trigger do_action with correct action parameter");
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        form.$('a[type="action"]').click();
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
 });
 });