diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
index 55bf743e293..212f48717bd 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ openerp.base.FormView = openerp.base.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.FormVi
             values[key] = val;
         });
         return values;
+    },
+    get_selected_ids: function() {
+        var id = this.dataset.ids[this.dataset.index];
+        return id ? [id] : [];
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index a02b05ba5ab..5289cdb435c 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -597,8 +597,11 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.ListVi
             $footer_cells.filter(_.sprintf('[data-field=%s]', column.id))
                 .html(openerp.base.format_cell(aggregation, column));
         });
+    },
+    get_selected_ids: function() {
+        //TODO niv: this is false
+        debugger;
     }
-    // TODO: implement reorder (drag and drop rows)
 });
 openerp.base.ListView.List = openerp.base.Class.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.ListView.List# */{
     /**
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
index ee5529262f7..1e07c461b2c 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -432,9 +432,23 @@ openerp.base.Sidebar = openerp.base.Widget.extend({
                     item.callback();
                 }
                 if (item.action) {
-                    item.action.flags = item.action.flags || {};
-                    item.action.flags.new_window = true;
-                    self.do_action(item.action);
+                    var ids = self.widget_parent.get_selected_ids();
+                    if (ids.length == 0) {
+                        //TODO niv: maybe show a warning?
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    self.rpc("/base/action/load", {
+                        action_id: item.action.id,
+                        context: {
+                            active_id: ids[0],
+                            active_ids: ids,
+                            active_model: self.widget_parent.dataset.model
+                        }
+                    }, function(result) {
+                        result.result.flags = result.result.flags || {};
+                        result.result.flags.new_window = true;
+                        self.do_action(result.result);
+                    });
                 }
                 return false;
             });