diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 32bc38fc699..7d559c5704d 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -67,19 +67,22 @@
                     <button string="Reset to New" name="set_to_draft" states="refuse,validate" type="object" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate" statusbar_colors='{"confirm":"blue","validate1":"blue","refuse":"red"}'/>
                 </header>
-                <sheet string="Leave Request" layout="auto">
-                    <group col="4" colspan="4">
-                    <field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" width="130" string="Mode" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
-                    <label for="number_of_days_temp"/>
-                    <div>
-                        <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/>
-                        <field name="date_to" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/>
-                        <field name="number_of_days_temp" string="Duration"/>
-                    </div>
-                    <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'), ('state','!=','confirm')],'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}"/>
-                    <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')],'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
+                <sheet string="Leave Request">
+                    <group>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
+                            <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" width="130" string="Mode" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
+                            <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')],'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
+                            <label for="number_of_days_temp"/>
+                            <div>
+                                <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/> - 
+                                <field name="date_to" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/>
+                                <field name="number_of_days_temp" string="Duration"/> days
+                            </div>
+                        </group>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="General">
@@ -92,9 +95,6 @@
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
                 </sheet>
-                <div class="oe_sheet_width">
-                    <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="ThreadView" nolabel="1"/>
-                </div>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
@@ -115,30 +115,33 @@
                     <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate" statusbar_colors='{"confirm":"blue","validate1":"blue","refuse":"red"}'/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
-                <group colspan="4" col="4">
-                    <field name="name"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" string="Allocation Mode" groups="base.group_hr_manager"/>
-                    <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
-                    <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
-                    <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}"/>
-                    <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':['|', ('holiday_type','=','category'), ('state','not in' ,('draft', 'confirm'))]}"/>
-                </group>
-                <notebook>
-                    <page string="General">
-                        <group col="4">
-                            <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
-                            <field name="manager_id"/>
-                            <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}"/>
+                    <group>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="name"/>
+                            <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" string="Allocation Mode" groups="base.group_hr_manager"/>
+                            <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
+                            <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':['|', ('holiday_type','=','category'), ('state','not in' ,('draft', 'confirm'))]}"/>
                         </group>
-                        <field name="notes" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
-                    </page>
-                </notebook>
-            </sheet>
-            <div class="oe_sheet_width">
-                <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="ThreadView" nolabel="1"/>
-            </div>
-            </form>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
+                            <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
+                        </group>
+                    </group>
+                    <notebook>
+                        <page string="General">
+                            <group col="4">
+                                <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
+                                <field name="manager_id"/>
+                                <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}"/>
+                            </group>
+                            <field name="notes" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
+                        </page>
+                    </notebook>
+                </sheet>
+                <div class="oe_sheet_width">
+                    <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="ThreadView" nolabel="1"/>
+                </div>
+                </form>
             </field>
         </record>