diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index fdc7db1e2f2..81d8628c504 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
   background-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(circle, #eee 0%, #ccc 40%, #bbb 100%);
   background-image: -moz-radial-gradient(#eee 0%, #ccc 40%, #bbb 100%);
   background-image: -ms-radial-gradient(#eee 0%, #ccc 40%, #bbb 100%);
-  background-image: radial-gradient(circle, #eee 0%, #ccc 40%, #bbb 100%);
+  background-image: radial-gradient(circle, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 40%, #bbbbbb 100%);
 }
 .openerp .oe_kanban_status_green {
   background: green;
@@ -616,79 +616,6 @@
   font-style: italic;
   text-decoration: none;
 }
-.openerp .oe_notebook {
-  margin: 8px 0;
-  padding: 0 16px;
-  list-style: none;
-  zoom: 1;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook.ui-corner-all {
-  -moz-border-radius: 0;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 0;
-  border-radius: 0;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook:before, .openerp .oe_notebook:after {
-  display: table;
-  content: "";
-  zoom: 1;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook:after {
-  clear: both;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li {
-  float: left;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li > a {
-  display: block;
-  color: #808080;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li.ui-tabs-active > a {
-  color: #4c4c4c;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook {
-  border-color: #ddd;
-  border-style: solid;
-  border-width: 0 0 1px;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li {
-  position: relative;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li > a {
-  padding: 0 12px;
-  margin-right: 2px;
-  line-height: 30px;
-  border: 1px solid transparent;
-  -moz-border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
-  border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li > a:hover {
-  text-decoration: none;
-  background-color: #eee;
-  border-color: #eee #eee #ddd;
-}
-.openerp .ui-tabs .oe_notebook.ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active {
-  border-bottom: none;
-  padding-bottom: 1px;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook > li.ui-state-active > a, .openerp .oe_notebook > li.ui-state-active > a:hover {
-  background-color: #ffffff;
-  border: 1px solid #ddd;
-  border-bottom-color: transparent;
-  cursor: default;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook_page {
-  padding: 0;
-}
-.openerp .oe_notebook_page > label:not([for]) {
-  font-weight: normal !important;
-}
-.openerp div.ui-tabs {
-  padding: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
-}
-.openerp .ui-tabs-hide {
-  display: none;
-}
 .openerp .oe_dropdown, .openerp .oe_dropdown_hover, .openerp .oe_dropdown_toggle {
   position: relative;
   cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index 632bc36c086..fc41de6f5e7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -555,62 +555,6 @@ $sheet-padding: 16px
                 text-decoration: none
         margin-bottom: 1px
     // }}}
-    // Notebook {{{
-    .oe_notebook
-        margin: 8px 0
-        padding: 0 16px
-        list-style: none
-        zoom: 1
-    .oe_notebook.ui-corner-all
-        @include radius(0)
-    .oe_notebook:before, .oe_notebook:after
-        display: table
-        content: ""
-        zoom: 1
-    .oe_notebook:after
-        clear: both
-    .oe_notebook > li
-        float: left
-    .oe_notebook > li > a
-        display: block
-        color: #808080
-    .oe_notebook > li.ui-tabs-active > a
-        color: #4c4c4c
-    .oe_notebook
-        border-color: #ddd
-        border-style: solid
-        border-width: 0 0 1px
-    .oe_notebook > li
-        position: relative
-    .oe_notebook > li > a
-        padding: 0 12px
-        margin-right: 2px
-        line-height: 30px
-        border: 1px solid transparent
-        @include radius(4px 4px 0 0)
-    .oe_notebook > li > a:hover
-        text-decoration: none
-        background-color: #eee
-        border-color: #eee #eee #ddd
-    .ui-tabs .oe_notebook.ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active
-        border-bottom: none
-        padding-bottom: 1px
-    .oe_notebook > li.ui-state-active > a, .oe_notebook > li.ui-state-active > a:hover
-        background-color: #ffffff
-        border: 1px solid #ddd
-        border-bottom-color: transparent
-        cursor: default
-    .oe_notebook_page
-        padding: 0
-        //Customize label weight according bootstrap3
-        > label:not([for])
-            font-weight: normal !important
-        // End of customize 
-    div.ui-tabs
-        padding: 3px 0px 3px 0px
-    .ui-tabs-hide
-        display: none
-    // }}}
     // Dropdown {{{
     .oe_dropdown, .oe_dropdown_hover, .oe_dropdown_toggle
         position: relative
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index edff8582e09..7ebfd4de1a3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1514,50 +1514,54 @@ instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngine = instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngineInt
     },
     process_notebook: function($notebook) {
         var self = this;
+
+        // Extract useful info from the notebook xml declaration
         var pages = [];
         $notebook.find('> page').each(function() {
             var $page = $(this);
             var page_attrs = $page.getAttributes();
             page_attrs.id = _.uniqueId('notebook_page_');
-            var $new_page = self.render_element('FormRenderingNotebookPage', page_attrs);
-            $page.contents().appendTo($new_page);
-            $page.before($new_page).remove();
-            var ic = self.handle_common_properties($new_page, $page).invisibility_changer;
-            page_attrs.__page = $new_page;
-            page_attrs.__ic = ic;
+            page_attrs.contents = $page.html();
+            page_attrs.ref = $page;  // reference to the current page node in the xml declaration
             pages.push(page_attrs);
-
-            $new_page.children().each(function() {
-                self.process($(this));
-            });
         });
-        var $new_notebook = this.render_element('FormRenderingNotebook', { pages : pages });
-        $notebook.contents().appendTo($new_notebook);
+
+        // Render the notebook and replace $notebook with it
+        var $new_notebook = self.render_element('FormRenderingNotebook', {'pages': pages});
         $notebook.before($new_notebook).remove();
-        self.process($($new_notebook.children()[0]));
-        //tabs and invisibility handling
-        $new_notebook.tabs();
-        _.each(pages, function(page, i) {
-            if (! page.__ic)
-                return;
-            page.__ic.on("change:effective_invisible", null, function() {
-                if (!page.__ic.get('effective_invisible') && page.autofocus) {
-                    $new_notebook.tabs('select', i);
-                    return;
-                }
-                var current = $new_notebook.tabs("option", "selected");
-                if (! pages[current].__ic || ! pages[current].__ic.get("effective_invisible"))
-                    return;
-                var first_visible = _.find(_.range(pages.length), function(i2) {
-                    return (! pages[i2].__ic) || (! pages[i2].__ic.get("effective_invisible"));
-                });
-                if (first_visible !== undefined) {
-                    $new_notebook.tabs('select', first_visible);
-                }
-            });
-        });
 
-        this.handle_common_properties($new_notebook, $notebook);
+        // Bind the invisibility changers and find the page to display
+        var pageid_to_display;
+        _.each(pages, function(page) {
+            $tab = $new_notebook.find('a[href=#' + page.id + ']').parent();
+            $content = $new_notebook.find('#' + page.id);
+
+            // Case: <page autofocus="autofocus">;
+            // We attach the autofocus attribute to the node because it can be useful during the
+            // page execution
+            self.attach_node_attr($tab, page.ref, 'autofocus');
+            self.attach_node_attr($content, page.ref, 'autofocus');
+            if (!pageid_to_display && page.autofocus) {
+                // If multiple autofocus, keep the first one
+                pageid_to_display = page.id;
+            }
+
+            // Case: <page attrs="{'invisible': domain}">;
+            self.handle_common_properties($tab, page.ref, instance.web.form.NotebookInvisibilityChanger);
+            self.handle_common_properties($content, page.ref, instance.web.form.NotebookInvisibilityChanger);
+        });
+        if (!pageid_to_display) {
+            pageid_to_display = $new_notebook.find('div[role="tabpanel"]:not(.oe_form_invisible):first').attr('id');
+        }
+
+        // Display page. Note: we can't use bootstrap's show function because it is looking for
+        // document attached DOM, and the form view is only attached when everything is processed
+        $new_notebook.find('a[href=#' + pageid_to_display + ']').parent().addClass('active');
+        $new_notebook.find('#' + pageid_to_display).addClass('active in'); // `in` class is required for bootstrap's fade
+
+        self.process($new_notebook.children());
+        self.handle_common_properties($new_notebook, $notebook);
+
         return $new_notebook;
     },
     process_separator: function($separator) {
@@ -1591,16 +1595,25 @@ instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngine = instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngineInt
         }
         return $new_label;
     },
-    handle_common_properties: function($new_element, $node) {
+    handle_common_properties: function($new_element, $node, InvisibilityChanger) {
         var str_modifiers = $node.attr("modifiers") || "{}";
         var modifiers = JSON.parse(str_modifiers);
         var ic = null;
-        if (modifiers.invisible !== undefined)
-            ic = new instance.web.form.InvisibilityChanger(this.view, this.view, modifiers.invisible, $new_element);
+        if (modifiers.invisible !== undefined) {
+            var InvisibilityChangerCls = InvisibilityChanger || instance.web.form.InvisibilityChanger;
+            ic = new InvisibilityChangerCls(this.view, this.view, modifiers.invisible, $new_element);
+        }
         $new_element.addClass($node.attr("class") || "");
         $new_element.attr('style', $node.attr('style'));
         return {invisibility_changer: ic,};
     },
+    /**
+    * Attach a node attribute to an html element to be able to use it after
+    * the processing of the page.
+    */
+    attach_node_attr: function($new_element, $node, attr) {
+        $new_element.data('autofocus', $node.attr(attr));
+    }
 });
 
 /**
@@ -1772,6 +1785,39 @@ instance.web.form.InvisibilityChanger = instance.web.Class.extend(instance.web.P
     },
 });
 
+// Specialization of InvisibilityChanger for the `notebook` form element to handle more
+// elegantly its special cases (i.e. activate the closest visible sibling)
+instance.web.form.NotebookInvisibilityChanger = instance.web.form.InvisibilityChanger.extend({
+    _check_visibility: function() {
+        this._super();
+        if (this.get("effective_invisible") === true) {
+            // Switch to invisible
+            // Remove this element as active and set a visible sibling active (if there is one)
+            if (this.$el.hasClass('active')) {
+                this.$el.removeClass('active in');
+                var visible_siblings = this.$el.siblings(':not(.oe_form_invisible)');
+                if (visible_siblings.length) {
+                    $(visible_siblings[0]).addClass('active in');
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Switch to visible
+            // If there is no visible active sibling, set this element as active,
+            // otherwise:
+            //      if that sibling has autofocus, do nothing
+            //      otherwise, remove that sibling as active and set this element as active
+            var visible_active_sibling = this.$el.siblings(':not(.oe_form_invisible).active');
+            if (!(visible_active_sibling.length)) {
+                this.$el.addClass('active in');
+            } else if (!$(visible_active_sibling[0]).data('autofocus')) {
+                this.$el.addClass('active in');
+                $(visible_active_sibling[0]).removeClass('active in');
+            }
+        }
+    },
+});
+
+
 /**
     Base class for all fields, custom widgets and buttons to be displayed in the form view.
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index e5b8286bdb9..dffa0a47fc3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -888,17 +888,18 @@
 </t>
 <t t-name="FormRenderingNotebook">
     <div class="oe_clear">
-        <ul t-attf-class="oe_notebook #{classnames}">
+        <ul t-attf-class="nav nav-tabs #{classnames}" role="tablist">
             <li t-foreach="pages" t-as="page" t-att-modifiers="page.modifiers">
-                <a t-attf-href="##{page.id}" t-att-accesskey="page.accesskey">
+                <a role="tab" t-attf-href="##{page.id}" t-att-accesskey="page.accesskey" data-toggle="tab">
                     <t t-esc="page.string"/>
                 </a>
             </li>
         </ul>
-    </div>
-</t>
-<t t-name="FormRenderingNotebookPage">
-    <div t-attf-class="oe_notebook_page #{classnames}" t-att-id="id">
+        <div class="tab-content">
+            <div role="tabpanel" t-foreach="pages" t-as="page" t-attf-class="tab-pane fade #{classnames}" t-att-id="id">
+                <t t-raw="page.contents"/>
+            </div>
+        </div>
     </div>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FormRenderingSeparator">