diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
index f527498ae05..0d38a3fe84c 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
@@ -78,8 +78,17 @@
         <field name="model">account.asset.asset</field>
         <field name="type">form</field>
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
-           <form string="Asset">
-              <group col="6" colspan="4">
+           <form layout="manual">
+           <div class="oe_form_topbar">
+                <button name="validate" states="draft" string="Confirm Asset" type="object" icon="terp-camera_test"/>
+                <button name="set_to_close" states="open" string="Set to Close" type="object" icon="gtk-close"/>
+                <button name="set_to_draft" states="open" string="Set to Draft" type="object" icon="gtk-convert"/> 
+           <div class="oe_right">
+                <field name="state" widget="statusbar" nolabel="1" statusbar_visible="draft,open"/>
+           </div>
+           </div>
+           <sheet string="Asset" layout="auto">
+              <group col="6" colspan="4" class="oe_form_header">
                  <field name="name"/>
                  <field name="category_id" on_change="onchange_category_id(category_id)"/>
                  <field name="code"/>
@@ -111,14 +120,6 @@
                         <field name="method_progress_factor" attrs="{'invisible':[('method','=','linear')], 'required':[('method','=','degressive')]}"/>
                         <field name="prorata" attrs="{'invisible': [('method_time','=','end')]}"/>
                     </group>
-                    <newline/>
-                    <separator string="" colspan="4"/>
-                    <field name="state" readonly="1" colspan="2"/>
-                    <group colspan="2" col="4">
-                       <button name="validate" states="draft" string="Confirm Asset" type="object" icon="terp-camera_test"/>
-                       <button name="set_to_draft" states="open" string="Set to Draft" type="object" icon="gtk-convert"/> 
-                       <button name="set_to_close" states="open" string="Set to Close" type="object" icon="gtk-close"/>
-                    </group>
                  </page>
                  <page string="Depreciation Board">
                     <field name="depreciation_line_ids" colspan="4" nolabel="1" mode="tree,graph">
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@
                     <field name="note" nolabel="1"/>
                  </page>
               </notebook>
+              </sheet>
            </form>
        </field>
     </record>