diff --git a/addons/note/static/src/less/note.less b/addons/note/static/src/less/note.less
index 99038b491c2..c92c5cd0500 100644
--- a/addons/note/static/src/less/note.less
+++ b/addons/note/static/src/less/note.less
@@ -3,14 +3,23 @@
     text-decoration: line-through;
 }
 
-.openerp .oe_form {
-    .oe_pad.oe_memo {
-        width: auto;
+.o_note_form_view.o_form_view {
+    .o_form_statusbar {
+        margin-bottom: 0;
     }
     .oe_form_field.oe_memo {
-        margin: 0;
+        margin: 0 (@padding-large-horizontal * -1);
         padding: 0;
-        width: 100%;
         min-height: 200px;
+
+        .note-editor {
+            border: none;
+        }
+    }
+    &.o_form_readonly {
+        .oe_memo {
+            padding: @padding-large-horizontal;
+            border-bottom: 1px solid @legend-border-color;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/addons/note/views/note_views.xml b/addons/note/views/note_views.xml
index 0ac37d8bf46..f14912d4d68 100644
--- a/addons/note/views/note_views.xml
+++ b/addons/note/views/note_views.xml
@@ -154,12 +154,10 @@
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <form string="Note" class="oe_form_nomargin o_note_form_view">
                 <header>
+                    <field name="tag_ids" widget="many2many_tags" options="{'color_field': 'color'}" placeholder="Tags"/>
                     <field name="stage_id" domain="[('user_id','=',uid)]" widget="statusbar" options="{'clickable': '1'}"/>
                 </header>
-                <sheet>
-                    <field name="tag_ids" widget="many2many_tags" options="{'color_field': 'color'}" placeholder="Tags"/>
-                    <field name="memo" widget="html" class="oe_memo" editor_height="450px" />
-                </sheet>
+                <field name="memo" type="html" class="oe_memo"/>
                 <div class="oe_chatter">
                     <field name="message_follower_ids" widget="mail_followers"/>
                     <field name="activity_ids" widget="mail_activity"/>