diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 03f36b05533..5a01f0b88c5 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -236,12 +236,17 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Filters">
-                    <field name="name" select="1"/>
-                    <field name="user_id" select="1"/>
-                    <field name="model_id"/>
-                    <newline/>
-                    <field name="domain"/>
-                    <field name="context"/>
+                    <group colspan="4" >
+                        <field name="name" select="1"/>
+                        <field name="user_id" select="1"/>
+                        <field name="model_id"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <group col="4" expand="1">
+                        <separator string="Domain" colspan="2" />
+                        <separator string="Context" colspan="2" />
+                        <field name="domain" nolabel="1" colspan="2"/>
+                        <field name="context" nolabel="1" colspan="2"/>
+                    </group>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
@@ -328,7 +333,7 @@
                         <field name="usage"/>
                         <field name="report_type"/>
                     </group>
-                    
+
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Other Configuration">
                             <group col="2" colspan="2">
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
index 172b178dddf..2821d0c94b7 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class ir_filters(osv.osv):
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.char('Action Name', size=64, translate=True, required=True),
         'user_id':fields.many2one('res.users', 'User', help='False means for every user'),
-        'domain': fields.char('Domain Value', size=250, required=True),
-        'context': fields.char('Context Value', size=250, required=True),
+        'domain': fields.text('Domain Value', required=True),
+        'context': fields.text('Context Value', required=True),
         'model_id': fields.selection(_list_all_models, 'Model', required=True),
     }