From e4ae6a80bb2d95a85d222d9012282919d5ebac0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yannick Tivisse <yti@odoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:20:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [IMP] base: order companies in Company Switcher

Add a sequence field on the res_company. The companies are ordered
by sequence (by default 10), than by name. That way, we can order the
companies on the company switcher for example, and have the most common
companies first.
---
 openerp/addons/base/res/res_company.py       | 3 ++-
 openerp/addons/base/res/res_company_view.xml | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company.py
index cf8dcf00ff2..d92cc25b87d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from odoo.exceptions import ValidationError
 class Company(models.Model):
     _name = "res.company"
     _description = 'Companies'
-    _order = 'name'
+    _order = 'sequence, name'
 
     _header = """
 <header>
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class Company(models.Model):
     vat = fields.Char(related='partner_id.vat', string="Tax ID")
     company_registry = fields.Char()
     rml_paper_format = fields.Selection([('a4', 'A4'), ('us_letter', 'US Letter')], string="Paper Format", required=True, default='a4', oldname='paper_format')
+    sequence = fields.Integer(help='Used to order Companies in the company switcher', default=10)
 
     _sql_constraints = [
         ('name_uniq', 'unique (name)', 'The company name must be unique !')
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company_view.xml
index 763b22d2218..14e1244b820 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_company_view.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
                                     <field name="company_registry"/>
                                     <field name="currency_id" options="{'no_create': True}" id="company_currency"/>
                                     <field name="parent_id"  groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
+                                    <field name="sequence" invisible="1"/>
                                 </group>
                             </group>
                         </page>
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
             <field name="field_parent">child_ids</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree string="Companies">
+                    <field name="sequence" widget="handle"/>
                     <field name="name"/>
                     <field name="partner_id"/>
                 </tree>