diff --git a/addons/base/controllers/main.py b/addons/base/controllers/main.py
index c7fa9e2143a..c327aaf95c5 100644
--- a/addons/base/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/base/controllers/main.py
@@ -242,17 +242,17 @@ def load_actions_from_ir_values(req, key, key2, models, meta, context):
     Values = req.session.model('ir.values')
     actions = Values.get(key, key2, models, meta, context)
 
-    return [(id, name, clean_action(action, req.session))
+    return [(id, name, clean_action(action, req.session, context=context))
             for id, name, action in actions]
 
-def clean_action(action, session):
+def clean_action(action, session, context=None):
     if action['type'] != 'ir.actions.act_window':
         return action
     # values come from the server, we can just eval them
     if isinstance(action.get('context', None), basestring):
         action['context'] = eval(
             action['context'],
-            session.evaluation_context()) or {}
+            session.evaluation_context(context=context)) or {}
 
     if isinstance(action.get('domain', None), basestring):
         action['domain'] = eval(
@@ -823,3 +823,9 @@ class TreeView(View):
     @openerpweb.jsonrequest
     def load(self, req, model, view_id, toolbar=False):
         return self.fields_view_get(req, model, view_id, 'tree', toolbar=toolbar)
+
+    @openerpweb.jsonrequest
+    def action(self, req, model, id):
+        return load_actions_from_ir_values(
+            req,'action', 'tree_but_open',[(model, id)],
+            False, req.session.eval_context(req.context))
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
index 774dfbcc92b..980dee7d7ad 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ openerp.base.TreeView = openerp.base.View.extend({
 
         this.view_manager.flags.search_view = this.view_manager.action.flags.search_view = false;
         this.view_manager.flags.sidebar = this.view_manager.action.flags.sidebar = false;
-
-        this.actionmanager = new openerp.base.ActionManager(this.session, this.element_id);
-        this.actionmanager.start();
     },
 
     start: function () {
@@ -108,6 +105,11 @@ openerp.base.TreeView = openerp.base.View.extend({
      */
     hook_row_click: function () {
         var self = this;
+        this.$element.delegate('.treeview-td span, .treeview-tr span', 'click', function (e) {
+            e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+            self.activate($(this).closest('tr').data('id'));
+        });
+
         this.$element.delegate('.treeview-tr', 'click', function () {
             var is_loaded = 0,
                 $this = $(this),
@@ -157,48 +159,28 @@ openerp.base.TreeView = openerp.base.View.extend({
             } else {
                 self.$element.find('tbody').html(children_rows);
             }
-
-            self.$element.find('tr[id ^= treerow_] td > :last-child').click( function(e) {
-                var row_id = $(this).parent().parent().attr('id');
-                var record_id = row_id.split('_')[1];
-                self.showrecord(record_id, self.model);
-                e.stopImmediatePropagation();
-            });
         });
     },
 
     // Get details in listview
-    showrecord: function(id, model){
-        var self = this;
-        self.dataset.model = 'product.product';
-        self.dataset.domain = [['categ_id', 'child_of', parseInt(id, 10)]];
-        var modes = !!modes ? modes.split(",") : ["tree", "form"];
-        var views = [];
-        _.each(modes, function(mode) {
-            var view = [false, mode == "tree" ? "list" : mode];
-            if (self.fields.views && self.fields.views[mode]) {
-                view.push(self.fields.views[mode]);
-            }
-            views.push(view);
+    activate: function(id) {
+        var action_manager = new openerp.base.ActionManager(
+                this.session, this.element_id);
+        action_manager.start();
+        this.rpc('/base/treeview/action', {
+            id: id,
+            model: this.dataset.model,
+            context: new openerp.base.CompoundContext(
+                this.dataset.get_context(), {
+                    active_model: this.dataset.model,
+                    active_id: id,
+                    active_ids: [id]})
+        }, function (actions) {
+            if (!actions.length) { return; }
+            var action = actions[0][2];
+            action.flags.new_window = true;
+            action_manager.do_action(action);
         });
-        this.actionmanager.do_action({
-            "res_model" : self.dataset.model,
-            "domain" : self.dataset.domain,
-            "views" : views,
-            "type" : "ir.actions.act_window",
-            "auto_search" : true,
-            "view_mode" : "list",
-            "flags": {
-                search_view: true,
-                sidebar : true,
-                views_switcher : true,
-                action_buttons : true,
-                pager: true,
-                new_window : true
-            }
-        });
-
-        self.dataset.model = model;
     },
 
     // show & hide the contents
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 6e4a14dc8a2..13b3b09d380 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 <tr t-name="TreeView.rows"
         t-foreach="records" t-as="record"
         t-att-id="'treerow_' + record.id"
-        t-att-data-level="level + 1">
+        t-att-data-id="record.id" t-att-data-level="level + 1">
     <t t-set="children" t-value="record[children_field]"/>
     <t t-set="has_children" t-value="children and children.length"/>