[FIX] fixes many issues with the various views

the views don't always return a proper promise, or were
somewhat fragile and broke with the changes in the view
manager.

addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js

@@ -1278,6 +1278,7 @@ openerp.mail = function (session) {
         start: function () {
             this._super.apply(this, arguments);
             this.bind_events();
+            return $.when();
         },
 
         /* instantiate the compose message object and insert this on the DOM.

addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js

@@ -4143,14 +4143,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
         /**
          * Returns the current active view if any.
          */
-        if (this.viewmanager && this.viewmanager.views && this.viewmanager.active_view &&
+        return (this.viewmanager && this.viewmanager.active_view);
-            this.viewmanager.views[this.viewmanager.active_view] &&
-            this.viewmanager.views[this.viewmanager.active_view].controller) {
-            return {
-                type: this.viewmanager.active_view,
-                controller: this.viewmanager.views[this.viewmanager.active_view].controller
-            };
-        }
     },
     set_value: function(value_) {
         value_ = value_ || [];
@@ -4242,12 +4235,12 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
     save_any_view: function() {
         var view = this.get_active_view();
         if (view) {
-            if (this.viewmanager.active_view === "form") {
+            if (this.viewmanager.active_view.type === "form") {
                 if (view.controller.is_initialized.state() !== 'resolved') {
                     return $.when(false);
                 }
                 return $.when(view.controller.save());
-            } else if (this.viewmanager.active_view === "list") {
+            } else if (this.viewmanager.active_view.type === "list") {
                 return $.when(view.controller.ensure_saved());
             }
         }
@@ -4258,7 +4251,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
         if (!view){
             return true;
         }
-        switch (this.viewmanager.active_view) {
+        switch (this.viewmanager.active_view.type) {
         case 'form':
             return _(view.controller.fields).chain()
                 .invoke('is_valid')
@@ -4275,7 +4268,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyViewManager = instance.web.ViewManager.extend({
     template: 'One2Many.viewmanager',
     init: function(parent, dataset, views, flags) {
         this._super(parent, dataset, views, _.extend({}, flags, {$sidebar: false}));
-        this.registry = this.registry.extend({
+        this.registry = instance.web.views.extend({
             list: 'instance.web.form.One2ManyListView',
             form: 'instance.web.form.One2ManyFormView',
             kanban: 'instance.web.form.One2ManyKanbanView',

addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/web_calendar.js

@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ openerp.web_calendar = function(instance) {
             this.range_start = null;
             this.range_stop = null;
             this.selected_filters = [];
+
+            this.shown = $.Deferred();
         },
 
         set_default_options: function(options) {
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ openerp.web_calendar = function(instance) {
                 this.info_fields.push(fv.arch.children[fld].attrs.name);
             }
 
+            self.shown.done(this._do_show_init.bind(this));
             var edit_check = new instance.web.Model(this.dataset.model)
                 .call("check_access_rights", ["write", false])
                 .then(function (write_right) {
@@ -238,15 +241,18 @@ openerp.web_calendar = function(instance) {
                 .call("check_access_rights", ["create", false])
                 .then(function (create_right) {
                     self.create_right = create_right;
-                    self.init_calendar().then(function() {
+                    self.ready.resolve();
-                        $(window).trigger('resize');
+                    self.trigger('calendar_view_loaded', fv);
-                        self.trigger('calendar_view_loaded', fv);
-                        self.ready.resolve();
-                    });
                 });
             return $.when(edit_check, init);
         },
-
+        _do_show_init: function () {
+            var self = this;
+            this.init_calendar().then(function() {
+                $(window).trigger('resize');
+                self.trigger('calendar_view_loaded', self.fields_view);
+            });
+        },
         get_fc_init_options: function () {
             //Documentation here : http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/
             var self = this;
@@ -647,7 +653,13 @@ openerp.web_calendar = function(instance) {
             return data;
         },
 
-        do_search: function(domain, context, _group_by) {
+        do_search: function (domain, context, _group_by) {
+            var self = this;
+            this.shown.done(function () {
+                self._do_search(domain, context, _group_by);
+            });
+        },
+        _do_search: function(domain, context, _group_by) {
             var self = this;
            if (! self.all_filters) {            
                 self.all_filters = {}                
@@ -854,11 +866,12 @@ openerp.web_calendar = function(instance) {
             return false;
         },
 
-        do_show: function() {
+        do_show: function() {            
             if (this.$buttons) {
                 this.$buttons.show();
             }
             this.do_push_state({});
+            this.shown.resolve();
             return this._super();
         },
         do_hide: function () {

addons/web_graph/static/src/js/graph_view.js

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ instance.web_graph.GraphView = instance.web.View.extend({
             get_domain: function () {},
             get_groupby: function () {},
         };
+
+        this.view_loaded = $.Deferred();
     },
 
     view_loading: function (fields_view_get) {
@@ -72,9 +74,17 @@ instance.web_graph.GraphView = instance.web.View.extend({
         if (self.widget_config.measures.length === 0) {
             self.widget_config.measures.push('__count');
         }
+        this.view_loaded.resolve();
     },
 
     do_search: function (domain, context, group_by) {
+        var self = this;
+        this.view_loaded.done(function () {
+            self._do_search(domain, context, group_by);
+        });
+    },
+
+    _do_search: function (domain, context, group_by) {
         if (this.ignore_do_search) {
             this.ignore_do_search = false;
             return;

addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js

@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
                 self.fields_keys = _.unique(self.fields_keys.concat(grouping_fields));
             }
             var grouping = new instance.web.Model(self.dataset.model, context, domain).query(self.fields_keys).group_by(grouping_fields);
-            return self.alive($.when(grouping)).done(function(groups) {
+            return self.alive($.when(grouping)).then(function(groups) {
                 self.remove_no_result();
                 if (groups) {
-                    self.do_process_groups(groups);
+                    return self.do_process_groups(groups);
                 } else {
-                    self.do_process_dataset();
+                    return self.do_process_dataset();
                 }
             });
         });
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
         var self = this;
         this.$el.find('table:first').show();
         this.$el.removeClass('oe_kanban_ungrouped').addClass('oe_kanban_grouped');
-        this.add_group_mutex.exec(function() {
+        return this.add_group_mutex.exec(function() {
             self.do_clear_groups();
             self.dataset.ids = [];
             if (!groups.length) {
                 self.no_result();
-                return false;
+                return $.when();
             }
             self.nb_records = 0;
             var remaining = groups.length - 1,
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
         var self = this;
         this.$el.find('table:first').show();
         this.$el.removeClass('oe_kanban_grouped').addClass('oe_kanban_ungrouped');
+        var def = $.Deferred();
         this.add_group_mutex.exec(function() {
-            var def = $.Deferred();
             self.do_clear_groups();
             self.dataset.read_slice(self.fields_keys.concat(['__last_update']), { 'limit': self.limit }).done(function(records) {
                 var kgroup = new instance.web_kanban.KanbanGroup(self, records, null, self.dataset);
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
             }).done(null, function() {
                 def.reject();
             });
-            return def;
         });
+        return def;
     },
     do_reload: function() {
         this.do_search(this.search_domain, this.search_context, this.search_group_by);

addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml

@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 <div t-name="KanbanView.buttons" class="oe_kanban_buttons">
     <t t-if="widget.options.action_buttons !== false">
         <t t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
-            <button type="button" class="oe_kanban_button_new oe_highlight">
+            <button type="button" class="oe_kanban_button_new btn btn-primary">
                 <t t-esc="widget.options.create_text || _t('Create')"/>
             </button>
             <span t-if="widget.is_action_enabled('group_create')" class="oe_alternative" style="display: none">
                 <span class="oe_fade">or</span>
                 <div class="oe_bounce_container">
-                    <a href="#" class="oe_bold oe_kanban_add_column">Add a new column</a>
+                    <a href="#" class="oe_kanban_add_column text-info">Add a new column</a>
                 </div>
             </span>
         </t>