Odoo Snippets 🐍

A powerful VS Code extension providing snippets for Odoo developers — Python models, XML views, fields, wizards, and much more!

Features

⚡ Python Snippets — Models, fields, computed methods, onchange, wizards
🖼️ XML Snippets — Form, tree, kanban, and search views
🔘 Button & Action Snippets — Header buttons, smart buttons, window actions
🔗 Relational Fields — Many2one, One2many, Many2many
📋 View Inheritance — XPath based view extension
💬 Chatter Support — mail.thread integration ready

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Open VS Code
Press Ctrl+Shift+X to open Extensions
Search for "Odoo Snippets"
Click Install

From VSIX (Manual)

Download the .vsix file
Open Extensions Ctrl+Shift+X → click ... → Install from VSIX
Select the file and reload VS Code

Python Snippets

Prefix	Description
`omodel`	Odoo Model class (`models.Model`)
`ocompute`	Computed field with `@api.depends`
`oonchange`	Onchange method with decorator
`om2o`	Many2one relational field
`oo2m`	One2many relational field
`om2m`	Many2many relational field
`obtn`	Button action method
`oerror`	Raise `UserError` exception
`osearch`	`self.env[].search([])` query
`owizard`	TransientModel (Wizard) class

Example — `omodel`

Type omodel and press Tab:

from odoo import models, fields, api

class SaleOrder(models.Model):
    _name = 'sale.order'
    _description = 'Sale Order'

    name = fields.Char(string='Name', required=True)
    # cursor lands here

Example — `ocompute`

Type ocompute and press Tab:

total_amount = fields.Float(
    string='Total Amount',
    compute='_compute_total_amount'
)

@api.depends('order_line')
def _compute_total_amount(self):
    for rec in self:
        rec.total_amount = # cursor lands here

XML Snippets

Prefix	Description
`oform`	Complete Form View record
`otree`	Tree / List View record
`okanban`	Kanban View record
`osearchview`	Search View with filter and group by
`oaction`	`ir.actions.act_window` record
`omenu`	`menuitem` tag
`obtnheader`	Header with button and statusbar widget
`osmartbtn`	Smart Button (`oe_stat_button`)
`onote`	Notebook with page tab
`ogroup2`	Two-column group layout
`oinherit`	View inherit with XPath
`ochatter`	Chatter widget (message, activity, follower)
`omodulexml`	Base XML file wrapper (`<odoo><data>`)

Example — `oform`

Type oform and press Tab:

<record id="sale_order_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">sale.order.form</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form string="Sale Order">
            <sheet>
                <group>
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <!-- cursor lands here -->
                </group>
            </sheet>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

Example — `oinherit`

Type oinherit and press Tab:

<record id="sale_order_form_view_inherit" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">sale.order.form.inherit</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="sale.view_order_form"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <xpath expr="//field[@name='partner_id']" position="after">
            <!-- cursor lands here -->
        </xpath>
    </field>
</record>

How to Use

Open a Python or XML file in VS Code
Type the snippet prefix (e.g. omodel)
Press Tab or Enter to expand
Use Tab again to jump between placeholders
Fill in your values and you're done!

💡 Pro Tip: Type o to see all available Odoo snippets in the IntelliSense dropdown at once!

Requirements

VS Code 1.60.0 or higher
Compatible with Odoo 14.0, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0, and 19.0

Extension Settings

This extension does not add any VS Code settings.

Author

Aman Kumar Singh

GitHub: @amankum02
LinkedIn: Aman Kumar Singh
Email: as2732044@email.com

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you want to add new snippets or fix a bug:

Fork this repository
Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/my-snippet
Add your snippet to snippets/python.json or snippets/xml.json
Submit a Pull Request

When submitting a snippet, please include:

A clear prefix
A helpful description
Proper $1, $2 tab stops

Snippet Format Reference

"Snippet Name": {
    "prefix": "oprefix",
    "body": [
        "line one ${1:placeholder}",
        "line two ${2:placeholder}",
        "${0}"
    ],
    "description": "Short description of what this snippet does"
}

Changelog

0.0.1 — Initial Release

Python model, field, compute, and onchange snippets
XML form, tree, kanban, and search view snippets
Button, action, and menu snippets
View inheritance (XPath) snippet
Smart button and chatter snippets
Wizard (TransientModel) snippet

Known Issues

No known issues at this time. Please open an issue if you find one.

License

Free to use, modify, and distribute.

Made with ❤️ by Aman Kumar Singh for the Odoo Developer Community

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