[IMP] web_timeline - Added a new attribute to the view element "color_field", to be able to directly specify the color of the bar by reading a char field compatible with widget="color" from view's model, the "colors" attribute take precedence over the new "color_field" attribute

web_timeline/README.rst

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Web timeline
 ============
 
-.. 
+..
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    !! This file is generated by oca-gen-addon-readme !!
    !! changes will be overwritten.                   !!
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ the possible attributes for the tag:
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | colors             | No        | Allows to set certain specific colors if the expressed condition (JS syntax) is met.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| color_field        | No        | Allows to set a field from the model to specify the color of the bar, colors will take precedence if used                                                                                                                                                                 |
++--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | dependency_arrow   | No        | Set this attribute to a x2many field to draw arrows between the records referenced in the x2many field.                                                                                                                                                                   |
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ promote its widespread use.
 
 Current `maintainer <https://odoo-community.org/page/maintainer-role>`__:
 
-|maintainer-tarteo| 
+|maintainer-tarteo|
 
 This module is part of the `OCA/web <https://github.com/OCA/web/tree/16.0/web_timeline>`_ project on GitHub.
 

web_timeline/readme/CONFIGURE.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ the possible attributes for the tag:
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | colors             | No        | Allows to set certain specific colors if the expressed condition (JS syntax) is met.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| color_field        | No        | Gets the color for the bar from field named here, if specified colors are set after this color                                                                                                                                                                            |
++--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | dependency_arrow   | No        | Set this attribute to a x2many field to draw arrows between the records referenced in the x2many field.                                                                                                                                                                   |
 +--------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 

web_timeline/static/src/js/timeline_renderer.js

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ odoo.define("web_timeline.TimelineRenderer", function (require) {
             this.date_stop = params.date_stop;
             this.date_delay = params.date_delay;
             this.colors = params.colors;
+            this.color_field = params.color_field;
             this.fieldNames = params.fieldNames;
             this.default_group_by = params.default_group_by;
             this.dependency_arrow = params.dependency_arrow;
@@ -512,7 +513,9 @@ odoo.define("web_timeline.TimelineRenderer", function (require) {
             } else {
                 group = -1;
             }
-
+            if (this.color_field) {
+                this.color = evt[this.color_field];
+            }
             for (const color of this.colors) {
                 if (py.eval(`'${evt[color.field]}' ${color.opt} '${color.value}'`)) {
                     this.color = color.color;

web_timeline/static/src/js/timeline_view.js

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ odoo.define("web_timeline.TimelineView", function (require) {
             );
             fieldNames = _.union(fieldNames, archFieldNames);
 
+            if (attrs.color_field) {
+                fieldNames.push(attrs.color_field);
+            }
+            const color_field = attrs.color_field;
+
             const colors = this.parse_colors();
             for (const color of colors) {
                 if (!fieldNames.includes(color.field)) {
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ odoo.define("web_timeline.TimelineView", function (require) {
             this.rendererParams.date_stop = date_stop;
             this.rendererParams.date_delay = date_delay;
             this.rendererParams.colors = colors;
+            this.rendererParams.color_field = color_field;
             this.rendererParams.fieldNames = fieldNames;
             this.rendererParams.default_group_by = attrs.default_group_by;
             this.rendererParams.min_height = min_height;