Here's a breakdown of how widgets work in Odoo, along with some examples to help you understand how to use them. This should clear up any confusion about customizing your field displays. The widget attribute customizes the UI rendering of a field in form, tree/list, kanban, or other views. It doesn't change the data type—only the way it's presented or interacted with. Field Type - Widget Name - Purpose / Effect char,text - email - Renders as a mailto link char - url - Renders as a clickable URL char - phone - Renders as a clickable phone link (tel:) boolean - toggle_button - Renders a switch-style toggle (often in tree/list view) many2one - selection - Dropdown with text instead of a search field many2one - radio - Renders as radio buttons float - monetary - Adds currency symbol automatically date - datetime - Date or datetime picker widget html - html - Renders WYSIWYG HTML editor binary - image - Renders as an image preview binary - file - Renders as a file download/upload selection - statusbar - Renders selection as a progress bar (used in stages/workflows) many2many - tags - Displays selected records as labeled tags Examples Phone field with widget Status field with progress bar Monetary field Binary image Tags (many2many with tags style)