Company Color Bar
Know which company you're in at a glance
A fixed color strip across the top of the backend, one per company. In multi-company databases it prevents the expensive mistake: entering, invoicing or creating products in the wrong company.
How you get it
This is one of the few that does not fit Odoo Online: it ships its own backend JavaScript, and Studio will not let you upload it. It is delivered on Odoo.sh or your own server.
Odoo.sh or your own server
You receive the module and the installation guide by email as soon as payment clears. Install it yourself, or we install it with you.
Installation · shell
# 1 · copia el módulo a tu addons_path
cp -r millora_barra_de_color_por_compania /mnt/extra-addons/
# 2 · reinicia y actualiza la lista de apps
odoo-bin -u all -d tu_base --stop-after-init
# 3 · instala desde Apps
# busca "Company Color Bar"What it solves
The problem
In a multi-company database, the only clue about which one you're working in is a small selector in the top corner. Nobody looks at it.
Invoices go out from the wrong company, products are created in the wrong one, an expense lands where it shouldn't. The mistake almost never shows up at the time: it surfaces days later, once there are documents to cancel and fix.
How it works
The module paints a fixed six-pixel color strip across the top of the backend. The color comes from a field on each company's record — blue for one, red for another, whatever you decide — and is set once.
The strip is drawn on load and updates on its own when you switch companies, with no page reload. It stays fixed: it follows every screen, doesn't scroll away and doesn't push the content down.
Any valid CSS color works: #e74c3c, rgb(231,76,60) or red.
What it doesn't do
Worth saying up front. It blocks nothing: this is a visual cue, not an access control. It won't stop anyone from creating a document in the wrong company, it just makes obvious which one you're in. And if you work with several companies active at once, it shows the color of the first one on the list.
What changes
"Which company am I in?" stops being a question and becomes obvious. For teams that hop between companies all day — accounting, purchasing, management — it's the difference between checking the selector every time and never thinking about it again.
What's included
- Paints a fixed color strip across the top of the backend
- Takes the color from a field on each company's record
- Switches color when you switch companies, with no page reload
- Accepts any CSS color: hex, rgb() or name
- Shows on every screen without pushing or covering content
- Interface only: adds no processes and touches no existing documents
- Installs and uninstalls without migrating data
Requirements
- Odoo.sh or your own server: it ships custom JS and CSS, so it can't be installed on Odoo Online
- A database with more than one company, which is where it earns its place
- A color set on each company's record
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