diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index 8da42c37d37..9d2dac89ca0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -242,10 +242,8 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
         this.$option_id = $('#' + option_id);
     },
     start: function() {
+        this._super();
         this.$element.html(QWeb.render("Database", this));
-        this.$element.closest(".openerp")
-                .removeClass("login-mode")
-                .addClass("database_block");
 
         var self = this;
         var fetch_db = this.rpc("/web/database/get_list", {}, function(result) {
@@ -266,23 +264,30 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
         this.$element.find('#db-restore').click(this.do_restore);
         this.$element.find('#db-change-password').click(this.do_change_password);
        	this.$element.find('#back-to-login').click(function() {
-            self.stop();
+            self.hide();
         });
     },
     stop: function () {
+        this.hide();
         this.$option_id.empty();
 
         this.$element
             .find('#db-create, #db-drop, #db-backup, #db-restore, #db-change-password, #back-to-login')
                 .unbind('click')
             .end()
-            .closest(".openerp")
-                .addClass("login-mode")
-                .removeClass("database_block")
-            .end()
             .empty();
         this._super();
     },
+    show: function () {
+        this.$element.closest(".openerp")
+                .removeClass("login-mode")
+                .addClass("database_block");
+    },
+    hide: function () {
+        this.$element.closest(".openerp")
+                .addClass("login-mode")
+                .removeClass("database_block")
+    },
     /**
      * Converts a .serializeArray() result into a dict. Does not bother folding
      * multiple identical keys into an array, last key wins.
@@ -368,6 +373,7 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
                     }
                     self.db_list.push(self.to_object(fields)['db_name']);
                     self.db_list.sort();
+                    self.widget_parent.set_db_list(self.db_list);
                     var form_obj = self.to_object(fields);
                     self.wait_for_newdb(result, {
                         password: form_obj['super_admin_pwd'],
@@ -397,6 +403,7 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
                     }
                     $db_list.find(':selected').remove();
                     self.db_list.splice(_.indexOf(self.db_list, db, true), 1);
+                    self.widget_parent.set_db_list(self.db_list);
                     self.do_notify("Dropping database", "The database '" + db + "' has been dropped");
                 });
             }
@@ -529,16 +536,16 @@ openerp.web.Login =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Login# */{
         var self = this;
         this.database = new openerp.web.Database(
                 this, "oe_database", "oe_db_options");
+        this.database.start();
 
         this.$element.find('#oe-db-config').click(function() {
-            self.database.start();
+            self.database.show();
         });
 
         this.$element.find("form").submit(this.on_submit);
 
         this.rpc("/web/database/get_list", {}, function(result) {
-            var tpl = openerp.web.qweb.render('Login_dblist', {db_list: result.db_list, selected_db: self.selected_db});
-            self.$element.find("input[name=db]").replaceWith(tpl)
+            self.set_db_list(result.db_list);
         }, 
         function(error, event) {
             if (error.data.fault_code === 'AccessDenied') {
@@ -547,6 +554,15 @@ openerp.web.Login =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Login# */{
         });
 
     },
+    stop: function () {
+        this.database.stop();
+        this._super();
+    },
+    set_db_list: function (list) {
+        this.$element.find("[name=db]").replaceWith(
+            openerp.web.qweb.render('Login_dblist', {
+                db_list: list, selected_db: this.selected_db}))
+    },
     on_login_invalid: function() {
         this.$element.closest(".openerp").addClass("login-mode");
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 2237d35a071..2d9fc439920 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -798,8 +798,13 @@ openerp.web.form.Widget = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.form.
     _build_view_fields_values: function() {
         var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
         var fields_values = this.view.get_fields_values();
-        var parent_values = a_dataset.parent_view ? a_dataset.parent_view.get_fields_values() : {};
-        fields_values.parent = parent_values;
+        var active_id = a_dataset.ids[a_dataset.index];
+        _.extend(fields_values, {
+            active_id: active_id || false,
+            active_ids: active_id ? [active_id] : [],
+            active_model: a_dataset.model,
+            parent: a_dataset.parent_view ? a_dataset.parent_view.get_fields_values() : {}
+        });
         return fields_values;
     },
     _build_eval_context: function() {