diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 64520d77423..d59a94f5150 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ openerp.web.form.SelectCreatePopup = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends ope
             this.searchview.stop();
         }
         this.searchview = new openerp.web.SearchView(this,
-                this.element_id + "_search", this.dataset, false, {
+                this.dataset, false, {
                     "selectable": !this.options.disable_multiple_selection,
                     "deletable": false
                 });
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ openerp.web.form.SelectCreatePopup = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends ope
                 self.searchview.do_search();
             });
         });
-        this.searchview.start();
+        this.searchview.appendTo($("#" + this.element_id + "_search"));
     },
     create_row: function(data) {
         var self = this;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_tree.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_tree.js
index 2a314f57fa8..7988d65805c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_tree.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_tree.js
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ openerp.web.TreeView = openerp.web.View.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.TreeView#
      * @extends openerp.web.View
      *
      * @param parent
-     * @param element_id
      * @param dataset
      * @param view_id
      * @param options
      */
-    init: function(parent, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function(parent, dataset, view_id, options) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.dataset = dataset;
         this.model = dataset.model;
         this.view_id = view_id;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 633534dfbbb..ad2e2131884 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -285,14 +285,14 @@ db.web.ViewManager =  db.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends db.web.ViewManager# */{
             this.searchview.stop();
         }
         this.searchview = new db.web.SearchView(
-                this, this.element_id + "_search", this.dataset,
+                this, this.dataset,
                 view_id, search_defaults);
 
         this.searchview.on_search.add(function(domains, contexts, groupbys) {
             var controller = self.views[self.active_view].controller;
             controller.do_search.call(controller, domains, contexts, groupbys);
         });
-        return this.searchview.start();
+        return this.searchview.appendTo($("#" + this.element_id + "_search"));
     },
     /**
      * Called when one of the view want to execute an action
diff --git a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
index 862699f3ae8..e590280b933 100644
--- a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
+++ b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ QWeb.add_template('/web_calendar/static/src/xml/web_calendar.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('calendar', 'openerp.web_calendar.CalendarView');
 openerp.web_calendar.CalendarView = openerp.web.View.extend({
 // Dhtmlx scheduler ?
-    init: function(parent, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function(parent, dataset, view_id, options) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.set_default_options(options);
         this.dataset = dataset;
         this.model = dataset.model;
diff --git a/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index c60239ef05c..008d03d1548 100644
--- a/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ if (!openerp.web_dashboard) {
 }
 openerp.web_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.web.View.extend({
     template: 'ConfigOverview',
-    init: function (parent, element_id) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function (parent) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.dataset = new openerp.web.DataSetSearch(
                 this, 'ir.actions.todo');
         this.dataset.domain = [['type', '=', 'manual']];
diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
index e13bb9864ff..b4aa62fd8f0 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ QWeb.add_template('/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('diagram', 'openerp.web.DiagramView');
 openerp.web.DiagramView = openerp.web.View.extend({
     searchable: false,
-    init: function(parent, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function(parent, dataset, view_id, options) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.set_default_options(options);
         this.view_manager = parent;
         this.dataset = dataset;
diff --git a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
index b01aeeaaa3e..a045bae64e1 100644
--- a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
+++ b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ QWeb.add_template('/web_gantt/static/src/xml/web_gantt.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('gantt', 'openerp.web_gantt.GanttView');
 openerp.web_gantt.GanttView = openerp.web.View.extend({
 
-init: function(parent, element_id, dataset, view_id) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+init: function(parent, dataset, view_id) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.view_manager = parent || new openerp.web.NullViewManager();
         this.dataset = dataset;
         this.model = dataset.model;
diff --git a/addons/web_graph/static/src/js/graph.js b/addons/web_graph/static/src/js/graph.js
index 0754c098cae..2a493b89166 100644
--- a/addons/web_graph/static/src/js/graph.js
+++ b/addons/web_graph/static/src/js/graph.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ QWeb.add_template('/web_graph/static/src/xml/web_graph.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('graph', 'openerp.web_graph.GraphView');
 openerp.web_graph.GraphView = openerp.web.View.extend({
 
-    init: function(parent, element_id, dataset, view_id) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function(parent, dataset, view_id) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.view_manager = parent;
         this.dataset = dataset;
         this.dataset_index = 0;
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 7830175032f..8d6727facaa 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ var QWeb = openerp.web.qweb;
 QWeb.add_template('/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('kanban', 'openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView');
 openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView = openerp.web.View.extend({
-    init: function (parent, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    init: function (parent, dataset, view_id, options) {
+        this._super(parent);
         this.set_default_options(options);
         this.dataset = dataset;
         this.model = dataset.model;