diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index f4620e84309..2ac062e96f3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -1772,22 +1772,18 @@ instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition = instance.web.OldWidget.extend(/*
         }
 
         var type = field.type;
-        var obj = instance.web.search.custom_filters.get_object(type);
-        if(obj === null) {
-            obj = instance.web.search.custom_filters.get_object("char");
-        }
-        this.value = new (obj) (this);
-        if(this.value.set_field) {
-            this.value.set_field(field);
+        var Field = instance.web.search.custom_filters.get_object(type);
+        if(!Field) {
+            Field = instance.web.search.custom_filters.get_object("char");
         }
+        this.value = new Field(this, field);
         _.each(this.value.operators, function(operator) {
             $('<option>', {value: operator.value})
                 .text(String(operator.text))
                 .appendTo(self.$element.find('.searchview_extended_prop_op'));
         });
-        this.$element.find('.searchview_extended_prop_value').html(
-            this.value.render({}));
-        this.value.start();
+        var $value_loc = this.$element.find('.searchview_extended_prop_value').empty();
+        this.value.appendTo($value_loc);
 
     },
     get_proposition: function() {
@@ -1800,9 +1796,10 @@ instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition = instance.web.OldWidget.extend(/*
     }
 });
 
-instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field = instance.web.OldWidget.extend({
-    start: function () {
-        this.$element = $("#" + this.element_id);
+instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field = instance.web.Widget.extend({
+    init: function (parent, field) {
+        this._super(parent);
+        this.field = field;
     }
 });
 instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Char = instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field.extend({
@@ -1827,33 +1824,23 @@ instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.DateTime = instance.web.search.Ext
         {value: ">=", text: _lt("greater or equal than")},
         {value: "<=", text: _lt("less or equal than")}
     ],
+    /**
+     * Date widgets live in view_form which is not yet loaded when this is
+     * initialized -_-
+     */
+    widget: function () { return instance.web.DateTimeWidget; },
     get_value: function() {
         return this.datewidget.get_value();
     },
     start: function() {
-        this._super();
-        this.datewidget = new instance.web.DateTimeWidget(this);
-        this.datewidget.prependTo(this.$element);
+        var ready = this._super();
+        this.datewidget = new (this.widget())(this);
+        this.datewidget.appendTo(this.$element);
+        return ready;
     }
 });
-instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Date = instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field.extend({
-    template: 'SearchView.extended_search.proposition.empty',
-    operators: [
-        {value: "=", text: _lt("is equal to")},
-        {value: "!=", text: _lt("is not equal to")},
-        {value: ">", text: _lt("greater than")},
-        {value: "<", text: _lt("less than")},
-        {value: ">=", text: _lt("greater or equal than")},
-        {value: "<=", text: _lt("less or equal than")}
-    ],
-    get_value: function() {
-        return this.datewidget.get_value();
-    },
-    start: function() {
-        this._super();
-        this.datewidget = new instance.web.DateWidget(this);
-        this.datewidget.prependTo(this.$element);
-    }
+instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Date = instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.DateTime.extend({
+    widget: function () { return instance.web.DateWidget; }
 });
 instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Integer = instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field.extend({
     template: 'SearchView.extended_search.proposition.integer',
@@ -1900,9 +1887,6 @@ instance.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Selection = instance.web.search.Ex
         {value: "=", text: _lt("is")},
         {value: "!=", text: _lt("is not")}
     ],
-    set_field: function(field) {
-        this.field = field;
-    },
     get_value: function() {
         return this.$element.val();
     }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index a6dc137d7c7..2919aaeea42 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -975,11 +975,12 @@
     </div>
 </t>
 <t t-name="web.datetimepicker">
+    <t t-set="placeholder" t-value="widget.getParent().node and widget.getParent().node.attrs.placeholder"/>
     <div class="oe_datepicker_root oe_form_field_datetime">
         <input type="text" class="oe_datepicker_container" disabled="disabled" style="display: none;"/>
         <input type="text"
             t-att-name="widget.name"
-            t-att-placeholder="widget.getParent().node.attrs.placeholder"
+            t-att-placeholder="placeholder"
             t-attf-class="oe_datepicker_master field_#{widget.type_of_date} oe_form_field_#{widget.type_of_date}"
         /><img class="oe_input_icon oe_datepicker_trigger" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/ui/field_calendar.png"'
              title="Select date" width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
@@ -1513,21 +1514,21 @@
     </li>
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.char">
-    <input t-att-id="widget.element_id" class="field_char"/>
+    <input class="field_char"/>
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.empty">
-    <span t-att-id="widget.element_id"></span>
+    <span/>
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.integer">
-    <input type="number" t-att-id="widget.element_id" class="field_integer" step="1"/>
+    <input type="number" class="field_integer" step="1"/>
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.float">
-    <input type="number" t-att-id="widget.element_id" class="field_float" step="0.01"/>
+    <input type="number" class="field_float" step="0.01"/>
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.boolean">
 </t>
 <t t-name="SearchView.extended_search.proposition.selection">
-    <select t-att-id="widget.element_id">
+    <select>
         <t t-foreach="widget.field.selection" t-as="element">
         <option t-att-value="element[0]"><t t-esc="element[1]"/></option>
         </t>
diff --git a/doc/search-view.rst b/doc/search-view.rst
index 66ad38d7d91..0fb7657cf2f 100644
--- a/doc/search-view.rst
+++ b/doc/search-view.rst
@@ -462,9 +462,21 @@ Many To One
 Advanced Search
 +++++++++++++++
 
-The advanced search is now a more standard
-:js:class:`~openerp.web.search.Input` configured to be rendered in the
-drawer.
+* The advanced search is now a more standard
+  :js:class:`~openerp.web.search.Input` configured to be rendered in
+  the drawer.
+
+* :js:class:`~openerp.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field` are
+  now standard widgets, with the "right" behaviors (they don't rebind
+  their ``$element`` in ``start()``)
+
+* The ad-hoc optional setting of the openerp field descriptor on a
+  :js:class:`~openerp.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field` has
+  been removed, the field descriptor is now passed as second argument
+  to the
+  :js:class:`~openerp.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field`'s
+  constructor, and bound to its
+  :js:attr:`~openerp.web.search.ExtendedSearchProposition.Field.field`.
 
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