diff --git a/addons/account/account_move_line.py b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
index 35a65b51b4e..55e154eed6d 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_move_line.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
@@ -1084,8 +1084,6 @@ class account_move_line(osv.osv):
                 f.set("invisible", "context.get('journal_id', False)")
             elif field in ('period_id',):
                 f.set("invisible", "context.get('period_id', False)")
-            else:
-                f.set('invisible', "context.get('visible_id') not in %s" % (fields.get(field)))
 
             orm.setup_modifiers(f, fields_get[field], context=context,
                                 in_tree_view=True)
@@ -1245,6 +1243,12 @@ class account_move_line(osv.osv):
             m = move_obj.browse(cr, uid, vals['move_id'])
             context['journal_id'] = m.journal_id.id
             context['period_id'] = m.period_id.id
+        #we need to treat the case where a value is given in the context for period_id as a string
+        if 'period_id' not in context or not isinstance(context.get('period_id', ''), (int, long)):
+            period_candidate_ids = self.pool.get('account.period').name_search(cr, uid, name=context.get('period_id',''))
+            if len(period_candidate_ids) != 1:
+                raise osv.except_osv(_('Encoding error'), _('No period found or period given is ambigous.'))
+            context['period_id'] = period_candidate_ids[0][0]
         self._update_journal_check(cr, uid, context['journal_id'], context['period_id'], context)
         move_id = vals.get('move_id', False)
         journal = journal_obj.browse(cr, uid, context['journal_id'], context=context)
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 5dd8406b126..fdd69bcde6a 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@
                     </group>
                     <newline/>
                     <group>
-                        <field name="journal_id" widget="selection" context="{'journal_id':self, 'visible_id':self, 'normal_view':False}"/>
-                        <field name="period_id" context="{'period_id':self, 'search_default_period_id':self}"/>
+                        <field name="journal_id" widget="selection" context="{'journal_id':self}"/>
+                        <field name="period_id" context="{'period_id':self}"/>
                     </group>
                     <newline/>
                     <group expand="0" string="Group By...">
diff --git a/addons/account/wizard/account_move_journal.py b/addons/account/wizard/account_move_journal.py
index 99aa83826df..6756e0d06c6 100644
--- a/addons/account/wizard/account_move_journal.py
+++ b/addons/account/wizard/account_move_journal.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class account_move_journal(osv.osv_memory):
             'view_mode': 'tree,graph,form',
             'res_model': 'account.move.line',
             'view_id': False,
-            'context': "{'search_default_posted': %d, 'visible_id':%s, 'search_default_journal_id':%d, 'search_default_period_id':%d}" % (move, journal_id, journal_id, period_id),
+            'context': "{'search_default_posted': %d, 'search_default_journal_id':%d, 'search_default_period_id':%d}" % (move, journal_id, period_id),
             'type': 'ir.actions.act_window',
             'search_view_id': res_id
         }