diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 7a3c782f44b..ffec52e8b97 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
             case 'button':
             case 'a':
                 var type = node.attrs.type || '';
-                if (_.indexOf('action,object,edit,delete'.split(','), type) !== -1) {
+                if (_.indexOf('action,object,edit,open,delete'.split(','), type) !== -1) {
                     _.each(node.attrs, function(v, k) {
                         if (_.indexOf('icon,type,name,args,string,context,states,kanban_states'.split(','), k) != -1) {
                             node.attrs['data-' + k] = v;
@@ -827,6 +827,9 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanRecord = instance.web.Widget.extend({
     do_action_edit: function($action) {
         this.view.open_record(this.id, true);
     },
+    do_action_open: function($action) {
+        this.view.open_record(this.id);
+    },
     do_action_object: function ($action) {
         var button_attrs = $action.data();
         this.view.do_execute_action(button_attrs, this.view.dataset, this.id, this.do_reload);