diff --git a/addons/idea/data/idea_workflow.xml b/addons/idea/data/idea_workflow.xml
index 649541ae349..b460c73a6ed 100644
--- a/addons/idea/data/idea_workflow.xml
+++ b/addons/idea/data/idea_workflow.xml
@@ -7,53 +7,50 @@
             <field name="on_create">True</field>
         </record>
 
-        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_draft">
+        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_normal">
             <field name="wkf_id" ref="wkf_idea" />
             <field name="flow_start">True</field>
-            <field name="name">draft</field>
+            <field name="name">normal</field>
             <field name="kind">function</field>
-            <field name="action">idea_draft()</field>
+            <field name="action">idea_set_normal_priority()</field>
         </record>
 
-        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_open">
+        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_low">
             <field name="wkf_id" ref="wkf_idea" />
-            <field name="name">open</field>
+            <field name="name">low</field>
             <field name="kind">function</field>
-            <field name="action">idea_open()</field>
+            <field name="action">idea_set_low_priority()</field>
         </record>
 
-        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_close">
+        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_high">
             <field name="wkf_id" ref="wkf_idea" />
-            <field name="name">close</field>
+            <field name="name">high</field>
             <field name="kind">function</field>
-            <field name="action">idea_close()</field>
-            <field name="flow_stop">True</field>
-        </record>
-
-        <record model="workflow.activity" id="act_cancel">
-            <field name="wkf_id" ref="wkf_idea" />
-            <field name="name">cancel</field>
-            <field name="kind">function</field>
-            <field name="action">idea_cancel()</field>
-            <field name="flow_stop">True</field>
+            <field name="action">idea_set_high_priority()</field>
         </record>
 
         <record model="workflow.transition" id="t1">
-            <field name="act_from" ref="act_draft" />
-            <field name="act_to" ref="act_open" />
-            <field name="signal">idea_open</field>
+            <field name="act_from" ref="act_normal" />
+            <field name="act_to" ref="act_low" />
+            <field name="signal">idea_set_low_priority</field>
         </record>
 
         <record model="workflow.transition" id="t2">
-            <field name="act_from" ref="act_open" />
-            <field name="act_to" ref="act_close" />
-            <field name="signal">idea_close</field>
+            <field name="act_from" ref="act_low" />
+            <field name="act_to" ref="act_normal" />
+            <field name="signal">idea_set_normal_priority</field>
+        </record>
+
+        <record model="workflow.transition" id="t3">
+            <field name="act_from" ref="act_normal" />
+            <field name="act_to" ref="act_high" />
+            <field name="signal">idea_set_high_priority</field>
         </record>
 
         <record model="workflow.transition" id="t4">
-            <field name="act_from" ref="act_open" />
-            <field name="act_to" ref="act_cancel" />
-            <field name="signal">idea_cancel</field>
+            <field name="act_from" ref="act_high" />
+            <field name="act_to" ref="act_normal" />
+            <field name="signal">idea_set_normal_priority</field>
         </record>
 
     </data>
diff --git a/addons/idea/demo/idea.xml b/addons/idea/demo/idea.xml
index fea9d5535b5..2b4ff58b973 100644
--- a/addons/idea/demo/idea.xml
+++ b/addons/idea/demo/idea.xml
@@ -23,43 +23,45 @@
             <field name="name">Communicate using emails</field>
             <field name="description">I start communicating with prospects more by email than phonecalls. I send an email to create a sense of emergency, like "can I call you this week about our quote?" and I call only those that answer this email.</field>
             <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_demo')"/>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
             <field name="category_ids" eval="[(6, 0, [ref('idea.idea_cat_0'), ref('idea.idea_cat_1')])]"/>
         </record>
-        <workflow action="idea_open" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_1"/>
+        <workflow action="idea_set_high_priority" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_1"/>
 
         <record model="idea.idea" id="idea_idea_2">
             <field name="name">Use a two-stages testing phase</field>
             <field name="description">We should perform testing using two levels of validation.</field>
             <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_root')"/>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
             <field name="category_ids" eval="[(6, 0, [ref('idea.idea_cat_1'), ref('idea.idea_cat_2')])]"/>
         </record>
-        <workflow action="idea_open" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_2"/>
+        <workflow action="idea_set_high_priority" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_2"/>
 
         <record model="idea.idea" id="idea_idea_3">
             <field name="name">Write some functional documentation about procurements</field>
             <field name="description">We receive many questions about OpenChatter. Maybe some functional doc could save us some time.</field>
             <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_demo')"/>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
             <field name="category_ids" eval="[(6, 0, [ref('idea.idea_cat_0'), ref('idea.idea_cat_1')])]"/>
         </record>
-        <workflow action="idea_open" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_3"/>
 
         <record model="idea.idea" id="idea_idea_4">
             <field name="name">Better management of smtp errors</field>
             <field name="description">There should be away to store the reason why some emails are not sent.</field>
             <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_root')"/>
+            <field name="state">close</field>
             <field name="category_ids" eval="[(6, 0, [ref('idea.idea_cat_2')])]"/>
         </record>
-        <workflow action="idea_open" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_4"/>
-        <workflow action="idea_close" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_4"/>
+        <workflow action="idea_set_low_priority" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_4"/>
 
         <record model="idea.idea" id="idea_idea_5">
             <field name="name">Kitten mode enabled by default</field>
             <field name="description">As this is the most loved feature, the kitten mode should be enabled by default. And maybe even impossible to remove.</field>
             <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_root')"/>
+            <field name="state">cancel</field>
             <field name="category_ids" eval="[(6, 0, [ref('idea.idea_cat_2')])]"/>
         </record>
-        <workflow action="idea_open" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_5"/>
-        <workflow action="idea_cancel" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_5"/>
+        <workflow action="idea_set_low_priority" model="idea.idea" ref="idea_idea_4"/>
 
     </data>
 </openerp>
diff --git a/addons/idea/models/idea.py b/addons/idea/models/idea.py
index b9ba80fb251..910a0de483d 100644
--- a/addons/idea/models/idea.py
+++ b/addons/idea/models/idea.py
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ class IdeaIdea(osv.Model):
                     ('close', 'Accepted'),
                     ('cancel', 'Refused')]
 
+    def _get_color(self, cr, uid, ids, fields, args, context=None):
+        res = dict.fromkeys(ids, 3)
+        for idea in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            if idea.priority == 'low':
+                res[idea.id] = 0
+            elif idea.priority == 'high':
+                res[idea.id] = 7
+        return res
+
     _columns = {
         'user_id': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Responsible', required=True),
         'name': fields.char('Summary', required=True, readonly=True,
@@ -61,7 +70,10 @@ class IdeaIdea(osv.Model):
             states={'draft': [('readonly', False)]},
             help='Content of the idea'),
         'category_ids': fields.many2many('idea.category', string='Tags'),
-        'state': fields.selection(_get_state_list, string='Status'),
+        'state': fields.selection(_get_state_list, string='Status', required=True),
+        'priority': fields.selection([('low', 'Low'), ('normal', 'Normal'), ('high', 'High')],
+            string='Priority', required=True),
+        'color': fields.function(_get_color, type='integer', string='Color Index'),
     }
 
     _sql_constraints = [
@@ -71,6 +83,7 @@ class IdeaIdea(osv.Model):
     _defaults = {
         'user_id': lambda self, cr, uid, ctx=None: uid,
         'state': lambda self, cr, uid, ctx=None: self._get_state_list(cr, uid, ctx)[0][0],
+        'priority': 'normal',
     }
 
     #------------------------------------------------------
@@ -79,38 +92,38 @@ class IdeaIdea(osv.Model):
 
     def read_group(self, cr, uid, domain, fields, groupby, offset=0, limit=None, context=None, orderby=False):
         """ Override read_group to always display all states. """
-        # Default result structure
-        states = self._get_state_list(cr, uid, context=context)
-        read_group_all_states = [{
-                    '__context': {'group_by': groupby[1:]},
-                    '__domain': domain + [('state', '=', state_value)],
-                    'state': state_value,
-                    'state_count': 0,
-                } for state_value, state_name in states]
-        # Get standard results
-        read_group_res = super(IdeaIdea, self).read_group(cr, uid, domain, fields, groupby, offset, limit, context, orderby)
-        # Update standard results with default results
-        result = []
-        for state_value, state_name in states:
-            res = filter(lambda x: x['state'] == state_value, read_group_res)
-            if not res:
-                res = filter(lambda x: x['state'] == state_value, read_group_all_states)
-            res[0]['state'] = [state_value, state_name]
-            result.append(res[0])
-        return result
+        if groupby and groupby[0] == "state":
+            # Default result structure
+            states = self._get_state_list(cr, uid, context=context)
+            read_group_all_states = [{
+                        '__context': {'group_by': groupby[1:]},
+                        '__domain': domain + [('state', '=', state_value)],
+                        'state': state_value,
+                        'state_count': 0,
+                    } for state_value, state_name in states]
+            # Get standard results
+            read_group_res = super(IdeaIdea, self).read_group(cr, uid, domain, fields, groupby, offset, limit, context, orderby)
+            # Update standard results with default results
+            result = []
+            for state_value, state_name in states:
+                res = filter(lambda x: x['state'] == state_value, read_group_res)
+                if not res:
+                    res = filter(lambda x: x['state'] == state_value, read_group_all_states)
+                res[0]['state'] = [state_value, state_name]
+                result.append(res[0])
+            return result
+        else:
+            return super(IdeaIdea, self).read_group(cr, uid, domain, fields, groupby, offset=offset, limit=limit, context=context, orderby=orderby)
 
     #------------------------------------------------------
     # Workflow / Actions
     #------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def idea_cancel(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
-        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'state': 'cancel'}, context=context)
+    def idea_set_low_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
+        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'priority': 'low'}, context=context)
 
-    def idea_open(self, cr, uid, ids, context={}):
-        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'state': 'open'}, context=context)
+    def idea_set_normal_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, context={}):
+        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'priority': 'normal'}, context=context)
 
-    def idea_close(self, cr, uid, ids, context={}):
-        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'state': 'close'}, context=context)
-
-    def idea_draft(self, cr, uid, ids, context={}):
-        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'state': 'draft'}, context=context)
+    def idea_set_high_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, context={}):
+        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'priority': 'high'}, context=context)
diff --git a/addons/idea/views/idea.xml b/addons/idea/views/idea.xml
index d6813d4112a..87094a29ace 100644
--- a/addons/idea/views/idea.xml
+++ b/addons/idea/views/idea.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
             <field name="model">idea.idea</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <kanban version="7.0" default_group_by="state" class="oe_background_grey">
+                    <field name="color"/>
                     <field name="user_id"/>
                     <templates>
                         <t t-name="kanban-box">
-                            <div t-attf-class="oe_kanban_card oe_kanban_idea_idea oe_kanban_global_click">
+                            <div t-attf-class="oe_kanban_card oe_kanban_color_#{kanban_getcolor(record.color.raw_value)} oe_kanban_idea_idea oe_kanban_global_click">
                                 <div class="oe_dropdown_toggle oe_dropdown_kanban"
                                         groups="base.group_user">
                                     <span class="oe_e">í</span>
@@ -42,16 +43,20 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Idea" version="7.0">
                     <header>
-                        <button name="idea_open" string="Open" states="draft" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                        <button name="idea_close" string="Accept" states="open" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                        <button name="idea_cancel" string="Refuse" states="open"  class="oe_highlight"/>
-                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,open,close"/>
+                        <button name="idea_set_low_priority" string="Set Low Priority" class="oe_highlight"
+                                attrs="{'invisible': [('priority', '!=', 'normal')]}"/>
+                        <button name="idea_set_normal_priority" string="Set Normal Priority" class="oe_highlight"
+                                attrs="{'invisible': [('priority', 'not in', ['low', 'high'])]}"/>
+                        <button name="idea_set_high_priority" string="Set High Priority" class="oe_highlight"
+                                attrs="{'invisible': [('priority', '!=', 'normal')]}"/>
+                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" clickable="True"/>
                     </header>
                     <sheet>
                         <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                         <h1><field name="name"/></h1>
                         <group>
                             <field name="user_id"/>
+                            <field name="priority" readonly="True"/>
                             <field name="category_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/>
                             <field name="description"/>
                         </group>
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@
             <tree colors="blue:state == 'draft';black:state in ('open', 'close'); gray:state == 'cancel'" string="Ideas">
                 <field name="name"/>
                 <field name="user_id"/>
+                <field name="priority"/>
                 <field name="state"/>
             </tree>
             </field>