diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index b0ad23d6854..5f4753b19ec 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -2246,7 +2246,9 @@ instance.web.form.FieldChar = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(instance.we
         var self = this;
         var $input = this.$el.find('input');
         $input.change(function() {
-            self.internal_set_value(self.parse_value($input.val()));
+            if(self.is_syntax_valid()){
+                self.internal_set_value(self.parse_value($input.val()));
+            }
         });
         this.setupFocus($input);
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index b1bd959e4fb..2099800c2a6 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -681,13 +681,15 @@
         </tr>
     </tfoot>
 </table>
-<div t-name="ListView.buttons" class="oe_list_buttons">
+<t t-name="ListView.buttons">
+    <div class="oe_list_buttons">
     <t t-if="!widget.no_leaf and widget.options.action_buttons !== false and widget.options.addable and widget.is_action_enabled('create')">
         <button type="button" class="oe_button oe_list_add oe_highlight">
             <t t-esc="widget.options.addable"/>
         </button>
     </t>
-</div>
+    </div>
+</t>
 <t t-name="ListView.pager">
     <div class="oe_list_pager" t-att-colspan="widget.columns_count">
         <t t-if="!widget.no_leaf and widget.options.pager !== false" t-call="ViewPager">
@@ -1033,7 +1035,7 @@
             t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
             t-att-id="widget.id_for_label">
                 <t t-foreach="widget.values" t-as="option">
-                    <option><t t-esc="option[1]"/></option>
+                    <option><t t-esc="widget.node.attrs.placeholder" t-if="option[0] == false and widget.node.attrs.placeholder"/><t t-esc="option[1]" t-if="option[0] != false"/></option>
                 </t>
         </select>
     </span>