[MERGE] backbonify-widgets, minor api changes that make Widget more similar to backbone Views

bzr revid: al@openerp.com-20120801124804-ov9l9ytabqx54gdo

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/coresetup.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/coresetup.js
index 24441dc509f..12eeb1d79b4 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/coresetup.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/coresetup.js
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ instance.web.OldWidget = instance.web.Widget.extend({
         this._super(parent);
         this.element_id = element_id;
         this.element_id = this.element_id || _.uniqueId('widget-');
+
         var tmp = document.getElementById(this.element_id);
-        this.$element = tmp ? $(tmp) : $(document.createElement(this.tagName));
+        this.setElement(tmp || this._make_descriptive());
     },
     renderElement: function() {
         var rendered = this.render();
         if (rendered) {
-            var elem = $(rendered);
-            this.$element.replaceWith(elem);
-            this.$element = elem;
+            this.replaceElement($(rendered));
         }
         return this;
     },