4 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 09406b43711..38fc0cad439 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -1298,6 +1298,25 @@ var FieldBinaryFile = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
     },
 });
 
+var FieldBinaryDownloadLink = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
+    template: 'FieldBinaryDownloadLink',
+    events: _.extend({}, AbstractFieldBinary.prototype.events, {
+        'click': function (ev) {
+            ev.stopPropagation();
+        },
+    }),
+    supportedFieldTypes: ['binary'],
+    init: function () {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.filename = _t("Binary File");
+        if (this.nodeOptions.filename && this.recordData[this.nodeOptions.filename]) {
+            this.filename = this.recordData[this.nodeOptions.filename];
+        }
+        this.url = "data:application/octet-stream;base64," + this.value;
+        this.text = _t("Download");
+    },
+});
+
 var PriorityWidget = AbstractField.extend({
     // the current implementation of this widget makes it
     // only usable for fields of type selection
@@ -2528,6 +2547,7 @@ return {
     TranslatableFieldMixin: TranslatableFieldMixin,
     DebouncedField: DebouncedField,
     FieldEmail: FieldEmail,
+    FieldBinaryDownloadLink: FieldBinaryDownloadLink,
     FieldBinaryFile: FieldBinaryFile,
     FieldBinaryImage: FieldBinaryImage,
     FieldBoolean: FieldBoolean,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
index 6692663d5f9..85b4fc1187f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ registry
     .add('email', basic_fields.FieldEmail)
     .add('phone', basic_fields.FieldPhone)
     .add('url', basic_fields.UrlWidget)
+    .add('download_link', basic_fields.FieldBinaryDownloadLink)
     .add('image', basic_fields.FieldBinaryImage)
     .add('binary', basic_fields.FieldBinaryFile)
     .add('monetary', basic_fields.FieldMonetary)
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
index 6a6ad5a7a98..812a7f380f7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ var _t = core._t;
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
+ * 
+ * @param {string} value base64 representation of the binary
+ * @param {Object} [field]
+ *        a description of the field (note: this parameter is ignored) 
+ * @param {Object} [options] additional options (note: this parameter is ignored)
+ */
+function formatBinary(value, field, options) {
+    if (!value) {
+        return '';
+    }
+    return utils.human_size(value.length / 1.37); // base64 estimated size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME
+}
+
+/**
  * @todo Really? it returns a jQuery element...  We should try to avoid this and
  * let DOM utility functions handle this directly. And replace this with a
  * function that returns a string so we can get rid of the forceString.
@@ -561,7 +575,7 @@ function parseMany2one(value) {
 
 return {
     format: {
-        binary: _.identity, // todo
+        binary: formatBinary,
         boolean: formatBoolean,
         char: formatChar,
         date: formatDate,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 5df2c0ec3f7..8c69bb3439a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@
         </t>
     </div>
 </t>
+<t t-name="FieldBinaryDownloadLink">
+    <a t-att-download="widget.filename" t-att-href="widget.url"><t t-esc="widget.text"/></a>
+</t>
 <t t-name="HiddenInputFile">
     <div t-attf-class="o_hidden_input_file #{fileupload_class or ''}" t-att-style="fileupload_style">
         <form class="o_form_binary_form" t-att-target="fileupload_id"