feat: aggregate line-level customer notes into order note and force visibility of customer_note field in POS orders

__manifest__.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Features
     'depends': ['point_of_sale', 'pos_restaurant'],
     'data': [
         'views/res_config_settings_views.xml',
+        'views/pos_order_view.xml',
     ],
     'assets': {
         'point_of_sale._assets_pos': [

models/pos_order.py

@@ -72,3 +72,24 @@ class PosOrder(models.Model):
             'has_real_orders': bool(real_orders),
             'order_count': len(real_orders),
         }
+
+    def _process_order(self, order, existing_order):
+        """
+        Override to automatically concatenate orderline customer notes into the
+        general_customer_note so they are easily visible on the backend.
+        """
+        if 'lines' in order:
+            line_notes = []
+            for line in order['lines']:
+                if len(line) >= 3 and isinstance(line[2], dict) and line[2].get('customer_note'):
+                    line_notes.append(line[2]['customer_note'].strip())
+            
+            if line_notes:
+                combined_notes = " / ".join(line_notes)
+                if order.get('general_customer_note'):
+                    order['general_customer_note'] = f"{order['general_customer_note']} / {combined_notes}"
+                else:
+                    order['general_customer_note'] = combined_notes
+
+        return super(PosOrder, self)._process_order(order, existing_order)
+

views/pos_order_view.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<odoo>
+    <record id="view_pos_pos_form_inherit_pos_ui_optimization" model="ir.ui.view">
+        <field name="name">pos.order.form.inherit.pos_ui_optimization</field>
+        <field name="model">pos.order</field>
+        <field name="inherit_id" ref="point_of_sale.view_pos_pos_form"/>
+        <field name="arch" type="xml">
+            <!-- Change customer_note on order lines to be visible by default -->
+            <xpath expr="//field[@name='lines']/list/field[@name='customer_note']" position="attributes">
+                <attribute name="optional">show</attribute>
+            </xpath>
+        </field>
+    </record>
+</odoo>