diff --git a/trytond/trytond/ir/action.py b/trytond/trytond/ir/action.py
index ff111a9ec8..7b8b225f21 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/ir/action.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/ir/action.py
@@ -46,18 +46,23 @@ class ContextError(ValidationError):
 
 
 EMAIL_REFKEYS = set(('cc', 'to', 'subject'))
+ACTION_SELECTION = [
+    ('ir.action.report', "Report"),
+    ('ir.action.act_window', "Window"),
+    ('ir.action.wizard', "Wizard"),
+    ('ir.action.url', "URL"),
+    ]
 
 
 class Action(DeactivableMixin, ModelSQL, ModelView):
     "Action"
     __name__ = 'ir.action'
     name = fields.Char('Name', required=True, translate=True)
-    type = fields.Selection([
-            ('ir.action.report', "Report"),
-            ('ir.action.act_window', "Window"),
-            ('ir.action.wizard', "Wizard"),
-            ('ir.action.url', "URL"),
-            ], "Type", required=True, readonly=True)
+    type = fields.Selection(
+        ACTION_SELECTION, "Type", required=True, readonly=True)
+    action = fields.Function(
+        fields.Reference("Action", selection=ACTION_SELECTION),
+        'get_action')
     records = fields.Selection([
             ('selected', "Selected"),
             ('listed', "Listed"),
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@ class Action(DeactivableMixin, ModelSQL, ModelView):
                 'get_action_value': RPC(instantiate=0, cache=dict(days=1)),
                 })
 
+    def get_action(self, name):
+        return f'{self.type},{self.id}'
+
     @classmethod
     def default_records(cls):
         return 'selected'
@@ -309,7 +317,8 @@ class ActionMixin(ModelSQL):
     _action_name = 'name'
 
     action = fields.Many2One(
-        'ir.action', "Action", required=True, ondelete='CASCADE')
+        'ir.action', "Action",
+        required=True, readonly=True, ondelete='CASCADE')
 
     @classmethod
     def __setup__(cls):
diff --git a/trytond/trytond/ir/view/action_form.xml b/trytond/trytond/ir/view/action_form.xml
index d1d87ec98d..e404ba6380 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/ir/view/action_form.xml
+++ b/trytond/trytond/ir/view/action_form.xml
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ this repository contains the full copyright notices and license terms. -->
     </group>
     <notebook colspan="4">
         <page string="General" id="general">
-            <label name="type"/>
-            <field name="type"/>
+            <label name="action"/>
+            <field name="action"/>
+            <label name="icon"/>
+            <field name="icon"/>
+
             <label name="records"/>
             <field name="records"/>
             <label name="usage"/>
             <field name="usage"/>
-            <label name="icon"/>
-            <field name="icon"/>
         </page>
         <page name="keywords">
             <field name="keywords" colspan="4"/>