It’s possible to only change a attribute from a field or page in a view.

For Example:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>

<openerp>

<data>

<record model=”ir.ui.view” id=”res_partner_form”>

<field name=”name”>res.partner.form</field>

<field name=”model”>res.partner</field>

<field name=”type”>form</field>

<field name=”inherit_id” ref=”base.view_partner_form” />

<field name=”arch” type=”xml”>

<xpath expr=”/form/notebook/page[@string=’General’]/field[@name=’address’]/tree”

position=”attributes”>

<attribute name=”editable”>top</attribute>

</xpath>

</field>

</record>

</data>

</openerp>

Just an update, If you want to use this feature with a page, don’t forget to remove the last ‘/’ in the xpath expression.

<record id=”base.view_crm_partner_info_History” model=”ir.ui.view”>

<field name=”name”>res.partner.crm.history.inherit1</field>

<field name=”model”>res.partner</field>

<field name=”type”>form</field>

<field name=”inherit_id” ref=”base.view_partner_form”/>

<field name=”arch” type=”xml”>

<xpath expr=”/form/notebook/page[@string=’History’]” position=”attributes”>

<attribute name=”invisible”>False</attribute>

</xpath>

</field>

</record>