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[edit] General Issues
- No support for Administrator Mode in modules #151669
- Hardcoded size and use of QScrollArea to prevent resizing on module load is worse than resizing #153283
- Hardcoded layout (100px wide items) breaks when larger fonts are used #153285
- The item model is always sorted alphabetically #153288
- No menu, not sure if this is intentional, there is some menu code in the program.
- No application icon. I have switched to "preferences-other" for now. User:Bille
- Krush bug reports
- Toolbar can be disabled and not reenabled. #151667
- Apply/Reset button order is always reversed #140145
[edit] Design Documentation
- el's Usability research for System Settings motivating its structure.
- Simon Edwards' blog on KDE 3 Systemsettings for kubuntu
- Systemsettings user documentation, may be useful for figuring out how it should work.
- kubuntu System Settings project page
- BR on organisation
- KDE Wiki System Settings that this page replaces
- Commit changing System Settings' menu placement, with comment that it may need changing again.
[edit] Work plan
[edit] DONE
- Use XDG menu structures since these provide arbitrary ordering and extensibility (deferred to 4.1 because what we have in kbuildsyscoca requires that Settings are part of the main K menu, which caused horrible problems in KDE 3 with distros' broken XDG, users removing Settings with kmenuedit. The correct solution is to use XDG algorithms but store the resulting settings menu separately. This could be done in kbuildsycoca but it's too late for thse changes. Using the existing systemsettings metadata for now - Bille)
- Port to Interview and use KCategorizedView from Dolphin (WIP - Bille )
- KCModuleModel
- Use KCategorizedView
- SortFilterProxyModel to replace KCMSearch. This should use X-KDE-Weight to set sort order and set a SearchHitRole on the items so that the custom delegate can dim them.
- Custom KCategoryDrawer with icon
- Custom Delegate
- Hook up to KCMultiWidget etc
[edit] TODO
- Reimplement administrator mode modules using minimal reader/writer root processes
- See also commit r559289: "remove the ability to embed KCMs running as root: the GUI should run with user privileges and only the writing or calling of programs should run as root"
- See also PolicyKit and PolicyKit-KDE - looking through the API it seems to be overall complicated to implement that for e.g. the datetime-kcm compared to the KDE3-way plus it does NOT seem to be portable (so, we would need a portable wrapper-lib around it). All in all it sounds like a lot of overhead imho (sebsauer)
- 2009-03-11: polkit-Qt is there meanwhile, yeah! Now we just could need a way to provide a more portable implementation :) (sebsauer)
[edit] Modules
[edit] Computer Administration
These modules are currently displayed in System Settings Y = Yes; N = No; M = Maybe
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | SVN path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Administration | Y | N | ||||||||
| Date & Time | clock | Y | dbus call to update clock needs porting to Plasma | N | Y | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/dateandtime | ||||
| Font Installer | fontinst | Y | N | M | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kfontinst | |||||
| Keyboard & Mouse | Y, no mouse | N | ||||||||
| Keyboard & Mouse | Joystick | joystick | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/hardware/joystick | |||||
| Keyboard & Mouse | Keyboard | keyboard | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keyboard | |||||
| Keyboard & Mouse | Keyboard Shortcuts | keys | Y | 153282 | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keys | ||||
| Keyboard & Mouse | Mouse | mouse | Y | 153202 | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/input | ||||
| Power Control | energy | Y | 153298 | should move to General/Computer Administration/[Display]/Power Control | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/energy | ||||
| Size and Orientation | randr | Y | Add Display subcategory? | Y | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/randr | |||||
| Sound | sound | Y | use bugzilla product 'phonon' | overall Phonon config, like old "Sound System" | N | kdebase/runtime/phonon/kcm |
[edit] Look & Feel
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look & Feel | Y | N | ||||||||
| Appearance | Y | N | ||||||||
| Appearance | Colors | colors | Y | 153056 | N | Yes, Matthew Woehlke | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/colors | |||
| Appearance | Fonts | fonts | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/fonts | |||||
| Appearance | Icons | icons | Y | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/icons | |||||
| Appearance | Style | style | Y | 153287 | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/style | ||||
| Appearance | Theme Manager | kthememanager | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kthememanager | |||||
| Appearance | Windows | kwindecoration | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwindecoration | |||||
| Desktop | Y | N | ||||||||
| Desktop | Desktop Effects | kwincompositing | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwincompositing | |||||
| Desktop | Launch Feedback | kcmlaunch | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/launch | |||||
| Desktop | Screen Saver | screensaver | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/screensaver | |||||
| Notifications | Y | N | ||||||||
| Notifications | System Bell | bell | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/bell | |||||
| Notifications | System Notifications | kcmnotify | Y | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/knotify | |||||
| Splash Screen | ksplashthememgr | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/ksplashthememgr | ||||||
| Window Behaviour | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Window Behaviour | Window-Specific Settings | kwinrules | Y | accessible via window menu | Y | kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinrules | ||||
| Window Behaviour | Window Behaviour | kwinoptions | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions |
[edit] Network & Connectivity
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | SVN Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network & Connectivity | generic | N | ||||||||
| Network Settings | generic | N | ||||||||
| Network Settings | Connection Preferences | netpref | generic | use bko component kio/settings | N | kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/ | ||||
| Network Settings | Proxy | proxy | generic | use bko component kio/settings | N | kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/ | ||||
| Network Settings | Service Discovery | kcmkdnssd | generic | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/dnssd/ | |||||
| Sharing | fileshare | generic | N | Y | kdenetwork/filesharing/simple |
[edit] Personal
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | SVN path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Y | N | ||||||||
| About Me | Y | N | ||||||||
| About Me | Password & User Account | kcm_useraccount | Y | N | kdebase/apps/kdepasswd/kcm/ | |||||
| About Me | Paths | desktoppath | system-file-manager! | N | kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/konq/ | |||||
| Accessibility | Y | N | ||||||||
| Accessibility | Accessibility | accessibility | Y | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/access | |||||
| Accessibility | Input Actions | khotkeys | keyboard, not gestures | 153297 | mentions DCOP | N | workspace/khotkeys/kcontrol/khotkeys.desktop | |||
| Default Applications | componentchooser | Y | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/componentchooser/ | ||||||
| Regional & Language | Y | N | ||||||||
| Regional & Language | Country/Region & Language | language | Y | N | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/locale | |||||
| Regional & Language | Keyboard Layout | keyboard_layout | Y | 151766 | N | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kxkb |
[edit] Advanced User Settings
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | SVN Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced User Settings | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Audio CDs | audiocd | Y | Y | kdemultimedia/kioslave/audiocd/kcmaudiocd | ||||||
| Autostart | autostart | Y | Y | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/autostart | ||||||
| CDDB Retrieval | libkcddb | Y | Y | kdemultimedia/libkcddb/kcmcddb | ||||||
| Digital Camera | kamera | Y | Y | kdegraphics/kamera/kcontrol | ||||||
| File Associations | filetypes | Y | 151781 | Not accessible via dolphin so we can show it here | Y | kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/filetypes/ | ||||
| KDE Resources | kresources | Y | Y | kdepimlibs/kresources/ | ||||||
| KDE Wallet | kwalletconfig | Y | Y | kdeutils/kwallet/konfigurator | ||||||
| Service Manager | kcmkded | Y | Y | kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/kded/ | ||||||
| Session Manager | kcmsmserver | Y | Y | kdebase/workspace/ksmserver/kcm/ | ||||||
| Solid | kcm_solid | Y | Y | kdebase/workspace/solid/kcm/ |
[edit] Advanced/System
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root | SVN Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Login Manager | kdm | Y | Y | Y, Oswald Buddenhagen (ossi) | Y | kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kdm | ||||
| Samba | kcmsambaconf | Y | Y | Y | kdenetwork/filesharing/advanced/kcm_sambaconf |
[edit] Missing Modules
These modules are present in a default openSUSE KDE 3.5.8 but are not in KDE 4 System Settings. Their absence needs to be investigated and explained. When moving a module from Missing to the table above, please also add a component to System Settings in bugs.kde.org. You can copy the details from the corresponding kcontrol component.
There are also some new-in-KDE4 configuration modules that are not in System Settings either, add these to this list.
| Category | Subcategory | Name | kcmodule | Icon | BRs | Comments | Advanced | Maintained | Needs Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background | Y | deprecated or replace with plasma version | N | ||||||
| Behaviour | Y | gone in kcmshell4 --list; probably konq | N | ||||||
| Crypto | Y | in konq | N | ||||||
| Desktop Sharing | kcmkrfb | Y | not in 4.0, kdenetwork/krfb/kcm_krfb/kcmkrfb.desktop | N | |||||
| Display | Y | Y | |||||||
| Display/Gamma | kgamma | Y | not in 4.0, kdegraphics/kgamma/kcmkgamma/kgamma.desktop | N | |||||
| File Manager | Y | in konq | N | ||||||
| GTK Styles and Fonts | Y | not in KDE SVN | Y | ||||||
| IBM Thinkpad Laptop | thinkpad | Y | Y | ||||||
| KDE Performance | Y | in konq | N | ||||||
| Local Network Browsing | Y | Now Network & Connectivity/Sharing | N | ||||||
| Multiple Desktops | Y | in Plasma | N | ||||||
| Paired Bluetooth Devices | Y | N | |||||||
| Panels | Y | in Plasma TBD | N | ||||||
| Printers | Y | not in 4.0 | N | M | |||||
| Privacy | Y | not in 4.0 | N | ||||||
| Remote Controls | kcmlirc | Y | not in 4.0, kdeutils/kdelirc/kcmlirc/kcmlirc.desktop | N | |||||
| Spell Checker | Y | not in 4.0 | N | ||||||
| Sony Vaio Laptop | Y | Y | |||||||
| Storage Media | Y | not in 4.0 | Y | ||||||
| Taskbar | Y | in Plasma TBD | N | ||||||
| Web Browser | Y | in konq | N | ||||||
| Wireless Network | Y | not in 4.0 | N |
[edit] Missing Documentation
System Settings documentation is outdated or missing. This page displays the documentation state. Please see Projects/SystemSettings/MissingDoc
[edit] Bug Triaging
The table above gives the internal Name of the System Settings module. This is used as the bugzilla component. If you are triaging System Settings bugs in the general component, check the table to see if a bug can be reassigned to a specific bug. As System Settings is a shell for many KCModules, modules are maintained by many different people. Some modules should not be assigned to System Settings at all (eg network configuration -> Konqueror, window management -> KWin). This is indicated in the BR (Bug Report) column for most modules.
