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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

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.

Work plan

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 (DONE)
- Use KCategorizedView (DONE)
- Custom KCategoryDrawer with icon
- Custom Delegate
- Hook up to KCMultiWidget etc
Reimplement administrator mode modules using minimal reader/writer root processes.

Modules

Computer Administration

These modules are currently displayed in System Settings Y = Yes; N = No; M = Maybe

Category	Subcategory	Name	kcmodule	Icon	BRs	Comments	Advanced	Needs Root
Computer Administration				Y			N
		Date & Time	clock	Y		dbus call to update clock needs porting to Plasma	N	Y
		Font Installer	fontinst	Y			N	M
	Keyboard & Mouse			Y, no mouse			N
	Keyboard & Mouse	Joystick	joystick	Y			N
	Keyboard & Mouse	Keyboard	keyboard	Y			N
	Keyboard & Mouse	Keyboard Shortcuts	keys	Y	153282		N
	Keyboard & Mouse	Mouse	mouse	Y	153202		N
		Power Control	energy	Y	153298		N
		Sound	sound	Y		overall Phonon config, like old "Sound System"	N

Look & Feel

Category	Subcategory	Name	kcmodule	Icon	BRs	Advanced	Maintained
Look & Feel				Y		N
	Appearance			Y		N
	Appearance	Colors	colors	Y	153056	N	Yes, Matthew Woehlke
	Appearance	Fonts	fonts	Y		N
	Appearance	Icons	icons	Y		N
	Appearance	Style	style	Y	153287	N
	Appearance	Theme Manager	kthememanager	Y		N
	Appearance	Windows	kwindecoration	Y		N
	Desktop			Y		N
	Desktop	Desktop Effects	kwincompositing	Y		N
	Desktop	Launch Feedback	kcmlaunch	Y		N
	Desktop	Screen Saver	screensaver	Y		N
	Notifications			Y		N
	Notifications	System Bell	bell	Y		N
	Notifications	System Notifications	kcmnotify	Y		N
		Splash Screen	ksplashthememgr	Y		N
		Window Behaviour	kwinoptions	Y		N

Network & Connectivity

Category	Subcategory	Name	kcmodule	Icon	Advanced	Needs Root
Network & Connectivity				generic	N
	Network Settings			generic	N
	Network Settings	Connection Preferences	netpref	generic	N
	Network Settings	Proxy	proxy	generic	N
	Network Settings	Service Discovery	kcmkdnssd	generic	N
		Sharing	fileshare	generic	N	Y

Personal

Category	Subcategory	Name	kcmodule	Icon	BRs	Comments	Advanced
Personal				Y			N
	About Me			Y			N
	About Me	Password & User Account	kcm_useraccount	Y			N
	About Me	Paths	desktoppath	system-file-manager!			N
	Accessibility			Y			N
	Accessibility	Accessibility	accessibility	Y			N
	Accessibility	Input Actions	khotkeys	keyboard, not gestures	153297	mentions DCOP	N
		Default Applications	componentchooser	Y			N
	Regional & Language			Y			N
	Regional & Language	Country/Region & Language	language	Y			N
	Regional & Language	Keyboard Layout	keyboard_layout	Y	151766		N

Advanced

Category	Name	kcmodule	Icon	Advanced
Advanced User Settings			Y	Y
	Autostart	autostart	Y	Y
	Service Manager	kcmkded	Y	Y
	Session Manager	kcmsmserver	Y	Y

Advanced

Category	Subcategory	Name	kcmodule	Icon	BRs	Comments	Advanced	Maintained	Needs Root
System				Y			Y
		Login Manager	kdm	Y			Y		Y

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.

Name	Icon	BRs	Comments	Advanced	Needs Root
Audio CDs	Y			Y
Background	Y		deprecated or replace with plasma version	Y
Behaviour	Y		gone in kcmshell4 --list; probably konq	Y
CDDB Retrieval	Y			Y
Crypto	Y			Y
Desktop Sharing	Y			Y
Digital Camera	Y			Y
Display	Y			Y
File Associations	Y	151781		Y
File Manager	Y			Y
GTK Styles and Fonts	Y			Y
IBM Thinkpad Laptop	Y			Y
KDE Performance	Y			Y
KDE Resources	Y			Y
KDE Wallet	Y			Y
Local Network Browsing	Y			Y
Multiple Desktops	Y			Y
Paired Bluetooth Devices	Y			Y
Password & User Account	Y			Y
Panels	Y	deprecated or replace with plasma version		Y
Printers	Y			Y	M
Privacy	Y			Y
Remote Controls	Y			Y
Samba	Y			Y	Y
Spell Checker	Y			Y
Sony Vaio Laptop	Y			Y
Storage Media	Y			Y
Taskbar	Y		deprecated or replace with plasma version	Y
Web Browser	Y			Y
Window Behaviour	Y		accessible via konqueror	Y
Window-Specific Settings	Y		accessible via window menu	Y
Wireless Network	Y			Y

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 * Toolbar can be disabled and not reenabled. [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151667 #151667]
 * Apply/Reset button order is always reversed [http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140145 #140145]
 == Design Documentation ==
 * [https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuSystemSettingsUsability el's Usability research for System Settings] motivating its structure.
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 * [http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=System%20Settings KDE Wiki System Settings] that this page replaces
 * [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/systemsettings.desktop?r1=742032&r2=742033 Commit changing System Settings' menu placement], with comment that it may need changing again.
+== Work plan ==
+* 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 (DONE)
+** Use KCategorizedView (DONE)
+** Custom KCategoryDrawer with icon
+** Custom Delegate
+** Hook up to KCMultiWidget etc
+* Reimplement administrator mode modules using minimal reader/writer root processes.
 == Modules ==

Difference between revisions of "Projects/SystemSettings"

Revision as of 13:15, 19 December 2007

Contents

General Issues

Design Documentation

Work plan

Modules

Computer Administration

Look & Feel

Network & Connectivity

Personal

Advanced

Advanced

Missing Modules