Schedules/KDE4/4.11 Feature Plan

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This is a list of planned features for the SC 4.11 release.

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  • to do => not started yet
  • in-progress => started, but not completed yet
  • done => completed


kdelibs

Status Project Description Contact

NO NEW FEATURES ALLOWED

kde-runtime

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS kio-mtp KIO-Slave for MTP Philipp Schmidt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS nepomuk filemetadatawidget Nepomuk Metadata Widget Vishesh Handa <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS nepomukcontroller-qml QML version of the current Nepomuk controller. Jörg Ehrichs <[email protected]>
DONE Web Shortcuts Update old shortcuts. Maarten De Meyer <[email protected]>
DONE Web Shortcuts Use https where possible. (bug #308029) Maarten De Meyer <[email protected]>
DONE Web Shortcuts Look for url on clipboard when creating new shortcut. (bug #146880) Maarten De Meyer <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Web Shortcuts Insert query placeholder button. (bug #146879) Maarten De Meyer <[email protected]>


kde-workspace

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO kwin windows that are moved to another desktop should be treated as sticky windows (bug #213847) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Medium focus stealing prevention should also prevent focus stealing when the timestamp on the active window is uncertain (bug #304746) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Integration with KScreen (bug #319994) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Support for buffer age extensions (bug #319995) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Egl backend using Wayland Surfaces (bug #319996) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin KWin keybindings is missing a shortcut for move window to previous screen (bug #303083) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin There should be a shortcut to close window group (bug #238233) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin JJ: Use a bit of Wobbly effect while closing a window also. (bug #250856) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Highlight/shadow of application on screen 1 displayed on screen 0 (bug #278697) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Allow Effects to Temporarily Grab All Screen Edges (bug #283397) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Translucency Effect needs to be rewritten on top of AnimationEffect (bug #294856) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Break NETWM to allow inner xinerama struts (bug #299247) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Make ShaderManager act as a real stack (bug #300349) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Display content of resizing/moving windows: KDE-Help shows obsolete instructions (bug #305297) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Broken Desktop Switch On-Screen Display Animation (bug #316372) <[email protected]>
TO DO kwin Windows with no border (decoration) are visible on all activities (bug #274931) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin "Thumbnail Aside" effect visible when screen is locked -- privacy issue (bug #255712, Review 108670) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Quick Tile shortcuts should be toggle buttons (bug #263755) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Shaded windows are not considered in ::checkWorkspacePosition (bug #268660, Review 109679) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin build fails - getdomainname (bug #270586) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Window Specific Settings for Disabling Screen Edges (bug #271607, Review 108513) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Add fade in/fade out for outline effect (bug #274474) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Compositing not possible on each screen with multi head (bug #282677, Review 107853) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Remove "Move TBLR" from Zoom or at least pass the shortcuts reasonable names (bug #288903, Review 108290) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Hot Screen Corners do not work properly in multiscreen setup with different resolutions (bug #290887, Review 108513) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin When "dim inactive" is used, and "apply effect to groups" is disabled, blocky shadows appear everywhere (bug #293236) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin kwin does not honor disableMultihead true and causes window focus problems (bug #293734) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin DesktopThumbnailItem for QML (bug #296067) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Packages for Desktop Switching Layouts (bug #296068) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Walk Through Desktop layout rendering desktop previews (bug #296069) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Move ThumbnailBar from BoxSwitch to CoverSwitch (bug #296070) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Drop BoxSwitch effect (bug #296071, Review 104454) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Fix fullscreen state handling: NETWM says it's bound to focus and not stacking order, also see bug #224600 (bug #296076, Review 109572) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin New Window Decoration for Thin Clients (bug #299143) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Get rid of "Display borders on maximized windows" setting (bug #299245) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Cube animation on border approach should not be used unless the electric borders are actually in use and the config should be disabled, align or hint the electric border configuration (bug #299901) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin clientPopup: "'More actions' and "Attach as tab to" lack mnemonics (bug #302833, Review 110402) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Make KWin compile with C++11 (bug #303313) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Maximized windows should be moved and maximized to second screen if they are moved with shortcut (bug #304506) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Window shortcut containing space: "Launch Mail" doesn't work (bug #305434) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Windows list icon does not show up in "Walk Through Desktop List" (bug #306187, Review 108445) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin The "walk through desktop" shortcuts don't show up in the desktop kcm (bug #306404, Review 108287) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Game mode (bug #306448) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Usability issue: "Attach as tab to" menu can be empty (bug #306451) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Upper part of windows tears when moving it left/right ONLY in upper part of display (bug #307965) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin KWin uses getdomainname() to obtain the hostname, should use getaddrinfo() (bug #308391, Review 108235) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Use Resize Area in Aurorae (bug #308992, Review 107936) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Configurable quick tile area config GUI (bug #308993, Review 109683) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Crash in KWin::Screenedge::unreserve on deactivating Actos script (bug #309695, Review 108513) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin [JJ] GHNS button displays icon, even if disabled in style settings (bug #309724, Review 108286) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin ScreenEdge::raisePanelProxies() is slow due to sync XLib communication (bug #311592, Review 108513) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin add rule to disobey configure requests (bug #311720, Review 109691) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Drop explosion effect (bug #312176) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Windows wider/taller than screen are cut off/partially mirrored when doing a screenshot of them using ksnapshot (bug #312851, Review 108258) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Desktop Effects - Zoom: Mouse Tracking "Push" laggy, inprecise and/or not working (bug #312956) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin "Login" effect does not fade in on secondary monitor(s) with a multi screen setup (bug #313061, Review 108362) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Overlap factor of keepAbove windows in placeSmart should be infinite (bug #313379) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin XReconfigureWMWindow fails to stack (lower) a window using an Above CWSibling combination (bug #313909) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Position rule conflicts with maximization rule (bug #314392) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin String representation of KWin::Client should include caption, not name. (bug #314402, Review 108959) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Please explain the meaning of vsync in the config gui (bug #314998) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin KWin crashes when switching windows (bug #315528) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin kwin crash when clicking kickoff widget ("K menu") (bug #315951) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Dual screen issue caused by d6b3f6983efebc42abd6028ece9c3ec7facea2d0 (bug #316040) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Description text for the Slide Back effect is incorrect (bug #316877) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Java Swing Apps do not receive Deiconify event if window is shaded (bug #317025, Review 109593) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Snapping: Can no longer move window to occupy full screen width (bug #317845, Review 109864) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin when using flip switch to switch virtual desktop, activating hot corner trigger becomes difficult (bug #318294, Review 110013) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Mouse action support for sending window to different activity (bug #305758) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin 'Slide back' effect should react on stacking order changes (bug #294490) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Track mouse effect generates graphics artifacts (bug #304435) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin vertical maximization doesn't work as expected (bug #91703, Review 103948) <[email protected]>
DONE kwin Slide Back: Sometimes the Inactive window pops to the font for apprx. one frame when it is activated. (bug #294865) <[email protected]>


IN PROGRESS plasma workspace Port Task Manager applets to QML Eike Hein (Sho_) <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma workspace refresh Air Plasma theme Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma workspace Port Kickoff to qml Greg T <[email protected]>
TO DO systemsettings Replace krandr KCM by libkscreen-based one Dan Vrátil <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma workspace Port rssnow to qml Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS various KActivities/SLC support for most our applications Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma workspace first desktop SLC applet release Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO plasma workspace Top-rated documents for Task Manager Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS window manager Rework and optimize vertex specification Fredrik Höglund <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS window manager Dynamic shader generation Fredrik Höglund <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS window manager Partial port to xcb Fredrik Höglund <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS window manager New launch feedback effect Fredrik Höglund <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS activities Encrypted activities Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS powerdevil Improve profile error handling (DPMS) Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
TO DO plasma workspace Social Feed Martin Klapetek <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma workspace Order and group tasks by activity José Millán Soto <[email protected]>
DONE kmenuedit Ability to sort entries in the sub-menus (bug #108419) Julien Borderie <[email protected]>
DONE kmenuedit Add move up/down buttons (bug #61537) Julien Borderie <[email protected]>
DONE plasma notifications Add button to notifications that allow configuring them Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
DONE plasma batterymonitor Improve situtation with multiple batteries (show battery names, dont just sum up _all_ the percentages etc) Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS powerdevil Implement notifications for non-internal batteries (aka "Your mouse is running low") Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS plasma batterymonitor UI overhaul for battery monitor Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS powerdevil Remember action settings when action is disabled Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS klipper Allow to keep items in clipboard history José Millán Soto <[email protected]>
TO DO plasma weather data engine Add search query (based on code from libplasmaweather) Michał Dutkiewicz <[email protected]>
TO DO plasma weather data engine Allow to sort search results by relevance score Michał Dutkiewicz <[email protected]>


kde-baseapps

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO FolderView Split into PopupApplet and Containment Ignat Semenov <[email protected]>
TO DO FolderView Port to QML Ignat Semenov <[email protected]>


TO DO Dolphin Clean up Places panel context menus Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>


TO DO Kate Search-plugin: Add "Current file mode" Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Search-plugin: As-you-type search in current file Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Search-plugin: Multi line search & replace Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Search-plugin: Replace "\<number>" with corresponding regexp-captures in the replace string Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE Kate gdb-plugin: Unify the stack trace and local variables to one ToolView Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE Kate gdb-plugin: Do not update stack/locals view if not visible Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kate Vim Mode Macro support Simon St James <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté plugin now supports Python2 or Python3 as a build-time option Shaheed Haque <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté GID plugin now supports autocompletion based on the contents of the ID file Shaheed Haque <[email protected]>


DONE Kate Many generic functions and generic classes, likely the more outstanding are the autocompletations. Now you can create a code completion model with very few lines from Python Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté python utils plugin. Utils to Python: Checker Parse, Checker Pep8, Checker Pyflakes, Snippets Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté javascript utils plugin. Utils to JavaScript: Autocomplete, Autocomplete jQuery, Checker JSLint, Pretty JSON, Snippets Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté XML pretty plugin. A simple XML pretty printer. XML formatter which a good indents Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté Django utils plugin. Utils to Django: Snippets, and template utils Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Pâté Python autocomplete plugin. Pablo Martín <[email protected]>
DONE Kate Integration of the python_autocomplete and python_console_ipython plugins with the project plugin . Pablo Martín <[email protected]>


TO DO Konsole Improve the search filter bar Francesco Cecconi <[email protected]>


TO DO Konsole Add the --separate cmdline option for running in new process Jekyll Wu <[email protected]>
TO DO Konsole Make the d&d popup menu optional Jekyll Wu <[email protected]>


TO DO Konqueror Settings for WebKit Part Allan Sandfeld <[email protected]>


kdeedu

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO Marble Have support for "repeatX" in the projection classes Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Satellite Map NG Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Mars & Venus satellite plugin Torsten Rahn / Gerhard Holtkamp <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Solar Eclipse Plugin Torsten Rahn / Gerhard Holtkamp <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Help Menu polishing / Support page inclusion Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Toolbar polishing/refactoring Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Marble Foursquare plugin Utku Aydın <[email protected]>
DONE Marble OSM vector rendering (GSOC branch merge) Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
DONE Marble Dock Widgets Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
DONE Marble Stars Constellations Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Marble KML I/O Improvements Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Marble Basic KML Editor Thibaut Gridel <[email protected]>
DONE Marble WebKit Powered Info Dialog Various Artists <[email protected]>
DONE Marble License Information Info Box Various Artists <[email protected]>
DONE Marble Navigation Tool Redesign Torsten Rahn, Mohammed Nafees <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Zoom to content of geo file after loading (at least on start-up) Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Geo files thumbnailer Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Marble Geo files metadata extractor Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
DONE Marble GHNS Map Installation In Marble Qt Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Marble Support GPX-tracks in elevationProfile Roman Karlstetter <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Data Structure Backend wise iconsets and preconfigurations for types Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Printing and image export of graphs. Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Data Structure Snapshot and Recovery. Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Visual Graph Editor Handling: copy&paste, data structure focus, property display Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Rocs In-Program documentation for scripting API Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Rocs Scripting API cleanup Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Statistics module: scripts may add statistics data during algorithm executions Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Text-only interface for Rocs aka Cantor backend Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO Rocs Worksheet Integration Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Cantor Python backend Filipe Saraiva <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kig Geogebra Support David E. Narváez <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kig CAS Backend David E. Narváez <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS KAlgebra Matrix support Aleix Pol Gonzalez <[email protected]>
DONE KTouch Right-to-Left Training Sebastian Gottfried <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS KTouch Support for Custom Lessons Sebastian Gottfried <[email protected]>
DONE KStars User data and Custom Catalog SQLite Databases Rishab Arora <[email protected]>
DONE KStars What's Interesting Tool Samikshan Bairagya <[email protected]>


kdegames

Status Project Description Contact
DONE KJumpingCube Make computer think-times shorter and responses faster Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Provide five skill levels (previously three) Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Provide board size up to 15x15 (previously 10x10) Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Add multi-move undo and redo (previously one move only) Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Improve the algorithm for computer opponent Newton Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Make a new toolbar layout with a general-purpose stop-start button Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Add optional pauses after computer moves or animation steps, to help new players understand how the game works Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
DONE KJumpingCube Major internal restructure and rewrite: involving separation of model, view, control and AI classes, new classes for Game and AI_Box and executing AI code on a separate thread Ian Wadham <[email protected]>



kdegraphics

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS libkipi Porting libkipi to KDE-XML GUI Victor Dodon <[email protected]>


DONE kolourpaint WebP image format plugin Martin Koller <[email protected]>


IN PROGRESS okular Configurable review tools bug #159601 Okular Developers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS okular Undo/Redo support in PDF forms bug #177501 Okular Developers <[email protected]>



kdemultimedia

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Juk Port Juk away from kde3support Martin Sandsmark <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Juk Support excluding directories from a recursive search Review Request 110273 Tom Li <[email protected]>
DONE Juk Add support for Ogg Opus audio editing/playback (requires TagLib and Phonon also support) Michael Pyne <[email protected]>


kdenetwork

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS KGet Metalink/HTTP Support Aish Raj Dahal <[email protected]>



kdepim

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO Facebook resource Include it in default install Martin Klapetek <[email protected]>
TO DO kcalcore Support for ical UID property in kdepim (kcalcore and gui) Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
TO DO Akonadi Client Libraries GID Fetch Support Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS KABC use uid's for references in ContactGroups Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Akregator2 Merge in kdepim Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Knode Merge in KMail Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS BackupMail Extend backup to all kdepim apps Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Sieve Rewrite dialogbox Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS libs Move folderview to kdepimlibs/akonadi Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS SendLaterAgent Agent for allow to send later mails Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS PimActivity Create a library to support activity in pim apps Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
DONE kolab-resource Make Kolab 3.0 option available Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
DONE headerthemeeditor Program to edit kmail header theme based on Grantlee Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
DONE Sieve Add support for autogenerate sieve script Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
DONE Blogilo Use new widget component based on qtwebkit for html editor Montel Laurent <[email protected]>
DONE ImportWizard Allow to import settings/data for trojita and improve all others importer Montel Laurent <[email protected]>



kdeplasma-addons

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Microblog replace with QML version Sebastian Kügler <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Eyes replace with QML version Davide Bettio <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS FifteenPuzzle replace with QML version Davide Bettio <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Luna replace with QML version Davide Bettio <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Timer replace with QML version Davide Bettio <[email protected]>


kdesdk

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO Okteta Add a general KPart adapter to Kasten, than finish port of Okteta KPart to Okteta Kasten Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add global toggle option for the offset display, hex or decimal Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add Kate-like combined dialogs to query for actions on files Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add Kate-like search tool Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add Okular like embedded notifications Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for import by drop, both url and data Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for memory mapping of files and 64-bit addressing Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for jobs like io, printing, string search or filter Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta copy again puts also a value or char variant of the data to clipboard Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Improve the titels of the changes to the bytearray to be more descriptive, best using ids to avoid text string Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Make all user interaction in the KastenCore managers plugin-based Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Merge row and column widgets into one Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Store bookmarks Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Store bookmarks and other view settings for next load Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add custom datatypes to structures tool Alex Richardson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Okteta Add tagged unions to structures tool Alex Richardson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Okteta Add array indices to structures tool Alex Richardson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Umbrello widget resize and diagram auto resize feature Ralf Habacker <[email protected]>
TO DO Umbrello add spline based association lines to avoid autolayout widget/line overlapping (needs volunteers) Ralf Habacker <[email protected]>


kdeutils

Status Project Description Contact
DONE KWallet UI Refactoring Valentin Rusu <[email protected]>


kdetoys

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO KTeaTime Bring back the system tray progress indicator known from KTeaTime 4.6.5 and earlier (bug #279222) Stefan Böhmann <[email protected]>