Schedules/KDE4/4.10 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the SC 4.10 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.10 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.9 Feature Plan (previous major release)

Legend:

• todo => 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
TO DO	kio-mtp	KIO-Slave for MTP	Philipp Schmidt <[email protected]>
DONE	QML Containments	Making it possible to do full-featured containments in QML
DONE	nepomuk-indexer	New Nepomuk Indexer
DONE	nepomukbakcup	Nepomuk Backup rewritten from scratch
DONE	nepomukcleaner	An application to port/clean invalid/legacy data in Nepomuk
DONE	nepomuk KCM	Rewrite the Nepomuk KCM
DONE	nepomuk tags	Nepomuk Tags KIO Slave
IN PROGRESS	nepomuk filemetadatawidget	Nepomuk Metadata Widget

kde-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	ksmserver	Merge the new qml based screen locker
TO DO	kwin	windows that are moved to another desktop should be treated as sticky windows (Bug #213847)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Fix fullscreen state handling: NETWM says it's bound to focus and not stacking order, also see bug #224600 (Bug #296076)	<[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	Usability issue: "Attach as tab to" menu can be empty (Bug #306451)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Display application menu and title bar side by side for maximized windows (Bug #102607)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Add support for appmenu-qt (Bug #266596)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Import Scripted Effect from All Effets Tab (Bug #296772)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	GHNS support for Scripted Effects (Bug #296773)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Window Tab support for QML based Aurorae (Bug #299138)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Remove legacy window decorations (Bug #299144, Review 104281)
TO DO	kwin	Get rid of "Display borders on maximized windows" setting (Bug #299245)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Break NETWM to allow inner xinerama struts (Bug #299247)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	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]>
TO DO	kwin	Make ShaderManager act as a real stack (Bug #300349)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	clientPopup: "'More actions' and "Attach as tab to" lack mnemonics (Bug #302833)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Make KWin compile with C++11 (Bug #303313)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Copy all useful Client properties to Deleted (Bug #303916)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Display content of resizing/moving windows: KDE-Help shows obsolete instructions (Bug #305297)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Mouse action support for sending window to different activity (Bug #305758)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Windows list icon does not show up in "Walk Through Desktop List" (Bug #306187)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Game mode (Bug #306448)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Animate Window Maximize/Restore (Bug #308990)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Common animation settings for effects of same type (Bug #308991)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Use Resize Area in Aurorae (Bug #308992)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Configurable quick tile area config GUI (Bug #308993)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Move ExtendedBorderRegion to stable API (Bug #308994)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Support shortened titles like in bespin in all decorations (Bug #308995)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Mouse Click effect (Bug #309006, Review 105780)
DONE	kwin	Decorations not visible (Bug #305875)
DONE	kwin	drag-and-drop between windows by cover switch alt-tab causes apps to crash (Bug #179077)
DONE	kwin	Add a rule to select the screen (Bug #183996)
DONE	kwin	JJ: Need Mouse navigation in flip switch mode (Bug #244439)
DONE	kwin	Request category for scripted KWin Effects on kde-(look|app).org (Bug #297634)
DONE	kwin	Request category for KWin Scripts on kde-(look|app).org (Bug #297635)
DONE	kwin	Request category for Window Switcher Layouts on kde-(look|app).org (Bug #297637)
DONE	kwin	Allow direct rendering with fglrx (Bug #301103)
DONE	kwin	Don't use OpenGL matrix stack in OpenGL 2 backend (Bug #303093, Review 105455)
DONE	kwin	Refactor Screen/Window PaintData (Bug #303314, Review 105141)
DONE	kwin	Rapid flickering in locked screen -- makes it difficult to unlock (Bug #303579)
DONE	kwin	double click menu to close needs GUI config (Bug #305738)
DONE	kwin	Toplevel::windowType() needs performance improvements (Bug #306384, Review 106349)
DONE	kwin	GLPlatform should recommend either OpenGL1 or OpenGL2 compositing (Bug #306436)
DONE	kwin	Zoom effect broken in master (Bug #307609)
DONE	kwin	kwin fails to build when the GLES support is disabled (Bug #307866)
DONE	kwin	[JJ] Some effect authors are listed as "Name1 & Name2" (Bug #307928, Review 106880)
DONE	kwin	Add screen management actions to window context menus (Bug #269207, Review 106065)
DONE	kwin	Move Workspace's compositing functionality to own class Compositor (Bug #299277, Review 102420)
DONE	kwin	Option to disable close on double click in Aurorae (Bug #301327, Review 106160)
DONE	kwin	Remove Tiling Support From KWin (Bug #303090, Review 105546)
DONE	kwin	Allow Scripts to add menus to useractions menu (Bug #303756, Review 106285)
DONE	kwin	Generic QML support for Aurorae Themes (Bug #303810, Review 105768)
DONE	kwin	Split out Useractions Menu from Workspace (Bug #305832, Review 106085)
DONE	kwin	Implement color correction
DONE	oxygen decoration	Implement ExtendedBorderRegion support, to resize windows outside of their actual borders
DONE	oxygen style	Implement BlurBehind semi-transparent tooltips when available
DONE	plasma-wallpapers	Color wallpaper: add listview to display thumbnails for background mode
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port Notifications applet to QML
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port Task Manager applets to QML
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	refresh Air Plasma theme
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port Kickoff to qml
TO DO	systemsettings	Replace krandr KCM by libkscreen-based one	Dan Vrátil <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port rssnow to qml
IN PROGRESS	various	KActivities/SLC support for most our applications
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	first desktop SLC applet release
DONE	System Tray	System tray with interface in QML
TO DO	plasma workspace	Top-rated documents for Task Manager	Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>
DONE	systemsettings	Keyboard layout preview
IN PROGRESS	window manager	Rework and optimize vertex specification
IN PROGRESS	window manager	Dynamic shader generation
IN PROGRESS	window manager	Partial port to xcb
IN PROGRESS	window manager	New launch feedback effect
IN PROGRESS	activities	Encrypted activities
DONE	powerdevil	Overhaul powerdevil notifications
IN PROGRESS	powerdevil	Improve profile error handling (DPMS)
TO DO	plasma workspace	Social Feed	Martin Klapetek <[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	Implement files quick preview feature (named Klook)	Evgeniy Auzhin <[email protected]>
DONE	Dolphin	Implement parallel sort algorithm
DONE	Dolphin	Add GUI option for the "Rename Inline" setting
DONE	Dolphin	Add "Icon Size" submenu to the Places Panel context menu
DONE	print-manager	New Print manager KCM and applet (plasmoid) replacement, using C++
DONE	Kate	Support for Python plugins
DONE	Kate	Advanced gid(1) plugin using both ID files and etags
TO DO	Kate	As-you-type search for the search plugin	Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kate	Session name API for plugins + automatic ctags database naming	Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Add optional document "minimap" to the Symbols view plugin
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Vim Mode Macro support
DONE	Kate	Built-in quick open (Ctrl+Alt+o)
DONE	Kate	New Project Plugin
DONE	Kate Part	Show line while scrolling
DONE	Kate Part	Improved remove trailing spaces on save
DONE	Kate Part	Predefined color schemes
DONE	Kate Part	Improved Scripting Support
DONE	Kate Part	Passive Notification System
DONE	Kate Part	Loading Remote File Notification
TO DO	Kdialog	Add support for detailedsorry/detailederror messages	Kai Uwe Broulik <[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]>
TO DO	Marble	Solar Eclipse Plugin	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Worldwide hillshading
TO DO	Marble	Extended library API (no MarbleWidget dependency for tasks like parsing, routing)	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Marble Touch on Plasma Active	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Foursquare plugin
TO DO	Marble	Marble Touch on Android (including SOK branch merge)	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Support for loading geolocated photos (e.g. in a Gallery activity in Marble Touch)	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Layer Management (by the user: Toggle layer visibility; maybe move layers from legend and layers in menus to one central place/tab)	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	OSM vector rendering (GSOC branch merge)	Dennis Nienhüser <[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	Rocs	Improve project handling: load/save dialogs, add project journal.
DONE	Rocs	Support TGF (trivial graph format) documents for import/export.
DONE	Rocs	Support core features for DOT/Graphvis documents for import/export.
DONE	Rocs	Add TikZ/PGF graphic export.
DONE	Rocs	Main Window UI Reorganization: Editor Toolbar, dialogs, Information Panel
DONE	Rocs	Configuration Dialog Optimizations: Code-Editor, Graph Editor
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]>
DONE	KTouch	Ship ktouch/next
DONE	KTouch	Smart resizing of training screen with aligned vertical lines
DONE	KTouch	Prominent hint during training if the user makes repeatedly errors
DONE	KTouch	Show course descriptions in course selector
DONE	KTouch	Show a message when keyboard layout visualization isn't available due missing data
DONE	Analitza	New plotting framework
DONE	KAlgebra	Splitted the QML Components from KAlgebraMobile
DONE	KAlgebra	New plotting plasmoid graphs, in QtQuick
DONE	Pairs	Pairs Theme editor
IN PROGRESS	Cantor	Python backend
IN PROGRESS	Kig	Mark right angles

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	libkdegames	Major cleanup and rewrite (done, except for the new highscore classes) Release team: please link to the porting instructions for third-party developers
DONE	KGoldrunner	Use KGameRenderer and QGraphicsView for all graphics: the gameplay is the same as before.
DONE	KGoldrunner	Remove the status bar. All scores and status messages are in the viewport now.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Allow the displayed speed of moves to be adjusted.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Animate multi-stage moves, to make it easier for a human player to follow their progress.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Show multi-stage moves in an order that is easier to follow.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Validate the loading of saved games and report errors.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Rewrite the main AI class and make it use a true Minimax method.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Provide a choice of two AI styles, Kepler and Newton, with the possibility to add more.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Add settings to choose computer player, AI style and skill level for either or both of players 1 and 2.
DONE	KJumpingCube	Add board sizes 3x3 and 4x4, for simplified play.
DONE	KSudoku	Add a simple Print facility for KSudoku puzzles.

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	libkipi	Porting libkipi to KDE-XML GUI
IN PROGRESS	okular	Tiled rendering
IN PROGRESS	Gwenview	Recursive importer
IN PROGRESS	Gwenview	Color profile support

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Juk	Port Juk away from kde3support
DONE	Juk	Add lyrics view

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Metalink/HTTP Support

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Facebook resource	Include it in default install	Martin Klapetek <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Akregator2	Merge in kdepim
IN PROGRESS	Knode	Merge in KMail
IN PROGRESS	BackupMail	Extend backup to all kdepim apps
IN PROGRESS	Sieve	Rewrite dialogbox
IN PROGRESS	libs	Move folderview to kdepimlibs/akonadi
IN PROGRESS	kolab-resource	Make Kolab 3.0 option available
DONE	KAlarm	Add command line and D-Bus option to output list of scheduled alarms

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Microblog	replace with QML version
TO DO	StackFolder	Add applet for quick browse the stack of folders	Ural Mullabaev <[email protected]>
DONE	ComicStrip	Replace with QML version
DONE	Calculator	Replace with QML version
DONE	QML Wallpapers	Make it possible to have animated wallpapers written in QtQuick technologies.
DONE	Dictionary KRunner	Look up words in the dictionary by typing in 'define {word}' in krunner.
IN PROGRESS	Eyes	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	FifteenPuzzle	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Luna	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Timer	replace with QML version

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
IN PROGRESS	Okteta	Add array indices to structures tool
DONE	Umbrello	Line based diagram grid
TO DO	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
IN PROGRESS	Ark	Make it possible to disable internal previewer