Schedules/KDE4/4.5 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the SC 4.5 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.5 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.5 Release Goals
• Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Feature Plan

Legend:

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

kdeadmin

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	system-config-printer-kde	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.

kdeartwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdebase-apps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Konqueror	Improvements in session-management	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Improvements in tab-bar widget	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	New Konqueror bookmarks using Akonadi and Nepomuk, awesome bar
IN PROGRESS	Konsole	Finish implementing tab context menu
IN PROGRESS	Konsole	Allow setting tab profile from file on command-line
IN PROGRESS	Konsole	Adds support for SHELL_SESSION_ID
IN PROGRESS	Konsole	Modernize menu layout
IN PROGRESS	Konsole	Move to KTabWidget
IN PROGRESS	print-manager	New Print manager KCM and applet replacement, using C++
DONE	Dolphin	Drag and drop on tabs
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Make view sub-menus available as toolbar buttons

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KWallet	Single Sign On using PAM	Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend for LISa	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend for SMB	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Integrate with remote and zeroconf kioslaves	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Locale KCM	Add support for new KLocale features (see kdelibs section) including Digit Groups, AM/PM, etc. Improvements to usability of existing money display options.	John Layt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	network kioslave	Backend for UPnP
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend to discover bluetooth devices and they services	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	bluetooth kioslave	Backend to browse bluetooth devices
DONE	Nepomuk	Monitor file system changes via inotify

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
Non-Plasma, Non-KWin
TO DO	Icons KCM	More configurable icon sizes	Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO	Fonts KCM	More configurable fonts	Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO	Solid	Write a new Bluetooth backend	Alex Fiestas <[email protected]>
TO DO	Screenedges	Screenedges handling outside of kwin/plasma	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Oxygen style	Move window using left-mouse button on windows' empty areas
IN PROGRESS	Oxygen configuration	Oxygen style and decoration standalone expert configuration tool
IN PROGRESS	Free Space Notifier Daemon	Small daemon that warns you when your home has almost no space left
Plasma
IN PROGRESS	systemtray/taskmanager	port the systray and tasks applet to windows
IN PROGRESS	systemtray	monochrome statusnotifier based systray icons support
TO DO	systemtray	sort icons by category	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	systemtray	put hidden icons in a popup menu
IN PROGRESS	tasks dataengine	export all informations needed to build an applet comparable to the current one
DONE	notifications	split systemtray and notifications applet
IN PROGRESS	notifications	new look and behaviour for notifications
DONE	notifications	support for remote applets for notifications
DONE	netbook/SAL	use QStandardModels
IN PROGRESS	netbook/SAL	support for drag and drop of items
TO DO	libplasma/extenders	put extendergroups in scrollwidgets	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO	libplasma/extenders	possibility to detach exteneritems as standalone windows	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	libplasma/theme	more transparent dialogs when the blur effect is enabled
IN PROGRESS	libplasma/desktop	Activity Manager UI
TO DO	accounts applet	a plasma widget that is a central place to add accounts to social sites like identica and opendesktop, optimized for the netbook shell	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO	libplasma	Improvements to Calendar/Clock widgets. Improved config ui. Allow multiple holidays on same day. Allow multiple Holiday Regions. Weekends. etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	folderview	"Open folder" icon to open folder into pop-up at request instead of automatically.	Bruno Bigras <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Extend Calendar DataEngine with Akonadi calendar incidents	Allows to query calendar events/todos from Akonadi in Plasma
DONE	calculator	Added optional libqalculate support in the calculator runner
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Add some advanced sorting to KRunner using Nepomuk
KWin
TO DO	Tiling	Merge window tiling branch	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KWin	New flag to exclude windows from switchers
DONE	KCM Decoration	New decoration kcm with previews and GHNS
DONE	Aurorae	Port Aurorae to GraphicsView and KDecoration
IN PROGRESS	Aurorae	Better themeing support
TO DO	Aurorae	Window tabbing support	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Aurorae	Decorations on window sides	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Aurorae	Autohiding decoration for maximized windows	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	hide windows from other activities	Chani <[email protected]>
TO DO	Effects	Move features from present windows to libkwineffects to make them available in desktop grid	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Effects	Add close window button to each window in present windows/desktop grid	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Window Tabbing/libtaskmanager	Announce window groups to be used for grouping in tasks applet	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	KWin/plasma	New window type for Plasma dashboard	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KStars	Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Information links in-place for each technical term	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Tool to suggest star-hopping techniques???	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Extend conjunction tool to have one object unspecified, but have a genre of objects specified instead	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Lunar Eclipses	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Satellites and Iridium Flares	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Social and Geographical Integration for KStars	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Marble widget for Geolocation tool	Médéric Boquien <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better printed star charts	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better rendering of comets/asteroids	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Texture mapping of the skymap???	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Add proper support for GPX waypoints, tracks and routes display	Anders Lund <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Export map to MxN pixel bitmap	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Map Contents translation	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kalzium	Port Kalzium to use QGV based periodic table widget	Marcus D. Hanwell <[email protected]>
DONE	Marble	Support OpenStreetMap Nominatim as search backend (MarbleRunner)
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Generalized Animations with GeoDataLookAt support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Online-Routing
IN PROGRESS	Marble	GPS improvements
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Maemo Support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	GeoGraphicsScene for Online Service Plugins
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Download region
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Implement sun locator blendings as derived classes of Marble::Blending
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Configurable texture layer blending
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Import geonames city data
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Add new icons for online services
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Download Progressbar in Qt-only version
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Bookmark support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Various Marble speed improvements
DONE	KAlgebra	Type checker for expressions to statically detect errors
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Support for drawing implicit curves
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Parley practice mode rewritten
TO DO	Cantor	import and polish Qalculate! backend	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KTurtle	Implement GHNS download support
TO DO	KTurtle	Implement GHNS upload support	Niels Slot <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KBounce	Difficulty levels
DONE	KBounce	Random images as background
TO DO	KBreakOut	Level Sets	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBreakOut	Sound	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGoldrunner	Add the Demolition game (20 levels)	Ian Wadham <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kolf	Replace with Kolf 2 (help on coding and artwork desired)	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	rewrite AI code or at least correct most problems related in bug #170777. Volunteers wanted!	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	Boost playing over Jabber	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSquares	Re-write computer player, make it act faster and more intelligent	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSquares	Add more types of boards: hexagonal, triangular	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSudoku	Import new engine	Johannes Bergmeier <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSudoku	Port game to new engine	Johannes Bergmeier <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSudoku	Adapt view to show information provided by engine	Johannes Bergmeier <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSudoku	Add new actions to GUI	Johannes Bergmeier <[email protected]>
TO DO	Granatier	Arena Editor	Mathias Kraus <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kajongg	New traditional Mahjongg for four players
TO DO	Kajongg	Default voices for computer players	Wolfgang Rohdewald <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kajongg	Make playing against computer suspendable/resumable	Wolfgang Rohdewald <[email protected]>
DONE	Kigo	Load SGF games from command line and register to mimetype 'application/x-go-sgf'
IN PROGRESS	Kigo	Fix KNewStuff provider issues
IN PROGRESS	KTuberling	A new "fast switch" between playgrounds
TO DO	Palapeli	Optimize size of puzzle files in default collection	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Palapeli	Recieve new puzzles over KNewStuff	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Palapeli	Introduce handicap as a means to configure difficulty	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Palapeli	Implement puzzle piles to organize pieces	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Palapeli	Quick piece grouping	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Palapeli	Add magnifying glass	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
DONE	Palapeli	Rewrite puzzle table mouse interaction stack
DONE	Palapeli	Cleanup config dialog code
TO DO	Konquest	Merge the patch by Sean D'Epagnier to implement many features like map editing	Pierre Ducroquet <[email protected]>

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	libkdcraw	Make color management options more flexible	Marcel Wiesweg <[email protected]>
DONE	libksane	Improve auto-selection
IN PROGRESS	libksane	Highlight scanned area
TO DO	libksane	Add public API for available devices	Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
TO DO	gwenview	Show Nepomuk info in image meta info	Aurelien Gateau <[email protected]>
TO DO	gwenview	Persistent changes	Aurelien Gateau <[email protected]>
TO DO	okular	Thumb creators via Okular Core	Harsh J <[email protected]>

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	katepart	Add visual block mode and make the basic commands support it	Erlend Hamberg <ehambergαgmail.com>
TO DO	katepart	context dependent indenters	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	scripting configuration, esp. for indenters	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	list of available scripts and indenters	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	GHNS for scripts/indenters	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	easier writing of indenters, esp. by automatically reloading them when changed	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	extend list of available default styles for highlighting, remove hardcoded colors from existing XML files	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	katepart	improve AutoBrace plugin	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	katepart/ktexteditor	defaultvalues, regular expressions, mirroring master, scripting of templates
IN PROGRESS	ktexteditor plugin	InsaneHTML_LE (zencoding like selector input (light edition)
TO DO	katepart	replace smart cursor/ranges API	Christoph Cullmann <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	API to integrate KStatusNotifierItem and KNotification: both as class api and DBus specification API	Davide Bettio <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new astronomical calculation support classes to be used in kdelibs to build new astronomically based calendar systems, and in kdepim to build new version of libkholiday.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new calendar systems: Bahaii, Coptic, Ethiopean, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdecore	Group policy (Windows) backend for KAuth	Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	If no file printing support in Qt4.5, migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter. To be discussed on k-c-d first.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	Add framework for standard actions for 'Send to...' for e-mail, fax, etc by printing to PDF/PS.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	Implement caps-lock warning for password entry widgets	Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement support for number grouping other than thousands using LC_NUMERIC and LC_MONETARY formats, e.g. India 00 00 000 and China 0000 0000.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Add configuration for AM/PM symbols.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Full POSIX compliant format support for date, time, numbers and money.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement more 'named' date/time formats, e.g. ISO, UnixTimestamp, RFC3339, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Add Full date format in addition to existing short and long.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Add default colour to optionally display negative numbers.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement separate backends for each supported platform/desktop to use platform localisation in place of KDE locale.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement support for additional Country Code standards: ISO Alpha 3, ISO Numeric 3, FIPS-10.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement support for Country Code sub-regions, i.e. States/Provinces/etc. Needed for new KHolidays.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	Improvements to KDatePicker/KDateTable for feature parity with Plasma Calendar widget, i.e. holiday support, select calendar system, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	DBus interface in StatusNotifierItem to connect it with freedesktop notifications instances	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Khtml	Improvements in kwallet integration	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
TO DO	Khtml	Basic audio/video tag support	Michael Howell and Germain Garand <[email protected]>
TO DO	Khtml	Implement more of DOM3's CSSOM View module	Germain Garand <[email protected]>
DONE	KNewStuff	Improved Download Dialog, multiple previews, better integration of details, changelog is displayed
IN PROGRESS	KNewStuff	Icon view mode
DONE	KNewStuff	Upload dialog rewritten: It now supports updating of old uploads, previews, most data that can be entered on the website and allows direct login to the account
TO DO	kdeui	Social About Dialog	Téo Mrnjavac <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	Generic find bar widget	Sascha Peilicke <[email protected]>
TO DO	kio	SSL client certificate support	Andreas Hartmetz <[email protected]>
TO DO	kio	SSL root certificate list GUI + backend	Andreas Hartmetz <[email protected]>
DONE	kio	Add "apply to all" checkbox in renamedialog and allow for automatic renaming
IN PROGRESS	kio	Port renamedialog to KFileMetaDataWidget
IN PROGRESS	kio	Don't select extension in renamedialog
DONE	kio	Better listing of applications in file "open with" context menu
IN PROGRESS	kio	Context menu entry to open all files in their default applications
DONE	kfile	Scroll wheel support for breadcrumb bar
IN PROGRESS	kfile	Show all sub-folders in breadcrumb bar
IN PROGRESS	kfile	Middle-click on subfolder in the breadcrumb bar to open in a new tab
TO DO	kfile	Easier access to protocols in breadcrumb bar	Todd <[email protected]>
TO DO	kfile	Show sub-sub-folders (and so on) in breadcrumb bar	Todd <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kdecore	Generic shared-memory cache
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Redesigned icon cache
DONE	nepomuk	Redesigned Nepomuk::TagWidget which can now actually be used by applications
IN PROGRESS	kio	Remember downloads via Nepomuk

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	JuK	Remove Qt/KDE3 support lib requirements -- will move to KDE 4.5 feature plan	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Allow setting covers directly from URLs supported by KIO - drag/drop already allows this however -- will move to KDE 4.5 feature plan	Michael Pyne <mpyne.org>

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Kopete	UPnp Support	Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle video support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle ICE support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Add support for urls to Bonjour plugin	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Rich text support for ICQ	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
DONE	Kopete	Extended video controls
TO DO	Krdc	Connection status screen and reconnect	Tony Murray <[email protected]>
DONE	Krdc	Much improved new connection screen: more info, sortable, interactive, and better use of space
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Use plasma notifications to show the progress
DONE	KGet	Refaktor Torrent-Plugin to base on the newly created libktorrent from extragear
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Better error handling

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	knowledgebase	port knowledgebase plasmoid to new engine	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
TO DO	knowledgebase	Add categories	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
DONE	Bookmarks widget	New
DONE	Mandelbrot Wallpaper	Performance improvements
DONE	Mandelbrot Wallpaper	Rendering improvements (through dithering, extra iterations, and better/simpler formulas)
DONE	Mandelbrot Wallpaper	Allow to import/export parameters and to export to PNG images
DONE	Comic Applet	Add option to show "text", "icons" or both "text and icons" for tabs
DONE	Comic Applet	Prefetch next and previous comic strip (thx to Miha Cancula)
DONE	Character Runner	New
IN PROGRESS	KDE Observatory	Performance improvements, new data engine

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Lokalize	Integrate snowball stemmer for glossary	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Continue implementing XLIFF spec	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Segmentation [editing] functionality	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected] >
TO DO	Lokalize	Remote translation memories	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Integrate with nepomuk (fast stats retrieval, tag cloud - incl sharing!)	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Replace old snippet plugin through TNG plugin and enhance the usability of the new plugin
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Port the old XML completion plugin (xmltools)
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	Add a code importing wizzard

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Ark	Add an options dialog (maybe)	Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Support for custom options from the compression interface (eg. a slider for selecting compression level for rar files)	Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Try multiple plugins for each archive type before failing	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Make the internal previewer optional	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Make keyserver actions possible to use on multiple keyservers at once	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add Kate-like search tool	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	copy again puts also a value or char variant of the data to clipboard	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	Add Okular like embedded notifications	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 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	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	Merge row and column widgets into one	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
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	Make all user interaction in the KastenCore managers plugin-based	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Store bookmarks	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add KNewStuff support to the structures tool	Alex Richardson <[email protected]>
TO DO	printer-applet	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.
IN PROGRESS	kdelirc/kremotecontrol	Transition from KDELirc to KRemoteControl
IN PROGRESS	Okteta	Allow writing structure definitions in JavaScript
DONE	Okteta	new export formats: S-Record, Intel Hex, Base32, Ascii85, Uuencoding, Xxencoding
DONE	Okteta	add QIODevice for AbstractByteArrayModel and make mimetype detection use this instead of only filename
DONE	Okteta	Refactor mouse input to controllers for the bytearray widget

Other

Status	Project	Description	Contact