Schedules/KDE4/4.9 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the SC 4.9 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.9 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.8 Feature Plan (previous major release)

Legend:

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

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KGlobalSettings	Make KGlobalSettings reread locale settings before calling settingsChanged().
DONE	Kate Part	Reworked Color Configuration
DONE	KActivities	Encryption for private activities (not available via UI).
DONE	KActivities	Linking files to activities in Dolphin, Konqueror, Folder View.
TO DO	KActivities	Activities KIO.	Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>

kde-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Thumbnail	fix for bookmarks

kde-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	ksmserver	Port shutdown dialog to QML
IN PROGRESS	ksmserver	Merge the new qml based screen locker
DONE	plasma	MPRIS2 dataengine
TO DO	kwin	windows that are moved to another desktop should be treated as sticky windows (Bug 213847)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Quick Tile shortcuts should be toggle buttons (Bug 263755)	<[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	Display application menu and title bar side by side for maximized windows (Bug 102607)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	No reason given why some desktop effects cannot be activated (Bug 209213, Review 104847)
TO DO	kwin	Add support for appmenu-qt (Bug 266596)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Decoration KCM should show comment for decoration (Bug 296041)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Lanczos Filter broken after screen size changes (Bug 296065)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	DesktopThumbnailItem for QML (Bug 296067)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Packages for Desktop Switching Layouts (Bug 296068)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Walk Through Desktop layout rendering desktop previews (Bug 296069)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Move ThumbnailBar from BoxSwitch to CoverSwitch (Bug 296070)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Drop BoxSwitch effect (Bug 296071, Review 104454)
TO DO	kwin	Different binary name for KWin Active (Bug 296084)	<[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]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	GHNS support for KWin Scripts (Bug 296774, Review 104877)
TO DO	kwin	KConf Update Script for KWin 4.9 (Bug 296775)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Request category for scripted KWin Effects on kde-(look|app).org (Bug 297634)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Request category for KWin Scripts on kde-(look|app).org (Bug 297635)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	GHNS support for Window Switching Layouts (Bug 297636)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Request category for Window Switcher Layouts on kde-(look|app).org (Bug 297637)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Update Documentation for Window Switcher Layouts (Bug 297638)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Window Switcher KCM needs to be reworked (Bug 297639, Review 104525)
TO DO	kwin	ThumbnailItem allows upscaling of Windows (Bug 297864)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Redesign the kwin's kcm "All effects" (Bug 298991, Review 104849)
TO DO	kwin	Window Tab support for QML based Aurorae (Bug 299138)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Increase ABI version for KDecorations (Bug 299140)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Add ABI check to KDecorations (Bug 299141)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	New Window Decoration for Thin Clients (Bug 299143)	<[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	Improve VSync strategy (Bug 299274)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Screen Edge bindings for KWin Scripting (Bug 299275)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Support Plasma API Extensions in KWin Scripting (Bug 299276)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Move Workspace's compositing functionality to own class Compositor (Bug 299277, Review 102420)
TO DO	kwin	Better QML selection list for Window Switcher layout (Bug 299278)	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kwin	Default Bindings for Switching between Windows of current Application (Bug 299308, Review 104730)
DONE	kwin	Useraction menu closes when focus passes to another window (Bug 81743)
DONE	kwin	JJ: change focus only when moving mouse (Bug 92290)
DONE	kwin	JJ: kwin fulscreen / un-fullscreen system notifications (Bug 124612, Review 104457)
DONE	kwin	Insufficient stacking order handling for deleted windows (Bug 158262, Review 104519)
DONE	kwin	JJ: Use arrow keys to control cover switch. (Bug 178595, Review 104438)
DONE	kwin	Dragging a title bar against a bottom panel twice makes it go under the panel on the second time (Bug 210926)
DONE	kwin	Wobbly windows wobbles strange after quick-maximization (Bug 222102)
DONE	kwin	"Move" command should allow off-screen window moving same as Alt + click trick (Bug 229942)
DONE	kwin	Bug with shading always inactive windows (Bug 242217)
DONE	kwin	Change title of menu item "Configure window behaviour..." (Bug 249486)
DONE	kwin	Task switcher message when no windows looks ugly with stars (Bug 260938)
DONE	kwin	Placement Policy 'under mouse' (Bug 272162)
DONE	kwin	JJ: Synchronize Show Desktop wording in all tabbox effects (Bug 273478, Review 104436)
DONE	kwin	closing session crash (Bug 282933, Review 104690)
DONE	kwin	Window Specific Settings dialog has no help function (Bug 286783)
DONE	kwin	Add "Present Windows - Window Class" to "Screen Edges" functions (Bug 288960)
DONE	kwin	[JJ] Select next window with arrow key in Alt+Tab (Bug 291916)
DONE	kwin	KWin crashed when I was switching windows (Bug 292614)
DONE	kwin	Kill helper should be out of process (Bug 295940)
DONE	kwin	Synchronize user actions menu with libtaskmanager (Bug 296056)
DONE	kwin	Document global JavaScript methods in KWin Scripting API documentation (Bug 297640)
DONE	kwin	Elevate windows in addition to highlight (Bug 297809)
DONE	kwin	KWin crashes when interacting with Plasma (Bug 298669, Review 104714)
DONE	kwin	Effects cannot be configured (Bug 299163)
DONE	kwin	Adding proper window thumbnail clipping to the QML tabbox (Bug 299198)
DONE	kwin	Add layout specification to D-Bus call for invoking TabBox (Bug 299279, Review 104838)
DONE	kwin	Make desktop focus chains activities aware (Bug 299309, Review 104649)
DONE	kwin	Desktop Zoom should be saved between sessions (Bug 189956, Review 104597)
TO DO	kwin	Settings to show windows on specific activities (like we have vor vds)	<[email protected]>

kde-baseapps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	FolderView	Refactor into PopupApplet and Containment	Ignat Semenov <[email protected]>
DONE	Dolphin	Allow to show any kind of metadata like ratings, tags, comments, image-sizes, music-artist, ... beside each item of the view.
DONE	Dolphin	Use KMessageWidget for information- and error-messages (see http://agateau.com/2011/04/21/kde-ux-2011/ for details)
DONE	Dolphin	Optionally remember the column-widths of the details view
DONE	Dolphin	Allow to disable the expandable folders of the details view
DONE	Dolphin	Implement inline renaming for the new view-engine
DONE	Dolphin	Allow to optionally set a maximum number of lines for the icons-view
TO DO	Dolphin	Implement files quick preview feature (named Klook)	Evgeniy Auzhin <[email protected]>
DONE	Konsole	Add command line options for controlling the visibility of menubar and tabbar

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
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]>
TO DO	Marble	Marble Touch on Android	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]>
DONE	Rocs	Project Files to combine graphs and algorithms
DONE	Rocs	Extend graph data structure to support overlay graphs
DONE	Rocs	Stepped execution of algorithms
IN PROGRESS	Rocs	General unit test cleanup and overhauling
TO DO	Rocs	New Project Wizard - guided creation based on loaded plugins	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Rocs	Project journal files
IN PROGRESS	Rocs	New Add-Node/Add-Link Toolbar for data types and pointer types
TO DO	Kig	Improve Cancel Construction and Undo actions	David E. Narváez <[email protected]>
DONE	Pairs	New memory game
DONE	KAlgebra Mobile	Many improvements, including Android and better Active support

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	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	Granatier	improve config UI for player and arena selection
DONE	Kajongg	tooltips giving playings hints
DONE	Kajongg	new config option: propose what to do
DONE	Kajongg	make it possible to replay a game from a screen shot (for better debugging)
DONE	Kajongg	improve Robot AI
DONE	Kajongg	Add default voices
DONE	Kajongg	Players can chat with each other from within kajongg
DONE	Kajongg	Define a central game server, making it easier to play over the internet (no more tweaking of firewalls for the server side)
IN PROGRESS	Kajongg	Add support for other rule variants, starting with Classical Chinese variants
TO DO	Kajongg	Print rulesets, also more than one in parallel for comparisons	Wolfgang Rohdewald <[email protected]>
DONE	KGoldrunner	Add the Gold Rush II championship game (20 levels), contributed by Gabriel Miltschitzky
DONE	KGoldrunner	Add solution files to some KGoldrunner games
DONE	KSudoku	Simplify the XML descriptions of puzzle shapes
DONE	KSudoku	Add XML and Desktop files for seven new two-dimensional puzzle shapes
DONE	KSudoku	Add XML and Desktop files for three new three-dimensional puzzle shapes
DONE	KSudoku	Improve the quality and relevance of KSudoku hints
DONE	KSudoku	Make Load and Save work correctly for all puzzle types, including display of small markers/notes and restart of the puzzle clock from a saved value
DONE	KSudoku	Integrate the new generator/solver and the old KSudoku code more closely
DONE	KSudoku	Make puzzle features easier to see and use by improving highlighting, control and settings in both 2-D and 3-D puzzles and adding keyboard input to 3-D puzzles

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Gwenview	Fullscreen browse
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Store annotations with documents Bug #151614
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Print document with annotations Bug #159005
DONE	Okular	Annotations Screen support (embedded movies in PDF) Bug #172847
DONE	Okular	Aggressive page preloading Bug #184196
DONE	Okular	Hyphen-aware search Bug #190433
DONE	Okular	Multiple bookmarks per page Bug #157198
DONE	Okular	Allow the renaming of bookmark "parent" items
DONE	Okular	Allow the page number selector to be added to the toolbar Bug #279128
DONE	Okular	Double click to select workds Bug #187347
DONE	Okular	Make Okular inhibit sleep and screen power management when in Presentation mode
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Behavior for left/right arrow keys
DONE	Okular	Remember the mouse mode on exit
DONE	Okular	Make search from the current page the default

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	JuK	last.fm scrobbling
DONE	JuK	cover-fetching from last.fm
IN PROGRESS	JuK	MPRIS2 support
DONE	Dragon	MPRIS2 support

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Kopete	Add option to group all offline users into a "Offline Users" group
DONE	Kopete	Show contact's status change in chat window
DONE	Kopete	Add context option "rename" to contacts and allow changing custom display name inline.

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Akonadi Google Resources	Move contacts and calendars resources from Akonadi Google project to kdepim-runtime
DONE	KTnef	Bring back KTnef from the KDE3 days. KTnef is a standalone TNEF attachment viewer
TO DO	Akonadi Kolab Resources	Kolab resource using the Kolab libraries to kdepim-runtime	Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
TO DO	Extend Akonotes Format	Extend the akonotes format to support features required by zanshin and kolab	Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
DONE	Import pim data	ImportWizard allows to import settings/mails/filters/calendar/addressbook from thunderbird/evolution/etc. when exists.

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Now Playing	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Microblog	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	StackFolder	Add applet for quick browse the stack of folders

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	Add view profiles, incl. editor/manager	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]>
DONE	Lokalize	Optimize TM fuzzy searching
DONE	Lokalize	File search tab
TO DO	Lokalize	.ts support
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	diagram auto layout support
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	diagram graphviz dot export
DONE	Thumbnail	PO thumbnailer

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact