This is a list of planned features. The deadline for adding entries here for the 4.1 release is 31 March 2008.

Entries added after that date will be scheduled for the 4.2 release.

Legend:

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

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	kdeui	Add KFadeWidgetEffect to easily add fading UI transitions to KDE applications
DONE	kross	Add QtScript support
DONE	Phonon KCM	More UI feedback
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Goya, a framework for inserting controls into itemviews in a really easy and fast way
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Shortcut schemes for KDE applications
DONE	kmimetypetrader/kbuildsycoca	Replace use of profilerc for ordering applications with new mimeapps.list standard
IN PROGRESS	knewstuff	Support caching, and speed up the interface through use of Models/Views and goya
IN PROGRESS	Phonon KCM	Handle advanced devices
IN PROGRESS	KDEPrint	Reintroduce KDEPrint in some form, depending on what Qt4.4 delivers.
IN PROGRESS	KIO	speed limits on KIO Transfers
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Printing of shortcuts from the shortcut dialog
IN PROGRESS	kte/kate	Annotation framework for the editor
IN PROGRESS	KJS	Bytecode interpreter and performance improvements
IN PROGRESS	KHTML	Sync class and file structure with WebKit to prepare merging
IN PROGRESS	KHTML	contentEditable/designMode implementation
TO DO	KCalenderSystem	Complete migration of Jalali, Hijri, and Hebrew calendars to new code base.	john Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalenderSystem	Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian. (Note, not all may live in kdelibs or be available as a global calendar system)	john Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	dnssd	Models for service browser and domain browser.	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHTML	Adaptable/Scriptable workarounds for broken websites.	Maks Orlovich <[email protected]>
TO DO	KJS	Public API for extensions. Possibly analog to JavaScriptCore's C API.	Harri Porten <[email protected]>

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Akonadi	Move the Akonadi development library from kdepim.
IN PROGRESS	Akonadi	Item size (details)
TO DO	Akonadi	Payload serialization format versioning (details)	Volker Krause <[email protected]>
TO DO	Akonadi	Item streaming in ItemSync/ResourceBase (details)	Tom Albers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Akonadi	API for additional item parts (details)
IN PROGRESS	Akonadi	Infrastructure for showing additional dialogs from agents/resources (details)
TO DO	Akonadi	Allow to limit ItemFetchJob to current cache content (details)	Volker Krause <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Akonadi	Fix API for item/collection modifications (details)
TO DO	Akonadi	Error reporting (details)	Tobias Koenig <[email protected]>
TO DO	gpgme++2	newly designed gpgme++ (multithreaded, exceptions, less event loop integration: better for Windows)	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>

kdebase-apps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Details-view: Allow to open folders as tree (turned off per default).
DONE	Dolphin	Refactor view-action handling to a DolphinViewActionHandler to share more code with DolphinPart
TO DO	Konqueror	Re-implement Copy To / Move To in the popup menu	David Faure <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Simplify selecting of files in the single-click mode (based on http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2006/04/icons.html).
IN PROGRESS	Raptor	The KDE4-Application-Menu
TO DO	Dolphin	Provide optional tooltips for files and directories.	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Bring back the large tooltip like in kde3	David Faure <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Session management (save/restore session/restore from crash).	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	Support for undo closed window.
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	Allow to configure the Dolphin KPart within the Konquerors settings dialog.

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Plasma	Kickoff orientation dependent layout
IN PROGRESS	Solid	Refactor Solid::Control networking
IN PROGRESS	Solid	Backend for NetworkManager 0.7
IN PROGRESS	System Settings	Filtering/Lazy load category modules
IN PROGRESS	KCM autostart	Configure autostart desktop file
IN PROGRESS	KSysGuard	Monitor process I/O
TO DO	Color KCM	Add 'smart setting' of extended colors	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	Color KCM	Add KDE3 scheme import	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	Color KCM	Query kwin for supported colors; add full set of kwin colors	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	reintroduce KDEPrint Print Management tools, e.g. KCM, kprinter, kjobviewer, etc. Depends upon progress of kdelibs side of KDEPrint and Qt4.4 feature set.	john Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	System Settings	Administrator mode support	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
TO DO	krunner	Revamp GUI.	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	nepomuk	Service that monitors file rename and delete operations and updates the metadata accordingly. kded module already exists in playground. problem: depends on inotify.	Sebastian Trueg <[email protected]>
DONE	KCM emoticons	Adding/editing/removing emoticons theme

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KMagnifier	Add color blindness simulation
TO DO	KMagnifier	Refactor color menu, re-add invert, add color-shift modes to help people with color blindness	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>

kdeadmin

Status	Project	Description
DONE	KSystemLog	KSystemLog, a Log Viewer Tool. Move from kde-apps
DONE	KCron	Do some refactoring in KCron
DONE	KCron	Improve ergonomy and general interface
DONE	KCron	Fix all existing bugs in KCron
DONE	KCron	Convert KCron into a KCM Module, to use it in System Settings
IN PROGRESS	Environment Variables	Create a environment variables KCM Module

kdeartwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Smoke2	Move Smoke2 to kdebindings-trunk.	KDE-bindings developers <[email protected]>
TO DO	PHP-Qt	Move PHP-Qt to kdebindings-trunk.	KDE-bindings developers <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Kalzium	Clean up the database. I am syncing with the BlueObelisk data repository again. There we decided to remove the density (not a element property but a compound property. I also removed the mean weight. We think it is better to provide correct data than a lot (but partly wrong) data.
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Calculator Plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Vector support
IN PROGRESS	KEduca	Rewrite of the classic test writing/taking application
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Redesigned main window
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Vocabulary Plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	KBruch and KPercentage	Merge in 1 app
IN PROGRESS	Kalzium	Plasmoid to access Kalzium database
IN PROGRESS	Step	A physics simulator, move from playground to kdeedu module (it is now in kdereview)
TO DO	KAlgebra	Variables share between calculations	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Export canvas as image	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Optional rulers/grid for canvas units	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Add command line	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Add a color picker	Niels Slot <[email protected]>
TO DO	Parley	Declensions	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Parley	Rewrite of practice	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Number support	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Theme manager	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Plasmoid	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KDiamond	New game, move to kdegames
DONE	KNetWalk	Better scoring system
DONE	KNetWalk	Add support for loading new themes
DONE	Kollision	Move to kdereview/kdegames
IN PROGRESS	KBlocks	Finish display of points and level and move to kdereview/kdegames
IN PROGRESS	KGoldRunner	Improved theming and animation
IN PROGRESS	KGoldRunner	Sound support and theming
IN PROGRESS	KSquares	Multiplayer support
IN PROGRESS	KBattleship	Bring back Zeroconf support for network games
TO DO	KBlocks	Add additional themes	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KBreakout	Finish it, and move it from playground to kdegames	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KDiamond	Get themes with KNewStuff	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGGZ	Add kggzcore and kggzdmod libraries	<josef>
TO DO	KGGZ	Add new Qt4-based core client as successor to the old KDE3-based KGGZ	<josef>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Also see kdegames/kgoldrunner/TODO	<ianw>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Hot new stuff support for themes and levels	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Startup screen	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KMahjongg	Reimplement the Board Editor	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KMines	Add pause actions	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KNetWalk	New graphic system (port to QGraphicsView)	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO	KShisen	Port to KScoreDialog	<[email protected]>
TO DO	Kubrick	See SVN file kubrick/TODO	<ianw>
TO DO	Kubrick	Move to KDE Games for 4.1	<ianw>
IN PROGRESS	Kubrick	New game, 3D OpenGL - in kdereview
DONE	Kubrick	New game, 3D OpenGL - move to playground
DONE	Kubrick	Polish up the features
DONE	Kubrick	Port to Qt4 and KDE4

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Gwenview	Undo system
DONE	Gwenview	Fullscreen meta information
DONE	Gwenview	Ability to open an image with another application
DONE	Okular	Better Text-To-Speech integration: speech the whole document, the current page or the selection.
DONE	Okular	Encryption support for ODF generator
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Backward direction for text search.
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Centralized text & graphics antialias configuration.
IN PROGRESS	Okular	EPub backend.
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Improved form support (add missing types, handle the fields better).
IN PROGRESS	Gwenview	Support for tagging with Nepomuk
IN PROGRESS	Gwenview	Thumbnail bar in view and fullscreen modes
TO DO	Gwenview	Crop ratio	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	KIPI support	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	Red eye correction	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Support for document layers (mostly in PDF documents).	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description
DONE	Dragon Player	A simple Phonon-based videoplayer application
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	Make Dragon indipendent from Xine
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	File Manager

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KGet	Group-Settings
DONE	KGet	Torrent-Support
DONE	KGet	Transfer-Settings
DONE	KGet	Webinterface
DONE	Kopete	AIM offline messages
DONE	Kopete	OTR Encryption support
DONE	Kopete	Status manager
IN PROGRESS	KGet	MultiSource-Downloading
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Bring back chat style and emoticon selection via knewstuff2
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	ICQ 6 status icons
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	MSNP15 implementation for MSN
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Non-intrusive notification system
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	UPnp Support
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Updated contact list interface (uses Qt 4 rather than Qt 3)
TO DO	Kopete	Update Kopete to better support Decibel	Kopete Developers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Nepomuk-Integration
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Support mms://-protocol, see https://launchpad.net/libmms
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Global Speedlimits
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Setup libbtcore from KTorrent in KGet (to avoid dependency to extragear)
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Extend the TransferHistory to use SQLite and XML-Backends and display the information inside a kcategorizedview
TO DO	Kopete	GroupWise chatroom support	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
TO DO	Decibel	Decibel, a framework for real time communication services. Move from playground/pim	Tobias Hunger <[email protected]>
DONE	KRDC	Optional system tray icon (with quick access to bookmarks)
DONE	KRDC	Improved behavior of entering special keys for better workflow
DONE	KRDC	Zeroconf support (detecting remote desktop services in local network)
IN PROGRESS	KRDC	Bookmark dock widget for quick access to bookmars, zero conf detected services and recently used connections

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KAddressbook	Ability to add LDAP search results to distribution lists
DONE	KAddressbook	Indication of which resource folder a contact belongs to
DONE	KAddressbook	Read-only view for contacts in read-only folders
DONE	KAddressbook	copy/cut/paste context menu items
DONE	KMail	Ability to easily create todos with reminders from emails
DONE	KMail	Ability to open messages from search results when the reader is hidden
DONE	KMail	Better invitation update emails showing what changed
DONE	KMail	Better reminder visualization in very small events
DONE	KMail	Better, natural language search criteria names
DONE	KMail	Clickable status columns
DONE	KMail	Client side configurability of warnings in shared folders
DONE	KMail	Colored ribbons for indication of signing and encryption status in the composer
DONE	KMail	Configuration option for whether invitation emails are automatically deleted or not when having been acted upon
DONE	KMail	Copy/paste and drag and drop from/to the mail composer
DONE	KMail	Decryption on demand in reader window
DONE	KMail	Display of quota information in foldertree tooltips
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop and copy and paste support in the search result viewer
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop from the mail reader window and mime-tree viewer
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop of folders
DONE	KMail	Editing of attachments from the composer
DONE	KMail	Export and import of filters
DONE	KMail	Favorites Folder
DONE	KMail	Folder quicksearch
DONE	KMail	Harmonization of actions in main and standalone mail reader windows
DONE	KMail	IMAP Server storage of non-standard flags
DONE	KMail	Improved TNEF attachment handling
DONE	KMail	Improved quota warnings
DONE	KMail	Initialize full search from quicksearch on request
DONE	KMail	Override font and fontsize for standalone message viewers
DONE	KMail	Per-folder identity configurability
DONE	KMail	Recursive IMAP cache troubleshooting
DONE	KMail	Resizable recipients area in composer
DONE	KMail	Support for creating new mails based on received mails (Resend)
DONE	KMail	Support for immediate sync of resource folders
DONE	KMail	Support for soft line breaking
DONE	KMail	Tab navigation through groups in the address completion
DONE	KMail	Text snippets with shortcuts and variable expansion in the composer
DONE	KMail	Warning about active out-of-office scripts
DONE	KMail	lost+found recovery of locally changed folders that lose access rights
DONE	KNotes	Ability to print notes
DONE	KOrganizer	Ability to have both distribution lists and addresbook extension visible
DONE	KOrganizer	Aggregated reminders view
DONE	KOrganizer	Better default resource colors
DONE	KOrganizer	Drag and drop of attachments
DONE	KOrganizer	Faster initial loading of kolab resources
DONE	KOrganizer	Forwarding and delegation of invitations
DONE	KOrganizer	Improved coloring of agenda view items
DONE	KOrganizer	Improved event printing
DONE	KOrganizer	Merge of the attachment view in into the main page
DONE	KOrganizer	Merge of the free-busy and attendee views for easier scheduling
DONE	KOrganizer	Month view scrolling, paging, mouse-wheeling
DONE	KOrganizer	More readable Kolab resource folder labels
DONE	KOrganizer	Redesigned incidence editor UI
DONE	KOrganizer	Side-by-side calendar view
DONE	KOrganizer	Support for by-value attachments
DONE	KOrganizer	Timeline calendar view
DONE	Kleopatra	Ability to search in internal and external certificates at the same time
DONE	Kleopatra	General UI Server
DONE	Kleopatra	New, tabbed, mainwindow design
DONE	KonsoleKalendar	Support "file" and "localdir" resources
DONE	Kontact	Config option to close despite system tray
DONE	Kontact	Harmonization of component naming in sidebar, configuration, summary view
DONE	Kontact	Right-aligned component navigation toolbar
DONE	Kontact	Ubiquitous sync actions
DONE	ktimetracker	Column-specific whatsthis-help
DONE	ktimetracker	Combined search and add task widget
DONE	ktimetracker	Drag&Drop
DONE	ktimetracker	File management (file->load)
DONE	ktimetracker	Managing history
DONE	ktimetracker	Tracking tasks by active applications
DONE	ktimetracker	Whatsthis-help dependant on if a task has been created
DONE	KOrganizer	Rich text incidence editor
IN PROGRESS	KMail	HTML Signatures
IN PROGRESS	KPilot	Finish Keyring conduit, base conduit code and test cases, category syncing
IN PROGRESS	Kleopatra	OpenPGP support
IN PROGRESS	KNotes	Zeroconf support for sending notes on LAN
IN PROGRESS	Kontact	New Planner summary; combines Appointment+To-do+SpecialDates into 1 pretty summary
TO DO	KAlarm	New option to specify reminder times in minutes	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Prevent multiple identical error messages accumulating for the same alarm	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Remember main window show/hide options used when KAlarm closed instead of setting them in Preferences dialog	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Remove alarm daemon and do all scheduling in kalarm itself	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Replace simple repetitions by recurrence sub-repetitions to reduce confusion	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Simplification and improvements to alarm edit dialog	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Aggregated attachment view in the mail header area of the reader window	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Improved error messages and audit log for cryptographic operations	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Ability to jump to the right day in the agenda from invitation mails	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Drag and drop in the free-busy view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Support for comments in replies to invitations	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Support for extended free-busy lists	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KPilot	Port old conduits to new base conduit architecture and KDE4/Qt4	Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kleopatra	Konqueror and Dolphin Kleopatra plugins	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kontact	Support for Kontact wide profiles	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBlogger	KBlogger, a blogging application	[mailto: [email protected] Christian Weilbach < [email protected]>]
TO DO	KOrganizer	Blog-styled journal view	Mike Arthur <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Blogging KResource	Mike Arthur <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KOrganizer	New To-do View (model/view)
IN PROGRESS	KOrganizer	New Month View (qgraphicsitem)

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Cervisia	New context menu entry "Add to Ignore List"
DONE	Lokalize	Move this application (formerly known as Kaider) from extragear
IN PROGRESS	Cervisia	A file view based on KDirModel
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	various Translation Memory enhancements
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	XLIFF support
IN PROGRESS	KBugBuster	Make it work
IN PROGRESS	KCachegrind	Everything working again
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Session plasmoid
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a PyQt template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a Plasmoid template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a Ruby template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add DBUS support	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Make a GUI for it	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCachegrind	Better handling of huge symbols	Josef Weidendorfer <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Kross-based scripting	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	Lokalize	QA: glossary checklists	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	kioslave svn	Add Export/Import feature	Laurent Montel <[email protected]>

kdetoys

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Okteta	bytelevel editor (successor to KHexEdit). Move from playground/utils.	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	make printing support only selection	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	ask artists for own icon	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for memory mapping of files	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add "Export as"	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	enable extract-strings tool and add copy	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	more explicit titels for undo/redo actions, also from filters	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	parameter dialog for "Copy as..."	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for blocking processes like printing, string search or filter	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KDiskFree	Use Solid API
TO DO	KwikDisk	Replace it by a Plasmoid (in the desktop bar and on the desktop	Nicolas Ternisien <[email protected]>

kdevelop

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdevplatform

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdewebdev

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Kommander	Port the executor to KDE4.
TO DO	Kommander	Create Qt Designer plugins for the editor.	Andras Mantia <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Quanta Plus	Create an upload plugin.
IN PROGRESS	Quanta Plus	Create a new, state machine based parser.
IN PROGRESS	Quanta Plus	Port existing functionality to KDevPlatform plugins. Only text mode is targeted.
IN PROGRESS	KXslDbg	Port to KDE4.