This is a list of planned features for the 4.2 release.

Other

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	System Settings	add Administrator mode button	Alessandro Diaferia <[email protected]>
DONE	Eigen	Make Eigen 2 ready for KDE, and move it to kdesupport
IN PROGRESS	Eigen	Port all Eigen-using code in KDE and KOffice to Eigen 2.0

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	kross	Extend QtScript integration.
IN PROGRESS	KDEPrint	Reintroduce KDEPrint in some form, depending on what Qt4.4 delivers.
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	KDEPrint	Migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter, modify to utilise new Qt4.4 features. To be discussed on k-c-d first.	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	KLocale	Implement KLocale based methods to return weekend days and day of religious observance. Currently KCalendarSystem provides dayOfPray(), but for Gregorian this is not correct in all locales where it is used. Currently KDatePicker hardcodes Saturday and dayOfPray() as weekend days which may not be correct in all locales. To be discussed first on k-c-d and with kdepim.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	Phonon	add Port class for fine grained control over data flow between Phonon objects	Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	make AbstractMediaStream/StreamInterface threadsafe
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	"low-level" PCM I/O with at least an ALSA implementation
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	VideoWidget snapshot function
IN PROGRESS	KConfig	API review and export KConfigBackend
IN PROGRESS	KConfig	Make KConfigSkeleton KConfigGroup aware
IN PROGRESS	KConfig	Make KConfigDialog work nicer with KConfigSkeleton + manually managed widgets
DONE	KUrlNavigator	Provide an option to always show the full path in the breadcrumb mode.
IN PROGRESS	Katepart	Make a Vi input mode for Katepart
TO DO	KIO::Global	Make KDynamicJobTracker do the checking if the kuiserver service is registered or not, for full implementation of "Progress in the same window"	Rafael Fernández López <[email protected]>
TO DO	KJS	Further performance improvements, in particular variable access (Blizzard stage 2), and calling convention (FrostByte stage 2)	Maksim Orlovich <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KJS and KHTML	Support for transparent reindenting of standalone sources in debugger, debug info management improvements
IN PROGRESS	KHTML	SVG support in KHTML (port from WebKit)
IN PROGRESS	KHTML	Use of IDString (hashed strings) for local names, prefixes and namespaces in DOM core instead of document-related ids, in particular for better API compatibility with WebCore
TO DO	KHTML	Scriptable extension plug-ins	Harri <[email protected]>
DONE	kwallet	Move kwalletd to kdebase-runtime

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
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]>
DONE	Power Manager	import PowerDevil
KRunner
IN PROGRESS	Krunner	Configuration options for blacklisting, user ranking, runner ranking, learning
IN PROGRESS	Krunner	SearchMatch configuration
TO DO	Krunner	Simple learning	Jordi Polo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Simple GUI for above options	Jordi Polo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Runners able to share parsing	Jordi Polo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Noun-Verb support	Ryan P. Bitanga <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Implement Nuno's UI polishings	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Runtime syntax documentation	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Runner configuration	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Krunner	Search set paging	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	KRunner	runner for the plasma dbus interface	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Konqueror history runner
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Kate sessions runner
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Recent Documents runner
Plasma - Priority Features
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Welcome plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	JOLIE Integration
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Notification plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Kuiserver plasmoid
TO DO	KWin	Make it possible to focus plasma panels	Chani <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	panel->desktop dragging	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Expand cashew to full action bar when zoomed out	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Plasmagik packaging (and package classes)
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Networkmanager Plasmoid and DataEngine
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	New ECMA Script Scriptengines
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Extenders
TO DO	Plasma	Wallpaper plugins	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Separate Desktop Settings from DesktopContainment	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Script Security Framework	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Python support
Plasma
DONE	Plasma	Plasma Popup Tips
DONE	Plasma	Collapsing Applet convenience class
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Taskbar grouping
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Weather plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Small Form Factors
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Plasma On Screensaver
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Website update
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Grid applet
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Techbase Tutorials
TO DO	Plasma	Context menu plugins	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Add New Widgets: Pluggable widget browser	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Activity<->Virtual Desktop Affinity	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Optional Per-Virtual Desktop DesktopView	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Make non-SVG painting in Plasma low-color and non-anim friendly	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Runtime DataEngine documentation (sources, usage, etc)	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Panel Autohide
TO DO	Plasma	Keyboard Shortcut Config UI	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Systray++ Spec	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Save icon positioning in folderview	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	physics-based animator	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	New wallpapers	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Preserve wallpaper choice by copying user paper to home dir	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	New way of handling wallpapers and different sizes (package format, and so on...)	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Top-level windows plasmoids	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	drop indicator in panel	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	improve usability of appletbrowser delete button	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	adding containments from the appletbrowser (and remove the "add panel" from DefaultDeskrop)	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	Expand cashew to cover the containment when fully zoomed out	Aaron Seigo <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	highlight the applet with active keyboard shortcuts	Chani <[email protected]>
TO DO	Plasma	dbus interface	Chani <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	make the panel controller a bit more usable
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	nicely draw the desktop toolbox when it's moved because of a panel
DONE	Plasma	theme Plasma::PushButton with svg
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Tabbar widget derived from QTabBar and themed with svg
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Complete the panel size sliders feature: an applet can ask the panel to resize
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	New theming capabilities by expanding the lover level theming classes (Theme and PanelSvg)
DONE	Plasma	Wallpaper plugin: Mandelbrot fractal explorer
KWin - Core
DONE	KWin	New window snapping zones; screen center and window corners
DONE	KWin	Move maximized windows between Xinerama screens
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Basic window tiling
TO DO	KWin	Compositing decoration API additions	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
KWin - Desktop Effects
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Compositing self-check
DONE	KWin	Global animation speed setting
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Motion dynamics
TO DO	KWin	New shadow handling by decorations	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
DONE	KWin	Improved UI for selecting window/desktop switcher
TO DO	KWin	UI for assigning effects to screen edges	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE	KWin	Cube/Cylinder/Sphere Effect
DONE	KWin	Magic Lamp minimize Effect
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Animation in BoxSwitch Effect
TO DO	KWin	Mouse interaction for CoverSwitch Effect	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	KWin	Additional thumbnails for CoverSwitch Effect	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
TO DO	KWin	Improved Snow Effect; different sizes, better randomness and different directions	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE	KWin	Improved desktop grid
DONE	KWin	New present window layout modes
DONE	KWin	Invert only selected windows
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Improved mouse mark/scribble effect

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	MSNP15 implementation for MSN
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	Kopete	Contacts plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	KGet	MultiSource-Downloading
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Support mms://-protocol, see https://launchpad.net/libmms
TO DO	KGet	MLDonkey-Plugin based on libkmldonkey	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma	Network Manager Applet

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Akregator	Support for syncing the feed list with Google Reader
IN PROGRESS	KAlarm	Improve alarm edit and preferences dialog layouts
IN PROGRESS	KAlarm	Add holidays support
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
IN PROGRESS	KPilot	Finish Keyring conduit, base conduit code and test cases, category syncing
TO DO	Akregator	Basic support for enclosures (Displaying links, mimetype and size)	Frank Osterfeld <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBlogger	KBlogger, a blogging application	[mailto: [email protected] Christian Weilbach < [email protected]>]
TO DO	Kleopatra	Konqueror and Dolphin Kleopatra plugins	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Aggregated attachment view in the mail header area of the reader window	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kontact	Support for Kontact wide profiles	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	KBlogger	Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor)	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	KNode	Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor)	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kjots	Import notes from KNotes as KJots pages.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kjots	Email KJots pages using default mail client (Bug #124509.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Okteta	add Kate-like search tool	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	refactor KByteArrayView	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	parameter dialog for "Copy as..."	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]>
IN PROGRESS	Ark	Implement proper drag/drop between Ark/dolphin
IN PROGRESS	Ark	Make the service menu work (possibly doing it as a KonqPopupPlugin
IN PROGRESS	Ark	Proper password support
TO DO	Ark	Support for custom options from the compression interface (eg. a slider for selecting compression level for rar files)	Harald Hvaal <harald((at))stud(dot)ntnu.no>
TO DO	Ark	Add an options dialog (maybe)	Harald Hvaal <harald((at))stud(dot)ntnu.no>
IN PROGRESS	kwalletmanager	Move kwalletmanager to the Model/View architecture and redesign the UI

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	krosspython and krossruby	Support custom types via handlers
DONE	krosspython and krossruby	Support QList<CustomType*> constructs
IN PROGRESS	Smoke	Wrap some more APIs (at least Akanodi for all languages and Plasma for C#)
IN PROGRESS	PyKDE	KCM support and other plugins
TO DO	krossjava	Integrate into e.g. SuperKaramba and fix issues that show up.	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
TO DO	krossjava	Documentation++	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
TO DO	krossfalcon	Unittests++	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	libkdegames	New highscore management system
DONE	kdiamond	Drag jewels
TO DO	kdiamond	Optional OpenGL rendering	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
DONE	ksirk	Map scrolling arrows
DONE	ksirk	KHotNewStuff skins
IN PROGRESS	ksirk	Jabber based net game finding
DONE	ksirk	Use only names in skins instead of numeric ids
DONE	ksirk	Skins editor
IN PROGRESS	ktron	Port and remake the KTron game for KDE 4.2
TO DO	KNetWalk	Support for custom and non-square board sizes	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Kate	Port and reenable the Snippets plugin.
DONE	perldoc KIOSlave	Add KIOSlave to allow reading Perldoc documentation.
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	XLIFF support
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	various Translation Memory enhancements
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	wrap all windows belonging to one project into one MDI window
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	KAppTemplate	Add DBUS support in templates	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
DONE	Umbrello	Port code generation wizard to QWizard and replace all q3 widgets
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	Replace all q3 widgets in the refactoring assistant

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	KEduca	Rewrite of the classic test writing/taking application
TO DO	KLettres	Number support	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Theme manager	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KHangMan	Add a Open File action
TO DO	KHangMan	Integrate an editor	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Plasmoid	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Theme manager	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Visual indicator when letter is wrong	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kalzium	Port Kalzium's periodic table to use new QGraphicsView.	Marcus D. Hanwell <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kalzium	Plasmoid to access Kalzium database
TO DO	Step	Improve GUI for creating softbody	Vladimir Kuznetsov <[email protected]>
TO DO	Step	Use common constraints handling code for collisions	Vladimir Kuznetsov <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	New parser using QLALR
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Declensions
IN PROGRESS	KStars	Display millions of stars
IN PROGRESS	KStars	Tool to predict Conjunctions
IN PROGRESS	KStars	Earth Satellites
IN PROGRESS	KStars	Sky Calendar Tool
IN PROGRESS	KStars	Include HD Catalog Numbers (in search, in display)
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	KStars	Improve Observing List Wizard	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible	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	Marble	Export map to MxN pixel bitmap	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Support for MarbleWidget::setEnabled( bool )	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Map Contents translation	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Layer Management Class
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Plugin architecture for map layers
IN PROGRESS	Marble	DGML2 Support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	KDE-Version settings dialog
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Port authors list from the Qt-About dialog to the KDE-About dialog
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Qt-Version settings dialog
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Improved KML support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	OpenStreetMap support using original OSM tiles
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Real Time Cloud-Cover
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Mercator Projection
IN PROGRESS	Marble	More generic projection support
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Usage of Marble in non-widgets
TO DO	Kig	Properties dialog for objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve construction of bisect lines.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve feedback when constructing objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	More geometric objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Script objects as macros (to be reused more than once).	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve the Cabri import filter.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
DONE	KTurtle	Export canvas as image
TO DO	KTurtle	Optional rulers/grid for canvas units	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
DONE	KTurtle	Add command line
DONE	KTurtle	Add a color picker

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	Make Dragon indipendent from Xine
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	File Manager
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	play media dialog
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	slider changes
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	show info while playing audio files
TO DO	JuK	Remove Qt/KDE3 support lib requirements	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Allow setting covers directly from URLs supported by KIO - drag/drop already allows this however	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Use XCOMPOSITE real transparency when available for the track announcement popup	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Allow disabling crossfade	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KMagnifier	Refactor color menu, re-add invert, break current color blindness code into "daltonize" and "simulate"	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMagnifier	Add color-shift modes to help people with color blindness	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KSnapshot	Add support for grabbing a single screen in multihead
DONE	KSnapshot	Increase jpeg image quality from 75% to 85%
DONE	KSnapshot	If we're saving the window decorations then record the window title and class in the image (if the format supports it) to play nice with indexers like strigi
TO DO	Okular	Sound annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Link annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Improve annotation support: for existing types (rubber stamps, line, note, etc), and for the way they are constructed and handled.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Caret annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Support for videos & movie annotations.
TO DO	Okular	Support .snp and .emf file formats	Brad Hards <[email protected]>

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	kio_bookmarks	A new konqueror home page displaying user bookmarks. See [description]
IN PROGRESS	kuiserver	KUiServer Goya port. General improvements for usability improvements