Frameworks/Epics/Qt 5.1 Merging

Merging features in Qt 5.1 epic

Status	Description	Contact
DONE	QSaveFile	David Faure (https://codereview.qt-project.org/41790)
DONE	Add a Q_COREAPP_STARTUP_FUNCTION macro which allows to have code called just at the end of QCoreApplicationPrivate::init()	David Faure (https://codereview.qt-project.org/42002)
DONE	QDebugStateSaver	David Faure (https://codereview.qt-project.org/41793)
IN PROGRESS	K/Q_GLOBAL_STATIC merge	Thiago Macieira (https://codereview.qt-project.org/43297)
IN PROGRESS	QUrlPathInfo	David Faure (https://codereview.qt-project.org/44960)
IN PROGRESS	Restore QX11Info, in qtx11extras.git	Richard Moore and David Faure
IN PROGRESS	qunsetenv	David Faure (https://codereview.qt-project.org/44599)
IN PROGRESS	QCommandLineArguments	Laszlo Papp; see qt5-feedback discussions; will be for Qt-5.1
TO DO	QDebug: coloring the method name (blue for debugs, red for warnings/errors)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QMenu: title feature, keyboard navigation (from KMenu)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QSqueezedTextLabel, or squeezing in QLabel	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QFileSystemWatcher: support for watching non-existing files	David Faure	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QCompleter: many missing features compared to KCompletion. Look at the completion model in http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-Ui-Helpers as a possible replacement which would also work for QML.	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QLocalSocket/QLocalServer: support for abstract unix sockets	Thiago?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	KProcess/KShell features in Qt?	Ossi	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	KProcess ForwardOnlyStdErr/ForwardOnlyStdOut features in Qt?	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QCursor: auto-hide support (see KCursor API), plus styleHint to enable this in QLineEdit/QTextEdit (and let users turn this on/off in KConfig)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QCursor: theme support	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QIcon: support for overlays	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QPushButton: support for delayed menu	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QSystemTray: support for the new dbus protocol (see KStatusNotifierItem)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QLockFile	David Faure	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QRecursiveFilterProxyModel	Stephen Kelly?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QPoTranslator (support for .po files, and locating them with QStandardPaths, so that libs can load them?)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QLineEdit: support for clear button	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QLineEdit: support for text squeezing	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QLineEdit: support for URL drops (replace existing text, rather than append)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QComboBox: support for URL drops (replace existing text, rather than append)	??	<{{{3}}}>
IN PROGRESS	QTextEdit: support for place holder text like place holder text in QLineEdit	Benjamin Port
TO DO	QLocale & QDateTime	John Layt	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Printing	John Layt	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Geolocation	??	<{{{3}}}>
IN PROGRESS	qDebug with categories, currently in an addon (playground/qlogger.git), plan is to have it in 5.1	Wolfgang Beck, QTBUG-19536
TO DO	Merge KStandardShortcut and QKeySequence::StandardKey	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Rewrite QKeySequence::StandardKey to get the default keys from QPA, not just an enum. In KDE we can make the shortcuts configurable this way.	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QTabWidget: give the possibility to hide the tabbar (used in many places if count is 0). Preferably called setTabBarHidden(bool) / isTabBarHidden() (then deprecate ktabwidget).	??	<{{{3}}}>
IN PROGRESS	QTabBar: port signals from KTabBar	Ivan Komissarov (https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,29650)
TO DO	Add support for default vs active shortcuts to QAction	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Add the triggered(Qt::MouseButtons buttons, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers) signal to QAction	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Add the web color line edit to QColorDialog (KColorDialog has it)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Add the color picker button to QColorDialog (KColorDialog has it)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure we have a QAction independent of QtWidgets in QtGui	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QToolBar should take its default settings from the global settings when running in a Plasma Workspace session (see loadKDESettings from KToolBar)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QMainWindow should follow the KDE HIG when changing the window title in a Plasma Workspace session (see KMainWindow::setCaption)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QInputDialog should have an equivalent of KInputDialog::getMultiLineText	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QInputDialog should have an equivalent of KInputDialog::getDouble with configurable step	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QInputDialog should have an equivalent of KInputDialog::getItemList (multi-choice, not single choice like getItem)	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	QFileDialog: add the QUrl equivalents of KFileDialog static methods to QFileDialog, should be possible to specify a optional list of protocols supported by the user code	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure QDesktopServices can list the protocols it supports	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure QNetworkAccessManager can list the protocols it supports	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Add icons to QTextBrowser context menu	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Add support for "whatsthis:/text" urls to QTextBrowser	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure QTextBrowser automatically follows KDE settings for the wheel button behavior (scroll vs zoom) via backend	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Allow to register a default syntax highlighter type for QTextEdit, the KDE backend would register the spell checking one coming from sonnet as default	??	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	KSsl*/QSsl* merge	Richard Moore	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Create QPA theme plugin for setting KDE palette, font, widget style, etc. (in KDE), will require extensions on the Qt side, look at KGlobalSettings, some of it is there	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure the QPA plugin can properly react to setting changes	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Restore the _NET_STARTUP_INFO from Qt4 that got lost (work for the xcb backend)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Restore QSessionManager from Qt4 that got broken	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Extend the QStyle API so that the styleHint() can control the default value for animated widgets (should animate or not by default?)	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Extend the QStyle API so that the styleHint() can control the default value QSplitter::opaqueResize	?	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Make sure QDialogButtonBox Ok button has Ctrl+Return as shortcut	?	<{{{3}}}>