Schedules/KDE4/4.11 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the SC 4.11 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.11 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.10 Feature Plan (previous major release)
• Schedules/KDE4/4.12 Feature Plan (next major release)

Legend:

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

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact

NO NEW FEATURES ALLOWED

kde-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	kio-mtp	KIO-Slave for MTP
DONE	nepomuk	Better Scheduling for Nepomuk indexing - File and Email
IN PROGRESS	nepomuk	Configurable KIO Backend for FileWatcher
TO DO	nepomuk	Indexers for ebook formats	Vishesh Handa <[email protected]>
TO DO	nepomuk	Indexers for original msoffice formats	Vishesh Handa <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	nepomukcontroller-qml	QML version of the current Nepomuk controller.
DONE	Web Shortcuts	Update old shortcuts.
DONE	Web Shortcuts	Use https where possible. (Bug #308029)
DONE	Web Shortcuts	Look for url on clipboard when creating new shortcut. (Bug #146880)
DONE	Web Shortcuts	Insert query placeholder button. (Bug #146879)
IN PROGRESS	DrKonqi	Detect and inform users they are using outdated and unsupported versions. (Bug #315073)

kde-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	kwin	windows that are moved to another desktop should be treated as sticky windows (Bug #213847)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Medium focus stealing prevention should also prevent focus stealing when the timestamp on the active window is uncertain (Bug #304746)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Support for buffer age extensions (Bug #319995)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Egl backend using Wayland Surfaces (Bug #319996)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	KWin keybindings is missing a shortcut for move window to previous screen (Bug #303083)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	There should be a shortcut to close window group (Bug #238233)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	JJ: Use a bit of Wobbly effect while closing a window also. (Bug #250856)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Highlight/shadow of application on screen 1 displayed on screen 0 (Bug #278697)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Allow Effects to Temporarily Grab All Screen Edges (Bug #283397)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Translucency Effect needs to be rewritten on top of AnimationEffect (Bug #294856)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Break NETWM to allow inner xinerama struts (Bug #299247)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Make ShaderManager act as a real stack (Bug #300349)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Display content of resizing/moving windows: KDE-Help shows obsolete instructions (Bug #305297)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Broken Desktop Switch On-Screen Display Animation (Bug #316372)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	kwin	Windows with no border (decoration) are visible on all activities (Bug #274931)	<[email protected]>
DONE	kwin	Integration with KScreen (Bug #319994)
DONE	kwin	"Thumbnail Aside" effect visible when screen is locked -- privacy issue (Bug #255712, Review 108670)
DONE	kwin	Quick Tile shortcuts should be toggle buttons (Bug #263755)
DONE	kwin	Shaded windows are not considered in ::checkWorkspacePosition (Bug #268660, Review 109679)
DONE	kwin	build fails - getdomainname (Bug #270586)
DONE	kwin	Window Specific Settings for Disabling Screen Edges (Bug #271607, Review 108513)
DONE	kwin	Add fade in/fade out for outline effect (Bug #274474)
DONE	kwin	Compositing not possible on each screen with multi head (Bug #282677, Review 107853)
DONE	kwin	Remove "Move TBLR" from Zoom or at least pass the shortcuts reasonable names (Bug #288903, Review 108290)
DONE	kwin	Hot Screen Corners do not work properly in multiscreen setup with different resolutions (Bug #290887, Review 108513)
DONE	kwin	When "dim inactive" is used, and "apply effect to groups" is disabled, blocky shadows appear everywhere (Bug #293236)
DONE	kwin	kwin does not honor disableMultihead true and causes window focus problems (Bug #293734)
DONE	kwin	DesktopThumbnailItem for QML (Bug #296067)
DONE	kwin	Packages for Desktop Switching Layouts (Bug #296068)
DONE	kwin	Walk Through Desktop layout rendering desktop previews (Bug #296069)
DONE	kwin	Move ThumbnailBar from BoxSwitch to CoverSwitch (Bug #296070)
DONE	kwin	Drop BoxSwitch effect (Bug #296071, Review 104454)
DONE	kwin	Fix fullscreen state handling: NETWM says it's bound to focus and not stacking order, also see bug #224600 (Bug #296076, Review 109572)
DONE	kwin	New Window Decoration for Thin Clients (Bug #299143)
DONE	kwin	Get rid of "Display borders on maximized windows" setting (Bug #299245)
DONE	kwin	Cube animation on border approach should not be used unless the electric borders are actually in use and the config should be disabled, align or hint the electric border configuration (Bug #299901)
DONE	kwin	clientPopup: "'More actions' and "Attach as tab to" lack mnemonics (Bug #302833, Review 110402)
DONE	kwin	Make KWin compile with C++11 (Bug #303313)
DONE	kwin	Maximized windows should be moved and maximized to second screen if they are moved with shortcut (Bug #304506)
DONE	kwin	Window shortcut containing space: "Launch Mail" doesn't work (Bug #305434)
DONE	kwin	Windows list icon does not show up in "Walk Through Desktop List" (Bug #306187, Review 108445)
DONE	kwin	The "walk through desktop" shortcuts don't show up in the desktop kcm (Bug #306404, Review 108287)
DONE	kwin	Game mode (Bug #306448)
DONE	kwin	Usability issue: "Attach as tab to" menu can be empty (Bug #306451)
DONE	kwin	Upper part of windows tears when moving it left/right ONLY in upper part of display (Bug #307965)
DONE	kwin	KWin uses getdomainname() to obtain the hostname, should use getaddrinfo() (Bug #308391, Review 108235)
DONE	kwin	Use Resize Area in Aurorae (Bug #308992, Review 107936)
DONE	kwin	Configurable quick tile area config GUI (Bug #308993, Review 109683)
DONE	kwin	Crash in KWin::Screenedge::unreserve on deactivating Actos script (Bug #309695, Review 108513)
DONE	kwin	[JJ] GHNS button displays icon, even if disabled in style settings (Bug #309724, Review 108286)
DONE	kwin	ScreenEdge::raisePanelProxies() is slow due to sync XLib communication (Bug #311592, Review 108513)
DONE	kwin	add rule to disobey configure requests (Bug #311720, Review 109691)
DONE	kwin	Drop explosion effect (Bug #312176)
DONE	kwin	Windows wider/taller than screen are cut off/partially mirrored when doing a screenshot of them using ksnapshot (Bug #312851, Review 108258)
DONE	kwin	Desktop Effects - Zoom: Mouse Tracking "Push" laggy, inprecise and/or not working (Bug #312956)
DONE	kwin	"Login" effect does not fade in on secondary monitor(s) with a multi screen setup (Bug #313061, Review 108362)
DONE	kwin	Overlap factor of keepAbove windows in placeSmart should be infinite (Bug #313379)
DONE	kwin	XReconfigureWMWindow fails to stack (lower) a window using an Above CWSibling combination (Bug #313909)
DONE	kwin	Position rule conflicts with maximization rule (Bug #314392)
DONE	kwin	String representation of KWin::Client should include caption, not name. (Bug #314402, Review 108959)
DONE	kwin	Please explain the meaning of vsync in the config gui (Bug #314998)
DONE	kwin	KWin crashes when switching windows (Bug #315528)
DONE	kwin	kwin crash when clicking kickoff widget ("K menu") (Bug #315951)
DONE	kwin	Dual screen issue caused by d6b3f6983efebc42abd6028ece9c3ec7facea2d0 (Bug #316040)
DONE	kwin	Description text for the Slide Back effect is incorrect (Bug #316877)
DONE	kwin	Java Swing Apps do not receive Deiconify event if window is shaded (Bug #317025, Review 109593)
DONE	kwin	Snapping: Can no longer move window to occupy full screen width (Bug #317845, Review 109864)
DONE	kwin	when using flip switch to switch virtual desktop, activating hot corner trigger becomes difficult (Bug #318294, Review 110013)
DONE	kwin	Mouse action support for sending window to different activity (Bug #305758)
DONE	kwin	'Slide back' effect should react on stacking order changes (Bug #294490)
DONE	kwin	Track mouse effect generates graphics artifacts (Bug #304435)
DONE	kwin	vertical maximization doesn't work as expected (Bug #91703, Review 103948)
DONE	kwin	Slide Back: Sometimes the Inactive window pops to the font for apprx. one frame when it is activated. (Bug #294865)
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port Task Manager applets to QML
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	refresh Air Plasma theme
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port Kickoff to qml
TO DO	systemsettings	Replace krandr KCM by libkscreen-based one	Dan Vrátil <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Port rssnow to qml
IN PROGRESS	various	KActivities/SLC support for most our applications
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	first desktop SLC applet release
TO DO	plasma workspace	Top-rated documents for Task Manager	Ivan Čukić <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	window manager	Rework and optimize vertex buffer object handling, vertex uploading, and the window and decoration painting code
IN PROGRESS	window manager	Dynamic shader generation
DONE	window manager	Add support for creating an OpenGL 3.1 core context
DONE	window manager	GL_ARB_robustness support
DONE	window manager	Support for detecting GPU resets, and restarting the compositor
IN PROGRESS	activities	Encrypted activities
DONE	powerdevil	Improve profile error handling (DPMS)
TO DO	plasma workspace	Social Feed	Martin Klapetek <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	plasma workspace	Order and group tasks by activity
DONE	kmenuedit	Ability to sort entries in the sub-menus (Bug #108419)
DONE	kmenuedit	Add move up/down buttons (Bug #61537)
DONE	plasma notifications	Add button to notifications that allow configuring them
DONE	plasma batterymonitor	Improve situtation with multiple batteries (show battery names, dont just sum up _all_ the percentages etc)
TO DO	powerdevil	Implement notifications for non-internal batteries (aka "Your mouse is running low")	Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
DONE	plasma batterymonitor	UI overhaul for battery monitor
TO DO	powerdevil	Remember action settings when action is disabled	Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	klipper	Allow to keep items in clipboard history
TO DO	plasma weather data engine	Add search query (based on code from libplasmaweather)	Michał Dutkiewicz <[email protected]>
TO DO	plasma weather data engine	Allow to sort search results by relevance score	Michał Dutkiewicz <[email protected]>
TO DO	powerdevil	Asynchronous fallable actions	Oliver Henshaw <[email protected]>
TO DO	powerdevil	Further asynchronicity in powerdevil	Oliver Henshaw <[email protected]>
TO DO	screenlocker	inhibitions/idle tracking in ksmserver (Bug #318461)	Oliver Henshaw <[email protected]>
TO DO	screenlocker	Fixes for legacy screensaver that are too invasive for bugfix releases	Oliver Henshaw <[email protected]>

kde-baseapps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	FolderView	Split into PopupApplet and Containment	Ignat Semenov <[email protected]>
TO DO	FolderView	Port to QML	Ignat Semenov <[email protected]>
TO DO	Dolphin	Clean up Places panel context menus	Kai Uwe Broulik <[email protected]>
TO DO	Dolphin	Permit to disable certain context menu plugins by default if they jeopardize the stability of the application	Frank Reininghaus <[email protected]>
TO DO	Dolphin	KFileItemModelRolesUpdater: only perform expensive operations for items inside (or close to the) visible area	Frank Reininghaus <[email protected]>
TO DO	Dolphin	KFileItemModel: reduce memory usage by making use of implicit sharing	Frank Reininghaus <[email protected]>
DONE	Dolphin	Middle clicking on archive files in dolphin does not open them in a new tab. (Bug #196035)
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	"Create new folder" in the folder panel (Maybe use DolphinContextMenu). (Bug #270360)
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Factor out the tabbing code from DolphinMainWindow into different classes + Implement tab-bar drag and drop (with drop indicator). (Bug #216433)
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	TimSort + Sorting Benchmarks
DONE	KTextEditor & Kate Part	new interface KTextEditor::MessageInterface
DONE	Kate Part	Code folding rewritten (faster, more robust and correct)
TO DO	Kate	Search-plugin: Add "Current file mode"	Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
DONE	Kate	Search-plugin: As-you-type search in current file
DONE	Kate	Search-plugin: Multi line search & replace
DONE	Kate	Search-plugin: Replace "\<number>" with corresponding regexp-captures in the replace string
DONE	Kate	gdb-plugin: Unify the stack trace and local variables to one ToolView
DONE	Kate	gdb-plugin: Do not update stack/locals view if not visible
IN PROGRESS	Kate Part	Vim Mode Macro support
DONE	Kate	Pâté plugin now supports Python2 or Python3 as a build-time option
DONE	Kate	Pâté GID plugin now supports autocompletion based on the contents of the ID file
DONE	Kate	Many generic functions and generic classes, likely the more outstanding are the autocompletations. Now you can create a code completion model with very few lines from Python
DONE	Kate	Pâté python utils plugin. Utils to Python: Checker Parse, Checker Pep8, Checker Pyflakes, Snippets
DONE	Kate	Pâté javascript utils plugin. Utils to JavaScript: Autocomplete, Autocomplete jQuery, Checker JSLint, Pretty JSON, Snippets
DONE	Kate	Pâté XML pretty plugin. A simple XML pretty printer. XML formatter which a good indents
DONE	Kate	Pâté Django utils plugin. Utils to Django: Snippets, and template utils
DONE	Kate	Pâté Python autocomplete plugin.
DONE	Kate	Integration of the python_autocomplete and python_console_ipython plugins with the project plugin .
TO DO	Konsole	Improve the search filter bar	Francesco Cecconi <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konsole	Add the --separate cmdline option for running in new process	Jekyll Wu <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konsole	Make the d&d popup menu optional	Jekyll Wu <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Settings for WebKit Part	Allan Sandfeld <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Marble	Have support for "repeatX" in the projection classes	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
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]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Foursquare plugin
DONE	Marble	OSM vector rendering (GSOC branch merge)
DONE	Marble	Dock Widgets
DONE	Marble	Stars Constellations
IN PROGRESS	Marble	KML I/O Improvements
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Basic KML Editor
DONE	Marble	WebKit Powered Info Dialog
DONE	Marble	License Information Info Box
DONE	Marble	Navigation Tool Redesign
TO DO	Marble	Zoom to content of geo file after loading (at least on start-up)	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Geo files thumbnailer	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Geo files metadata extractor	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
DONE	Marble	GHNS Map Installation In Marble Qt
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Support GPX-tracks in elevationProfile
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Spherical Projection Panning
TO DO	Rocs	Data Structure Backend wise iconsets and preconfigurations for types	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO	Rocs	Printing and image export of graphs.	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO	Rocs	Data Structure Snapshot and Recovery.	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO	Rocs	Visual Graph Editor Handling: copy&paste, data structure focus, property display	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Rocs	In-Program documentation for scripting API
IN PROGRESS	Rocs	Scripting API cleanup
TO DO	Rocs	Statistics module: scripts may add statistics data during algorithm executions	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO	Rocs	Text-only interface for Rocs aka Cantor backend	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
TO DO	Rocs	Worksheet Integration	Andreas Cord-Landwehr <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Cantor	Python backend
IN PROGRESS	Kig	Geogebra Support
IN PROGRESS	Kig	CAS Backend
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Matrix support
DONE	KTouch	Right-to-Left Training
IN PROGRESS	KTouch	Support for Custom Lessons
DONE	KStars	User data and Custom Catalog SQLite Databases
DONE	KStars	What's Interesting Tool

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KJumpingCube	Make computer think-times shorter and responses faster
DONE	KJumpingCube	Provide five skill levels (previously three)
DONE	KJumpingCube	Provide board size up to 15x15 (previously 10x10)
DONE	KJumpingCube	Add multi-move undo and redo (previously one move only)
DONE	KJumpingCube	Improve the algorithm for computer opponent Newton
DONE	KJumpingCube	Make a new toolbar layout with a general-purpose stop-start button
DONE	KJumpingCube	Add optional pauses after computer moves or animation steps, to help new players understand how the game works
DONE	KJumpingCube	Major internal restructure and rewrite: involving separation of model, view, control and AI classes, new classes for Game and AI_Box and executing AI code on a separate thread

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	libkipi	Porting libkipi to KDE-XML GUI
DONE	kolourpaint	WebP image format plugin
DONE	okular	Configurable review tools Bug #159601
DONE	okular	Undo/Redo support in forms and annotations Bug #177501

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Juk	Port Juk away from kde3support
DONE	Juk	Support excluding directories from a recursive search Review Request 110273
DONE	Juk	Add support for Ogg Opus audio editing/playback (requires TagLib and Phonon also support)

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KGet	Metalink/HTTP Support

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Facebook resource	Include it in default install	Martin Klapetek <[email protected]>
TO DO	kcalcore	Support for ical UID property in kdepim (kcalcore and gui)	Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
TO DO	Akonadi Client Libraries	GID Fetch Support	Christian Mollekopf <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KABC	use uid's for references in ContactGroups
IN PROGRESS	Akregator2	Merge in kdepim
IN PROGRESS	Knode	Merge in KMail
IN PROGRESS	BackupMail	Extend backup to all kdepim apps
IN PROGRESS	Sieve	Rewrite dialogbox
IN PROGRESS	libs	Move folderview to kdepimlibs/akonadi
IN PROGRESS	SendLaterAgent	Agent for allow to send later mails
IN PROGRESS	PimActivity	Create a library to support activity in pim apps
DONE	kolab-resource	Make Kolab 3.0 option available
DONE	headerthemeeditor	Program to edit kmail header theme based on Grantlee
DONE	Sieve	Add support for autogenerate sieve script
DONE	Blogilo	Use new widget component based on qtwebkit for html editor
DONE	ImportWizard	Allow to import settings/data for trojita and improve all others importer

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Microblog	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Eyes	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	FifteenPuzzle	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Luna	replace with QML version
IN PROGRESS	Timer	replace with QML version

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	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	Okteta	Add tagged unions to structures tool
IN PROGRESS	Okteta	Add array indices to structures tool
DONE	Umbrello	widget resize feature
DONE	Umbrello	graphical indicator for "Widget-has-documentation"

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Ark	Merge Basyskom's contributions	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
DONE	KWallet	UI Refactoring

kdetoys

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KTeaTime	Bring back the system tray progress indicator known from KTeaTime 4.6.5 and earlier (Bug #279222)	Stefan Böhmann <[email protected]>