Sunday, 9 October 2022
KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.99.0.
KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the KDE Frameworks release announcement.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
New in this version
Breeze Icons
- Add text/javascript symlink
Extra CMake Modules
- Correctly separate multiple interface compile definitions
- Also resurrect std::auto_ptr on MSVC when using Exiv2
- API dox: document KAPPTEMPLATESDIR & KFILETEMPLATESDIR
KCalendarCore
- Use dtStart as the default for dtRecurrence
KCMUtils
- Fix missing kcmutils_proxy_model export in static builds (bug 459123)
- Launch KCMs that are not part of systemsettings in kcmshell5 (bug 458975)
KConfig
- Only warn about a file being inaccessible if we know which file it is
- Fix size and position restoration on multimonitor setups (bug 458963)
- Warn when accessing an inaccessible config file
- Fix minValue/maxValue for KConfigCompilerSignallingItem
KConfigWidgets
- add KHamburgerMenu::insertIntoMenuBefore() method
KContacts
- Make QtQuick trully optional
KCoreAddons
- Cache portal urls
- Add new bugReportUrl standard metadata property (bug 370195)
- Add support for static builds
- Fix moc configuration of K_PLUGIN_CLASS macro
- Use a non-deprecated notify signal for the KJob::percent property
KDBusAddons
- Don't assume we have X11 on Windows with Qt 6
- Remove obsolete KDBusConnectionPool from the Qt 6 build
- Fix static compilation on non-X11 systems
KDeclarative
- KeySequenceItem: Restore the previous value when it fails
- Remove project() calls from subdirs
- KeySequenceItem: Allow detecting when the key sequence is cleared (bug 458799)
- KeySequenceItem: Use the helper's shortcut instead of duplicating them
- KeySequenceItem: Disable clear button when there's no key sequence (bug 458798)
- KeySequenceItem: Cancel sequence recording when pressing the button
- KeySequenceItem: Remove workaround, it was addressed upstream
- KeySequenceItem: Show a cancel button when recording (bug 458796)
- GridDelegate: show tooltip when
toolTip
is empty and title/caption is elided (bug 459052) - AbstractKCM: make footer top padding optional
- [kquickaddons/configmodule] Make getters const
KDESU
- Drop setgid in favor of disabling process tracability explicitly
KDE GUI Addons
- KeySequenceRecorder: Do not emit gotKeySequence when cancelling
- recorder: Allow setting the initial value of currentKeySequence
- recorder: Fix workaround in KDeclarative
- recorder: Do not keep two sequences at the same time (bug 458795)
- recorder: Never request inhibition twice for the same surface or seat (bug 458795)
KHolidays
- Add Japanese substitute holiday in 2023
KI18n
- Add useful info to warning
- Really support :usagetip cue (bug 459283)
- Warn if the domain is empty
- Mark codeLanguage as const
- KCatalog: make setting LANGUAGE env var more robust (bug 444614)
KIconThemes
- KIconEngine: Use QFileInfo::completeBaseName
- KIconEngine: Return actual icon name of loaded icon (bug 432293)
- Add dedicated kiconloader_p.h header for KIconLoaderPrivate
KIdleTime
- Add native wayland plugin
- xsyncbasedpoller ctor initialize m_sync_event
KImageFormats
- pcx: Do not support sequential devices (bug 459541)
- Fix maximum number of channels (testcase added)
- LibRaw_QIODevice::seek() avoid seek on a sequential device
- LibRaw_QIODevice::seek() bounding checks
- Camera RAW images plugin (bug 454208: on my Debian with KF5.96 and the pulgin installed, I see the preview of all my RAW files (ARW included) in Dolphin)
- Enables opening of XCF files with Width and/or Height greater than 32K
- Replace C cast with reinterpret_cast
- avif: adjust for libavif breaking change in YUV<->RGB conversion
- Fix image allocation with Qt 6
KIO
- DesktopExecParser: Fix parsing of TerminalApplication when it contains args (bug 459408)
- KPropertiesDialog: Split single command entry box into separate exec and args (bug 455252)
- Allow hiding permissions tab
- Port http to workerbase
- Worker template: fix install location
- kcms/webshortcuts: hide from System Settings' main navigation
Kirigami
- Improve DefaultListItemBackground code
- MnemonicAttached: Make sure to return StyledText-compatible strings for richTextLabel
- CategorizedSettings: ensure space for long words and don't wrap in weird places (bug 458393)
- private/PrivateCardsGridView.qml: Anchor DelegateRycler to an existing item
- ActionsMenu: Properly cleanup the menu
- Restore going back/forward in ColumnView using back/forward mouse buttons (bug 436790)
- Improve settingscomponents/CategorizedSettings.qml code formatting
- do not evaluate strings directly, use string's length instead
- show the title background when the title is aligned to vertical center
- Use new CI templates for static builds
- Add RestoreMode to Binding objects
- Examples: use normal target installation arguments var
- Make link buttons look more like links (bug 459227)
- Remove unused indicateActiveFocus property
- Port pushpopclear example away from Kirigami.Label
- Don't violate min <= max assert in qBound in Qt 6
- FormLayout: Fix confusing argument name in method implementation
- imagecolors: make extracted colors follow WCAG contrast criterion (bug 457861)
- colorutils: add
luminance
- colorutils: avoid negative L in LabColor
- colorutils: add
colorToXYZ
- BannerImage: Delay recalculating title size until after anchors have settled
- Always reset m_futureImageData to null after deleteLater (bug 456047)
- OverlaySheet: Fix some mis-indentation and missing return in JavaScript
- fix scrolling calculation
- Use Qt Shader Tools for shadow shaders with Qt 6
- InlineMessage: Make the MouseArea work better with external MouseAreas
- InlineMessage: add hoveredLink property
KItemModels
- Remove obsolete classes from the Qt 6 build
KNewStuff
- [kmoretools] Allow analyzing remote folders with Filelight
- Fix search fields resetting text when changing window size (bug 455345)
- Fix circular visibility condition for upload action
- Fix broken layout on dialog footer
- Drop unnecessary Qt6Core5Compat dependency
- Remove remnants of QTextCodec usage
KNotification
- Add CMake option to build WITHOUT_X11
KPackage Framework
- Build test KPackage structure as static plugin
- Fix duplicate symbol in static builds (bug 459099)
- Ignore sddmtheme dependencies if we do not have the knsrc file installed (bug 415583)
- Remove unneeded known categories
KQuickCharts
- Unpack points in the fragment shader of a line chart (bug 449005)
- Adapt shaders to use Qt shader tools for Qt 6
- Adapt to QSGMaterialShader API changes in Qt 6
- Adapt to variant comparison changes in Qt 6
KRunner
- QueryMatch: Make long docstrings for enum values more readable
- Deprecate QueryMatch::MatchType::InformationalMatch
- Runner templates: fix install location
KTextEditor
- Macro replaced by factory function
- Small refactor to KateViewInternal::word{Prev,Next}
- Tests for basic cursor movement between words
- Remove shell-like completion handling on TAB
- Allow code completion using the tab key
- clipboardialog: add placerholder label when empty
- Unassign transpose character shortcut
- avoid magic to compute line (bug 450817)
- Enable indent-on-paste for indenttest
- Fix cstyle/indentpaste4 script
- Fix cstyle tests: elsething and fork
- Disable R indenter debug mode
- Don't change indent-on-paste default yet
- Add tests and fixes for R indent-on-paste
- Add tests and fixes for julia indent-on-paste
- Add tests for ruby indent-on-paste
- Add tests and fixes for python indent and indent-on-paste
- Fix python indent script trigger character detection with empty chars
- Disable cstyle.js debug mode
- Add tests and fixes for cstyle indent and indent-on-paste
- Enable 'indent text on paste' by default
- Normalize signatures in mainwindow.cpp
- Plugin template: fix install location
KWayland
- PlasmaWindowManagement: Avoid unbounded recursion and delay in readData (bug 453124)
- client/plasmashell: fix applet popups displacing other windows (bug 459523)
- client/plasmashell: add fallback for applet popups (bug 459188)
- require PlasmaWaylandProtocols 1.9.0 and bump supported plasmashell version to 8
- ConnectionThread: connect by symbol rather than by name
- ConnectionThread: Move event dispatcing into a separate method
- ConnectionThread: Make sure we consume properly the threads
- Add support for wl_output version 4
KWindowSystem
- Port QtWinExtra uses for Qt 6
- Remove QWindow::isExposed() check in activateWindow() (bug 458983)
KXMLGUI
- use same config for position restoration as for position saving
NetworkManagerQt
- Export NetworkManager namespace
- Guard access to wirelessNetworkInterface in wirelessNetwork (bug 459500)
- Rename interfacesAdded slot in manager to dbusInterfacesAdded
Plasma Framework
- Don't violate the min <= max assert in qBound in Qt 6
- IconLabel: always enable
fillWidth
- wallpaperinterface: allow wallpaper plugin to set custom accent color
- Add CMake option to build WITHOUT_X11
- PC3/IconLabel: Simplify Layout.fillWidth expression for label
- ExpandableListItem: make fewer assumptions about the action
- Clear PasswordField with Ctrl+Shift+U (bug 451550)
- Add fade in and out animations to PC3 ToolTip
- Reset devicePixelRatio after loading the cachedBackground of mask
- Always give FrameSvg's mask in logical pixels
- desktoptheme/breeze: update disk.svg (bug 445810)
- Remove shortcut to make corona immutable
- ExpandableListItem: add arrow key navigation support
- PC3/ProgressBar: Fix sizing bugs, reformat code, remove animation hacks (bug 456550)
- Port IconItem to use Qt Shader Tools for Qt 6
- Remove commented out dead slot
- Keep Tooltips the proper type (bug 446375)
- don't remove the shadow on ~Dialog (bug 437920)
Prison
- Increase quiet zone for qrcode (bug 458222)
Purpose
- Fix QML warning, properly refer to the view
- Remove unneeded EXPORT_SHARE_VERSION usages
QQC2StyleBridge
- ToolTip: Don't strip ampersands from HTML entities
- Grammar & typo in README.md
- Also check for controlRoot.size > 0 (bug 458486)
- Revert "also check for controlRoot.size > 0"
- also check for controlRoot.size > 0 (bug 458486)
- ToolTip: use Text.Wrap, not Text.WordWrap (bug 459331)
- ToolButton: Do not layout for the icon when it's not set (bug 459470)
- ProgressBar: Add TODO KF6, since we can't remove the workaround now
- Add fade in/out animations to ToolTips
- SpinBox: Flip left/right padding for styles with indicators on the sides
- SpinBox: Avoid explicit horizontalAlignment in TextField for better RTL
- SpinBox: Remove assignment which is never read
- SpinBox: Reset activeSubControls when neither of indicators are active (bug 459004)
- SpinBox: Let hover events propagate through TextField to the control (bug 459004)
- SpinBox: Reformat QML for better code style and clarity
- SpinBox: AlignLeft by default
- SpinBox: Use implicit size based on the max value
- SpinBox: move onTextEdited to contentItem, check acceptableInput
- SpinBox: update imports
Solid
- FstabStorageAccess: Trim output from (u)mount
- udisks2: Handle NotAuthorizedCanObtain and NotAuthorizedDismissed
Syntax Highlighting
- Bash,Zsh: add Dollar Prefix style for simple variable
- Zsh: disable spellcheck
- Zsh: fix Parameter Expansion style for )) in $((...)) and add missing parameter expansion flags
- Bash: fix Parameter Expansion style for )) in $((...))
- prefer Oklab to CIELAB for perceptual color difference in ansi256 mode
- PostgreSQL: Remove # as line comment
- Improve ASN.1 highlighting
- Ruby: add keywords used for refinements to the mixin methods list
- Python: add := operator, built-in functions and special methods
- Crystal Syntax Highlighting Definition: // operator, macros, keywords
- debianchangelog.xml: Set default filename
- bash.xml: The other (more correct) form of multiline comments
Security information
The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key: pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure faure@kde.org Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB
Installing binary packages
On Linux, using packages for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Get KDE Software on Your Linux Distro wiki page
Compiling from sources
The complete source code for KDE Frameworks 5.99.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.99.0 Info Page.
Building from source is possible using the basic cmake .; make; make install commands. For a single Tier 1 framework, this is often the easiest solution. People interested in contributing to frameworks or tracking progress in development of the entire set are encouraged to use kdesrc-build. Frameworks 5.99.0 requires Qt 5.15.2.
A detailed listing of all Frameworks with API documentation is on api.kde.org.
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