11th September 2021. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.86.0.
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 https://kde.org/products/frameworks/ Breeze Icons Add language-chooser symlinks for Maliit keyboard Add keyboard icons for maliit Breeze theme Add symlinks using reverse domain name for Haguichi app and status icons Add new bookmark-new and bookmark-edit icons Re-organize bookmark icon symlinks kdenlive icons: Simplify xml and try to fix breeze-dark Use a rotating gear for the process-working animation Remove itinerary icons Add Xfce compatibility symlinks (bug 432333) Extra CMake Modules ECMSetupQtPluginMacroNames: avoid adding duplicates to vars in config code Enable KDEGitCommitHooks on Windows KDE Doxygen Tools Mention this updates api.kde.org, use standard kde/src paths, improve language KBookmarks Add support for static builds KCodecs KCharsets: add custom US-ASCII QTextCodec as workaround for QTBUG-83081 KConfig Add Ctrl+Alt+Comma shortcut for "Configure Keyboard Shortcuts" (bug 441537) Make enum value visible to QML when using GlobalEnum mode KDesktopFile::isAuthorizedDesktopFile: reduce warning to info a log KConfigWidgets Add support for static builds Hide KHamburgerMenu in QMenus when a native menu bar is used (bug 439997) KCoreAddons KFileSystemType: Fix hurd build Python bindings: skip KPluginFactory::loadFactory and KNetworkMount KStringHandler: insert ZWSP between camelCase sub-words in preProcessWrap Create utility methods for plugin loading Deprecate KPluginMetaData::instantiate method Deprecate KPluginLoader class KPluginLoader: move static methods to KPluginMetaData Fix issue when building KCrash static (bug 440416) Downgrade the "invalid plugin" warning message to a debug message KFileSystemType: add a method to return filesystem type name KDAV Adapt to KIO DavJob factory methods removing QDomDocument from their API KDeclarative Try to fix Android build via linking GLESv3 qtquicksettings: Add workaround for Nvidia Wayland (bug 432062) GridDelegate: Fix non-existant context property AbstractKCM: Fix padding when header/footer is not visible Don't use the KIO AccessManager on Android KDocTools Move ksnake to deprecated and add ksnakeduel entity Add an entity for Kigo KGlobalAccel Fix launching commands with args using kstart5 (bug 433362) Start processes with kstart5 if available (bug 433362) KHTML Be more lenient in reading QImages KIconThemes Add support for static builds KImageFormats SGIImage::writeImage: Properly fail if the image is too big exr: Port to std::log/pow PCXHandler::write: Properly fail if the image is too big KIO Inline kssld operators to avoid duplicate symbol errors (bug 428807) KFilePlaceEditDialog: Make the trash url non-editable KFilePlaceEditDialog: Always preserve previous icon (bug 439622) Check for "PrefersNonDefaultGPU" desktop entry (bug 433714) DBus activation with filemanager iface Build on Android without D-Bus kio_http: wrap a long error message (bug 160399) Port internal usage of KDesktopFileActions::executeService Remove unneeded org::kde::KDirNotify::emitFilesChanged part from deprecation message Deprecate KDesktopFileActions::userDefinedServices overload Fix wrong deprecation of method in previewjob KMountPoint: match by device ID (dev_t) in findByPath() KMountPoint: check for more network filesystems Don't include FUSE support on Android Don't include the internal/discrete GPU switching support on Android Don't use KAuth on Android Exclude various non-functional components from the Android build kio_file: detect failure to create symlinks due to filesystem support (bug 253678) Add icons for XDG publicshare and templates dirs Change KIO's default behavior to fork slaves rather than use klauncher [JobUiDelegate] Ensure button icon name and label aren't empty Also exclude KAutoMount on Android Don't build KDynamicJobTracker on Android CommandLauncherJob: don't use a shell when not needed Allow using scheme handler in OpenURLJob if kio slave exists too Deprecate the last bit of QDomDocument in the public KIO API CopyJob: ask users about replacing invalid characters in file/folder names (bug 199063) SkipDialog: ask users about replacing invalid chars when copying files/dirs KCoreDirLister: un-anchor the regex pattern in setFilter() [kpropertiesdialog] Allow editing icons for root-owned desktop files KDirOperator: expand to url only in detail tree view (bug 440475) Kirigami Switch many loaders to asynchronous Don't use DropShadow for overlay drawer handles Avoid creating then immediately discarding a page's ActionButton instance Add "Report Bug" action to the about page Support horizontal scrolling in ScrollablePage Use text as tooltip only for icon-only buttons (bug 441810) Fix Page.rightAction being labeled as leftAction in API docs [ActionTextField] Use small icon sizing for actions Add settings components Make the static build build again Add Attached property used as a hint for application to enabled spellchecking Handle KirigamiPluginFactor::createPlatformTheme returning nullptr Use rate limiting to display warnings for deprecated Units properties Remove iconScaleFactor and related code from Units Only load the first style plugin that we find Rewrite Units in c++ Load theme definition when Kirigami is built with bundled resources fix isCurrentPage controls/AbstractApplicationHeader: disable hiding on touch scrolling behaviour by default (bug 439923) controls/AbstractApplicationHeader: make it possible to disable hiding on touch scrolling behaviour KItemModels Enable static build of QML plugin Don't force QML plugin to be shared library KJobWidgets Build without D-Bus on Android KNewStuff Port from KMountPoint to QStorageInfo Set KLocalizedContext for QtQuickDialogWrapper Use QToolButton for reset button as we have the same style KPackage Framework Deprecate unused virtual functions in PackageLoader Try loading package structures by name kpackagetool: Fix small typo in its output KParts Don't use D-Bus on Android KQuickCharts Refactor LineChartNode to reuse LineSegmentNode Increase minimum size for line chart interpolation Implement batching for Line chart material Add a property to BarChart that renders it as horizontal bars Support specifying a corner radius for bar chart bars Support setting a background color for bar charts Refactor BarChart to use individual nodes per bar and an sdf shader KRunner Output warning if unknown X-Plasma-API is requested Deprecate constructor overload which can not be used with KPluginFactory cmake: Remove intermediate copy target Use the pointer-to-member-function QObject::connect() signal/slot syntax Add snippet on how to port deprecated AbstractRunner action methods abstractrunner: Deprecate utility methods for actions dbusrunner: Add Teardown and Config methods to D-Bus interface KService Add support for PrefersNonDefaultGPU desktop key Deprecate plugin instanciation methods in KService/KServiceTypeTrader Point docs to KPluginMetaData/KPluginFactory instead of KPluginLoader KTextEditor Python indentation: decrease indent when appropriate keyword is typed (bug 392732) indentation: add Julia indentation script KateModeManager: unify wildcardsFind() and mimeTypesFind() KateModeManager::mimeTypesFind: consider types with negative priorities Simplify presentation of word wrapping options KateModeManager::wildcardsFind: consider types with negative priorities KateWildcardMatcher => KSyntaxHighlighting::WildcardMatcher KateWildcardMatcher: treat unmatched filename prefixes as no match tidy up text area config appearance widget Only process BOM for valid encodings (UTF-8/16/32) Do not show encoding error when file only contains BOM (bug 272579) KUnitConversion Fix initialization of currency values (bug 441337) Fix automatic currency file sync after 24h (bug 441337) KWayland Implement set_frost in contrast protocol Implement org_kde_plasma_window_management::send_to_output Decouple activation feedback from plasma window management global plasma-window-management: Support new activation concepts KWidgetsAddons KTitleWidget: Set frame backgroundRole to Window KFontChooser: add a default constructor that takes a QWidget* first arg KFontChooser: add a new shorter constructor, and setter methods KFontChooser: deprecate "relative font size" methods KMessageDialog: add buttons by default KWindowSystem Add blur and frost to fiddly thingy Implement setting frost Provide methods to translate to Qt types Provide constructors for compatibility with Qt types Read uncomplete WM_CLASS string (bug 441005) Don't link publicly against XCB (bug 441266) Add find_dependency for X11 and XCB Remove unused xrender dependency Make link against X11 and XCB public Use imported targets for X11 libs Support static builds on Linux as well KXMLGUI Add support for static builds Oxygen Icons Import icons from KAlarm Plasma Framework ExpandableListitem: Implement the expanded button view in a better way Fix wide button content alignment ExpandableListItem: Fix overlapping entries with many expanded items (bug 428102) ExpandableListitem: Fix stylus input for buttons (bug 426079) CMake: do not expand variables beforehand IconItem: No need to disconnect before deleting avoid holding onto old Svg object when changing source of an IconItem don't make duplicate connections to ThemePrivate::onAppExitCleanup [PC3&PC2/TextField] Consistent sizing of clear button with kirigami Plasma::PluginLoader cache: Only store and return single plugin for given id Applet & Containment: Take KPluginMetaData in constructor Add top line to plasmoidheading similarly to titlebar Fix Plasma (non-Qt) icon scaling with integer scale factors [calendar] Don't rely on ServiceType for distinguishing between old and new plugins Define new KPackageStructure property in kpackage structures Consistently name kpackage structures Implement KirigamiPluginFactory::createPlatformTheme Correct include location of Kirigami Units Port Kirigami Plasma plugin Units to use a C++ implementation [Calendar] Fix pinned calendar displaying the wrong number of dots (bug 440627) Deprecate unused virtual methods in Plasma::PluginLoader [PC3/TextField] Fix text color with certain themes (bug 438854) Purpose [imgur plugin] Add Delete Url support Port Telegram plugin to KIO::ApplicationLauncherJob QQC2StyleBridge Fix combobox popup in RTL mode (bug 441178) Label: set horizontalAlignment explicitly Vertically center slider (bug 410672) MenuItem: make it look more like Breeze QStyle Menu: make it look more like Breeze QStyle Add C++ Units implementation ScrollBar: less scuffed implementation of reading from QStyle (bug 418327) SpinBox: less scuffed implementation of reading from QStyle Syntax Highlighting cpp.xml: Add two QFlags-related macros markdown.xml: End nested sub-headers fold regions when parent header is closed (bug 441278) Python: Add "yield from" keyword (bug 441540) Julia highlighting fixes Simplify helpers of Repository::definition[s]For*() Optimize Repository::definitionFor(FileName|MimeType) Repository: unify definitionsForFileName() and definitionsForMimeType() add extra resource path lookups for app files Remove caseSensitive parameter to optimize WildcardMatcher Export WildcardMatcher Accept both Definition objects and definition names Move the default repository management out of KQuickSyntaxHighlighter Add a QObject wrapper for Repository Don't hardcode the default theme, but pick one based on the palette Import Eike's QtQuick syntax highlighter and adapt the build system WildcardMatcher: treat unmatched filename prefixes as no match Port QStringRef (deprected) to QStringView Add rbreak and watch keywords for GDB highlighting Properly highlight RR keywords containing a dash PL/I: Also recognise "pl1" extension and MIME type default themes: Add contrast between String and VerbatimString breeze-light.theme: Add contrast between strings and raw strings isocpp.xml: Highlight raw string delimeters (bug 440038) Update Kconfig highlighter to Linux 5.13 Security information The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key: pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure <fa...@kde.org> Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.86.0 -- David Faure, fa...@kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr Working on KDE Frameworks 5