David Faure has announced the release of KDE Frameworks 5.77.0.

KDE Frameworks 5.77.0 released

12th December 2020. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.77.0.

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/

Attica

Fix crash in provider loading by checking reply pointer before deref (bug 427974)

Baloo

[DocumentUrlDB] Delete child list entry from DB if empty
Add Presentation document type for Office OpenXML slideshow and template
[MetaDataMover] Fix lookup of parent document id
[DocumentUrlDB] Add method for trivial renames and moves
[MetaDataMover] More test cases for renames
[DocumentUrlDB] Remove redundant isEmpty() check
[MetaDataMover] Remove no longer used include
[MetaDataMover] Make renames a DB only operation
[Document] Add parent document ID and populate it
[MetaDataMover] Extend tests to cover renames
[BasicIndexingJob] Fix implicit QByteArray -> QString conversion
Replace direct syslog call with categorized logging message
[Document] Replace constructor with default values

Breeze Icons

Add text-field variants: -frameless (-> text-field), -framed
Add symbolic name symlink for input-* icons
Add icon for True Type XML font
Add add-subtitle
Change MathML icon to use a formula and use specific mime type
Add icon for QEMU disk image and SquashFS image
Add edit-move action icon
Add icon for core dumps
Add a bunch of subtitle mime types
Remove useless blur from kontrast icon

Extra CMake Modules

Fix category extraction from desktop files
Define install dir variable for file templates
Add fastlane metadata generation for Android builds
(Qt)WaylandScanner: Properly mark files as SKIP_AUTOMOC
Fix updating of apptemplate tars

Framework Integration

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

KActivitiesStats

Removed debugging output
ResultModel: expose resource MimeType
Add event filtering for files and directories (bug 428085)

KBookmarks

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

KCalendarCore

Fix maintainer, that is supposed to be Allen, not me :)
Re-add COLOR property serialization from RFC7986
Add support for CONFERENCE property
Add alarmsTo convenience method to Calendar
Check that by day recurrences do not precede dtStart
Revert "Add COLOR property serialization from RFC7986."

KCMUtils

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
remove hack that broke multi level kcms in icon mode

KConfig

Fix KConfigGroup::copyTo with KConfigBase::Notify (bug 428771)

KConfigWidgets

Remove redundant setLayout() call

KCoreAddons

Revert "Port some usage of QStringRef to QStringView"
Port some usage of QStringRef to QStringView
[ktexttohtml] Add test case for empty text
Make int to QChar conversion explicit
Remove unused include
Guard QRegExp include behind deprecation flag
Fix include for NAME_MAX
Avoid to crash when factory is empty (when we return an error)
KFormat: Add more relative date time cases
Enable KPluginFactory to optionally pass KPluginMetaData to plugins

KDAV

Remove it as it creates too many errors

KDeclarative

Sync margins from AbstractKCM into SimpleKCM
Remove obsolete license text
Relicense file to LGPL-2.0-or-later
Relicense file to LGPL-2.0-or-later
Relicense file to LGPL-2.0-or-later
Relicense file to LGPL-2.0-or-later
Rewrite KeySequenceItem (and helper) to use KeySequenceRecorder (bug 427730)

KDESU

Properly parse escaped double quotes
Add OpenBSD's doas(1) support

KFileMetaData

Port some deprecated method
Fix some leaks in OpenDocument and Office OpenXML extractors
Add several subtypes for OpenDocument and OpenXML document

KGlobalAccel

Load statically linked kglobalacceld interface plugins

KDE GUI Addons

Remove redundant setLayout() call (parent is passed to Q*Layout ctor)
Make shortcut inhibition work from the get-go (bug 407395)
Fix potential crash in wayland inhibitor teardown (bug 429267)
CMake: Find Qt5::GuiPrivate when Wayland support is enabled
Add KeySequenceRecorder as base for KKeySequenceWidget and KeySequenceItem (bug 407395)

KHolidays #

Fix rounding of sun position events less than 30s before the next hour
Avoid parsing each holiday file twice in defaultRegionCode()
Compute the astro seasons only once per occurrence
Fix holiday region lookup for ISO 3166-2 codes
Make HolidayRegion copyable/movable
Add support for calculating civil twilight times

KIconThemes

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
Revert "Add selected property to effects"
Add selected property to effects
Use qDebug instead if icon theme is not found

KIdleTime

Load statically linked system poller plugins

KImageFormats

test: don't convert image format if possible
No longer descease color depth to 8 for 16 bit uncompressed PSD files
tests: Remove qimage_format_enum_names and just use QMetaEnum

KIO

NewFile Dialog: allow to accept directory creation before stat has run (bug 429838)
Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
Don't leak DeleteJob thread
KUrlNavBtn: make opening subdirs from dropdown menu with the keyboard work (bug 428226)
DropMenu: Use translated shortcuts
[ExecutableFileOpenDialog] focus Cancel button
Places view: highlight place only when it is displayed (bug 156678)
Add property to display plugin actions in "Actions" submenu
Remove newly introduced method
KIO::iconNameForUrl: resolve icon for remote files based on name (bug 429530)
[kfilewidget] Use new standard shortcut for "Create Folder"
Refactor context menu loading and make it more scalable
RenameDialog: allow to overwrite when files are older (bug 236884)
DropJob: use new edit-move icon for 'Move Here'
Fix moc_predefs.h gen when ccache is enabled through -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=ccache CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1=g++
We require Qt 5.13 now, so remove ifdef
Port KComboBox to QComboBox
Doc fix requested by Méven Car @meven
Refactor some loops using modern C++
Cleanup dead code
Remove redundant check if key exists
Simplify code for RequiredNumberOfUrls
Remove some blank lines
Simplify code and make it more consistent
ioslaves: fix remote:/ root permissions
KFileItem: isWritable use KProtocolManager for remote files
Add overload to prepend actions to the "Actions" menu
Use modern code style
Do not add unnecessary separators (bug 427830)
Use a braced initializer_list instead of << operator
MkPathJob: rewrite conditionally compiled code to improve readablity

Kirigami

Make GlobalDrawer header set the position of ToolBars/TabBars/DialogButtonBoxes
inViewport attached property
fix header slide on touchscreen
-warning
Refactor AbstractapplicationHeader with a new "ScrollIntention" concept
on desktop always fill anchors to parent
[controls/BasicListItem]: Don't anchor to nonexistent item
Don't display avatar text on small size
Remove # and @ from the extraction process of avatar initial
Initialise property in sizeGroup
use mouse interaction on isMobile for easier testing
don't apply bottompadding 2 times
Hotfix leading/trailing using trailing values for leading separator margin
[controls/BasicListItem]: Add leading/trailing properties
fix sheet positioning on contents resize
Apply old behavior in wide mode and don't add topMargin in FormLayout
Fix form layout on small screen
You can't use an AbstractListItem in a SwipeListItem
Revert "[FormLayout]: Wrap section headers" (bug 429115)
Fix "Unable to assign [undefined] to int" in OverlaySheet
[overlaysheet]: Don't do a janky transition when content height changes
[overlaysheet]: Animate height changes
Fix overlay sheet positioning
always set index when clicking on a page
fix FAB s dragging in RTL mode
Refine list separator appearance (bug 428739)
fix drawer hanles in RTL mode
[FormLayout]: Wrap section headers
Revert "[FormLayout]: Wrap section headers"
[FormLayout]: Wrap section headers
Fix rendering borders the proper size with software fallback (bug 427556)
Don't place software fallback item outside of shadowed rectangle item bounds
Use fwidth() for smoothing in low power mode (bug 427553)
Also render a background color in low power mode
Enable transparent rendering for Shadowed(Border)Texture in lowpower
Do not cancel alpha components for shadowed rectangle in low power mode
Don't use a lower smoothing value when rendering ShadowedBorderTexture's texture
Remove "cut out" steps from shadowed rectangle and related shaders
Use icon.name instead of iconName in the doc
[Avatar] Make icon use an icon size close to the text size
[Avatar] Make the initials use more space and improve vertical alignment
[Avatar] Expose sourceSize and smooth properties for anyone who wants to animate the size
[Avatar] Set the source size to prevent images from being blurry
[Avatar] Set the foreground color once
[Avatar] Change background gradient
[Avatar] Change border width to 1px to match other bother widths
[Avatar] Make padding, verticalPadding and horizontalPadding always work
[avatar]: Add gradient to colours

KItemModels

Remove redundant setLayout() call
Remove test app, KRecursiveFilterProxyModel is deprecated since 5.65
KRearrangeColumnsProxyModel: only column 0 has children

KItemViews

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
We require Qt 5.13 now, so remove ifdef

KJobWidgets

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

KMediaPlayer

Install player & engine servicetype def. files by file name matching type

KNewStuff

Fix uninstalling when the entry isn't cached
When we call to check for updates, we expect updates (bug 418082)
Reuse QWidgets dialog (bug 429302)
Remove old workaround logic
Wrap compatibility block in KNEWSTUFFCORE_BUILD_DEPRECATED_SINCE
Do not write cache for intermediate states
Use enum for uncompression instead of string values
Remove a bit of dead code
Fix entry disappearing too early from updatable page (bug 427801)
Use more deprecation macros and do internal porting
Use proper deprecation macros
Setup to build without deprecations
Add DetailsLoadedEvent enum to new signal
Emit new signal and old one for compatibility
Rework adoption API (bug 417983)
Fix a couple of stragglers with old provider url
Remove entry from cache before inserting new entry (bug 424919)

KNotification

Remove redundant setLayout() call
Don't pass transient hint (bug 422042)
Fix case-sensitive error of AppKit header on macOS
Do not invoke invalid notification actions
Fix memory handling for notifybysnore

KNotifyConfig

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

KPackage Framework

Drop X-KDE-PluginInfo-Depends

KParts

Deprecate embed() method, for lack of usage
Make KParts use KPluginMetaData instead of KAboutData

KQuickCharts

Rework line smoothing algorithm
Move applying interpolation to the polish step
Properly center point delegates on line chart and size them with line width
Add a "smooth" checkbox to line chart example
Ensure line chart point delegates are properly cleaned up
Also show name in tooltip on Line chart page example
Document LineChartAttached and fix a typo in LineChart docs
Add name and shortName properties to LineChartAttached
Document pointDelegate property more thoroughly
Remove previousValues member and fix stacked line charts
Use pointDelegate in Line chart example to display values on hover
Add support for "point delegate" to Line charts
LineChart: Move point calculation from updatePaintNode to polish

KRunner

Deprecate KDE4 package remnants
Remove unneeded test
Use isValid() method instead of nullptr check
Simplify nullptr checks
Make use of new KPluginMetaData plugin constructor support of KPluginLoader
Add trailing commas
Rework internals of match id methods and add tests for it

KService

[kapplicationtrader] Fix API docs
KSycoca: recreate DB when version < expected version
KSycoca: Keep track of resources Files of KMimeAssociation

KTextEditor

Port KComboBox to QComboBox
use KSyntaxHighlighting themeForPalette
fix i18n call, missing argument (bug 429096)
Improve the automatic theme selection

KTextWidgets

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

KWayland

Compile without deprecated method

KWidgetsAddons

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
Don't emit twice passwordChanged
We require Qt 5.13 now, so remove ifdef
typo--
Add KMessageDialog, an async-centric variant of KMessageBox
Restore the old default popup mode of KActionMenu
Port KActionMenu to QToolButton::ToolButtonPopupMode

KWindowSystem

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
Load statically linked integration plugins
Portaway from pid() to processId()

KXMLGUI

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()
We depend on Qt 5.13 now so we can remove this check
Introduce HideLibraries and deprecate HideKdeVersion
Rewrite KKeySequenceWidget to use KeySequenceRecorder (bug 407395)

Plasma Framework

[Representation] Only remove top/bottom padding when header/footer is visible
[PlasmoidHeading] Use technique from Representation for inset/margins
properly forward containmentDisplayHintsChanged
Add a Representation component
[Desktop theme] Rename hint-inset-side-margin to hint-side-inset
[FrameSvg] Rename insetMargin to inset
[PC3] Use PC3 Scrollbar in ScrollView
Report inset of zero where appropriate
[Breeze] Report inset hint
[FrameSvg*] Rename shadowMargins to inset
[FrameSvg] Cache shadow margins and honor prefixes
Finish the animation before changing the length of the progressbar highlight (bug 428955)
[textfield] Fix clear button overlapping text (bug 429187)
Show drop menu at correct global position
Remove slim-
Use gzip -n to prevent embedded buildtimes
Use KPluginMetaData to list containmentActions
Port packageStructure loading from KPluginTrader
Use KPluginMetaData to list DataEngines
check for parent
Remove dead cmake code
Actually add highlight svg
Revert "[Dialog] Make BackgroundHints a flag and add DiscardBackgroundMargins"
Revert "[Dialog] Don't apply margins with DiscardBackgroundMargins instead of reverse"
Revert "[Dialog] Evaluate margins when BackgroundHints change"
Remove FullRepresentationFillArea for now
[PlasmaCore] Make ConstraintHint a flag and add FullRepresentationFillArea
Revert "[IconItem] Add selected property"
[Dialog] Evaluate margins when BackgroundHints change
[Dialog] Don't apply margins with DiscardBackgroundMargins instead of reverse
[TabBar] Add highlight on keyboard focus
[IconItem] Add selected property
[FrameSvg*] Expose shadows margins
[Dialog] Make BackgroundHints a flag and add DiscardBackgroundMargins
Make MarginAreasSeparator value more clear
Add monochrome tray icon for Kup
[TabButton] Align center icon and text when text is beside the icon
[SpinBox] Fix logic error in scroll directionality
fix mobile scrollbar in RTL mode
fix RTL for sliders
[PC3 ToolBar] Don't disable borders
[toolbar.svg] Increase margin size by 2x
[PC3 ToolBar] Use correct svg margin properties for padding
[pc3/scrollview] Remove pixelAligned
Add margin areas
Introduce margin area separator constraint
Revert "Revert "BasicPlasmoidHeading component""
Revert "BasicPlasmoidHeading component"

Prison

Pass parent to Q*Layout ctor instead of calling setLayout()

Purpose

Remove unused include
[bluetooth] Fix sharing multiple files (bug 429620)
Read translated plugin action label (bug 429510)

QQC2StyleBridge

button: rely on down, not pressed for styling
Reduce the size of round buttons on mobile
Remove debugging leftover
fix mobile scrollbar in RTL mode
fix progressbar in RTL mode
fix RTL display for RangeSlider

Solid

Include errno.h for EBUSY/EPERM
FstabBackend: return DeviceBusy where umount failed on EBUSY (bug 411772)
Fix detection of recent libplist and libimobiledevice

Sonnet

Use contains instead of indexOf

Syntax Highlighting

fix dependencies of the generated files
indexer: fix some issues and disable 2 checkers (capture group and keyword with delimiter)
indexer: fix some issues
add comments
fix warning
indexer: more RegExpr checkers
remove checkWordDetect
indexer: more RegExpr checker
indexer: check unused context
indexer: load all xml files in memory for easy checking
C++ highlighting: update to Qt 5.15
relaunch syntax generators when the source file is modified
systemd unit: update to systemd v247
ILERPG: simplify and test
Port qprinter deprecated method
Zsh, Bash, Fish, Tcsh: add truncate and tsort in unixcommand keywords
Latex: some math environments can be nested (bug 428947)
Bash: many fixes and improvements
add --syntax-trace=stackSize
php.xml: Fix matching endforeach
apply suggestions
rename function
Move bestThemeForApplicationPalette from KTextEditor here
Update README
debchangelog: add Trixie
alert.xml: Add `NOQA` yet another popular alert in source code
cmake.xml: Upstream decided to postpond `cmake_path` for the next release



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