Feature Proposals under Investigation

Proposals that are under investigation and don't yet fulfil the basic criteria in the release process mainly

• Proposals must have a developer that commits to drive the feature to completion (there is no demand on how soon).

Topic	Summary	Bugs Item
AccessControlInFormFields	Adding Access control to Form Fields
AddCharSetToMetaTopicInfo	Add character set to META:TOPICINFO
AddDepthLimitToWebList	The WEBLIST feature could be improved with a depth limit
AddDescriptionSettingToGroupTopics	Add DESCRIPTION setting to group topics
AddFormatParamToMetaParent	Add format to META{"parent"}
AddFormfieldParamToMetaParent	add $formfield to META{"parent"}
AddParentVariableToTemplate
AddSettingsTopicParamToEditAndSave	add a settingstopic parameter to edit&save	Bugs:Item5701
AddSignatureButton
AddTextAreaPlusRichToTWikiForms	Add textarea+rich type to TWiki Form Definitions
AddTruncateVAR	Add TRUNCATE variable
AddUSERSLISTandGROUPSLIST	Add USERSLIST TWiki variable
AddUserAgentToConfigure	Add User Agent to configure
AddValuesToPreferenceVariable
AdditionalOrderedListOptions
AdministratorControlledWorkflow
AfterBreakLockHandler
AgeSensitiveTopicDates	Age Sensitive Dates on Topics
AllWebsNotify
AllowASN1AsAbbreviation
AllowTopicNameThatBeginsWithSmallLetter	Allow Topic Name That Begins With Small Letter
AllowUrlParamsInBracketNotation	Allow url params in bracket notation
AlternateFormRendering	Allow alternative rendering of forms as directed by a template
ApacheCompatibility	When can one use mod_perl, fastcgi, speedycgi?
AppendSignatureJavascript
ApprovingRegistrations	An extension to the AuthenticationSubSystem
AttachLockRequest	Implement Collaborative Editing Flow for attachments
AttachUrlForOtherTopics	Allow the ATTACHURL variable to reference other topics
AttachedFileLinkFormatExt	Enhancement of ATTACHEDFILELINKFORMAT (and ATTACHEDIMAGEFORMAT) with $date, $fileext, ...
AttachmentRenameOnUpload	Rename Attachment to Match Latest Upload
AutoConnection	Automatic Connection (two way link)
AutoCreateOnViewProposal	Auto-create topics upon view, if they're non-existent, in webs with a WebAutoCreateViewTemplate topic
AutoIncStep	AUTOINC step value
AutomatedTestingFramework	Automated Testing Framework
AutomaticAttachments	Attachment tables automatically based on PubDirectory
AutomaticHeaderAndFooterInclude	Automaticly include header and footer in form based topic
AvoidNonWebsInWeblist	Avoid non-webs in %WEBLIST%
AvoidRenameLosingHistory	fix for broken links and history created by renaming topics
AvoidShootingSelfInFoot	Prevent Users from Locking Themselves out of their pages
BatchMoveAndReparent	Discussion regarding mass moving groups of topics from one web to another.
BetterColors
BetterLists	Relaxed list syntax
BetterRevisionControl	Revision Control should have a better Diff-View
BetterThandoRememberRemoteUser
BetterVirtualHostSupport	Current configure assumes individual installs
BrokenVerbatim
BrowserAndProxyCacheControl
BulkCreatePagesUsingTemplate	Generic variation on BulkRegistration
CalendarPluginNeedsGui	The CalendarPlugin needs a GUI
CanonicalTWikiVariables	Simplify and make consistent the syntax for defining and referencing TWiki variables.
CellSpanFeatureForEditTablePlugin	New cell span feature for EditTablePlugin	Bugs:Item4910
CgiObjectShouldHandleA	CGI object should handle the a method like CPAN:CGI
ChangePrivilegesTopicAction	More Topic Actions: Change Privileges
ConfigurableEditAnyway	Configurable Edit Anyway Link
ContentAccessSyntax
ContextIsAdmin	Add Context IsAdmin to IF Statements
ContinueListNumbering	Give possibility to (manually) continue list numbering
CorrectParameterPassing	URL parameters with 0 value are not passed properly by getScriptUrl
CreateNewTopic
CreateNoEditSkin	Create a Skin without Editing Links
CreatePackagesForLanguages	Create Packages For Languages
CreatedateOutputFormat	Configure output format of search variable $createdate
CustomPageTitle	Ability to change page titles on a per-page basis
DOMAccessibleToPlugins	Make the SafeWikiPlugin DOM tree available to other plugins
DatalistFormFieldType	Add a datalist to the form field types
DefaultMobileSkin	Standard Skin for Mobile Devices
DefaultTextInSearch	SEARCH to have parameter "default"
DefineSettingInForm	Posibility to define a setting for all Topics using the TWikiForms
DelayPasswordChangeUntilResetLinkClicked	Delay Password Change Until Reset Link is Clicked
DiffShouldSupportByWord	Topic Diffs should support by-word comparison
DisplayFormFieldToolTipInEdit	Provide option to display the "Tool tip" attribute in the form when editing.
DoWeNeedToShipClassicSkin
DynamicFormOptionDefinitions	Allow definition of TWikiForms field values using a FormattedSearch
EasySettingOfViewTemplate	Easy Setting of View Template
EnableOrDisableSeveralTWikiTipsOfTheDay	It should be possible to enable or disable several TWiki tips of the day
EnhanceAllowWebTopicChange	Need Higher Granularity for Privileges
EnhancedTopicTemplateCapabilities	Enhance Topic Templates with more "sections"
ExplodeHierarchalWebsInBreadcrumbs	Hierarchal webs should be exploded in the breadcrumbs
ExtendSECTIONToSupportConditionals	Support block-level IF
FeatureRequestTopicTemplate
FederatedSearch	Expose twiki store to federated searches
FinerGranularityOfEnablingRegistrationBasedOnPatternMatchingEmail	Finer Granularity Of Enabling Registration Based On Pattern Matching Email
FixIncorrectPluginAbort	Fix incorrect way of aborting a plugin invocation
FixSMTPAuth	Fix SMTP Auth
ForcedRegistration	Force users to register
GeneralisedCHARTdefinition	create a generalised CHART Var definition that several ChartPlugins can re-use
GetExtensionsFromTrunk
GetRidOfPseudoHTML	HTML is HTML, and TWiki is TWiki
GoogleDocs	Integration of Google Docs and Spreadsheets in TWiki
GroupsAdditionalFunctionality	Add Additional Functionality to GROUPS variable
HTMLBreaksAutoLink	Auto Links break when inside tags with no whitespace
HackAndSlashTWikiDotOrg	Clear cutting agriculture for a new season
HandleParamsInLinks	Better Handling of Link options and params
HarmonizeSchemaDefinition	Harmonize the Schema Definitions Used
HarmonizeTextAreaDefinition	Harmonize Text Area Definition
HideAttachments	Hide all attachments in topic
HighlightRecentChanges	Automatically highlight recent changes in a twiki page
HowToDeleteUserAccount	TWiki should provide a user interface to delete accounts, rather than needing the administrator to edit files on the backend.	TWikibug:Item4905
INCLUDEdSetvariablesshouldwork	INCLUDEd Set variables should work
IdentifyUsers	Identiify users and groups in TML using a simple syntax
ImagePluginTogetherWithImageGalleryPlugin	ImagePlugin doesn't work with different topics
ImplementSortingByRelevanceInStandard	Implement a sorting by relevance in TWiki-Standard-edition
ImproveWYSIWYG	Let us improve WYSIWYG experience
ImprovingPerformanceWithApacheModCache	Performance With Apache ModCache
IncludeSupportInterwiki	INCLLUDE Should Support Interwiki links
InlineDocsAccordingToPodSpec	Make TWiki inline documentation conforming to POD spec
InsertImage	Easier inserting and resizing of images
InstallationGuideLinkNotVisibleEnough
KeystrokesForSlideShowPlugin	Enhance Slide Show Plugin for keystroke shortcuts
LimitNumberOfRevisionsDisplayedInHistory	Limit or Make Configurable the number of revisions shown in History results
LiveForms	Add "Live Forms" to TWiki
MailNotificationEnhanced	More powerfull mail notification
MakeAnchorVariable	Make it easier to link to unique headings
MakeSignatureFormatConfigurable	Make signature format configurable	TWikibug:Item5335
MakeTWikiCfgPublicToExtensions	Proposal to make TWiki::cfg public to plugins
MetaDataDrivenTagDesign
MissingGrepUnreported	Twiki should complain when e or fgrep are missing
ModifyContentAccessSyntax
MoreThanPreLessThanVerbatim	Need Something Between Pre and Verbatim
MoveMultipleAttachmentsAtOnce
NeedAccessControlDENYWEBNEW	Adding DENYWEBCREATE and ALLOWWEBCREATE to access rules
NeedWebRootVariable	new variable "WEBROOT"
NewLayoutForMoreScreen	New Layout for More Screen
NoUpdateIfNoChange	Save script not to update if there is no change
NoWrapInTableCells	Stop table cells from wrapping
NotificationTimeChoice	Add time granularity to MailInContrib
NotifyByTag	MailInContrib Notify with Tags
NumberedHeadersAndLists	patched TWiki.pm for numbered headings and lists
Odf2TWiki	translating .odf files to TWiki markup Language
PackageTwistyContribInTwistyPlugin	Package TwistyContrib into TwistyPlugin
PluginGarbageCollection	Plugins need a working/temp file cleanup mechanism
PreventTagExpansionInEditTable	Prevent premature tag expansion in editable tables
ProblemAddingReportError	Have problem_adding report the actual error
ProcessAddToBodyStart	Need a mechanism to add to the start of the body tag
ProposedUTF8SupportForI18N	Support for UTF-8 in TWiki in three phases, starting with UTF-8 URLs
PurgeRevisionHistory
RecentViews	List of recently viewed topics
RefactorPluginsPipeline	Plugin execution order mechanism is too crude
RegenerateAllStats
RegexSearchWithEmbeddedKeywordSearch	Regex Search with Keyword Search
RelayAlertsToTopicTop
RemoveInfoFromViewPrint	Remove topic info from viewprint mode
RemoveLocalLibCfg
RemoveSubscriptionFunction	removeSubscription() function is absent in MailerContrib
RenameAttachments	Rename attachments
RenameTheMainWeb	change name of "Main" web to "Users" or "People" to reflect most common usage
ReplaceParameterForIncludeVariable	Introduce new parameter "replace" to INCLUDE variable
RequiresPluginVariable	A TWiki variable to check if a plugin is enabled
RestructuringWebLeftBarProposal	Factor common web left bar stuff to a common topic
RtspExternalLink	Support automatic external links for rtsp
SaveByAdmin	Save Topics by Admin User
SearchAllPublicWebsVariable	Search All Public Webs Variable
SearchProperHandlingOfDateStrings	SEARCH cannot order according to date strings in forms
SearchWordDocsPlugin	Be able to search MS word doc attachments.
SecuringAttachments
SegregateWikiness	Segregate Wikiness
SetMultipleDirsInSetlibDotCfg	CPAN installs into multiple directories, not into a single one. $localPerlLibPath needs to take an array.
ShowLocalTimeOfUser
SimplifySkinCreation
SkinSelectionUsingAgent	Enable skin selection via Web Agent name / request
SoYouWantToWriteAPlugin	So you want to write a plugin
SoundexSearch
SupportAccessToArbitraryMetaDataFromSEARCH	Support access to arbitrary meta-data in search results format
SyntaxHighlightingEditor	Syntax Highlighting Editor
TWikiCommentSyntaxInTopics	Create code commenting syntax
TWikiInstallerWindows
TWikiLevelComments	way to make TWiki-level comments in topics
TWikiPluginForSproutliner	TWiki Plugin for Sproutliner
TWikiStoreWithMongoDB	TWiki Store with MongoDB
TWikiTopicUpdateMetadata	Save Metadata about topic changes.
TableOfContentsIgnoreNullHeaders	TOC variable to ignore null headers
TemplateAclInheritance	Template ACL Inheritance issue
TimePickerPlugin	Request for Time Picker Plugin
TopicObjectModel
TopicSaveErrorWithTopicsContainingSpace	Errors when creating a topic with name containing spaces or other "bad" characters
TopicTitleH1Enhancement	Enhancement To Topic Title Variable
UnregisteredUsersShouldBeTWikiGuests	Retaining REMOTE_USER has too many problems
UpdateAttachmentsDontWorkAsExpected	Change file uploads so that selecting a file's action and then uploading a different filename will not create a new file.
UseFckeditorForWysiwyg	Use FckEditor as the default wysiwyg editor
UseUTF8	Use UTF-8 internally in TWiki
UserAgentSpecification	Set User Agent for TWiki's Include Requests	TWikibug:Item5830
UserContributions	Improved System for User Contributions
UserMailList	User Mail list for support
UserSuppliedHeadingAnchorNameForToc	Auto-generated anchor name for ToC varies
VarENCODETransformNewlineIntoHTML	VarENCODE with an adicional parameter type to convert newlines into HTML
VarIncludeOptionallyUsesProxy	Allow INCLUDE to optionally use proxy
VersionSpecificFileLinksInAttachmentsTable	Have file links in attachment table include a URL param to get latest version
VersionUpdates	Features List For Newest Version
ViewNonExistingTopicShouldHttp302	view non-existing Topic should HTTP 302
WYSiWYGAttachPaste	WYSIWYG auto attach/paste img
WebAdminPages	Default topics that handle admin topics
WebAdminTopic	Add a WebAdmin Topic
WebClusters	Web Clusters
WebSegregation	Separating Webs with their own WEBMASTER
WebTopBarShouldBeWebPerWeb	WebTopBar and WebBottomBar Should be Customizable on a per-web basis
WhatTWikiNeedsForAStructuredWiki	UI Elements TWiki needs to be a real structured wiki
WizardForFirstUserAndAdmin	Wizard like way to become first user and admin
WorkFlow	a six year evolving discussion on the best WorkFlow for twiki.org

Feature Proposals Hidden in the Attic

Proposals that where once under investigation but today they don't have a Committed Developer. Most likely an unimplemented feature from the old workflow.

-- Contributors: CrawfordCurrie, RafaelAlvarez, PeterThoeny - 2010-03-20

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