New Feature Proposals

Proposals that have a committed owner (the ones without a committed developer are not covered by the formal release process and 14-days rule.

Note that the 14-days rule clock start ticking when a proposal has a committed developer and it stops when anyone that are registered as a user on Foswiki.org raises any concern.

Proposals where 14-day rule applies

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Release
AddHideOptionToSTARTSECTION	Add a hide option to STARTSECTION	11 Feb 2018	GeorgeClark
CleanUpFoswikiLocales	Provide relevant locale support in pure Foswiki code and eliminate perl/OS locale	14 Mar 2016	JulianLevens
DependenciesFreedom	Foswiki dependencies and installation simplicity.	31 Oct 2016	VadimBelman
FeatureSets	Fine-granular control over supported features	16 Nov 2016	VadimBelman	3.0
KatacodaFoswikiTutorial	Katacoda Foswiki tutorial	27 Apr 2020	BramVanOosterhout
OONewPluginModel	The new OO foswiki needs new OO plugins.	14 Nov 2016	VadimBelman	3.0

Proposals with concern raised (14 day rule does not apply)

Uncommitted proposals

These are FeatureProposals that require a committed developer. See also ParkedFeatureProposals.

Topic	Summary	Release	Edited
MicrosoftTeamsIntegrationOfFoswiki	Microsoft Teams Integration of Foswiki		05 Feb 2021 - 14:27
OfficeConnector	Provide an Office Connector like in Confluence		09 Jan 2019 - 14:49
OfferAnOpenSearchPlugin	Offer an OpenSearch plugin		05 Oct 2018 - 14:56
UpdateEnhanceWYSIWYGEditor	Update / Enhance WYSIWYG Editor		09 Mar 2018 - 12:21
PreventRedundantFileReadsInStore	Prevent redundant file reads in store	2.2	30 Jan 2018 - 09:33
UseRefererForRPC	Use of Referer HTTP header as a source of default web.topic for RPC calls		13 Jan 2018 - 15:49
GuardAgainstCopyrightInfringement	Add controls and documentation to reduce infringing topics.		04 Sep 2017 - 13:39
ImproveOOModel	Foswiki OO model need to be more comprehensive and unified.	3.0	10 Nov 2016 - 20:59
ManagingApplications	Manage and deploy Applications		17 Oct 2016 - 10:41
NewOODesignPlan	Time to plan the new Foswiki core design.	3.0	05 May 2016 - 15:56
MooFoswikiPm	Foswiki.pm is to be split and session object is to be reconsidered.		11 Apr 2016 - 23:39
MooStoreImplementationClasses	Current implementation is hacky and not Moo-compatible	3.0	01 Mar 2016 - 17:24
EnhancementToWebMacro	Suggested Enhancement to WEB Variable		17 Feb 2016 - 08:46
AddDKIMEmailSigning	Add code to sign emails with DKIM		13 Feb 2016 - 18:04
AddFurtherTopicNameControls	Add optional controls on valid topic names		20 Jan 2016 - 08:03
RequirePerl510From2017x03	Ongoing upgrade of minimum perl version		07 Jan 2016 - 22:46
DeprecateErrorPm	Deprecate Error.pm		07 Jan 2016 - 15:36
UntangleStorePubDirectory	Separate out storage of files that are not managed by Store APIs		15 Dec 2015 - 14:48
WantedPages	Want to view a page that lists all internal links that don't yet have a created wiki page.		19 Nov 2015 - 20:39
PluginOrderShouldSpecifyLastPlugins	Allow PluginOrder setting to also specify the last plugins to process	3.0	03 Nov 2015 - 16:34
DIsplayBrokenuserLinksBetter	Display broken user links better		03 Nov 2015 - 15:57
GroupNamesShouldBeLanguageIndependent	Group names should be language independent		10 Sep 2015 - 06:02
FeatureRequestTopicTemplate			27 Jul 2015 - 12:53
TextEditModePreviewWindow	Preveiw Window does not remember size		22 Jun 2015 - 14:21
AllowFootNotePluginDeactivation	FootNotePlugin should have an option for topic specific deactivation		10 Apr 2015 - 16:55
ReplacementForChili	Replacement for chili syntax highlighter		09 Feb 2015 - 15:29
TasksWebFacelift	Tasks web could really use a facelift		28 Sep 2014 - 15:39
SynchroniseInlineAndMetaPrefs	In-line * Set preferences should always match META:PREFERENCE, and vice versa		02 Jun 2014 - 00:03
WebAdminPages	Default topics that handle admin topics		06 Apr 2014 - 00:01
ImproveAttachmentHandling	Attachments need better tools for searching, tagging, viewing and file handling		07 Mar 2014 - 20:12
SupportDITA	It would be really neat if Foswiki could fully support DITA publishing		17 Feb 2014 - 08:24
FormattedSearchReturnPatternAndCountInContext	Feature Proposal: Enhance Formatted Search to return pattern and count in context		18 Nov 2013 - 16:16
AddListOperationsToFORMAT	Add list operations to FORMAT		17 Oct 2013 - 09:31
WriteAQueryCookbook	A query cookbook is essential to help new users		23 Apr 2013 - 07:55
SimpleChecklistSupport	Support simple checklists as inspired by Evernote		31 Oct 2012 - 15:57
EncodeMacroOutputForJavaScript	ENCODE macro should have a mode for outputting JavaScript string constants		24 Oct 2012 - 09:28
CertificatedStatisticsUpdate	Add certifiable statistics update script		07 Oct 2012 - 18:25
RemoveDuplicationInTheStore	Once and for all, get rid of insane duplication in meta-data		23 Jul 2012 - 22:20
MovingConfigIntoFile	Moving hash based configuration into external file		29 May 2012 - 06:43
ConsolidateTablesWithData	Present and edit data forms using table editors		21 May 2012 - 10:43
BorrowXwikisIncludeMechanism	It should be possible to include topic sections in wiki table cells		16 May 2012 - 09:54
ClientSiteEditorInNatEditPluggable	Make the client side editor in NatEdit pluggable		25 Apr 2012 - 15:00
DateAsAQueryHint	Add date() as a query function		25 Apr 2012 - 06:41
FormaliseTheProgrammingLanguage	Formalise the topic Programming Language		22 Apr 2012 - 01:01
MissingInsteadOfUndefined	Add missing as an alternative to undefined in QUERY		23 Mar 2012 - 09:18
SectionalTransforms	Enhance STARTSECTION - improve common usages for defining re-usable markup snippets		19 Mar 2012 - 11:20
SupportMultiKeySorting	Support multi-key sorting in SEARCH		27 Feb 2012 - 23:45
RelayAlertsToTopicTop	Relay Alerts to the top of the view page		24 Feb 2012 - 10:56
GeneralisedCHARTdefinition	Standardise the CHART macro definition		24 Feb 2012 - 08:40
SecurityChecklists	Security checklists for the uninitiated		23 Feb 2012 - 19:16
TrimAllSpaces	Variation on TRIM to remove all spaces		23 Feb 2012 - 05:14
EnhancedShowPreference	A full record of all Preferences across all webs would help in site consistency		17 Feb 2012 - 11:29
SearchResultsWithHeadingLinks	It would be really neat if search results contained links to headings, à la Google (or à la Bing/Yahoo)		04 Feb 2012 - 00:42
SyntaxForDelayingMacrosAndFormatTokens	Eliminate $dollar etc hell. Also see older UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder		01 Jan 2012 - 11:36
AutoincFormfieldPlugin	AutoincFormfieldPlugin		25 Oct 2011 - 11:53
KinoSearchThroughTagMeTags	It would be really nice if KinoSearch could go through the tags created with TagMe plugin		12 Oct 2011 - 12:19
DataFormInheritance	Proposed feature for inheritance of DataForm fields		12 Aug 2011 - 14:04
SupportDynamicGeneratedAttachments	Support dynamic or generated attachments		14 Jun 2011 - 12:23
EnhanceInsertEditLinkDialog	It would be nice if TinyMCE's Insert/Edit link dialog had a possibility to search through all topic names		23 Mar 2011 - 08:09
FormPluginTopicDefnition	It would be nice to be able to set the topic using form data variable substitution		19 Mar 2011 - 22:20
FuncMoveTopicIgnorePermissions	It would be great if moveTopic would have an ignorepermissions option		09 Mar 2011 - 17:03
MakeWEBFORMSMoreUsable	WEBFORMS is a PITA		22 Jan 2011 - 00:40
CachedIncludes	Improve performance of nested sectional includes		12 Nov 2010 - 05:26
QueryCustomCollections	Query links and backlinks		07 Nov 2010 - 23:56
QueryAccessControls	It should be easier to get a definitive overview of the Access Controls present on a given topic.		07 Nov 2010 - 23:50
DynamicViewEditHandling	I'd like FW to dynamically decide whether an edit page is needed.		07 Nov 2010 - 11:51
RevCommentsTopicDelete	When deleting a Topic to Trash, have the ability to enter a descriptive revision comment		30 Oct 2010 - 08:40
MailInContribAdditionalEmailSendTo	Currently if set to "reply" on error, just the email originator is sent an email message with the error. It would be good to nominate a "CC" email address say to the foswiki admin or whoever.		25 Oct 2010 - 11:20
ParentTopicMailInContrib	Specifying both topic name and parent name would be useful		25 Oct 2010 - 10:27
ImproveVirtualHostSupportInApacheConfigGenerator	Let's get virtual hosting sorted out		01 Oct 2010 - 20:34
DataFormFieldPermissions	Set permissions for DataForm fields		21 Sep 2010 - 14:05
DefineOtherMacroExpansionTypes	Define Other Macro Expansion Types		17 Sep 2010 - 01:39
AddSortingBehaviourToSearch	Add different sorting behaviour(s) to search output		08 Jul 2010 - 08:17
EasierNestedSearch	Reduce $dollar		08 Jul 2010 - 06:20
MoveFoswikiCodeIntoCPAN	migrate foswiki into CPAN		16 Jun 2010 - 08:05
CreoleSupport	Why wouldn't FosWiki support Creole markup ?		05 May 2010 - 06:59
DeKiAlikeWYSIWYG	DeKi-alike WYSIWYG		19 Mar 2010 - 02:51
FixDelete	Fix brain-dead delete		17 Mar 2010 - 22:58
FoswikiBookProposal	A community-written book		16 Mar 2010 - 12:42
TopicsShouldGetTypesFromFormsNotNames	Topics should get types from forms (or other method) not from names (Bogus forms and templates)		15 Mar 2010 - 19:27
LimitCreationOfSubWebs	Limit the creation of sub webs separately		24 Feb 2010 - 14:13
SyntaxHighlightingEditor	Syntax Highlighting Editor		30 Dec 2009 - 14:09
EditChapterPluginChildSections	EditChapter should always show body of a chapter, not just a title.		24 Dec 2009 - 16:58
SupportXMLGeneration	Support an XML schema for webs/topics		05 Dec 2009 - 15:16
InterfacingWithValidationMethods	Strikeone and friends need a cleaner API		19 Nov 2009 - 09:02
TopicObjectModel	Topic Object Model (TOM)		06 Nov 2009 - 06:26
SearchBySection	SEARCH should be able to search in a specified section		06 Nov 2009 - 06:06
RedesignAdminToolsCategory	Redesign AdminToolsCategory		19 Sep 2009 - 10:59
CronWizardFunctionalityInEachRelavantPlugin	Better Crontab documentation in each plugin		03 Jul 2009 - 07:01
MailerContribShouldOptionallyExcludeCertainAuthors	MailerContrib should not notify on changes by certain authors (incl. $MYSELF)		23 Jun 2009 - 11:04
OneTimeNotification	One Time Notification for Topic Creation		20 Mar 2009 - 23:58
SupportHorizontalMenusThroughRenderListPlugin	Define a horizontal menu with alt and title tags using a bulleted list		11 Mar 2009 - 11:04
AllowTopicAccessWhenFormRestricted	The access rights of a form overrule the access rights of the topic to which it is attached		24 Nov 2008 - 10:35