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)
• Proposals must have a date of commitment (to start the 14-day clock)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item
AddBeforeRenameHandler	Add beforeRenameHandler to the Plugin API
AddConfigurationWizard	Add a configuration wizard for authentication
AddContainsComparitorForQuerySearch	Provide a new comparitor to aid queries against fields which contain list data
AddFoswikiFuncWikifyWebTopicName	Add a Foswiki::Func::wikifyWebTopicName() API	Tasks.Item11356
AddLogoutHandler	Add logout handlers for LoginManagers
AddNewWebHandlers	Add beforeNewWeb and afterNewWeb handlers to the Plugin API
AddSetDefaultToTestFields	add set default button / js for form fields
AddSortingBehaviourToSearch	Add different sorting behaviour(s) to search output
AddWikiSnapshots	Add snapshot functionality, mading it possible to browse topics history consistently	Tasks.Item6090
AsciiDocPlugin	Is it difficult to support Wikipedia:AsciiDoc
AttachmentStorageInCMS	Ability to store attachments of certain types in external CMS
AutoincFormfieldPlugin	AutoincFormfieldPlugin
AutomagicalUpdating	Automagical Updating of Foswiki
AvoidShootingSelfInFoot	Prevent Accidental Lockout of Topics
BorrowXwikisIncludeMechanism	It should be possible to include topic sections in wiki table cells
CachedIncludes	Improve performance of nested sectional includes
CategorizeExtensionsInFindExtensions	Group extensions by some indication of code quality
CertificatedStatisticsUpdate	Add certifiable statistics update script
ChangeLoginName	Users should be able to change their login name
ClientSiteEditorInNatEditPluggable	Make the client side editor in NatEdit pluggable
ConfigureScript	Configure Extension autoinstaller should remove be able to uninstall
ConsolidateTablesWithData	Present and edit data forms using table editors
ContentAccessSyntax	Discussions on accessing TopicObjectModel from TML
CopyingToExistingTopic	Copying the topic contents from one page to an already existing page
CreateStandardTopicUpdateNotes	Create standard topic update notes
CronWizardFunctionalityInEachRelavantPlugin	Better Crontab documentation in each plugin
DataFormFieldPermissions	Set permissions for DataForm fields
DataFormInheritance	Proposed feature for inheritance of DataForm fields
DateAsAQueryHint	Add date() as a query function
DeKiAlikeWYSIWYG	DeKi-alike WYSIWYG
DeprecateContextlessURLConstructs	Deprecate Contextless URL Constructs
DeprecateTheTmplLanguage	Deprecate the TMPL Language
DynamicViewEditHandling	I'd like FW to dynamically decide whether an edit page is needed.
EasierNestedSearch	Reduce $dollar
EditChapterPluginChildSections	EditChapter should always show body of a chapter, not just a title.
EncodeMacroOutputForJavaScript	ENCODE macro should have a mode for outputting JavaScript string constants
EncryptDataInTopics	It would be great if users could add personal data to topics, viewed by their own only
EnhanceInsertEditLinkDialog	It would be nice if TinyMCE's Insert/Edit link dialog had a possibility to search through all topic names
EnhancedShowPreference	A full record of all Preferences across all webs would help in site consistency
ExposePreferenceStackTopics	Enable TML authors to see the topics that comprise the preference stack
FeatureRequestTopicTemplate
FinerControlOverPluginsOrder	Need better mechanisms than {PluginsOrder} to control plugin execution order
FixDelete	Fix brain-dead delete
FormPluginTopicDefnition	It would be nice to be able to set the topic using form data variable substitution
FoswikiBookProposal	A community-written book
FoswikiOrgShouldUseSSL	foswiki.org should implement SSL
FoswikiSettingsWizard	Foswiki Settings Wizard
FoswikiToXmlMetsTransition	Add XML based Storeage and query backend
FuncMoveTopicIgnorePermissions	It would be great if moveTopic would have an ignorepermissions option
GeneralisedCHARTdefinition	Standardise the CHART macro definition
ImproveAttachmentHandling	Attachments need better tools for searching, tagging, viewing and file handling
ImproveVirtualHostSupportInApacheConfigGenerator	Let's get virtual hosting sorted out
ImprovedRESTSupport	Enhanced REST Support
InterfacingWithValidationMethods	Strikeone and friends need a cleaner API	Tasks.Item8323
KinoSearchThroughTagMeTags	It would be really nice if KinoSearch could go through the tags created with TagMe plugin
LeadNewInstallersToConfigure	redirect to configure unless when there is no configuration
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.
MailerContribShouldOptionallyExcludeCertainAuthors	MailerContrib should not notify on changes by certain authors (incl. $MYSELF)
MakeOfficialFoswikiBlogOnFoswiki	Foswiki ought to blog about itself using Foswiki software but...	Tasks.Item11285
MakeREMOTEUSERaWikiWord	Make Sure Wikiname Is WikiWord With OpenLDAP Authentication REMOTE_USER
MakeWEBFORMSMoreUsable	WEBFORMS is a PITA
ManagingApplications	Manage and deploy Applications
MassDeleteofSelectedTopics	When a significant number of (non-related) topics need deltion, it would be could to select them in a UI and process all on a single button click.
MergeWYSIWYGEditors	Integrate improvements from Rich Text Editor from VM in Standard (CVS)	Tasks.Item1600
MissingInsteadOfUndefined	Add missing as an alternative to undefined in QUERY
MoveFoswikiCodeIntoCPAN	migrate foswiki into CPAN
MovingConfigIntoFile	Moving hash based configuration into external file
OfficeConnector	Provide an Office Connector like in Confluence
OneTimeNotification	One Time Notification for Topic Creation
OptionToAvoidFlattenedSummaryInFormattedSearch	Option to avoid completely flattening text in FormattedSearch's $summary(nnn)
ParallelSearch	Boost Search Performance in huge webs by doing it parallel
ParentTopicMailInContrib	Specifying both topic name and parent name would be useful
PermissionRawSeparatelyToView	Protecting an application's code needs DENYTOPICRAW
PermissionsChange	Changing Access Permission
PluggableRenderers	Make Foswiki::Render pluggable
QueryAccessControls	It should be easier to get a definitive overview of the Access Controls present on a given topic.
QueryCustomCollections	Query links and backlinks
RegistrationI18N	Changing the registration form for use in I18N
RemoveDuplicationInTheStore	Once and for all, get rid of insane duplication in meta-data
RenameFormField	Form fields need a mechanism to rename
RenameTemplateTopicAndFormTemplateParams	add more sensible synonyms for templatetopic and formtemplate
ReplacementForChili	Replacement for chili syntax highlighter	Tasks.Item11254
RevCommentsTopicDelete	When deleting a Topic to Trash, have the ability to enter a descriptive revision comment
ReviewFileSystemPermissionsAndCheckFix	Review file permissions for consistency and implement checking/fixup
SearchBySection	SEARCH should be able to search in a specified section
SearchResultsWithHeadingLinks	It would be really neat if search results contained links to headings, à la Google (or à la Bing/Yahoo)
SectionalTransforms	Enhance STARTSECTION - improve common usages for defining re-usable markup snippets
SecurityChecklists	Security checklists for the uninitiated
SimpleChecklistSupport	Support simple checklists as inspired by Evernote
SimplifyTheFeatureProposalProcess	The feature proposal process is more complex than required
SmiliesPluginPictures	It would be nice if a SmiliesPlugin picture could come from other sources but the SmiliesPlugin topic
SpreadsheetRegexFunction	Add a Generic REGEX function to CALC
SupportBulkUpdates	Support Bulk Updates
SupportDITA	It would be really neat if Foswiki could fully support DITA publishing
SupportDeferredExecution	Support deferred execution or rendering of complex topics
SupportDynamicGeneratedAttachments	Support dynamic or generated attachments
SupportHorizontalMenusThroughRenderListPlugin	Define a horizontal menu with alt and title tags using a bulleted list
SupportSynchroEdit	It would be really neat to be able to edit pages synchronously, seeing edits by others in real time
SupportXMLGeneration	Support an XML schema for webs/topics
SuppressNonpublishedLinks	Suppress links to topics that are not in the published scope.
SynchroniseInlineAndMetaPrefs	In-line * Set preferences should always match META:PREFERENCE, and vice versa	Tasks.Item10160, Tasks.Item1973
SyntaxForDelayingMacrosAndFormatTokens	Eliminate $dollar etc hell. Also see older UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder
SyntaxHighlightingEditor	Syntax Highlighting Editor
SystemTopicsUpdateMethod	New update method for system topics
TopicDisplayName	Let topics have a display name
TopicObjectModel	Topic Object Model (TOM)
TopicsShouldGetTypesFromFormsNotNames	Topics should get types from forms (or other method) not from names (Bogus forms and templates)
TrimAllSpaces	Variation on TRIM to remove all spaces
UnicodeSupport	Investigate Unicode support for Foswiki	Item5437
UseUTF8	Use UTF8 as the encoding for all stored content	Item5437
UseUTF8PerlRequirements	Upgrade to Perl version best for UTF8	Item5437
UserWebHomes	Provide support for a User web and user subwebs
VarFORMFIELDMissingThirdDefaultParameter	VarFORMFIELD is missing a default parameter option when the field is not instantiated in the topic	Tasks.Item1722
ViewfileHttpRangeHeader	Viewfile could usefully support the Http GET "Range" header
WantedPages	Want to view a page that lists all internal links that don't yet have a created wiki page.
WrapperMacrosForADDTOZONE	Simplify adding JS/CSS to a page, at the same time reduce validation problems, improve security & cache features
WriteAQueryCookbook	A query cookbook is essential to help new users

-- Contributors: CrawfordCurrie - 06 Aug 2008, RafaelAlvarez - 14 Aug 2008