DevelopmentSpecificationsKMailHTMLEdit

LOCKED SPECIFICATION

FUTURE CHANGES ARE HIGHLY UNLIKELY

• Add basic HTML editing support to KMail
  • Create new basic HTML editor widget with image capability
  • Create method (toolbar icon?) to insert new HTML images into the widget from files
  • Ensure replies to HTML formatted emails can be sent in HTML format
  • Ensure that forwarded messages retain HTML format

• HTML Editor Widget Specifications
  • Parse input HTML provided as TQString
  • Allow editing of basic HTML elements
    • Text Formatting
      • Any installed font can be applied to selected text
      • Selected text can be underlined, italicized or bolded
      • The color of selected text can be changed
      • The size of selected text can be changed
    • Tables
      • New tables can be inserted
      • Rows and columns can be added or deleted
      • Borders can be turned on or off
      • Cell formatting such as alignment and background color can be set
      • Cells can be merged
      • Tables can be sized and centered
    • Structured formatting
      • Multi-Level Bulleted lists
      • Multi-Level Numbered lists
      • Indented sections
    • Miscellaneous
      • Selected text can be turned into a link or if already a link the process can be reversed
      • Pasted material from another HTML source retains formatting
      • Selected and copied material can be pasted in other applications, retaining formatting
      • Pasted form controls can be selected and deleted
    • In-Line Images
      • From File
      • From Clipboard
    • Raw HTML mode?
  • Output HTML provided as TQString
  • Included images provided as a TQPtrList? of TQImage objects
  • Include Doxygen-comaptible comments in source code for API documentation
  • Use platform independent Webkit library to ease later KDE4 port