Features

Policy

This section of the wiki is for proposing and tracking new Sugar features. As described in more detail on the Policy Page, we have a process by which community ideas on how Sugar should evolve get transformed into actionable proposals.

Upcoming Stable Release Roadmap

The upcoming stable release is Sugar 0.114.

• See the 0.114/Roadmap and 0.114/Feature List

Feature status

Feature	Proposed by	Status
3G Support	Martin Abente	Landed
About Me	Walter Bender	Landed
Accessibility control panel	Esteban Arias	In progress
Accessibility virtual keyboard	Esteban Arias	In progess
Activity.info	Walter Bender	Idea stage
Activity Help	Kalpa Welivitigoda	Landed
Activity Objects	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Activity as a regular Journal Object	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Activity specific metadata in Journal	Walter Bender	In progress
Ad hoc Networking	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Add Information In About Computer	Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Automatic Proxy Settings	Ariel Calzada	In progress
Automatic activity updates	Daniel Drake	Landed
Avoid surplus Activity launching	Christoph Derndorfer	Obsolete
Background image on home view	Walter Bender	Landed
Backup and Restore	Greg Smith	Landed
Buddy Positioning	Simon Schampijer	In progress
Bug Report	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Bulletin Board	Walter Bender	Obsolete
Can share	Simon Schampijer	Idea stage
Change home view name	James Cameron	Waiting review
Classroom management	Walter Bender	In progress
Clipboard Item Transfer	Simon Schampijer	Idea stage
Clock in Frame	Tony Forster	In progress
Comment box in journal detail view	Walter Bender	Landed
Configuring Hidden Wifi Access Points	Ajay Garg	Landed
Connection Indication	Simon Schampijer	Idea stage
Content support	Daniel Drake	Landed
Cordova Container for Sugar	Lionel Laské & Puneet Kaur	Landed
Develop Web	Kartik K Perisetla	Idea stage
Discovery mode	John Tierney	Idea stage
Display Device	Martin Abente	Landed
Display section for control panel	Walter Bender	Idea stage
Dotted Activity Versions	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Edit panel on Frame	Walter Bender	Idea stage
Enhanced Gettext	Sayamindu Dasgupta	Landed
Enhanced color selector	Walter Bender	Landed
Evince Introspection Bindings	Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Fast Language Switch	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Fixing Collab (Tubes)	Sam Parkinson	Landed
Flash Activities	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
Font configuration	Daniel Drake	Unknown
Frame Panels	Aleksey Lim	Unknown
FreeDesktop integration	Sebastian Silva	In progress
GObject Introspection	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
GTK3	Tomeu	Landed
Global Text To Speech	Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Host Version	Christoph Derndorfer	Idea stage
Icon Change	Ignacio Rodríguez	Landed*
Improved Accessibility	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
Inquiry learning global chat	John Tierney	Idea stage
Introduction Tutorial	Erick Lavoie	Landed*
Join Limits	Walter Bender	Landed
Journal Entry Sharing	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Journal Sort	Andrés Ambrois	Landed
Journal Volume Toolbar enhancement	Walter Bender	Idea stage
Journal data tagged private or public	Walter Bender, Gonzalo Odiard	Idea stage
Keyboard CP Section	Sayamindu Dasgupta	Landed
Language keyboard options	Walter Bender	Idea stage
Launch Limits	Walter Bender	Landed
Lease Information Display	Anish Mangal	Unknown
License selection in Journal	Anish Mangal	Unknown
Messages Notification	Martin Abente	Landed
Metacity	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
Multi XS-server registration	Manash Pratim Das	In progress
Multi selection	Ajay Garg	Landed
Multiple home views	Walter Bender	Landed
Neighborhood List View	Tomeu Vizoso	Idea stage
Network control panel	Frederick Grose	Landed
New ASLO	Sam Parkinson	In progress
New Toolbar Design	Aleksey Lim	Landed
Notification Progress Bar	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Notification Replacement	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Notification System	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Notification Urgency	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Object Bundles	Aleksey Lim	Unknown
Object Collections	Aleksey Lim	Unknown
Onscreen Keyboard	Sayamindu	Landed
Optimize TreeViews	Manuel Quiñones and Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Optional activity updates	Martin Abente Lahaye	Landed
Optional adhoc autoconnect	Martin Abente Lahaye	Landed
Parental controls	Tony Forster	Idea stage
Patch workflow	ALeksey Lim	Obsolete
Peer to Peer Objects Sharing	Aleksey Lim	Landed
Plain Query Format	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Print Support	Daniel Castelo	Unknown
Problem Reports	Wade Brainerd	Landed*
Proxy Settings	Sascha Silbe	Landed
Publish Sugar Version	Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Remove Presence Service	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
Replace GtkMenu	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Replace combo box in journal search	Walter Bender	Landed
Replace combo box in language panel	Walter Bender	Landed
Resource monitoring	Fred Grose	Unknown
Revised Browse default-bookmarks.html	Mel Chua	Landed
Semantic Web	Christophe Gueret	In progress
Server Objects Sharing	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Show Thumb Drives As Hierarchical	James Simmons	Idea stage
Signed Bundles	Wade	Idea stage
SimpleActivity	Agustin Zubiaga	Landed
Simple Messages Notification	Martin Abente	Landed
Smart Objects	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
SoaS Creation Station	Thomas Gilliard	In progress
SoaS Remixability	Thomas Gilliard	In progress
SoaS customization	Thomas Gilliard	In progress
Social Help	Sam Parkinson	Landed
Spent Times	Martin Abente Lahaye	Landed
Spiral Home View	Walter Bender	Landed
Start activity from another activity	Manuel Quiñones	Landed
Statistics gathering	Sebastian Silva	Idea stage
Sugar3 Docs	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Sugar Activity Library on a Stick	Tom Gilliard	Landed
Sugar Adhoc Networks	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Sugar Bundles	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Sugar Creation Kit DVD	Thomas Gilliard	Landed
Sugar Update Control ASLO	David Farning	Landed
Sync datastore object changes	Simon Schampijer	Unknown
TableView Widget	Aleksey Lim	Obsolete
Tabs In Browse	Tomeu Vizoso	Landed
Tags in Journal	Aleksey Lim	Landed
Teacher Buddy	Walter Bender	In progress
Terminal Sharing	Ben Schwartz	Landed
Text To Speech In The Toolkit	Gonzalo Odiard	Landed
Thumbs View in Journal	Aleksey Lim	Landed
Tick based animation	Sam Parkinson	In progress
Toolbar utils	Walter Bender	In progress
Touch	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Touchpad control panel section	Walter Bender	Landed
Transfer to many	Simon Schampijer	Landed
Trigger Bundle Add	Martin Abente Lahaye	Landed
Unified Browser for Objects	Aleksey Lim	Idea stage
Update Favorites	Walter Bender	Landed
WPA-WPA2-Enterprise-Network-Connections	Sascha Silbe	Landed
WebKit	Daniel Drake	Landed
Web services	Walter Bender	Landed
Write to journal anytime	Walter Bender	Landed

See also

For a more organized view of the features, see Category:Feature

More information:

Request New Features | Wish list | Category:Idea | Category:FeatureLanded

Subpages

Features currently under consideration are described on individual subpages, linked below.

• Features/3G Support
• Features/3G Support/Database Support
• Features/3G Support/Share
• Features/3G Support/Testing
• Features/About
• Features/About Me
• Features/Accessibility control panel
• Features/Accessibility virtual keyboard
• Features/Activity.info
• Features/Activity Help
• Features/Activity Objects
• Features/Activity as a regular Journal Object
• Features/Activity specific metadata in Journal
• Features/Ad hoc Networking
• Features/Ad hoc Networking/Testing
• Features/Add Information In About Computer
• Features/Automatic Proxy Settings
• Features/Automatic activity updates
• Features/Avoid surplus Activity launching
• Features/Background image on home view
• Features/Backup and Restore
• Features/Backup and Restore/Enhancements
• Features/Browse JS Fiddler
• Features/Buddy Positioning
• Features/Bug Report
• Features/Bulletin Board
• Features/Can share
• Features/Change home view name
• Features/Classroom management
• Features/Clipboard Item Transfer
• Features/Clock in Frame
• Features/Comment box in journal detail view
• Features/Configuring Hidden Wifi Access Points
• Features/Connection Indication
• Features/Content support
• Features/Cordova Container for Sugar
• Features/Dashboard
• Features/Develop Web
• Features/Discovery mode
• Features/Display Device
• Features/Display section for control panel
• Features/Dotted Activity Versions
• Features/Edit panel on Frame
• Features/Enhanced Gettext
• Features/Enhanced Gettext/Testing
• Features/Enhanced color selector
• Features/Enhanced color selector/Patch-colorpicker
• Features/Enhanced color selector/Patch-view
• Features/Enhanced color selector/Patch-window
• Features/Enhanced color selector/Patch-xocolor
• Features/Enhanced color selector/Testing
• Features/Enhanced color selector/atch-edit-undo
• Features/Evince Introspection Bindings
• Features/Fast Language Switch
• Features/Feature Template
• Features/Feature Template/Testing
• Features/Fixing Collab (Tubes)
• Features/Flash Activities
• Features/Flash Activities/Testing
• Features/Font configuration
• Features/Frame Panels
• Features/FreeDesktop integration
• Features/GObject Introspection
• Features/GTK3
• Features/GTK3/API wish list
• Features/GTK3/Desktop Summit activities
• Features/GTK3/Development
• Features/GTK3/Porting
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Finance
• Features/GTK3/Porting/GetBooks
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Implode
• Features/GTK3/Porting/InfoSlicer
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Jukebox
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Log
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Record
• Features/GTK3/Porting/TamTam
• Features/GTK3/Porting/Typing Turtle
• Features/GTK3/Shell
• Features/GTK3/Shell/GTK3 Port
• Features/GTK3/Shell/Hippo Removal
• Features/GTK3/Shell/Hippo Removal/Testing on the XO
• Features/GTK3/Theme
• Features/Global Text To Speech
• Features/Host Version
• Features/Icon Change
• Features/Improved Accessibility
• Features/Improved Accessibility/Testing
• Features/Inquiry learning global chat
• Features/Introduction Tutorial
• Features/Introduction Tutorial/Overlay
• Features/JS Fiddler
• Features/Join Limits
• Features/Journal Entry Sharing
• Features/Journal Entry Sharing/Testing
• Features/Journal Plugins
• Features/Journal Sort
• Features/Journal Volume Toolbar enhancement
• Features/Journal data tagged private or public
• Features/Journal features for 0.96
• Features/Journal features for 0.96/Education Team Talks
• Features/Keyboard CP Section
• Features/Keyboard CP Section/Testing
• Features/Language keyboard options
• Features/Launch Limits
• Features/Lease Information Display
• Features/License selection in Journal
• Features/Messages Notification
• Features/Metacity
• Features/Metacity/Testing
• Features/Multi XS-server registration
• Features/Multi selection
• Features/Multi selection screenshots
• Features/Multiple home views
• Features/Multiple home views/Testing
• Features/Multiple schoolserver registration
• Features/Neighborhood List View
• Features/Network control panel
• Features/Network control panel/Testing
• Features/Network status
• Features/New ASLO
• Features/New ASLO/Testing
• Features/New Toolbar Design
• Features/New Toolbar Design/Testing
• Features/Notification Progress Bar
• Features/Notification Replacement
• Features/Notification System
• Features/Notification Urgency
• Features/Object Bundles
• Features/Object Collections
• Features/Obsolete/Ad hoc Networking
• Features/Obsolete/Ad hoc Networking/Testing
• Features/Onscreen Keyboard
• Features/Optimize TreeViews
• Features/Optional activity updates
• Features/Optional adhoc autoconnect
• Features/Parental controls
• Features/Patch workflow
• Features/Peer to Peer Objects Sharing
• Features/Plain Query Format
• Features/Policy
• Features/Print Support
• Features/Problem Reports
• Features/Problem Reports/Testing
• Features/Proxy Settings
• Features/Publish Sugar Version
• Features/Python3
• Features/Remove Presence Service
• Features/Remove Presence Service/Testing
• Features/Replace GtkMenu
• Features/Replace combo box in journal search
• Features/Replace combo box in language panel
• Features/Resource monitoring
• Features/Revised Browse default-bookmarks.html
• Features/Revised Browse default-bookmarks.html/Testing
• Features/Save-As
• Features/Semantic Web
• Features/Semantic Web/Testing
• Features/Server Objects Sharing
• Features/Sharing Journal Entries Via School Server
• Features/Shell UI Integration
• Features/Show Thumb Drives As Hierarchical
• Features/Signed Bundles
• Features/SimpleActivity
• Features/Simple Messages Notification
• Features/Smart Objects
• Features/Smart Objects/Shared Actions
• Features/SoaS Creation Station
• Features/SoaS Remixability
• Features/SoaS Remixability/Testing
• Features/SoaS customization
• Features/SoaS next
• Features/SoaS v7
• Features/Soas V5/
• Features/Social Help
• Features/Spent Times
• Features/Spiral Home View
• Features/Spiral Home View/Testing
• Features/Start activity from another activity
• Features/Statistics gathering
• Features/Sugar3Docs/HowToWrite
• Features/Sugar3 Docs
• Features/Sugar3 Docs/How To Write
• Features/Sugar 0.90
• Features/Sugar Activity Library on a Stick
• Features/Sugar Activity Library on a Stick/Testing
• Features/Sugar Adhoc Networks
• Features/Sugar Adhoc Networks/Testing
• Features/Sugar Bundles
• Features/Sugar Creation Kit DVD
• Features/Sugar Screenshot Dialog Popup
• Features/Sugar Update Control ASLO
• Features/Sugar Update Control ASLO/Testing
• Features/Sync datastore object changes
• Features/TableView Widget
• Features/TableView Widget/Testing
• Features/Tabs In Browse
• Features/Tabs In Browse/Testing
• Features/Tags in Journal
• Features/Teacher Buddy
• Features/Terminal Sharing
• Features/Text To Speech In The Toolkit
• Features/Thumbs View in Journal
• Features/Tick based animation
• Features/Toolbar utils
• Features/Touch
• Features/Touch/Development
• Features/Touch/Programming Tips
• Features/Touch/Testing
• Features/Touch/Testing os11
• Features/Touch/Testing os6
• Features/Touch/Testing os8
• Features/Touchpad control panel section
• Features/Touchpad control panel section/Testing
• Features/Transfer to many
• Features/Transfer to many options
• Features/Transfer to many screenshots
• Features/Trigger Bundle Add
• Features/Unified Browser for Objects
• Features/Update Favorites
• Features/Variable-Appearance-of-Buddy-Icon
• Features/WPA-WPA2-Enterprise-Network-Connections
• Features/WPA-WPA2-Enterprise-Network-Connections/Testing
• Features/WebKit
• Features/WebKit/Development
• Features/Web services
• Features/Web services/Testing
• Features/Write to journal anytime
• Features/Write to journal anytime/Testing
• Features/Zero Sugar Activities