A test of QML and Kirigami for Katalog

Looking at the future of Katalog, a few direction are still there since the start of the project:

• Multi-platform: why not even consider Mobile ? (ok, iOS should really be covered first)
• Using KDE KF6 librairies: this could be the best way to grow capabilities such a archives indexing or media files meta data
• User Experience: nicer interface, more responsive.

It happens that there is now a way to address all that at once: QML with Kirigami

• QML is the modern interface design code from Qt (which makes 100% of Katalog today)
• Kirigami is the QML based framework by KDE to provide additional interface and consistency in the KDE world.

Well, so far it works :) Installation of the Kirigami:

• Linux (using kdebuild)
• Windows (using Craft)

Interface

• globaldrawer
• pages for each former tab

Backend / C++

• Basic Search function, connection to a collection database file and returning results based on the text criteria: