[horde] Javascript / Frontend refactoring: Tester wanted

R.J.Baart at Prompt.nl R.J.Baart at Prompt.nl
Fri Apr 17 07:35:53 UTC 2026


After:

    composer update

    composer require
    horde/imp:dev-refactor/vanilla-js-migration

    composer require
    horde/kronolith:dev-refactor/vanilla-js-migration

    composer require 

    "horde/horde:dev-refactor/vanilla-js-migration as 6.0.0beta14.1"

With Firefox 149.0.2 I opened the web interface to H6.

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    Creating a new message, compose in HTML does not work

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    Calendar, no events are shown

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    Creating new event, nothing happens

In Edge 147.0.3912.60

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    “loading calendars”, but nothing is shown

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    Creating a new message, compose in HTML does not work


Op 2026-04-16 om 16:43 schreef Ralf Lang:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a brave soul who is willing to apply three big patches to
> their Horde javascript
>
> refactor/vanilla js migration by ralflang · Pull Request #30 ·
> horde/kronolith<https://github.com/horde/kronolith/pull/30/changes>
> refactor: Convert many helper files from PrototypeJS to vanilla JS by
> ralflang · Pull Request #32 · horde/imp
> <https://github.com/horde/imp/pull/32/changes>
> refactor/vanilla js migration by ralflang · Pull Request #64 · horde/base
> <https://github.com/horde/base/pull/64/changes>
>
> and test drive them for a while if they see anything breaking.
>
> These patches do not introduce new features. They try to do the same thing
> as before, but eliminate reliance on an outdated javascript framework which
> we want to eventually phase out.
>
> So we analyzed what would be the most safe changes to do first. Things
> Javascript couldn't natively do or at least not in all then-mainstream
> browsers when Horde 5 was new. Things which should now work reliably and
> out of the box in all half way modern browsers.
>
> If we see this works out, we can do a next wave. If we see it's a quagmire,
> we won't pursue this angle and need to come up with another strategy.
>
> Regards
>
> Ralf
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Cordialement,

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R.J. Baart

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