anyone know if this is being worked on?

I have ported it: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125174/

If you are still interested, you can give me a feedback

will you be implementing popup drawer at some point?

I have it planned, if there is someone who would use it (I don't use the drawer myself).

I use it in 4, though not as critical as the basic functionality but I do use it

appreciate the port as to me quicklaunch is pretty important

I was missing it, too, at first.

Then I created another panel, sized and positioned it according to my needs (incl. auto hide), added those icons per drag and drop which I needed and hey presto, the quicklauncher wasn't needed any more.

David thanks, http://davidrosca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/1 ... ma-55.html