Reduce repository size: remove FontAwesome (2.7 MB, 4 icons) and dead KingTable code (~200 KB)

[Martin-1997]

Reduce repository size: remove FontAwesome (2.7 MB, 4 icons) and dead KingTable code (~200 KB)

Context

The repo is ~5.7 MB. Two chunks totalling ~3.0 MB (≈52%) can be removed with no framework change and no functional change, other than swapping four icons to Nextcloud-native equivalents. This issue is scoped to be low-risk and independently shippable.

Best landed after the testing/CI issue so the change is verified by CI, and before the @nextcloud/vue migration issue.

Part A — Delete dead KingTable code (zero behaviour change)

KingTable is shipped but imported nowhere; Tabulator is the table library actually in use across all data views. Confirmed: no references in js/src/*.js, templates/, js/webpack.config.js, js/package.json, or Makefile.

• Delete js/src/kingtable.js (130 KB)
• Delete css/kingtable.css (73 KB)
• Grep the tree once more for kingtable / KingTable to confirm nothing else references it

Part B — Remove FontAwesome, replace 4 icons with native

FontAwesome ships 2.7 MB of fonts + a 67 KB stylesheet but is used for only 4 distinct icons in 9 places.

B1 — Replace the icon usages

Suggested mapping to Nextcloud core icon-* CSS classes (these theme automatically and work in both PHP templates and JS-generated HTML strings). Verify each visually on the live instance — swap to an inline MDI SVG if any class doesn't match in the target NC version.

FontAwesome	Native class	Meaning
fa fa-calendar	icon-calendar-dark	date-range picker trigger
fa fa-caret-down	icon-triangle-s	date-range picker caret
fa fa-edit	icon-rename	table row edit button
fas fa-folder	icon-folder	Select2 placeholder

Exact locations to change:

PHP templates (calendar + caret-down, the date-range picker header):

• templates/content/reports.php:24-25
• templates/content/dashboard.php:13-14
• templates/content/index.php:60-61
• templates/content/timelines.php:47-48

JS (edit icon in Tabulator column formatters — HTML strings):

• js/src/tags.js:94
• js/src/timelines-admin.js:97
• js/src/clients.js:104
• js/src/goals.js:98

JS (folder placeholder):

• js/src/timer.js:435

B2 — Remove the assets and the include

• Remove style('timetracker', 'all'); from templates/index.php:5
• Delete css/all.css (67 KB, FontAwesome CSS)
• Delete the webfonts/ directory (2.7 MB)
• Grep for any remaining fa fa- / fas fa- / far fa- / webfonts / all.css references

Definition of Done

• webfonts/, css/all.css, css/kingtable.css, js/src/kingtable.js deleted
• style('timetracker','all') removed from templates/index.php
• All 9 FontAwesome usages replaced with native icons
• npm run build (webpack) succeeds with no new errors
• Repository shrinks by ~3 MB

Testing (live instance)

Load each view and confirm the icons render and there are no 404s (for removed webfonts/all.css) or console errors:

• Timer / main (templates/content/index.php): date-range picker shows calendar + caret icons; manual-entry dialog opens
• Reports, Dashboard, Timelines: date-range picker icons render
• Tags, Clients, Goals, Timelines-admin: Tabulator rows show the edit (pencil) icon and it still triggers edit
• Timer: the folder placeholder renders in its Select2 control
• Browser console: no 404s for webfonts/* or css/all.css, no new JS errors
• Dark mode / theming: swapped icons still visible (native icon-* classes should adapt automatically)