Earlier we had options.twig and we were able to add whatever needed.

You can still use options.twig : https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/a48ae2dc3a47077fefdd88d60afc5bbf69f10347/themes/survey/vanilla/config.xml#L94

Here the type must be text, not input …

Since using the far better structured config.xml has various advantages, I'd like to see this fixed at LS 6.x. Using the options.twig is very error prone and far more difficult to use for new users.

@ollehar, can we please assign these theme related tickets to a developer? We are currently working on making our templates compatible with version 6.x but this holds us back.

@ollehar, @c_schmitz: We are currently stuck adjusting/developing themes for LS 6.x due to the various issues reported to defining theme options at config.xml.
Can someone look into this?

@gabrieljenik Want to pick this up?

Thanks for picking this up @ollehar.

https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/3354
(Dev, as this is the implementation of a missing feature: text inputs on theme options)

Sample theme with sample option to set subtitle on welcome screen

@gabrieljenik, this fix has the "Code review" tags for more than a month now and nothing has happened. But we need this fix for new projects.
What are the next steps?

It i s up to the DEV team to review it. Sorry, not much I can do.

@ollehar, assuming you are the boss of the DEV team: What are the next steps to finally bring this fix into the next release?

ping @p_teichmann have fun ;)

Or perhaps rather communicate with @f_funke, @Mazi.

@ollerhar, why should I talk to @f_funke about this? To my knowledge he is not a developer? Or is he also testing bug fixes?

Well this was kinda a grey zone between bug fix and new feature, but fine, reminding devs about stalled bug fixes is probably OK.

@p_teichmann, can you review so we can finally have this essential fix available at one of the next releases?