0000459: UI-frozen delays each time selecting classname property

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000459	DarkRadiant	GUI	public	11.12.2007 00:04	19.01.2008 23:16

Reporter	SneaksieDave	Assigned To	orbweaver
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.9.4
Target Version	0.9.5	Fixed in Version	0.9.5

Summary	0000459: UI-frozen delays each time selecting classname property
Description	I assume this is probably related to the new classname dropdown. I'm getting delays where the UI is frozen (it even reports 'Not Responding' during the following: 1. upon selecting classname for the first time (about 8 seconds) 2. selecting any entity, if the classname field is currently active (about 8 seconds) 3. upon clicking the classname dropdown (about 4 seconds, then it flashes and disappears, then I click it again and it comes back immediately) I assume this is some kind of lookup or sorting thing (like first models or first textures) but perhaps something's wrong in there. If that is the cost of having a classname dropdown, I'd as soon tell users to type it by hand. ;) Alternately, could it pop up the entity browser, or is that very much a different task? I know, it was my (possibly bad) suggestion... sorry.
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greebo 11.12.2007 08:36 administrator ~0000916	Yes, we're aware of that delay. We already have an idea of how to solve this.

orbweaver 11.12.2007 13:10 developer ~0000919	This was why I originally abandoned the ClassnamePropertyEditor, for performance reasons. The current incarnation populates the list in the GTK idle period so that it won't delay when first shown, but the GUI will still be unresponsive during the population which means that attempting to switch away after showing it won't be fast. Using the Entity Browser is an interesting suggestion which is worth looking into, rather than the existing plan to cache the list of classes rather than constructing it each time.

orbweaver 15.12.2007 10:55 developer ~0000925	Fixed in revision 2801. ClassnamePropertyEditor now uses a browse button to display the Entity Class chooser, rather than using a combobox.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
11.12.2007 00:04	SneaksieDave	New Issue
11.12.2007 00:10	SneaksieDave	Description Updated
11.12.2007 08:36	greebo	Note Added: 0000916
11.12.2007 08:36	greebo	Status	new => confirmed
11.12.2007 13:07	orbweaver	Status	confirmed => assigned
11.12.2007 13:07	orbweaver	Assigned To	=> orbweaver
11.12.2007 13:10	orbweaver	Note Added: 0000919
12.12.2007 21:07	orbweaver	Target Version	=> 0.9.5
15.12.2007 10:55	orbweaver	Note Added: 0000925
15.12.2007 10:55	orbweaver	Status	assigned => resolved
15.12.2007 10:55	orbweaver	Resolution	open => fixed
19.01.2008 23:16	SneaksieDave	Status	resolved => closed
19.01.2008 23:16	SneaksieDave	Fixed in Version	=> 0.9.5