[Gambas-user] qt4 slowness of drawing complex screens

[richard terry]

On Thursday 10 December 2009 08:59:57 Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > i've not noticed that on the ide ... it have many controls too...
> >
> > 2009/12/9 richard terry <rterry at ...1946...>:
> > > I've noticed qt4 is much slower rendering the controls than qt3 and
> > > wondered if it is possible to 'hide' this process till the rendering is
> > > complete.
> > >
> > > Users with small numbers of controls on a form probably wouldn't notice
> > > this.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Richard
> 
> Qt 4 is a lot slower in drawing widgets than Qt 3. Not as slow as GTK+, but
> this is noticeable in the IDE.
> 
> The really slow thing is splitters and SidePanel control. Do you use them?
>  If not, I can't tell you more without having more details.
> 
> Regards,
> 
extensive use of spitters, some side-panels. Can one somehow visually lock the 
form whilst it is rendering and then unlock to show the resultant gui?

Regards

Richard