RC3 Browse directories bug

mariuz · 06-08-2004, 03:59 PM

I just dled the new version. From last time I see the scrolling flicker issnt fixed, which is kind of annoying.

My system:
Windows XP Pro
ClearType font aliasing

How to reproduce:
Browse a dir with many files / directories
Use the SCROLL-BUTTON on your mouse to navigate up and down (Do this kind of fast, lets say you know the file you want is at the bottom)

Look how the flashing starts to appear.

FYI: I reported this at 2.2 stange too, but noone seemed to notice it.

bigstar · 06-08-2004, 05:54 PM

Make sure this option is checked
Preferences > Display Tab > Smooth Scroll

If it's unchecked you will see flickering

mariuz · 06-09-2004, 08:47 AM

This wassnt the case in ver 2.1!

And everyone knows that smooth scrolling sucks.

bigstar · 06-09-2004, 02:17 PM

The listview is now virtual and the data needs to be fetched for displaying. In v2.1 the listview wasn't virtual and all of the data was populated on list complete.

The listview isn't capable of handling lots of items in non-virtual mode and it was a huge bottleneck.

The only way to prevent flicker for the virtual listview is to use smooth scrolling. Smooth scrolling draws off screen and then displays the entire content at once, rather than drawing each little bit to the screen item by item, column by column.

mariuz · 06-09-2004, 02:37 PM

well I guess thats it, then.