Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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klownboy
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Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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Hi Don, I've been doing some scripting lately using tabsets (not using SessionManager) and I've noticed there is a huge difference in how transparently and seamlessly the toolbars load compared to a tabset. I know tabsets can have different colors etc. but toolbars can have different icons. When a toolbar is loaded or changed the transition is immediate and totally seamless. A tabset on the other hand is definitely not. You can actually see each tab being painted and I have a rather fast computer with a Samsumg 980 Pro NVMe drive. Is there something different in the way a toolbar vs tabset is loaded? It seems as though the entire toolbar is painted as one unit from memory whereas the tabset is painted individually tab by tab. Could a whole tabsets be handled in memory like toolbars currently are? Thanks.
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Re: Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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Tab icons are retrieved from the file system, probably scattered all over the place, maybe network. Where as (standard) toolbar icons are all in memory all the time.

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Anyway, it should be smoother in next beta.

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Re: Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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None of my tabsets have netowrk or URL tabs and they're all on local drives. Thanks Don, for looking into it.
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Re: Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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Thanks Don, beta 24.00.0301 definitely helped. You must now be reading or loading all the tabs in the tabset first before painting the whole tabset. Not as fast as a toolbar load or change probably for reasons you mentioned above, but it's better than seeing individual tabs being painted to the screen. :tup:
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It is very fast (immediate) here with about 12 tabs per set. Can't say why your tabs are slow.

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Re: Load speed of tabset compared to a toolbar

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On my most used tabset, I've got 28 tabs, all with icons and background color. 5 tabs are the new vi:<get pick...> You have definitely increased the speed - big improvement. I fixed some old folder, or renamed folders, and bad icon referrals on some pane 2 tabs and that helped. People using FluxTorpedoe's SessionManager should be happy as well. :tup: :appl:
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