File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

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File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

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I've recently created a folder containing a lot (22) of large (700MB) avi files. With File Info Tips enabled in XP, merely waving the mouse anywhere in XYplorer when this folder is open in the current tab causes 100% CPU usage and XYplorer hangs (is totally unresponsive) for a few seconds until CPU usage goes back to normal.

I'm using an Athlon64 3000+ with 1GB RAM.
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Chris Wood wrote:I've recently created a folder containing a lot (22) of large (700MB) avi files. With File Info Tips enabled in XP, merely waving the mouse anywhere in XYplorer when this folder is open in the current tab causes 100% CPU usage and XYplorer hangs (is totally unresponsive) for a few seconds until CPU usage goes back to normal.

I'm using an Athlon64 3000+ with 1GB RAM.
Yes, the same can happen with large PDFs. I'm exploiting a system function here and it takes ages until it returns. Don't know why or how to change this.
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Couldn't XYplorer be prevented from fetching info tips for such files?
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Maybe you can uncheck some fields such as duration etc.
or increase the initial delay.
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Configuration/File Info Tips: enable Show tip only when hovering file icon

That way XY only deals with info tips if you're hovering the icons, so waving the mouse isn't a problem anymore, and you can still get your infotips when you need to!
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jacky wrote:Configuration/File Info Tips: enable Show tip only when hovering file icon

That way XY only deals with info tips if you're hovering the icons, so waving the mouse isn't a problem anymore, and you can still get your infotips when you need to!
Yep. And on top of that I just added a new Tweak. 8) Look for FileInfoTipHoldShift...
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Wow! I like the new "FileInfoTipHoldShift" tweak. :D
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Where? I've downloaded 80.0026 and can't see FileInfoTipHoldShift in my ini file. Can I just add FileInfoTipHoldShift=1 under [FileInfoTips]?

FileInfoTipHoverIcon is good but still causes massive CPU usage if your mouse flicks past an icon (eg. on the way to the tree scrollbar). There should be a delay before anything is read.
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You have to restart app once more.
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Chris Wood wrote:Where? I've downloaded 80.0026 and can't see FileInfoTipHoldShift in my ini file. Can I just add FileInfoTipHoldShift=1 under [FileInfoTips]?
The new key is created when you close 5.80.0026.
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Ah thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't fix the CPU usage problem at all, it still happens even when you aren't pressing shift.
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Chris Wood wrote:Ah thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't fix the CPU usage problem at all, it still happens even when you aren't pressing shift.
Huh? Seems not possible from my point of view. You sure? You have CPU usage without seeing the tip??
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Oh, my bad. Yeah it works thanks.
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Re: File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

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Just confirming this still happens, and under Vista it seems to crash XY on the second hang. I think Show tip only when hovering should be enabled by default.
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Re: File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

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Chris Wood wrote:Just confirming this still happens, and under Vista it seems to crash XY on the second hang. I think Show tip only when hovering should be enabled by default.
Really? That's bad. Cannot see why it should crash. It certainly does not under XP.
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