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Bug 73199 - gtk_list_store_clear unacceptably slow
gtk_list_store_clear unacceptably slow
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkTreeView
1.3.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jonathan Blandford
Jonathan Blandford
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-03-02 14:00 UTC by Tomas Junnonen
Modified: 2011-02-04 16:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description Tomas Junnonen 2002-03-02 14:00:27 UTC 
Doing a simple gtk_list_store_clear () takes a very long time with
thousands of entries in the GtkListStore. Inserting a few thousands rows
takes 5-10 seconds in my application, but removing them with
gtk_list_store_clear takes over 1 minute 30 seconds on my 800Mhz machine.

It looks like the TreeView is constantly being redrawn as the list is being
cleared. Maybe we need freeze/thaw functions for the widget like clist used
to have? They would also be useful when inserting large data sets.
Comment 1 Kristian Rietveld 2002-03-02 18:00:22 UTC 
TreeView optimization has been scheduled for 2.0.1.
Comment 2 Kristian Rietveld 2002-03-16 23:37:54 UTC 
Fixed in CVS -- it should be a lot faster now.
Comment 3 Owen Taylor 2002-12-09 15:04:42 UTC 
*** Bug 90919 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***