UI is much slower than 14

[vlevi]

I ended up using version 15, because I don't like the new, skinned UI.
Now, the colored icons are coming back, which is good.
But the UI is overall much slower than the version 14 (which is not as good, than the previous, non-ribbon ui)
Sometimes, for example, in a bigger program window, I select 8-10 rows, press copy, and the down arrow, and nothing happens for seconds.

I recorded a small video, where I see, that every click into the editor window, or click out of it, flickers the left side.
I don't think, it is a CPU limit, because I have an Intel i5-10400 with 32Gb of RAM.
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[Marco Kalter]

Sometimes, for example, in a bigger program window, I select 8-10 rows, press copy, and the down arrow, and nothing happens for seconds.

I cannot immediately reproduce this. As a test, can you go to Preferences > User Interface > Editor, disable the "Clipboard History" option, and try if that helps?

recorded a small video, where I see, that every click into the editor window, or click out of it, flickers the left side.

I can indeed reproduce this with a large file. We'll try to fix it!

 

[Marco Kalter]

As a test, can you modify the PL/SQL Developer shortcut and add the DoubleBuffering parameter? For example:

"C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer 16 Beta\plsqldev.exe" DoubleBuffering

Let me know if this resolves the flickering issue, and improves the responsiveness of the UI in general.

 

[vlevi]

I tried the double buffering, and it became more strange, than before.
When I click outside, the whole PL/SQL Developer (version 16beta 7) disappears, the desktop icons became visible.
But only for a blink of an eye. It is not a minimize/restore, but a visible true/false. ???
I don't know.
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[Marco Kalter]

I cannot reproduce anything like that.

In the video I can see that the mouse cursor seems to erratically jump between the scrollbar of the Object Browser and the Program Window contents. Could it be that you have a mouse hardware issue?

The flickering you reported earlier should be completely gone though. And the UI should be a lot faster as well. Can you confirm these aspects specifically?

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you give this Beta pre-release a try? Let me know how it performs and if the flickering is gone:

32 bit version of Beta 8

64 bit version of Beta 8

 

[vlevi]

"The flickering you reported earlier should be completely gone though."
Yes, it disappeared, it is better I can confirm.