Cura Slower/freezing when Sidebar GUI and the FancyZone PowerToy are active #24

Deed01 · 2021-04-30T05:43:21Z

Using Cura 4.9

Working like a charm if Cura-Sidebar is deactivate
If Cura-Sidebar activate then it become really slow, have to wait 10-30s after many action ( getting the waiting mouse icon and/or "not responding" text in windows title) when for exemple:

getting focus on cura (switching back from another software)
click on a toolbar menu (to open menu)
click on an item in toolbar menu (to get setting window for exemple)
opening market place
etc.

Attached to this bug report:

Cura log when freezing (extension activate)
Cura 4.9 Log with extension Cure-SideBAr_KO.log

Cura log + conf filles without plugin (work well)
Cura 4.9 Log without extension Cure-SideBAr_OK.zip

Sequence of Action in both record:

Launch Cura
Load an STL
Move the 3D view
click on toollbar
oepn parameter window then close it
open market place then close it
Mve the 3D view

ps: got OctoPrint Connection extension 3.5.18 and UM3 Network Printing 1.0.1 activate: got WAN access throught WIFI and mounted drive to a NAS (did saw cura crawling them using FileMon from SysInternal to monitot CURA access)(no difference with or without x: drive => used a subst to test this)

ps: done in link to this issue Ultimaker/Cura#1602

fieldOfView · 2021-04-30T05:57:26Z

Thanks for the extensive issue. I'll try to find out what is going on.

If I have a test-version, would you be willing to see if it fixes things?

fieldOfView · 2021-04-30T06:01:32Z

The first log you posted shows only 2 seconds worth of logs. It's the same thing repeated over and over for 700 times, but there is no context so I can't do much with it. Could you try to create a new log?

fieldOfView · 2021-04-30T10:43:50Z

It would be appreciated if you could help me test a fix.

Close Cura and replace C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.9.0\resources\themes\cura-light\styles.qml with this version: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ultimaker/Cura/04bfd6b820cb5c3f5583a4830b5b4e0ccde27a46/resources/themes/cura-light/styles.qml. Then restart Cura, reenable the Sidebar GUI plugin and restart Cura once more.

Deed01 · 2021-04-30T12:10:52Z

Didn't correct it

Here a new log
cura.log

And i try a small video to show you
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/81071090/116692739-1f103100-a9bd-11eb-87d6-487348a0c06c.mp4

00:05 click on preference menu => appear at 00:21
00:13 starting to try to move the view => starting to react at 00:29 then its fluid (got a GTX 1080)
00:48 clicking again on different menu in toolbar with no reaction
01:35 asking to get Preference panel => finally got it working after the end of the video (took more than 2 minutes => then i can navigate inside fluently

Deed01 · 2021-04-30T12:21:56Z

And a small video without the plugin (it s fluid on my screen)(video is only 10fps)

Cura_without_sidebar_OK.mp4

fieldOfView · 2021-04-30T12:23:51Z

Is the new log you provided with of without the patched styles.qml?

Deed01 · 2021-04-30T12:33:22Z

with it

Deed01 · 2021-05-01T12:46:11Z

Made a record with a better tool (screento GIF)
add a tail on the log files to get info synchronised to user action (and timing)

Corresponding log file
cura.log

And a record Without Sidebar GUI => everything works well

fieldOfView · 2021-05-01T16:18:59Z

Thanks for the extensive reporting. I still can't reproduce the issue, but will keep looking for solutions by cleaning up code.

fieldOfView · 2021-05-01T16:20:08Z

On a tangent, for me opening the Marketplace and waiting until the window populates takes about a minute, regardless of whether sidebargui is installed or not.

Deed01 · 2021-05-01T21:32:56Z

tried to find a lead,

i have remove all code i could from the plugin QML files and still get this LAG on menu and global GUI response (near all the code, only left structure declaration in qml files annd only SidebarContents.qml and sidebarstageMenu.qml still get few lines) (goal was to discard the most lines code i could from the problem) here it is:

SidebarGUIPlugin_Cleaned.zip

without doing this, i notice that if i only removed Item at the end of SidebarContents.qml the plugin work and doesn't disturb Cura GUI but i then miss the settings inside the right panel
Notice that the more extension/plugin are loaded and the more Sidebar will slow everything

Deed01 · 2021-05-01T21:40:05Z

Ho and there is warning in log concerning deprecated declaration of function inside connections

It seams that it's corrected by changing this
Connections
{
target: UM.Preferences
onPreferenceChanged :
{

}
}

to this

Connections
{
    target: UM.Preferences
    function onPreferenceChanged (preference)
    {

    }
}

(don t' know QML, i google it => warning disappeared in log and plugin still seems to work)
(must be done for all Connections call in the different QML files)

fieldOfView · 2021-05-01T22:13:44Z

It seams that it's corrected by changing this

I know that. Unfortunately making that change would mean the plugin will no longer work in previous versions.
A deprecation warning should not cause a slowdown. It is just a warning that this specific syntax will cease to work in some future version of Qt.

fieldOfView · 2021-05-01T22:16:02Z

Notice that the more extension/plugin are loaded and the more Sidebar will slow everything

I don't quite understand what you mean. Could you reword this?
How many plugins do you have installed?

Deed01 · 2021-05-01T23:26:39Z

I unloaded/deactivate all installed and all bundled plugin:
=> still get lag but a small one (manageable)

=> when i have all bundled and installed plugin ON, it's clearly worst (could not found any specific plugin, seems just to be the number of them)

in the animation take a close look to the "over mouse" effect on menu (blue background menu hightlight) => it's taking more time (as the menu showing up or panel opening..)

ps of course with all plugin activate and only sidebar unloaded everything work great

fieldOfView · 2021-05-02T08:48:56Z

What installed plugins do you use? Perhaps if I install those I'll finally be able to reproduce this.

Deed01 · 2021-05-03T07:20:32Z

Installed plugin:
2021-05-03 09:17:09,567 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin ArcWelderPlugin
2021-05-03 09:17:09,608 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin CalibrationShapes
2021-05-03 09:17:09,645 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin CustomSupports
2021-05-03 09:17:09,682 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin GcodeFilenameFormat
2021-05-03 09:17:09,736 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin MaterialSettingsPlugin
2021-05-03 09:17:09,783 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin MeasureTool
2021-05-03 09:17:09,836 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin MeshTools
2021-05-03 09:17:09,909 - WARNING - [MainThread] OctoPrintPlugin.OctoPrintOutputDevicePlugin. [49]: Supplied version of Zeroconf module imported
2021-05-03 09:17:09,956 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin OctoPrintPlugin
2021-05-03 09:17:10,006 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin OrientationPlugin => Auto-Orientation
2021-05-03 09:17:10,073 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin ProfilAnalyser
2021-05-03 09:17:10,365 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin SettingsGuide2
2021-05-03 09:17:10,403 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PluginRegistry.loadPlugin [425]: Plugin [SidebarGUIPlugin] has been disabled. Skip loading it.
2021-05-03 09:17:10,406 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PluginRegistry.loadPlugin [425]: Plugin [SidebarGUIPlugin] has been disabled. Skip loading it.
2021-05-03 09:17:10,447 - INFO - [MainThread] StartOptimiser.StartOptimiser.init [40]: 1 containers are blacklisted by StartOptimiser
2021-05-03 09:17:10,452 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin StartOptimiser
2021-05-03 09:17:10,486 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin TabAntiWarping
2021-05-03 09:17:10,517 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin VersionInTitlebarPlugin
2021-05-03 09:17:10,549 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.Logger.info [128]: Loaded plugin ZOffsetPlugin

fieldOfView · 2021-05-03T10:06:07Z

Out of the plugins you listed, and the standard plugins I would think only the following could have any influence on the slowdown:

OctoPrint Connection and Ultimaker 3 Printing, due responding to network traffic through bonjour
Settings Guide, due to how it adds a lot of text and graphics to the sidebar tooltips
USB Printing, due to how it continually monitors all serial ports

If you are still willing to do more testing, you could try disabling only those plugins.

In the mean time, I am also cleaning up the binding loops and deprecation warnings.

fieldOfView · 2021-05-04T13:48:13Z

I have made a number of optimizations, but since I still can't reproduce the issue I don't know if I'm going in the right direction.

Could you test this development snapshot? Download the .curapackage and drop it onto the Cura buildplate as if you were opening a 3d model. Then restart Cura as instructed.

Deed01 · 2021-05-04T14:40:04Z

Hi, sorry but still the same

Here is the Log
cura.log

start by trying to move the 3DView, take 10s to get focus then it start moving and still menu lag

Deed01 · 2021-05-04T14:47:28Z

can t you make a special version with more log? or ca i activate something to get more detail in log?

With the plugin deactivate 4.1.2

fieldOfView · 2021-05-04T16:02:18Z

can t you make a special version with more log?

Honestly I would not know what to log.

Deed01 · 2021-05-04T19:56:38Z

May be putting timestamp to measure time taken here and there and try to locate part of the code taking more time on my computer than on your computer?

fieldOfView · 2021-05-11T11:40:58Z

Could you test with Cura 4.9.1?

fieldOfView · 2021-05-18T17:03:11Z

@NoelStephaneon could you share a bit more about your system? OS, GPU. If at all possible, please run dxdiag on your system and post a link to the log it creates, so I can see if there is a common factor between affected users.

NoelStephaneon · 2021-05-18T17:28:07Z

Ryzen 3700x, 64GB, RTX1060
DXDiag no issues
https://1drv.ms/t/s!AgmM8ZVrmDVLsGS_3ptBC2pU2AxT?e=fTXYEI

fieldOfView · 2021-05-18T19:08:26Z

@Deed01 and @brunoosti, if you could also share a dxdiag log, that could be helpful.

I have asked for feedback from more users on reddit and on the Ultimaker forum, but sofar I have not found a common ground (and none of the responses were from affected users). So I am no closer to reproducing or fixing this unfortunately.

brunoosti · 2021-05-18T19:35:47Z

here. I'm not sure how it works, but i've run cura before generating the file anyways.
DxDiag.txt

Deed01 · 2021-05-18T21:56:38Z

Hello, here is mine :

DxDiag.txt

fieldOfView · 2021-05-19T15:31:48Z

For a little while there I though that the Citrix Indirect Display Adapter that is on both @brunoosti's and @NoelStephaneon's log could be the silver bullit, but it is not in @Deed01's log. Hmm, the mystery continues.

brunoosti · 2021-05-19T17:06:46Z

Tried disabling it and killing all the processes.... still the same thing in cura

fieldOfView · 2021-06-21T08:33:11Z

Thanks for trying.

fieldOfView · 2021-06-23T06:55:19Z

There's briefly been a comment by @Hyperspeed1313, which the user has since removed, which mentions an issue of Cura with the sidebargui plugin enabled in combination with the Fancy Zones part of PowerToys. With Fancy Zones turned on, I can at least partially reproduce the slowness. Do any of you use PowerToys (or similar tweaks?).

brunoosti · 2021-06-23T11:14:50Z

Checked the link in the update email and couldn't find the comment and decided to leave it.
So, yes. I disabled power toys and cura seemed to work better. Maybe not as responsive as 4.8, but surely a lot better than before. Usable again.

NoelStephaneon · 2021-06-23T12:41:16Z

The Fancy Zones fix worked for me. Thank you for your efforts in identifying the culprit. I really missed this whilst I couldn't use it.

fieldOfView · 2021-06-23T13:27:18Z

Awesome! @Hyperspeed1313 is the real hero here (also see microsoft/PowerToys#11423) . Now that I have a way to reproduce this, perhaps I will be able to find a way to prevent the issue. So I will keep this open for a little while longer.

Hyperspeed1313 · 2021-06-24T02:34:33Z

So, deleted my previous comment because after I wrote it, I tried to reproduce the scenario on my second computer and couldn't get the slowdown behavior. Thought I'd hit an unreproducable anomaly because of that. Glad to have been proven wrong and that someone saw my comment before I deleted it.

fieldOfView · 2021-06-24T06:24:10Z

Glad to have been proven wrong and that someone saw my comment before I deleted it.

Email notifications!

Anyway, thanks for making the connection with FancyZones.

mikekscholz · 2021-08-04T21:39:25Z

This appears to be fixed with todays release of powertoys, I've got fancy zones and sidebar enabled and its no longer locking up for me.

fieldOfView · 2021-08-24T14:19:56Z

Since this is fixed in current releases of powertoys, I'm closing this issue.

fieldOfView · 2023-04-04T13:40:21Z

It seems this wasn't fixed in Powertoys. The issue is continued here: #29

Deed01 mentioned this issue Apr 30, 2021

Cant start Cura when X: drive exists but is inaccessible Ultimaker/Cura#1602

Closed

fieldOfView mentioned this issue Apr 30, 2021

Fix floods of QML errors in styles.qml Ultimaker/Cura#9732

Merged

fieldOfView added bug Something isn't working upstream labels Apr 30, 2021

fieldOfView added the unable to reproduce label May 18, 2021

fieldOfView added 3rd party and removed unable to reproduce upstream labels Jun 23, 2021

fieldOfView changed the title ~~Cura Slower/freezing when Cura-Sidebar is activate~~ Cura Slower/freezing when Sidebar GUI and the FancyZone PowerToy are active Jun 23, 2021

fieldOfView added the workaround label Jun 23, 2021

fieldOfView closed this as completed Aug 24, 2021

fieldOfView mentioned this issue Sep 5, 2021

v4.1.2 in Cura v4.10 causes UI to freeze/hang Win10 #25

Closed

fieldOfView mentioned this issue Nov 18, 2021

Makes newer versions of Cura hang for multiple seconds. #28

Closed

fieldOfView mentioned this issue Dec 10, 2021

Causes lagging UI #29

Closed

fieldOfView mentioned this issue Mar 13, 2023

Settings guide plugin often freezes Cura Ghostkeeper/SettingsGuide#80

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Cura Slower/freezing when Sidebar GUI and the FancyZone PowerToy are active #24

Cura Slower/freezing when Sidebar GUI and the FancyZone PowerToy are active #24

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