Hi,

There hasn't been much work on this since last year really...

This would require only modification to Mx. ClutterModel would just be a
data structure really, but you could use something else.

Then I guess you would have rewrite containers or write new ones to
handle this.

Regards,

--
Lionel

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 00:26 +0200, Massimo Cora' wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> are there any news on this subject?
> If not, how many objects/structures should be modified to accomplish the 
> task? I mean, is this a modification only on Mx or should Clutter also 
> be included in the changes [i.e. ClutterModel etc.]?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Massimo
> 
> On 06/16/2011 12:28 AM, Lionel Landwerlin wrote:
> > Hi Massimo,
> >
> > We had this discussion recently (off the mailing list), regarding big
> > lists of items in media explorer
> > (https://github.com/media-explorer/media-explorer ).
> >
> > As a short term solution, the Mx toolkit has recently integrated an
> > ActorManager :
> >
> > https://github.com/clutter-project/mx/blob/master/mx/mx-actor-manager.h
> >
> > Here are 2 examples of usage of MxActorManager :
> >
> > https://github.com/media-explorer/media-explorer/blob/master/mex/mex-content-proxy.c#L184
> >
> > https://github.com/media-explorer/media-explorer/blob/master/mex/mex-explorer.c#L429
> >
> > The idea is to prevent to block the main loop (and so the whole UI) when
> > adding 1000+ items, by using an idle function.
> >
> > Of course this is just a workaround, and the right solution would be to
> > not create more actors than what you see on the screen (or a factor of
> > that number), and remap actors that just disappeared to a new item
> > further up/down the list while you're scrolling.
> >
> > The downside of this solution is that it means rewriting quite a few
> > containers to handle that new way dealing with huge list.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Lionel
> >
> > On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 23:36 +0200, Massimo Cora' wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> let's say that I have 1000+ items (ClutterActors) to insert in a
> >> vertical MxListView with kinetic scrolling. Right now they're added all
> >> at once, which isn't the best option for my case because it slows done
> >> the painting of the whole widget.
> >> I was wondering if using an async version of model_changed_cb ()  [on
> >> mx-list-view.c] could speed up the things. In particular I'd like to put
> >> async the call to clutter_container_add_actor ().
> >> Before adventuring in complex things I'd like to ask what you think
> >> about this.
> >> BTW I already tried the way to add chunks via on_idle functions, but
> >> they weren't fluid at all, blocking the whole user interface for some
> >> moments.
> >>
> >> what are you suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks and Regards,
> >> Massimo
> >>
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