Consolidating UI updates for user edits to speed thigns up

[gonvert] / src / gonvert_qt.py

diff --git a/src/gonvert_qt.py b/src/gonvert_qt.py
index 38e064c..170e500 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/gonvert_qt.py
+++ b/src/gonvert_qt.py
@@ -1575,6 +1575,10 @@ class UnitWindow(object):
                self._selectedUnitValue.textEdited.connect(self._on_value_edited)
                maeqt.mark_numbers_preferred(self._selectedUnitValue)
                self._selectedUnitSymbol = QtGui.QLabel()
+               self._updateDelayTimer = QtCore.QTimer()
+               self._updateDelayTimer.setInterval(100)
+               self._updateDelayTimer.setSingleShot(True)
+               self._updateDelayTimer.timeout.connect(self._on_value_edited_delayed)
 
                self._selectedUnitLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
                self._selectedUnitLayout.addWidget(self._selectedUnitName)
@@ -1825,6 +1829,11 @@ class UnitWindow(object):
 
        @misc_utils.log_exception(_moduleLogger)
        def _on_value_edited(self, *args):
+               if not self._updateDelayTimer.isActive():
+                       self._updateDelayTimer.start()
+
+       @misc_utils.log_exception(_moduleLogger)
+       def _on_value_edited_delayed(self, *args):
                userInput = str(self._selectedUnitValue.text())
                orderChanged = self._unitsModel.update_values(self._selectedIndex, userInput)
                if orderChanged: