SUMMARY Scrolling of PDF files in Okular 1.8.3 is very laggy and consumes 100% CPU (on one thread) while the scrolling animation is running. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open a PDF file in Okular. 2. Scroll. OBSERVED RESULT The scrolling animation has low framerate, lags behind the input actions, and consumes 100% CPU on one thread. EXPECTED RESULT Smooth, snappy scrolling. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.64.0 Qt Version: 5.13.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Does it happen for every possible file or just for the files with images/background? If it is some specific file can you share it for testing? Does switching off optimizations in "Settings -> Configure Backends..." help? Are you running the default Okular without any additional configurations? Thanks in advance for your answers.
It happens with every PDF I've tried so far. In fact, it even happens with plain text files; it seems to be unrelated to the backend. This is just Okular from the Arch repositories, I did not customise it in any way.
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