Bug 515043 - Zoom annoyingly slow
Summary: Zoom annoyingly slow
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: gwenview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gwenview Bugs
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Reported: 2026-01-25 07:28 UTC by t
Modified: 2026-01-25 07:29 UTC (History)
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Description t 2026-01-25 07:28:37 UTC 
SUMMARY
Zooming into pictures is annoyingly slow compared to other programs like sxiv


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a picture
2. Zoom in by pressing Ctrl-+ again and again

OBSERVED RESULT
Each zoom takes an annoying time to complete

EXPECTED RESULT
Zooming is almost instant

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.9-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520

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