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[WIP] Skip SetNeedsLayout for unchanged Dim.Auto recompute
Fixes #5499. Skip SetNeedsLayout when Dim.Auto text recompute yields unchanged size
Jun 27, 2026
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Closing: this branch only ever contained the "Initial plan" commit (0 files changed) — the described implementation was never pushed. The fix for #5499 has been implemented and tested, and a replacement draft PR will follow from a fork. Deleting this branch as cleanup. |
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View.Texton aDim.Auto(DimAutoStyle.Text)view (e.g. a clock label) unconditionally calledSetNeedsLayout(), propagating layout work up the ancestor chain even when the new text produces the same frame dimensions as the current one.Changes
Terminal.Gui/ViewBase/View.Text.csIsTextOnlyAutoAndSizeUnchanged()private helper that speculatively computes the post-change frame size usingTextFormatter.FormatAndGetSize(constrainSize)(which preserves/restoresConstrainToWidth/Height), applies min/max anchors and adornment thickness, and compares againstFrame.Textsetter: whenIsTextOnlyAutoAndSizeUnchanged()returns true, skipSetNeedsLayout()and callSetNeedsDraw()only.The optimization is guarded conservatively:
_frame is null→ bypass (not yet laid out)WidthorHeightis not exactlyDimAutoStyle.Text(i.e.DimAutoStyle.Auto= Content|Text is excluded) → bypassFrame→SetNeedsLayout()as beforeTests/UnitTestsParallelizable/ViewBase/Layout/Dim.AutoTests.TextOptimization.cs(new)Eight diagnostic tests pinning the contract: same-size →
NeedsLayout==false&NeedsDraw==true; different-size → layout triggered;DimAutoStyle.Auto, fixed-dim, and uninitialized views bypass the optimization; min-constrained cases handled correctly; pre-existing ancestor layout requests preserved.Pull Request checklist:
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