Re: Gnome Shell "Type to search" matching is slow

[Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco gmail com>]

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Pedro Francisco
<pedrogfrancisco gmail com> wrote:
> Hello!
> My method to open a new program is usually: press Super key, type
> name, click on icon.
> This process isn't as fast as it could since there is a slow down
> while I type the name and the match is done (1 or 2 seconds, >5 more
> if the CPU is busy).
>
> It would seem the text matching thread is the same as the graphical
> thread and since icons take time to be drawn the input box doesn't
> receive the keystrokes to match the rest until the icons are drawn.
> That means I have something like 'g' -> slow down -> 'e' -> less slow
> -> 'dit' before I can finally click the gedit icon.
>
> Is this a known bug?
> Is there anyway to help debug the issue?
>

It seems this is issue was already reported as
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669693 . I CC'd it. If you
need any info I'm watching this thread as well as the bug.