Disable this dialog when importing.

[Gabrielxd195]

Bug Summary

When you import a long sample or a heavy plugin, a small dialog box appears that freezes while the sample or plugin is opened, but if lmms freezes the dialog box stays on top of the other programs. This happens a lot on low-resource PCs.

Expected behavior

No dialog box appears when importing.

Screenshot

Affected LMMS versions

Versión 1.3.0-alpha.1.532+gc991a85ee (Linux/x86_64, Qt 5.9.5, GCC 7.5.0).

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[0hStormy]

Have the same issue on Windows, so if you need confirmation that this isn't just a Linux problem

[Gabrielxd195]

Have the same issue on Windows, so if you need confirmation that this isn't just a Linux problem

I am testing it on Linux, but this feature is specific to lmms and is in all operating systems.

[Rossmaxx]

That dialog is bugged. I've noticed it too, don't remember exactly what lines of code to look at. Might be good candidate for 1.3.

[Rossmaxx]

I'm inviting @regulus79 because they are looking at fixing Ui bugs rn and is active here.

[regulus79]

hi :)

That dialog you are referring to is a TextFloat, defined in TextFloat.h, which is a widget that spawns when loading a sample/vst/whatever. Notably, it uses the QWindowFlags of Qt::ToolTip in its constructor. This causes it to remain on top of all windows, even windows not part of the application.

I was unsuccessful in trying to disable the Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint, but I found online another person who was experiencing difficulties with the ToolTip window flag, and someone recommended that they use the Qt::Tool window flag combined with the Qt::FramlessWindowHint flag https://forum.qt.io/post/104793.

I tested everything by commenting out the line delete tf which removed the dialog after the loading. This allowed the dialog to stay up as long as I needed it to test its properties. I found that this solution did indeed solve the issue. However, in normal operation, my computer is fast enough that the tooltip does not appear. I would love if people could test #7613, particularly with large files or slower computers.

[michaelgregorius]

Please refer to this comment and this comment for hints on what seems to be causing the garbled text floats and how to fix the problem.

Note: nothing needs to be changed in TextFloat to fix this.

[Rossmaxx]

Reopening as the linked PR only partially solves the issue

[RainbowShatter]

I also have the same problem!

[SpomJ]

For a proper solution I suggest moving away from letting the WM to manage the TextFloat to doing it ourselves. What I mean is just make it a floating stay-on-top widget attached to the parent window anchored to bottom left.