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    Default Re: Curve tracking example is very slowly

    Hi all.

    I have faced with the problem of very slow movements of "rubber band" lines when more than 3-curves are attached.
    I have implemented the code from the "qwt-6.1.3\playground\curvetracker\" example:

    Qt Code:
    1. struct compareX
    2. {
    3. inline bool operator()(const double x, const QPointF &pos) const
    4. {
    5. return (x < pos.x());
    6. }
    7. };
    8.  
    9. CurveTracker::CurveTracker(QWidget *canvas)
    10. : QwtPlotPicker(canvas)
    11. {
    12. }
    13.  
    14. QRect CurveTracker::trackerRect(const QFont &font) const
    15. {
    16. QRect r = QwtPlotPicker::trackerRect(font);
    17. // Always show the info on left-top of window.
    18. r.moveTo(0, 0);
    19. return r;
    20. }
    21.  
    22. QwtText CurveTracker::trackerTextF(const QPointF &pos) const
    23. {
    24. // Inverse iterations over all attached curves.
    25. QString info;
    26. const auto curves = plot()->itemList(QwtPlotItem::Rtti_PlotCurve);
    27. for (auto curveIt = curves.crbegin(); curveIt != curves.crend(); ++curveIt) {
    28.  
    29. // Show info only for visible curves.
    30. if (!(*curveIt)->isVisible())
    31. continue;
    32.  
    33. const QString curveInfo = curveInfoAt(static_cast<const QwtPlotCurve *>(*curveIt), pos);
    34. if (!curveInfo.isEmpty()) {
    35. if (!info.isEmpty())
    36. info += tr("<br>");
    37. info += curveInfo;
    38. }
    39. }
    40. return info;
    41. }
    42.  
    43. QString CurveTracker::curveInfoAt(const QwtPlotCurve *qwtcurve, const QPointF &pos) const
    44. {
    45. const QLineF line = curveLineAt(qwtcurve, pos.x());
    46. if (line.isNull())
    47. return QString();
    48.  
    49. const double y = line.pointAt((pos.x() - line.p1().x()) / line.dx()).y();
    50. QString info(tr("<font color=""%1"">%2</font>"));
    51. return info.arg(qwtcurve->pen().color().name()).arg(y);
    52. }
    53.  
    54. QLineF CurveTracker::curveLineAt(const QwtPlotCurve *qwtcurve, double x) const
    55. {
    56. QLineF line;
    57. const auto samplesCount = qwtcurve->dataSize();
    58. if (samplesCount >= 2) {
    59. const QRectF boundingRect = qwtcurve->boundingRect();
    60. if ((boundingRect.width() > 0)
    61. && (x >= boundingRect.left())
    62. && (x <= boundingRect.right())) {
    63.  
    64. auto lessfunc = [](const double x, const QPointF &pos) { return (x < pos.x()); };
    65. int sampleIndex = qwtUpperSampleIndex<QPointF>(*qwtcurve->data(), x, lessfunc);
    66.  
    67. if (sampleIndex == -1) {
    68. const auto lastSample = qwtcurve->sample(samplesCount - 1);
    69. if (x == lastSample.x())
    70. sampleIndex = samplesCount - 1;
    71. }
    72. if (sampleIndex > 0) {
    73. line.setP1(qwtcurve->sample(sampleIndex - 1));
    74. line.setP2(qwtcurve->sample(sampleIndex));
    75. }
    76. }
    77. }
    78. return line;
    79. }
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    And I see that if I use 3 and more curves, then the rubber band's crosshair isn't in time behind movements of the
    mouse cursor, it lags behind on speed. And with the 15-curves or more, the delay of a sight is stronger.

    I see this delay even with "pure" QwtPlotPicker...

    So, is any tricks to solve it?

    PS: Qwt6.3-multiaxes, Qt 5.7, MSVC2015x86.

    BR,
    Denis


    Added after 13 minutes:


    I found, that even this code brings to lags:

    Qt Code:
    1. QwtText CurveTracker::trackerTextF(const QPointF &pos) const
    2. {
    3. QString info;
    4. for (int i = 0; i < 15; ++i) {
    5. info += tr("<br>");
    6. info += QString::number(qrand() % 1000);
    7. }
    8. return info;
    9. }
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    Added after 11 minutes:


    UPD: Seems, that source of issue in HTML tags:

    Qt Code:
    1. QString info(tr("<font color=""%1"">%2</font>"));
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    So... seems, we need to avoid to use the trackerTextF() method.

    Seems, we need to draw the tracker's rect with all contents manually, directly in QwtPicker::drawTracker..

    Or, I am mistaken ?
    Last edited by kuzulis; 13th November 2016 at 16:05.

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    Default Re: Curve tracking example is very slowly

    Using rich text is slow and there is nothing you can do about it, but it is not that slow to explain the effects you describe.
    The only obvious thing I can see in your code is, that you are running the text through tr ( what doesn't make any sense to me ) - maybe it does something in your context.

    I increased the curvetracker example to 10 curves and I can't see any difference.

    Qt Code:
    1. insertCurve( "Curve 3", Qt::darkCyan, points2 );
    2. insertCurve( "Curve 4", Qt::darkYellow, points2 );
    3. insertCurve( "Curve 5", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
    4. insertCurve( "Curve 6", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
    5. insertCurve( "Curve 7", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
    6. insertCurve( "Curve 8", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
    7. insertCurve( "Curve 9", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
    8. insertCurve( "Curve 1o", Qt::darkRed, points2 );
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    • Are you running on a slow piece of hardware - like the raspi ?
    • Did you build Qt in debug mode ?
    • Anything else what explains, why you are that much slower than my desktop system ( Linux, OpenSuse 12.2, bogomips : 4988.86 )



    Uwe

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    Default Re: Curve tracking example is very slowly

    Hi Uwe,

    thanks for your answer.

    Now I too use the curvetracker with this simplification:

    Qt Code:
    1. Plot::Plot( QWidget *parent ):
    2. QwtPlot( parent)
    3. {
    4. // curves
    5. for (int i = 0; i < 15; ++i) {
    6. QPolygonF points(2000);
    7. for (int p = 0; p < 2000; ++p) {
    8. points.append({ double(p), double(qrand() % 100) });
    9. }
    10.  
    11. insertCurve( tr("Curve %1").arg(i), qrand() % 255, points );
    12. }
    13.  
    14. CurveTracker* tracker = new CurveTracker( this->canvas() );
    15.  
    16. // for the demo we want the tracker to be active without
    17. // having to click on the canvas
    18. tracker->setStateMachine( new QwtPickerTrackerMachine() );
    19. tracker->setRubberBandPen( QPen( "MediumOrchid" ) );
    20. }
    21.  
    22. void Plot::insertCurve( const QString &title,
    23. const QColor &color, const QPolygonF &points )
    24. {
    25. QwtPlotCurve *curve = new QwtPlotCurve();
    26. curve->setTitle( title );
    27. curve->setPen(color),
    28. curve->setRenderHint( QwtPlotItem::RenderAntialiased, true );
    29. curve->setSamples( points );
    30. curve->attach( this );
    31. }
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    and I got same result. When I expand the plot to the whole Display width, I got lags of a crosshair from the mouse position (this depends on mouse moving speed).

    Are you running on a slow piece of hardware - like the raspi ?
    No, I use the Desktop PC with Windows 10 (64bit) + Qwt 6.3 (yes? multiaxes) + Qt 5.7.0 + MSVC2015x86

    Did you build Qt in debug mode ?
    Yes, in debug mode.

    Anything else what explains, why you are that much slower than my desktop system ( Linux, OpenSuse 12.2, bogomips : 4988.86 )
    I have Desktop i5-3470@3.2GHzx8GB RAM .

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    Default Re: Curve tracking example is very slowly

    Quote Originally Posted by kuzulis View Post
    Yes, in debug mode.
    When Qt has been built in debug mode lots of assertions and extra tests are compiled in. AFAIR this has a significant slow down effect on text rendering.
    So the first thing I would do is to try a release version.

    Uwe

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    Default Re: Curve tracking example is very slowly

    Yes, you are right. Using the Release mode improves the performance.
    But, anyway, If I move the mouse quickly, then crosshair lags behind, but to a lesser extent.
    But, OK, many thanks, it is enougth for me.

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