perf: delayed heavy processing

seems stupid but it actually allows the UI thread to get priority and
render first, giving a more smooth expereince

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/launcher/Launcher.qml b/launcher/Launcher.qml
index 8ac9032..44da816 100644
--- a/launcher/Launcher.qml
+++ b/launcher/Launcher.qml
@@ -109,15 +109,19 @@ ILauncher {
                     spacing: 0
                     TextInput {
                         id: textInput
+                        property bool pendingUpdate: false
+
                         Layout.fillHeight: true
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
                         Layout.maximumWidth: implicitWidth
+
                         color: Colors.foreground1
                         selectionColor: Colors.background3
+
                         text: launcher.state?.input || ""
                         clip: true
                         focus: true
-                        renderType: Text.CurveRendering
+
                         antialiasing: true
                         smooth: true
                         font {
@@ -174,7 +178,13 @@ ILauncher {
                         }
                         onTextChanged: {
                             if (launcher.state.input !== textInput.text)
-                                launcher.state.input = textInput.text; // TODO: find ways to optimize this, like how i was using an alias
+                                pendingUpdate = true;
+                            Qt.callLater(() => {
+                                if (pendingUpdate) {
+                                    pendingUpdate = false;
+                                    launcher.state.input = textInput.text; // TODO: find ways to optimize this, like how i was using an alias
+                                }
+                            });
                         }
                         onCursorPositionChanged: {
                             launcher.state.cursorPosition = textInput.cursorPosition;
diff --git a/services/Clip.qml b/services/Clip.qml
index 1bf78d0..b83c6d8 100644
--- a/services/Clip.qml
+++ b/services/Clip.qml
@@ -87,8 +87,15 @@ Searchable {
         running: true
         command: ["cliphist", "-preview-width", 9 ** 9, "-max-items", 9 ** 9, "list"]
         stdout: StdioCollector {
+            property bool pending: false
             onStreamFinished: () => {
-                _clipHist = this.text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                pending = true;
+                Qt.callLater(() => {
+                    if (pending) {
+                        pending = false;
+                        _clipHist = this.text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                    }
+                });
             }
         }
     }
@@ -98,8 +105,15 @@ Searchable {
         running: true
         command: ["sh", Quickshell.shellDir + "/utils/cliphist-img.sh"]
         stdout: StdioCollector {
+            property bool pending: false
             onStreamFinished: () => {
-                _clipImg = this.text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                pending = true;
+                Qt.callLater(() => {
+                    if (pending) {
+                        pending = false;
+                        _clipImg = this.text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                    }
+                });
             }
         }
     }
@@ -122,7 +136,6 @@ Searchable {
 
         stdout: SplitParser {
             onRead: line => {
-                console.log('h');
                 _update();
             }
         }