Keep similar theme nodes so we don't have to recompute CSS so often

Because we calculate and cache CSS properties once per StThemeNode,
and only a certain set of attributes can affect the CSS properties,
it's advantageous for as many widgets as possible to share a single
StThemeNode. Similarly, if a widget changes state and then changes back
(e.g. gaining and losing the :hover pseudo-class), it should ideally
get its original StThemeNode back again when it returns to the old
state.

Here, I'm using the StThemeContext as the location for a cache.
StThemeNodes are currently never freed: this seems OK for Shell's usage
(a finite number of IDs, classes, pseudo-classes and types).

Bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687465
Reviewed-by: Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@mecheye.net>
This commit is contained in:
Simon McVittie
2012-11-08 17:50:01 +00:00
parent 2cfed952bb
commit dc2ec0a8f9
5 changed files with 85 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ st_widget_get_theme_node (StWidget *widget)
if (priv->theme_node == NULL)
{
StThemeContext *context;
StThemeNode *tmp_node;
StThemeNode *parent_node = NULL;
ClutterStage *stage = NULL;
ClutterActor *parent;
@ -629,16 +631,20 @@ st_widget_get_theme_node (StWidget *widget)
else
pseudo_class = direction_pseudo_class;
priv->theme_node = st_theme_node_new (st_theme_context_get_for_stage (stage),
parent_node, priv->theme,
G_OBJECT_TYPE (widget),
clutter_actor_get_name (CLUTTER_ACTOR (widget)),
priv->style_class,
pseudo_class,
priv->inline_style);
context = st_theme_context_get_for_stage (stage);
tmp_node = st_theme_node_new (context, parent_node, priv->theme,
G_OBJECT_TYPE (widget),
clutter_actor_get_name (CLUTTER_ACTOR (widget)),
priv->style_class,
pseudo_class,
priv->inline_style);
if (pseudo_class != direction_pseudo_class)
g_free (pseudo_class);
priv->theme_node = g_object_ref (st_theme_context_intern_node (context,
tmp_node));
g_object_unref (tmp_node);
}
return priv->theme_node;