A Feature-less Bug - Properties Panel

[Roland Kahlenberg]

In v25, whenever the Properties Panel appears, usually when I least want it to, it bogs down my system. It's like a ton of bricks just got loaded onto the back of geriatric AE.


 

[jenkmeister]

If you uncheck the auto-open checkbox, in the top toolbar area, that should stop it showing up. That said, I can't say I've heard of AE slowing down with the PP appears. Is it a particular layer type (like a really complex shape layer)? 

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. The issue with the unchecking Auto-Open is that this affects other Tools. 

I've also been thinking what's the reason for the Properties Panel being so in-your-face.  :-DFrom a UX POV - I've got a shortcut key to toggle it on/off. Setting this shortcut should be a sufficient indicator that tells the Properties Panel to stop getting into the UI on its own - the user has made a decision to use this feature on an on-demand basis. So ... this is the user's preferred UX. Hence, the UI should respect this decision and appear only when toggled, to be on. 

I'll also keep an eye and a mind on system performance - it could be stuff I'm working on that's the cause BUTT it's also corelated with the Properties Panel's appearance. 

[S1Ber]

Hi Roland

If you could share information about (or videos of) things that the Properties Panel slows down on your machine, I'd be very grateful. It shouldn't cause the type of slowdown you're describing, so I'd like to investigate that further.

Thanks

  - Simon

After Effects engineering

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Hi Simon, I've been keeping an eye on the Properties Panel and since the poor performance issue I reported, it's been good. I'm almost certain it's due to me working with bad code on a script I'm developing - I was implementing an Undo+Redo feature and there was a loop that kept going back ... and ... back. Now, all is good for performance and the Properties Panel but I'm still 'meh?!' with the Properties Panel appearing on its own.

Thanks for checking in - very much appreciated.

Cheers!