Hyperlink window slows down opening documents in ID 2020

[J van E]

Just noticed something odd. I already have a solution for this but I wanted to post it anyway just to check if anyone else has this too and also because I am curious what's happening here.

After switching from ID 2019 to ID 2020 (on OS X Mojave) I noticed that it took quite a while before some documents would open. Like instead of a few seconds it now took quite a few seconds. After quite a few tests I discovered this has to do with the Hyperlinks window...!

In my workspace I have the Hyperlinks window in view and expanded. When I open a (large) document it takes about 10 seconds to open. When I collapse the Hyperlink window or remove it completely it takes 3 seconds for the document to open!

Very odd...!

Now the solution, obviously, is to NOT have that window open and expanded while working but it's a strange problem and I wondered 1. if anyone knows what's causing this and 2. if Adobe might look at this as a bug and fix it...? Going from 3 to 10 seconds when opening a document ONLY because of this Hyperlinks window being open is odd!

Of course I also post this so people become aware of it: maybe it can help them with similar performance problems!

[Jeffrey_Smith · Accepted solution]

Do you notice this behavior when there are URL hyperlinks in the panel? If so, the panel is providing instant feedback of URL availability, and this process might be lagging.

[J van E]

Ah, thanks! That's it! The document I tested with had one link (only one) so I removed it, saved the document and behold, the document opened within three seconds again! So good to know it's a link itself that's causing this! Talking about 'lagging'...! I think it's quite odd that only one link can make 3 seconds turn into 10! It's also odd that apparently the link isn't processed whenever the Hyperlinks window is closed...? Anyway, to prevent this from causing problems I will save my workspace with a collapsed Hyperlinks window and only open it whenever I need it! Thanks for the heads up!

BTW Disabling the option that automatically checks the URL-status (don't know what the option is called in English exactly) didn't help: only collapsing the meny or removing it does.