Bug 127518

Summary: [wk2] Page Overlays: Add API to clear the page overlay (and get rid of its backing store)
Product: WebKit Reporter: Tim Horton <thorton>
Component: WebKit2Assignee: Tim Horton <thorton>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: Normal CC: andersca, commit-queue, sam, simon.fraser, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Tim Horton 2014-01-23 15:38:23 PST
Having a totally transparent page overlay layer on top of the web view is expensive (perf, memory, and power) if you don’t need it. We already create the layer lazily, but there’s no way to get rid of it again.
Comment 1 Tim Horton 2014-01-23 15:53:45 PST
Created attachment 222035 [details]
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Comment 2 Tim Horton 2014-01-23 16:07:32 PST
<rdar://problem/15897396>
Comment 3 WebKit Commit Bot 2014-01-23 16:31:47 PST
Comment on attachment 222035 [details]
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Clearing flags on attachment: 222035

Committed r162662: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/162662>
Comment 4 WebKit Commit Bot 2014-01-23 16:31:50 PST
All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.