Accelerated compositing can sometimes flash when changing layers

• Component: Layout and Rendering
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Chris Marrin]

Today layout is usually deferred by using a timer which fires after style change is done. This reduces the number of layouts needed. But if the style change results in accelerated compositing layers to be created, they will get created with 0 size because they haven't been laid out yet. This will sometimes cause a compositing to occur with the 0 size layers. When the timer fires, the contents of the layers is laid out and rendered. Then the compositor renders the result and all is well. It is possible to see a visible flash when this occurs.

You can see it on http://mycommute.apple.com. You need a build with ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING turned on. Select a Route of "Van Ness/Mission", a Stop of "Colma Park & Ride" and a Campus of "IL1". Then click done and ht the back and forward arrows button a few times. You may be able to see the flash.

This is hard to see on fast hardware, but easy on slower platforms.

[Chris Marrin]

Created attachment 29104 [details]
Patch

[Simon Fraser (smfr)]

Comment on attachment 29104 [details]
Patch

r- based on discussion with Darin. We need to just fix the deferred layout timer to fire at the right time.

[Chris Marrin]

Created attachment 29231 [details]
Replacement patch

[Dave Hyatt]

Comment on attachment 29231 [details]
Replacement patch

r=me

[Timothy Hatcher]

Comment on attachment 29231 [details]
Replacement patch

> +    if (!_private->useDocumentViews)
> +        [self _viewWillDrawInternal];

This needs an #if USE(ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING) around it, or it will throw an exception since that method wont exist.

[Timothy Hatcher]

Never mind, I see the caller has the correct #ifndef around it.

[Chris Marrin]

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