Text / Image Frames and Shapes look 'liquid'.

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Alfred

Hello everyone,

I work with Scribus 1.5.7 on Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon;

unfortunately I have this type of inconvenience:  :(
when I create a text frame the frame does not follow the mouse cursor as it should be, it does so with a lot of delay and this involves a considerable waste of time and precision;
even if I want to make a change to the width / height the movements take place with a considerable delay so as to make the frame seem 'liquid'.
Of course, this also happens with the Picture Frame and with the various shapes.

If I can't fix it I'll have to give up using Scribus, if anyone has a tip to solve it's welcome ... Thank you very much... :)


RodneyLee

I just tested here, Mint 20.xx no problem what so ever, try turning off your grid, is your System ram low?

mnawij

I also just tested on Mint 20.1 and had no problems also. That problem looks to be ram or video card problem to me.

Cheers!

mnawij

Alfred

@RodneyLee and @mnawij

Thanks for your interest and for the answers,
you too with Mint 20.1 Cinnamon?

I have a desktop pc with 8GB of RAM and I don't have any other malfunctions with other software;
I work a lot with Inkscape and Gimp, even when I keep them open at the same time with Firefox I have never encountered any slowdowns or malfunctions.

Only with Scribus it happens to me with or without a grid, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but, nothing changes.
Do you think 8GB of ram is few? Even to make a single text frame?

Thanks for your time, I appreciate it very much ...

Alfred

Alfred

I understand where the problem lies:

I have always used the Wacom tablet, I do a lot of graphics and photo editing and I am so used to it that I use it for everything, I have always closed the mouse in my drawer, I never use it.

I do not do it long, took, inserted and 'miracle' Scribus is back to work normally.
The strange thing is that with the other versions of Scribus I have never had any kind of problem, evidently the latest versions do not adequately support the tablet.

Well, I'm glad I solved it, I was already looking around to see how to replace Scribus, which is anything but simple, it means that when I need it I will use the mouse.

Thanks to those who have read and answered me, I also put SOLVED in the title for others who may have the same problem as me.


Thanks a lot to everyone... :D

Alfred

SreckoM

Digging old thread, but I am having exactly same problem with Wacom (and other tablets). Using mouse everything works fine.  How did you resolved it?

SreckoM

This is happening with few more Qt based apps.
Workaround I found is to, before starting Scribus, do 'xinput float deviceID'. Start Scribus. After Scribus opened, do "xinput reattach deviceID".
I do not have knowledge to figure out why is this happening with some Qt apps and graphic tablets. Neither I know where should I report this ...

SreckoM

I did resolve it by using Open Tablet Driver in Absolute mode. It might create issues with other apps as Absolute mode is not working everywhere. You lose pressure sensitivity for example, so need to switch depend on needs. Other solutions is to switch to Windows or Mac. I asked about this on several places but nobody gives a * to be honest. I am 100% sure it  is Qt issue.