SLOW & CRASHING: Stacked Groups & Editing Multiple Symbols At One Time

Question

SLOW & CRASHING: Stacked Groups & Editing Multiple Symbols At One Time

chsWeb opened this issue 6 years ago · comments

PROBLEM:

I cannot edit multiple symbols in a stacked group without massive slowdowns or crashing in Sketch.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR:

I should be able to edit multiple symbol widths or overrides at one time, by simple selecting multiple instances of a symbol, in a stacked group, and entering a new width in the Properties panel, or a new value in the Overrides panel.

CURRENT BEHAVIOR:

When entering a new width or override for multiple symbols at one time, Sketch crashes. In fact, with multiple instances selected, simply clicking in the Properties panel to enter a new width results in the pinwheel of death, the a crash or Force Quit. Turning off Auto Layout prevents the crash from happening.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

Create a new symbol using a rectangle and one text layer. Add this symbol to a Sketch library
Insert 20 instances of the library symbols to an artboard & put them in a new horizontal stacked group with no space.
Duplicate the stacked group 5 times.
Add the 6 horizontal stacked groups into a new vertical stack group with no space.
Select one symbol in each horizontal group by holding SHIFT + CMD (⌘) to select multiple symbols
Attempt to change their width by entering a new wide value in the Properties panel OR try entering a new override value in the Override panel.

TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS TAKEN SO FAR:

disable all plugins (no problems); turn auto layout back on and there are problems
restart sketch, close all windows except for current window
the problem seems to creep up over time, the longer I work in Sketch, the more sever the pinwheel and eventual crashing.
restarting Sketch seems to by some time where auto layout works fine.
after 30 minutes, the crashing begins, as if there is a memory leak or something?
working in a less complex file, with less artboards, does seem to help, but I have not tested this over time.
after restarting Sketch, and turning on Auto Layout, initially there is no crashing. After 20 or 30 minutes of work, the crashing returns.
If I had to guess, I'd say there is some sort of memory leak, or a cache problem, or something to do with the private files that Sketch creates in OS X that sometimes get huge - perhaps lots of library symbols and editing creates a large private file?

kium-one · Answer 1 · Sat Mar 31 2018 06:40:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'm having the same issue, I only use stacks (not pinning or sizes). At least having a way to disable auto-updating stacks would help. Sketch is barely usable when the Anima plugin is enabled.

Jono Young · Answer 2 · Mon Apr 02 2018 23:46:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

See if Paddy for Sketch can be used in place of Auto Layout, that is what I am doing now.

Paddy

kium-one · Answer 3 · Wed Apr 04 2018 00:08:23 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It can’t for stacking since Paddy doesn’t work many layers deep for symbols. I would have to detach everything, which defeats the purpose. Andrey

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Jono Young · Answer 4 · Thu Apr 05 2018 14:41:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Does "Closed" = "Fixed?"

kium-one · Answer 5 · Fri Apr 06 2018 00:33:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Not fixed for me, and no alternative solution, we should re-open the issue.

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Sean C. · Answer 6 · Tue Apr 02 2019 23:27:46 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This is still an issue. Opening a new ticket.

bios82 · Answer 7 · Wed May 08 2019 23:29:33 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Any news or reports they're working on this?
Combination of Sketch + Anima needs 99% of my CPU.
Really needs to be fixed.

zetaap · Answer 8 · Tue Jun 11 2019 01:34:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Combination of Sketch + Anima needs 99% of my CPU.
I have the same problem :( Freezes after any action

Lucas Lemonnier · Answer 9 · Wed Jul 24 2019 05:30:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Same issue here

nakrill · Answer 10 · Mon Sep 16 2019 16:52:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Same issue! It feels like performance issue is not related to the general count of stacked groups or nested level, but it definitely some unpredictable behavior.