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

[chsWeb]

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:

1. Create a new symbol using a rectangle and one text layer. Add this symbol to a Sketch library
2. Insert 20 instances of the library symbols to an artboard & put them in a new horizontal stacked group with no space.
3. Duplicate the stacked group 5 times.
4. Add the 6 horizontal stacked groups into a new vertical stack group with no space.
5. Select one symbol in each horizontal group by holding SHIFT + CMD (⌘) to select multiple symbols
6. 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]

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.

[chsWeb]

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

Paddy

[kium-one]

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

On Apr 2, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Or Arbel notifications@github.com wrote:

Closed #71.

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[chsWeb]

Does "Closed" = "Fixed?"

[kium-one]

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

On Apr 4, 2018, at 11:41 PM, Jono Young notifications@github.com wrote:

Does "Closed" = "Fixed?"

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[placidminds]

This is still an issue. Opening a new ticket.

[bios82]

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

[zetaap]

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

[luclemo]

Same issue here

[nakrill]

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.