Annoying 'feature' of crop on slow computer

The laptop that I take on trips is fairly old - a Lenovo Ideapad 110 running Linux Mint. So Darktable just takes a little longer for some things.

However, when I use the new Crop module in DT 4, it has an annoying feature. I select crop, then go and adjust one of the borders. It is sitting working for some seconds, then it forgets my crop and displays the whole image again.

I figured out what is happening. I have to wait, after I select crop, for the initial processing to complete, before I move any borders to crop the image. Ideally, the module should not allow the user to adjust the crop until it is ready.

Hi @n01r and welcome to the show :grinning:
I agree with you that the GUI should stabilize before accepting interaction from the user. How about filing a bug report regarding the crop module? I think this would be the best in this case.
If you have a minute, see the following link for further information about how to report an issue

Happy processing :slight_smile:

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