Jabref: Entry editor freeze

[grimes2]

JabRef 3.7-dev--snapshot--2016-11-01--master--458ee79
windows 10 10.0 amd64
Java 1.8.0_111

Steps to reproduce:

1. open entry editor
2. change entry
3. Freeze. 50% CPU

[koppor]

Can you do a git bisect run to determine which commit is the cause?

[grimes2]

The last commit 458ee7999699b3489684178605c3f8f55294fd63 seems to be bad.

[lenhard]

I can confirm the behavior on current master. This renders JabRef completely unusable and is a blocker for a release of 3.7.

[koppor]

The commit points to https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/2199. I contacted @bartsch-dev

[stefan-kolb]

I cannot exactly reproduce this. After entering something inside the entry editor it should automatically freeze the program? I can edit and change between entries with no problems. When I add a new entry afterwards I get kind of a freeze. But some things are still functional in Jabref. i just cannot enter things in the entry editor or select different entries.

[koppor]

When I edit an exiting entry, I have following issues:

1. Open entry
2. Edit "title" field: Add three letters "abc"
3. Click textfield of "journaltitle".
4. Field does not get focus
5. Click textfield of "journaltitle".
6. Field gets focus

[chriba]

I tried to fix it, can you please try it out?
I also noticed that with #2075 the entry editor has become noticeable slower.

[grimes2]

Can you provide a build? I want to test it also.

@stefan-kolb: No. Open the entry editor by double-click on an entry in main table. Go to another entry in the main table. You don't need to edit or change a field in the entry editor at all.

[koppor]

The PR is #2225. I (manually) mirrored the branch fixEditorFreeze at the JabRef repo. It doesn't build as we have issues with the Medline test on the master branch. The latter refs https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/181. Please find the build at https://builds.jabref.org/fixEditorFreeze/.

You can just checkout the branch or add bartsch's fork as additional git remote for fetching.

[grimes2]

JabRef 3.7-dev--snapshot--2016-11-02--fixEditorFreeze--d1c1801
windows 10 10.0 amd64
Java 1.8.0_111

Thanks for the build. With the tested build the bug is fixed. Thanks for the fix and the improvement of the entry editor code.