Disabled opacity effect in animated tab previews by default.

It can still be enabled with ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT build variable.
This is final fix for #663

BUILDING

@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ Available Defines
                           example:
                           $ export NONBLOCK_JS_DIALOGS="true"
 
+   ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT  Enable opacity effect on animated tab previews. Tab previews
+                          will then fade-in on show.
+                          However, this feature may result in wrong scrolling into
+                          anchor (#) links. Rendering of opacity effect may also be
+                          garbled due to Flash.
+                          (disabled by default)
+
+                          example:
+                          $ export ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT="true"
+
 
  Windows specific defines:
 

CHANGELOG

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Version 1.4.0
     * use .qupzilla/tmp instead of /tmp for temporary data
     * saving passwords should now work for much more sites
     * don't steal Ctrl+B/U/I shortcuts from page
+    * disabled by default opacity effect on tab previews - see BUILDING
     * fixed scrolling to anchor in background tabs
     * fixed parsing UTF-8 filenames in Content-Disposition header
     * fixed crash with context menu in websearchbar and locationbar

src/lib/webview/tabpreview.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * QupZilla - WebKit based browser
-* Copyright (C) 2010-2012  Alexander Samilovskih <alexsamilovskih@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2010-2013  Alexander Samilovskih <alexsamilovskih@gmail.com>
 *                          David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ TabPreview::TabPreview(QupZilla* mainClass, QWidget* parent)
     setMaximumWidth(250);
     setMaximumHeight(170);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     setGraphicsEffect(&m_opacityEffect);
     m_opacityEffect.setOpacity(0.0);
     connect(&m_opacityTimeLine, SIGNAL(frameChanged(int)), this, SLOT(setOpacity(int)));
+#endif
 
     m_animation.setDuration(400);
     m_animation.setFrameRange(0, 100);
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ void TabPreview::setAnimationsEnabled(bool enabled)
 
 void TabPreview::hideAnimated()
 {
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     if (m_opacityTimeLine.state() == QTimeLine::Running) {
         m_opacityTimeLine.stop();
     }
@@ -114,12 +117,16 @@ void TabPreview::hideAnimated()
     else {
         QFrame::hide();
     }
+#endif
+    QFrame::hide();
 }
 
 void TabPreview::hide()
 {
     m_previewIndex = -1;
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     disconnect(&m_opacityTimeLine, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(hide()));
+#endif
 
     QFrame::hide();
 }
@@ -163,8 +170,12 @@ void TabPreview::showOnRect(const QRect &r)
         finishingGeometry = QRect(calculatePosition(r, previewSize), previewSize);
     }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     if (!m_animationsEnabled) {
         m_opacityEffect.setOpacity(1.0);
+#else
+    if (!m_animationsEnabled || !wasVisible) {
+#endif
         QFrame::setGeometry(finishingGeometry);
         return;
     }
@@ -176,14 +187,18 @@ void TabPreview::showOnRect(const QRect &r)
         m_startGeometry = finishingGeometry;
     }
 
+    QFrame::setGeometry(m_startGeometry);
+
     calculateSteps(m_startGeometry, finishingGeometry);
     m_animation.start();
 }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
 void TabPreview::setOpacity(int opacity)
 {
     m_opacityEffect.setOpacity(opacity / 100.0);
 }
+#endif
 
 void TabPreview::setAnimationFrame(int frame)
 {
@@ -198,6 +213,7 @@ void TabPreview::setAnimationFrame(int frame)
 
 void TabPreview::showAnimated()
 {
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     disconnect(&m_opacityTimeLine, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(hide()));
 
     if (m_opacityTimeLine.state() == QTimeLine::Running) {
@@ -208,6 +224,7 @@ void TabPreview::showAnimated()
     m_opacityTimeLine.setStartFrame(m_opacityEffect.opacity() * 100);
     m_opacityTimeLine.setEndFrame(100);
     m_opacityTimeLine.start();
+#endif
 }
 
 void TabPreview::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* pe)

src/lib/webview/tabpreview.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * QupZilla - WebKit based browser
-* Copyright (C) 2010-2012  Alexander Samilovskih <alexsamilovskih@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2010-2013  Alexander Samilovskih <alexsamilovskih@gmail.com>
 *                          David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 
 #include <QFrame>
 #include <QTimeLine>
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
 #include <QGraphicsOpacityEffect>
+#endif
 
 class QupZilla;
 class WebTab;
@@ -48,8 +51,10 @@ public slots:
     void show();
 
 private slots:
-    void setOpacity(int opacity);
     void setAnimationFrame(int frame);
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
+    void setOpacity(int opacity);
+#endif
 
 protected:
     void paintEvent(QPaintEvent* pe);
@@ -66,8 +71,10 @@ private slots:
     int m_previewIndex;
     bool m_animationsEnabled;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_OPACITY_EFFECT
     QTimeLine m_opacityTimeLine;
     QGraphicsOpacityEffect m_opacityEffect;
+#endif
 
     QTimeLine m_animation;
     QRect m_startGeometry;

src/lib/webview/webtab.cpp

@@ -257,12 +257,14 @@ QPixmap WebTab::renderTabPreview()
 {
     TabbedWebView* currentWebView = p_QupZilla->weView();
     WebPage* page = m_view->page();
-    const QSize oldSize = currentWebView ? currentWebView->page()->viewportSize() : page->viewportSize();
+    const QSize oldSize = page->viewportSize();
     const QPoint originalScrollPosition = page->mainFrame()->scrollPosition();
 
     // Hack to ensure rendering the same preview before and after the page was shown for the first time
     // This can occur eg. with opening background tabs
-    page->setViewportSize(oldSize);
+    if (currentWebView) {
+        page->setViewportSize(currentWebView->size());
+    }
 
     const int previewWidth = 230;
     const int previewHeight = 150;