QGIS browser panel scanning slows down QGIS

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Author Name: Saber Razmjooei (@saberraz)
Original Redmine Issue: 19533
Affected QGIS version: 2.18.22
Redmine category:browser

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I am trying to browse to some folders containing 100s of layers (mainly Mapinfo tab files) through QGIS panel. The scanning takes a long time and slows down QGIS to almost an unusable state.
Note that I am using QGIS on a VDI.

The work-around is to hide the folder from scanning.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Does it happen also on 3.*?

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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AFAIK this has always been so. Do you find previous versions faster?

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Author Name: Saber Razmjooei (@saberraz)

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I have noticed it only under QGIS 2.18. It is specific to the VDI and works fine on the normal OS.

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Author Name: Saber Razmjooei (@saberraz)

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Open

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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vdi = virtual machine?

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Author Name: Saber Razmjooei (@saberraz)

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hi Gio, yes. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.It is a common method these days within some large organisations.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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Please test with QGIS 3.4 - QGIS 2.18 reached it's end of life.

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Author Name: Saber Razmjooei (@saberraz)

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed