Bug 154811 - No smooth scrolling of a particular spreadsheet, only sluggish (without Skia)
Summary: No smooth scrolling of a particular spreadsheet, only sluggish (without Skia)
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: perf
Depends on:
Blocks: Scrolling-Performance
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Reported: 2023-04-14 18:28 UTC by bugs
Modified: 2026-03-29 15:46 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

See Also:
Crash report or crash signature:


Attachments
Sheet displaying sluggish display (110.24 KB, application/octet-stream)
2023-04-20 08:23 UTC, bugs
Details
Screenshot showing Skia locked in Disabled state on Windows 11. (40.88 KB, image/png)
2026-03-24 10:11 UTC, Ken
Details
Screenshot showing Skia enabled but falling back to Raster. (44.75 KB, image/png)
2026-03-24 10:12 UTC, Ken
Details
Skia log confirming RenderMethod: raster. (37 bytes, text/plain)
2026-03-24 10:13 UTC, Ken
Details
Updated Skia log from v26.2.2.2 confirming Vulkan initialization (RenderMethod: vulkan) (167 bytes, text/plain)
2026-03-28 06:42 UTC, Ken
Details

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Description bugs 2023-04-14 18:28:49 UTC
Description:
There is no longer smooth scrolling. The scrolling is taking place in delayed jumps of the number of rows specified in the mouse settings (Logitech), which also has smooth scolling enabled

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load a speadsheet (in this case 506 x Y, fairly simple, only with numbers and a few simple calculations)
2. Navigate the spreadsheet by using the mouse wheel


Actual Results:
No smooth scrolling

Expected Results:
Smooth scrolling as in all other programs


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Module: SpreadsheetDocument
OS: Windows 11 Pro 22H2
OS is 64bit: yes
Logitech Setpoint 6.90.66 driver 6.00.115

This is the version working well after uninstalling 7.5.2.2:
Version: 7.4.6.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5b1f5509c2decdade7fda905e3e1429a67acd63d
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: da-DK (da_DK); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2023-04-19 14:28:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 bugs 2023-04-19 20:48:44 UTC
This version, does not exhibit the problemm

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 61b41646c5a93ca24f2c9f143cdb0da2c9258989
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: da-DK (da_DK); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

This version does

Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 53bb9681a964705cf672590721dbc85eb4d0c3a2
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: da-DK (da_DK); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

but not in an empty sheet
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2023-04-20 03:31:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2023-04-20 05:47:39 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 bugs 2023-04-20 08:23:59 UTC
Created attachment 186805 [details]
Sheet displaying sluggish display
Comment 6 bugs 2023-04-20 08:26:03 UTC
7.6: With Skia: no problem. Without Skia: sluggish performance. No change observed with/without Opencl
Comment 7 Buovjaga 2023-04-20 13:53:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 bugs 2023-04-21 11:16:37 UTC
It must be a programming issue e.g. starting to employ special HW features not generally available.

Two program versions on the exact same hardware (AMD Ryzen 5 3600) exhibit different results.

The i7-6700 is similar to my AMD Ryzen 5 

cpubenchmark.net
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Single Thread Rating(% diff. to max in group)	2513(-2.2%)	2569(0.0%)	

CPU Mark(% diff. to max in group)	8949(-49.7%)	17797
Comment 9 bugs 2023-04-21 21:23:43 UTC
Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 61b41646c5a93ca24f2c9f143cdb0da2c9258989
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22624; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: da-DK (da_DK); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Even with only 50 lines in the sheet, there are noticable delays

This below in a VMware virtual machine using Linux Mint 21.1.
It does not display any sluggishness

Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 53bb9681a964705cf672590721dbc85eb4d0c3a2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Thus the problem is most likely a Windows 11 version problem.
(Libreoffice is reporting the OS as Windows 10)
Comment 10 bugs 2023-04-22 10:13:47 UTC
The problem cannot be reduced to one particular speadsheet without extensive testing of many spreadsheets.
Comment 11 Buovjaga 2023-04-22 11:57:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 Timur 2023-12-21 12:38:51 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 bugs 2023-12-21 17:49:28 UTC
Same behaviour as previously in 7.5.8.2 and 7.6.4.1. Without Skia sluggish performance, but not due to CPU overload. With Skia smooth performance. 
I don't know about 4K monitors, but they behave probably the same or even worse.
Comment 14 Armondo Lopez 2024-04-11 19:16:42 UTC
I can confirm that this behavior still takes place in 

Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a2265e8faa099d9652efd12392c2877c2df1d1eb
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

as well as 

Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 15 Ken 2026-03-24 10:11:49 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 16 Ken 2026-03-24 10:12:45 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 17 Ken 2026-03-24 10:13:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 18 Ken 2026-03-24 10:19:13 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 19 Ken 2026-03-24 10:28:31 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 20 Buovjaga 2026-03-24 11:19:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 21 Ken 2026-03-28 06:42:21 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 22 Ken 2026-03-28 06:43:58 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 23 Buovjaga 2026-03-28 14:21:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 24 Ken 2026-03-28 23:00:43 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 25 Jeff F. 2026-03-29 14:13:27 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 26 Jeff F. 2026-03-29 14:33:10 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 27 ady 2026-03-29 15:41:39 UTC
This issue can be reproduced in older versions of LO (on Windows, _without_ Skia) by opening attachment 186805 [details] from comment 5 and using the mouse wheel to scroll up/down. In that sense, this report should be at least set as NEW.

Having said that, newer versions of LO require Skia. So, although there is an underlying issue, maybe this report will result in WONTFIX anyway(?).
Comment 28 Buovjaga 2026-03-29 15:43:28 UTC
(In reply to Jeff F. from comment #26)
> I would suggest retitling this to be about the slow scrolling performance
> specifically when running with Skia on Windows, mark it as blocking bug
> #146014, and "See also" bug #167425 and others blocking the
> Scrolling-Performance metabug.

It's the other way around: with Skia there is no problem and Skia these days is mandatory on Windows, so this can be closed.