htop-dev
Allowing Pause on Search
I currently use an update rate of 1.5 seconds. However, when I search for a process to finalize and I need to navigate through the options (searching next or using the arrows up and down) the list updates while I am doing it, which moves things up and down in a confusing way, because of the new order of the processes.
Would it be possible to not update while in the search mode? Does that already exist?
If Not, would it be possible to add an option somewhere (maybe a short ut F-function) that I can signal to pause the update until I leave the search?
Many thanks.
In normal operation htop already stops updating the sort order of processes when the list is navigated. This should also apply for the search AFAIK.
Which version of htop are you running (displayed top-left with F1 while running or with htop --version)?
I don't mean sort by. I mean F3 Search, and also when I and navigating with arrows Up and Down.
Just noticed that Sorting by CPU was enabled instead of Sort By PID, maybe that was causing the issue.
No, even with sorting by CPU enabled the list will stop sorting for a little while when you navigate. This is independent of the search as it allows for better targeting processes. So if this is broken without searching too then there's something wrong. Can you check with a more recent version (3.3.0 or from main)?
I just removed htop from my system and downloaded and installed the compiled from source.
eduardoj@ThunderBit:~$ htop --version
htop 3.4.0-dev-3.3.0-193-g171f828
eduardoj@ThunderBit:~$ rm -rf ~/.config/htop/htoprc
When I run the command htop and press the arrow down to navigate to a process in the middle of the list. After waiting a few seconds without pressing any key, the list is still updated.
What else could I try?
I am using Z, which does what I want. Not sure when this was implemented, but thank you so much.
