Setting hidden of lines very slow

[Andre Alves Garzia]

tied locking the screen first?

On 30/11/2018 10:33, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode wrote:
> I have a text field with some 3500 lines of text. I want to ensure all
> lines are visible, as I have hidden some before. I use:
>
> repeat with i = 1 the number of lines of fld 1
>        set the hidden of line i of fld 1 to false
> end repeat
>
> This is taking over 1 minute to complete. I have tried removing all styling
> from the text so e.g. backgroundcolor is empty, etc. Same result.
>
> Any suggestions pls?
>