Gwenview is too slow to load image from a directory containing many images

Gwenview takes a lot of time (sometimes 15+ seconds to load a 4 mb jpg file) to load an image from a directory where there are lot of images. This is probably because it tries to load all the images in the background, as after loading one, I can view all other images (by clicking arrow keys) without any lag. When there is only one image file in a directory, it loads very quickly.

Is there any way to tell Gwenview to only load the image it was asked to?

Solution 1:

Try these steps:

1. Check if your disk is low in free space. IF YES, Try Empty space.
2. Check if RAM is small.
3. Try to split small number of images in separate folders.
4. Also see if the file explorer like dolphin/ Nemo is also taking too much time opening these large images.
5. Try disabling animations in settings

This may Help you: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=164924

Also in another post one suggested set desktop as folder and not as a desktop solved the issue.