Bug 259308

Summary: Selecting text in large webpages is very slow
Product: WebKit Reporter: tellowkrinkle
Component: Layout and RenderingAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: Normal CC: bfulgham, megan_gardner, rniwa, simon.fraser, webkit-bug-importer, wenson_hsieh, zalan
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: Safari 16   
Hardware: Mac (Apple Silicon)   
OS: macOS 13   

Description tellowkrinkle 2023-07-18 09:13:10 PDT
To reproduce:

1. Load the Vulkan spec in Safari: https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/vkspec.html
2. Once it's finished loading, try to select some text
3. Do the same in Firefox

Expected result:
Selecting text doesn't lag

Actual result:
Firefox works fine, but in Safari, the highlight updates at a few fps
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2023-07-25 09:14:15 PDT
<rdar://problem/112837706>