gpui: Reduce window.refresh to improve cache hit of the cached views (#25009)

Release Notes:

- Improved performance when using the scroll wheel and some other mouse
interactions.

Based on some cache details about GPUI `AnyView::cached` that I found in
the discussion of
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/24260#discussioncomment-12135749,
and combined with the optimization points found in actual applications.

This change may have some scenarios that I have not considered, so I
just make a draft to put forward my ideas first for discussion.

From my analysis, `AnyView::cached` will always invalid by Div's mouse
events, because of it called `window.refresh`. I understand that (mouse
move event) this is because the interface changes related to hover and
mouse_move will be affected style, so `window.refresh` is required.
Since Div does not have the `entity_id` of View, it is impossible to
know which View should be refreshed, so the entire window can only be
refreshed.

With this change, we can reduce a lot of `render` method calls on
ScrollWheel or Mouse Event.

crates/gpui/src/elements/div.rs

@@ -1708,13 +1708,14 @@ impl Interactivity {
                         });
 
                         let was_hovered = hitbox.is_hovered(window);
+                        let current_view = window.current_view();
                         window.on_mouse_event({
                             let hitbox = hitbox.clone();
-                            move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, _| {
+                            move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, cx| {
                                 if phase == DispatchPhase::Capture {
                                     let hovered = hitbox.is_hovered(window);
                                     if hovered != was_hovered {
-                                        window.refresh();
+                                        cx.notify(current_view)
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
@@ -1828,10 +1829,11 @@ impl Interactivity {
         {
             let hitbox = hitbox.clone();
             let was_hovered = hitbox.is_hovered(window);
-            window.on_mouse_event(move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, _cx| {
+            let current_view = window.current_view();
+            window.on_mouse_event(move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, cx| {
                 let hovered = hitbox.is_hovered(window);
                 if phase == DispatchPhase::Capture && hovered != was_hovered {
-                    window.refresh();
+                    cx.notify(current_view);
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -2117,10 +2119,11 @@ impl Interactivity {
 
         if let Some(group_hitbox) = group_hitbox {
             let was_hovered = group_hitbox.is_hovered(window);
-            window.on_mouse_event(move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, _cx| {
+            let current_view = window.current_view();
+            window.on_mouse_event(move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, cx| {
                 let hovered = group_hitbox.is_hovered(window);
                 if phase == DispatchPhase::Capture && hovered != was_hovered {
-                    window.refresh();
+                    cx.notify(current_view);
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -2139,6 +2142,7 @@ impl Interactivity {
             let restrict_scroll_to_axis = style.restrict_scroll_to_axis;
             let line_height = window.line_height();
             let hitbox = hitbox.clone();
+            let current_view = window.current_view();
             window.on_mouse_event(move |event: &ScrollWheelEvent, phase, window, cx| {
                 if phase == DispatchPhase::Bubble && hitbox.is_hovered(window) {
                     let mut scroll_offset = scroll_offset.borrow_mut();
@@ -2172,7 +2176,7 @@ impl Interactivity {
                     scroll_offset.x += delta_x;
                     cx.stop_propagation();
                     if *scroll_offset != old_scroll_offset {
-                        window.refresh();
+                        cx.notify(current_view);
                     }
                 }
             });

crates/gpui/src/elements/list.rs

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 use crate::{
     point, px, size, AnyElement, App, AvailableSpace, Bounds, ContentMask, DispatchPhase, Edges,
-    Element, FocusHandle, GlobalElementId, Hitbox, IntoElement, Pixels, Point, ScrollWheelEvent,
+    Element, EntityId, FocusHandle, GlobalElementId, Hitbox, IntoElement, Pixels, Point,
-    Size, Style, StyleRefinement, Styled, Window,
+    ScrollWheelEvent, Size, Style, StyleRefinement, Styled, Window,
 };
 use collections::VecDeque;
 use refineable::Refineable as _;
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ impl StateInner {
         scroll_top: &ListOffset,
         height: Pixels,
         delta: Point<Pixels>,
+        current_view: EntityId,
         window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut App,
     ) {
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ impl StateInner {
             );
         }
 
-        window.refresh();
+        cx.notify(current_view);
     }
 
     fn logical_scroll_top(&self) -> ListOffset {
@@ -847,6 +848,7 @@ impl Element for List {
         window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut App,
     ) {
+        let current_view = window.current_view();
         window.with_content_mask(Some(ContentMask { bounds }), |window| {
             for item in &mut prepaint.layout.item_layouts {
                 item.element.paint(window, cx);
@@ -863,6 +865,7 @@ impl Element for List {
                     &scroll_top,
                     height,
                     event.delta.pixel_delta(px(20.)),
+                    current_view,
                     window,
                     cx,
                 )
@@ -967,7 +970,10 @@ mod test {
 
     #[gpui::test]
     fn test_reset_after_paint_before_scroll(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
-        use crate::{div, list, point, px, size, Element, ListState, Styled};
+        use crate::{
+            div, list, point, px, size, AppContext, Context, Element, IntoElement, ListState,
+            Render, Styled, Window,
+        };
 
         let cx = cx.add_empty_window();
 
@@ -981,9 +987,16 @@ mod test {
             offset_in_item: px(0.0),
         });
 
+        struct TestView(ListState);
+        impl Render for TestView {
+            fn render(&mut self, _: &mut Window, _: &mut Context<Self>) -> impl IntoElement {
+                list(self.0.clone()).w_full().h_full()
+            }
+        }
+
         // Paint
-        cx.draw(point(px(0.), px(0.)), size(px(100.), px(20.)), |_, _| {
+        cx.draw(point(px(0.), px(0.)), size(px(100.), px(20.)), |_, cx| {
-            list(state.clone()).w_full().h_full()
+            cx.new(|_| TestView(state.clone()))
         });
 
         // Reset

crates/gpui/src/elements/text.rs

@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ impl Element for InteractiveText {
         window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut App,
     ) {
+        let current_view = window.current_view();
         let text_layout = self.text.layout().clone();
         window.with_element_state::<InteractiveTextState, _>(
             global_id.unwrap(),
@@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ impl Element for InteractiveText {
                                 if let Some(hover_listener) = hover_listener.as_ref() {
                                     hover_listener(updated, event.clone(), window, cx);
                                 }
-                                window.refresh();
+                                cx.notify(current_view);
                             }
                         }
                     }

crates/ui/src/components/indent_guides.rs

@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ mod uniform_list {
             window: &mut Window,
             _cx: &mut App,
         ) {
+            let current_view = window.current_view();
+
             match prepaint {
                 IndentGuidesElementPrepaintState::Static => {
                     for indent_guide in self.indent_guides.as_ref() {
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ mod uniform_list {
                     window.on_mouse_event({
                         let prev_hovered_hitbox_id = hovered_hitbox_id;
                         let hitboxes = hitboxes.clone();
-                        move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, _cx| {
+                        move |_: &MouseMoveEvent, phase, window, cx| {
                             let mut hovered_hitbox_id = None;
                             for hitbox in hitboxes.as_ref() {
                                 if hitbox.is_hovered(window) {
@@ -339,15 +341,11 @@ mod uniform_list {
                                 match (prev_hovered_hitbox_id, hovered_hitbox_id) {
                                     (Some(prev_id), Some(id)) => {
                                         if prev_id != id {
-                                            window.refresh();
+                                            cx.notify(current_view)
                                         }
                                     }
-                                    (None, Some(_)) => {
+                                    (None, Some(_)) => cx.notify(current_view),
-                                        window.refresh();
+                                    (Some(_), None) => cx.notify(current_view),
-                                    }
-                                    (Some(_), None) => {
-                                        window.refresh();
-                                    }
                                     (None, None) => {}
                                 }
                             }