From 5be29d057e5a231da530c03fdb5ad879c15e5bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _Kristof_ <krizziewissie@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:25:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] throttle text update (this was the simplest way to do it
 but might want to look into options that allow for larger throttles)

---
 VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
index 29073d4..938db65 100644
--- a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
+++ b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,16 @@ public GuiElementTextArea(
         this.OnTextChanged = OnTextChanged;
     }
     
+    private bool textChangeDelayed;
+
     internal override void TextChanged()
+    {
+        if(textChangeDelayed) return;
+        textChangeDelayed = true;
+        api.Event.EnqueueMainThreadTask(TextChangedDelayed, "TextChangedDelayed");
+    }
+
+    private void TextChangedDelayed()
     {
         if (Autoheight)
         {
@@ -43,6 +52,7 @@ internal override void TextChanged()
         }
         Bounds.CalcWorldBounds();
         base.TextChanged();
+        textChangeDelayed = false;
     }
 
     public override void ComposeTextElements(Context ctx, ImageSurface surface)

From 95217d73ba5ddaee3b41708fd36d7548f24734a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _Kristof_ <krizziewissie@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:52:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add try catch and rename for clarity

---
 .../GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs | 30 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
index 938db65..3c1d3e9 100644
--- a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
+++ b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
@@ -35,24 +35,34 @@ public GuiElementTextArea(
         this.OnTextChanged = OnTextChanged;
     }
     
-    private bool textChangeDelayed;
+    private bool textChangedBatchedQueued;
 
     internal override void TextChanged()
     {
-        if(textChangeDelayed) return;
-        textChangeDelayed = true;
-        api.Event.EnqueueMainThreadTask(TextChangedDelayed, "TextChangedDelayed");
+        if(textChangedBatchedQueued) return;
+        textChangedBatchedQueued = true;
+        api.Event.EnqueueMainThreadTask(TextChangedBatched, "TextChangedBatched");
     }
 
-    private void TextChangedDelayed()
+    private void TextChangedBatched()
     {
-        if (Autoheight)
+        try
         {
-            Bounds.fixedHeight = Math.Max(minHeight, textUtil.GetMultilineTextHeight(Font, string.Join("\n", lines), Bounds.InnerWidth));
+            if (Autoheight)
+            {
+                Bounds.fixedHeight = Math.Max(minHeight, textUtil.GetMultilineTextHeight(Font, string.Join("\n", lines), Bounds.InnerWidth));
+            }
+            Bounds.CalcWorldBounds();
+            base.TextChanged();
+        }
+        catch(Exception ex)
+        {
+            api.Logger.Error("[VTMLEditor] an error occured during text change: {0}", ex);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            textChangedBatchedQueued = false;
         }
-        Bounds.CalcWorldBounds();
-        base.TextChanged();
-        textChangeDelayed = false;
     }
 
     public override void ComposeTextElements(Context ctx, ImageSurface surface)

From 57dc3b221b8f86a710d2030ed488a84e624377d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _Kristof_ <krizziewissie@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:55:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] swap order of operations (in the very big off chance that
 `EnqueueMainThreadTask`, not that it really matters as you'd have far bigger
 issues if that fails)

---
 VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
index 3c1d3e9..9e482f6 100644
--- a/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
+++ b/VTMLEditor/GuiElements/Vanilla/GuiElementTextArea.cs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public GuiElementTextArea(
     internal override void TextChanged()
     {
         if(textChangedBatchedQueued) return;
-        textChangedBatchedQueued = true;
         api.Event.EnqueueMainThreadTask(TextChangedBatched, "TextChangedBatched");
+        textChangedBatchedQueued = true;
     }
 
     private void TextChangedBatched()