# Texture background causes typing delay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Scapple for Windows\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [March 6, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/texture-background-causes-typing-delay/32830 "2016-03-06T23:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shass](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@shass](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/shass)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/texture-background-causes-typing-delay/32830/1 "2016-03-06T23:16:19Z")
Why is it that if you choose to set a texture (Inspector/Document/Choose texture) it makes typing so laggy. There is sometimes a two or three second delay when I start a new note before the word I have typed appears. If it has such a lousy effect on performance, why put it in? It is impossible to type smoothly with a texture background. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/texture-background-causes-typing-delay/32830/2 "2016-03-07T23:58:13Z")
How large is your texture file on the disk? With normal texture-sized files (within the realm of 128 to 512 pixels square or smaller at screen resolution) I had no issues at all. Now if I loaded a massive photograph into the background then yes things did get a bit slow—it has to save that huge file every time along with everything else you’ve typed. ---
**Author:** ![shass](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@shass](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/shass)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/texture-background-causes-typing-delay/32830/3 "2016-03-08T12:20:05Z")
Hello, thanks for that. My texture was just a cork board texture at 456kb but I have returned to a plain background now. Didn’t realise that the background was continually saved as well.