From f1b3552167774d79b5ac8b68fc9a46956fd661e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: falkTX <falktx@falktx.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:23:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Keep add-plugin dialog in memory, so recurring shows are
 faster

---
 source/frontend/carla_host.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/frontend/carla_host.py b/source/frontend/carla_host.py
index 11d76dc80..27870fa8e 100644
--- a/source/frontend/carla_host.py
+++ b/source/frontend/carla_host.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ class HostWindow(QMainWindow):
 
         self.fPluginCount = 0
         self.fPluginList  = []
+
+        self.fPluginDatabaseDialog = None
         self.fFavoritePlugins = []
 
         self.fProjectFilename  = ""
@@ -1068,7 +1070,10 @@ class HostWindow(QMainWindow):
     # Plugins (menu actions)
 
     def showAddPluginDialog(self):
-        dialog = PluginDatabaseW(self.fParentOrSelf, self.host)
+        if self.fPluginDatabaseDialog is None:
+            self.fPluginDatabaseDialog = PluginDatabaseW(self.fParentOrSelf, self.host)
+        dialog = self.fPluginDatabaseDialog
+
         ret = dialog.exec_()
 
         if dialog.fFavoritePluginsChanged: