From 58d8945aa5df46978147dfdbec80106310e5d92d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Walton <simon@highfidelity.io>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 14:41:27 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Limit re-sort rate to 2 Hz.

---
 interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index 9fe5ac3ac2..92c608fa3c 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Rectangle {
     property var activeTab: "nearbyTab";
     property bool currentlyEditingDisplayName: false
     property bool punctuationMode: false;
+    property double loudSortTime: 0.0;
+    readonly property double kLOUD_SORT_PERIOD_MS: 500.0;
 
     HifiConstants { id: hifi; }
     RootHttpRequest { id: http; }
@@ -1247,8 +1249,10 @@ Rectangle {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (nearbyTable.sortIndicatorColumn == 0) {  // Current sort by loudness so re-sort.
+            if (nearbyTable.sortIndicatorColumn == 0 && Date.now() - pal.loudSortTime >= pal.kLOUD_SORT_PERIOD_MS) {
+                // Current sort by loudness so re-sort.
                 sortModel();
+                pal.loudSortTime = Date.now();
             }
             break;
         case 'clearLocalQMLData':