IDE freezes when opening any markdown file

With latest version of IJ and the plugin on macos 10.13.3, the IDE is freezing more or less always (8 out of 10) when opening a markdown file while using the javafx preview mode. From the logs this might be relevant:

"AWT-EventQueue-0" prio=0 tid=0x0 nid=0x0 waiting on condition
     java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING
 on java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch$Sync@2a4dee35
	at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
	at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:175)
	at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.parkAndCheckInterrupt(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:836)
	at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.doAcquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:997)
	at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1304)
	at java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch.await(CountDownLatch.java:231)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.runAndWait(PlatformImpl.java:337)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.runAndWait(PlatformImpl.java:307)
	at com.vladsch.idea.multimarkdown.editor.javafx.JavaFxHtmlPanel.<init>(JavaFxHtmlPanel.kt:155)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at com.vladsch.idea.multimarkdown.editor.javafx.JavaFxHtmlPanelProvider.createHtmlPanel(JavaFxHtmlPanelProvider.kt:87)
	at com.vladsch.idea.multimarkdown.editor.PreviewFileEditorBase$setUpPanel$1.run(PreviewFileEditorBase.kt:444)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.QueueProcessor.runSafely(QueueProcessor.java:246)
	at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request.runSafely(Alarm.java:417)
	at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request.access$700(Alarm.java:344)
	at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request$1.run(Alarm.java:384)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$2.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:315)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$FlushQueue.a(LaterInvocator.java:424)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$FlushQueue.run(LaterInvocator.java:407)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:762)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:98)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:715)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:732)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.j(IdeEventQueue.java:822)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:650)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:366)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

When using the JB provided markdown plugin with the fx preview.

[KartaviK]

Have same problem with Markdown support plugin. OS: Ubuntu 19 Phpstorm: 2019.1.3

After switching to Markdown navigation all works fine

[vsch]

Thank you for the encouraging feedback.

Wait till you try the next version. It is ultra fast compared to previous releases and has a ton of bug fixes, including some intermittent ones that I could not reproduce for two years.

I cannot wait to have an EAP release so others can enjoy the speed gain and performance, while I take a short break to catch up on sleep. 😄