avoid changing scenegraph while traversing it

src/Gui/ActionFunction.cpp

@@ -112,4 +112,45 @@ void ActionFunction::hovered()
     }
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Gui {
+class TimerFunctionPrivate
+{
+public:
+    boost::function<void()> timeoutFunc;
+    bool autoDelete;
+};
+}
+
+TimerFunction::TimerFunction(QObject* parent)
+  : QObject(parent), d_ptr(new TimerFunctionPrivate())
+{
+    d_ptr->autoDelete = false;
+}
+
+TimerFunction::~TimerFunction()
+{
+}
+
+void TimerFunction::setFunction(boost::function<void()> func)
+{
+    Q_D(TimerFunction);
+    d->timeoutFunc = func;
+}
+
+void TimerFunction::setAutoDelete(bool on)
+{
+    Q_D(TimerFunction);
+    d->autoDelete = on;
+}
+
+void TimerFunction::timeout()
+{
+    Q_D(TimerFunction);
+    d->timeoutFunc();
+    if (d->autoDelete)
+        deleteLater();
+}
+
 #include "moc_ActionFunction.cpp"

src/Gui/ActionFunction.h

@@ -86,6 +86,29 @@ private:
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ActionFunction)
 };
 
+class TimerFunctionPrivate;
+
+class GuiExport TimerFunction : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    /// Constructor
+    TimerFunction(QObject* = 0);
+    virtual ~TimerFunction();
+
+    void setFunction(boost::function<void()> func);
+    void setAutoDelete(bool);
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void timeout();
+
+private:
+    QScopedPointer<TimerFunctionPrivate> d_ptr;
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY(TimerFunction)
+    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(TimerFunction)
+};
+
 } //namespace Gui
 
 

src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #ifndef _PreComp_
 # include <QPixmap>
+# include <QTimer>
 # include <Inventor/SoPickedPoint.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoSwitch.h>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "ViewProvider.h"
 #include "Application.h"
+#include "ActionFunction.h"
 #include "Document.h"
 #include "ViewProviderPy.h"
 #include "BitmapFactory.h"
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
 #include "SoFCDB.h"
 #include "ViewProviderExtension.h"
 
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Gui;
 
@@ -171,10 +175,16 @@ void ViewProvider::eventCallback(void * ud, SoEventCallback * node)
             const SbBool press = ke->getState() == SoButtonEvent::DOWN ? true : false;
             switch (ke->getKey()) {
             case SoKeyboardEvent::ESCAPE:
-                if (self->keyPressed (press, ke->getKey()))
+                if (self->keyPressed (press, ke->getKey())) {
                     node->setHandled();
-                else
-                    Gui::Application::Instance->activeDocument()->resetEdit();
+                }
+                else {
+                    Gui::TimerFunction* func = new Gui::TimerFunction();
+                    func->setAutoDelete(true);
+                    Gui::Document* doc = Gui::Application::Instance->activeDocument();
+                    func->setFunction(boost::bind(&Document::resetEdit, doc));
+                    QTimer::singleShot(0, func, SLOT(timeout()));
+                }
                 break;
             default:
                 // call the virtual method