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    • magma500
      magma500 @burnout426 last edited by

      @burnout426 it started with 56.0.3051.36

      Straight away once that Installed it started and it doesn't happen in Chrome.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @magma500 last edited by

        @magma500 said in Colored background showing in text/search fields:

        @burnout426 it started with 56.0.3051.36

        As in, it works fine in the last Windows build before which is 56.0.3051.31?

        Can you download the installer for 56.0.3051.31, launch it, click "options", set "install path" to a folder on your desktop, set "install for" to "standalone installation", install and try in that Opera to make sure?

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        • Kramy
          Kramy @derloopkat last edited by

          @derloopkat To get around that you need to go into the device manager, manually update the driver, choose "Have Disk", then point it to an extracted version of that driver. (Use 7-zip and right-click -> Extract the Intel driver update.) Once you replace the OEM specific driver with a generic intel one, you can install it properly immediately after. I did that to an old HP laptop a while back, and saw WEI scores jump from like 4.9 to 5.4. What a difference an up to date graphics driver makes.

          That said, guess why I am here?

          Flickering crazy selection crap (up to 4 different shades/colours jostling and jumping around in the background as I type) on:

          Win10 x64 1803
          GTX 1070
          391.35

          I typically have at least two or three web browsers open at once, and also office software like LibreOffice.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer @Kramy last edited by

            @kramy Could you also try narrowing it down to the first build that has this issue on your system?

            https://forums.opera.com/post/158142
            https://forums.opera.com/post/158237

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @Kramy last edited by

              @kramy said in Colored background showing in text/search fields:

              GTX 1070
              391.35

              Searching for the latest driver for the 1070, I get https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/139606/en-us, which is 416.81. Can you try that one just to see if there's any difference?

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                I'm testing on a Win10 x64 laptop with an Intel n4200 that has an HD 505 GPU and can confirm the issue,

                As in, it works fine in the last Windows build before which is 56.0.3051.31?

                The issue is still in that build too. I'm going to keep trying previous builds to see if I can find out when the issue started exactly. However, with Opera Developer build 58.0.3134.0, I can't reproduce the problem. So, maybe the issue is already fixed.

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                  I can also confirm that the issue doesn't affect Chrome, Chromium and Vivaldi.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                    Issue still present following Opera 56.0.3051.99 update on my Win 8, 64 Bit using Intel built in graphics.

                    Solution still the same: Turn off hardware acceleration.

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                      @xpvb48 Can you try v58 to see what results you get there?

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                      • sgunhouse
                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        I was looking through opera://flags and noticed this one:

                        chrome://flags/#tint-gl-composited-content

                        Normally disabled, but I wonder if it is related? Is the color you're seeing reddish?

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                        • burnout426
                          burnout426 Volunteer @sgunhouse last edited by

                          @sgunhouse said in Colored background showing in text/search fields:

                          Is the color you're seeing reddish?

                          No. It's gray or blue.

                          @sgunhouse said in Colored background showing in text/search fields:

                          Normally disabled, but I wonder if it is related?

                          Anything's possible, but doesn't seem related atm.

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                            I can confirm that https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-56/#b3003.0 is the very first build that has the problem. Looking at the changelog, the only one that stands out is "DNA-70601 Input elements lost Opera style". Opera 58 still seems to not have the issue.

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                              @burnout426 said in Colored background showing in text/search fields:

                              "DNA-70601 Input elements lost Opera style"

                              Actually, that might not have anything to do with the issue.

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                Small update. It looks like the issue started when Opera updated to Chromium 69.0.3452.0 and it was fixed in Opera (in Opera 58) when Opera updated to Chromium 71.0.3573.0. So far, it looks like a change in Chromium affected something in Opera only. Just not sure what change in Chromium was the culprit and why it only affect Opera.

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                                • rejzor
                                  rejzor @burnout426 last edited by

                                  @burnout426 It's still weird Opera was unable to find this out for entire version 56. And it'll apparently be around till Opera 58 comes out far in the future. A bit annoying.

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                                  • burnout426
                                    burnout426 Volunteer @rejzor last edited by burnout426

                                    @rejzor Yeah, it's weird. The change that fixes the issue should be in https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/71.0.3569.0..71.0.3573.0?pretty=fuller&n=10000. Maybe someone can narrow it down.

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                                    • burnout426
                                      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                      The change that caused this issue should be somewhere in https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/68.0.3440.106..69.0.3452.0?pretty=fuller&n=10000. Maybe someone can narrow that down too.

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                                      • magma500
                                        magma500 last edited by

                                        Is this ever going to get fixed? Where are the boffins at Opera? Seems like I've had about 8 updates since the problem started including the one today and still the problem persists 👎🏻

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @magma500 last edited by

                                          When Opera 58 reaches stable channel almost for sure. Maybe earlier if they can backport the fix to Opera 57.

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                                          • marius-ss
                                            marius-ss @Guest last edited by

                                            @xpvb48 nice one !!!! works for me !!!🤝 👍🏻 🏁

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