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    • alobpreis
      alobpreis last edited by alobpreis

      I just downloaded GX portable, and being in a dark page and having a dark speed dial with both versions (my theme, and all default in the GX version), I can only get a white flash when I press Ctrl F12 to open the settings. Opening another speed dial or a page, has no white flash here.
      For example, if you are at https://www.escapefromtarkov.com, and click on Support (opens in same tab) or Wiki (opens in new tab), do you get that white flash? It doesn't happen to me with either version.

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      • Pebbles1980
        Pebbles1980 last edited by Pebbles1980

        No doing that particular move doesnt reproduce the flash. Opening any page from my speed dial does. Does not matter if its a dark theme or not.
        So I have dark theme on, dark theme on any page I can. So its dark, I open facebook from speed dial, white flashbang, then goes back to dark.

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        • alobpreis
          alobpreis last edited by

          I added the pages you mentioned to the speed dial, and this is how it behaves here with a just-installed portable GX:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_p7jgOkFww

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          • andrew84
            andrew84 @alobpreis last edited by andrew84

            @alobpreis In your case it really works as it should.
            Maybe Win version plays the role here too. I use Win 8.1 (which doesn't have a system dark theme). I had in 66 or 67 (I don't remember) the similar result as yours, but in 68 I see a white flash while opening SD tiles.

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            • Pebbles1980
              Pebbles1980 last edited by

              Ive just done the same as you Alob, and its the same. Fresh install.

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IW8ZY4gGZU

              ??

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              • andrew84
                andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                @Pebbles1980 as you can see on his demo, when he clicks on a tile there is a small delay (loading circle is spinning) before page appears. In your case (and in my too) the page is trying to load instantly and the white flashbangs occurs.
                I believe that during this short delay the flashbang happens too, but it happens somewhere in the background and not visible.

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                • Pebbles1980
                  Pebbles1980 last edited by

                  Well I sure you can see how annoying it is for me, there must be a fix for it.

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                  • ChallengerUS
                    ChallengerUS @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                    @Pebbles1980 Hi, the only fix I was able to find:
                    Go to opera://flags find "#enable-paint-holding" there. Switch the toggle to "Enabled" and it will partially solve the problem, not completely though...

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                    • Pebbles1980
                      Pebbles1980 last edited by

                      Thanks Challenger, Ill try that.
                      Hopefully there is a proper fix shortly. Would be nice to see a Dev here saying they know about it, and are working on a official fix!

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                      • andrew84
                        andrew84 last edited by

                        #enable-paint-holding

                        Here it's enabled by default.

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                        • ChallengerUS
                          ChallengerUS @andrew84 last edited by

                          @andrew84 That's weird. In my case it was disabled and I've never touched it before.

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                          • alobpreis
                            alobpreis @ChallengerUS last edited by alobpreis

                            @ChallengerUS said in Flashbang while loading page:

                            @andrew84 That's weird. In my case it was disabled and I've never touched it before.

                            In both regular Opera and portable Opera GX I have that setting in Default [E], therefore enabled. Anyway, neither setting it to Enabled or Disabled avoided the flash I get when pressing Ctrl-F12 to open the settings.

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                            • gamaposa1
                              gamaposa1 last edited by

                              When the browser starts, a white window appears for a second, the light very much gets into the eyes, especially in the evening.
                              Using a dark theme, can this be fixed?
                              You can see the problem in the video. Video

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                              • andrew84
                                andrew84 last edited by andrew84

                                I also tried GX portable and the result is the same. I have Win8.1x64 and this could be a reason, but both of you have Win10 and the results are different. So the issue is not OS dependent.

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                  See https://forums.opera.com/topic/40541/flashbang-while-loading-page.

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                                  • jenabaivab
                                    jenabaivab last edited by

                                    Has there been any solution for this? No other browser has this issue. Google Chrome, Brave, Edge Chromium, Firefox, all have found some workaround to this. @Pebbles1980 did you find a solution? This is very very annoying and genuinely hurting eyesight when working late into the night.

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                                    • Pebbles1980
                                      Pebbles1980 last edited by

                                      HI mate,
                                      Funny you post this, as I looked again yesterday to find nothing. Its still unnecessarily annoying.

                                      Can we please have confirmation that a Developer is looking into this?

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                                      • jenabaivab
                                        jenabaivab @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                                        @Pebbles1980 I doubt it, considering this hasn't been fixed for so long now. And if it differs user to user like I read above, it's unlikely that this will have a higher priority in the bug fixing agenda. Will have to stick with Edge chromium it seems. I have been trying to shift to opera since the last 6 months or so. It's always this very issue that stops me from porting.

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                                        • jenabaivab
                                          jenabaivab last edited by

                                          I found multiple posts on Opera forums regarding the white screen flashbang occurrence while loading URLs. There has been no response from the Developers ins pite of the high number of posts. Does somebody know if they are working on it or not?
                                          Does anyone know if there is a workaround to fix this issue please?

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                                          • benclendon
                                            benclendon last edited by

                                            Hopefully they'll do something about it.
                                            What if they have it white if your browser is light theme and a black screen if in dark theme.

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