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zagid
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Dec 09, 2020
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Is there a way to prevent Edge from white background flickering loading when using the dark theme

I am on latest Dev channel When using the Edge dark theme with MS Edge and a new domain is loaded the page flickers white for a moment when the Edge dark theme is enabled. This causes eye strain a...
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    zagid
    Dec 09, 2020

    HotCakeX 

    I am on 

    Version 89.0.723.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
     
     

    I did 3 tests. Make sure to refresh the page before each test.

    See below for the screen recordings


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    Test 1: New Edge profile with no extensions but only default dark theme

    Open  https://twitter.com/docsmsft

    Click Refresh (Ctrl+R)
    Click on profile link

    - about:blank shows white background for millisecond

    - https://t.co/pBNlKvAduu?amp=1shows dark background

    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/


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    Test 2: New profile with Microsoft theme installed
    Same as Test 1 but install Microsoft theme from Edge addons:

     https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/wonder-woman-1984-theme/gialgoiafhiabneafjiimeihdifjbbkf


    After link is clicked: 

    about:blank is white

    https://t.co/pBNlKvAduu?amp=1 is blue background (from theme) .

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ is dark


    Screen recording: https://streamable.com/w42izd


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    Test 3:
    Same as test 2 except with normal Edge profile which has many extensions (around 10) and tabs(50) opens (usual usage)

     

    After link is clicked: 

    about:blank is white but for much longer duration

    https://t.co/pBNlKvAduu?amp=1 is blue background (from theme) .

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ is dark

     

     

    Screen recording:  https://streamable.com/hzgnwu

     

     

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    Testing all 3 tests in Google Chrome with same theme loaded and I get no white background loading.

     

     

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