Forum Discussion
Shimmering text while scrolling: just me?
Anyone ever see text shimmering / shaking on a web page while scrolling in Edge? It's very temperamental: once you scroll up and down, the shimmering stops. I thought it was my eyes, so I asked someone else and they saw it, too!
Very difficult bug to reproduce; I'll try to record a video next time (or a screen recording, perhaps). This issue does not happen in Firefox 66 or Chrome 76.
Using Edge Version 76.0.152.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit) on Windows 10 Pro x64 17134.765 (1803). Hardware: ASUS VG248QE 24" monitor + NVIDIA GT 710 (430.64 drivers) + DVI-D, at 1920x1080@120Hz Lightboost at 100% Windows scaling and 125% Edge Zoom. Cleartype is on.
10 Replies
v-gapart Sorry to say, this bug has returned. This is now reproducible on three different systems, all on the same URL: you just scroll and within minutes, part of the page text will shimmer. Might I private message you the link, reproduction steps, and a screen recording? Already submitted to the smiley with a link to the screen recording.
Each time the simmering text returns, Edge's CPU usage for that tab spikes up to 50% to 70%.
Add this now-third machine to the "not working" list:
- HP Spectre x360 late 2019 (Intel i7-1065G7; F.10 BIOS)
- 16 GB LPDDR4-3733
- 512 GB Samsung PM981a
- 1920 x 1080 resolution set at 125%
- Intel iGPU driver 26.20.100.7463
- Windows 10 Home x64 1903 (18362.535)
- Edge Dev Version 80.0.361.9 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
I believe this Edge Dev version is much newer than where the Canary builds were at that time.v-gapart Speak of the devil, I just got the issue again.
https://streamable.com/h86aw
1) Occurs on any website seemingly
2) Reproduced on two systems (one laptop, one desktop: both use the same Edge & Windows builds)
2) Scrolling that tab will stop the shimmering
3) Only some text is affected, perhaps only <p> paragraph? Images on the page do no shimmer nor do buttons or other text.
4) As long as the text is shimmering, Edge has high CPU & GPU usage (both pegged at 25% to 30%, even though it's just rendering two simple text-only tabs)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 1803 (Build 17134.885)
Microsoft Edge Version 77.0.223.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
This is the latest Windows for this branch, but not 1903 yet.
Have you considered using the Microsoft Edge Insider Build Canary Channel to test it there as well?
Microsoft Edge Insider Channels - DownloadGabriel
v-gapart Hello and thank you for following up.
did see it once in the previous Dev build (based on Chromium 76) whose version number is eluding me, but since then, I've not seen it again.
However, it is quite rare (one website from perhaps thousands in a week; the last time was on Dell.com on a purchase configurator).
I'll surely update the next time it appears, if ever.
