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