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So I gathered some more cases where this happens that may make it easier to identify.
Some websites have Button-like links. When you right-click on them, there is no option to Inspect - they're some kind of special element, and if I inspect the page, none of the lines that I highlight reflect the button. So I don't know how to characterize the type of element that this is - but left-clicking it crashes vivaldi. When I do the same thing in Chrome or FF, the result will either be a pop-up or a new tab.
Here is an example: The "Sign In" button on the bottom left: https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store
A similar thing happens on some (but not all) "Proceed To PayPal" buttons during checkout on other sites (most recently https://www.kinguin.net, also FrontGateTickets).
I would like to note that this happens on both a new profile, and incognito - so it's not extensions.
I've also done a noprofile switch, and I've renamed my default profile.
I would also like to note that this has been happening since the first v3 I installed, and every update since.
I am currently using Vivaldi 4.0.2312.27 Stable x64.
Win10 1909, recently upgraded to 20H2 with issue persisting afterwards still
This is NOT happening on my other PC, same win10 release. It is also NOT happening on my Linux build.
I enabled verbose logging, and nothing is logged when this happens. I have some crashlogs from a few weeks ago. I'm attaching but IDK if this is the right place for them.
If you're unable to reproduce this, could anyone tell me what kind of element that Sign In button is on the Origin website that I linked above? I ask so that I could accurately describe the issue.
I have another example, of a type of link which I can inspect:
<span class="label clickable" menubar="help" op="99006" rbac="0">About</span> == $0
IDK how to read that, but clicking that "About" in a "Help" drop-down on a website that none of you can get to will crash Vivaldi. (also, I have seen that "== $0" tag on other inspectable buttons that crash).
@bill-co40 's link in their previous post, for example, when inspected, has the "== $0" tag. This seems to be a recurring element.
Well, that's about all my sleuthing. Any further info would be appreciated. Because so many seemingly normal elements cause a crash, I've been in the middle of Google Meet calls looking something up (Google Suite) and click something and 20 tabs are closed, I have to get back to the meeting, I'm dropped mid-sentence and it looks really unprofessional (I'm in IT of all things). I'm getting used to what buttons will and won't work, but sometimes it's just reflex to click that thing you are used to clicking. At this point it's just too unstable to be a reliable daily driver, which is a shame because this is the best browser I've ever used.
EDIT: wait I just noticed something. I am indeed running High Contrast theme in Windows like @bill-co40 ... I will have to test later if switching from that to normal solves the issue.
