In page search (Ctrl + F) error

noonbaraegi

Hi, I have been using Vivaldi browser for 2 months ,
and I think it's a quite nice browser compared to Chrome or any other browsers.

However, I'm suffering from the unexplainable error when I use the in-page search function, using Ctrl + F

After I press Ctrl button with F and I type the words that I want to find, the browser just freezes.

And after few seconds, error message pops up 'Browser has stopped working'

Is there anyone who can solve this problem??

nucasspro

It work for me

Pesala

@noonbaraegi Which version are you using? I also see no problem with find in page here.

Specs: AMD A10-6800K, 8 Gb on Win 10 64-bit • Snapshot 1.13.971.8 (64-bit)

Komposten

I had the same problem yesterday, but it only happened once.

1.13.966.3 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Med1aN1ck

It has to do with the browser trying to find each and all instances of the first letter you'd typed - a CPU limitation freezes the program, try to see if the same happens when you copy&paste the whole search term, and post your machine specs - would be my suggestion

jesus2099

@med1an1ck Same happens to me everyday.
I use « CTRL+F, CTRL+V » like hundreds of times everyday and so Vivaldi crashes like a tens of times (that’s 10% crash).

Vivaldi 1.13.1008.32 (Stable channel) (32 bits) on Windows 7

jesus2099

I have now opened a bug ticket as I still suffer from this bug from 5 to 10 times a day, whether I use Windows XP or 7, whether I press F3 or Ctrl+F.

Bug reported as VB-36119.

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon Thanks for the minor update notice.
The auto updater had not caught up yet.
I’ll report if it still happens or not (crossing fingers)…

Vivaldi 1.13.1008.40 (Stable channel) (32-bit) on Windows 7
Vivaldi last available Windows XP version (forgot number)

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon I confirm it still happens in 1.13.1008.40.

I was in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einzelhaft
I selected the word Drahdiwaberl
I pressed Ctrl+F and Ctrl+V quickly

I know I shouldn’t have pressed Ctrl+V but it’s a habit I still have from Opera presto.

The Find in Page bar appeared and Vivaldi crashed (I don’t know if it crashed before or after Ctrl+V.

jesus2099

It never happened to you?
It’s hopefully not systematic, it does not crash EACH time I Find in Page otherwise I could really not use Vivaldi.

It happens about 5 times a day maximum (I can say more in other posts but it’s just a rough gutfeeling, I don’t know for sure), so I would say it happens 5 times out of dozens and dozens of searches, that makes it a small percentage.

But each time it happens (more than once a day), I loose some complex editing I was doing in some wiki and/or MusicBrainz releases, etc.

jesus2099

@Gwen-Dragon
☞ Does stand‐alone install means that I can keep my main Vivaldi unaffected by the install and execution of that other version on the same PC and same user session? It’s made for that, no risks ?

If it never happens to you but used to happen to @noonbaraegi and once to @Komposten and still happens to me on my 2 different operating systems and Vivaldi versions, then it may come from one of the extensions I use.

If you don’t mind, I will list here what I use per OS so that I can then pinpoint the culprit:

On Windows 7

Vivaldi 1.13.1008.40 (Stable channel) (32-bit)
Why it is not 64 bit I don’t know, I’m pretty sure I did download the x64.exe back then
- Violentmonkey
  With tons and tons of user scripts (same scripts I use in Opera presto and same as in Firefox I use from time to time)
- Clutter Free - Prevent duplicate tabs
  Still not found a proper equivalent as good as Opera presto’s No Dupes
- ~~Linkclump~~
  Still not found a proper equivalent as good as Opera presto’s Snap Links
- ~~JSON Viewer~~
- ~~Fair AdBlocker~~

The extensions I think I didn’t have yet when I first encountered this Find in Page crash are ~~striked through~~.

On Windows XP

I still use Opera presto mostly here because of some blocking bugs of this XP Vivaldi version. But I remember having had that same crash with Find in Page.

I will expand this section later as I am not in front of that PC yet

iAN CooG

@jesus2099 said in In page search(Ctrl + F) error:

Why it is not 64 bit I don’t know, I’m pretty sure I did download the x64.exe back then

you can always refresh your version by installing the x64 version over it.

jesus2099

Hello,

I am now in latest Vivaldi version 1.14.1077.55 (Stable channel) (32-bit) still on Windows 7 (let’s not bother you with my old version on XP any more).

Vivaldi still freezes/crashes when I press F3 a couple of times.

Still not systematical but way too often to my taste.

I’m very handicapped by this because when I’m filling out forms I have to refrain from using Search in page in fear of having to retype all over again.

VB-36119 should still be open.

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon It works for me as well, this page.
I’ll post my crashing pages next time but it’s not systematical so I’ll keep retesting your long page also from time to time to see if it’s related to certain types of pages only (maybe JavaScript, etc.).

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon Unfortunately I have no crash dumps on today’s date.
I only have 2 crash dumps in that "%userprofile%\appdata\local\vivaldi\user data\crashpad\reports" folder, although I have the Search in page freeze crash everyday.

Maybe dmp files are created only when Vivaldi shuts down.
In my case, it freezes indefinitely and then I have to kill it.

d9d9

Unfortunately I have the same problem. But I can't remember steps to reproduce it:(

chrisgeary

I also have the same problem. I don't use page searches every day but I run into this twice a week on average. The symptoms are, Ctrl+f, start typing in something to search for, entire browser freezes after maybe two character presses. Windows reports the browser as non-responsive, CPU rises to 40% for the process and it will sit there spinning until I 'end task'. No other browser tabs are functional during this hang. There is no crash dump.

What can we do to assist gathering diagnostic data on Windows? I've tried running Dr Memory and Process Monitor but Dr Memory wouldn't run at all and Process Monitor didn't show anything useful, other than normal log file and socket activity.

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon,

I got this again today and still nothing new in the crash report folder.

I did copy what’s in the details of the crash popup in Windows 7 but I doubt it might be of any help:

{DELETED}

FTR I was in {DELETED}, looking for the string “ymail”, I have hit F3 (next match) 2 or 3 times.

I had to remove interesting details because this forum told me:

ERROR
Post content was flagged as spam by Akismet.com

jesus2099

@gwen-dragon,

It’s not very convenient if I cannot paste the page URLs…
Last time it was in a gihtub page IIRC.

Today it happened again in https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3bb16225-b56f-4df8-bf12-893080501a59/open_edits

I hit Ctrl+F and type merge releases then I hit F3 three times and it froze forever.

@jesus2099 said in In page search(Ctrl + F) error:

@gwen-dragon,

I got this again today and still nothing new in the crash report folder.

I did copy what’s in the details of the crash popup in Windows 7 but I doubt it might be of any help:

{DELETED}

FTR I was in {DELETED}, looking for the string “ymail”, I have hit F3 (next match) 2 or 3 times.

I had to remove interesting details because this forum told me:

ERROR
Post content was flagged as spam by Akismet.com

mib2berlin

@jesus2099
I can only check login page but no freeze with 11 x F3.

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