Crash when left-clicking links that open in new tab
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Vivaldi 3.7.2218.45
Windows 10 OS Version 2009 (Build 19042.867)Also occurs on guest profiles and incognito windows. For certain links that automatically opens in a new tab when left-clicked (LC), LCing causes Vivaldi to crash. Middle-clicking or right-clicking and selecting any option in the context menu - including
open link- does not cause this behavior. Edit: Ctrl+LC does not cause a crashEdit: two flags are set on these installations:
chrome://flags/#forced-colors
disabled
chrome://flags/#enable-force-darkenabled with selected inversion of non-image elementsI'm not aware of any other modifications. Occurs on multiple Win10 PCs
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@BlackenedPies Please post a link to a problem page.
No issue on this page where the Emoji 13.1 and Release Notes links both open in a new tab.
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It does not occur for me on that page. Here are three examples that I observed so far:
On an embedded YouTube video, clicking the bottom-right YouTube icon (next to fullscreen) to open the video on YouTube causes Vivaldi to crash. For example, going to the site below, clicking the embedded video, playing the video, and clicking the bottom-right YouTube icon to open the video in YouTube
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=enClicking on Read or Listen Now to a book or audiobook on Scribd
https://www.scribd.com/savedClicking Preview in a New Tab when editing a self-hosted Wordpress page
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@BlackenedPies No problem on the first link. I was unable to test the second link without being a member of Scribd.
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@Pesala How can I troubleshoot the issue on my end?
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OMG! This is exactly my bug right now. I tested your YT link on that Support page, clicked the open-in-youtube thing, boom browser kills itself.
I have the same behavior on a number of Google-related links. I was in Google Forms (as form creator), and clicked 3-dot menu top-right, clicked "Get pre-filled link", crash.
I used to use "View Image Button" extension to bring back the function on Google Image results, clicking that would crash also (I removed the extension to stop my reflexes).
There are other actions that I can't recall, caught one a few days ago that was not a Google service I think. This all started 2 updates ago, with version 3 something (the Stable one that brought us the recent iteration of tab stacks). I'm on 3.7.2218.52 Stable, Win10 1909. I've been troubleshooting Plugins but after testing with --disable-extensions, the issue persists.
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A normal, left-click on a link when in Window Mode does not cause any issues.
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I have the same issue. For example, https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/malwarebytes_anti_malware.html, the Author link crashes the browser with a left-click. Right and middle click are fine. Installed several older standalone versions of Vivaldi with and found it happens on any version of Vivaldi after.3.6.2165.40 but only when running a high contrast theme. With a standard windows theme, it doesn't crash.
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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> == $0IDK 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.
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OMG! Confirmed! This issue is 100% due to High Contrast theme in Win10!....
I switched to regular colors, clicked a bunch of links that crash, they didn't crash. Switched back to High Contrast, crash every time.
That's why my other systems don't have this problem: I use normal color theme on those!
Wow. @bill-co40 totally nailed it!
I submitted a bug report, issue #VB-81052, IDK if I did that correctly.
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I've submitted no fewer than a dozen bug reports, with dump files, about this very problem over the past few months. I can repro every single crash in incognito mode with all extensions disabled.
I'm starting to think the Vivaldi team isn't really interested in having a stable browser, or in accessibility (who needs to worry about users with vision issues, when there is floc-paranoia to try to capitalize on!)
Yet another release today with no mention of stability improvements or accessibility improvements.
Bells and whistles are useless when the browser can't be trusted to not completely crash to the desktop during super-basic simple browsing.
I had been hoping that they'd get it stable enough to use daily for work, but now I'm considering giving up on it for my personal use as well.
I use high contrast mode in Windows because my eyes are very sensitive to light. They always have been, and now I'm developing cataracts, which make eyes even more sensitive to light.
It's not an aesthetic preference, it's an accessibility issue. As Gen-X (the folks who built the graphical web and made the internet ubiquitous, remember us?) ages, more and more of us are relying on high contrast mode.
I've used many different Chromium browsers in Win10 High Contrast and none of the others I've tried have this bug, other than Vivaldi.
Two more releases without a fix, and I'm probably giving up on Vivaldi for good.
Also, get off of my lawn.
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@slshults I can definitely understand your frustration with this issue. It was reported a long time ago, it's a clear crashing bug and seriously affects accessibility. It should be top priority for the devs to fix this.
Even though I don't use High Contrast myself I am fast approaching an age where I might need to some day.
I was surprised when it wasn't fixed in 3.8 or even 4.0.
There shouldn't really be a need to submit a bug report every time this happens though. They should be very much aware of this one and its criticality by now. Even though I know it feels good to get some frustration out that way
Maybe someone on the @Sopranos team could check in with the devs about the status on this bug?
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