[SOLVED] Strange display bugs in Firefox window only

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[SOLVED] Strange display bugs in Firefox window only

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Hi All,

Quite strange issue on a new laptop I have for a few months now.

When using FF, sometimes appear and disappear these strange squares in the upper left corner (image not edited) :
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They clearly come and go randomly but it's changing as I move the mouse hover some links or menu, and this happen some days only...
  • They appear only in FF windows upper left corner, never on any other windows.
  • They appear relative to the FF window, so not in the same place of the screen depending on FF window is maximized or not.
  • If I take a screenshot they do not appear in it, I had to take a picture.
Any idea ?
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Re: Strange display bugs in Firefox window only

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In FF preferences, after unchecking "Use recommended performance settings" and "Use hardware acceleration when available", closing FF, reopen it, activating these options again, close/reopen, the problem seems to be fixed. I will follow-up this and mark this thread as solved if it does not occur again during the next few days.
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Re: Strange display bugs in Firefox window only

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No more issue since I've done the little "reset" described above. Quite strange.
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