Address Bar Input Lag

BULLDOG1111 · January 11, 2021, 4:41pm

Description of the issue:

There is a intermittent lag before text input after clicking on the address bar.

How can this issue be reproduced?

Click on address bar to initiate text input
Begin typing web address or search term
There is an intermittent lag between keyboard input and text appearing in the address bar

Expected result:

Typing input should be visible immediately upon keyboard in put.

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Version 1.18.78 Chromium: 87.0.4280.141 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit)

Build is brave-bin from the Arch Linux User Repository. OS is Arch Linux with KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Desktop

Additional Information:

Issue happens about 75% of the time when trying to type in the address bar. It happens with both new and existing tabs.

BULLDOG1111 · January 14, 2021, 5:08pm

The problem happens with hardware acceleration both on and off. My chrome://gpu matches the entries in Chromium which does not have the issue.

Mattches · January 14, 2021, 5:45pm

@BULLDOG1111,
I’m wondering if it is a browser extension you have installed? Can you try creating a new profile and see if you get the same behavior when using the new profile?

BULLDOG1111 · January 14, 2021, 8:01pm

Thanks for the troubleshooting idea. The only extension I am running is KDE Plasma Integration. Unfortunately the behavior is the same whether the extension is on or off.

Mattches · January 14, 2021, 8:20pm

@BULLDOG1111,
Did you try with the new profile?

BULLDOG1111 · January 14, 2021, 9:01pm

Switching to a new profile seems to have fixed the issue based on limited testing of an intermittent problem. It seems much snappier now with both the KDE Plasma Extension on or off.

The key difference between the original profile and the current profile was the original profile imported data from Firefox. The new profile only imported passwords and bookmarks from files exported from Brave. That could be the difference.

Thanks for your help.

Mattches · January 14, 2021, 9:09pm

@BULLDOG1111,
Could be – I would imagine clearing cache/browsing data for all time in your old profile would probably resolve the issue as well. But regardless I’m glad you’ve got the browser working as intended.