[Bug]: Entire screen displays "gray" before transparent chosen background color.

nathana212 commented 1 year ago

Version

[X] I'm using version 1.14.1

Known issues

[X] I've checked Known issues

Existing issues

[X] I've checked Existing issues

Advanced Preferences

[X] I've checked Advanced Preferences

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

12.2.1

Reproduction steps

Start the application
Wait for break
First the entire screen goes to gray. (see screenshot)
Then it goes to the chosen transparent color. (see screenshot)

Expected Behavior

Display goes immediately to chosen transparent color, not gray.

Actual Behavior

Displays entire screen of gray for a split-second before going to correct color.

Relevant log output

No response

Preferences

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version "1.14.1"

Additional information

I have remained on version 1.7.0 as that has been the latest stable version for me - every other later release has some kind of bug or issue and version 1.7.0 works exactly as expected.

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hovancik commented 1 year ago

Hi @nathana212 and thanks for the report. This is a known electron behavior where it takes some time to show the correct colors. I have some workarounds in code but I guess they are not enough. Not sure if I can make it better ;/

nathana212 commented 1 year ago

Thanks @hovancik. As noted, the process still works perfectly in 1.7.0 (and that's the last version it seems to work correctly), so is there something from the code that could be pulled from that version?

I understand for most this may not be not an issue, but I'm an audiobook narrator and even when the break starts, it's nice that I can still see through the color and finish the current sentence without having to immediately restart (because it flashes an opaque gray first).