Bug: emulator windows shows only white when starting Klive.

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

With the Always on top option on, and opening Klive, the emulator window stays white until interacted with the emulator window such as moving is, or switching to another window/application and back.

[Dotneteer]

@TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti, I tried to reproduce this phenomenon on Mac and Windows, but I did not manage to see it.

@Pete-L-72, Can you check if you have the same experience on your machine?

https://dotneteer.github.io/kliveide/howto/always-on-top

When turning on and off the "always on top" behavior, I use the API provided by the Electron Shell (a single API call with the "always on top" flag). I suspect it is an issue with the Electron shell running on your machine.

I do not want to leave you without a solution. I've just updated Klive to the latest Electron Shell version and released v0.41.0: https://1drv.ms/f/c/79da757d3d2b5baa/QqpbKz19ddoggHlnPAkAAAAAyMaLSBXRXrYANw

I do not know whether it helps; please give it a try.

From experience, I know that Electron Shell sometimes consumes a lot of memory and requires a machine restart. Not only on Windows but also on Mac :-)

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

I upgraded to 0.41.0 and restarted my laptop but it hasn't improved.
I thought it could somehow be related to what is causing #921 CPU utilization/timing, but it happens even with a low CPU utilization.

I'll update my gfx-card (NVIDIA GeForce 940MX) drivers and see if it is improving.

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

Updated drivers to the latest, but it didn't solve it.

I don't feel this is not really high priority as the window shows normal as soon as its clicked on, a menu option in the IDE is selected, etc.

[Dotneteer]

I am sorry it did not help. I do not close this issue yet; I am trying to think of something I could do to find out what is going on. I wonder what @Pete-L-72 experiences.

[Pete-L-72]

I just tested with always on top selected. Reopening Klive for me doesn't result in the white screen.
I do get a white screen in the IDE window about 75% of the times I add a new file through the "New File" menu option in the workspace explorer. The only solution to that white screen has been to close and reopen Klive, at which point the file has been created as expected.

[Dotneteer]

I just tested with always on top selected. Reopening Klive for me doesn't result in the white screen. I do get a white screen in the IDE window about 75% of the times I add a new file through the "New File" menu option in the workspace explorer. The only solution to that white screen has been to close and reopen Klive, at which point the file has been created as expected.

I observed the same issue about an hour ago when fixing the breakpoints issue. This bug has already been fixed. I will put the fix in the subsequent private build. :-)

[Dotneteer]

@TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti, Did you manage to collect some diagnostic information about this issue? See details here: https://dotneteer.github.io/kliveide/howto/diagnostics

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

Not yet. Will try to do so soon.

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

This is what I get:

Is this sufficient logging? Else I'm seeing a Verbose mode.

[Dotneteer]

According to this log, everything is ok that I can influence from code. I did not gain any info to solve this issue :-( Could you send me a Windows version number? I try to look into the issue; it must be something with the infrastructure, not Klive's code.

[TheStruggleForAntiSpaghetti]

Edition Windows 10 Home Single Language
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎6/‎2/‎2024
OS build 19045.5608
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19061.1000.0

Version 10.0.19045.5608