Google Chrome 68, which has recently added Emoji option to right click menu to access Windows 10 Emoji Picker, has PDF display problems on Mac. Mac users using Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer are seeing the white screen or blank page for PDF files. PDF document appears fine when the user switches to another tab and returns to the PDF file open tab. Affected users have also noticed PDF appearing as blank when they scroll.
Chrome PDF Viewer displays PDFs in White screen
Meanwhile, the issue can’t be reproduced on the Canary version of Chrome which is on version 70. Google has acknowledged this issue and is on its radar, we’re not sure when the Chromium team will ship the fix the Canary has, to this issue to affected Chrome.
Issue reported: Opening PDFs in Chrome suddenly turns to white blank screen
And the bug -PDF displays as a blank page- merged into above, has been fixed and Google promises to land fix in Chrome 69 beta within a week.
Are you affected? Are you using the Chrome PDF Viewer on Mac? Is Chrome showing the white screen for PDF files? Let us know in the comments below.
Yes, it’s happening in Chrome 68.0.3440.106 64-bit on my Mac. The PDF loads and then while we’re viewing it, it spontaneously goes blank. Reloading the page (CMD+R or clicking Reload button in the toolbar) brings it back. Another colleague reports the same thing.
It will be fixed in Chrome 69.
It looks like a fix may come next week for Chrome 68 or we may have to wait until Sept 4 for Chrome 69.
I’ve provided the bug link in the article, please check.
Yes it keeps happening to me. Refreshing screen usually solves issue
Yes, I have this problem, and the workarounds (COMMAND+R or switch to another tab & back) both work. Minor annoyance, now that I know what it is; I’m glad it’s not my machine that’s messed up somehow.
Chrome version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.
Yes! Thanks for bringing this issue to light. Experiencing it daily. A minor annoyance I’m glad to see correct. Thanks again!
It got annoying enough to me that I just reinstalled the previous version and it works wonderfully! Unfortunately, I don’t know how to stop Google from auto-updating, so I may have to just reinstall the old version every few hours. Glad to lear about the command-R work around – that will definitely help.
Aug 31 Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit), up to date and a google search brings me here. Who tests the releases??? This seems like something relatively minor testing would have uncovered!
Sorry didn’t get you. Do you have the issue? Chrome 69 contains the fix to the issue, which is currently in beta.
I’m having the same problem.
Are you using Chrome 69?
+1
Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit)
11 September and same issues here – when will this be fixed!
Chrome Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit)
You should be using Chrome 69? Do you mean to say you’re using Chrome 69 and still the issue persists?
Had it on Chrome 68, fixed in Chrome 69
Thanks for confirming.
Yes, it was happening on Chrome 69 to me on my Macbook Air. I saw this article and realized it’s been over a month. So I checked and I hadn’t relaunched Chrome after the recent update. I did that and now it is working fine. The PDF no longer disappears to white screen. Version 69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Issue still there in V 74.0.3729.131
Issue still there in Version 74.0.3729.157