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composing email - disappearing text!

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With the new update (78.2.2), I am running into intermittent issues with composing emails - as I'm writing, suddenly the letters stop appearing for a bit, my cursor moves as I'm typing, but I can't see it. Then it will come back and formatting is weird (as well as some typos as I couldn't see what I was typing!).

Have used Thunderbird for many years - this is a new one for me. Thoughts/suggestions?

With the new update (78.2.2), I am running into intermittent issues with composing emails - as I'm writing, suddenly the letters stop appearing for a bit, my cursor moves as I'm typing, but I can't see it. Then it will come back and formatting is weird (as well as some typos as I couldn't see what I was typing!). Have used Thunderbird for many years - this is a new one for me. Thoughts/suggestions?

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Does it happen in safe mode (hold Option when you launch TB)?

Is hardware acceleration enabled in Options/General/Indexing when TB runs in normal mode?

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Does not happen in safe mode and hardware acceleration is enabled.

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Disable hardware acceleration in normal mode, restart TB, and see if the problem remains. If it remains, launch in safe mode, 'Reset toolbars & controls', 'Make changes and restart'.