I think problem started since version 2.0.172.X.

The text appear briefly on refresh and then (randomly) disappears/partially 
disappears/stays visible.
It seems there's a rectangle at the background color which hides the text beneath it.

Confirming. This issue was also reported in the Korean U2U group.

This is a regression with 2.0.172.2 (I'm not sure whether it started with PL 2 or 
earlier in 2.0.172.x), but 2.0.171.x didn't have this issue. 

As gazith wrote, sometimes they show up on refresh or even in the first load if you 
move to next week or previous week. When moving again to next week, they disappear.

 

Also happens in Month view

link to partial screenshot (or attached)
http://i43.tinypic.com/2saz0d3.gif

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Dimitry, it looks like the regression is due to a webkit update. Please have a look to 
see if you can figure out what broke.

Here's the reduction.

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OK, text is getting dropped in a lot of places. See also  issue 9727 ,  issue 9667 ,  issue 9551 , and  issue 9719 .

This regressed at r12606, which is a webkit merge bringing in r41944 - r41999.

I have two main suspects, but based only on hunches.

1. brettw's r41978, "Fix complex text opacity on the Chromium Windows port."
2. hyatt made lots of changes to deal with overflow and clipping elements with borders.


I don't know how we've managed to go three weeks with this regression, but it's something we need to fix ASAP.

 Issue 9727  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9832  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9912  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9922  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9667  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9551  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9719  has been merged into this issue.

Working on it.

cool thanks. this bug is driving me nuts! 

Cheers!

Thanks a lot !!! Think this is the worst bug in Chromium, currently !

I agree... Google Calendar is almost unusable as a result of this bug and although I 
know where to click to star a message in Google Reader, I am not as familiar with the 
other options and having the text missing slows me down.

 Issue 10538  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 10614  has been merged into this issue.

too bad its not fixed in the latest release today :(

It's in the known issues list, at least. Anyone got a rough idea when this can be 
fixed ? (as in hours, days, weeks ...)

Perhaps it will follow the weekly release base and will be ready next week on wednesday 
or thursday.

This bug is also appear in wordpress admin panel! As gazith wrote, the text sometimes 
dissapear and they appear sometimes for a moment on refresh... See the attachment 
below!

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Google reader, twitter also affected since beta 2.0.172.5

Facebook.com's chat online friends list experiences the same issue when friends transition between online and offline.  Their profile picture will be there, but their 
name will be missing.  It can be fixed by clicking on the "online friends" button to 
close the list and reopen it to get the names to appear correctly.

Same happens on Twitter, text in the "Follow" button disappears.

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The following revision refers to this bug:
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=13934 

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r13934 | dglazkov@chromium.org | 2009-04-17 08:35:08 -0700 (Fri, 17 Apr 2009) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/skia/ext/bitmap_platform_device_win.cc?r1=13934&r2=13933
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/skia/ext/platform_canvas_unittest.cc?r1=13934&r2=13933
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/skia/ext/platform_device_win.cc?r1=13934&r2=13933

Make non-rectangular clip region apply in the correct location.

BUG=9904
R=brettw

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/75020
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The following revision refers to this bug:
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=13939 

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r13939 | dglazkov@chromium.org | 2009-04-17 08:52:37 -0700 (Fri, 17 Apr 2009) | 5 lines
Changed paths:
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/skia/ext/platform_canvas_unittest.cc?r1=13939&r2=13938

Disable Path-clipping test for Mac to fix the build.

TBR=awalker
BUG=9904

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Downloaded r13934 - it works !! Crying tears of joy here :)))))

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Cool

Nice Work!

When will the fix be implemented in the beta version?

The following revision refers to this bug:
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=14013 

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r14013 | mal@chromium.org | 2009-04-18 20:32:53 -0700 (Sat, 18 Apr 2009) | 7 lines
Changed paths:
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/172/src/skia/ext/bitmap_platform_device_win.cc?r1=14013&r2=14012
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/172/src/skia/ext/platform_canvas_unittest.cc?r1=14013&r2=14012
   M http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/172/src/skia/ext/platform_device_win.cc?r1=14013&r2=14012

Merge r13934.

Make non-rectangular clip region apply in the correct location.

BUG=9904
TBR= dglazkov
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/79083
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Works fine with Google Chrome 2.0.172.8 (Official Build 14017)

Can someone add this patch to the dev channel?

im not sure exactly why (and i don't know if this is already known), but if you open up 
the chrome inspector, any missing text will suddenly reappear on the page. if you close 
the inspector, or go back to the site, the text will disappear again when you mouse 
over the place where the text was/is missing

Works fine for me in 2.0.176.0 (Official Build ).

-Venkat.

Still happening on 2.0.174.0: On Google Calendar, weekly view, if you advance one week 
and go back, the text disappears again (not everytime though) =\

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I have 2.0.174.0 installed. When I can't see the text, selecting all the text on the 
page with ctrl-a helps me see the missing text. That will be my workaround until I get 
the fixed version.

The fix is not on the dev channel yet. Its only on the beta channel so far.

That's weird, the dev channel is known to have things before the other channels... this 
week's release is missing, it's already saturday and no new build for dev :-(

heh yea. i am waiting for a new build too. i am tired of seeing blank buttons on 
wordpress, twitter and other applications :(

 Issue 11064  has been merged into this issue.

Even in version 2.0.177.1 where this should be fixed, it's not 100% ok....Google 
Calendar all-day events are ok, but i.e. Facebook's 'People you may know' still has 
disappearing text.

I second that, text still disappears for me in facebook chat.

The Wordpress admin panel is fixed. no missing text within buttons.

I believe the Facebook issue is a different issue that manifests in a similar way.

Works fine even in 2.0.172.22.

Still Experiencing this problem on G4TV Feed Blog. Text is still not shown on page.
Version 2.0.172.23

Please open a new bug for G4TV.  We need the steps to reproduce the problem.  We will 
also need a reduction of the HTML to the smallest possible document that reproduces the 
problem -- however if you can't do that we can do it ourselves.

Be sure, when you open the new bugs to refer to this issue.  Include the information 
from "about:version" in your browser.