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A (possible) fix for not being able to click around a webpage in Chrome on macOS.
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Issue Description

After upgrading my MacBook Air M1 to macOS Sonoma 14.0 (not sure if it is related to this issue), I noticed that I often cannot click anything inside a webpage in Chrome, even though I can scroll the page.

Also, sometimes the navigation buttons don't work either.

Resolution Steps

It appears that this fix may have resolved the issue. The inspiration for this fix came from the following Apple community discussion thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255212438?answerId=259728073022#259728073022

  1. Open Chrome, and navigate to chrome://flags/#enable-gpu-rasterization
  2. Change GPU rasterization from Default to Enabled
  3. An alert appears to relaunch Chrome. Confirm it and relaunch.
  4. The issue is gone.

Follow Up

  • I still have to confirm whether this issue still exists when using full-screen mode. Also it is not clear if the relaunch of Chrome is what resolved the issue, or if this issue will resurface again in the future and come back to annoy me.
  • I'll update this Gist when I find out.

Update: The issue is still there, specifically also when using full-screen windows.

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