Monitor goes dark on CTRL + P

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Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.5.5

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.5.5 (prod, win32)

Device: win32, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Client ID: caef6d3b194c416c8b59e4889c3db471
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 49
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -

Revision: 00f9e93

Admonition markdown extension: 1.1.0
Auto show active note in sidebar: 1.0.1
Autolinker: 1.0.4
Backup: 1.4.3
Copy Anchor Link: 1.1.0
Copy Code Blocks: 2.0.0
Copy link to active note: 1.0.1
Csv Import: 1.0.1
Embed Search: 2.0.0
Emoji: 1.0.4
Ez Table: 1.0.2
Favorites: 1.3.2
Freehand Drawing: 3.1.0
Hotfolder: 1.2.2
Insert YouTube Video: 1.3.0
Joplin DDDot: 0.4.4
Markdown Table: Colorize: 1.2.0
Markdown Table: Sortable: 1.3.0
Menu items, Shortcuts, Toolbar icons: 1.1.0
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
OCR: 0.3.2
Paste as Markdown: 1.0.6
PlantUML2: 1.11.0
Quick Links: 1.3.2
Quick Move: 1.1.0
Remove Images: 0.0.2
Resource Search Plugin: 0.1.2
Save Note as MD: 1.0.2
Table Formatter Plugin: 1.2.1
Text Colorize: 1.2.5

What issue do you have?

I have a Dell Monitor S2721QS
I don't what exactly Joplin does, as soon as I do CTRL + P to open the search dialog, my monitor goes black (dark) for few seconds and then comes back for a second and then back again in a constant loop until I close the search window.

I'm not sure this is a problem with my monitor or something Joplin is causing.

The thing is no other app does this.
Wonder if anyone has experience anything like this, quite a puzzle.
It makes it impossible to do a search.

I'd even be happy with a workaround.

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Try toggling the safe mode to see if this is a plugin problem.

On Navigation Bar: Help → Toggle Safe Mode

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This is a longshot, but do you have an nvidia GPU with windowed mode gsync enabled? (enabling gsync for windowed can cause weird issues like flickering in some apps)

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Same issue in safe mode.
So that eliminates a plugin being the culprit.
That was a good test.

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Yep, Nvidia GPU, but GSync is disabled

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What happens if you open the search via the corresponding menu option instead of a shortcut? If that works ok, you could see if the keyboard shortcut for the search in Joplin can be changed and see if that helps.

Also, were you previously on Joplin 3.5.4 and if so was there an issue then? In 3.5.5 there was an Electron upgrade

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It happens only when Joplin opens up a popup / window, with built in search, there is no issue.
I can easily recreate the issue with CTRL + P or when adding Tags, both of which open another window.

This has always been an issue with any version of Joplin, it’s not new or specific to a version.

I was hopeful with what @bwat47 suggested, but sadly that was not the case.