Cumulative Layout Shift Changes in Chrome 90

Bug fixes involving changes to transform, effect, clip or position

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Consider transform change countering layout shift

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Ignore layout shift for more invisible elements

The following nodes are ignored for layout shift:

• texts with unrenderable font or containing all whitespaces,
• blocks without any decorations or any children.

If you still see layout shift reported for an invisible element, you can try to add 'visibility:hidden' to the element's style.

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Ignore inline direction shift moving from/to out of view

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Improvement for shift with counterscroll

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When were users affected?

Chrome 90 is currently scheduled to be released the week of April 13, 2021.