I cannot find anyone else who is affected by this bug, so I am reluctant to believe it is actually a bug with google chrome.

To better understand what I am dealing with here I have created a short video of what is happening.

It appears Javascript is not executed while the developer tools are open however I cannot be certain that is the only issue.

I have un-installed google chrome and chromium and removed their associated folders in the ~/.cache directory. Then re-installed chrome using sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable however the problem persists.

Any help tracking down why this is happening and how I might circumvent it would be greatly appreciated!

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2 Answers

My Bad!

It appears I had Pause on all exceptions enabled.

It's possibly you simply have javascript disabled via the developer tools. When the developer tools are not open, javascript will execute, but if you have the 'disable javascript' checkbox checked in developer tools, the page may not be properly rendering when you open developer tools.

To re-enable Javascript, In Google Chrome Console: Click on the settings icon (right side)

Settings > General

Uncheck "Disable Javascript"

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