When I try to view any PDF in Chrome it displays a gray bar over the PDF that moves around when I scroll, but blocks my view of the PDF no matter what I do. Sometimes upon loading the entire page will be blank gray — other times the PDF will momentarily appear intact until I scroll.
This is happening with every PDF.
I haven't identified anything that changed with Chrome when this began happening (a few days ago). I have tried restarting Chrome, restarting my computer, disabling and re-enabling the Chrome PDF viewer plugin, doing the same with all other Chrome plugins… nothing has worked. This is not happening in other browsers. Any help would be very appreciated!!
EDIT:
Here are some screenshots showing the issue.
Partial coverage by gray bar:
Entire page is gray:
Best Answer
Someone on this thread finally found a fix.
In Chrome, go to Preferences > Show Advanced Settings, and under "System", uncheck the box that says "Use hardware acceleration when available". Restart Chrome to apply this setting.
PDFs are loading correctly for me again.