Charlieb7586 wrote:
Somehow over an update my chrome suddenly started using text predictions and when it uses text predictions the main Chrome touch bar controls go away (new tab, search, etc). When I turn text predictions off the bar is just black except for esc and the main function keys. This deeply bothers me because I don't use text predictions and I want the chrome controls to be there 100% of the time.
Do you see this same behavior in other browsers— to test?
To trouble shoot further you can:
Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-10 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
