What steps will reproduce the problem?(1) Open DevTools
(2) Setup a workspace
(3) Open a Sources panel, navigate to a file which is mapped to network
(4) Reload page
What is the expected output?
Opened file stays intact
What do you see instead?
Opened file blinks.
This is a conceptual problem, happened as a result of migration on the new "persistence" (see https://goo.gl/PVKxyv)
During migration, it was decided to always show user the network file, if any. So in case of mapped filesystem file, the user is actually operates a network file, which goes away on reload.
This was a wrong decision. We should always show user a file-system-based file.
Meanwhile, a light-weight solution for the annoyance should be introduced and merged to M55.
This reduces scroll jumping and preserves selection; in order to eliminate blinking altogether, we should switch to showing filesystem file instead of network file, but this is out of scope of this particular issue.
Comment 1 by lushnikov@chromium.org
, Oct 21 2016