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commit ce7b61edf5108acee9f9909f42e80feb79faced2
Author: Dan Beam <dbeam@chromium.org>
Date: Fri Nov 03 04:42:46 2017

MD Extensions: preload bold font weight to prevent flicker first time
bold font is rendered (often from a <paper-button> receiving focus)

BUG= 781055 
R=dpapad@chromium.org

Cq-Include-Trybots: master.tryserver.chromium.linux:closure_compilation
Change-Id: I02000b0388f7f5d0aff27b31629f9dcc6f3471ad
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/752545
Reviewed-by: Demetrios Papadopoulos <dpapad@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Dan Beam (no longer on Chrome) <dbeam@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#513685}
[modify] https://crrev.com/ce7b61edf5108acee9f9909f42e80feb79faced2/chrome/browser/resources/md_extensions/extensions.js

Tested the issue on Windows7, Mac 10.12.6 and Ubutu 14.04 using Chrome version M64 - 64.0.3260.0 as per the issue mentioned in original comment. Observed that no blinking is observed on the chrome://extensions/ page. Attached the screenshot for reference.

Steps Followed:
1. Navigate to chrome://flags and enable the flags #enable-md-extensions.
2. Navigate to chrome://extensions/.
3. From Dev Tools > Console> Rendering enable "Paint Flashing".
4. Refresh the screen.
5. Click on the buttons and search bar

Observations: No flickering is observed.

@dpapad -- Could you please refer the screencast attached and steps followed and lets us know whether it is the intended behavior or not to add TE-Verified label. Please let us know if we have missed anything.

Thanks in advance.

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