Google Preparing To Ship Chrome With "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" For Wayland
Google Chrome/Chromium is preparing to ship with "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" functionality by default so the web browser will play nicer out-of-the-box with Wayland.
This change recently landed within the Chromium codebase for setting the "OverrideDefaultOzonePlatformHintToAuto" feature by default which sets the Ozone platform hint to auto "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" by default if not specified. This will allow Wayland by default in Chrome development builds as an experiment.
This change was tried earlier in July but then backed out due to a GNOME Wayland test case failing, which has since been resolved. Barring any new issues from coming up, this "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" default change should be in the Chrome 140 release later in August. Thus a nicer Wayland Linux desktop experience without having to launch Chrome using the --ozone-platform-hint=auto option manually for those currently leveraging the option.
This ticket since 2016 continues tracking the overall status and related commits to the Ozone platform support for Wayland.
This change recently landed within the Chromium codebase for setting the "OverrideDefaultOzonePlatformHintToAuto" feature by default which sets the Ozone platform hint to auto "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" by default if not specified. This will allow Wayland by default in Chrome development builds as an experiment.
This change was tried earlier in July but then backed out due to a GNOME Wayland test case failing, which has since been resolved. Barring any new issues from coming up, this "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" default change should be in the Chrome 140 release later in August. Thus a nicer Wayland Linux desktop experience without having to launch Chrome using the --ozone-platform-hint=auto option manually for those currently leveraging the option.
This ticket since 2016 continues tracking the overall status and related commits to the Ozone platform support for Wayland.