# Web Browser Component Shows Blank

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-component-shows-blank/19018>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-component-shows-blank/19018 "2018-07-30T17:18:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-component-shows-blank/19018/3 "2018-08-06T18:55:13Z")

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This is fixed in 7.9.9:

> [@Web Browser URL](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050/3):
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> This is a known issue with the Web Browser component where the Starting URL property doesn’t fire when the window opens and instead opens “about:blank”. This bug is fixed in the upcoming 7.9.9 release.

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