From c649cfdc1267a7c05dd0fcbc51b3080ae5c1a09b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathium05 <mathium@fermi.chat>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:23:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] hopefully reduce flickering

---
 src/webpage/highlighter/index.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/webpage/highlighter/index.ts b/src/webpage/highlighter/index.ts
index ac4f746..af94639 100644
--- a/src/webpage/highlighter/index.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/highlighter/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ export async function highlight(
 	skipStart: number = 0,
 	skipEnd: number = 0,
 ) {
-	await new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res));
+	let i = 0;
+	while (!document.body.contains(elm)) {
+		for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+			await new Promise<void>((res) => queueMicrotask(res));
+		}
+		i++;
+		if (i === 100) break;
+	}
 	lang = lang.trim();
 	let content = elm.textContent;
 	if (skipStart) {