Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--disable-direct-composition

What does --disable-direct-composition do?

Disable DirectComposition.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-direct-composition using CLI

chrome --disable-direct-composition

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-direct-composition using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-direct-composition']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-direct-composition using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-direct-composition']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-direct-composition using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-direct-composition')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ENABLE_VULKAN && \