# Add Data dialog box appears black the second time it's opened

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/add-data-dialog-box-appears-black-the-second-time-its-opened/28277>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/add-data-dialog-box-appears-black-the-second-time-its-opened/28277 "2023-03-10T13:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suhaim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/suhaim/32/81421_2.png) [@Suhaim](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Suhaim)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/add-data-dialog-box-appears-black-the-second-time-its-opened/28277/10 "2025-11-20T07:16:04Z")

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Found this post linking to the [tracked issue](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/8579) :-

> [@The Add Data button is not working properly](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/the-add-data-button-is-not-working-properly/44557):
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> So, when I click the Add Data button, it opens the file dialog box and I am able to load MRIs perfectly. But if I close the file dialog box without loading any MRML or MRI files and then try to open it again the file dialog box just goes full black and nothing is showing. The title bar of that window and the close button is working perfectly fine but it is not showing any files or folders to load. Just a black window. How can I fix it? Thanks for you help. (P.S This is problem exists in both pr…

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