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Microsoft Edge extends tools for the PDF reader
The integrated PDF reader in the legacy Microsoft Edge browser is deeply loved by many of you and we have been getting feedback about the availability of those features in the new version of Microsoft Edge. We are working on adding your favorite annotations tools to the PDF reader in Microsoft Edge right now and wanted to provide you an update on our work. Inking on PDF files Today you can use built-in inking tools when you open PDF files in the new Microsoft Edge. This allows you to take notes, fill out and sign PDF forms. Click on the Draw button from the toolbar to start writing; you can use a digital pen, touch or a mouse. You can use the Erase button to start erasing the strokes. If you are using a digital pen with a back-button, you can use that to erase while in draw mode. We have also added the ability to change the color and width of the lines you are drawing. To open the new customization panel, just click or tap the " “ button attached to the Draw tool. This new color and stroke width selector are already available in the Canary and Dev channels and will make their way to the Stable channel in Microsoft Edge version 83. Text highlight support Highlighting important text while reading PDFs is a very common activity especially for students reading books or research papers in PDF format. We have added the ability to highlight text in PDF files. You can access this feature today in the Canary, Dev and Beta channels via the context menu. Just select any piece of text on a PDF document that you want to highlight, right click to invoke the context menu and you will find the option to highlight the text. You can even choose from four different colors for the highlighters. We will continue to improve the highlighting experience in PDF by making it accessible directly from the PDF toolbar. Click or tap Highlight in the toolbar to get started. Then use your digital pen or mouse over the text you want to highlight. You can also change the color of the highlight by clicking the " “ button attached to the Highlight tool. This will open a color panel where you can select the color of your choice. The highlight tool is available in the PDF toolbar in Canary and Dev channels. You can expect to see it roll out to more channels in upcoming releases. What’s next We know that many of you love the PDF reader in Microsoft Edge and we’ve heard a lot of feedback and requests for annotations support. We will be working on improving the ability to do light editing on PDF files which would make you productive right within the browser. As part of this effort, the team will be working on these scenarios: Improving the experience of reading text notes already present in a PDF. Ability to add text notes on a PDF. Let us know in what scenarios you use annotations on PDFs and what kind of toolset you would want to see in Microsoft Edge PDF reader. This would help us expand the range of tools we have for PDFs with what is most important for you.
Dev Channel update to 137.0.3255.0 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 137.0.3255.0 to the Dev channel! The release includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Meet Copilot Vision in Edge | YouTube Added Features: Added a row of buttons to the tab search app in Web UI. Improved Behavior: Resolved a corner case crash issue with Settings Navigation on Android. Resolved an issue where a crash occurred after logging into an AAD/MSA account on iOS. Resolved an issue where browser would crash on Android after switching the theme, and then changing the position of the address bar on the Appearance and Layout page. Resolved a crash issue in Start, Home, and NTP within the settings. Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue by updating the color of the loading screen in the Game Assist widget. Resolved an issue when setting the page color to desert or white caused most of the Settings navigation bar to become invisible on edge://settings/appearance. Resolved an issue where items in a subfolder would open after clicking 'Open all () in new tab group' under Favorites. Resolved an issue where text overlapped with the 'Import Favorites' folder in the Favorites bar. iOS: Resolved an issue where the PDF continued to be read after exiting the PDF read-aloud feature on iOS. Android: Resolved an issue where the Copilot error page supported half-screen view on Android. Fixed an issue where the refresh button in the web search box was unresponsive on Android. Fixed an issue where the new chat icon was missing in the upper right corner of the page after entering Copilot from NTP on Android. Mac: Resolved an issue where avatars failed to load on the 'Choose an account' screen on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 134.0.3124.5 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 134.0.3124.5 to the Dev channel! This includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Control your installed web application title - Windows Blogs How real-world businesses are transforming with AI - with 50 new stories - The Official Microsoft Blog Added Features: Added a Color and Image Tab to the Settings Theme Page. Implemented Print Preview Settings in webui2. Improved Behavior: Resolved an issue where the browser crashes when switching from the default profile to the guest profile in the search bar. Resolved an issue causing a crash when switching between dark and light themes in picture-in-picture mode on Android Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where the Sites list would become hidden after performing operations like adding, editing, or removing sites, as well as clicking the "Use all open tabs" button on sites. Resolved an issue where the tab search box background color was too dark in dark mode within the tab center. Resolved an issue where toggling the title bar caused misalignment issues in the tab center. Resolved an issue in the settings web UI where radio buttons within a radio group should be navigable using arrow keys instead of the tab key. Resolved an issue in Browser Essentials where the 'Thank You' response popups for the like and dislike buttons were overlapping. Resolved an issue where the Family Safety tooltip was missing links in the web UI. Resolved an issue where the background of the 'Send invite email' button appeared incorrectly when it received focus in high contrast mode within workspaces. Resolved an issue where the 'Table of contents' static text did not adapt to hover text in the browser PDF reader. Resolved an issue where focus was lost after clicking the close button in the search box within the tab center. Mac: Resolved an issue where the 'Manage Certificates' tab was missing under the 'Security' module on Mac. Android: Resolved an issue where the wallpaper failed to display in the wallpaper center after a browser upgrade on Android. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 136.0.3240.8 is live.
Welcome back! We released 136.0.3240.8 to the Dev channel! The release includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Deprecating window.external.getHostEnvironmentValue() - Microsoft Edge Blog Celebrating Microsoft's 50 years - The Official Microsoft Blog Added Features: Adding an 'Extensions' link-type menu item in Settings. Improved Behavior: Resolved an issue where the console crashed upon clicking the 'Apply' button after selecting a coupon on Xbox. Fixed a crash issue with the refresh button on Android tablets. Resolved a crash issue that occurred when attempting to open browser during shutdown on Mac. Resolved an issue where browser would crash in full screen mode when clicking 'split screen' in the settings and more dropdown list on Mac. Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where the auto-open focus incorrectly shifted to the side pane in Copilot. iOS: Resolved an issue where the “Find on page”, “Read aloud” and “Print” button on the toolbar were clickable when opening a destroyed PDF. Resolved an issue when toggling the 'Translate page' or 'Show Copilot' switch in dark mode caused the page content to flash on iOS. Resolved an issue where clicking '+' to add a new tab page (NTP) caused the search bar to become transparent when the page loads on iOS. Resolved an issue when, after clicking 'Replace', the replacement popup window briefly appears on iOS. Android: Fixed an issue when switching to developer mode was not possible after clicking the version in the About Microsoft page on Android. Resolved an issue where the Reflow button on the address bar was not easily visible in InPrivate mode on Android. Mac: Fixed an issue where the vertical tab menu appeared separately in Fullscreen mode on Mac. Resolved an issue where taking a screenshot on Mac resulted in no response. Resolved an issue where a blank space appeared at the top of the favorites pane on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 136.0.3209.2 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 136.0.3209.2 to the Dev channel! Mobile also released with a version bump 136.0.3214.0! The release includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. How real-world businesses are transforming with AI — with more than 140 new stories - The Official Microsoft Blog Supercharge Your Search Performance with Bing Webmaster Tools... Added Features: Added sign-in functionality to AI themes. Improved Behavior: Resolved a problem causing browser to crash when printing an online CAPTCHA PDF on Android. Fixed an issue where the browser crashes when displaying the context menu of managed favorites. Fixed an issue where browser crashes when exiting a PDF tab, switching to a non-PDF tab, and then toggling dark/light mode on Android. Changed Behavior: Fixed an issue where focus indicators displayed different colors when using a light theme with a dark 'overall appearance' in the tab center. Fixed an issue where the Copilot page turns white in the side pane on iOS after directly exiting a voice chat. Fixed an issue where the screen reader fails to announce search results and the 'No Results Found' message in the search box in Settings WebUI2. iOS: Fixed an issue where a black screen flashes in the side pane when opening Copilot on iOS. Android: Fixed an issue where Bing was not set as the default search engine, causing the search history button to remain visible on Android. Fixed an issue where the 'Help' option disappears on the feedback page in Android. Fixed an issue where the display name for developer options is incorrect on Android. Fixed an issue when returning from the detail page causes recommended extensions to briefly disappear after the first installation on Android. Mac: Fixed an issue where a gap appears below the Favorites bar on Mac. Fixed an issue where the 'Copy' function from the mini menu doesn't work if clicked before the menu name appears in the context menu on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriSwitch profiles in web apps
Today, we’re launching an experience experiment for sites or Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that are installed as apps on your desktop. This is on by default if you are using Windows 10 version 2004 or newer. If you install the same site or PWA on more than one Edge profile, we’ve introduced a profile switcher on the application title bar to switch between profiles from within your app. With this experiment, you’ll only see one application tile in Windows for that application. Also, when the application starts, it uses the last profile used by the application. To switch between profiles in your application, perform the following steps: 1. Locate the profile icon on the title bar of your application, and select it. 2. Now, simply select the other profile to use. 3. Confirm that a second application window starts with the selected profile. Note: The profile switcher in the title bar only displays when you have the same app installed on more than one profile. We’re looking for feedback on this feature. Here are a couple of questions for you: Do you prefer to have your app display as one application in Windows, and switch using this experimental method described above? Do you prefer to have distinct applications installed on Windows for each profile you install the app with? This would mean you could have multiple application tiles/icons in Start, the Taskbar or on your desktop. Would you prefer to choose your default profile each time you install a new application? We’d love to hear from you. Please send feedback using the “Send Feedback” feature (Alt + Shift + I) from within Microsoft Edge.Dev Channel update to 136.0.3193.0 is live.
Welcome back! We released 136.0.3193.0 to the Dev channel! Mobile also released with a version bump 136.0.3194.0! The release includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Microsoft Edge for Business - YouTube A smarter way to do with Microsoft Edge - YouTube Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS - Windows Blogs Added Features: Added a close button to the color picker dialog in the appearance settings. Introduced a custom app icon feature for iOS. Improved Behavior: Fixed an issue where the browser would crash after clicking switch when navigating to an AAD authenticated page with an active MSA account on iOS. Fixed an issue where the browser would crash when visiting Outlook with an AAD account on iOS. Fixed a problem that caused the browser to crash when retrieving account information for different profiles. Fixed an issue that caused the browser to crash when opening InPrivate Mode. Resolved an issue where browser crashes when opening Favorites or History in InPrivate mode on Android. Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where the history hub remains visible after clicking on a history item on the New Tab Page (NTP). iOS: Fixed the background color for inactive tabs settings on iOS. Resolved an issue where the icons for 'Block ads when browsing' and 'Browse InPrivate to protect your privacy' appeared unclear on iOS. Android: Fixed an issue where the omnibox suggestion dropdown was incorrectly positioned on Android. Fixed an issue when switching between NTP and ZIP was not smooth on Android. Fixed an issue where the weather widget would flash after closing and reopening the browser on Android. Resolved an issue where a blank space appeared at the top of the webpage after switching between dark and light modes in the settings on Android. Mac: Fixed an issue where the Favorites bar flashes white when searching for any content on the New Tab Page on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 135.0.3154.3 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 135.0.3154.3 to the Dev channel! This includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Microsoft Edge for Business: Edge management service training for partners - YouTube Microsoft Edge for Business: Protect your customers from cyber threats - YouTube Added Features: Added a feature to display the active tab in collapsed groups. Improved Behavior: Resolved an issue where the browser would crash silently when attempting to leave a workspace. Resolved an issue where browser would crash when searching for any content to enter a webpage and long pressing the address bar on Android. Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where the 'Show Vision experience from Copilot Labs' option was not appearing on the Copilot page in the settings web UI. Resolved an issue where some toolbar icons were hidden after taking actions in the 'More Options' menu in split screen. Resolved an issue where custom colors did not persist on browser relaunch under the tab groups color picker. iOS: Resolved an issue where top sites with custom letter icons on the 'Replace' panel did not load immediately on iOS. Resolved an issue where top sites would flash when switching from Focus/Inspirational mode to Custom mode on iOS. Resolved an issue where, after switching wallpapers, the NTP wallpaper would not change on iOS. Mac: Resolved an issue where, after selecting Firefox to import data, the data displayed was that of Safari on Mac. Android: Resolved an issue where preset top sites' images were not displayed on the 'Replace' panel when there was no internet connection on Android. Resolved an issue where most extensions were unable to display the full panel in a normal tab on Android. Resolved an issue where a line was visible between the PDF toolbar and the address bar on Android. Resolved an issue where a download pop-up box would appear when clicking on an offline PDF from the download hub on Android. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 135.0.3179.11 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 135.0.3179.11 to the Dev channel! This includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. More Edge features get a performance boost - Microsoft Edge Blog Copilot on Windows: Press to talk begins rolling out to Windows Insiders - Windows Blogs Added Features: Added support for displaying Copilot in the Side Pane, with contextual ability for tab switching and navigation within the same tab. Improved Behavior: Resolved an issue causing the browser to crash when using CTRL + TAB on a collapsed tab group. Resolved an issue where the browser would silently crash after pressing 'Enter' to navigate to the password text box. Resolved an issue where the browser would crash when switching from the default profile to the Guest profile in the 'Search Bar'. Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where links in sidebar apps were not opening in the browser app within Game Assist. Resolved an issue where the drag direction of pinned tabs was mirrored vertically in vertical tabs. Resolved an issue where clicking the "Add site" button under "Allowed to use JavaScript" causes the site to appear under "Not allowed to use JavaScript" in Settings WebUI2. iOS: Resolved an issue where the tab containing the external file would disappear after closing and reopening browser on iOS. Resolved an issue where visiting any website would cause the page to move up and not be fully displayed on iOS. Android: Resolved an issue where the PDF toolbar would disappear when closing browser and opening an external PDF with browser on Android. Resolved an issue where the back button overlapped with the audio button when using Arabic on Android. Resolved an issue where the account verification pop-up would obscure the address bar on Android. Mac: Fixed an issue where the shadow effect on tabs was incorrect when 'Turn on vertical tabs' was activated, and tabs were unpinned on Mac. Resolved an issue where the old version FRE page would still appear when clicking the 'Set up new personal profile' button on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~GouriDev Channel update to 135.0.3168.2 is live.
Hello Insiders! We released 135.0.3168.2 to the Dev channel! Mobile also released with a version bump 135.0.3173.0! The release includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below. Introducing our new and improved Edge Add-ons website - Microsoft Edge Blog Added Features: Added the browser icon to the update menu item. Added the Adjust campaign to the extension hub. Improved Behavior: Resolved an issue where a saved tab group caused the browser to crash. Resolved an issue where the browser would crash after clicking on the Feedback icon in Guest Mode. Fixed an issue where selecting 'Clear data' when logging out of an MSA account caused a crash on iOS. Fixed an issue where a crash occurred while loading FRE/Soft FRE in incognito mode Changed Behavior: Resolved an issue where the Copilot side pane would not close when the new tab page was closed without interacting with the auto-opened side pane. Resolved an issue where tabs could not be closed by clicking the mouse scroll wheel in the Game Assist browser. iOS: Resolved an issue where; after reconnecting the VPN, it was not possible to continue chatting in the same chat on iOS. Fixed an issue when switching to landscape mode on iOS caused increased spacing when only news was displayed. Fixed an issue when reading aloud was not working on iOS. Android: Fixed an issue where online PDFs did not zoom in and out smoothly on Android. Fixed an issue where browser automatically switched to the user's work profile on Android. Mac: Fixed an issue where the experience of the flash welcome page was suboptimal on Mac. Fixed an issue where 'Create account' should be displayed instead of 'Sign in to sync' when no account is detected during FRE on Mac. See an issue that you think might be a bug? Remember to send that directly through the in-app feedback by heading to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics so the team can investigate. Thanks again for sending us feedback and helping us improve our Insider builds. ~Gouri
