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mayusuf
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May 20, 2020

Introducing sidebar search in Microsoft Edge

Hello Insiders! We have heard your feedback and are excited to announce sidebar search - the first step in our evolution of contextual search in the new Microsoft Edge.    Sidebar search builds o...
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matt_bits
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May 20, 2020

mayusuf 

That is great news. I would like to see it in Beta soon too. Did you think about customization? For example user can decide if search will be opened in new tab or sidebar?

 

It can be redundant or confusing for some users to have two different options for the same think with different only displayed location. Feature called "Ask Cortana" was almost the same, but the name was nicer for the users. Especially in countries where "Cortana" is badly supported this feature was working like this new "search in sidebar", example county is Poland or Czech Republic.

 

Meantime, I am worry about size of context menu. It is yet another position added. I hope we will not repeat mistake from Internet Explorer where context menu was extremally fast growing. I loved in Edge that browser started with very compact context menu and there are only essential options. Some users I seen with 10-20 items in context menu in IE and older versions of IE. Where most of them never used like print or print preview under right click.

 

Example attached.

 

 
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ph_007
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May 21, 2020

Hi matt_bits 

 

There is already an options which opens search in new tab.

Just select a word, right click and choose "Search the web for ...".

 

 

I also totally agree with you when it comes to the context menu. There are already options which are also in the ... (three dots) menu, e.q. Print and I would also remove "Open in Immersive Reader", because it can be accessed by the button in the address bar.

The toggle, mentioned by Pete_FFC , for developers could be integrated into the F12 DevTools.

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    scrbl
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    Jul 22, 2020

    ph_007 

     

    100% agree abou the size of the RIGHT CLICK (Context Sensitive) Menu. Would be NICE to see a Toggle in Settings to Toggle the Menu Item icons OFF or ON.

     

    One of the things I loved about Edge (Legacy) was the CLEAN (icon-free) RIGHT CLICK Menu, parsing text-based menu items just was easier for my eyes/visual input "bandwidth", and looked much more MODERN.

     

    I feel the Icons that are populating the RIGHT CLICK Menu in Edge (Chromium) are GOOD: they are informative, and indicative of what the Menu Option it is Representing DOES or IS FOR.

     

    However, I would REALLY REALLY REALLY appreciate a Settings Option to Toggle Menu Icons ON or OFF.

     

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