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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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cjc2112
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May 23, 2020

mayusuf I really like the sidebar so far! I've run into a few problems though.

1. I have to scroll left and right sometimes because the page doesn't fit in the sidebar. An easy fix would be to render code in the sidebar in mobile mode.

2. I can't close the sidebar. The only way to get out of it is to do Ctrl+K and close the tab with the sidebar in it.

3. There is way to go back to the previous page, for example if I hit the wrong link, I have to open the sidebar and do everything again.

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mayusuf
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Jun 04, 2020

cjc2112 Thank you for your feedback! We're glad you're giving Sidebar Search a try.

 

In case you missed it, if you scroll up, you'll see a close button beside the search box. We have also added a right click context menu in sidebar search which includes close and back options. Right now, sidebar search should show only bing pages, please send feedback via the feedback tool in Edge with details on your experience on seeing non-bing web pages in sidebar search. We will look into those cases.

 

Thanks!

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    cjc2112
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    Jun 06, 2020

    mayusuf I don't seem to see a x anywhere in the sidebar.

     

     

     

    Edit: i found out how to close it, a right click will bring up an option to close sidebar. Still no X.

     

    • lishuhang's avatar
      lishuhang
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 26, 2020
      Please ensure your current user-agent is the Edge default. I met the identical problem just now, and after reset the user-agent it displayed normally. I used to set the UA to Chrome since my Gmail give me scrambled filename when downloading attachments.
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      mayusuf
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      Jun 10, 2020

      Hi cjc2112 , Thank you for trying out sidebar search and for reporting this. Please can you report this via the Edge feedback and include a full screenshot of the issue. We will be happy to investigate further.

       

      Thanks!

      • cjc2112's avatar
        cjc2112
        Bronze Contributor
        Jun 13, 2020

        mayusufThe issue has been fixed. Another thing I noted was that you can't access web pages in the sidebar besides bing (they open in new tabs), but that brings it closer to what ask Cortana was before, but it was cool to be able to duel search on a tab while it lasted.

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    Eko009
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 05, 2020

    mayusuf 
    Hi I am using version Canary 85.0.538.0
    I don't see this feature but I wonder why?
    sidebar search in me this feature is not included..
    why can't I try this feature?

    • mayusuf's avatar
      mayusuf
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      Jun 10, 2020

      Hi Eko009 , we are gradually rolling the feature out to users in Dev and Canary. You should have access to the feature a few weeks.

       

      Thanks!

    • Pete_FFC's avatar
      Pete_FFC
      Iron Contributor
      Jun 05, 2020

      Eko009 I still don't have it. Just updated to 85.0.538.0

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