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Aditi_Gangwar
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Jun 16, 2020

Roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge

Update - March 1st, 2021: We've published an updated version of this roadmap. Check out Aditi's update over here, and we encourage you to continue to drop your PDF reader feedback into the comments o...
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Filip Paďourek
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Jun 16, 2020

Hello Aditi_Gangwar 

MS Edge doesnt recognize active pen on Surface devices. It would be fine to INK with pen and scrolling with fingers like in MS Whiteboard.

Thanks!

Filip

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vygadeka
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Jun 16, 2020

Filip Paďourek it is currently in the backlog to add a manual switch to turn on/off inking with touch. Currently, we have enabled panning/scrolling/zooming with two fingers while inking. You can also use the margins to scroll. Let me know if that helps. 

 

-Vyankatesh Gadekar

Program Manager, Microsoft Edge

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    Gordon770
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    Jun 17, 2020

    vygadeka Thanks! While this works, it is not optimal - as you often end up changing the zoom as it is rather difficult to keep your fingers the same separation. The old Edge allows single finger scroll, which means that you can move quickly through documents in a way that is not possible with the new edge. Actually, this is the only reason I keep using the old edge for PDF mark up.

     

    I am often reading research PDF's and marking them up. Length is 20-200 pages. I need to be able to quickly read through them, sometimes stopping for a careful read of 3 or 4 pages. And then resume scanning.

     

    When I have my pen I pretty much *never* use my finger to ink.

    • vygadeka's avatar
      vygadeka
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      Jun 17, 2020

      Gordon770 understood. Thanks for the details. We are going to bring back the functionality to turn off inking by touch. Stay tuned. 

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        MarinM
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        Aug 28, 2020

        vygadeka 

        Please bring back full pen, touch and mouse input separation, or at least add settings to enable this configuration: touch should always pan or select text, as it does on websites, mouse should always select text, as it does on websites, and pen should always ink - and I don't want to have to press a button first to enter inking mode, the pen should just ink. 

         

        The Windows 8 Reader app is the only program I ever used that behaved this way (not that I didn't try to find others), and I loved that. Then it was replaced with Edge Legacy, which never distinguished pen and mouse, and now Edge Legacy has been replaced with a version that doesn't distinguish pen, touch and mouse at all. Your PDF reader is getting worse in many respects with each new version. 

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