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Iron Contributor

Sep 03, 2019

Add a calculator in the address bar

In Chrome, I really like the fact that the address bar was also a calculator (among others things). I simply had to press F4 (to enter the address bar) and enter a calculation and then the result is...

Silver Contributor

Sep 03, 2019

There is a calculator app in your OS. And you should or may, also, have a Calculator key on your keyboard that will open it.

Cheers,
Drew

Sent from Windows Phone

07_19
Iron Contributor
Sep 03, 2019
Yes, you're right, I could use my OS calculator but it is faster to use the Edge calculator from the address bar. The only problem is that it isn't available on InPrivate mode.
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Sep 03, 2019
  07_19
  
  Hi,
  
  Taking nothing away from your point... thought I'd mention, F4 does 'highlight' the address bar. And, one can then put a math query in it, hit Enter & see the answer. This much can be done in InPrivate.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Sep 03, 2019
  I dug up a little more and apparently few years ago you could actually get autocomplete/text prediction in Incognito mode of Google Chrome (InPrivate mode equivalent) but Google decided to remove that for whatever reason!
  I hope Microsoft fixes their mess and allow text predictions/suggestions based on the keywords we type in the InPrivate browsing mode. doing that also means you'll get calculation results off your address bar.
  - 07_19
    Iron Contributor
    Sep 03, 2019
    Thanks a lot for your time HotCakeX! Is there a better way to let know Microsoft that we want text predictions/suggestions in the InPrivate browsing than posting on this forum?

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