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How can we know the default value of these, without guessing or trial & error?
the scrolling flags usually have little effect that are hard to notice, without knowing their default value, it's even harder to know where and how to look for changes.
of course there are other flags too that need to have their default values specified. simply saying "default" is useless.
HotCakeX You know i been wondering this a long time, What the hell is the default setting when you are giving options and None of them say, "enabled equals-default", disabled equals not default" sure would help many folks out if these options were explained a bit more in the settings.
Dad2JTK The biggest problem with "default" is that the value of any given flag could be changed by an experiment at any given time (although most flags actually aren't experimented with), but they usually start out as disabled since flags are primarily a way to just keep code turned off until we're sure it's ready, so instead of "default", I think of it as "probably disabled". There are, of course, exceptions, like the the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling, which is on by default but we keep the flag around since we continue to use it for new scrolling features, and flags that are more than just binary enabled/disabled. I definitely agree that it would be nice to be able to peek behind the default though and know whether something is actually enabled or not, so for anybody else who hasn't filed feedback that they would like us to add that functionality, please do so we can properly prioritize it!
Dad2JTK wrote:HotCakeX You know i been wondering this a long time, What the hell is the default setting when you are giving options and None of them say, "enabled equals-default", disabled equals not default" sure would help many folks out if these options were explained a bit more in the settings.
you're absolutely right, saying "default" without specifying what default is it's stupid. this is coming from Chrome but Edge should fix this.
they just need to see more people sending feedback through Edge browser about this issue, once they see many people want it they will do something about it
- Ok, I'm hoping this make sense.
I've kinda always looked at this as meaning default=whatever your system or browser is set at.
like the sit permissions/Media autoplay the flag is default=not to show the block option. Enable this flag and the Block option shows as a selection.
Vertical tabs flag default=show vert tabs. At least it is for me as I do not need to enable this flag, but for some that do not have vert tabs showing, then the default for them would be default=do not show vert tabs. They would have to enable vert tabs to show.
And so on for all the flags. You just have to dig a little and findout what "your" system/browser is set to... that will equal your default settings...
Dennis5mileunfortunately not every flag modifies something in Edge settings, most of them are hard to notice, lots of them you don't even know where or what to look for as a change.
