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Elliot Kirk
Silver Contributor
Jan 21, 2020

Discussion - Set Aside Tabs and Warn on Close

Hi Insiders, we have received a lot of feedback about how you would like to close your tabs with the option of easily finding and reopening them later as you move between different workflows. Specifi...
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krameshk
Brass Contributor
Feb 07, 2020
Elliot Kirk wrote:

The request for a prompt before closing the browser also feels related, because if people could always confidently find and reopen any of their previous tabs, then there would be less fear or concern about losing tabs if they are accidently closed.

Elliot Kirk  The optional prompt (user choice whether to enable or not) we're asking for to be displayed on clicking the close button of an Edge window with multiple tabs open has nothing to do with finding and reopening the tabs. For privacy reasons I have set the browser to wipe all history on close. So I'm not looking for any of my previous tabs to pop up again in case I have deliberately closed a window with multiple tabs open. All I'm asking for is that if I click the close button on the browser window, to warn me so that I can then decide whether the click was accidental or deliberate. Something that will prevent the accidental loss of all my open tabs, that's all! I fail to understand what's there to debate endlessly about this anyway, and what's so hard about implementing a simple (optional) dialog such as this?

 

This, and the option to not have the browser close when the last tab is closed are my top 2 requests for the new Edge. If these can be implemented soon then the browser would be somewhat usable at least IMO.

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