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alibayram
Brass Contributor
Jul 06, 2019
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Edge Canary 77.0.211.0 always on top, dropdown menus not functioning

Latest Edge Canary 77.0.211.0 has added a couple issues: Edge is always on top. Unless I minimize the edge window(s) , no other program or app can be brought to the foreground, except for other Edg...
  • Rohit Yadav's avatar
    Rohit Yadav
    Jul 08, 2019
    It is fixed now. Thanks for the response...🙂
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JeffMill
Copper Contributor
Jul 08, 2019

alibayram Same here.  Here's a quick PowerShell hack I did that seems to work around the issue.  Same as EdgeTopmostFix.ps1 and run it.  Will need to be re-run everytime you close and reopen edge.

 

$MemberDefinition = @'
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X,int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

public static void DisableTopmost(IntPtr hWnd) {
int HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2;
uint SWP_NOSIZE = 1;
uint SWP_NOMOVE = 2;
SetWindowPos(hWnd, new IntPtr(HWND_NOTOPMOST), 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
}
'@
$User32 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $MemberDefinition -Name 'User32' -Namespace 'Win32' -PassThru

Get-Process 'msedge' | Where-Object MainWindowHandle -ne 0 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty MainWindowHandle | ForEach-Object { $User32::DisableTopmost($_) }
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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Jul 08, 2019

    JeffMill alibayram et al,

    Ok, it's opinion time... they are free albeit sometimes not worth the price 😉

    I don't get why anyone would be (so) focused on Canary & treating things like it's the only Edge C; it's not!  Without a need for any hacks, batch files or workarounds, just use Dev.  This always on top issue is a "Know issue" and obviously, it will be rectified asap.  Until then, just use Dev, only.  One can have both, even use both simultaneously. <-- I'm doing it every day.  Stuff can happen with Canary and less so with Dev.

    Cheers,
    Drew


    • Joon Chang's avatar
      Joon Chang
      Former Employee
      Jul 08, 2019

      Thanks for reporting the issue!  Edge picked up a regression in Chromium and the window focus issue appears to be fixed in 77.0.213.1: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=979538

      Please let us know if you're still experiencing the issue after updating to Canary 77.0.213.1.  

       

      • Rohit Yadav's avatar
        Rohit Yadav
        Bronze Contributor
        Jul 08, 2019
        It is fixed now. Thanks for the response...🙂
    • garak0410's avatar
      garak0410
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 08, 2019

      Drew1903 

      Drew1903 wrote:

      JeffMill alibayram et al,

      Ok, it's opinion time... they are free albeit sometimes not worth the price 😉

      I don't get why anyone would be (so) focused on Canary & treating things like it's the only Edge C; it's not!  Without a need for any hacks, batch files or workarounds, just use Dev.  This always on top issue is a "Know issue" and obviously, it will be rectified asap.  Until then, just use Dev, only.  One can have both, even use both simultaneously. <-- I'm doing it every day.  Stuff can happen with Canary and less so with Dev.

      Cheers,
      Drew


       

      I think because this was an unexpected bug, almost like these two issues shouldn't happen, even if on Canary. But I do have to step back and remind myself of it too...the price I pay for cutting edge. 

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