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Enable "search the web for ..." in background tab instead of active tab
I know that you can do that with pressing ctrl while clicking that in context menu, but can you guys make an option to make it default so you don't need to press ctrl to do that?
Well, I used to be able to use extension to do that (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-in-background-tab/fikfhablannhlgejpiklhbkonjkakodf), but after the new dev update, it doesn't work anymore. It's still working in beta edge though. So, now that the workaround might not be working anymore in the future, I just kinda request this feature to you, guys.
Thanks.
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Hi,
this extension works and I'm using it on Edge insider Canary so should be working on Dev as well since it's below Canary's version.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/force-background-tab/gidlfommnbibbmegmgajdbikelkdcmcl
IMO these little personal tweaks better be taken care of with extensions 🙂Yeah, I know that. Welp, I guess I'm f*cked after Edge Beta is updated to v79.
No, force background tab (I already tried that before btw) is different in sense that it forces all kind of "new tab" processes from active tab to background tab. While what I previously use is just forcing "Search the web for ..." to use background tab instead of active tab, while others are still the same.
- Oh okay, well maybe Edge developers will consider that feature to add but until then I guess holding CTRL button is the easiest way
