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Oct 09, 2019

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 ...

HotCakeX

MVP

Oct 09, 2019

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 🙂

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Oct 09, 2019
HotCakeX
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.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 09, 2019
  Oh okay, well maybe Edge developers will consider that feature to add but until then I guess holding CTRL button is the easiest way
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    Oct 11, 2019
    HotCakeX
    Well let's say that, from student perspective, it'd be easier for them to further-search some information (from one page) that could be used for their research without needing to reenter the current page. Just to make this sense for getting the option feature hahaha.