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Introducing Workspaces in Edge | New feature
Could you explain how this tool works? Especially the fact that workspaces are kept? Thank you!
While this feature has potential in the future, it currently isn't much more than a 'saved / named' window feature (rather than proper workspaces).
Also, unlike legacy "Set-aside tabs", it does not yet save either tab back/forward history nor the current scroll position on each tab once the Edge is closed. Scroll position is sometimes saved if Edge is still running when you re-open the window (see below for details).
(If you quit Edge with the 'workspace' window open or Edge crashes, both of those properties are restored. That makes me think that once a workspace window is closed by the user, the tab urls might be just stored internally as something like 'hidden' favorites.)
These are probably part of the reason it isn't yet widely available even in Canary without using command-line flags - still very early days.
Once the user closes a workspace window, during the same session, certain properties are...
Spoiler- Never restored (if window is re-opened during same session):
- Window position on screen (unless window was re-sized by the user)
- Restored during the same Edge session:
- Tab order
- Selected tab in the window
- Back/forward history for each tab
- Window size
- Window position on screen (only if user re-sized window)
- Horizontal / vertical tab preference for that window
- Sometimes restored during the same Edge session:
- Scroll position of content of each tab (only sometimes! maybe only if the tab is still cached in memory? Only if the page contains HTML anchor tags?)
- Maybe restored?:
- Form data
[as of Version 92.0.878.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)]
Once the Edge is closed and re-launched, certain properties are...
Spoiler- Never restored (after Edge is closed and re-launched):
- Window size
- Window position on screen
- Horizontal / vertical tab preference for that window
- Scroll position of content of each tab
- Back/forward history for each tab
- Form data (not tested yet; just an educated guess)
- Restored (after re-launch):
- Tab order
- Selected tab in the window
[as of Version 92.0.878.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)]
- Thanks for testing this out and informing us (readers). Good to know.
- it's not final yet, make sure to use the feedback button on Edge to submit your suggestions.
Exactly. (My purpose for posting was to inform the expectations of early adopters, not to complain nor suggest.)
- Never restored (if window is re-opened during same session):
