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Name Browser Window
Just noticed that in Canary build 88.0.704.0, there is an option to name Edge Windows.
Right clicking on the empty area in the Tab Strip and select this option:
One can rename the Edge window from there:
The window is renamed and visible in all places as you would expect.
I think it is a neat feature and will be helpful to keep workflows organized.
Thank you, team, for considering this feature!
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Rohit Yadav Naming windows is an essential feature, but it should be persistent (Edge should remember the names after shutting down and restarting). It isn't persistent on my system. Not sure if this is a bug or by design.
- I think this is more of a design choice, not a bug since this is how this feature has been from the beginning.
Rohit Yadav If so, that's a design decision I don't understand. Why restore sessions, with all their windows and tabs from the previous session, but leave out the names of the windows? For someone like me, who typically keeps 1 to 2 dozen windows open at a time, that's a non-starter.
My primary browser is Firefox, which has the ability to restore window names from a previous session. This is such a triviality, I'd be surprised if there's any major browser out there other than Edge that lacks this ability (but I haven't actually checked).
I'm trying out Edge mostly out of curiosity, but possibly to switch. So far, I'm not impressed with Edge, and in fact I've been quite surprised at how much Microsoft has struggled to reliably implement even trivial/simple features like tab groups and naming windows, even while relying on Google's Chromium engine. My opinion is that releasing Edge in its current state is damaging Microsoft's reputation, especially among technical people who would know how easy such thing would be to implement. I think they should either withdraw Edge until they can get a respectable implementation, or assign some competent programmers to work on it ASAP.
- I'm so glad this feature is still on 91.0.864.64 and really hope it will be kept "alive" :-).
Problem though: Edge does not remember assigned names to windows (at least if stacked) after reopening. Rather annoying!
Can this be solved ? Any indication as to why this feature is now missing in Canary and Dev channels? It has been missing for a few versions now, so I assume it wasn't a mistake - but would love to know if it is coming back.
It is now available in the stable version of Chrome, so not sure why it is removed from Edge.
rjchung wrote:Any indication as to why this feature is now missing in Canary and Dev channels? It has been missing for a few versions now, so I assume it wasn't a mistake - but would love to know if it is coming back.
It is now available in the stable version of Chrome, so not sure why it is removed from Edge.
Developer's response:
"the ability to name a window was an experimental feature that came from Chromium, and it appears to have been turned off."
so apparently Edge developers didn't intend to enable it, but if that's what you want, make sure to send feedback using the feedback button on Edge.
- Thanks, yeah I saw their response (after I bumped this thread) - I have left feedback a few times on different versions of the Beta Channel hoping they would add it back in ...
Will have to wait and hope they eventually incorporate it into the Edge builds, or at least make it an Experimental flag to turn it back on.
Who knows, maybe they are actively working on it to provide more value than the default implementation from Chromium? 🙂
Seems that it's been removed as of the last dev channel update (Version 89.0.767.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit))
It's a bummer that it's gone. I was loving the ability to group tabs into separate windows. Made working with different applications that open a lot of tabs much more manageable. One window for Azure Portal. Another for Azure Devops. etc...
- It would be better if they show window name in TOP LEFT CORNER, while webpage title stays in center.
- It's kinda confusing to use it with vertical tabs.
when I name a window in vertical tabs, the site favicons next to the custom name change while the name stays the same.
it's the place where page title must be shown.I think it would be better if the sites' favicon gets replaced by Edge logo, that would be better with a custom window name.
Maybe,
for any serious workflow organizing I'd use virtual desktops instead
- Rohit Yadav Thanks for sharing! This is awesome, guaranteed by Kam 🙂
