Sorry devs, but I need to share this with my desperate fellows who want to try this new features too. To enable new flyout menus for Downloads and Collections you need to add command line parameter to browser shortcut: --enable-features=msDownloadsHub,msCollectionsHub Tested on version 90.0.778.0 UPD: cmd line with 'Smart Copy':--enable-features=msDownloadsHub,msCollectionsHub,msEdgeAreaSelect

HotCakeX we were just talking about this with the feature teams recently. No ETA yet but we're working on putting out some documentation on the command line switches for Microsoft Edge 😃

Thanks, I see what you mean now,I agree we need something like that, because we can't add command line switches straight to the .exe, we can only do it to shortcuts, or make a .bat file and launch the .exe with those parameters.so an area inside Edge settings like hereedge://settings/systemto add commandline switches directly to the "msedge.exe" would be great!

'--enable-features=' - is a command line switch.'msDownloadsHub' - is a feature/flag.First ones are basically the same, second ones are not.Using switch '--enable-features=' you can turn on several features.

i must tell it's funny to search in ddl after news feature to try it ^^

Wittycat wrote:when you click on a link and edge is closed, it search somewhere in the os what is the default browser and open it.For Windows it is in the Registry, but I recommend changing it only to those users who fully understand what they are doing. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\URLAssociations\{http|https}\UserChoice

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HotCakeX
MVP
Feb 08, 2021
The new extension menu for Edge that was added recently:

--enable-features=msExtensionsHub
eddiezato
Iron Contributor
Jan 28, 2021
Feature name for enable 'Smart Copy':
--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect
Wittycat
Steel Contributor
Jan 26, 2021
eddiezato for download hub it work enven on stable but i would recommend :

--enable-features=msDownloadsHub,msDownloadsHubAutoOpenPopup

to open the popup when the download start (finded it in msedge.dll) thanks to eddiezato and HotCakeX for explain me how to find these function
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Jan 26, 2021
  yeah haha it's fun, finding easter eggs
  
  thanks i'll use it
  
  but to be honest, the Edge developer team responsible for reviewing crashes, browser logs, diagnostics etc. won't be so happy, because they will receive mixed results,
  i suggest to use this to try out new features once or twice, but keep using Edge canary without any of these feature flags for long term browsing 🙂
  - Wittycat
    Steel Contributor
    Jan 26, 2021
    Ah for that i have done my test in a VM without internet access, so like that even if edge generate 3 thousand of crash log they will never be send
HotCakeX
MVP
Jan 26, 2021
*cough cough*

--enable-features=msDesktopMode,msDesktopModeAuth,msDesktopModeQBox,msDesktopModeToolsMenu,msDesktopWidgetPrivateApi,msOmniboxDesktopModeBing,msDesktopModeSettings

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/new-web-widget-in-edge-canary-and-dev-controlled-feature-rollout/td-p/2099454
- Wittycat
  Steel Contributor
  Jan 26, 2021
  how do you find the name to add behind ms ? for exemple (it in flags so it an not useful exemple but it's for understanding, how do you enable password leak detect or startup boost (they must already be enabled in canary but it's an exemple ^^)
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 26, 2021
    they are in the msedge.dll as eddiezato mentioned above ^^
YgorCortes
Steel Contributor
Jan 26, 2021
That's awesome! How to enable it on MacOS?
HotCakeX
MVP
Jan 26, 2021
Thanks 😄

Is there a way to see all the available command line switches for browsers like Chrome and Edge? 🙂
- Alexandra-R
  Microsoft
  Jan 26, 2021
  HotCakeX we were just talking about this with the feature teams recently. No ETA yet but we're working on putting out some documentation on the command line switches for Microsoft Edge 😃
  - Wittycat
    Steel Contributor
    Jan 26, 2021
    if you can add a way in edge://flags, to mannually enable feature it would be nice (because modify a shorcut with cmd config isn't really user-friendly, and in the other hand, if you add it on edge://flags if edge crash you can see what features have caused this crash more easily.
- eddiezato
  Iron Contributor
  Jan 26, 2021
  HotCakeX I think the command line switches for Edge and Chrome is the same.
  
  But for list of all flags/features, we need the developer or browser source code. Searching in msedge.dll with a hex editor is not the best pastime. And I did it for specific features, not for all existing ones.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 26, 2021
    I don't think they are the same, these switches for CollectionsHub and DownloadsHub won't be working in Chrome cuz it doesn't have these, right?

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