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fahad730
Tin Contributor
Dec 19, 2019

PDF functionality in Edge

There is no way to highlight text, edit or make new notes. Definitely wanna see those features.

10 Replies

  • Vyankatesh_Gadekar's avatar
    Vyankatesh_Gadekar
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    Jan 14, 2020

    fahad730 yes highlight text capability is available in Canary and Dev builds by default and behind flag for Beta and Stable. Inking on PDF files is fully available. Please give it a try and let us know your thoughts. 

      • Neon01's avatar
        Neon01
        Steel Contributor
        Jan 15, 2020

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        Hello Fawkes,

         

        in addition to really missed features, where has the good old "open pdf with your standard viewer" functionality from Classic Edge gone? 

        I know I can activate the "always open pdf externally" option on content settings, but then the file is only saved to the downloads folder (instead of cache) and I have to open it manually. 

         

        I would love to see the pdf file going to the browser cache instead (like when using the built-in pdf viewer, so I don't have to delete it afterwards from the downloads folder manually) and then open automatically with my standard viewer. 

         

        Is there anything like this planned or, if not, could you please forward this to the developer team? 

         

        Thanks and best regards

         

  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
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    Jan 06, 2020

    fahad730 Thanks for the feedback. To confirm before I pass this on to the PDF team: are you simply looking to have the same note functionality that was in the previous version of Edge, or are you looking for a new feature?

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

    • fahad730's avatar
      fahad730
      Tin Contributor
      Jan 07, 2020

      I am looking for the pdf-functionality of legacy edge browser.Deleted 

      all functionality. 

      • Deleted's avatar
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        Jan 08, 2020

        fahad730 Thanks for the confirmation! I'll make a note of this for the PDF team.

         

        Fawkes (they/them)
        Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Dec 19, 2019

    Hi fahad730 

     

    text highlighting is hidden behind a flag

     

    Enable this flag "Enable Text Highlights for PDF" in edge://flags/

     

     

     

    The rest of your suggestions are missing and need to be implemented