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TristanK
Copper Contributor
Apr 12, 2019
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Please support IE-style Pin to Taskbar

IE's Pinned App support (Pin to Taskbar) was better than Edge Classic's - you got a "themed" browser window dedicated to the website you'd pinned (plus tabs from there, all related to the same initia...
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    Mantvydas
    Apr 26, 2019

    Thank you TristanK  for bringing this up. Being a Windows 10 Insider myself I was bringing this up for multiple times while they're were developing Edge Classic. I was one of those who requested Pin To Taskbar feature at all! I didn't get the IE style result, but still. Oh, how I enjoyed that small win of mine. :)

    I would add to your suggestion TristanK, that the (1) pinned website Taskbar shortcut should stay in a "launched" position, when you launch the pinned website from it. And (2) when you left click it again, it would find that pinned website window among all the Edge windows and bring it forward, and not launch one more website window. Only (3) middleclick should launch a new window of that website, just like you, TristanK say. And don't forget taskbar thumbnails -- (4) all the tabs of the launched pinned taskbar shortcut should be visible. Just like IE 11 does -- this was a fantastic IE feature. And I think, (5) in ... -> More Tools, not only there has to be Pin To Desktop, but Pin To Taskbar, as well.

    TristanKwould you agree with me?

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Mantvydas
Brass Contributor
Apr 26, 2019

Thank you TristanK  for bringing this up. Being a Windows 10 Insider myself I was bringing this up for multiple times while they're were developing Edge Classic. I was one of those who requested Pin To Taskbar feature at all! I didn't get the IE style result, but still. Oh, how I enjoyed that small win of mine. :)

I would add to your suggestion TristanK, that the (1) pinned website Taskbar shortcut should stay in a "launched" position, when you launch the pinned website from it. And (2) when you left click it again, it would find that pinned website window among all the Edge windows and bring it forward, and not launch one more website window. Only (3) middleclick should launch a new window of that website, just like you, TristanK say. And don't forget taskbar thumbnails -- (4) all the tabs of the launched pinned taskbar shortcut should be visible. Just like IE 11 does -- this was a fantastic IE feature. And I think, (5) in ... -> More Tools, not only there has to be Pin To Desktop, but Pin To Taskbar, as well.

TristanKwould you agree with me?

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