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Right-click menu is getting out of control
The right-click menu on Edge is getting out of hand. There needs to be a way to hide or customize what appears on the menu. I am running Canary, and this is what I see when invoking the right-click m...
RANDY ABBOTT I just heard back from the feature owners, and the good news is that it sounds like improving the context menu experience is top-of-mind for them.
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Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Deleted I think the first step here should be to remove the 'Inspect' and 'View page source' to be toggled on automatically if a user has DevTools open. I think normal users do not interact with those options, hence it makes sense to remove these options at the very first.
Rohit Yadav wrote:... remove the 'Inspect' and 'View page source' to be toggled on automatically if a user has DevTools open.
The right-click Inspect option is by far the quickest way of locating a specific page element in a complicated DOM when dev tools are open. Removing it would severely detract from dev tools' usefulness for their users. Similarly, Ctrl-U View page source is often a quicker way of examining the page's <head> tag than dev tools. I'd hate to see these options go.
- Of course, they are important, but I think if we could customize each of the default right-click items in edge://settings/appearance, just like we control favorites/collection/feedback/history buttons, with a toggle, then people can show/hide any option they want.
for example,
I don't use refresh in right-click => i use F5 or refresh button on browser toolbar
I don't use view page source, only rarely
I don't use inspect element => i use the little thingy at the edge of the developer tools
I don't use print => i use the shortcut CTRL + P
I don't use cast media, never used it
I don't use back/forward buttons => i use the back/forward buttons on the browser toolbar
i don't use web capture => i use web capture icon on the browser toolbar
so for me, this would be a lot helpful and tidy things up. I'm sure everyone has their own needs and required tools, so customization would be helpful for everyone.
