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Rounded Address-bar/Omnibox in latest versions of Edge
Hello. Please remove the rounded address bar in the latest versions of Edge. It does not fit with the other UI elements.
- one of the reasons why I switched from chrome to edge is edge's UI, square having mild round edges
I guess this an attempt to look like chrome
i don't like the new shape, old shape is better
please change itHi CraterBug
The new look is modern and Great, square is a thing of the past! Edge engineering team - must work to make the remaining elements fit into the new project.
Finally, some novelties that are needed.
I'm using command-line option "--disable-features=msOmniboxFocusRingRoundEmphasize" to deny this feature, it works for me for now.
- Hmm. Unfortunately, this does not work for me on 107.0.1418.35 stable (Win 11).
In an Edge shortcut (on your desktop for example), you add this command line (in shortcut properties)
--disable-features=msOmniboxFocusRingRoundEmphasize
At the end (in target)
Then you launch Edge with this shortcut, and you must have an option that will appear in Settings
Or to see if this shortcut should always be launched (no option in Settings)
- I can confirm this works on Edge 107.0.1418.42 on Fedora Linux 38. I will test on Windows 11.
- Agreed, its not infitting with the UI. A little unsure why people think having two diverting UI designs in one application is good... If everything were rounded like this is would be less of a problem, but the sudden desire to insert rounded boxes (like the search on the taskbar in 11) is mindbogling to me. Fluent design does not fit with this direction.
- Edge team, can you at least make it an option to use the original omnibox?
- I agree with this. The rectangular address bar looked better. Rounded one just doesn't fit with everything else.
- Its left-over code from Chromium when they merged the recent changes.
- That's good to know. I hope it gets fixed soon.
SpeedGamerJIt looks awful, so hopefully it is. I assumed it was unused code because I noticed several Chrome capabilities in the most recent Canary release that aren't a part of Edge.
Yes, agreed. The previous rectangle design fits better with Windows 11 UI. The rectangle also animates better when a search term is entered.
So… the truth is it looks good
I was afraid that they are going to implement that UI to the whole browser
but it seems like they are not going to do.
I accept this as long as they are not going to use this rounded search box* shape to the whole browser
because it will look like chrome.
[here the (rounded search box*) refers to the fully rounded search box in recent versions, before it was rounded at the edges lightly. this rounded search box is the UI(user interface) I was taking about]
Thanks
Hi CraterBug
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because it will look like chrome.
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70% of people in the world use Chrome and don't complain!
Edge should look the same so that no one can see the difference, that's the only way you can encourage 70% of people to try Edge!
🙂
SpeedGamerJ I don't know, it looks nice.
- It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't fit well with everything else. The radius of the buttons and tabs are much smaller than the new search bar. It looks like it belongs in Google Chrome, not Edge.
- Search bar => Address bar ?
fixed! 🙂
- Yes, address bar, aka omnibox.
- Ok 😉
