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HotCakeX
Sep 29, 2020MVP
Say hello to the new Favorite Sidebar feature in the Edge browser
Microsoft Edge Version 87.0.654.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
(This could be a controlled feature rollout meaning only available to a subset of insiders)
this is the new view you get when you click on favorites button on Edge toolbar
and once you click on that Pin icon, the sidebar will show up
I love this mechanism and implementation, very neat and smart! thanks
also the favorites menu no longer closes when you open favorite sites in new tabs, something I know a lot of people asked for.
- David2360Copper Contributor
Please add possibility to pin favorite bar on left, a lot of people are used to it. Thank you.
- PGomersallBrass Contributor
So when I pin Favorites I would expect it to stay pinned. However it does not seem to stay pinned between sessions, i.e. after closing the browser. I believe it should remain pinned, or at least that there is a permanent pinned choice.
I would also like to see it working for the other linked feature like History etc.
Lastly, to choose the pin position: right, left etc.
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PGomersall I've shared that request with the team! It's on their radar, but if you and others would like to give it a "+1," then feel free to submit that request through the browser. (Shift+Alt+I)
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
- Limyx826Iron Contributor
- Yeah, i like the white theme too!
- Okay, the Pin is there
- lindhartsenIron Contributor
HotCakeX In the current state this feature is strange. In the ... menu it effectively breaks quickly browsing your favorites in a submenu, which seems counterintuitive since History and Apps have quick menus there. There's the additional issue it's slow to appear, making quickly getting to a Favorite if you don't have the bar set as always visible a much longer process now. Reported it as a bug.
- ms4132Steel Contributor
lindhartsen I recently was in a location with internet speeds of about 3 Mbps instead of my usual higher speed (>200Mbps) location. The new favorites menus took 4 to 5 seconds to load instead of the sub-second time I have been used to. When I returned to my high-speed location, the menu returned to fast display.
I also find the need to click on a sub-menu instead of maintaining the hover/flyout behavior to be less smooth for my ways of working.
- lindhartsenIron Contributor
ms4132 After seeing this comment I was curious and tried right clicking in this new view and sure enough it's a miniature webpage. I guess that could explain the performance penalty
I didn't understand the first part (maybe record a video?), but the second part about slow animation, I notice it too that should be faster
- lindhartsenIron Contributor
HotCakeX If you go into the ... menu you can move your mouse down and quickly get a submenu for History (shown below) or Apps.
With the new Favorites system that menu is gone, requiring the panel to appear separately
- Yeah it only happens when you pin it to the side to make it a sidebar, I also prefer the overlapping behavior instead of pushing pages aside
- TheShaunSawSilver Contributor
Nice
Thanks for the info!
- YgorCortesSteel Contributor
HotCakeX for some weird reason I still haven't got this feature, even though I'm on the latest canary build. Is there a flag or something specific to enable it?
YgorCortes No just got it automatically
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HotCakeX Yay, we're so glad that you're enjoying it! Stay tuned for more information on it, and in the meantime, feel free to provide feedback. 🙂
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge- ms4132Steel Contributor
Deleted I have submitted feedback directly for two aspects of this feature that are different from what I would expect.
Before clicking the pin button, the favorites list is to the left of and below the favorites icon. Once the pin is clicked, it snaps to the side, in a completely different position in the window.. For me, it would be smoother if the favorites list always appeared in the same place, at the side, whether pinned or not. If that were the case, it would not be necessary to move to different places in the window to click the same favorite depending on whether the favorites list is pinned or not.
Before the pin was introduced, moving the mouse over a favorites folder would create a flyout of the favorites within the folder. In the new implementation it s necessary to click on the folder, or the triangle beside it, to have the favorites in the folder displayed. This requires an extra click to reach favorites within the folder, which could be eliminated if the flyout behavior were available.
With that said, it is good to have the capability to pin favorites to the side again.
The view you get when you click on the favorites button vs when it's pinned is basically the same.
the favorites still appear on the left in both views.
the only difference with Pinned version (aka when it's sticking to the right side) is that the list is bigger. that's it. everything else is exactly the same. and it makes sense. Pinning just gives you a bigger view and list.
when I click on the favorites button on the toolbar, I don't expect nor do I want to get a big sidebar, instead I want to get a minimalistic sidebar view, what we are currently seeing when clicking on favorites button. but the Pin button is there for whoever wants to see a bigger list.
I hope this doesn't change, I'll send feedback if it's necessary.
even on Firefox which is the browser of sidebars, I prefer using the normal list instead. but this design on Edge is different and it's something in between.
But, there is a better approach which I'm sending feedback for as well.
When user clicks on the Pin icon, that state should be remembered, so that next time when you click on favorites button, you get the sidebar (since you clicked on the Pin icon previously), until you Unpin it again, which should also be remembered.
- I'm excited too, it came unexpected for me ^^
but since It's something I use a lot daily, i'll be able to quickly notice any changes to it 🙂