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ahl2ndc
Iron Contributor
Feb 14, 2020

Show profile name

I use many profiles - current count is 21 - and the profile picture in the top right corner does not really give me the best idea about which profile a window belong to.

 

It would be nice if I could show the profile name next to the profile picture - so it would look something like the InPrivate browsing (where it says "InPrivate"):

 

 

Update 2020-02-07:

When you open an InPrivate browser session, the name could be shown as:

"InPrivate: <profile name>"

It should be an global option to show or not show profile name.

 

  • philipreply's avatar
    philipreply
    Copper Contributor

    Useful feature request, certainly when you are testing web apps with multiple test users, it's easier to spot which user you are using.

  • ahl2ndc Thanks for the suggestion. To clarify, do you mean have a profile name that's automatically pulled from the signed-in account, or one that you could add and edit manually?

     

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

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Oh that's a good question.
      well we can give our Edge profile a local name but I would want it to show the same name as my Microsoft account.
      • ahl2ndc's avatar
        ahl2ndc
        Iron Contributor

        HotCakeX 

        My rationale was that if you want it to be the name of your MSA, then you could name your profile that and Edge will show that name.

         

        As a in-between solution, Edge could name the profile the name of the connected MSA, when you first connect the MSA to Edge, but after that, you have to maintain the name in Edge, using the "Edit profile"-function.

    • ahl2ndc's avatar
      ahl2ndc
      Iron Contributor

      Deleted My thought would be the name you can add and edit manually (se below). Many of the browser profiles I've set up is not logged into a Microsoft account - actually I've only have one that is signed in and synchronized.

       

      The name you put in, when you "Edit profile":

      So just showing the same name as in the profile list:

       

      Thanks!

       

      Also, am I missing something or is it not possible to use your own photo, unless you're logged into the browser and it pulls your picture from your MSA/Company account?

  • Very nice Idea! I would also like to be able to modify that color, instead of letting Edge choose one for me, that would be perfect

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