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andres
Brass Contributor
Aug 05, 2021
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Smart Copy missing

Hello all,    I'm on Edge Beta (93.0.961.11) and for the past few months Smart Copy has been missing. It was there at some point in time.  In fact, on the What's New! page that comes up after Edge ...
  • atlanto's avatar
    atlanto
    Aug 13, 2021

    Smart Copy seems to be on field trial stage, at least for me on beta/dev/canary channels.
    In any channels(stable..canary), command-line option "--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect" should enable the feature.

     

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andres
Brass Contributor
Aug 11, 2021
Still missing in action. I noticed on some release notes or somewhere that it was merged with Web Capture and when the selection rectangle shows a "smart copy" button appears but not to me, so, no dice yet.
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    atlanto
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 13, 2021

    Smart Copy seems to be on field trial stage, at least for me on beta/dev/canary channels.
    In any channels(stable..canary), command-line option "--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect" should enable the feature.

     

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      ratu2007
      Brass Contributor
      Sep 15, 2021

      atlanto 

       

      Help how do I insert command-line ?????? Please provide me steps:  option "--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect" should enable the feature.

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        andres
        Brass Contributor
        Sep 16, 2021

        ratu2007 ncazer  So, basically it means launch Edge from a command line, just once. 

         

        Steps:

         

        Windows key+R 

        On the window that opens type cmd.exe (enter)

         

        ... opens a command prompt window...

         

        Type the two commands below

         

         

         

        cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Beta\Application
msedge --enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect

         

         

         

        This launches Edge and then the feature will be enabled.  You can close that Edge window now, the feature will remain enabled. 

         

        I am on version 94.0.992.19 (Official build) beta and it is there, just above Web Capture.

         

        For a few days, I saw Web Capture and Smart Copy merged on a single menu/submenu group. Now they are separate again.

         

    • andres's avatar
      andres
      Brass Contributor
      Aug 13, 2021
      atlanto, worked like a charm.

      ***Thank you!***

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