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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.

       

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      ncazer
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 16, 2021

      I would also like to know the status of this. The CMD line arg suggestion did not work for me., and I don't see Smart Copy listed under experimental features to enable either...

       

      Currently running Edge 94.0.992.19 (Official build) beta (64-bit) on Win 10.

       

      Thanks!

      • atlanto's avatar
        atlanto
        Iron Contributor
        Sep 17, 2021

        ncazer 

        See 3dots menu->Help and feedback->Send feedback->Send diagnostic data(link)->Experiments and Field Trials(link).
        There are
          "disabled_experiments": [ ... ]
          "enabled_experiments": [ ... ]
        and
          {"feature_name": "msEdgeAreaSelect","trial_name": "SmartCopy"}
        under enabled_experiments in my case.(beta 94.0.992.19, canary 95.0.1017.0, ...)

         

        Note that this configuration is not same for all users and not configurable on user side.
        Only command-line option can make change.

         

        BTW, there is no such trial on stable 93.0.961.47 in my case but I can enable SmartCopy with just launching
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect.
        I don't know whether "msEdgeAreaSelect" has some dependency or some blocker though.

         

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    andres
    Brass Contributor
    Aug 13, 2021
    atlanto, worked like a charm.

    ***Thank you!***

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