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Switch focus to Edge when a link is opened via another app
When Edge was the default, I'd click a link and the focus would shift to Edge displaying the content. Now, when I click a link in another app, the link is opened in Chromium Edge, and the icon lig...
Hi,
the behavior/experience is the same, I'm trying it on
Windows 10 latest ver
Edge insider Canary Version 80.0.341.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Google Chrome Canary Version 80.0.3975.0 (Official Build) canary (64-bit)
when I click on a link from the Mail app in Windows 10, 2 things happen.
when Edge/Chrome is closed, they are opened, the link is loaded in them and Windows automatically shifts the focus to that newly created window.
when Edge/Chrome are already open. the link is loaded as a tab but the focus stays on the Mail app that I am working on.
I like how it is now because when I want to open and click on multiple links in the Mail app, I don't need to switch back and forth all the time between windows, the focus stays on the Mail app until I am done with it and then I decide to switch to Edge/Chrome. I wouldn't like this to change.
the behavior/experience is the same, I'm trying it on
Windows 10 latest ver
Edge insider Canary Version 80.0.341.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Google Chrome Canary Version 80.0.3975.0 (Official Build) canary (64-bit)
when I click on a link from the Mail app in Windows 10, 2 things happen.
when Edge/Chrome is closed, they are opened, the link is loaded in them and Windows automatically shifts the focus to that newly created window.
when Edge/Chrome are already open. the link is loaded as a tab but the focus stays on the Mail app that I am working on.
I like how it is now because when I want to open and click on multiple links in the Mail app, I don't need to switch back and forth all the time between windows, the focus stays on the Mail app until I am done with it and then I decide to switch to Edge/Chrome. I wouldn't like this to change.
HotCakeX - Maybe you wouldn't like it, but it ought to be an option. I find it cumbersome to click a link and have nothing happen except a different icon on the task bar flash. Half the time I think the click didn't register. And, generally I want to address one thing at a time - Click the mail link, read it or do whatever is necessary, close it and go back to next mail item.
I also just started having this issue after updating to the newest version of Windows 10 (2004). There has to be some option that will always focus the window to the link that was opened. Why should I have to click on two separate things? This is America and it's 2020...COME ON MICROSOFT!
