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AndrewSAIF
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Aug 19, 2020

Possible IE Mode bug - window.open with pdf target causes Edge to adjust zoom

Hi all,   We recently deployed Edge to our organization, and while most things are working great, we noticed some strange behavior that got introduced in v84 when Edge gained the ability to remembe...
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chrish16805
Copper Contributor
Oct 26, 2020

chrish16805 

 

We have found two workarounds for now but not ideal.  Add the switches to the program shortcut to stop it using the 125% or 150% dpi scaling setting in Windows and use 100% natively.

 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1
 
Not ideal as on a laptop 4k screen as the resolution is so high the address bar and menu items can hardly be seen.
 
Alternatively, change the resolution to a lower resolution, in our case 1920x1200 and 100% dpi setting also fixes it, but obviously items then become a bit fuzzy around the edges.
 
Hopefully Microsoft can come up with a true fix.
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Kelly_Y
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Oct 26, 2020

chrish16805 AndrewSAIF  Hi!  Thank you both for the information!  Just to give a quick update, our team has investigated and they are currently working on a fix.  There is no firm ETA quite yet for the fix.  We need to work with the Windows team on this so it might take a little longer but we'll be sure to follow up here with updates.  

 

-Kelly

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    DiCieno
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    Dec 16, 2020

    Kelly_Y AndrewSAIF chrish16805 I'm so glad you've done the investigative work already, so THANK YOU very much.  I just ran into this problem for our users and this thread popped on an easy search.  I'd love to finally retire IE (native at least) from our workstations and this looks like the last hurdle.  Seeing as how it's already official logged and in the Edge pipeline I can at least affirm to my disgruntled users that a fix will likely happen in the future.

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      Kelly_Y
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      Dec 16, 2020

      Thanks for replying to the thread, DiCieno !

       

      I'm just following up with our developers to check on the fix and will follow up here.  

       

      -Kelly

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        Kelly_Y
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        Jan 06, 2021

        AndrewSAIF DiCieno chrish16805 Quick update from our developers, they are still working with the Windows team and waiting for a firm ETA for when the fix will be available.  Hopefully it will be in the next few months.  Thanks! 

         

        -Kelly 

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