Mar 02 2021 10:08 AM
Extensions are small applications that enhance the browser’s functionality. Once you install an extension, you can notice the extension icon appearing on the toolbar. If you have several extensions installed on your browser, these extension icons take up considerable space on your toolbar. We have received significant feedback from the users asking for the ability to manage these extensions and reclaim space on the toolbar.
To address this feedback, we are rolling out a new Extensions menu on the toolbar. This extension menu allows you to hide one or more of your extensions from the toolbar. Furthermore, you can directly visit the Edge add-ons site to install more extensions or the extensions management page using the two links provided in the menu.
The extensions menu will be shown to you on the toolbar if you have one or more extensions installed on the browser. The default state of these extensions are shown on the toolbar. You can choose to hide them by clicking on the extensions menu icon and the view/hide icon (eye icon) listed inside. Alternatively, you can right-click on the extensions icon on the toolbar and choose “Hide from toolbar” to hiding that extension from the toolbar.
There are extension-specific “more” options (...) available against each extension inside the extension menu. Try out these options to manage the extension level settings for each extension.
If you would like your extensions upfront on the toolbar, you can also choose to remove the extensions menu from the toolbar. This will ensure that all your extensions are available on the toolbar and the extensions menu icon is hidden from the toolbar. For this, you can right-click on the extensions menu icon and select “Customize toolbar” option. This redirects you to the Appearance section inside the Settings page for Edge. You can toggle the button off or on for the extensions menu to hide or show it on the toolbar.
The feature has been rolled out to the Dev and Canary channels as part of the CFR. Do leave us your valuable feedback around the extensions menu by leaving a comment below or sending us feedback via the browser (… menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback). We hope you enjoy this exciting new feature and look forward to hearing from you!
Mar 09 2021 10:01 AM
@Dino_Zuma wrote:
OK, so I found one solution to my problem. The new Extension toolbar icon "on-off" switch is hidden in the "Settings/Appearance" menu along with other Toolbar buttons. While the Extensions button was rolled out in the latest update, the button never appeared automatically in my toolbar, which made all my extensions suddenly flood my toolbar after the update. I had the inspiration to search for it today and I found it. This makes me wonder why no one on the MS EdgeDev team mentioned this before. *Sigh* Oh, well,
it's not hidden. it is right in appearance settings: edge://settings/appearance
right-clicking on Edge toolbar icons also gives you the option to "customize toolbar" which takes you to the same page.
Mar 09 2021 10:02 AM
Mar 09 2021 10:06 AM
@Dino_Zuma wrote:
I'm sorry you believe I'm attacking you personally. Quite the opposite. I will take your suggestion, however. Thanks.
Not a suggestion, just reminding you of the code of conduct
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/community-policies/code-of-conduct/ta-p/1235728
Mar 09 2021 10:12 AM
Mar 09 2021 10:17 AM
@Dino_Zuma wrote:
I get that. But when the Extensions button was originally discussed in this forum, the article said it was "on the toolbar." But in my update, it never appeared. What did suddenly appear were all my icons that were previously hidden under the . . . menu. No mention was made that the on-off button was in the Appearance settings. So, I patiently waited for Extensions button to be "rolled out" to my toolbar so I could again hide many of my extensions again. It would have been good to know from the start that the on-off button was in the Appearance settings, which would have eased the frustration of others on the forum who experienced the same frustration. Food for thought.
The post explains:
"Appearance section inside the Settings page for Edge. You can toggle the button off or on for the extensions menu to hide or show it on the toolbar. "
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Mar 10 2021 05:33 AM
@Ebsolas wrote:
I have probably 40-50 extensions installed. And again I don't know the names of all of them. Sure, alphabetical order would help if I happened to know what all of them were called, but I don't.
This means that I have to scroll through 50 different extensions where I can only see 14 at a time and try to figure out which of them is the right extension I need. The several that I have on the toolbar are ones that I use often enough that sticking them in such a list takes way too long. (Also I tried living with it for a week the way you are suggesting, it doesn't work for me)
The solution is to have a drag & drop functionality on the new extension flyout.
I've already said this before and sent feedback myself.
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Mar 17 2021 03:46 PM - edited Mar 18 2021 07:33 AM
Hello. I'm glad to hear the team is still keeping an eye out for feedback. Extensions toolbar menu has grown on me over the last couple weeks. Now I actually prefer it. However, for those who used the overflow menu, the transition can be quite rough. Hopefully, team Edge can create a less jarring on-ramp.
Why I Prefer the New Extensions Menu:
Ideas for a Smoother Transition:
If you're someone who hides toolbar icons by carefully reordering then expanding your address bar and/or using the right-click hide menu, this change can feel downright rude. It's not likely to be a problem for users who rarely if ever customize or use extensions, but it's not a good idea to upset thousands of geeks who do.
Mar 17 2021 07:01 PM - edited Mar 17 2021 07:03 PM
What you've pointed out and others who were "used" to this new extension button has been rinse and repeated by those who dislike this feature. There were no significant issues with Extensions at all - why fix what isn't broken? They had bigger fish to fry like having Edge be more tablet and touch friendly.
The Edge devs have "promised" a look and feel that will be independent of Chrome but it's the exact opposite - the Edge browser is starting to look more of Google Chrome than have its independent aesthetic design. Vertical tabs is putting a lipstick on a piggy - close but no cigar there IMO. It's been years since you introduced Fluent design and it's still not implemented decently in your browser and worst yet, it feels like you guys have given up and just following what Google does.
What others have suggested have been implemented by Firefox - the customizable overflow menu as shown in the screenshots below are an example of what a lot of us envision this to be. For me it's not perfect - I hope I can delete the separator...but it's much better than what Edge has.
I've been using Edge as my main browser since it was introduced (used Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi sparingly) but ever since they've been moving closer and closer to being just a copy of the world's most popular browser; I've been appreciating how Firefox has become.
Mar 18 2021 01:22 AM
@azrael99 wrote:
What you've pointed out and others who were "used" to this new extension button has been rinse and repeated by those who dislike this feature. There were no significant issues with Extensions at all - why fix what isn't broken? They had bigger fish to fry like having Edge be more tablet and touch friendly.
The Edge devs have "promised" a look and feel that will be independent of Chrome but it's the exact opposite - the Edge browser is starting to look more of Google Chrome than have its independent aesthetic design. Vertical tabs is putting a lipstick on a piggy - close but no cigar there IMO. It's been years since you introduced Fluent design and it's still not implemented decently in your browser and worst yet, it feels like you guys have given up and just following what Google does.
What others have suggested have been implemented by Firefox - the customizable overflow menu as shown in the screenshots below are an example of what a lot of us envision this to be. For me it's not perfect - I hope I can delete the separator...but it's much better than what Edge has.
I've been using Edge as my main browser since it was introduced (used Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi sparingly) but ever since they've been moving closer and closer to being just a copy of the world's most popular browser; I've been appreciating how Firefox has become.
Why do you think Edge looking like Chrome is bad and if it looked like Firefox it's a good thing?
you personally appreciate Firefox, and someone else appreciates Chrome and Edge.
that doesn't mean they are wrong or right.
Edge can look like Firefox, Chrome, other browser, partially or not, or it can look like none of them, or a mixture of everything plus unique elements. either way, it's all good.
it's better to emphasize on the usability of a feature rather than its dynasty.