Turn off F12 opening DevTools with new Edge setting

[zghadyali]

Hello Insiders! We've heard a lot of feedback in the Microsoft Edge DevTools from customers who accidentally press F12 and didn't intend to launch or use the DevTools. To help solve this problem, we've added a new setting under Developer Tools called Open the DevTools when the F12 key is pressed. With this new setting toggled on, selecting F12 on your keyboard opens the DevTools. With this setting toggled off, selecting F12 no longer opens the DevTools. This setting is currently available in Canary and Dev and will be available in the next version of Beta.

To access this setting, complete the following actions.

1. Choose the icon the Settings and more (...) icon > Settings.

2. In Search settings, enter Developer Tools.
3. By default, the Open the DevTools when the F12 key is pressed setting is toggled on. Choose Open the DevTools when the F12 key is pressed to toggle the setting to off.
4. Select F12to confirm that DevTools no longer open.

Please note that other ways of opening the DevTools, like pressing Ctrl+Shift+Iwill continue to work even when the Open the DevTools when the F12 key is pressed setting is turned off. Check out our docs for more info: Open Microsoft Edge DevTools - Microsoft Edge Development | Microsoft Docs

Thanks,

The Microsoft Edge DevTools team

[#2]

Yes, that is very good. I just use the Ctr-Shift-J anyway for my shortcut for that.

[#3]

Going into settings without doing a search... Settings/system is where this toggle is located...

Dennis5mile

[#4]

It's useful if someone isn't using Dev tools often but uses F11 regularly for switching between full screen and normal mode and since F11 and F12 are next to each other, could accidentally open Dev tools.

[#5]

As someone who uses F12 daily, I believe this is a fantastic toggle: I'll be turning F12 off immediately.

I hit it all the time when I'm meaning to full-screen or grab a screenshot.