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drag a tab to split-screen is broken
Have a few tabs open, then click and drag one of them to either side of the screen so that tab detaches into its own window and is split screen. Notice that tab you dragged to either side of the screen is maximized. This is incorrect! Here's a screenshot of what it looks like.
Bdsrev To loop back, here's some info on the split-screen issue, called "Windows Snap:" this seems like it may be related to that Chromium bug, so our devs are continuing to actively track it. (And your feedback actually did help them, so thank you for the original callout!)
We'll let you know if/when there are any further updates on this.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Bdsrev +1
Deleted MissyQ Elliot Kirk HotCakeX Hey everyone This bug is very old please get it fixed before GA I have attached Step Reccording bellow.
- This bug is also happening in Google Chrome stable Version 79.0.3945.88 (Official Build) (64-bit)
must be another Chromium bug
- Bumping this because I don't see this one being fixed by Google, Microsoft is probably needed to fix this one because it's a Windows 10 behaviour (split-screen/snap)
- EricStarker
Community Manager
Bdsrev Thanks for your continued interest, but please don't post just to "bump" unless at least a month has gone by with no activity. While not expressly against our code of conduct, the Edge Insiders team have logged these issues diligently, even if they don't have an immediate answer, and I promise you that bumping won't bring it to the top of their radar and that it has not left their radar.
- btw did you guys see the bug HotCakeX and I were discussing? 🙂
- Yes it's an old Chromium bug but it might be another case of the Google team not knowing how to fix it, the Edge team should know how to fix this one quickly and easily
- Yeah I wish Edge team would have some kind of rule for these kinds of situations. so that when a problem or bug exists in Chromium, they give Google a fixed amount of time, like 1 week, if Google could manage to fix that problem in 1 week then fine, if not, Microsoft should step up and fix that problem only for their own Edge browser.
- Especially ones like this, I think this is a Windows-specific bug. Microsoft should fix this one, I don't even know if Google is aware of it
- it's also worth mentioning another bug. when you use windows+left/right on any maximised window, it doesn't snap properly. It's a Windows 10 bug that annoys me so much. I hope the edge team can contact the windows team
pneenkoalabear wrote:
it's also worth mentioning another bug. when you use windows+left/right on any maximised window, it doesn't snap properly. It's a Windows 10 bug that annoys me so much. I hope the edge team can contact the windows teamCould you please record a quick video about this problem? i can't seem to reproduce it, at least not in windows 10 insider fast ring..
- I can give you some steps to repro. I'm on Windows 10 1909. I've submitted feedback on the FBH but they obviously do not listen lmao
1) Open calc
2) Maximise calc if not already maximised
3) windows + left/right
4) Drag the window by the titlebar to the left/right edge to snap the window properly and see the difference. Look at the titlebar to see in what way it isn't properly snapped.
I originally thought that this was a Chromium bug but then I noticed it in File Explorer so I tested Calculator too.
- This really should be fixed before Windows 10X ships, they should give themselves that deadline for this issue
- There are heaps of bugs in Windows 10, including the one that I posted above which was introduced in 1903. I don't think Windows 10X will be magically different or that they'll rush to fix them. They haven't done that for the Surfaces. Just drag/swipe up on an item on the taskbar and the first item will have a focus rectangle. Another older bug. So anyway, I don't think they'll fix this Edge/Chromium bug.
It's also found in WinUI, Edge UWP/Spartan and Firefox but NOT in IE! With IE though, once you start to snap the tab, it turns into a window and you can't drag it back into a window anymore. The difference between Chrome and Edge UWP/Spartan and Firefox is that dragging a tab to snap it to the side shows a preview of what it should look like. Once you release it maximises. It's so so close to being perfect.- Maybe because that Bug is not that severe?
every software has bugs, there can't be a bug free software or OS
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/195571/is-it-possible-to-reach-absolute-zero...
and until you told me how to reproduce it Intentionally, I didn't even notice it. so I see why it's not fixed.
- This still repros in Canary 😞 Seeing as Windows 11 is about quality and polish, can this be bumped up the priority list please? I know that Microsoft is putting a lot of emphasis on split screen these days, and this is a split screen issue
