Try my new extension

[Maan2003]

NTP and Command Extension for Edge

The default NTP of Edge only show upto eight tiles and a tiny favorite bar on the top. This left most of the space on New Tab useless. I developed an extension to make a much better use of space. You can find the Favorites, History, Downloads, Documents, Top sites and Quick links.

Shows up on top of any Tab.

By using a simple shortcut Alt+X it can show on top of any open tab (except the edge:// urls)

Showing on top techcommunity page while I am writing this post.

Turn your Omni Box into a universal Search 

Just type .<space> and you search through :

1. Top Sites

2. History : type history<space><search_query>

3. Switch Tabs : type tab<space><search_query>

4. Settings

5. Close Tabs : do same steps as switching tabs just when you find a tab add -c to the text in omni box like act:tabSwitch-<tab_id>-c

How to Install

1. Go to https://github.com/Maan2003/command

2. Download / clone the repository

3. Enable developer mode in Edge

4. Load Unpacked Extension in the top right corner

5. Suggestion: Go to Keyboard Shortcuts and add Alt+X for the command extension

[#2]

That is amazing! Thanks for making such a pretty extension...

[#3]

Are you going to publish them on Microsoft extension store?

[#4]

@HotCakeX I don't know how to publish.

[#5]

This page should help
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/12/16/get-started-extensions-addons-microsoft-edge-chromium...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/publish/publish-extension?branch...

[#6]

@HotCakeX 

Not yet, It needs a lot of work.

I will make a github repository for the extension.

After 2-3 week I can consider publishing it to the Microsoft Edge Add-on store.

Work to do:

1. Favourites search in url bar.

2. make History search in url bar reliable

3. Make a icon for it.

4. Add favicon to all of the items in the new tab page.

5. Add customisation options.

6. Better scalling of popup on smaller screen resolutions.

7. make New tab page UI better.

8. make some sort of command language for url command.

[#7]

Also you can try out the tab bar extension(*very early stage)

Features:

1.Tabs Preview

2.Start Fresh(Will become set Tabs aside once I find how to recover those tabs)

Suggestion : set its key shortcut to Alt+T

zip attached bellow

[#8]

@Maan2003 

Do you know if you could be able to show the bing picture of the day in the background like the default new tab page? 

I like it btw, it reminds me of Toby but looks like it has more customization potential. 

[#9]

I think i'll wait for it to be properly published on one of the extension stores before trying it

[#10]

@StephenJeffreyWhite 

Yup I can use the bing image as background. I will offer a option to add that option

[#11]

Really looking forward to it then. Let me know when it is up on github.

[#12]

@StephenJeffreyWhite Tab bar is on Github

https://github.com/Maan2003/tabbar

[#13]

I'm getting these errors when choosing different directories to load as unpacked extension in Edge canary Version 81.0.381.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)

ErrorManifest file is missing or unreadable when choosing "\tabbar-master" folder

ErrorCouldn't load icon icon.png for browser action. when choosing "\tabbar-master\tabbar-master\src" folder

[#14]

my bad I forgot to upload icon.png. Now I have uploaded it. Just download it again from github and load the src folder.

[#15]

It looks good, there are minor UI problems
- mouse cursor, when I hover over the "start fresh" and "new tab" buttons, turns into text cursor.
- The extension icon could also be changed to something better.
- the background could change according to Edge theme, dark/light. currently it's only white.

by the way,
can you make those tab previews to appear under each tab?
also can you make an extension that modifies Edge UI? like make it transparent?

ambitious suggestions, i know :)

[#16]

@HotCakeX 

As far I know an extension can't make change to the browser UI.

and I can sort the tabs according to there position in the window but I can't make them appear under the tabs.

and I have to design an extension that was the default icon I got the chrome extension docs.

[#17]

Ah, so many limitations imposed to Chromium extensions, right?

[#18]

Yes,the tabs thumbnials of edge:// urls are not allowed

[#19]

Hmm okay that's sad, because we have to wait for Microsoft to implement features we want..and it takes so much time

[#20]

@HotCakeX See the new with the acrylic/transparent interface on ntp. Just working on bing image of the day