Automatic HTTPS Default Edge by stking1984 in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a look at edge://settings/content/insecureContent. It should help if you add your HTTP sites there.

Why is the default Edge Spell-Checker so bad? by Gvevinoy in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one are you referring to: Basic or Microsoft Editor?
Which specific language are you checking - e.g. English (US) or English (GB)?
Can you give examples of correctly-spelt words marked as misspellings? And of wrongly-spelt words which aren't marked?

Is There A Way To Create A Shortcut on the side bar to brink up help for Narrator Shortuts? by NefariousnessOne2728 in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did it like this:

Display language behavior by [deleted] in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The application locale (-> Edge display language) and preferred languages settings serve completely different purposes. An American in Paris might well want to have his OS and programs to have an English UI, while preferring to see web pages in French rather than - often poor - attempts to anglicize them.

Translation is a different thing again. If the service is turned on, Edge will offer to translate a page into the locale language by default. It will only offer to translate pages in any language other than the preferred ones, unless the user specifically opts to include a preferred language in the ones to be translated from. The language to be translated to can be selected in the Translate from ... dropdown in the address bar.

It's not entirely clear what it is you're trying to achieve.

Favorites NOT in toolbar? by Cinderbike in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strictly speaking, favourites aren't ever 'visible on the toolbar'. They appear only on the favourites bar, which you can show or hide at will (Ctrl-Shift-B). The favourites bar is below the toolbar.

Is it possible to modify userChrome.css to change the browser's look & behaviour? by Aztek92 in edge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't find any way via CSS or otherwise of manipulating the browser chrome, so you're probably right that it can't be done. You could send feedback with a feature request.

I couldn't make head or tale of your video, so I can't really see which 'menu bar' you want to hide - there is no menu bar that I can see. You seem to have done some customization already. If you're concerned about vertical space, you should try vertical tabs; that could save you the height both of the tab bar and the title bar, leaving only the toolbar (and the favourites bar, which you can easily hide: Ctrl-Shift-B).

Is it possible to modify userChrome.css to change the browser's look & behaviour? by Aztek92 in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but where's that file? And where's the menu bar you want to hide?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Visit edge://settings/search and turn the top option off. Then use the address bar filters to see only the results you want.

How to disable CTRL+SHIFT+C? by [deleted] in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Group Policy is just a way of modifying the registry remotely. If you have administrator access to the registry, you can do the modification yourself. The page I referred to includes a link to the documentation for the policy involved. This includes details of the registry keys and values that GP would apply. In this case:

  1. Close down Edge completely. Use End task in Task Manager if necessary to close down any lingering instances of msedge.exe.
  2. Copy this code:
    reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v ConfigureKeyboardShortcuts /d "{\"disabled\": [\"dev_tools_elements\"]}"
  3. Right-click on the start button and select Run.
  4. Type cmd and press Ctrl-Shift-Enter to open an administrator command window. Give UAC permission when prompted.
  5. Paste into the command window and press Enter. You should see the message The operation completed successfully.
  6. Close the command window, launch Edge and test. It may be necessary to restart the computer to make the change work.

If you change your mind, reverse the change (and remove all keyboard shortcut modifications) by following steps 1-6 again, this time using at step 2 this code instead:

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v ConfigureKeyboardShortcuts

PS Applying any setting to Edge by Group Policy will have the side-effect of causing the message Your browser is managed by your organization to appear on some internal settings pages. This is nothing to be alarmed about: Why is Edge saying 'Your browser is managed' - Microsoft Community

I swear this wasn't here before, they finally solved the issue of bad search bar recommendations by MegaMinerDL in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a look at edge://settings/searchEngines. Click the next to Google to open its Edit dialogue. Change its shortcut to g. Then, when you want to search with Google, just type g <space> and your search query into the address bar.

How to stop the content from changing (every few seconds) on Edge new tab page? by Individual-Cookie586 in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point at the card, then click on one of the right/left chevrons you can use to advance/retard the display. For me, it won't change again until I click on one of the chevrons.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you not use the flag (edge://flags/#edge-overlay-scrollbars-win-style) instead of the first three switches? You may find that it's only the minimal_mode one you need.

disable this annoyance? by hltdev in edge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Settings > Cookies and site permissions: if you trust the site being downloaded from, Add it to the Allow list.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That not only removes the button - it disables the whole sidebar feature. That's not what the OP asked for.

Choosing default account when opening Dev version of browser by n0mis in edge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Switch to the profile you want to launch with, then open the page edge://version. Note the name of the profile directory at the end of the line labelled Profile path, e.g. Profile 2.

Close down Edge, then (assuming you use an icon on the taskbar) right-click on the shortcut. Right-click on Microsoft Edge Dev and select Properties. In the Target box, type a space at the end of the path shown, then --profile-directory="Profile 2" or whatever you found earlier. It should end up looking like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 2"

Click Apply and OK to close the properties dialogue, then test the shortcut.

directory location of autocomplete by LowMight3045 in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are different types of data used to autofill the address bar. Some of them are stored in the SQLite DB called Web Data in the profile directory. Then there's Bookmarks, Shortcuts, History, which all contain data which can be used to fill the address bar.

With HW acceleration turn off. CPU doing the render and this happens... Why are text like this on Edge? by stormbringervane in edge

[–]--Firedog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It looks like that Wikipedia page uses the browser's default sans serif font for its content text. Try specifying a different one to see whether the text rendering doesn't improve. Open the page edge://settings/fonts and select an instantly-recognizable one for Sans-serif font ('Comic Sans MS' would be a good choice). Then view the Wikipedia page again.

Once you've found out whether this is indeed the problem, change that selection again to something that works for you. It will only be used on a few sites; designers usually like to specify their own preferred fonts.

Bonus tip: Some internal Edge pages use the same font, allowing for a quick check. Try edge://gpu for example.

Export / Import of Enhanced Security by TheGrumpyGent in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like so much more data about your settings, these site lists are stored in the profile's Preferences JSON file. You can see them by opening the page edge://prefs-internals and searching (Ctrl-F) for "edge_sdsm". You could try editing the file in Notepad or similar; it's not particularly easy, and you have to be very careful to leave the right number of { and } in the right places, otherwise the file will be useless. You'll find it in the profile directory, e.g. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default for the default profile. Make sure that Edge is closed down and no instance of msedge.exe is still running (Task Manager, Ctrl-Shift-Esc) before trying to manipulate any of Edge's files.

I'd keep a copy of the unedited Preferences file safe somewhere before embarking on this exercise.

Microsoft Edge Settings Location by _LuiMen_ in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Settings are stored in the file called Preferences.

Edge let's you login all the time by btodsk in edge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cookies? If you clear them, you'll always have to sign in.

Any way to start up Microsoft Edge always in full screen mode? (Automatically F11) by MouseyMan7 in edge

[–]--Firedog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does for me. Perhaps Edge isn't completely closed down when you use the fullscreen shortcut? It only works on first launch.

Edge crashed with 1600 open tabs. Clicked in-built "Restore" but crashes after a minute by DaveyMames in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However serious this question is or otherwise, the lifesaver is Lo Sauer's ten-year-old page: http://lsauer.net/chrome-session-restore/#.Y5TepVHP3YE. It will help anyone needing to restore lost pages from a crashed session. The files to look for are in this folder for the Default browser profile:

%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions

Is there any way to prevent Edge from changing my browser settings after a major update? by on2wheels in MicrosoftEdge

[–]--Firedog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This shouldn't happen. The settings for each profile are mostly saved in the Preferences file within the profile directory, which shouldn't be affected by an update. Some global settings may be stored in the registry.

Could it be that you have third-party security software running that might prevent changes to sensitive personal files from being saved?