Edge Side Bar

Anonymous
2022-08-12T12:54:19+00:00

Split from this thread.

Interesting observation: In Dev IB, the Edge Bar has an Auto Hide (collapse). In Win11, the Edge Bar does not have said feature. Big (1st) snip is Dev IB; small (2nd) one is Win11. Same versions of Edge, btw.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T22:10:53+00:00

    Ok, now I see the confusion and why I saw something unfamiliar in one of your snips.

    What you're discussing isn't the Edge Bar nor what I know of the Sidebar. And maybe it is a Controlled Rollout that explains it. Yes, I can (in Dev or Win11) Rt Clk text & > Search in sidebar, BUT I do not have the strip on the right edge of it. Maybe eventually.

    And there's mention of it working with images, in the future. For a while, Search image in sidebar WAS, also, in the Rt Clk menu. That has come & gone a few times, whilst they have been 'working' on it. Certainly, the 'new' strip has heaps more stuff & power/abilities. I will watch for it. I have kind of neglected looking at Edge Dev or Canary for a while. Do you have it in all 3 Edge channels?

    Cheers,
    Drew![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/af3154fc-d708-49f1-bba5-cee5509e21cf?platform=QnA![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/fd906907-678d-4f14-842b-316eee67df2d?platform=QnA

    Yes, I have all 3, the Official Edge Build, Canary, and Dev versions, they all behave different, one has one of the 2 features, or the other, some have both, and other ones have none. 🤣🤣🤣

    Completely inconsistent and typical MS. 😝

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T21:58:45+00:00

    Ok, now I see the confusion and why I saw something unfamiliar in one of your snips.

    What you're discussing isn't the Edge Bar nor what I know of the Sidebar. And maybe it is a Controlled Rollout that explains it. Yes, I can (in Dev or Win11) Rt Clk text & > Search in sidebar, BUT I do not have the strip on the right edge of it. Maybe eventually.

    And there's mention of it working with images, in the future. For a while, Search image in sidebar WAS, also, in the Rt Clk menu. That has come & gone a few times, whilst they have been 'working' on it. Certainly, the 'new' strip has heaps more stuff & power/abilities. I will watch for it. I have kind of neglected looking at Edge Dev or Canary for a while. Do you have it in all 3 Edge channels?

    Cheers,
    Drew![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/af3154fc-d708-49f1-bba5-cee5509e21cf?platform=QnA![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/fd906907-678d-4f14-842b-316eee67df2d?platform=QnA

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T20:57:08+00:00

    Seems like another of those controlled rollouts, that maybe why you have not seen it yet. 😎

    That can also explain why I don't see it on all my machines even if EDGE is at the same level. 😝

    Perhaps they will only keep one of the two options, they seem redundant anyway.

    Microsoft Edge's new sidebar on Windows is getting better in the next update (windowslatest.com)

    Microsoft’s Edge Sidebar Is The New Productivity Tool You Have Been Waiting For / Digital Information World

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T18:41:34+00:00

    It's fun keeping your sidebar comments & Edge Bar comments separated 🤣

    But, seriously, Folks...

    Will be interesting to see what response you garner to the thread you link here ☝️

    Cheers,
    Drew![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/51afd93c-7370-4934-90e7-9f13b1a8a9dd?platform=QnA![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/cc0e6c33-41f2-4df4-b04b-3229e584ebfb?platform=QnA

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T18:27:16+00:00

    No idea. As I said earlier, I do not have that toggle anywhere.

    Microsoft EDGE 104.0.1293.54, Inconsistency in settings for Edge Bar - Microsoft Community

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