Edge Dev 78

Edge Dev 78.

Update 78.0.276.2

New features:

• Added the ability to open all items in a Collection in new tabs.
• Added dark theme support to edge://components.
• Added a management policy for importing settings from another browser.

Stability fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Edge failed to update with error “failed to cache the downloaded installer”.
• Fixed an issue where printing webpages failed because the print preview got stuck while loading.
• Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping favorites on the favorites management page sometimes leads to a crash.
• Fixed a crash when using InPrivate.
• Fixed some crashes when rotating PDFs.
• Fixed an issue where using keyboard shortcuts when popups are open sometimes crashes the browser.
• Improved reliability when playing videos protected with DRM.
• Fixed an issue where Application Guard sessions failed to start.
• Fixed an issue where clicking webpage controls quickly sometimes crashes the page.
• Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes crashes when the OS data collection level is changed.

Improved behavior:

• Fixed an issue where elements of certain web pages sometimes flip upside down when you switch tabs.
• Fixed an issue where browser UI like the video controls don’t disappear when watching videos on certain sites.
• Fixed an issue where the top sites tiles on the new tab page display a different website than the one they actually link to.
• Fixed an issue where translation doesn’t work on certain pages.
• Fixed an issue where the “translating” message is not shown when a page is translated.
• Fixed an issue where scrolling using the touchscreen sometimes doesn’t work on certain browser UI.
• Fixed an issue where the button to close a tab isn’t the correct size or shape.
• Fixed an issue where the links to apps on the browser’s Apps page open the app twice.
• Fixed an issue where using shift + enter to start an installed website or app from the Apps page doesn’t work.
• Fixed an issue where the eye icon to show passwords sometimes appears twice.
• Improved Tracking Prevention performance when extensions like ad blockers are installed.
• Fixed an issue where text pasted into a collection is sometimes the wrong color.
• Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping items into a collection sometimes leads to images in the collection disappearing.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where dragging and dropping an image into a collection sometimes saves a link instead of an image.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where using the scrubber to move through a full-screen video doesn’t move the time properly.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where some buttons don’t change state when the browser loses focus.
• Fixed an issue in some locales where certain settings aren’t translated.
• Fixed some unlocalized strings in the F12 Dev Tools.

Removed features:

• Fixed an issue where the webpage favicon and the loading spinner appear at the same time.
• Temporarily disabled with a feature flag the cards with website info that appear when hovering over a tab.
• Removed the ability to import favorites inside an Application Guard session.

Update 78.0.268.1

Update Sept 12 2019: Released minor update to build 78.0.268.3. This corrects an issue with Microsoft digital signature that prevented Microsoft Edge from working on Windows 10 S and caused some people to see an “unverified publisher” or similar message.

New functionality:

• Added new logging features to feedback submission. If you click the diagnostic data link on the feedback submission popup, you now have the option to attach additional files like screenshots you’ve taken, as well as reproduce the problem to provide more robust logging. 
• Added the ability for Collections items to be reordered with the keyboard.
• Added a management policy to allow history syncing for work or school accounts.

Improved stability:

• Fixed an issue where favorites weren’t syncing.
• Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping items on certain internal pages like Favorites sometimes causes the item to disappear.
• Fixed an issue where exporting a Collection to Word sometimes crashes the browser.
• Improved reliability when signed into the browser with a work or school account.
• Improved the reliability of starting Application Guard sessions.

Improved behavior:

• Fixed an issue where certain context menu commands for tabs like “Reopen closed tab” went missing.
• Fixed an issue where webpages installed as apps don’t launch.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to open a PDF in an Application Guard window will fail if there are no other Edge windows open.
• Fixed an issue where the browser’s profile image sometimes isn’t updated if it’s changed in the backing account.
• Fixed an issue where tabs with the Find on Page popup open sometimes have the popup closed when they’re moved to different windows.
• Fixed an issue where opening an app from the Apps page closes the apps page.
• Fixed an issue where the Read Aloud bar sometimes appears transparent.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to open multiple Collections items in a new window opened each item in a separate window.
• Fixed an issue where the context menu inside a Collection isn’t dismissed when a new context menu is brought up outside of Collections.

Update 78.0.262.0

The most significant of features is improved sync functionality with Edge mobile. Mobile now supports syncing passwords and form fill data with the desktop version of Edge for both personal accounts as well as work and school accounts.

All the notes for build 256 (not released publicaly ) are below, but additions from the newer build are also added to the bottom of each list with a NEW tag.

Some other major new functionality includes:

• Collections is now available in the Dev Channel!
• Added a button on the address bar to access favorites
• Added support for Windows 10’s native Share functionality.
• Enabled the built-in abusive ad blocker that was added to Chromium last year
• Added the ability to export Collections to Word.
• Added a management policy to use two separate site lists for IE mode and standalone IE instead of having them share the same list.
• Enabled caret browsing in IE mode windows.
• NEW: To try to prevent scenarios where the browser launches but no webpages will load, it will now attempt to de-elevate itself when it detects that it’s running with administrative privileges. 
• NEW: Added UI to communicate that data cleared via Clear Browsing Data will also delete that data on other devices signed in with the same account. 
• NEW: Added a management policy to go to an intranet site for a single word typed into the address bar instead of initiating a search. 

Stability fixes:

• Fixed some issues where the browser is unable to load any webpages.
• Fixed an issue where two-finger scrolling on the trackpad sometimes crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where the browser crashes shortly after launching.
• Fixed an issue where Edge will crash on startup when used in certain languages.
• Fixed an issue where the browser will crash on Mac when signed in with a work or school account.
• Fixed an issue where Netflix videos don’t play due to a “Missing Component” with error code M7354.
• Fixed an issue where installing extensions from the Microsoft Edge extension store failed with the error “Package is invalid: CRX_REQUIRED_PROOF_MISSING”.
• Fixed a crash when opening an Application Guard window.
• Fixed an issue where webpages won’t load in an Application Guard window.
• Fixed an issue where Tracking Prevention causes some websites to fail to load properly.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to navigate forward/back using the swipe gesture in situations where navigation isn’t possible leads to broken scrolling.
• Fixed an issue where the Read Aloud bar sometimes disappears unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where two-finger scrolling on the trackpad occasionally stops working.
• Fixed an issue where the first run experience doesn’t properly import data on older versions of Windows.
• Improved the success rate of data importing from other browsers.
• NEW: Improved reliability of Application Guard startup. 
• NEW: Improved the success rate of importing data from Chrome. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where extensions were unable to be installed from the Microsoft Edge extension store due to a CRX_REQUIRED_PROOF_MISSING error. 
• NEW: Fixed a crash during the first run experience. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where opening an IE mode tab sometimes leads to subsequent IE mode tabs that are opened after the first one crashing upon navigation. 
• NEW: Fixed a crash when using Collections. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where websites sometimes hang when loading. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes crashes after a webpage navigates somewhere. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where PDFs sometimes fail to load properly. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where attempting to delete multiple favorites or history items sometimes failed. 

Behavior changes: 

• Improved the contrast between active and inactive tabs and windows for better visibility.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong search provider keyword sometimes appears in the address bar when multiple search providers are installed.
• Fixed an issue where downloaded files sometimes aren’t able to be deleted from the pop-up downloads UI.
• Fixed an issue where the link to go to the site permissions Settings page from the Apps page context menu doesn’t work on Mac.
• Fixed an issue where the Global Media Controls button that came from upstream Chromium is present even when there are no tabs with media on them.
• Fixed an issue where the … menu in some Settings pages (for example, site permissions) opens offscreen.
• Fixed an issue where the PDF toolbar sometimes doesn’t appear.
• Changed the Administrator Mode popup to show in fewer scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where the dialog to restart the browser due to diagnostic data settings changes appears multiple times during a single browsing session.
• Fixed an issue where the active tab upon startup is sometimes a pinned tab instead of a new tab.
• Fixed an issue where images sometimes don’t get saved when exporting a Collection.
• Fixed an issue where images weren’t properly rendering in saved Collections.
• Fixed an issue where first-run options are shown that don’t apply to the current user.
• Fixed an issue where search engines changed by extensions aren’t properly shown in the address bar dropdown.
• Fixed an issue where shortcuts to IE mode sites couldn’t be created on the Taskbar.
• Fixed an issue where the download UI isn’t properly shown in an IE mode tab.
• Fixed an issue where using multiple IE mode tabs in a single session sometimes leads to all the IE mode tabs after the first one not persisting settings set in the first one.
• Fixed an issue where the Find on Page search box is too small for certain window sizes.
• Updated UI in the F12 Dev Tools to properly show Edge’s UA string instead of a generic placeholder.
• Fixed an issue where some strings in the F12 Dev Tools weren’t localized.
• Fixed an issue where using the F12 Dev Tools in some languages displays everything in English instead of the selected language.
• Fixed an issue where profile pictures for work/school account users sometimes are missing.
• Fixed an issue where adding and deleting profiles sometimes leads to an extra profile being left over.
• Fixed an issue where the API to determine if Windows is in S mode returns the wrong value.
• NEW: Fixed an issue where the default search provider doesn’t change when the browser is changed to a language from a region that uses a different default search provider than the current one. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where the feedback screenshot editor’s crop tool doesn’t work with touch. 
• NEW: Improved the number of places single sign-on can be used. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where resizing a window with an IE mode tab sometimes doesn’t resize the IE mode tab’s content properly. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where pages are unnecessarily re-translated if the translate popup is dismissed without changing any of the settings. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where the indicator to show that a page has been translated doesn’t appear during any of the subsequent translations if a page is translated multiple times. 
• NEW: Fixed some inconsistent wording in the popup that appears when an update is available to install. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where feedback was unexpectedly getting submitted when the enter keyboard key is pressed anywhere on the feedback submission dialog. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where dragging products from certain websites into a collection sometimes results in some of the data not getting added to the collection. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where dragging an item into a collection sometimes breaks the ability to select items in that collection. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where reordering multiple items in a collection also reordered items that weren’t intended to be reordered. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where images from a collection sometimes don’t render properly when sharing them via email. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where highlighting text in PDFs sometimes doesn’t work properly. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where favorites icons weren’t appearing on the favorites management page. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where the window color sometimes doesn’t change when it loses focus. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where tab titles are sometimes hard to read on inactive windows. 
• NEW: Fixed an issue where hovering over the tab close button shows an improperly sized button. 

Removed functionality:

• Disabled via a flag the Global Media Control button that was recently added to Chromium.
• Removed the prompt to restart Edge to install an update from Application Guard windows.
• Removed the profile sign-in button on Application Guard windows.
• Removed the default theme alert in the F12 Dev Tools.
• Removed some non-functional context menu items from Reading View.
• Temporarily disabled zoom functionality from the … menu when in Reading View.

Update 78.0.256.2

The most significant of new features is improved sync functionality with Edge mobile. Mobile now supports syncing passwords and form fill data with the desktop version of Edge for both personal accounts as well as work and school accounts.

Some other major new functionality includes:

• Collections is now available in the Dev Channel!
• Added a button on the address bar to access favorites.
• Added support for Windows 10’s native Share functionality.
• Enabled the built-in abusive ad blocker that was added to Chromium last year.
• Added the ability to export Collections to Word.
• Added a policy to use two separate site lists for IE mode and standalone IE instead of having them share the same list.
• Enabled caret browsing in IE mode windows.

Stability fixes:

• Fixed some issues where the browser is unable to load any webpages.
• Fixed an issue where two-finger scrolling on the trackpad sometimes crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where the browser crashes shortly after launching.
• Fixed an issue where Edge will crash on startup when used in certain languages.
• Fixed an issue where the browser will crash on Mac when signed in with a work or school account.
• Fixed an issue where Netflix videos don’t play due to a “Missing Component” with error code M7354.
• Fixed an issue where installing extensions from the Microsoft Edge extension store failed with the error “Package is invalid: CRX_REQUIRED_PROOF_MISSING”.
• Fixed a crash when opening an Application Guard window.
• Fixed an issue where webpages won’t load in an Application Guard window.
• Fixed an issue where Tracking Prevention causes some websites to fail to load properly.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to navigate forward/back using the swipe gesture in situations where navigation isn’t possible leads to broken scrolling.
• Fixed an issue where the Read Aloud bar sometimes disappears unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where two-finger scrolling on the trackpad occasionally stops working.
• Fixed an issue where the first run experience doesn’t properly import data on older versions of Windows.
• Improved the success rate of data importing from other browsers.

Behavior changes: 

• Improved the contrast between active and inactive tabs and windows for better visibility.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong search provider keyword sometimes appears in the address bar when multiple search providers are installed.
• Fixed an issue where downloaded files sometimes aren’t able to be deleted from the pop-up downloads UI.
• Fixed an issue where the link to go to the site permissions Settings page from the Apps page context menu doesn’t work on Mac.
• Fixed an issue where the Global Media Controls button that came from upstream Chromium is present even when there are no tabs with media on them.
• Fixed an issue where the … menu in some Settings pages (for example, site permissions) opens offscreen.
• Fixed an issue where the PDF toolbar sometimes doesn’t appear.
• Changed the Administrator Mode popup to show in fewer scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where the dialog to restart the browser due to diagnostic data settings changes appears multiple times during a single browsing session.
• Fixed an issue where the active tab upon startup is sometimes a pinned tab instead of a new tab.
• Fixed an issue where images sometimes don’t get saved when exporting a Collection.
• Fixed an issue where images weren’t properly rendering in saved Collections.
• Fixed an issue where first-run options are shown that don’t apply to the current user.
• Fixed an issue where search engines changed by extensions aren’t properly shown in the address bar dropdown.
• Fixed an issue where shortcuts to IE mode sites couldn’t be created on the Taskbar.
• Fixed an issue where the download UI isn’t properly shown in an IE mode tab.
• Fixed an issue where using multiple IE mode tabs in a single session sometimes leads to all the IE mode tabs after the first one not persisting settings set in the first one.
• Fixed an issue where the Find on Page search box is too small for certain window sizes.
• Updated UI in the F12 Dev Tools to properly show Edge’s UA string instead of a generic placeholder.
• Fixed an issue where some strings in the F12 Dev Tools weren’t localized.
• Fixed an issue where using the F12 Dev Tools in some languages displays everything in English instead of the selected language.
• Fixed an issue where profile pictures for work/school account users sometimes are missing.
• Fixed an issue where adding and deleting profiles sometimes leads to an extra profile being left over.
• Fixed an issue where the API to determine if Windows is in S mode returns the wrong value.

Removed functionality:

• Disabled via a flag the Global Media Control button that was recently added to Chromium.
• Removed the prompt to restart Edge to install an update from Application Guard windows.
• Removed the profile sign-in button on Application Guard windows.
• Removed the default theme alert in the F12 Dev Tools.
• Removed some non-functional context menu items from Reading View.
• Temporarily disabled zoom functionality from the … menu when in Reading View.

Update 78.0.249.1

New major features:

• Tracking Prevention is fully available in the Canary and Dev Channels!
• Form fill and password syncing is fully available in the Canary and Dev Channels!  Those of you who are already signed into the browser with your Microsoft account should see the switches for both Passwords as well as Addresses, phone numbers, and more enabled on edge://settings/syncSetup.  And if you’ve got Microsoft Edge installed on your mobile device, form and password syncing will be coming there as well. 
• As of today, sign in and syncing is available for work and school accounts in all three channels!  Like syncing for personal accounts, there are certain types of items like history that aren’t available to sync just yet but will be coming in the future.
• Collections!  For right now, Collections is only available in the Canary Channel.

Some other new features this week:

• Added a warning message when giving websites permission to access a device’s location if Windows 10’s global location permission is disabled.
• Added support for exiting full screen mode using the ESC key on Mac.
• Added the ability for websites to detect when they’re running on Windows in S mode.

Stability fixes:

• Fixed a crash during the first run experience.
• Fixed an issue where navigating to a new site in an IE mode tab sometimes crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where IE mode tabs crashed when opening certain URLs.
• Fixed an issue where using IE mode in InPrivate sometimes crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where an IE mode tab that’s frozen can sometimes freeze the entire browser.
• Fixed an issue where searching for apps on edge://apps sometimes causes the page to crash.
• Fixed an issue where some websites installed as apps won’t load on Mac.
• Fixed a crash when using media casting.

Behavior fixes:

• Fixed an issue where searching in the address bar sometimes uses Bing despite a different search provider being selected.
• Fixed an issue where searches from the address bar sometimes bring back results from the wrong locale.
• Fixed an issue where right clicking on some browser UI is instead treated as a left click.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for the Stop button had a placeholder string in it ($1).
• Fixed an issue where browser syncing sometimes gets stuck in the “Initialization” state.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where the theme selection dropdown in Settings didn’t work.
• Changed the keyboard combination to open the More menu (…) on Mac.
• Fixed an issue where screenshots weren’t able to be sent alongside feedback.
• Fixed an issue where uninstalling websites that were installed as apps from the Start Menu doesn’t remove them from the edge://apps page.
• Fixed an issue where opening PDF files using Application Guard sometimes fails.
• Fixed an issue where IE mode tabs would sometimes prevent the window they’re in from being closed.
• Fixed an issue where IE mode tabs sometimes don’t have their content sized properly when the tab first loads.
• Fixed an issue where using Read Aloud sometimes causes webpage content to move unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where the link to manage favorites opens in the current tab instead of a new one.
• Changed management policies to apply to all installed channels on Mac instead of targeting individual channels.

Update 78.0.244.0

New features and behavior:

• Added an option in Settings to choose between light and dark themes.
• Added the ability to import cookies from the existing version of Edge.
• Added a policy to enable deleting browsing data upon exit.
• Added a policy to prevent downloads from being marked as unsafe when they come from a trusted source.
• Added what version of Edge a management policy is supported on to the list of policies.
• Added dark theme support to the feedback screenshot editor window.
• Added dark theme support to the first-run sign-in popup.
• Added dark theme support to the browser sign in error popup.
• Added a confirmation when enabling sending Do Not Track requests.

Fixes for improved reliability:

• Fixed an issue where Edge Canary crashes on launch on Mac.
• Fixed an issue where saving a PDF file sometimes causes the browser to crash.
• Fixed an issue where navigating between pages in IE mode sometimes crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where Netflix would sometimes fail with error D7111-1331.
• Fixed an issue where items on the Favorites Bar sometimes don’t respond to clicks when a folder is open.
• Fixed an issue where syncing sometimes gets stuck in the “Initialization” phase.
• Fixed an issue where signing into the browser sometimes fails.
• Fixed an issue where signing into the browser sometimes fails without showing any error.
• Fixed an issue where websites that were supposed to automatically sign in using the account that the browser is signed in with don’t get signed in properly.
• Fixed an issue where saving PDF files sometimes fails.
• Fixed an issue where zooming in on a PDF sometimes causes form fill to fail.

Fixes for improved behavior:

• Fixed an issue where links that would launch other applications don’t work in IE mode.
• Changed the tiles on the new tab page to show the page’s title when hovering over them instead of the page’s address.
• Removed Read Aloud from browser pages like Settings.
• Fixed an issue where the F12 Dev Tools feedback (smiley face) button sometimes doesn’t work.
• Fixed an issue where PDFs with restrictions (on printing, copying text, etc.) are not getting those restrictions enforced.
• Fixed an issue where PDF scrolling doesn’t work properly on some PDF files.
• Fixed an issue where using the arrow keys to move the text cursor in PDF forms sometimes doesn’t work.
• Fixed an issue where the first run experience showed two checkboxes to allow browsing data to sync across devices.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where the Save Page As command appears twice in the File menu.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where the language the browser is displayed in sometimes isn’t the preferred language as defined by the OS.
• Fixed an issue where an empty tooltip appears when you open a menu like the … menu.
• Fixed an issue where the geolocation usage notification sometimes remains after leaving the website it applied to.
• Fixed an issue where an extra scroll bar sometimes appears in Reading View.
• Fixed an issue where a desktop shortcut is sometimes being created when removing a profile.
• Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping IE mode tabs will sometimes cause them to show the wrong zoom level.
• Fixed an issue where the Downloads page cuts off its content when the window size decreases instead of resizing it.
• Fixed an issue where the sync confirmation dialog isn’t wide enough to fit its contents.
• Fixed an issue where some browser pages like Favorites don’t get dark or light theme applied until the page is refreshed.
• Improved the light theme in the F12 Dev Tools.
• Fixed an issue where some icons like the new tab page icon aren’t properly updating to a lighter color when the browser is switched to dark theme.
• Fixed an issue where the buttons on the PDF toolbar don’t change state when you interact with them.