Anton's Digital Garden

Microsoft Edge

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[[Describe this app and list installation sources]]

Add custom search engines

about:settings/searchEngines
  • Google ← Search engine used in the address bar
Search engineKeywordURL with %s in place of query
DeepLdeepl.comhttps://www.deepl.com/translator#../../%s
Dudenduden.dehttps://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/%s
LaTeX Documentationtexdoc.orghttp://texdoc.org/serve/%s/0
LaTeX Documentationctan.orghttps://ctan.org/pkg/%s
Wolfram Alphawolframalpha.comhttps://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%s
IMDbimdb.comhttps://www.imdb.com/find/?ref_=opensearch&q=%s
JustWatchjustwatch.comhttps://www.justwatch.com/de/Suche?q=%s
Unicode Character Tableunicode-table.comhttps://symbl.cc/en/search/?q=%s
MOSES Modul Kurzübersichtmoseskonto.tu-berlin.dehttps://moseskonto.tu-berlin.de/moses/modultransfersystem/bolognamodule/ansehen.html?number=%s
Google Mapsmaps.google.comhttps://www.google.com/maps/search/%s

Toggle experimental features

StatusFlagDescription
Disabledabout:flags/#overscroll-history-navigationTwo-finger overscroll navigations
Disabledabout:flags/#edge-show-feature-recommendationsRecommends Bing as search engine

Extensions

[[List extensions for this app]]
  • Hide extensions from toolbar
    • Click on Extensions button in the toolbar
    • Disable Show in toolbar (eye icon) for all extensions

Add keyboard shortcuts

about:extensions/shortcuts
  • Alt + Shift + D ← Toggle current site # Dark Reader
  • Ctrl + Shift + 2 ← Choose another field in KeeWeb # KeeWeb Connect
  • Ctrl + Shift + 1 ← One-time codes # KeeWeb Connect
  • Ctrl + Shift + V ← Submit the form automatically # KeeWeb Connect

Modify settings manually

Hide Bing Discover button

edge:settings/sidebar/appSettings?hubApp=2354565a-f412-4654-b89c-f92eaa9dbd20
  • Show Discover

Sync

about:settings/profiles/sync
  • Sign in to turn on sync
  • Favorites
  • Settings
  • Basis info
  • Passwords
  • History
  • Open tabs
  • Extensions
  • Collections
  • Payments using Microsoft account

Appearance

about:settings/appearance
  • System default ← Overall appearance
  • Scroll to Customize toolbar
  • Show tab actions menu
  • Hide title bar while in vertical tabs
  • Turn on ← Show vertical tabs for all current browser windows
  • Only on new tabs ← Show favorites bar
  • Scroll to Select which buttons to show on the toolbar:
  • Home button [Alt+Home]
  • Show automatically ← Extensions button
  • Favorites buttons [Ctrl+Shift+O]
  • Collections button [Ctrl+Shift+Y]
  • History button [Ctrl+H]
  • Downloads button
  • Web capture button [Ctrl+Shift+S]
  • Share button
  • Feedback button

When Edge starts

about:settings/onStartup
  • Open the new tab page ← When Edge starts

Setup content handling

Block the following permission requests

about:settings/content/location

about:settings/content/notifications

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