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If you haven’t usedBinglately, an upcoming update toMicrosoft Edgewill bring the software giant’s search engine front and center in a brand new Sidebar menu.
According toWindows Latest, Edge’s new Sidebar menu has begun rolling out to users in the browser’s Canary channel and in addition toBing, it also allows you to use a calculator, read emails inOutlook, check outMSN browser gamesand more without leaving the current page you’re on.
While you can send emails, use a calculator, convert a variety of units and eventest your internet speedin Edge’s Sidebar menu, it’s worth noting that you can not play games in it as they will open in a new tab. This is also the case withMicrosoft Officeapps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Vivaldiusers will be instantly familiar with Edge’s new Sidebar menu as it functions in a similar way to the browser’s web panel. Both are quite useful when you need to do a quick task but don’t want to open a new tab or a separate window.
New Sidebar menu
Besides all of the other new features in Edge’s Sidebar menu,Microsofthas also added another option that allows you to add your favorite sites so that you can perform contextual actions without interrupting your workflow.
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As the Sidebar is not yet generally available, many sites aren’t optimized to work in its smaller screen space. This will likely change though once more Edge users begin using this feature.
For those that aren’t interested in using Edge’s Sidebar, you can disable it by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+/. Likewise, you can use this same keyboard shortcut to enable the Sidebar.
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If you want to try out Edge’s Sidebar for yourself, you’ll need to be runningEdge Canaryand from here, you can find a new ‘Sidebar’ option in the browser’s menu that allows you to launch it.
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