ShowTabPreviewEnabled

Enable tab preview on hover

Supported versions

• On Windows and macOS since 141 or later

Description

This policy controls whether Microsoft Edge displays a preview of the tab content when the user hovers over a tab.

If you enable or don't configure this policy, Microsoft Edge shows a tab preview when the user hovers over a tab.

If you disable this policy, tab previews will not be shown on hover.

Supported features

• Can be mandatory: Yes
• Can be recommended: Yes
• Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
• Per Profile: Yes
• Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
• GP name: Enable tab preview on hover
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
• GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

• Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
• Value name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
• Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

• Preference Key name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
• Example value:

<true/>

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies