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Re-creating the URL dropdown lists in the address bar in MS Edge browser (like in Internet Explorer)

Anonymous
2024-10-29T21:52:31+00:00

I used to love Internet Explorer's Address Bar function, which allowed me to use the drop-down list to navigate through different websites.

(If you look at the pictures below, which seem to have been using Windows XP/7 OS, you'll be able to see a 'v' sign located beside '..> Go' icon, towards the right end of the Address Bar. This 'v' used to open and close the drop-down list).

Is it possible to re-create this function within MS Edge and Google Chrome?

I still can't get used to using the favourites button and pinning different websites on the new tab page and I do not like having to do this, as using the drop-down list function used to be more efficient once they had been set up.

In terms of user-friendliness, I think Windows XP and Windows 7 outweigh all the other OS by MS which were released afterwards.

Should there be Windows 12 released in the future... I wish there is a mode which enables users to decide Windows XP/Windows 7 type interface, even if it means sacrificing few functions such as tablet mode.

I no longer enjoy getting forced to get used to something new (for the sake of being new)...

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cc-faq-ietoolbar

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-make-internet-explorer-9-browser-address-bar-drop-down-list-display-more-recently-entered-web-addresses-yibaodian-69922d43-a23b-50fd-8626-007e84258a3b

Microsoft Edge | Tabs, address bar, and search | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-30T07:26:16+00:00

    Hello,

    Thanks for reaching out here in the Microsoft Answers Community.

    Thanks for your feedback.

    Microsoft attaches great importance to user experience, you can submit your ideas and suggestions through the Feedback Hub, and the development team will regularly review submissions for ideas or fixes.

    Please share the feedback link here after submitting as it will allow others on the forum to vote for your submission, including me. More votes will lead to more visibility and higher priority to the development team.

    You may submit feedback in the Microsoft Edge browser as well. In the Microsoft Edge browser, press Alt+Shift+I (or select menu->Help and feedback->Send feedback) to open the feedback window.

    It will capture the current screen, the URL link, and your e-mail address. From there, you can enter the issue, attach files to further explain it, and send the feedback.

    Thanks for your patience and understanding.

    Best Regards,

    Sheng G. - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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