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Prerelease SDK 1.0.721-prerelease, for Runtime 86 (Dec. 8, 2020)

Release notes for Microsoft Edge WebView2 Prerelease SDK, release date: Dec. 8, 2020.

NuGet package for WebView2 SDK 1.0.721-prerelease

This Prerelease version of the WebView2 SDK requires Microsoft Edge version 86.0.616.0 or later; see Runtime 86.0.705.50 (Jan. 25, 2021).

Breaking changes

Important

Breaking Change: WebView2 prerelease package 1.0.707 and package 0.9.628 are deprecated. Discontinue development with package 1.0.707 and package0.9.628.

Features

  • Added WebView2 Group Policies. For best practices, see group policies for WebView2.

  • Important

    Breaking Change: Deprecated the old registry location.

    {Root}\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EmbeddedBrowserWebView\LoaderOverride\{AppId}

  • Added support for Drag and Drop in WebView2.

  • Added APIs to handle DPI support.

    • Added RasterizationScale property to change the DPI scale for WebView2 content and UI pop-ups, and associated RasterizationScaleChanged event.

    • Added ShouldDetectMonitorScaleChanges property to automatically update RasterizationScale property if needed.

    • Added BoundsMode property to specify that the bounds are logic pixels and allow WebView2 to use RasterizationScale for WebView2 pixel display, and WebView2 use the RasterizationScale with the Bounds to get the physical size.

  • Updated NewWindowRequested event to handle Ctrl+click and Shift+click. (Issue #168 and Issue #371).

Promotions to Phase 2 (Stable in Prerelease)

The following APIs have been promoted from Phase 1: Experimental in Prerelease, to Phase 2: Stable in Prerelease, and are included in this Prerelease SDK.

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