Edge: Roadmap to making edge the default browser on Windows #1466
Description
Background
The Internet Explorer engine on Windows is still the default engine to date.
This engine however is heavily out-of-date and does not support the latest HTML/JS features imperative for modern developments.
The Edge implementation is available via SWT.EDGE flag or via -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge vm arg.
Goal
The goal should be to make the Edge implementation the default browser engine on Windows.
Proposal
- Use this (umbrella) issue to keep track of open issues and to categorize them by severity
- Once we have a stable enough state with no blockers, test-drive the Edge implementation by temporarily making it the default in the Platform I-Builds.
- Based on this test drive:
- Collect more bugs and issues
- Revert back to IE, if critical
Issues
- Edge related Issues / PRs:
edge
Edge Browser
Blocker / Major
- Enable AuthenticationListener for Browser-Widget under Windows/Edge #730
- Browser widgets using Edge flicker when resized causing flashes #1122
- No more handle exceptions with the Edge browser #1013
- LocationListener's "cancel" not effective with Edge, for 3xx redirects #738
- Browser tests are not executed for Edge browser #671
- Edge Browser freezes indefinitely when launching one Browser from another via a BrowserFunction #669
- Welcome page has missing color and styling with Edge browser in Eclipse #213
- Empty java-doc hover tool-tip with Edge browser in Eclipse #212
- Edge: LocationListener#changed() is not called #1464
- Edge: Inherit dark theme from Eclipse #1529
- Edge Browser: Replace BrowserInformationControl dosn't work on hover #1540
- SWT Browser widget does not open target="_blank" links #1845
Minor
- Edge: Disable internal status bar on the bottom left when hovering link and send out StatusTextEvents instead (like other SWT browser impls) #1408
- Edge: Focus is lost when Browser is made the focus control immediately after construction #1640
- Edge: Freeze in Browser#evaluate() if evaluated script calls into SWT #1771
- Edge: Focus jumps back to browser control when trying to leave #1848
- [Edge] Browser with SWT.EDGE returns blank image when using print() #373
- Edge: Zoom resets on navigation #1857
- Edge browser getText() returns null when scripts are disabled #2029
- Contents help is unresponsive while opened from modal window #2225
Uncategorized
- Edge browser fires additional events, e.g. when opened via double click #1375
- [Edge][BrowserFunction] BrowserFunctions added to window undefined when URL loaded #20
- SWT Browser component (Windows Edge): URLs sent to LocationListener are not complete #1581
- [Edge] Browser.clearSessions() throws exception when no Edge is open #1592
- [Win][Edge]Test_org_eclipse_swt_browser_Browser.test_setUrl_local fails for Edge #1670
- Edge: Strange error when disposing a new Browser instance immediately after creating it #1664
- Edge: addMouseWheelListener and addMouseListener have no effect #2164
PDE
Out-of-scope (e.g. Edge-specific API)
- Get access to ICoreWebView2-objects in Edge.java #207
- [Win32] Add SSO support for SWT Browser using Edge backend #1834