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Edge: Roadmap to making edge the default browser on Windows #1466

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sratz opened this issue Sep 12, 2024 · 0 comments
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Edge: Roadmap to making edge the default browser on Windows #1466

sratz opened this issue Sep 12, 2024 · 0 comments
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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This engine however is heavily out-of-date and does not support the latest HTML/JS features imperative for modern developments.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

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Browser-agnostic feature requests
@sratz sratz added the edge Edge Browser label Sep 12, 2024
@amartya4256 amartya4256 mentioned this issue Oct 15, 2024
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@HeikoKlare HeikoKlare pinned this issue Oct 30, 2024
@fedejeanne fedejeanne mentioned this issue Nov 13, 2024
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@HeikoKlare HeikoKlare mentioned this issue Dec 2, 2024
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HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 6, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
b166956 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 6, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
565a217 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
@HeikoKlare HeikoKlare mentioned this issue Dec 6, 2024
Merged
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 6, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
c3eb4dc 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 6, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
f6617aa 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 9, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
1b76c75 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 9, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
075d949 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 9, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
428a039 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 9, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
c0466d7 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit to HeikoKlare/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Dec 10, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows eclipse-platform#…
09c8230 
…1466

- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare added a commit that referenced this issue Dec 10, 2024
@HeikoKlare
Use Edge/WebView2 as the default browser on Windows #1466
43b6820 
- Introduce SWT flag SWT.IE to be used for Browser to create an Internet
  Explorer instance
- Adapt mapping of existing VM argument for default browser to map "ie"
  to new Internet Explorer flag and use Edge as default
- Make SWT Browser instantiate Edge on Windows by default, i.e., unless
  the flag SWT.IE is specified
- Adapt the SWT ControlExample to represent the SWT.IE flag and properly
  switch between Edge, Internet Explorer and default
- Adapt Browser tests to consider to new default configuration

Contributes to
#1466
@wimjongman wimjongman mentioned this issue Dec 10, 2024
Closed
@fedejeanne fedejeanne unpinned this issue Dec 20, 2024
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Extracted webview release to a method
3ecc39c 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a
method WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
33e761b 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
c2f92a6 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Extracted webview release to a method
4e12df1 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a
method WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
2778cf5 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734

# Conflicts:
#	bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Browser/win32/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Edge.java
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Extracted webview release to a method
b3e784d 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a
method WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
b42a5aa 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
9df68a3 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
f5c10bc 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 3, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
b7a0fd0 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
amartya4256 added a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256
Handling WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
7bcb222 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should exceptionally complete if there happens an edge operation timeout in processOSMessagesUntil method

contributes to eclipse-platform#1466 and eclipse.platform.ui/#2734
@amartya4256 amartya4256 mentioned this issue Feb 4, 2025
Merged
HeikoKlare pushed a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Extracte WebView release to separate method
91e1ce7 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a method
WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare pushed a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Handle WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
0ef9e48 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should
exceptionally complete if there happens an Edge operation timeout in
processOSMessagesUntil method.

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466 and
eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui#2734
HeikoKlare pushed a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Extract WebView release to separate method
8fbf867 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a method
WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466
HeikoKlare pushed a commit to amartya4256/eclipse.platform.swt that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Handle WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
753b503 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should
exceptionally complete if there happens an Edge operation timeout in
processOSMessagesUntil method.

Contributes to
eclipse-platform#1466 and
eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui#2734
HeikoKlare pushed a commit that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Extract WebView release to separate method
1b28286 
This commit encapsulates the ICoreWeICoreWebView2*::Release call for all
the ICoreWebView2* instances in WebViewWrapper into a method
WebViewWrapper::releaseWebViews for a better encapsulation which
can be used to dispose off the created ICoreWebView2* resources.

Contributes to
#1466
HeikoKlare pushed a commit that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@amartya4256 @HeikoKlare
Handle WebViewWrapperFuture on operation timeout
5f54080 
This commit conributes to handle how webViewWrapperFuture should
exceptionally complete if there happens an Edge operation timeout in
processOSMessagesUntil method.

Contributes to
#1466 and
eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui#2734
HeikoKlare added a commit to vi-eclipse/www.eclipse.org-eclipse that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2025
@HeikoKlare
Add N&N for Edge as default browser on Windows
73c6e53 
This contributes an N&N for the default browser on Windows being changed
from Internet Explorer to IE, as documented in
eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt#1466
@HeikoKlare HeikoKlare mentioned this issue Feb 4, 2025
Open
HeikoKlare added a commit to vi-eclipse/www.eclipse.org-eclipse that referenced this issue Feb 7, 2025
@HeikoKlare
Add N&N for Edge as default browser on Windows
ce43f92 
This contributes an N&N for the default browser on Windows being changed
from Internet Explorer to IE, as documented in
eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt#1466
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