* The UI for this feature has been removed, however the underlying functionality is still available. For more information, see Disabling Feature: PDF Annotations Support. The PDF viewing feature is enabled, but drawing, inking, and highlighting in a PDF aren't enabled.

For more information, see Additional keyboard shortcuts information. Instead, you can listen for a key combination using the AcceleratorKeyPressed event and create a custom response if needed. You cannot turn these shortcuts off or on. The keyboard shortcuts that are turned off by default either don't make sense or cause problems in WebView2. This feature depends on the browser UI for interaction. WebView2 doesn't support IE mode and has differences in behavior compared to IE (such as MHT or BIN support).

For example, you can block, redirect, save, pause, and so on. WebView2 provides an API that allows you to customize the download UI to manipulate downloads. You can turn this feature on or off by using the WebView2 Autofill APIs. For more information about turning on and off features by using command-line switches, see List of Chromium Command Line Switches. This article doesn't cover modifying features by using command-line switches. The following table displays the WebView2 features that differ from the Microsoft Edge browser:ĭefault state indicates that the feature is part of the default experience on a new WebView2 instance.Ĭonfigurable indicates that you can turn on or off the feature using WebView2 APIs or command-line switches. WebView2 features don't include Microsoft Edge branding.

If a feature doesn't make sense in the context of WebView2 or for other reasons, the feature is modified or turned off. Most features work the same in WebView2 and Microsoft Edge. In the context of WebView2, browser features adhere to the following design guidelines:

The ability to turn on or off the feature.

The modified browser features and supporting information.

However, since WebView2 isn't limited to browser-like apps, there are some browser features that need to be modified or removed. You have the opportunity to extend features from the browser to WebView2-based apps, which is useful. WebView2 is based on the Microsoft Edge browser.

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