Microsoft Edge now lets you show two rows of quick links in new tabs

You can now customize how many rows of quick links appear when you open a new tab in Edge.

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What you need to know

Microsoft Edge has a new option that lets you see more shortcuts when you open a new tab. In the most recent build of the browser, you can add a second row of quick links to the Edge new tab page. The feature was spotted and shared byLeonardo Varela on Reddit.

When you open the new tab page on Edge, there are four main page layout options; Focused, Inspirational, Informational, and Custom. If you’d like to add a second row of quick links to the page, you have to use the Custom layout:

You can also use these steps to turn quick links off.

The option to show two rows appears to have more of an effect when your browser takes up the width of your entire screen. When I snap Edge to take up half of my screen, I see two rows of quick links regardless of if I have the browser set to show one row or two. Toggling between the options in this setup does change the number of quick links per row, however.

The latest version of Microsoft Edge lets you customize how many rows of quick links appear when you open a new tab.

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