Microsoft wants Title Bar customization options for PWAs

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Published onJanuary 24, 2020

published onJanuary 24, 2020

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The new version of Microsoft Edge that the company released last week brings full support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), just like Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. This means that Edge should now be able to identify PWAs when you’re browsing the web, and display an “Install” button to make PWAs open in a separate window without the browser UI.

Last month, Microsoft introducedcoloured title bars for PWAsin the Edge Canary channel, making these web apps look even more native. The Edge team now wants to go even further and implement title bar customisations for PWAs, as it was explained onGitHubearlier this week (viaNextImpact).

As the Edge team pointed out, the PWA Title bar area is currently system reserved, and can’t be customized like it is in many popular apps. However, the team proposed a solution to circumvent this limitation, including a standards-based way for developers to define which areas of their content within title bar should be treated as draggable.

The team provided a image of what a PWA with a customizable title bar would look like, and this example includes a Search Bar.

The Edge team explained that its proposal “do not pose considerable privacy concerns other than feature detection,” but the team would like to work the community to better understand how to implement title tar customization options for PWAs in Chromium. For Microsoft, one the main purposes of the switch to Chromium for Edge was to be able to suggest new features that could benefit all Chromium-based browsers, and we’re glad to see the Edge team coming up with good ideas for improving PWA support.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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