Google has finally integrated Caret browsing into the Chrome browser. Till now users need to install an extension from Web Store, for this. Which no longer required from Chrome 86 or higher versions onwards.
Firefox has this feature for ages, after Micorsoft started working on Chromium, Google added made the feature built-in in Chrome.
Microsoft gives more importance to accessibility (than Google) for Microsoft Edge as you can know Edge Legacy supports caret browsing and high contrast mode.
How to use caret browsing in Chrome
You can now navigate pages on Chrome with a text cursor default.
To get started,
- Visit any webpage
- Press F7 on the keyboard
- You’ll be prompted to “Turn on caret browsing”., click “Turn on” and start going through the page by using arrow and tab keys.
The feature may also comes handy when your keyboard is not working or damaged.
Chrome accessibility settings offer a switch for the user to enable or disable caret browsing.
To turn off caret browsing in Chrome
- Click on menu > Settings > Advanced
- Click on Accessibility and disable “Navigate pages with a text cursor” setting.
ICYDK, the feature is already available in legacy and new versions of Microsoft Edge.
Google is working on three new features for Chrome browser behind flags, here is what we know so far about them: mysterious modules on the New Tab Page and you may soon receive a desktop shortcut to launch Chrome in incognito mode.
Recently, we’ve reported about new features in Chrome Canary such as Edit saved passwords and share the image via QR code and also told Chrome 85 beta and Chome 86 dev versions on Windows, are now installing into Program Files by default.
New Tab Page modules
Google is testing modules on the New Tab Page. We have very little info available about this, but the Chromium team could be preparing this for WebUI NTP they’ve been working for a long time.
To test the feature
- Visit chrome://flags
- Search for “NTP modules”, select “Enabled” from the dropdown, and restart the browser. Here is how the NTP looks with modules.
Enable Incognito Desktop shortcut flag
For a surprise, Chromium team wants to offer us a desktop shortcut to access Chrome incognito mode. There is a flag now for this named “Enable Incognito desktop shortcut”.
As of now, the flag is not working. Don’t worry! Creating a desktop shortcut for Chrome Incognito mode is damn easy
- Right-click on Chrome shortcut on the desktop, select Properties
- In the Target field, append “–incognito: (without quotes) and click apply.
- The whole Target field should like below.
"C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" --incognito
Repeatable queries on the New Tab page
Chrome 86 is testing another experimental feature where it may display repeatable queries as most visited tiles on the New Tab Page. Currently, the flag “#ntp repeatable queries” also is not working.
Selecting “Edit Password” option on Chrome://settings/passwords page now asks you to enter Windows password. After entering the password only, you can able to edit saved passwords.
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