[Workspaces] Doesn't remember workspaces from Ms Edge.

[maciekkukuczka]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.84.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

Workspaces

Steps to reproduce

Doesn't remember workspaces from Ms Edge.

I know you may not have any control over this, but setting all workspaces every time in all Edge launches, on all monitors, basically eliminates the use of workspaces...

✔️ Expected Behavior

Loads workspaces in Edge.

❌ Actual Behavior

Does not load workspaces in Edge

Other Software

No response

[plante-msft]

@maciekkukuczka Workspaces cannot detect app state at this time, but launching to a specific workspace in Edge is possible via the CLI arguments.

It's not the most graceful solution, but you can find the Edge Workspace ID in this file: \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Workspaces\WorkspacesCache.

Grab the idfield of the workspace you want to launch to, and add the following to the Edge CLI args in the Workspaces Editor: --launch-workspace=<insert_id>

This should launch to your workspace. Let me know if that helps.

Relevant link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1365453/how-to-launch-microsoft-edge-to-a-specific-workspa

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[maciekkukuczka]

@plante-msft Yes, this method works and workspaces load correctly. Thank you for this!

Unfortunately, Edge windows with workspaces on different monitors load absolutely randomly - this has nothing to do with the saved window layout.

I work on 6 monitors with different resolutions, if necessary I can help identify the problem.

[plante-msft]

@maciekkukuczka Do you mean that when you are changing monitor setups, the workspace layout changes randomly when launching on the non-original setup?

Or that when you launch multiple Edge windows, each with its own Edge Workspace, the Edge Workspaces will not consistently show up in the same window/position?

[maciekkukuczka]

@plante-msft

I mean the second option more.

I have Edge windows arranged on several monitors.

Each of them has its own workspace. Workspaces, as you advised, I load via command lines and it works ok.

1. I saves the layout via PT Workspace.

2. When I load it again using the shortcut, the Edge windows end up on completely random monitors. Each time in different configurations. Like from a randomizing machine :)

3. Pressing the shortcut again causes all windows to be reloaded, which should not happen. PT should only launch applications that are not already launched from a given shortcut (including Edge windows).

4. It cannot launch applications such as Excalidraw (PT v.0.84.1)

And one more question outside the competition, although I do not have too much hope... Microsoft has not yet saved the tab layouts in Edge (vertical / horizontal), so they have to be arranged anew after each launch. As you can imagine, with about 10 windows this is very inconvenient.

Can the PT team do something about it? 😎

Best Regards!

[maciekkukuczka]

Today's draw (of course these are not the target monitors of these Edge windows)😉

[plante-msft]

This is interesting behaviour, I can't say we've seen it before in our testing. @maciekkukuczka can you provide a bug report so our team can look into the specifics when we get to this issue? cc @SeraphimaZykova

/bugreport

There are already issues open for these items that we are tracking - unfortunately there is not much that we can do about behaviour inside of Edge:

3. Pressing the shortcut again causes all windows to be reloaded, which should not happen. PT should only launch applications that are not already launched from a given shortcut (including Edge windows).

4. It cannot launch applications such as Excalidraw (PT v.0.84.1)

[maciekkukuczka]

PowerToysReport_2024-09-13-10-54-24.zip

Sure, I am sending you a current report. Do you want me to do anything specific before saving the report?

[plante-msft]

Nope, this is good! We might ask for the workspaces.json file in the future but don't worry about that for now. Thanks!