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ShowTabPreviewEnabled

Enable tab preview on hover

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 141 or later

Description

This policy controls whether Microsoft Edge displays a preview of the tab content when the user hovers over a tab.

If you enable or don't configure this policy, Microsoft Edge shows a tab preview when the user hovers over a tab.

If you disable this policy, tab previews will not be shown on hover.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: Yes
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
  • GP name: Enable tab preview on hover
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: ShowTabPreviewEnabled
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also