Windows 10: Microsoft brings PDF features and more to Chromium on Windows

Microsoft recently recreated Edge browser on Chromium-platform to offer better interoperability, including cross-platform support and faster updates. Microsoft is working on a number of new features and improvements for Chromium which should benefit Edge, Chrome and other browsers built on this open-source project.

New PDF features


The accessibility support on PDF is currently limited to only reading text and users do not have the ability to read and invoke links on PDF. Users can also not identify images in PDF documents while reading text.

In a new commit, Microsoft has proposed a change that would allow PDF accessibility to send data for links and images.

“This change modifies the existing PDF interfaces to send data for links and images. This extends the existing pipeline to accommodate links and images which is part of the larger effort to make links and images accessible in PDF,” the commit reads.

Microsoft says the data will be also populated in the structures for links and images.

Microsoft has also revealed how this feature is being implemented in Chromium:

• Setting up inline reading order for links and images along with text.
• Identifying links and passing link information to the AxTree in the browser process.
• Passing invoke actions on links down to the plugin process.
• Identifying images and passing image information to the AxTree in the browser process.
• Providing alternate text for images for the ones where it is present.
• Implement scrolling of text and controls to take care of scroll alignment.

New colour picker


Microsoft added a new modern colour picker to Edge Canary and Chrome Canary last month. Previously, colour picker only supported the HEX and RGB colour formats, but Microsoft is now adding a new feature that should allow users to view and manually change the selected colour in the HSL colour format.

As Microsoft explains, you can switch between the HEX, RGB and HSL by clicking on the format toggler.

“To make it easier to translate values from one format to another, additional helper functions like rgbToHSL and hslToHex are being added to the Color class. Update hex format toggle test and add hsl format toggle test,” the commit reads.



The HSL colour format is already available for colour picker in Edge, while Chrome Canary’s colour picker is currently limited to the HEX and RGB colour formats.

High contrast mode improvements for web publishers


For website owners, Microsoft is adding support for LinkText and VisitedText system colour keywords. It should allow web publishers to customize their sites with the relevant link colours when Windows is switched to high contrast mode.

Microsoft is also bringing OpenXR Gamepad Support to Chromium on Windows. The company says developers can test this feature by installing Mixed Reality OpenXR Developer Preview app from the Microsoft Store and building a customized build of Chromium.

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Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Hi William,

We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

• Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
• Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
• On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
  OK to save changes.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
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Cannot uninstall Chromium browser at all on Windows 10.

SusanMaryElizabeth;

followed the steps you have posted here and was doin' great until the very last step. opened my C: drive but no Chromium folder listed. any other suggestions? really want Chromium off my system as it's a pain in the butt!!!!

thanks for your assistance,

lentha

 

how to uninstall chromium

Hi Scott,

Chromium is the open-source web browser project from which Google Chrome draws its source code. The browsers share the majority of code and features, though there are some minor differences in features and they have different licensing.

I appreciate if you can provide us the following information to help us understand the issue better.

• Do you get any error while you try to uninstall the chromium browser?
• 
  How did you install the chromium browser? Is it through Windows store/third party website/any other source?
  
• 
  Does the issue persist only while you try to uninstall the chromium browser/ any other programs?
  

You may follow the below suggestions and check if you are able to uninstall the chromium browser.

Follow the below steps if you have installed the chromium browser through the setup file or through the other source.

• 
  Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, and select
  Programs and features.
  
• 
  Here you will be able to see the list of programs installed in your computer.
  
• 
  Right click on the program which you would like to uninstall and click
  Uninstall.
  

If you have downloaded the chromium browser through the Windows store, open the Start menu, type chromium in the search bar, right click on the chromium browser from the search bar results and click on uninstall.

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