Windows 10: "Turn on caret browsing?" window appears on lock screen after sleep

This issue only started happening today. I have Edge Dev 81.0.381.0 open on Windows 10 build 18363.535, and closed my laptop to put it to sleep multiple times, only to come back with standard Edge's caret browsing prompt overlaying the middle of the lock screen. I have checked and it is not Edge Dev's caret browsing prompt UI as that is more Chromium-like and appears at the top of the screen, instead it is the more Fluent UI designed one that appears in the center of the screen from the standard Edge browser. I forgot to take a screenshot last time it happened, but I will update this post and add it when it happens again.

Either Windows has randomly started popping up Edge prompts or Edge Dev is popping it up from yesterday's update, and somehow is using the old UI.

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caret browsing

Hi Elizabeth,

Caret Browsing is when you use the keyboard to navigate a browser using the
Home, End, Page Up/Down, and
arrow keys instead of the mouse. If the message to turn on Caret Browsing pops up, you will see a blue border on either
Yes or No. Use use the left or right arrow keys to change the selection, and then press
Enter to confirm your choice. You can also use the Tab
key on the keyboard.

We hope this helps. Let us know if there's anything else that we can help you with.

 

Caret Browsing prompt

Hi Jim, which browser are your using, that you want to enable Caret Browsing in?

 

Caret Browsing prompt

I ticked to box on the caret browsing prompt to stop being asked if I wanted to use caret browsing or not and to use F7 instead.

Would anyone know HOW I may reinstate this option please (If there is a video available also, it would be a bonus)

The way shown on some routes is to go through the ... at top right- Then to "Settings" - Then to "View Advanced Settings" and select "Caret Settings" which is just below "Use Adobe Flash" BUT as you can see on my route, the "Caret Settings" choice is missing.

(I have looked at Open other sites in Apps but this proved to be a false trail.

As a result I am at a loss to know where else to look for this. Hence my question.



Thanks.

Kind regards