Google Chrome browser Canary is testing a sidebar search similar to Microsoft Edge

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com Sept. 18, Microsoft introduced sidebar search in its Edge browser last year to provide users with web results, such as definitions, images, useful links, and anything related to the query. Google is now developing the same features as sidebar search for Chrome, which Chrome Canary users can use after enabling related flag.

CTOnews.com learned that the sidebar search feature allows you to highlight any text on a web page to find more information about it on the web without opening a new tag. The search results are displayed in the pane on the right side of the current page, showing all relevant links, images, definitions, videos, and all content related to the text.

Microsoft Edge users are already using this feature. Now, Chrome Canary users can also search quickly without distractions. Chrome Canary sidebar search is exactly the same as Edge. All the user needs to do is select a text and then right-click it. Doing so brings a context menu in which you can find some called "search on Google." The option of. The user can now click the option to display the side pane, which contains all relevant information related to the highlighted text.

However, before performing any of the above steps, keep in mind that Chrome sidebar search is not enabled by default, and you need to enable the relevant flag by following these steps:

Open Chrome Canary

Enter "Chrome://flags" in the URL column

Type in the Search flags box: Search web in side panel

Click enable, and then restart the browser

Google Chrome Canary sidebar search seems to be available to some users for the time being.

According to Reddit users, Google will also introduce another option in the context menu, which will open a new tab instead of displaying the side panel.

"similar to Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome browser is testing a new security feature that automatically populates passwords."