The internal browser is outdated

[wimjongman]

We cannot receive youtube anymore in the internal browser.

[akurtakov]

Which operating system is this? Based on that it could be determined which one the underlying web engine is.
This is SWT issue so I move it there.

[vogella]

Most likely Windows. I have seem that too. I think SWT still uses IE on Windows.

[Phillipus]

Assuming you're on Windows you could use Edge by adding this to eclipse.ini (and make sure Edge Runtime is installed):

-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge

But you'll find other issues using Edge:

https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues?q=edge+browser

[vogella]

@Phillipus can Eclipse use the internal Edge browser? I though that was not possible and requires an extra installation of Edge.

[Phillipus]

@Phillipus can Eclipse use the internal Edge browser? I though that was not possible and requires an extra installation of Edge.

I think Windows 11 ships with Edge Runtime. For Windows 10 see:

https://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#howuseedge

[vogella]

@Phillipus awesome to hear that Windows 11 provides Edge. I think if SWT runs on Windows 11 we should in this case default to Edge instead of the unmaintained IE API

[Phillipus]

@Phillipus awesome to hear that Windows 11 provides Edge. I think if SWT runs on Windows 11 we should in this case default to Edge instead of the unmaintained IE API

There are issues with Edge to use it as default. Welcome screens not rendering CSS and images, and hover tooltips are the most notable issues reported. See #213

[HeikoKlare]

The premature state of the Edge browser can also be seen in #672. I tried to enable the browser tests for Edge with that PR, but did not yet get it running properly. Still you can see in the PR how many tests have to be disabled for the Edge browser because either there is no API for the functionality or because it has not been implemented in SWT yet.

[eliasbalasis]

I understand the problem and even though there is still a temporary workaround using Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge at eclipse-lsp4e/lsp4e#820 it is not permanent and may start breaking going forward.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough familiarity to contribute, but I do need to stress the importance.

[Phillipus]

Even if Edge-related bugs are fixed a major issue to address is #213, and see this comment.

[eliasbalasis]

It starts sounding like the tip of the iceberg.

[eliasbalasis]

In relation to eclipse-lsp4e/lsp4e#820

On Eclipse 2023-09 with m2e 2.4.0
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge is not needed anymore on Windows OS.