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Microsoft is adding dual-screen support to F12 Dev Tools in Chromium

In order to boost Surface Duo support by third-parties, Microsoft is working to add a dual-screen device support to the Chromium code base, which can be later used in both Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and possibly by other Chromium-based browsers.

Besides Microsoft's very own devices, the code will support other devices, such as Galaxy Fold made by Samsung.

Microsoft Foldable Surface Duo

The updated emulator will receive the following capabilities:

  1. The following Dual-screen device support: Surface Duo and Samsung Galaxy Fold.
  2. The ability to detect both horizontal spanned and vertical spanned modes for dual screen device orientation.
  3. Hinge detection and its proper support.
  4. A new controls to manage the second screen contents.

Chromium Dual Screen Support 1Chromium Dual Screen Support 2Chromium Dual Screen Support 3

The new options will become available with an experimental flag, and eventually reach the stable branch of Chromium-based browsers.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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