Allow file or directory picker APIs to be called without prior user gesture

Category

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge

Scope

Both

Registry Key

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

Description

For security reasons, the showOpenFilePicker(), showSaveFilePicker() and showDirectoryPicker() web APIs require a prior user gesture ("transient activation") to be called or will otherwise fail. If you enable this policy, admins can specify origins on which these APIs can be called without prior user gesture. For detailed information on valid url patterns, please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. * is not an accepted value for this policy. If you disable or don't configure this policy, all origins will require a prior user gesture to call these APIs. Example value: https://www.example.com [*.]example.edu