Policy
Allow file or directory picker APIs to be called without prior user gesture
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
For security reasons, the showOpenFilePicker(), showSaveFilePicker(), and showDirectoryPicker() web APIs require a prior user gesture ("transient activation") to be called; else, they 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, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. * isn't 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
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allow file or directory picker APIs to be called without prior user gesture ID FileOrDirectoryPickerWithoutGestureAllowedForOriginsDesc | list | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileOrDirectoryPickerWithoutGestureAllowedForOrigins Value name 1, 2, … Type REG_SZ | List: standard |