What happened?
We are setting webView2.CoreWebView2.Settings.IsStatusBarEnabled = false inside our webView2.CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted event handler but this does work on the beta version. It still works properly on stable.
Importance
Moderate. My app's user experience is affected, but still usable.
Runtime Channel
Prerelease (Edge Canary/Dev/Beta)
Runtime Version
149.0.4022.33 beta
SDK Version
1.0.3405.78
Framework
Winforms
Operating System
Windows 11
OS Version
26200.8390
Repro steps
When you run the code below and have the WebView2 beta installed then when hovering over the Google link you will see the statusbar in the bottom-left corner despite it being explicitly disabled.
Do not that this issue does not reproduce consistently in this test application, however in our actual applications it always reproduces since this beta version (149+), we cannot get it to reproduce consistently in the test application thus far.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.Web.WebView2.WinForms;
namespace WebView2StatusBarIssue
{
static class Program
{
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
// Tested on 28 May 2026:
// - The Stable channel (148) does not have this issue
// - The Beta channel (149) does have this issue, sometimes
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("WEBVIEW2_RELEASE_CHANNEL_PREFERENCE", "1"); // enable Beta channel if Edge Beta is installed
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(CreateTestForm());
}
public static Form CreateTestForm()
{
var form = new Form
{
Size = new Size(1280, 1024)
};
var webView2 = new WebView2
{
Dock = DockStyle.Fill
};
webView2.EnsureCoreWebView2Async();
webView2.CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted += (sender, e) =>
{
webView2.CoreWebView2.Settings.IsStatusBarEnabled = false;
webView2.CoreWebView2.NavigateToString(
@"<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href='https://www.google.com'>Navigate to Google</a>
</html>");
};
form.Controls.Add(webView2);
return form;
}
}
}
Repros in Edge Browser
No, issue does not reproduce in the corresponding Edge version
Regression
Regression in newer Runtime
Last working version (if regression)
148.0.3967.83
What happened?
We are setting
webView2.CoreWebView2.Settings.IsStatusBarEnabled = falseinside ourwebView2.CoreWebView2InitializationCompletedevent handler but this does work on the beta version. It still works properly on stable.Importance
Moderate. My app's user experience is affected, but still usable.
Runtime Channel
Prerelease (Edge Canary/Dev/Beta)
Runtime Version
149.0.4022.33 beta
SDK Version
1.0.3405.78
Framework
Winforms
Operating System
Windows 11
OS Version
26200.8390
Repro steps
When you run the code below and have the WebView2 beta installed then when hovering over the Google link you will see the statusbar in the bottom-left corner despite it being explicitly disabled.
Do not that this issue does not reproduce consistently in this test application, however in our actual applications it always reproduces since this beta version (149+), we cannot get it to reproduce consistently in the test application thus far.
Repros in Edge Browser
No, issue does not reproduce in the corresponding Edge version
Regression
Regression in newer Runtime
Last working version (if regression)
148.0.3967.83