How to turn on and use the favourites bar in Microsoft Edge
Turning on the Favourites Bar
The favourites bar is a quick access area where you can quickly click any website that you have set as a favourite from the main screen of the Edge web browser.
Click the three horizontal dots in the top right corner and select Favorites:

A new window will open.
1. Again click the three horizontal dots in its top right corner.
2. Click Show Favorites Bar
3. Click Always

Using the Favorites Bar and adding bookmarks
Now that the bar is enabled, you can simply visit any website and then click the star in the top right corner:

Doing so will add the bookmark onto the bar as highlighted above. If you click that bookmark at any time, it will take you to the saved website.