Have a bunch of pdf files I want to display on a web page like google books. I do not want them to be possible to download, or at least hinder it. Here is a pdf viewer in javascript and html called pdf. However, in order for the pdf to get to the browser, it will still need to be downloaded. There is no way to display something in a browser without downloading it. It may take a bit of work to find the original asset looking through the network tab in chrome dev tools but the original pdf will still be downloaded.
Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. I tried setting Edge as my default app for opening PDF files, but this has no effect on opening of links.
Is it possible to make Edge display PDF files without putting them to user's downloads folder? Both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox do this fine. View best response. You can open. If i click a link to or just paste the link in Firefox, i get it opened internally, see screenshot below. Internet Explorer works the same, but not Edge..
I thought like that because when I open PDFs from my school website and some other websites, it does not download it and views it online without the option checked as shown in your reply and when I only went to that link, it started downloading the PDF.
So I thought it would be that way but it wasn't. Apologies for the misinformation given and I will make it sure to take care that I don't spread misinformation anywhere in the future.
Hello HotCakeX and thanks for your input. That helps a bit, but does not solve the issue completely. It is not desirable that the PDF file lands in downloads folder. Some users who quickly review tens and hundreds of PDFs each day will quickly make their downloads folder messy. It's okay no worries, Edge is new born so it still has rough edges, but trying different browsers like Firefox, reveals the shortcomings.
Hi, I think Edge needs improvements there, you can send that PDF link along with a problem description as feedback using Edge feedback button and hopefully the devs will fix this in the future.
Firefox opens All PDF files internally by default, without exception, and if the user wants PDF files to be downloaded instead, they can go to the Firefox settings and change this behavior. RNalivaika Hi Ruslan, thanks for reaching out. I'll bring this up with the team and let you know if there are any insights to share.
Thanks to your feedback, they're making a bug for this and will be looking into it further! Products 74 Special Topics 42 Video Hub Most Active Hubs Microsoft Teams.
It seems to justbe affecting PDF documents. Hi Gary, please check your settings on the Options page, Applications section. This article will get you to the spot even if the title isn't exactly what you're aiming for : View PDF files in Firefox or choose another viewer. The PDF settings may have changed because the Adobe Acrobat plugin is no longer enabled in the regular release of Firefox 52 and later. No plugins other than Flash run in those versions. Users who were automatically directing PDFs to that plugin would have an invalid setting that might not get switched back to the built-in PDF Viewer for one reason or another.
Sometimes the settings file which stores these application handling preferences becomes corrupted. Since it has a somewhat inscrutable XML-based format, we generally recommend letting Firefox rebuild it from scratch. And this is how This should launch a new window listing various files and folders.
Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename mimeTypes. Easy way to try first.
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