Closed
Bug 1102552
Opened 10 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
[e10s] PDF files download rather than displaying in built-in PDF Viewer
Categories
(Firefox :: PDF Viewer, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INVALID
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e10s | + | --- |
People
(Reporter: rbarnes, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [pdfjs-c-integration])
In Nightly 36.0a1 (2014-11-20), e10s appears to break PDF viewing. STR: 1. Load a PDF that is supposed to display in the browser window, e.g., http://www.mathies.com/mozilla/pdf-test.pdf 2. Note that PDF document downloads rather than displaying Expected: PDF should display in Firefox.
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Updated•10 years ago
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tracking-e10s:
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Comment 2•10 years ago
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No, this does not reproduce in a clean profile. However, I'm not sure what about my profile would cause this sort of behavior. Under Preferences > Applications, the setting for PDF is still "Preview in Nightly".
Flags: needinfo?(rlb)
Comment 3•10 years ago
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(In reply to Richard Barnes [:rbarnes] from comment #2) > No, this does not reproduce in a clean profile. However, I'm not sure what > about my profile would cause this sort of behavior. Under Preferences > > Applications, the setting for PDF is still "Preview in Nightly". You can try disabling the addons and extensions to see which one is causing the issue.
Updated•10 years ago
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Blocks: e10s-addons
Summary: PDF files download rather than displaying → [e10s] PDF files download rather than displaying in built-in PDF Viewer
Comment 4•10 years ago
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Richard, was you able to find out what (addon?) causes PDF to be downloaded instead of viewed?
Flags: needinfo?(rlb)
Whiteboard: [pdfjs-c-integration]
Comment 5•10 years ago
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Yury: I think the problem is related to the "PDF Viewer 1.0.277" extension on AMO, not the PDF.js version bundled with Nightly 37: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdfjs/ I have my Preferences > Applications set to PDF "Preview in Nightly", but when I click a pdf link (in this case the "Patterson’s technical paper reads a bit like a manifesto" link on http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20141210-risc-v ), Nightly opens an empty new tab, downloads the pdf, and opens in in OS X's Preview.app. When I click a pdf link in an e10s window, I see the following error message in the browser console: > NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE: Async version must be used. nsHelperAppDlg.js:209:0 When I click a pdf link in a non-e10s window, I see the following error messages in the browser console: > undefined events.js:79 > Error: operation not possible on dead CPOW <unknown> > undefined events.js:79 > ReferenceError: PdfJsTelemetry is not defined PdfStreamConverter.jsm:903:4 > Error: operation not possible on dead CPOW <unknown>
Comment 6•10 years ago
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PDF.js extension and builtin PDF viewer are different products, and have two different release cycles. Currently PDF extension is not updated often. It's recommended to uninstall the extension, especially for non-release Firefox versions.
Comment 7•10 years ago
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The AMO version of the PDF.js extension was marked as incompatible with Firefox 35+ and was also downgraded to experimental. Closing bug as resolved.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(rlb)
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 8•9 years ago
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I have this same issue, no addons installed, in Nightly 38. The bug is still happening for me exactly as rbarnes described. To be explicit: .pdf's open in a non-e10s window using pdf.js as built-in to the browser (no addon) just fine. In e10s windows, .pdf's simply download. pdf.js is a nifty thing, so I hope we can still use it in e10s. Therefore, I hope this bug is not ignored. Thanks for your consideration.
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