Closed Bug 1661610 Opened 5 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Open inline PDFs directly

Categories

(Firefox :: PDF Viewer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
PDF Viewer
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 10
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1660277
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox82 --- affected

People

(Reporter: mt, Unassigned)

Details

It used to be that when you open a PDF, the PDF would open in a tab.

See for example https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/993.pdf, which explicitly sets Content-Disposition: inline, so the download dialog was not previously opened.

The recent changes cause the download dialog to open always, even for content that the site explicitly requests be displayed inline. The net result is two regressions:

  1. the download prompt is shown, which requires an additional click
  2. the URL displayed is file:///C:/Users/$USER/AppData/Local/Temp/2018-993.pdf, which is not useful

That PDF still opens in a new tab for me. What is your setting for Preferences->Applications->Portable Document Format (PDF)?

Flags: needinfo?(mt)

I bet this is bug 1661432, which has accidentally changed uses to "Always Ask" for PDFs.

Seems plausible. Mine was "Always Ask" (which I've since corrected).

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(mt)
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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