1839655 - I just want to open a .pdf file online . . . but Firefox insists on downloading it!

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1839692

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[nhcowboy1]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/113.0

Steps to reproduce:

Settings gives me multiple options for handling a .pdf file, including (1) Open in Firefox; (2) Always ask; and (3) Save File.

If I select "Open in Firefox," the file will open in my existing window.
If I select "Save File," the file downloads to my desktop.

The problem arises when I select "Always ask."

When then I access a .pdf file, I am asked if I want to open the file or download the file.

I select "Open in Firefox" - so that I can view the .pdf without downloading it.

Actual results:

The file opens (in a new tab!) and simultaneously downloads to my desktop.

Expected results:

When I select "Open in Firefox," the file should open, but NOT download.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839692#c3