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Finally found a fix how to stop firefox downloading each PDF to your local drive (connect.mozilla.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys

Today I got so annyed by firefox's default behaviour of downloading each and every PDF file to my disk that I went searching for a solution until I had the problem fixed. And it seems like I have finally found it. I have linked the solution but here is the fix in short:

go to about:config
change browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline to true

Thank you jscher2000 for the solution!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9785046

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't know whether they fixed it since, but last I checked that option was broken.
No matter what you select, half the time it still downloads the PDF to your drive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It even says in the description that these settings determine how firefox will handle them after downloading them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i have 'open in firefox' enabled on this pc for pdf. i never get a dl prompt. goes right to the internal pdf viewer every time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The problem is not that it gives a download prompt, but rather that it tosses the PDF file into your downloads folder unrequested.
It opens the PDF in the internal PDF viewer as well, but that is not the thing people are having issues with.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

NONE of the files i tested it on triggered the download prompt, populated the download status of the browser, or appeared in my default downloads location during their 'viewing' or after.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Great that it seems to work for you, but I've been experiencing this bug for months now if not longer.
I made the changes OP suggested, and now it seems to work correctly.