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Description of the issue:
brave does not give option to open pdf file links in the browser (i.e. a new browser tab), it only gives the option to download it.
this issue has been discussed a number of times in the brave community but it is still not solved (at least not on my PC). I have read several posts on this issue here in the community, tried several suggested solutions, nothing worked so far.
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
click on the link to a pdf file in brave
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
a new brave browser window opens
a “save as” window pops up asking to name the file and save it
Expected result:
either:
upon clicking on the pdf file link, open a window giving the option to either download/save it or open it in a new browser window
open the file in a new browser window automatically (in that case, this behaviour should be selectable from browser settings (i.e. whether brave should either download/save or open it)
I expect this to be solved within brave without having to change windows default program to open pdfs! (firefox can do it, why can’t brave do it???)
Reproduces how often:
every time I click on a pdf file link
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
I tried the http://www.pdf995.com/samples/ and brave did open the pdfs in a new browser window, all good.
Reading the thread you shared Clicking on PDF links will prompt to save file instead of allowing to open it I conclude that the issue may be with special characters being encoded using % , while I did not test too many, I know that the pdfs I am having this issue with do have such encoding issues (being named with greek font).
Still a shame that brave did not manage to solve this yet.
yes, the brave://settings/content/pdfDocuments is set to open PDFs in browser etc.
the problem is not with the website, in other browsers these pdfs open nicely in the browser or I get the message window that allows me to choose whether to save/download or to open in browser.