How to block automatic loading and opening pdf files in browser
It seems like something has changed recently, I don't remember having such problem before. As you can see on one of my pictures I have browser settings changed to always ask what to do with every file extension, yet encountering link to pdf file it loaded automaticly in special frame instead of showing just link to it. I included pictures of this frame, settings and another screenshot of the same website in Opera browser with similar settings where nothing loads itself.
Link to the problematic comment with auto-loading pdf: https://kodluch.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/30-09-2021-syria-2187-dzien-sprzatania-swiata/#comment-115906
Is there any way to block such pdf-frames in current version of Firefox?
Martin
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You may have encountered the issue(s) mentioned here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1725921 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1347907#answer-1436949 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1349133#answer-1439707 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1726501
In my case it affects local pdf files only. I have made the following true in about:config. It means you can't use Firefox as a pdf viewer but that's no loss in my view. pdfjs.disabled
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You may have encountered the issue(s) mentioned here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1725921 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1347907#answer-1436949 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1349133#answer-1439707 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1726501
In my case it affects local pdf files only. I have made the following true in about:config. It means you can't use Firefox as a pdf viewer but that's no loss in my view. pdfjs.disabled
Note that this happens if, like in the case, the PDF file is send as application/pdf.
Hmm, this seems to be a feature of the wordpress.com site: https://wordpress.com/support/embedding-a-pdf-file/
However, I am seeing a normal link, so maybe first time visitors don't get the embedded PDF treatment??
Thx for the answers. Seems like that auto-embedding pdfs is a wordpress feature as jscher2000 said. Comment poster on wordpress fixed it by adding dot in the beginning of the link that's why it doesn't load itself anymore. Example embedding from wordpress support shows the same frame as in original post - https://wordpress.com/support/embedding-a-pdf-file/ and TerryN21 method with blocking pdfs in config worked well! Now I see "click to access" just like in Opera and clicking it downloads file. :)
Problem solved, thx alot!
