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I have my preferences set to "Always Ask" for when I click on PDF files. Occasionally, I would prefer to open PDFs in the browser. However, if I select Firefox instead of Acrobat Reader from the dialog box, I get the same dialog again, because Firefox--rightly--interprets this as another request to open a PDF and since my preferences are "Always ask," that's what it does. I would like to be able to tell it not to ask in this one instance, while retaining my preference generally. I don't see a way to do this.

There are a couple of possible workarounds, none of which is entirely satisfactory. I could set my preferences to Preview in Firefox, and then if I prefer to open in Acrobat right-click, select Save As, and then open the local file. This is less than ideal because it adds a few steps and reverses my order of preference (most of the time I want to be asked so I can either open in Acrobat or save the file).

I could change my preferences on those rare occasions when I want to preview the file in Firefox but, again, this adds steps.

I could set the preferences to open the file in the browser and then click the download option. This might be the shortest workaround--just adds one step--but it is still an extra step and, again, reverses my preferred order.

I suspect there's no solution to this because it requires Firefox to be able to distinguish between a general preference and a specific preference, and that would(?) require extensive additional coding. But I figured I'd ask in case I'm overlooking something. Lacking that, if anyone has a more elegant workaround than the ones I've described, I'm open to suggestions!

Thanks.

I have my preferences set to "Always Ask" for when I click on PDF files. Occasionally, I would prefer to open PDFs in the browser. However, if I select Firefox instead of Acrobat Reader from the dialog box, I get the same dialog again, because Firefox--rightly--interprets this as another request to open a PDF and since my preferences are "Always ask," that's what it does. I would like to be able to tell it not to ask in this one instance, while retaining my preference generally. I don't see a way to do this. There are a couple of possible workarounds, none of which is entirely satisfactory. I could set my preferences to Preview in Firefox, and then if I prefer to open in Acrobat right-click, select Save As, and then open the local file. This is less than ideal because it adds a few steps and reverses my order of preference (most of the time I want to be asked so I can either open in Acrobat or save the file). I could change my preferences on those rare occasions when I want to preview the file in Firefox but, again, this adds steps. I could set the preferences to open the file in the browser and then click the download option. This might be the shortest workaround--just adds one step--but it is still an extra step and, again, reverses my preferred order. I suspect there's no solution to this because it requires Firefox to be able to distinguish between a general preference and a specific preference, and that would(?) require extensive additional coding. But I figured I'd ask in case I'm overlooking something. Lacking that, if anyone has a more elegant workaround than the ones I've described, I'm open to suggestions! Thanks.

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You are absolutely correct. There is also no "preview in firefox" context menu entry if right-clicking a pdf link. It really makes no sense.

I don't recall if Firefox always did this. It could be a regression introduced by the browser going through heavy re-wiring in every release.

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Thanks for getting back to me.

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I wish i had a solution, it would be more useful. Honestly it seems like a defect worthy of a bug report.

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How about an extension like Open in PDF Viewer ?

You could use the extension to open pdf's in Adobe. Otherwise, double-clicking a link would open Preview In Firefox.