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Not open new tab (empty) when clicking on a .pdf link that can't be read in FF (no plug-in for pdf)

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Nicomm
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When I click on a pdf file that should be able to be open in Firefox (with plug-in), FF open a new empty tab and ask to open or save the file.

I would like that in case of FF not being able to open the pdf file, it skips the "open empty tab" part and directly go to "open/save" part.

Is there a way, server side, to tell FF to do so or is there only only client side solution ?


NB : In case that pdf can be open in FF, or any other browser, it should still be open in the browser and not be asking to "open/save", the point is only the empty tab.

When I click on a pdf file that should be able to be open in Firefox (with plug-in), FF open a new empty tab and ask to open or save the file. I would like that in case of FF not being able to open the pdf file, it skips the "open empty tab" part and directly go to "open/save" part. Is there a way, server side, to tell FF to do so or is there only only client side solution ? NB : In case that pdf can be open in FF, or any other browser, it should still be open in the browser and not be asking to "open/save", the point is only the empty tab.