NOTE: I prefer setting the filename on the server side as you may have more information and can use common code.
If you are using HTML5 and I guess nowadays everyone uses that , there is an attribute called download. Here filename is optional, but if provided, it will take this name for the downloaded file.
If you don't want the browser to prompt the user then use "inline" for the third string instead of "attachment". Inline works very well. The PDF display immediately without asking the user to click on Open. I've used "attachment" and this will prompt the user for Open, Save. I've tried to change the browser setting nut it doesn't prevent the prompt. I had the same issue and most of the above answers should resolve your issue.
After brainstorming and trying for many hours. The Culprit was firefox , well in a way it was me. Nervous Laughter. By default , when you open a pdf file in firefox, it will provide you with a popup to either save the pdf file or to open it directly and there is also a check box which says do this action automatically from now on and guess who selected it. Due to this mistake, my pdf was being downloaded rather than viewed , even if had all the required headers in response.
This is a simple mistake but cost me a good amount of time. To resolve this, just go to settings and search for applications and change pdf setting to whatever you need. If the PDF file is inside some folder and that folder doesn't have permission to access files in that folder directly then you have to bypass some file access restrictions using.
If you link to a. PDF it will open in the browser. If the box is unchecked it should link to a. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How do I force files to open in the browser instead of downloading PDF? Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 6 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed k times. I tried using the embed tag and an iframe, but it only works when that option is checked.
What can I do? Improve this question. Peter Mortensen Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Quentin k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. ColinM ColinM Taboada but then the user's system may not know the file type.
Perhaps if you want to override the user's preferences then octet-stream would be the way to go, but giving the correct type and a suggested filename is the "correct" way to provide a download. So my question is should the content type be set before uploading? And also, we get only a link from the backend team, a url that gives the file path, that we open in new tab using:window. Kailas I don't understand what you're trying to do.. These headers have no effect on a file upload, you need to have the code behind the url set the headers every time it is downloaded by the client.
ColinM Thanks buddy, you said it right, the issue when we debugged was the mime type was set while uploading the files. This should be done by the back-end team. I tried to get codes on how to add headers in java script but was not successful. Thanks, as I got the real idea cleared from you Show 2 more comments. It uses the custom filename specified on the view side. Christophe Roussy Christophe Roussy Akshay Akshay 2, 3 3 gold badges 33 33 silver badges 70 70 bronze badges.
If you have control over the server code you should use 'attachement' as this will allow to use the same filename generation code. If you have no control over the server this is a good solution. This is a brilliant solution to the problem however, as always, IE is holding us back from using it: caniuse. Important to note that this does not work across domains e.
If downloading from one domain, the download attribute will not work if content is stored on a different domain. CORS may allow that content to pass through haven't tested. Yes figured! This procedure works on Gutenberg Paragraph and List blocks. When I change the blocks to a bulleted list, it makes it one block. Hi Laura, I agree, there are some issue with Gutenberg that need to be worked out.
Not being able to easily link to files from within a block is unacceptable. There are a couple things you can do to work around the PDF issue. That allows you to continue to use the classic editor with WordPress 5. If you want to continue using the Block editor, you can link to pdf files by going to the Media manager and copying the pdf link.
Then create a link in the list and paste the pdf url. Why should we have to go to all of that effort simply to have a capability that already existed. Frankly the difficulties in linking to a pdf with the new Gutenberg version of WordPress are completely unacceptable. I would strongly discourage anyone from using WordPress given the complete insensitivity of WordPress to its users.
This is absolutely unacceptable and we will be discontinuing all of their products. I am pissed!! I have an alternative method I use to add media to lists.
I simply create a classic block and do the list there, complete with an add media button. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Call Email.
Select the File block. If you are uploading a PDF, it will automatically upload to your media folder.
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