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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Apr 19, 2019

FYI regarding PDFs

Feedback: Following "Try It" request. I tried this in both Dev & Canary.  I used the highlighted method. They opened fine, all 'controls' worked just fine.  Whole effort was or seemed snag-free. ...
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SCook1280
Brass Contributor
Apr 21, 2019

 Drew1903   I found it. In Settings>Site Permissions>PDF documents > Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them was set to on. I honestly don't remember turning this setting on when I first setup Edge Dev. 

I did install Canary and tried it without doing any changes except signing in and it worked perfectly. So I compared each setting between the two and noticed the difference (wasn't turned on in cannery) made the change and everything worked. If I turn on again it breaks again just keeps going back to the save to  download folder. 

Like I said I don't remember turning the setting on and it didn't get turned off when I used the Reset Settings option. I'm curious if this setting change causes problems for others or if it's just me.

Also like the Canary build too. I'm going to keep it setup basic might come in handy in the future.

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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Apr 21, 2019

SCook1280 

So glad & good to hear, to know you discovered the problem 👍👍 🍻.  'Tis a bit odd as it, certainly, is Off by default.  No wonder it made no bleedin sense!  Sometimes it's best to just be happy with a solve than, (try to) find or explain the cause OR to put it another way, "fun with 'puters".

Myself, I run both Dev & Canary.  Just find it interesting and intriguing seeing them develop and fun comparing them.

Cheers,
Drew

  • Harald Polz's avatar
    Harald Polz
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 21, 2019
    I encountered no problems using pdf files with Canary. But I am missing the options available in current Edge.