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Open links to PDF files internally in Edge
RNalivaika I looped the PDF team in. Thanks to your feedback, they're making a bug for this and will be looking into it further!
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Hello RNalivaika
your link is correct, there is no difference between a download link and a PDF link, it's just how the browser handles the extensions (.PDF).
on Firefox the PDF opens inside the browser using that link, doesn't get downloaded (because of the settings in Firefox which recently got improved).
on Edge stable 83, that PDF is downloaded and not opened inside the browser (by default), again because of the settings in Edge which need to be improved.
Here is the solution:
let the PDF file download in Edge at least once, then right-click here and choose: "Always open with system viewer".
next time you open PDF files from a link, they will be automatically opened inside Edge.
I thought like that because when I open PDFs from my school website and some other websites, it does not download it and views it online without the option checked as shown in your reply and when I only went to that link, it started downloading the PDF. So I thought it would be that way but it wasn't.
Thank you for helping.
Apologies for the misinformation given and I will make it sure to take care that I don't spread misinformation anywhere in the future.
It's okay no worries, Edge is new born so it still has rough edges, but trying different browsers like Firefox, reveals the shortcomings.