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joshnystrom
Copper Contributor
Dec 05, 2022

Allow domain-based exclusion for "Always download PDF files" behaviour

In our Enterprise, having the "Always download PDF files" setting as a simple toggle is overly restrictive. I would like the Edge product team to consider implementing a domain-based exclusions list ...
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Kelly_Y
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Dec 05, 2022

joshnystrom Hello!  Thanks for sending your feedback!  I can see we have it on our backlog to update the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy to allow an exception list but there is no ETA for when this will be available.  

 

Currently, there is limited support for XFA in Microsoft Edge via the PDFXFAEnabled policy (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#pdfxfaenabled)  Maybe this is something you can test for your scenario.  

 

-Kelly

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    MBraun01
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 26, 2024
    Ditto on this request. Kelly_Y please update when this is available!

    Thank you,
    Matt
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    tylderlurden
    Brass Contributor
    May 14, 2024
    How is the back log going? Would love this
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    thesquirrel1130
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 07, 2024

    Kelly_Y 

     

    I 2nd this request.  We have some websites that expect and require Edge to open the PDF natively. However, we would like it to open the system PDF viewer in all other cases.

     

    What is the status of this request?

     

    -Eli

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    joshnystrom
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 16, 2022

    Hi Kelly_Y!

    Thank you for clarifying that this feature is on the product backlog. Such an addition would be a great improvement for teams such as ours.

     

    I enabled the limited XFA support on my system but found that in one of our commonly used XFA forms, the form field labels did not render. I will work with our Forms group to determine if it is a fonts issue or something else. I appreciate you making me aware of that feature, even if it does not yet improve our situation.

     

    Thank you,

    Josh

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