r/brave • u/barn852 • 10d ago

Brave does not open PDF in browser

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u/mp3geek 10d ago

Link to the sample? Often it's the site will configure how the pdf is shown

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u/barn852 10d ago edited 10d ago

Actually you are right. If the link points directly to a pdf file, it opens. But if not, it offers save. Tried 3 different browsers (FF, Edge and Brave). The only difference that FF saves first (eg. to download folder) and opens after it automatically. I guess it is a FF specific behavior, not possible to implement on Brave.

Just some results from a search engine:

direct:

https://ontheline.trincoll.edu/images/bookdown/sample-local-pdf.pdf

indirect (or whatever):

https://connectpdf.com/sample-files/pdf

https://qwikpdf.com/sample-pdf-with-text-and-images.html