History of View PDF files in Firefox or choose another viewer Category: How to Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Mar 14, 2024, 7:49:09 AM Current MT Lucas Siebert Bug 1867513. {for fx124} -> {for fx125} Jan 18, 2024, 5:00:15 AM Approved M Mozinet fixed lines and spaces (RFL?) Jan 17, 2024, 6:36:37 AM Approved AliceWyman Highlight in PDF files: {for fx124} (bug 1867830) Jan 17, 2024, 6:26:06 AM Approved M AliceWyman Highlight in PDF files: hidden for now. Please approve RFL (see bug 1867830) Jan 16, 2024, 2:48:09 AM Reviewed M AliceWyman Empty edit (mark RFL?) - see discussion Highlight Editor off by default in 122? (bug 1867830) Jan 15, 2024, 7:29:33 AM Approved AliceWyman Highlight in PDF files {for fx122} -> {for fx123} Staff review/approval required ... and removed useless link Jan 10, 2024, 6:58:08 AM Approved MT Lucas Siebert Bug 1867830 - Instructions for highlighting in PDF files added using {for fx122} Nov 20, 2023, 3:54:39 AM Approved M Lucas Siebert Note about prompt for setting Firefox as the deault PDF viewer (V120) Nov 11, 2023, 5:48:07 AM Approved AliceWyman Add an image... Alt text: list markup Nov 3, 2023, 2:52:38 AM Approved M AliceWyman Add an image...: removed 3rd-level headings to shorten TOC; separate Alt Text steps Nov 3, 2023, 2:34:32 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman single heading: =Use Firefox’s built-in PDF Viewer= Nov 3, 2023, 1:45:51 AM Approved M Mozinet click on/click harmonization, standard character encoding, proper image in list code, and minor edits Oct 25, 2023, 6:53:54 AM Approved M AliceWyman Add an image... is {for fx119}; note about availability (gradual rollout - see discussion) Oct 24, 2023, 11:13:09 PM Approved M Lucas Siebert Reorganized the content order and headings Oct 24, 2023, 8:48:43 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman Add an image... note about availability (see discussion) Oct 24, 2023, 2:28:15 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman Add an image... is for fx119+ (gradual rollout per 119 release notes -see discussion) Oct 24, 2023, 12:14:10 AM Approved MT Lucas Siebert Bug 1858198 Aug 5, 2023, 12:23:11 PM Reviewed M Medhasree Suram I have added the picture for Linux - Applications drop down menu. Feb 27, 2023, 6:08:21 PM Approved M AliceWyman deleted pre-fx98 content Feb 27, 2023, 10:26:22 AM Approved M cor-el fixed missing trailing ';' in Ctrl/Command++ Oct 14, 2022, 1:11:44 AM Approved M Lan updated toolbar Oct 12, 2022, 6:07:02 AM Approved M Paul Request from Product to split Annotate out under it's own heading Oct 11, 2022, 7:10:53 AM Approved M AliceWyman Annotate for fx106 Oct 11, 2022, 6:01:56 AM Approved M Paul Added annotation controls ahead of Fx 106 Sep 27, 2022, 6:08:02 PM Approved M Lan Updated screenshots Aug 21, 2022, 11:11:55 PM Approved M AliceWyman Article has a generated share link. Removed extra link. Jul 16, 2022, 11:41:20 AM Unreviewed Artist replaced share link (removed en-us) to lead to each corresponding locale Apr 28, 2022, 1:01:51 AM Approved AliceWyman small edit to last revision Apr 28, 2022, 12:56:33 AM Approved M AliceWyman Firefox’s built-in PDF Viewer: This is the "Open in Firefox" setting Apr 26, 2022, 11:25:08 PM Approved Denys Fixed a misprint. Apr 24, 2022, 12:08:07 PM Approved M Andrew Edit shortcuts to match https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly#w_pdf-viewer Apr 23, 2022, 10:00:23 PM Approved M AliceWyman edited search summary, third-party-> different, other edits Apr 23, 2022, 9:09:22 PM Approved M AliceWyman Use a third-party PDF viewer for downloaded PDF files: edit for mac Apr 22, 2022, 11:45:47 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Use a third-party PDF viewer for downloaded PDF files" edits for fx98 (needs review & image for mac) Apr 21, 2022, 1:47:36 AM Approved M AliceWyman Use a third-party PDF viewer for downloaded PDF files: update for mac Apr 20, 2022, 4:25:19 PM Approved M AliceWyman Use a third-party PDF viewer for downloaded PDF files: new images, other edits (need to review for mac) Apr 20, 2022, 3:16:03 PM Approved M AliceWyman Choose another PDF viewer or set Firefox to always ask: New section with note for fx98 Apr 20, 2022, 2:46:15 PM Approved M AliceWyman Firefox’s built-in PDF Viewer: new Image, how to save PDF file Mar 29, 2022, 4:23:05 AM Approved AliceWyman updated link to renamed article Mar 3, 2022, 5:56:59 AM Approved AliceWyman updated link to renamed article, removed pre-fx91 content Jan 26, 2022, 6:01:38 AM Approved Bithiah Placed link for sharing Jul 20, 2021, 5:52:39 PM Approved M AliceWyman reorganized sections and removed pre-fx78 content Mar 24, 2021, 11:03:24 AM Approved Jeff Minor punctuation updates. Dec 6, 2020, 10:56:52 PM Approved M Pascal Chevrel Acroform support was shipped in Firefox 83, not 81 (81 had an experiment only) Sep 11, 2020, 3:45:48 AM Approved M Angela Lazar New Fx 81 feature, fill out interactive PDFs Aug 19, 2020, 2:13:34 AM Approved PGGWriter Made small improvements to article readability Jul 13, 2020, 11:34:01 AM Approved Artist removed duplicate "the" (and spare spaces) Jul 12, 2020, 8:17:21 PM Approved M YD Error on keyboard shortcuts corrected Jul 12, 2020, 6:46:13 AM Approved M AliceWyman {for fx78} Set Firefox to ask you what to do with PDF files; other edits Jul 7, 2020, 11:00:21 PM Approved Hopeless Host added "Page Up" and "Page Down" shortcut keys PDF viewer section Jun 5, 2020, 6:04:49 AM Approved M AliceWyman new Applications-PDF images for mac Jun 5, 2020, 12:05:58 AM Approved M AliceWyman [fx77] "Preview->Open in Firefox" since fx77 ( bug 1581383) Jun 4, 2020, 11:48:18 PM Approved M AliceWyman [fx78] "Open in Firefox" is also for mac, linux (see discussion) Jun 4, 2020, 3:38:30 AM Approved M AliceWyman update for win, fx78 (bug 1506416) May 29, 2020, 4:16:35 AM Approved M AliceWyman Disable the built-in PDF viewer and use another viewer: added note on "Preview in Firefox", removed outdated content May 29, 2020, 3:11:26 AM Approved AliceWyman Search summary edited, other small revisions; see discussion on article title May 12, 2020, 7:49:44 AM Approved M Angela Lazar Changes for Bug 1631359 and removing old content Sep 13, 2017, 3:20:47 AM Approved M Artist exclude the plugin part after fx52, pls also see discussion Sep 10, 2017, 9:07:43 PM Approved M AliceWyman [Fx55] mimeTypes.rdf file changed to handlers.json (bug 1287658) Sep 10, 2017, 7:22:48 PM Unreviewed philipp adapt troubleshooting info for firefox 56 Oct 19, 2016, 10:59:39 PM Approved M AliceWyman Using a PDF viewer plugin: reworded Oct 19, 2016, 10:30:46 PM Approved M AliceWyman Using a PDF viewer plugin: Adobe Reader plugin name is "Adobe Acrobat" Oct 14, 2016, 10:02:01 PM Approved M AliceWyman PluginSupportEOL template added (bug 1269807) and other edits Sep 6, 2016, 9:09:01 AM Approved M AliceWyman Using another PDF viewer: reworded, changed Mac warning. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pdf-files-are-blank-or-cause-error-message-mac/discuss/6789 Sep 5, 2016, 1:00:46 AM Approved Tonnes remove "to", add space Sep 4, 2016, 9:35:03 PM Approved M AliceWyman added warning for mac not to use the Adobe Acrobat plugin; other edits Sep 4, 2016, 9:02:37 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman changed Intro, new "Using another PDF viewer" heading, other edits Sep 4, 2016, 6:09:58 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman removed link to Schubert|it PDF Browser Plugin for Mac (no longer available) Sep 2, 2016, 5:37:38 AM Reviewed M AliceWyman updated article, removed outdated content Dec 2, 2014, 1:30:16 PM Approved scootergrisen Maybe better to see what text goes with what image Oct 21, 2014, 1:47:25 AM Approved Lan Big letter keys and removed ShareArticle Mar 18, 2014, 12:18:28 PM Approved Jesant13 I added a period. Aug 12, 2013, 5:30:41 PM Approved M AliceWyman shorcuts -> keyboard shortcuts Jul 3, 2013, 6:45:28 PM Unreviewed scoobidiver PDF Viewer shortcuts Mar 2, 2013, 1:03:21 AM Approved Tonnes typos Mar 1, 2013, 1:30:22 AM Approved M Michael Verdi Addressing issues in discussion thread https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downloading-them/discuss/4755#post-8134 Feb 26, 2013, 5:43:38 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi Another version combining Alice and Madperson's edits, added section about the toolbar functions, removed mac only section that is no longer applicable Feb 24, 2013, 12:40:26 PM Approved M AliceWyman incorporating revision by madperson with other changes - see discussion Feb 23, 2013, 7:07:58 AM Approved M philipp in firefox 19 "portable document format (pdf)" has to be changed to use a third party PDF plugin to work in firefox Feb 19, 2013, 6:25:08 AM Approved Michael Verdi fixed typo Feb 19, 2013, 2:54:02 AM Approved M Michael Verdi removed keywords already in the article Feb 19, 2013, 2:51:23 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi Updates for Fx 19 - PDF viewer now built-in Oct 8, 2012, 7:23:40 PM Approved M scoobidiver fixed links, downloading instead of disabling, blank pdf on Mac, OS X 10.5 case, removed useless for Oct 6, 2012, 8:37:52 PM Approved M ideato mozillazine link to MimeTypes.rdf Sep 8, 2012, 3:58:58 AM Approved Aleksej not telling NoScript users to disable it completely Jul 31, 2012, 5:27:33 AM Approved M Michael Verdi removed mac case for blank pdfs (resolved), removed fx3.6 info Jun 21, 2012, 7:46:37 PM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template Jun 20, 2012, 2:27:15 AM Approved M Michael Verdi based on the last revision, added new summary May 14, 2012, 12:52:34 AM Unreviewed Underpass added "Nitro PDF reader" to the PDF readers for Windows May 10, 2012, 8:38:57 AM Approved M Michael Verdi simplifed intro May 9, 2012, 5:56:40 PM Approved M scoobidiver PDF Viewer official name of PDF.js, new UI (image edited in Media Gallery) May 9, 2012, 10:01:23 AM Unreviewed Nybble Rewrote the intro para. as a bulleted list for increased readability. Commas added to summary. May 8, 2012, 12:15:24 AM Unreviewed mgatkin Just fixed a couple of grammatical errors that I noticed May 7, 2012, 8:39:40 AM Approved M Michael Verdi shorter version of Matt's new summary May 7, 2012, 8:20:33 AM Approved M Matt_G Added "blank" to the search summary. This is a top issue right now and we don't specifically mention it in the article. Apr 25, 2012, 11:20:47 AM Approved M Michael Verdi added a section for a mac issue with the adobe reader plugin Mar 30, 2012, 7:23:08 PM Approved M scoobidiver added note about pdf.js in Beta, removed fr/ Mar 26, 2012, 3:35:29 AM Unreviewed scoobidiver added pdf.js, added keywords Nov 1, 2011, 9:33:33 AM Approved M Thomas No option in Linux (German preferences page: http://img7.imagebanana.com/img/eajr324y/BildschirmfotoVoreinstellungen.png) Jul 6, 2011, 7:46:05 PM Approved M scoobidiver removed ref. to Adobe Reader on Mac, reworded last sentence in each section Jul 4, 2011, 3:14:14 AM Unreviewed scoobidiver merged Mac and Win/Linux parts, added other PDF plugins, removed "re-install the plugin" section as the local folder is no longer used, fixed displaying issues and broken links, added summary May 13, 2010, 2:41:01 AM Unreviewed Chris Ilias specify that "Only the first page is visible" only applies to Leopard and below. 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