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Links within PDFs don't work

kitka
kitka
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I am viewing a PDF in the browser (version 56) and I am unable to click on links in the document. I can do so in other browsers. Is it a setting I need to enable?

I am viewing a PDF in the browser (version 56) and I am unable to click on links in the document. I can do so in other browsers. Is it a setting I need to enable?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It may be a limitation of the built-in viewer.

The viewer should recognize links that were created by Acrobat or another PDF creation tool that place a transparent clickable area over text or a URL.

However, if there is a bare URL in the text, Firefox's viewer may not automatically "linkify" it like Adobe Reader does. You may be able to select the URL and use right-click > Open Link in New Tab for those.