Prevent blank tab on PDF download in Google Chrome
Sometimes when I download a PDF, Chrome will open a new blank tab, how do I prevent this?
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Sometimes when I download a PDF, Chrome will open a new blank tab, how do I prevent this?
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asked Feb 21 '10 at 18:22
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Sometimes when I download a PDF, Chrome will open a new blank tab, how do I prevent this?
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asked Feb 21 '10 at 18:22
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95321016
Sometimes when I download a PDF, Chrome will open a new blank tab, how do I prevent this?
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The only way to stop the blank page is to use Right Click and Save Link As.
Since Chrome does not natively support an embedded PDF reader it assumes the PDF link is trying to open another page. It then let's the file system take over allowing your PDF reader to open the actual file. It doesn't have any facility to close the new tab that opened as it assumes it is being used for displaying the file.
However there is good news. You can use the Docs Preview Extension to preview all these documents in Chrome and it will stop this behaviour since the files will open in Chrome.
Newer versions of Chrome does support embedded PDF viewing so a lot of this answer is obsolete
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
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I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
|
show 5 more comments
Okay, I got it to do this finally.
Go to
about:pluginsand disable the Adobe Acrobat Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and NetscapeOpen Adobe Acrobat and go to
edit --> preferences --> internetand uncheck "display PDF in browser"
(Steps 1 and 2 might be redundant, but this is what I did and it worked.)
- Click on a PDF link. Depending on your settings, you will either get a popup asking where to save the PDF, or the PDF will save automatically to your specified directory. If you want all PDFs to auto-open, click the little arrow to the right of a PDF download, and select "Always open this type of file".
Hope that helps.
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
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To open up PDF's in Chrome automatically without it downloading first, you will need to reset the Chrome browser.
Restart the machine and when the file is being opened, go to the bottom and click the Always open in Adobe Reader option.
If the Always open doesn't show up on the bottom, make the window that pop-ups smaller so the bottom shows.
Open Adobe and then go to Edit > Preference > Internet > uncheck Display in Read mode by Default.
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
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The only way to stop the blank page is to use Right Click and Save Link As.
Since Chrome does not natively support an embedded PDF reader it assumes the PDF link is trying to open another page. It then let's the file system take over allowing your PDF reader to open the actual file. It doesn't have any facility to close the new tab that opened as it assumes it is being used for displaying the file.
However there is good news. You can use the Docs Preview Extension to preview all these documents in Chrome and it will stop this behaviour since the files will open in Chrome.
Newer versions of Chrome does support embedded PDF viewing so a lot of this answer is obsolete
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
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I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
|
show 5 more comments
The only way to stop the blank page is to use Right Click and Save Link As.
Since Chrome does not natively support an embedded PDF reader it assumes the PDF link is trying to open another page. It then let's the file system take over allowing your PDF reader to open the actual file. It doesn't have any facility to close the new tab that opened as it assumes it is being used for displaying the file.
However there is good news. You can use the Docs Preview Extension to preview all these documents in Chrome and it will stop this behaviour since the files will open in Chrome.
Newer versions of Chrome does support embedded PDF viewing so a lot of this answer is obsolete
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
18.8k106276
I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
|
show 5 more comments
The only way to stop the blank page is to use Right Click and Save Link As.
Since Chrome does not natively support an embedded PDF reader it assumes the PDF link is trying to open another page. It then let's the file system take over allowing your PDF reader to open the actual file. It doesn't have any facility to close the new tab that opened as it assumes it is being used for displaying the file.
However there is good news. You can use the Docs Preview Extension to preview all these documents in Chrome and it will stop this behaviour since the files will open in Chrome.
Newer versions of Chrome does support embedded PDF viewing so a lot of this answer is obsolete
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
18.8k106276
The only way to stop the blank page is to use Right Click and Save Link As.
Since Chrome does not natively support an embedded PDF reader it assumes the PDF link is trying to open another page. It then let's the file system take over allowing your PDF reader to open the actual file. It doesn't have any facility to close the new tab that opened as it assumes it is being used for displaying the file.
However there is good news. You can use the Docs Preview Extension to preview all these documents in Chrome and it will stop this behaviour since the files will open in Chrome.
Newer versions of Chrome does support embedded PDF viewing so a lot of this answer is obsolete
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
18.8k106276
edited Dec 3 '12 at 6:25
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
18.8k106276
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
18.8k106276
answered Feb 21 '10 at 18:44
BinaryMisfitBinaryMisfit
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18.8k106276
I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
|
show 5 more comments
I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
I don't want the file to open in chrome. That is the polar opposite of what I am asking. The issue is that, a blank page opens on downloading a PDF. I want the file to be downloaded, minus the blank tab I have to close.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:47
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@segvault. Updated my answer with a more detailed explanation. The short version however is you can't because of the way chrome handles the link. It doesn't know what it's opening.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 18:52
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
@Diago so do you know of an extension that may be able to figure this out? Or some feature request submitted to Chrome for this functionality?
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 18:56
1
1
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
@segvault. No to both. I doubt it is considered a bug as the browser is doing what it's meant to. I have experienced the same using IE and Firefox in the past unless I have a PDF reader installed. I can remember it being a problem when we were developing a website that produced PDF's. We ended up sending the PDF as a binary stream and not a link which forces the browser to open the PDF Viewer or prompt the user to download.
– BinaryMisfit
Feb 21 '10 at 19:01
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
I mean, I know its not a bug. But I can't think of a case where such activity is desirable. Who would prefer there being a blank page to not being a blank page? I am able to avoid that from occurring in Firefox by changing a preference in the Download Statusbar add-on.
– finiteloop
Feb 21 '10 at 19:14
|
show 5 more comments
Okay, I got it to do this finally.
Go to
about:pluginsand disable the Adobe Acrobat Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and NetscapeOpen Adobe Acrobat and go to
edit --> preferences --> internetand uncheck "display PDF in browser"
(Steps 1 and 2 might be redundant, but this is what I did and it worked.)
- Click on a PDF link. Depending on your settings, you will either get a popup asking where to save the PDF, or the PDF will save automatically to your specified directory. If you want all PDFs to auto-open, click the little arrow to the right of a PDF download, and select "Always open this type of file".
Hope that helps.
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
add a comment |
Okay, I got it to do this finally.
Go to
about:pluginsand disable the Adobe Acrobat Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and NetscapeOpen Adobe Acrobat and go to
edit --> preferences --> internetand uncheck "display PDF in browser"
(Steps 1 and 2 might be redundant, but this is what I did and it worked.)
- Click on a PDF link. Depending on your settings, you will either get a popup asking where to save the PDF, or the PDF will save automatically to your specified directory. If you want all PDFs to auto-open, click the little arrow to the right of a PDF download, and select "Always open this type of file".
Hope that helps.
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
add a comment |
Okay, I got it to do this finally.
Go to
about:pluginsand disable the Adobe Acrobat Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and NetscapeOpen Adobe Acrobat and go to
edit --> preferences --> internetand uncheck "display PDF in browser"
(Steps 1 and 2 might be redundant, but this is what I did and it worked.)
- Click on a PDF link. Depending on your settings, you will either get a popup asking where to save the PDF, or the PDF will save automatically to your specified directory. If you want all PDFs to auto-open, click the little arrow to the right of a PDF download, and select "Always open this type of file".
Hope that helps.
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
Okay, I got it to do this finally.
Go to
about:pluginsand disable the Adobe Acrobat Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and NetscapeOpen Adobe Acrobat and go to
edit --> preferences --> internetand uncheck "display PDF in browser"
(Steps 1 and 2 might be redundant, but this is what I did and it worked.)
- Click on a PDF link. Depending on your settings, you will either get a popup asking where to save the PDF, or the PDF will save automatically to your specified directory. If you want all PDFs to auto-open, click the little arrow to the right of a PDF download, and select "Always open this type of file".
Hope that helps.
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
2,82563449
edited Dec 14 '12 at 18:44
ale
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2,82563449
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
user46658user46658
111
answered Aug 18 '10 at 16:53
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To open up PDF's in Chrome automatically without it downloading first, you will need to reset the Chrome browser.
Restart the machine and when the file is being opened, go to the bottom and click the Always open in Adobe Reader option.
If the Always open doesn't show up on the bottom, make the window that pop-ups smaller so the bottom shows.
Open Adobe and then go to Edit > Preference > Internet > uncheck Display in Read mode by Default.
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
1
add a comment |
To open up PDF's in Chrome automatically without it downloading first, you will need to reset the Chrome browser.
Restart the machine and when the file is being opened, go to the bottom and click the Always open in Adobe Reader option.
If the Always open doesn't show up on the bottom, make the window that pop-ups smaller so the bottom shows.
Open Adobe and then go to Edit > Preference > Internet > uncheck Display in Read mode by Default.
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
1
add a comment |
To open up PDF's in Chrome automatically without it downloading first, you will need to reset the Chrome browser.
Restart the machine and when the file is being opened, go to the bottom and click the Always open in Adobe Reader option.
If the Always open doesn't show up on the bottom, make the window that pop-ups smaller so the bottom shows.
Open Adobe and then go to Edit > Preference > Internet > uncheck Display in Read mode by Default.
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
1
To open up PDF's in Chrome automatically without it downloading first, you will need to reset the Chrome browser.
Restart the machine and when the file is being opened, go to the bottom and click the Always open in Adobe Reader option.
If the Always open doesn't show up on the bottom, make the window that pop-ups smaller so the bottom shows.
Open Adobe and then go to Edit > Preference > Internet > uncheck Display in Read mode by Default.
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
1
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
2,70031325
edited Jan 29 at 17:04
Worthwelle
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Worthwelle
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answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
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answered Jan 29 at 16:41
JamesJames
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