# Hoe laat je in forum posts een bestand openen in plaats van dat ontvangers het moeten downloaden?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [20 april 2023 om 14:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406 "2023-04-20T14:27:41Z")
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### Author: ![matermultorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@matermultorum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matermultorum)
#### Post date: [20 april 2023 om 14:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406/1 "2023-04-20T14:27:41Z")

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When a file is attached, users are forced to download it to view it rather than having it open in a browser window. Where do I change that setting?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [20 april 2023 om 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406/2 "2023-04-20T14:42:25Z")

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It depends on what kind of file it is, I think.

What kind of files are you wanting to display?

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### Author: ![matermultorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@matermultorum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matermultorum)
#### Post date: [20 april 2023 om 15:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406/3 "2023-04-20T15:13:38Z")

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A pdf file is what would be used most often and I think we could restrict it to that. A jpeg is another option. I found the setting to allow the attachments, just would like it to open automatically instead of forcing a download which some users won’t take the time to do.

thanks!

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [20 april 2023 om 15:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-forum-posts-how-do-you-allow-the-file-to-open-rather-than-recipients-being-forced-to-download-file/262406/4 "2023-04-20T15:41:24Z")

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check out [Inline PDF Previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-pdf-previews/157649)