I submitted a PR adding mobile support and PDF.js integration to this component
5+ weeks ago, but haven’t received any feedback yet. Since others might find it
useful, I’m sharing my enhanced fork:
Key improvements:
- Mobile device support (removes the mobile block)
- PDF.js rendering with page navigation and zoom controls
- Thumbnail previews in “New Tab” mode
- Works with PDFs lacking .attachment class (great for migrations)
- Pinch-to-zoom on mobile
I’ve been running this on 59plymouth.net for 2+ months with
converted phpBB content - works great on both desktop and mobile.
Installation: Admin → Appearance → Themes → Install from Git → paste the URL above
PR is still open if the maintainers want to review: Add PDF.js integration with mobile support by shortmort37 · Pull Request #49 · discourse/discourse-pdf-previews · GitHub