# Make PDF previews actually readable **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** pdf-previews **Created:** [July 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601 "2026-07-14T16:36:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin) #### Post date: [July 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601/1 "2026-07-14T16:36:05Z")
Hi! :blob-wave-reverse: I use this neat component quite often, at least once a week. The main issue is that the embedded PDFs are most of the time unreadable by defaut because the preview size is so small. Default: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/a/6/2a69642b420190c750bbb0036be1cc9a1024b4fe.png) After toggling off the page previews and clicking twice the “fit” button (that’s a lot of clicks): ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/e/e/7eebd9b53c57eb4a3d13730552bc1020300f3dc3.png) Sure, it’s better, but still hardly readable. The height is so small (hardcoded at 500px but overridable), and the width isn’t the best too. I get the component is called “PDF **Previews** ” yet, I’d like to be quickly able to actually read the PDF in good conditions. I can click the link, but it will download the PDF, so it’s not what I’m looking for. Currently the only way to quickly display the PDF in a readable state is clicking the print icon, which is not really intuitive: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/6/7/767d8f74e185e12b650693074015e3b90abe32be.png) Is it possible to simply have a “fullscreen” toggle to display the PDF preview in a larger popup, the same way it exists for tables and codeblocks? I’d be so happy to see such a QoL change in this component. 🤗 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601)._