# Make PDFs open directly (not via download) by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, pdf-previews
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190 "2025-11-11T21:39:03Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190/4 "2025-11-12T16:01:04Z")

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I left some comments about the code itself on the PR

> [@nathank](#):
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> Currently, the core handling of PDFs is via a download:

When I click this link, it opens the PDF in the browser. No download. Are you seeing something different?

I’m using Chrome on macOS. We’re not running this `d-pdf-previews` theme component on Meta.

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