View pdf instead of download

  • Resolved ottogiugno

    (@ottogiugno)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    Hi, thanks for your work.
    I use this plugin to show a list of bullettins that the visitors of my site can download from.

    I’d like to let them view it instead of automatically download as they click on it. Is there a code that I can use?

    I would be also great if I can group the pdf per year, so that the pdf list relating to 2023 starting from 1 January 2024 is archived on one separated page, which can always be reached from the main bulletin page.

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  • Plugin Author threadi

    (@threadi)

    Hey and thanks for your interest in this plugin as well as your feature request. I have included it in the just released version 3.1.0. You now have an option at each download list block to prevent the forced download. This means that each browser behaves as the visitor has set it – in the case of a PDF, most should then get the PDF displayed in a PDF viewer on their own device. The new option is only visible if you have selected “direct link” as the link target.

    By the way, this option was already available before, although it required more clicks for the user: if you select the attachment page as the link target, the link will always point to that page. Without the need to download anything. In the case of PDFs, you can see their preview there, click on them and then view them in your own PDF viewer.

    Your 2nd wish is unfortunately not feasible with this plugin. This is too individual a requirement that would go beyond the scope of the block. The plugin does not create pages but only provides a block.

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