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Links in PDF not working when viewed in browser

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Minki
Minki
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Whenever I view an interactive PDF in a Firefox window the links in the PDF don't work. They work in other browsers like Chrome and Safari, but in Firefox they are as dead as normal text.

It also says: "This PDF document contains forms (even though it doesn't). The filling of form fields is not supported."

Why is Firefox's PDF viewing and editing capabilities so poor when all the other browsers have not trouble with it?

Whenever I view an interactive PDF in a Firefox window the links in the PDF don't work. They work in other browsers like Chrome and Safari, but in Firefox they are as dead as normal text. It also says: "This PDF document contains forms (even though it doesn't). The filling of form fields is not supported." Why is Firefox's PDF viewing and editing capabilities so poor when all the other browsers have not trouble with it?

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philipp
philipp
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hello, the pdf viewer is still somewhat experimental and under very active development - you could try if the same error is occurring in the current development version, which you can download as an addon from http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/extensions/firefox/pdf.js.xpi

in case it has the the same rendering problems, you could then file a bug report at https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues (a github account is necessary for it though) - please also provide a sample document where the error is apparent!