[Feature]: Enable PDF.JS in Edge

[Gavin-Riddell]

Is the feature relevant to the Firefox PDF Viewer?

No

Feature description

Using PDF.js as an extension in Microsoft Edge, being able to enable this as the default program.

We currently use this PDF.js extension in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox which works when opening our linked PDF's created using Adobe Acrobat Pro but uploaded to SharePoint. The linked PDF's use file paths and open other PDF's, but it doesn't work in Microsoft Edge. Although works no problem in Chrome and Firefox. We have several clients that use Edge and we're trying to establish if this is a feasible project to continue with.

Other PDF viewers

No response

[calixteman]

Maybe @Rob--W will have an idea to help you.

[Rob--W]

I don't use Edge, but as it is a fork of Chromium, the extension should work.

It is possible to install the extension, through enterprise policies. That should enable access to PDFs at http(s) URLs. Local files (file:-URLs) require an opt in, and I don't know if it's possible to set that through an enterprise policy. Users can enable the "Allow access to file URLs" checkbox at the extension settings page.

If you are asking about file associations on Windows: the easiest way to use PDF.js would be to install Firefox and set it as the default handler. In Firefox, PDF.js is a built-in non-extension component, and as such it is not bound by the limitations that the Chrome extension has (e.g. lack of viewing PDFs through POST form submissions).