Open pdf instead of download in chrome

Google Chrome users. By default, Google Chrome opens a PDF file in the browser window instead of saving it to the downloads folder. Open Google Chrome. Edit: I have found that it behaves kinda randomly. Sometimes it does open it inside its viewer and sometimes it asks to download it.

Download a PDF file, then when it is done, left click on the download icon at the bottom and select 'always open this type of file' Now It should open any PDF link you click in that window without downloading it to a permanent location. I also have the box ticked, 'ask where to save each file before download', not sure if this has any affect on the behavior of automatically opening a file. There may be some PDFs that chrome cannot display properly, so it offers you to download it to view with another PDF viewer.

It is not a full featured viewer like Foxit or Adobe. I use it this way and can find no PDF that chrome has saved, it has to cache it somewhere to read it, but I am not sure where it does. This useful feature allows the user to avoid installing an extra PDF viewer app, providing essential functions, including the ability to print the PDF files. For files opened directly from a web site, there is a save button to download and save them locally. You will need to set some other app to handle PDF files by default.

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