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Merge pull request #12286 from Snuffleupagus/bug-1661259

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Use a link, rather than `window.open`, when opening PDF attachments in Firefox (bug 1661259)
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Tim van der Meij 2020-08-26 22:25:56 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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web/pdf_attachment_viewer.js
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@ -118,7 +118,22 @@ class PDFAttachmentViewer extends BaseTreeViewer {
encodeURIComponent(blobUrl + "#" + filename);
}
try {
window.open(viewerUrl);
if (typeof PDFJSDev === "undefined" || !PDFJSDev.test("MOZCENTRAL")) {
window.open(viewerUrl);
} else {
// Since we have a full URL in the MOZCENTRAL-build, use a link rather
// than `window.open` since e.g. ad blockers may otherwise force-close
// the newly opened window and thus break viewing of PDF attachments
// (fixes bug 1661259).
const a = document.createElement("a");
a.hidden = true;
a.href = viewerUrl;
a.target = "_blank";
// <a> must be in the document, otherwise `a.click()` is ignored.
(document.body || document.documentElement).appendChild(a);
a.click();
a.remove();
}
} catch (ex) {
console.error(`_bindPdfLink: ${ex}`);
// Release the `blobUrl`, since opening it failed...