Can not download pdf in firefox

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This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help. PDF files not downloaded or displayed i Firefox in version A white blank page is just displayed. This is reported back to me from many users and not just on my computer. Hi, I can give you a link to one of these files, but as I mentioned, it is happening for several of my clients. Firefox had this problem before and it was an incompatible plug in with not solution other than disable the plug in and download every pdf file to see the document.

Hi there. Can I ask what computers you are using? If you are using a Mac then this problem can be easily resolved. As Selenium itself doesn't interact with system-level dialogs, in order to download PDFs as part of the browser automation process, it requires the help from either additional frameworks or an approach that handles downloading automatically. Firefox's download manager preferences are controlled by some properties defined in about:config page, which can be set programmatically while instantiating FirefoxDriver using Selenium WebDriver.

In order to fix this issue, the actual MIME type has to be added into browser. With the release of Firefox To proceed, select your browser from the list below and follow the instructions. To change the name of a PDF file you want to download, right-click the download link and select Save As. However, downloading a PDF is still possible.