# PDF Viewer - Browsers Do Not Support Inline PDF

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/pdf-viewer-browsers-do-not-support-inline-pdf/6669>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/pdf-viewer-browsers-do-not-support-inline-pdf/6669 "2024-01-29T17:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/luke/32/7031_2.png) [@Luke](https://community.weweb.io/u/Luke)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/pdf-viewer-browsers-do-not-support-inline-pdf/6669/1 "2024-01-29T17:45:22Z")

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Hello! There appears to be a bug where the PDF viewer works on desktop (using browsers like Safari & Google Chrome), but does not on Tablet or Phone. Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround solution for this that does not involve users having to download pdfs in line?

 ![httpslearn.lectec.comkit_assembly_lesson](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/c/ca641aa4f2d46926ea94d617106d6d05e62bf2de.jpeg)

FYI: This screenshot was from Google Chrome, and there is no option to download the PDF anywhere

Please let me know at earliest opportunity, thank you!

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**Author:** ![ericp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@ericp](https://community.weweb.io/u/ericp)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/pdf-viewer-browsers-do-not-support-inline-pdf/6669/2 "2024-01-29T21:27:48Z")

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I use a HTML element and display the pdf in an iframe with the source being the file location on my Google Drive account with the preview url parameter at the end. I had also ran into that issue, so this was the solution I came up with.

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**Author:** ![kyanaloe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/kyanaloe/32/1076_2.png) [@kyanaloe](https://community.weweb.io/u/kyanaloe)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/pdf-viewer-browsers-do-not-support-inline-pdf/6669/3 "2024-05-21T01:07:36Z")

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any further thoughts on this from weweb?