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Description
The "Open in PDF viewer" extension opens PDF files directly in your favorite external PDF viewer application. To use the extension, right-click on a PDF link and select the "Open in PDF viewer" item. The extension downloads the PDF file in your default downloads directory and then executes the external command to open the downloaded file with the default PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader or FoxIt PDF reader).
Note that to execute an OS-level command, you need to install a native client. Native client installation guide appears on the first usage.
Features:
1. Open PDF files from right-click context menu
2. Transfer already opened PDF files to the external PDF viewer by pressing the browser's action button
3. Detect PDF links and open them with left-click
4. Open the external PDF viewer with a user-defined delay
5. Supports most common PDF viewers
Change Logs:
0.1.1:
It is now possible to define left-click open in default PDF reader from the options page. If this mode is enabled, the extension blocks the default action when a link with the PDF mime type is the target.
0.1.2:
It is possible to ask the extension to send the PDF URL to the external executable. Make sure your PDF Reader can open remote URLs before enabling this option
0.1.9:
You can now run the external executable with a delay. This helps your antivirus application to validate the PDF file before this extension opens it with the external PDF viewer.
Reviews (5 cached)
★☆☆☆☆2024-06-02
P Z
Does not work in Brave. Does not appear on the right click menu. Does not direct to installation of the native client after download.
★☆☆☆☆2022-11-26
Legacy Tuthau-Zand
Does absolutely nothing, does not appear in right-click menu.
★☆☆☆☆2022-07-18
Wayne Mullen
Absolutely Useless. Can't sign, amend, save or download. As with most Adobe products a bloated waste of user unfriendly buggy space.
★☆☆☆☆2018-03-16
Clive Wraight
dose not seem to work
★☆☆☆☆2017-12-22
Peter Brixey
It does not work in latest Chrome release, still wants to save the file
Permissions (7)
Permissions
activeTabℹ Can access the current tab when you click the extension alarmsℹ Can schedule periodic background tasks contextMenusℹ Can add items to the right-click menu downloadsℹ Can manage and monitor downloads nativeMessagingℹ Can communicate with programs on your computer notificationsℹ Can show desktop notifications storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser
Details
| Version | 0.3.7 |
| Updated | Nov 18, 2025 |
| Size | 53.63KiB |
| First Seen | Mar 30, 2026 |
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