PDF Viewer plugin is not loaded in object or embed tag

[csaunier]

Hello team and users :)

I've got an issue when viewing a pdf. Seems the plugin is not working.

Here are some information :

• Electron version: 1.7.9
• Operating system: linux and mac

Expected behavior

I can view a pdf

Actual behavior

I get an error "can not load the plugin"

How to reproduce

I made a simple repo based on the electron-quick-start : https://github.com/csaunier/electron-quick-start
I only add webPreferences: { plugins: true } into the config of the BrowserWindow, and a pdf into an object tag

I'm pretty sur i've seen it working in another real project i'm working on, but obviously, not anymore :)

I've seen some discussion about pdf, like this one #10793, but not sur if linked or not.

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[ahmedmohamedali]

Hi @csaunier,
The PR #10793 fixes the issue for PDF loaded in iframes.
PFDs in Object and embed tags need to be fixed in a different PR.
Could you please make the title of this issue more specific as "PDF Viewer plugin is not loaded in object or embed tag". Thanks.

[csaunier]

Hop, done @ahmedmohamedali

[coderzquest]

Any update on this issue...I'm facing the same issue on electron version 1.8.2

[euangordon]

Any update on this? I am facing the same on election version 2.0.0

[justintgav]

Seeing the same on electron v 2.0.2; Windows 10:
Demo shown with the barebones electron-quick-start with the embed tag added. I'd be happy to share a full example, but the screenshot should cut it (contains the bit of code modified).
https://i.imgur.com/GgEKMzX.png

This is a library-breaking issue for us; need embed support to wrap [legacy] webapp in electron.

Any insight @ahmedmohamedali ? Even a direction to explore might lead us to a potential workaround.

Thank you!

[ahmedmohamedali]

@justintgav,

There is an issue in electron/chromium with embed/object tag when the type is "application/pdf".
I found that object tag and "text/html" type works fine in electron.
So you can use it as a workaround
<object type="text/html" data="http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf" width="700" height="500">

[justintgav]

@ahmedmohamedali excellent, thank you for the information. To clarify: we're waiting on the chromium project to fix the issue [before it can be propagated to electron]?
Thanks again

[codebytere]

This now works, as we ship chromium's PDF viewer natively once more.