Let’s enable the browser opening capability at the library level. In order to open the PDF in the browser, we can update the settings in.
We can overcome this issue using two methods: However, we can circumvent this issue using a couple of methods which we will explore in this article.Īs shown below, if PDF is not set to open up in the browser, it will be downloaded to the disk. Instead the file is downloaded to the local file system which can be opened using a client application. SharePoint adds ‘X-Download-Options: noopen’ to the header which prevents it from opening up in the browser. This security limitation is done using HTTP response headers.
SharePoint, being a Content Management System, has some in-built security features that prevent some of the files from opening in the browser.
