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Issue 2: Add Context Menu Items
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Status:  Fixed
Owner:  ----
Closed:  Oct 2008
Type-Enhancement
Priority-Medium


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Reported by keizie, Jun 11, 2008
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install firefox-mac-pdf
2. Open an url of PDF in firefox
3. Popup by right-click on PDF page

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A menu item to save PDF file in local as Safari's PDF popup has.
But firefox-mac-pdf does not show it up.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
ff3rc2 + fx-quartz-pdf-0.9.5.xpi

Please provide any additional information below.

Comment 1 by colesbury, Jun 11, 2008
Good point. There should be a way to save the PDF from the right-click menu.

Currently there are two ways of saving the PDF:
1. File->Save Page As menu
2. The apple-s (command-s) keyboard shortcut
Summary: No way to save PDF file from context menu
Status: Accepted
Labels: -Type-Defect Type-Enhancement
Comment 2 by apirkle, Jun 18, 2008
If the PDF is displayed in a frame, neither of the above suggestions work - both will only save the parent HTML 
document. It appears that there is no way to save a PDF that is in a frame.

Great extension, by the way - PDF support is one of the main reasons I currently use Safari rather than Firefox. If 
the save issue is fixed, I'll probably switch back. Thanks!
Comment 3 by colesbury, Jun 18, 2008
broadened issue to include "Open with Preview", "Print", etc.
Summary: Add Context Menu Items
Comment 4 by rubalcava, Jun 18, 2008
Colesbury, 

Thank you so much for writing this plug-in -- I've been looking for something like
this for years. The Apple store employees in my hometown have gotten tired of my
constant requests for a plugin like this. 

As for additional features, I second the request for contextual menu support for
print and save functionality. Another feature that would be useful is the ability to
switch the cursor mode from the "hand tool" to the "text select" tool that is
available in A.Reader. 

Again, thank you so much for this plugin. The lack of a plugin like this for Firefox
on Mac has been glaring for a long time. 
Comment 5 by george.mackerron, Jun 19, 2008
Would also use this gratefully if an 'Open in Preview' menu option were added.
Comment 6 by burfalcy, Jun 19, 2008
In response to comment 5: instead of Preview specifically, there should be a context
menu item that opens the PDF in the default handler (i.e. if the user has defined
.pdf to be opened by Acrobat or Acrobat Reader instead of Preview). But I agree that
save/print context items are needed badly. I view a lot of scientific journal
articles and many of them are displayed in frames, and at times I need to print them.
This should be doable from within Firefox/plugin.
Comment 7 by automandc, Jul 02, 2008
I also appreciate the development of the plug-in, and add my strong "Please!" in
favor of a way to save a PDF in a frame.  I access PDFs on court websites that
display PDFs in frames which requires me to turn off the plug-in so I can open the
PDF in a way that allows it to be saved.
Comment 8 by ross51234, Jul 14, 2008
I would also love a way to save the pdf from within the plug-in. That's the main item
I see lacking.

Thank you again for the hard work!
Comment 10 by alain.antro, Jul 31, 2008
Great plugin, but for me few things are missing:
- The ability by a click to open it with the default viewer 
- The ability by a click to download it.

In fact, it would be great if it could bring the power of Safari PDF viewer !

Thanks for the work done !
Comment 11 by automandc, Jul 31, 2008
I found a work-around that allows you to save a PDF opened in a frame:

(1)  Click the Favicon in the address bar of Firefox and then click the "More
Information" button (Or select "Page Info" from the Tools menu);

(2) select the "Media" tab

The pdf document should be listed in the Media tab, although it won't display in the
preview area.  Click the "Save As..." button and it will save that file.
Comment 12 by mjpost, Sep 02, 2008
Great plugin, thanks!

Unfortunately, I am unable to use it.  In certain situations (such as viewing
statements at my bank, Chase), the PDF is opened in a window, and there is no direct
download link.  Since the plugin takes over, I have no way of downloading the
statement or saving it, except to disable the plugin and restarting firefox.

It would be *really* nice if you could add a contextual menu item that would allow
the PDF to be saved or opened with the default application.
Comment 13 by colesbury, Oct 02, 2008
Fixed in version 0.9.9
Status: Fixed
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