Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mozplugger
Expected behavior:
PDF, DOC, and ODF files embedded in web pages should open within and fill the
browser window.
What happened instead:
Documents embedded in web pages open outside the browser, but remain connected
to the browser window such that closing the browser tab or window, closes the
application even though it's outside the browser window.
Regardless of the document type, mozplugger/Firefox opens all file types
outside the browser instead of inside a browser tab. When trying to
open a pdf, doc, odf, etc., the application called opens outside Firefox
instead of within Firefox. Firefox leaves a blank tab and the pdf, doc,
odf, etc. file opens as a new window. Yet, the application instance
remains connected to Firefox. If you close the blank tab, it closes the
application instance even though it's outside the browser. Perhaps it's
an issue with the "fill" call in mozpluggerrc?
This is in a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04. In fact, the problem has
persisted through at least two clean installs of Natty. Clean Firefox
profiles with no extensions or other modifications from default do not
correct the behavior. The behavior was fine in 10.10 and other previous
versions of Ubuntu. I've attached a screen shot showing a PDF file
opened from a browser link designed to send the PDF inline, but opening
evince outside Firefox.
Steps to reproduce:
Open a pdf, doc, or odf file from a link in a web page in Firefox with
mozplugger installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mozplugger 1.14.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 5 17:11:28 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mozplugger
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: mozplugger (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty
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mozplugger/firefox does not open documents/apps within browser
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