On 18/01/2012 11:44, Chris Ilias wrote: > On 12-01-17 5:33 PM, Rick Merrill wrote: >> Search within a document does not work on PDF and other types of files. >> These documents open their own search window. This makes the ctrl/ >> worse than useless - but misleading. > > SeaMonkey (and all other web browsers) are not built to render PDF > files. If you want to view something within SeaMonkey that SeaMonkey is > not meant to render, you need a plugin. > > In the case of PDF files, the most popular plugin is Adobe Reader. Is > that what you're using to open PDF files within SeaMonkey? If so, it may > eliminate confusion if you set Adobe Reader not to display PDF files > within the browser. > 1. Open Adobe Reader. > 2. At the top of the Adobe Reader window, click the "Edit" menu, and > select "Preferences", to open the Preferences window. > 3. In the left pane of the Adobe Reader Preferences window, select the > "Internet" section. > 4. Uncheck "Display PDF in browser".
pdf.js works reasonably well in SeaMonkey (as well as any alpha software does). <https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/pdfjs/> 1. If you modify the install.js to let it install in SeaMonkey, and 2. Disable the Adobe Acrobat plugin in Tools->Addons->Plugins. Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
