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PDF Reader in JavaScript
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[Feature]: preserve URL in omnibox (Chrome 129) #18943

Closed drok closed 3 weeks ago

drok commented 3 weeks ago

Is the feature relevant to the Firefox PDF Viewer?

No

Feature description

The URL bar in Chrome shows a chrome-extension:// URL instead of real URL. I would like the real URL be shown.

Alternately, I think the Chrome webstore description should

This problem was reported before at #1511 and #3017 - supposedly it was fixed at some point, but it doesn't work the "fixed" way in 2024 (Chrome 129.0.6668.101 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows 10 LTSC)

I understand there may be good technical reasons why this is not easy to do - but in that case the webstore page should mention the shortcoming.

Other PDF viewers

The built-in Chrome PDF viewer shows no unnecessary URL decorations. The screenshots on the Chrome Webstore show the address bar I would expect (starting with https://...)

Snuffleupagus commented 3 weeks ago

Duplicate of #6444