Fancybox is great but the default pdf implementation does not work very well because support, look and feel depends on OS, browser and adobe installation. PDF.js solves that by using a web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs. How to embed pdf.js viewer inside a fancybox?
Fancybox is great but the default pdf implementation does not work very well because support, look and feel depends on OS, browser and adobe installation. PDF.js solves that by using a web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs. How to embed pdf.js viewer inside a fancybox?
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Reset to default 5Here's my solution how you can use pdf.js together with fancybox. It works x-browsers (at least the ones I tried), automatically & dynamically scales to browser view size and looks nice! The exact loading behavior can be a bit different between browsers though.
You will need to include jquery, fancybox and pdf.js:
- http://jquery./download/
- http://fancyapps./fancybox/
- https://github./mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Setup-pdf.js-in-a-website
If you want to embed pdf.js inside a static div instead of a fancybox, please have a look at https://pdfobject./
<html>
<head>
<!-- Add jQuery library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="./includes/js/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<!-- Add fancyBox main JS and CSS files -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="./includes/js/fancybox/jquery.fancybox.js?v=2.1.5"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./includes/js/fancybox/jquery.fancybox.css?v=2.1.5" media="screen" />
<script type="text/javascript">
var pdfOpenParams = "#page=1&pagemode=none"; //pagemode=none,bookmarks,thumbs
$(document).ready(function () {
//Fancybox settings
$(".fancybox-pdf").fancybox({
type: 'iframe',
padding: 0,
openEffect: 'fade',
openSpeed: 150,
closeEffect: 'fade',
closeSpeed: 150,
closeClick: true,
width: '60%',
height: '100%',
maxWidth: '100%',
maxHeight: '100%',
iframe: {
preload: false
},
//Define PDF.js viewer with optional parameters
beforeLoad: function () {
var url = $(this.element).attr("href");
this.href = "./includes/js/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=" + url + pdfOpenParams;
}
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a class="fancybox-pdf" href="http://localhost/pdf/pdf-sample.pdf">View PDF</a>
</body>
</html>