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I dont't think this is due to WP Accessibility plugin because theat feature has been unclicked in the settings.

I have tried setting it to open in an attachment page. Open in a new tab in the block settings...no settings seem to allow their desired result.

I Guess this is browser dependent. I just checked it in Chrome and there are different results.

The ideal situation is the first link opens the PDF in a new tab (works in chrome) and the second link results in automatic download of pdf to local computer (works in firefox).

Is there any way to standardize this setup (link 1- new tab; link 2 - download) across browsers?

Hi Laurie,

I just checked the PDF links in Chrome and Firefox.

For me, the first link does what you want in both browsers; they will both open in a new tab. For the second link, Chrome will download the PDF. However, Firefox will both download and open the locally-downloaded PDF in a new tab. I think this is because Firefox defaults to opening PDFs by default now. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-or-choose-another-viewer#w_firefoxs-built-in-pdf-viewer.

Let me know if anyone else experiences the same thing.

Hi Ray - Thanks for sharing. For me, I had to go to Firefox preferences and change the settings. But it works great.