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CMD+F search disabled in embedded PDF files, works in external PDF files

Open wilenius opened this issue 2 years ago • 13 comments

We just tested the search functionality in the latest seb-mac (3.2.4), MacOS version was 12.6.3.

When starting a Moodle Quiz SEB session, CMD+F works in the Quiz view. However, it does not work (no search results) in PDF files embedded to the Quiz (links starting with /pluginfile.php/(.*).pdf. Also, the search does not work in PDF files that are embedded on websites, which are linked to the quiz.

An example: The quiz has a link to the legislation collection https://eur-lex.europa.edu, which opens in a popup window. The PDF on that website opens, and the CMD+F search dialog opens, but no search results are displayed.

However, when a PDF is linked directly in the quiz, e.g., https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_FIN.pdf, the search functionality works normally.

Search on embedded PDFs work in the Windows version, and they used to work in the Mac version too.

wilenius avatar Apr 28 '23 08:04 wilenius