mozplugger/firefox does not open documents/apps within browser
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mozplugger (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: mozplugger
Expected behavior:
PDF, DOC, and ODF files embedded in web pages should open within and fill the browser window.
What happened instead:
Documents embedded in web pages open outside the browser, but remain connected to the browser window such that closing the browser tab or window, closes the application even though it's outside the browser window.
Regardless of the document type, mozplugger/Firefox opens all file types outside the browser instead of inside a browser tab. When trying to open a pdf, doc, odf, etc., the application called opens outside Firefox instead of within Firefox. Firefox leaves a blank tab and the pdf, doc, odf, etc. file opens as a new window. Yet, the application instance remains connected to Firefox. If you close the blank tab, it closes the application instance even though it's outside the browser. Perhaps it's an issue with the "fill" call in mozpluggerrc?
This is in a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04. In fact, the problem has persisted through at least two clean installs of Natty. Clean Firefox profiles with no extensions or other modifications from default do not correct the behavior. The behavior was fine in 10.10 and other previous versions of Ubuntu. I've attached a screen shot showing a PDF file opened from a browser link designed to send the PDF inline, but opening evince outside Firefox.
Steps to reproduce:
Open a pdf, doc, or odf file from a link in a web page in Firefox with mozplugger installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mozplugger 1.14.3-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 5 17:11:28 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mozplugger
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
The problem seemingly resides in the lack of any configuration file, either in /etc/mozpluggerrc or in the /etc/mozplugger rc.d/ directory - i.e., no configuration file is generated whatsoever.