Why I'll stick with Firefox (for now)
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Hi, could you please add a link to a PDF file not working for you?
I use "Open Download Panel" in "Downloads", this opens my main PDF viewer if I hit "Open".
Main system is Linux but can test in Windows 10 VM too.Cheers, mib
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Thanks for your interest mib but maybe you miss my point. I can open any "printed" PDF file. If I print a web page to PDF with Firefox (say) which contains text, I can select/ copy that text inside a PDF viewer. If I print a web page to PDF with Vivaldi/ Chrome which contains text, I CANT select/ copy that text inside a PDF viewer because the data passed to the printer driver for creating the PDF is an image. Try it.
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I just tried this extension and the text is searchable https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/print-friendly-pdf/ohlencieiipommannpdfcmfdpjjmeolj?hl=en
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Yes andrew, I understand, that because I open any PDF directly with my PDF viewer and not in Vivaldi.
PDF viewer extension is disabled and Vivaldi start to download the PDF file, then I use open file.
If you like you can save or print from there, I can even use PDF forms then.Test document PDF
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla est purus, ultrices in porttitor
in, accumsan non quam. Nam consectetur porttitor rhoncus. Curabitur eu est et leo feugiat
auctor vel quis lorem. Ut et ligula dolor, sit amet consequat lorem. Aliquam porta eros sedText above is copied from a test PDF file from > http://www.hgd1952.hr/pdf_datoteke/Test_document_PDF.pdf
Cheers, mib
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Thanks saudiqbal - do Chrome extensions work in Vivaldi? Amazing if so. I installed the extension you mention in Chrome. It certainly created a PDF with searchable text but it didn't print anything much related to the simple test web page I was viewing. Firefox will "print" a PDF that remains a reasonably accurate copy of the web page, web text will remain as PDF searchable text, and images will remain as PDF images. Maybe there are other extensions like the one you suggest. I'll check, assuming Chrome extensions work in Vivaldi.
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Yes, all Chrome extensions should (theoretically) work on Vivaldi. Weird that you haven't tried it from the start, since it's one of the first things I do with any browser - support for external extensions.
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2 sticking points for me:
- Printing as a PDF results in an "image" PDF instead of text.
Google is still your best friend
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NSANE - weird/ theoretically? Why would I expect one companies extensions (with its specific API/ communication methods/ object model) to work with a different companies quite-new-just-out of-beta-browser? There could theoretically be all sorts of incompatibilities. Thanks anyway. At least confirms my question.
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Hey The_Solutor - Firefox is currently my best friend - ctrl+P "just works" as expected.
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2 sticking points for me:
- Printing as a PDF results in an "image" PDF instead of text. The file size is therefore much larger, and you can't search for text.
- I really like the configurable Firefox bookmark shortcuts below the search bar. With Vivaldi it appears you have to display bookmarks in a side panel but there is no keyboard shortcut for quickly navigating over to those bookmarks.
I think Gwen-Dragon gave a fine workaround that you can Ctrl-P then hit the destination [Change…] button to choose the "Save as PDF". The saved PDF file has text and can be searched.
I also like the firefox bookmark shortcut icon. In vivaldi, there does have a keyboard shortcut to bring the bookmark list – Ctrl-B.
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Hey The_Solutor - Firefox is currently my best friend - ctrl+P "just works" as expected.
If a minor detail like this was enough to prefer a browser over another…
Chromium's engine manages the printing function differently by firefox, period.
This has pros and cons, as everything on this life.
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I haven't looked at Vivaldi since April. Thought I'd have another look @ 1.5.658.56. Unfortunately PDFs are still printed (ctrl+P & ctrl+shift+P) as an image, so I'll continue to stay with Firefox. I note Chrome was very close to releasing a public EXE that properly printed PDFs with embedded text but have had issues.
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This is what I just printed to PDF straight from Vivaldi 1.5.658.56 (Stable channel) (32-bit) on Windows 10 (x64), by clicking
[CTRL]
+[P]
and selecting the "Save as PDF" printer, without changing any additional settings: This page printed to PDF (you can download this file or view it directly in your browser). -
I find that printing to Cute PDF now produces a PDF with selectable text..
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Firefox - how PDF printing with embedded text should work
and Vivaldi.1.15.1147.36 - note how text highlight is offset from actual text
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I use CTRL +P to print with Vivaldi (and Chrome) and I have it selected as "PDF".
I can open the files in Acrobat, I can select text. I can search for words, etc...
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Had to put in my 2c for this - there may be some shortcomings of V, mainly as a result of usage of raw Chromium, but the user-friendliness eclipses this IMO.
My take on this - there will always be somethings some browsers are better at, like the one app I use - the right click options work only on FF; even Dev Tools work better on FF; so for whatever reason; we just have to live by that and use them selectively.
I had also made a shortsighted statement like this a few years back because apart from other stuff, sync was not up to snuff (and is not still ) but the tweaks we can do with the browser show they are not opinionated and care for the users' point of view for general usage. -