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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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Here'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>

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