Supported browsers

[liborm85]

Supported browsers

Add-ons used in browsers can affect the functionality of pdfmake. If pdfmake is not working try disable add-ons in browser.

Browser	download()	open()	print()	Issue(s)
Internet Explorer 9	no	no	no
Internet Explorer 10	only 0.1.x	no	no	3
Internet Explorer 11	only 0.1.x and 0.2.x	no	no	3
Edge 20 - 44 (engine: EdgeHTML)	only 0.1.x and 0.2.x	no	no	#693
Edge 79+ (engine: Blink)	YES	YES 1	YES 1
Edge (mobile)	???	???	-	#708
Firefox	YES	YES	YES
Chrome	YES	YES 1	YES 1
Chrome (Android)	YES	YES 2	no?
Opera	YES	YES	YES
Safari (iOS)	YES	YES / NO 4	YES / NO 4
Safari (iOS) iPhone	YES	YES	-

(the list may not be complete)

¹ works only without (or with disabled) AdBlock add-on (because in EasyList is blocked using blob, see commit easylist/easylist@e3276b6) Removed by commit easylist/easylist@e797d63. Methods works with AdBlock add-on now.
² open invokes dialog to open document, see #679 (comment)
³ playground preview is unsupported
⁴ require disabled popup blocker

[Chris--A]

It might also be worth collecting the data URI lengths for the browsers. Because after this length only the download() option works (instead of open(), I haven't tried print()).

I know, in windows (7, 64-bit), the latest version of chrome supports 2MB and FireFox supports 1MB data URI's.

[themasch]

After updating to the latest version .print() doesn't work anymore in chrome (chromium 57). It worked with the old version, not exactly sure about how old it was.

[liborm85]

Interest with Chrome:

• open() and print() methods works only without or disabled AdBlock

(from issue: #954)

First post updated.

[boom235]

Which Version of Firefox is supported? I try to use it with an old (LTS) Version 16.0.2. Unfortunately I get the error: PdfMake is not defined...
In the newest chrome everything works perfectly fast

I would use an older Version but it is always hard to find out which version supports which browsers... In a different life I would love to see a documentation by an autor which Version supports which Browser-Versions... But this is a general problem in the world of npm! Thanks for this great table, it is a beginning!

[Holyphoenix]

Is there any effort being made to resolve the incompatibilities with some of the browsers?

[uebbi]

Code https://jsfiddle.net/5ntw24qc/

On Phone Moto G4 / Android 7.0.0:

• It's not working with Chrome 59.0.3071.125
• Work with Firefox 54.0.1

On desktop it works in both browsers!

Update: Based on this i found a workaround, check it: https://jsfiddle.net/5ntw24qc/3/

[dethier1958]

CreatePDF doesn't work with Brave web browser (just downloads PDF), even though it's built on top of Chromium (just a more secure version of Chrome). This is inconvenient since there is no way my app can tell the difference.

[liborm85]

I tried to solve method open and print in Chrome with AdBlock and it looks good.

How does it work:
If the window is closed immediately after opening (eg. by adblock) pdfmake use actual window to open pdf.

Try to test this pdfmake:
pdfmake-adblock-fix.zip

Please test it and send feedback. Thanks.

[cristiandaulisio]

I am trying on mobile. Work fine with browser but doesn't work on a webview in mobile app (Android and ios)

[liborm85]

Internet Explorer 10 support removed in 0.2.0. Internet Explorer 11 is still supported.

[avinashSkeps]

Download pdf not works and breaks the page in IOS chrome browser, works fine in safari.

[liborm85]

@avinashSkeps and error in console is ...?

[avinashSkeps]

Not able to get the error on mobile.

[liborm85]

From EasyList for AdBlock was removed blob filter by commit easylist/easylist@e797d63.

Now works methods open()/print() works with AdBlock add-on in Chrome.