This is my try, were it opened on newtab, But its always showing test pdf as title
function titlepath(path,name){
alert(path);
alert(name);
document.title = name;
window.open(path, '_blank');
}
This is my try, were it opened on newtab, But its always showing test pdf as title
function titlepath(path,name){
alert(path);
alert(name);
document.title = name;
window.open(path, '_blank');
}
- 1 You are trying to set the title of the document this JS code is in here, you are not even accessing the popup window … – C3roe Commented Jun 8, 2018 at 11:41
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document.titlerefers to the window you're in now, not the one you're opening, Even then I'm not sure it'll work, since a PDF is not a HTML document, so you can't set its title. Javascript can only affect HTML documents. The browser is just displaying a file, so it'll use the name of the file – ADyson Commented Jun 8, 2018 at 11:42 -
You would have to use an HTML document, and display the PDF in an
<iframe>– user5734311 Commented Jun 8, 2018 at 11:42 - 2 Read my edited ment above, I don't think this is possible. You're outside the realms of a HTML document when you do this, so you can't use JS to affect what happens. It's just part of the browser's functionality, it's not part of your web page anymore. – ADyson Commented Jun 8, 2018 at 11:44
- 1 Does this answer your question? How to set title name of the pdf. While viewing the Document(New Tab) – Prashant Pokhriyal Commented Nov 9, 2022 at 7:20
1 Answer
Reset to default 4This solution works for me. Question: How to change the title of pdf in newly opened tab
function titlepath(path,name){
//In this path defined as your pdf url and name (your pdf name)
var prntWin = window.open();
prntWin.document.write("<html><head><title>"+name+"</title></head><body>"
+ '<embed width="100%" height="100%" name="plugin" src="'+ path+ '" '
+ 'type="application/pdf" internalinstanceid="21"></body></html>');
prntWin.document.close();
}