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PDF EMBED VIEW

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This module embeds PDF files into your Drupal site, offering options to display them inline, in a modal popup, or in a new browser tab. It integrates with Drupal's Field API, Media system, and Views for flexible PDF rendering.

PDF Embed View provides a flexible, mobile-friendly way to display PDF files in Drupal.
It integrates cleanly with Drupal’s Field API, Media system, and Views, allowing PDFs
to be rendered inline, in modal dialogs, or in a new browser tab.

Features

Field formatter support

  • File fields
  • Media reference fields

Multiple display modes

  1. Inline embed
  2. Modal popup
  3. Open in a new tab

Setup Instructions

  1. Enable required modules

    Ensure the following core modules are enabled:
    • File
    • Media (required only for Media support)
  2. Display PDFs from File fields
    • Go to: Structure → Content types → Manage display
    • Select the File field
    • Choose formatter: PDF Embed Viewer
  3. Configure the display mode
    • Inline
    • Modal
    • New tab
  4. Save the display settings
  5. The same steps apply for Media reference fields

Views Integration

PDF Embed View can be used directly inside Views to display PDFs referenced via Media entities.

LIVE DEMO

Depends on

Dependencies of the latest stable release

  • field Drupal core
  • media Drupal core

Required by

Tracked projects that depend on this one

No tracked projects depend on this one yet.

Activity

Tracked releases
3
Tracked since
Feb 2026
Latest release
6 months ago
Releases (12 mo)
3 ▲ from 0
Maintenance
Slowing

Release Timeline

Releases

Version Type Core Release date
1.0.0 Stable 9–10 Feb 21, 2026
1.1.1 Stable 9–10 Feb 10, 2026
1.0.x-dev Dev 10–11 Feb 10, 2026