PDF file not downloading with HTML5 download attribute

Question

I have a download attribute on two different anchor tags. One is for an Excel file and one for PDF. The Excel file downloads. The PDF opens in new tab instead. Why is this h

Answer 1

So the solution is:

Note that "href" has a value without the .pdf reduction, but "download" has a value with the .pdf reduction. Remember you also have to remove the .pdf reduction from the targeted file. As it seems the browser treats the downloaded file as a non pdf file and therefore is not opening it by default.