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Is there a way?

Edrol97

Edrol97

Silver Coder
Hi all,

Is there a way to set the default setting of the pdf viewer on load to fit-to-width rather than fit-to page?

Thanks,

Eliot

Code: 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>The Context by Context Cast News</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="Style.css" />
    <link
      rel="icon"
      type="image/x-icon"
      href="/Users/eliot/Desktop/ContextCastNewsWeb/Fav.svg"
    />
    <style>
      /* Responsive PDF viewer styles */
      .pdf-container {
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 1200px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 20px;
        box-sizing: border-box;
      }

      .pdf-container object {
        width: 80%;
        border: 1px solid #ddd;
        border-radius: 8px;
        box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
      }

      /* Large screens (desktops) */
      @media screen and (min-width: 1200px) {
        .pdf-container object {
          min-height: 1000px;
        }
      }

      /* Medium screens (tablets landscape) */
      @media screen and (max-width: 1199px) and (min-width: 992px) {
        .pdf-container object {
          min-height: 900px;
        }
      }

      /* Tablets portrait */
      @media screen and (max-width: 991px) and (min-width: 768px) {
        .pdf-container {
          padding: 15px;
        }
        .pdf-container object {
          min-height: 700px;
        }
      }

      /* Mobile devices */
      @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
        .pdf-container {
          padding: 10px;
        }
        .pdf-container object {
          min-height: 500px;
        }
      }

      /* Small mobile devices */
      @media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
        .pdf-container {
          padding: 5px;
        }
        .pdf-container object {
          min-height: 400px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <div class="header-content">
        <div class="logo-section">
          <a href="Context.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: #000">
            <img
              style="margin: auto; display: block"
              src="/Users/eliot/Desktop/ContextCastNewsWeb/TheContextWeb.png"
              width="50%"
              alt="Logo"
            />
            <h1 style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Montserrat">
              By Context Cast News
            </h1>
          </a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </header>

    <nav>
      <a href="index.html">Home</a>
      <a href="History.html">History</a>
      <a href="Contributors.html">Contributors</a>
      <a href="Context.html" class="active">Context</a>
      <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact</a>
    </nav>
    <div class="body">
      <h1 style="text-decoration: none">Read the first edition</h1>
      <h2>And if you're impressed sign up for more</h2>

      <a
        href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIok0lA2eXsNhx-isZmrRAu9BkQxGhuN9cgUgwDRkK2ZMpaw/viewform"
        target="_blank"
      >
        <h1
          style="
            font-weight: bold;
            background-color: #012169;
            color: white;
            padding: 2%;
            text-align: center;
          "
        >
          Enter your details for your free print copy of the magazine every
          quarter
        </h1></a
      >

      <h2>
        <br />
        <b>The Latest Edition</b>
        <br />
        <br />
        Featuring Lord Prem Sikka PhD, David Starkey CBE, The Right Honourable
        Sir John Redwood and Kevin Dent KC.
      </h2>

      <div class="pdf-container">
        <object data="CCNews19.10.2025.pdf" type="application/pdf">
          <p>
            Alternative text - include a link
            <a href="CCNews19.10.2025.pdf">to the PDF!</a>
          </p>
        </object>
      </div>
    </div>
    <footer>
      <div class="footertop">
        <a href="index.html">Home</a>
        <a href="History.html">History</a>
        <a href="Contributors.html">Contributors</a>
        <a href="Context.html" class="active">Context</a>
        <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact</a>
      </div>
      <br />
      <h2>
        © Context Cast News 2025. Design by
        <a href="https://www.house-of-lord.co.uk">Eliot Lord</a>
      </h2>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>


CSS: 
html {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  background-color: #f4f4f0;
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  text-align: center;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  -webkit-user-drag: none;
}

img {
  -webkit-user-drag: none;
}

body > *:not(footer) {
  width: 80%;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

body::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 1em round;
  overflow: scroll;
}

body::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px #012169;
}

body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background-color: #012169;
  outline: 1px solid #012169;
  width: 1em round;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

::selection {
  background-color: #012169;
  color: white;
}

nav,
h1,
h2 {
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: auto;
  display: block;
  width: 60%;
  text-align: center;
}

h1 {
  text-decoration: underline;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 2dvw, 32px);
}

h2 {
  font-size: clamp(14px, 1.2dvw, 24px);
}

h2 a {
  color: #c8102e;
}

h2 a:hover {
  color: #012169;
  font-weight: 900;
}

h1 a:hover {
  color: #ecd53e;
}

nav {
  padding-top: 2%;
  padding-bottom: 5%;
}

nav a {
  padding: 10px 5px;
  font-size: clamp(14px, 1.5dvw, 24px);
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #000;
}

nav a:hover {
  background-color: #c8102e;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.active {
  background-color: #c8102e;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.column {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 48%;
  padding: 10px;
  height: 300px;
  vertical-align: top;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.column:first-of-type {
  margin-right: 2%;
}

.bios-container {
  width: 90%;
  margin: 2% auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 2%;
}

.bio-item {
  width: 31.33%;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 3%;
}

.bio-item img {
  width: 50%;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 1rem auto;
}

bio-item h1 {
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

.bio-item h2 {
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Main content wrapper */
main {
  flex: 1;
}

/* Footer pinned to bottom */
footer {
  font-size: clamp(12px, 2dvw, 24px);
  padding: 1rem 0;
  margin-top: auto;
  width: 60vw;
  position: relative;
  margin: auto;
}

footer a {
  color: black;
  text-decoration: none;
}

footer a:hover {
  background-color: #c8102e;
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: white;
}

object {
  width: 100%;
  height: 80vh;
  min-height: 600px;
  max-height: 1200px;
  display: block;
  margin: 2% auto;
}

/* Responsive adjustments */
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  body > *:not(footer) {
    width: 90%;
  }

  nav,
  h1,
  h2 {
    width: 90%;
  }

  .bios-container {
    width: 90%;
  }

  .column {
    width: 100%;
    margin-right: 0 !important;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
  }

  .bio-item {
    width: 100%;
  }

  object {
    height: 70vh;
    min-height: 400px;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
  body > *:not(footer) {
    width: 95%;
  }

  nav,
  h1,
  h2 {
    width: 95%;
  }

  .bios-container {
    width: 95%;
  }

  nav {
    padding-top: 5%;
    padding-bottom: 8%;
  }

  nav a {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
    padding: 8px;
  }

  object {
    height: 60vh;
    min-height: 300px;
  }
}
 
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tomliv said:
@Edrol97 Not quite following what you're asking for. Do you have a link to the page?
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So basically making a PDF viewer fully responsive to the screen width, for the percentage to be set at less than 100% on page load and for the little button on the pdf viewer that allows you to switch between page width and screen width to be toggled to fit to width rather than fit to page.
 
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Edrol97 said:
So basically making a PDF viewer fully responsive to the screen width, for the percentage to be set at less than 100% on page load and for the little button on the pdf viewer that allows you to switch between page width and screen width to be toggled to fit to width rather than fit to page.
Click to expand...
I was able to get the viewer to be full viewport width with these changes:
CSS: 
.pdf-container {
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.pdf-container object {
    width: 100%;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-radius: 8px;
    box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

You should also have a title attribute on the object:

title="PDF Viewer"
 
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