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calvinbradshaw
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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Editing PDF'S on a Xiaomi tablet ? Works fine on Windows, Mac, iPad, but not on this Tablet.

Has anyone managed to get the edit a PDF working on a Xiaomi tablet? (I am on MIUI 14.0.4)

Editing PDF's from within the dropbox website works fine on Windows, Mac, iPad, using any browser.
However on this Xiaomi, I have tried 5 browsers, and none of them will show the "Edit" menu item at the top when the PDF is open. 


Did not want to go down the the path of launching a PDF edit app, one of the other guys has tried this with mixed results.  Native editing in Dropbox, like i can do on iPad would be best.

  • calvinbradshaw's avatar
    calvinbradshaw
    3 years ago


    Solved.  Thank you for the direction on this being a Desktop View issue Здравко 

    It was in "Desktop Site" mode per photo, but was showing the mobile menu, with no Edit. Toggling it off an on again did not refresh the page as i would have expected when switching mobile/desktop.  Restarted the tablet, restarted Firefox. It now it starts in not Desktop Site -off-, but toggling it on refreshes the page, puts it in desktop site view, and the menu when a PDF is open or selected does indeed have the Edit menu. 

    I will now go learn how to force a Desktop site for dropbox.com

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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    😁 Yes, but here the PDF is still not open. Try the same view like in your previous screenshot you posted (the one I talked about). 😉

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    calvinbradshaw
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

     

    Thanks Здравко  I am not sure what you mean.

    Like I said in previous post, it's working now. Restarting Firefox/restaring tablet (not sure what one, but suspect former) now causes Desktop Site mode to toggle, and I get the Edit PDF option. Opening a PDF shows edit menu.

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