# Can't change "page fit mode" property on PDF Viewer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-change-page-fit-mode-property-on-pdf-viewer/22115>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-change-page-fit-mode-property-on-pdf-viewer/22115 "2019-01-25T11:48:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![james\_fitzgerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@james\_fitzgerald](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james_fitzgerald)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-change-page-fit-mode-property-on-pdf-viewer/22115/1 "2019-01-25T11:48:38Z")

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Can’t change “page fit mode” property on PDF Viewer… just keeps going back to “none”. Other properties seem to be acting correctly.

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**Author:** ![Phil\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Phil\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Phil_B)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-change-page-fit-mode-property-on-pdf-viewer/22115/2 "2019-10-15T19:06:15Z")

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I just ran into this same issue. i tracked it down to the file path for the PDF pointing to a location that doesnt exist. The project im working on is for a customer and they have files in a shared location for their employees but as a contractor i cannot access them. When i bring up a pdf on my computer and view the page in the designer i can alter the fit mode. but as soon as i change it back to the proper path and reload the screen i can no longer change the property. i think this might be a bug.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-change-page-fit-mode-property-on-pdf-viewer/22115/3 "2019-10-15T19:30:27Z")

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I ran into this also. I had my file path as a binding to a tag. when the tag did not have a valid path I was unable to change the fit mode. All I had to do was manually enter a valid file path, change the fit mode, and save. Whenever the binding updated the file path, the fit mode was applied as saved without issue.