diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail/SingleAttachment.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail/SingleAttachment.elm
index e6690153..fdec3702 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail/SingleAttachment.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail/SingleAttachment.elm
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ view texts flags settings model pos attach =
                 , style "max-height" "calc(100vh - 140px)"
                 , style "min-height" "500px"
                 ]
-                [ embed
-                    [ src <| Data.UiSettings.pdfUrl settings flags fileUrl
-                    , class "absolute h-full w-full top-0 left-0 mx-0 py-0"
+                [ Data.UiSettings.pdfView settings
+                    flags
+                    fileUrl
+                    [ class "absolute h-full w-full top-0 left-0 mx-0 py-0"
                     , id "ds-pdf-view-iframe"
                     ]
-                    []
                 ]
         ]
 
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Data/UiSettings.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Data/UiSettings.elm
index 4e8c8194..34446a3b 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Data/UiSettings.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Data/UiSettings.elm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Data.UiSettings exposing
     , merge
     , mergeDefaults
     , pdfUrl
+    , pdfView
     , storedUiSettingsDecoder
     , storedUiSettingsEncode
     , tagColor
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ import Data.ItemTemplate exposing (ItemTemplate)
 import Data.Pdf exposing (PdfMode)
 import Data.UiTheme exposing (UiTheme)
 import Dict exposing (Dict)
-import Html exposing (Attribute)
-import Html.Attributes as HA
+import Html exposing (Attribute, Html, embed, iframe)
+import Html.Attributes as HA exposing (src)
 import Json.Decode as Decode
 import Json.Decode.Pipeline as P
 import Json.Encode as Encode
@@ -426,6 +427,33 @@ pdfUrl settings flags originalUrl =
             Data.Pdf.serverUrl originalUrl
 
 
+pdfView : UiSettings -> Flags -> String -> List (Attribute msg) -> Html msg
+pdfView settings flags originalUrl attrs =
+    let
+        url =
+            pdfUrl settings flags originalUrl
+
+        native =
+            embed (src url :: attrs) []
+
+        fallback =
+            iframe (src url :: attrs) []
+    in
+    case settings.pdfMode of
+        Data.Pdf.Detect ->
+            if flags.pdfSupported then
+                native
+
+            else
+                fallback
+
+        Data.Pdf.Native ->
+            native
+
+        Data.Pdf.Server ->
+            fallback
+
+
 getUiLanguage : Flags -> UiSettings -> UiLanguage -> UiLanguage
 getUiLanguage flags settings default =
     case flags.account of