# Double Expansion in Firefox Print/Save as pdf **URL:** \ **Category:** Have a question?\ **Created:** [August 4, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405 "2025-08-04T01:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/1 "2025-08-04T01:17:34Z")
Is anyone else seeing this issue (or is it just me?). When I use the print option in Firefox to save a pdf of a page (Print… Save to PDF), the textexpander snippet that I enter to add the date to the name expands twice. Example: I enter “dd-” which should expand to the date in this format 08-03-25, but it shows up as 08-03-2508-03-25. I already followed the suggestion from a similar topic that suggested maybe I have the textexpander extension for Firefox running simultaneously with the Mac desktop version, but I don’t have the Firefox extension turned on (if there is one.). Any ideas would be appreciated! I’m in Mac OS Sequoia 15.2 and Firefox 141.0 (aarch64). ---
**Author:** ![josh.centers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/textexpander/user_avatar/community.textexpander.com/josh.centers/32/8_2.png) [@josh.centers](https://community.textexpander.com/u/josh.centers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/2 "2025-08-05T14:33:53Z")
Hi, @KarenParolek, I just fired up Firefox to try this and I’m not seeing this behavior with my date Snippets. We also don’t have a browser extension that would work in Firefox. Does your `dd-` Snippet exhibit this behavior in any other app or just Firefox? ---
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/3 "2025-08-11T16:21:01Z")
Hi @josh.centers, as far as I can tell, it’s only in Firefox. I tried other app and other browsers, and none of them have the same issue. Thanks for checking in on this. ---
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/4 "2025-08-11T16:22:16Z")
I also noticed that it double expands all snippets in the print to pdf window, not just “dd-” ---
**Author:** ![josh.centers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/textexpander/user_avatar/community.textexpander.com/josh.centers/32/8_2.png) [@josh.centers](https://community.textexpander.com/u/josh.centers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/5 "2025-08-11T16:43:31Z")
Hi, @KarenParolek, thanks for the info. This specific dialog here? ![Screenshot 2025-08-11 at 11.43.04 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/textexpander/original/1X/901986b298815f33b9a89c41e7d79de27e4cc035.png) ---
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/6 "2025-08-11T16:55:29Z")
Yep, that’s the one @josh.centers. ---
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/7 "2025-08-21T23:31:24Z")
@josh.centers Thanks again for looking at this. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![josh.centers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/textexpander/user_avatar/community.textexpander.com/josh.centers/32/8_2.png) [@josh.centers](https://community.textexpander.com/u/josh.centers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/8 "2025-08-22T02:21:45Z")
Hi Karen, apparently this is a known issue. I’ll let you know when we have a fix. ---
**Author:** ![KarenParolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KarenParolek](https://community.textexpander.com/u/KarenParolek)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.textexpander.com/t/double-expansion-in-firefox-print-save-as-pdf/405/9 "2025-08-22T16:13:30Z")
Thanks Josh! Have a great weekend!