diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/io/export.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/io/export.rs
index 2a23c7e1bf..5050529039 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/io/export.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/io/export.rs
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ pub fn export(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, format: Option<&str>, path: Option<Strin
     // encoder is told the file it writes (an exporter plug-in gets its name and extension).
     let label = format!("Exporting {}", fileio::file_name(&path));
     // A PDF's View PDF after saving: the first file written opens in the system viewer, unless
-    // automation asked for the export (checked now: a background export ends after the request).
-    let view = params.get("viewAfterSaving").and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(false) && app.refuse_automation("viewAfterSaving").is_ok();
+    // automation asked for the export, also through a save panel it opened (checked now: a
+    // background export ends after the request).
+    let view = params.get("viewAfterSaving").and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(false) && !app.automation_asked();
     let (mut params, target) = (params.clone(), path.clone());
     if let Some(o) = params.as_object_mut() {
         o.insert("path".into(), json!(path));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/io/save.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/io/save.rs
index 69a5f54eff..6e38e8cc63 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/io/save.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/io/save.rs
@@ -472,8 +472,9 @@ pub fn save_pdf(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, mode: SaveMode, mut params: Value) ->
 
 /// Open a written file in the system viewer (not on the web, which downloads it).
 pub(super) fn view_file(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, path: &str) {
-    // The viewer is another app: an export automation asked for is written but not opened.
-    if !is_web(app) && app.refuse_automation("viewAfterSaving").is_ok() {
+    // The viewer is another app: an export automation asked for is written but not opened, also
+    // when it goes on from a save panel automation opened.
+    if !is_web(app) && !app.automation_asked() {
         app.open_url(&file_url(path));
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/picks.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/picks.rs
index 90e6fdc78d..e808cf2463 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/picks.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/picks.rs
@@ -210,6 +210,38 @@ fn save_as_goes_on_with_the_path_picked() {
     assert_eq!(*written.borrow(), ["/art/poster.svg"]);
 }
 
+/// Save as PDF with View PDF after Saving, asked for by automation without a path: the save panel
+/// it opened answers as automation's, so the PDF is written but not opened in the viewer, even
+/// when a person picked the file. The person's own Save as PDF opens it.
+#[test]
+fn a_pdf_automation_asked_for_is_not_opened_when_its_save_panel_answers() {
+    let opened = Rc::new(RefCell::new(Vec::<String>::new()));
+    let u = opened.clone();
+    let mut services =
+        Services { dialogs_are_sheets: true, open_url: Some(Box::new(move |p: &str| u.borrow_mut().push(p.to_string()))), ..Default::default() };
+    let (shown, written) = off_the_ui_thread(&mut services);
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), services);
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 100, "height": 80})).unwrap();
+    app.run("shape.rectangle", json!({"x": 10, "y": 10, "width": 30, "height": 20})).unwrap();
+    let view = json!({"viewAfterSaving": true});
+
+    app.ui.answering_control = true;
+    let _ = app.run("file.export.pdf", view.clone());
+    app.ui.answering_control = false;
+    assert!(matches!(shown.requests().as_slice(), [PickRequest::Save(_)]));
+    shown.answer(&["/art/automated.pdf"]);
+    poll(&mut app);
+    assert_eq!(*written.borrow(), ["/art/automated.pdf"]);
+    assert!(opened.borrow().is_empty(), "{:?}", opened.borrow());
+
+    let _ = app.run("file.export.pdf", view);
+    shown.answer(&["/art/mine.pdf"]);
+    poll(&mut app);
+    assert_eq!(*written.borrow(), ["/art/automated.pdf", "/art/mine.pdf"]);
+    assert_eq!(opened.borrow().len(), 1, "{:?}", opened.borrow());
+    assert!(opened.borrow()[0].ends_with("/art/mine.pdf"), "{:?}", opened.borrow());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_dialogs_folder_button_fills_its_field_when_the_picker_answers() {
     let (mut app, shown, _) = app();