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What should I do when I Click on a file in Firefox?
Always ask: This will prompt you to select what action you want Firefox to take when you click on that type of file. This can be useful if Firefox is automatically saving a file type or is always opening it with a certain program and you want to be asked what to do.
How to programmatically trigger file download in JavaScript?
Another way to force a download is to redirect the user to the image like this: // generate the image var img = “” // then call a function maybe onClick or something downloadImage (img); function downloadImage (data) { location.href = “data:application/octet-stream;base64,” + data; }
Why does Firefox not open a downloaded file?
Note: Firefox will not be able to properly handle a file download if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect Content type. For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application or asking you what to do. (To learn more, see Properly configuring server MIME types at MDN web docs.)
Is the HTML5 download attribute supported in Firefox?
You are using the new (html5) download attribute. As far as I know this is only supported in Chrome and not (yet) in Firefox. This feature is now supported in almost all major browsers (No IE support).
How to save files from download in Firefox?
Click the orange Firefox button, then Options. Under the download section on the General tab, select “Always ask where to save files” Click the orange Firefox button, then Options. Under the download section on the General tab, select “Always ask where to save files” Thank you so much!
How to delete mimetypes.rdfhandlers.json file in Firefox?
You will have to make those changes over again after you take the following steps. Open your profile folder: Click the menu button , click and select .From the menu, choose . Close Firefox. Delete (or rename) the mimeTypes.rdfhandlers.json file. Restart Firefox.