1855035 - on download, "always ask..." not operate

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Downloads Panel, defect)

Description

[Ocleyr2lalune]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/117.0

Steps to reproduce:

In parameters, download section
Choose "Always ask..."
Try to download a file

Actual results:

Always ask not applied
File is always download in folder choosen in parameters. This is not greyed, despite "Always ask..." checked.

Expected results:

A dialog windows should be appear to choose where I Download file.

Notice, in about:config,
browser.download.useDownloadDir = false and is marked as not default. This is OK

But
services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir = true and is marked as default
When I change it to false I have expected results.

I think, when I check the "always ask" option, only browser.download.useDownloadDir is change but, services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir don't change.
I think, when I check this option (alwways ask), I need services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir is too changed, and it's not apply.
I shouldn't have to change it manually in about:config. that's what the checkbox should be for.

In fact, "Always ask" is never apply when services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir = true.
I think, this is the issue.

Sorry for my bad english.

Thanks for any correction to this bug

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::File Handling' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Ocleyr2lalune]

it's the behavior after checking "always ask where to download files" in the "Downloads" section that's at fault.
And not the file handling set in the Application section.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (he/him)]

This is a very strange report.

(In reply to Ocleyr2lalune from comment #0)

Notice, in about:config,
browser.download.useDownloadDir = false and is marked as not default. This is OK

But
services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir = true and is marked as default

This setting controls whether the setting of browser.download.useDownloadDir is synced to other devices. It does not control anything else.

When I change it to false I have expected results.

This makes no sense. Changing that pref or not should make no difference to how the browser behaves.

I have tried to reproduce and cannot - setting only browser.download.useDownloadDir to false is sufficient to get prompted for a location for the file.

Can you expand on what files you see this with, ie:

Try to download a file

can you be more explicit about what files you download from where, and how you download them (click a link, or using the context menu, or using File > Save As..., or something else) ?

Comment 4

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

I cant reproduce this issue on the QA side either, setting those prefs to False and trying to download any file will open the Window where I can choose where to save that file.
I think we can close it as incomplete for now and reopen when more information is provided.