Closed
Bug 232702
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
"Save link as..." doesn't prompt for location to save to
Categories
(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
FIXED
mozilla1.7
People
(Reporter: myk, Assigned: bugs)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: fixed-aviary1.0)
The "Save link to disk..." context menu item doesn't prompt me for the location to save the link to, although I frequently want to save text file links (e.g. to Bugzilla patches) to a different location than my downloads folder. I can already download binary files to my downloads folder by left-clicking on their links, but I can't do that with text files (since Firebird displays them), so it seems like the context menu item is mostly useful for downloading text files, which don't tend to go into my downloads folder. Of course, there are cases where the context menu item makes sense for binary links, such as when Firebird mistakenly thinks it can display a binary file, but a recent checkin by bzbarsky supposedly fixed a lot of that. If that's now the less common use of the item, then it would be better to prompt for location (perhaps offering a modifier key alternative for not prompting). In lieu of that, the ellipses should be removed from the item at least.
Comment 1•21 years ago
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Under Tools -> Options -> Downloads, you probably have Download Folder set to save all files to one specific folder. Just change the setting.
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Comment 2•21 years ago
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(In reply to comment #1) > Under Tools -> Options -> Downloads, you probably have Download Folder set to > save all files to one specific folder. Just change the setting. Sure, but that setting is useful for the binary file case (which i never use "Save link to disk..." for since I can just click the link to download it), just not for the text file case (which I always use "Save link to disk..." for because otherwise Firebird would display the link instead of downloading it).
Comment 3•21 years ago
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See also bug 229547, *opposite* bug for "save image as".
Updated•20 years ago
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Summary: "Save link to disk..." doesn't prompt for location to save to → "Save link as..." doesn't prompt for location to save to
Comment 4•20 years ago
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*** Bug 241279 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•20 years ago
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Flags: blocking0.9?
Comment 5•20 years ago
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updating OS, targeting to 0.9 and setting blocking flag.
Flags: blocking0.9? → blocking0.9+
OS: Linux → All
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox0.9
Comment 6•20 years ago
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This should not be fixed. Argument from votes: bug 229547 (saving images *shouldn't* prompt for a location) has 2 votes. This bug has 0 votes. Argument from "options should do what they say": The options are "Ask me where to save every file" and Save all files to this folder". Argument from consistency: Users would have to figure out which Save commands follow the pref and which don't. That's bad. Argument from "don't try to be smarter than the user": We can't predict how likely it is that the user wants to select a location based on what Save command the user gives. Therefore, we should respect the user's option for all Save commands. Examples showing why it's hard to predict: * Myk wants to select locations for text (patches) but not anything else. He only uses "Save Link [As...]" for text. So Myk wants "Save Link [As...]", but nothing else, to prompt. * I want to select locations for everything but images and videos. I only use "Save Link [As...]" for videos (because left-clicking it starts playing it, often in Winamp). So I want everything but "Save Image [As...]" and "Save Link [As...]" to prompt.
Comment 7•20 years ago
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Why not have both "Save Link..." and "Save Link As..." in the menu if the "Download all files to this folder" is set? Only power users would likely want both (like Myk and myself), thus I'd be happy if there was something in about:config that you could tweak to enable both instead of having to clutter the preferences UI for it.
If the menuitem does not trigger user interaction before its action then the dots (...) should be removed from the menuitem [Save link].
Comment 10•20 years ago
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so the options are: a) have a separate label to be used depending on the pref. b) have a separate context menu item that is used depending on the autodownload pref, and have a hidden pref that enables the prompt for location menuitem even if autodownloading would work. this can be done with some refactoring of code, I'm sure
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Comment 11•20 years ago
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fixed, branch and trunk
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Comment 12•20 years ago
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Can a pref be added to change back to the old behaviour? I liked the old style where it didn't ask for anything and just saved.
Comment 13•20 years ago
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That pref could look something like: ( ) Ask me where to save every file (o) Save all files to this folder: [_______|v]
Comment 14•20 years ago
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If you want a pref, file a new bug. But please keep in mind that menu items with an ellipsis imply a context-specific dialog will be presented to the user.
Updated•20 years ago
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Whiteboard: fixed-aviary1.0
Comment 15•20 years ago
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I do understand that this bug was fixed because it made it easier to download text-files. But if you want to download several files from one page, you can't just left click them all and wait for them to download, because the download doesn't start immediately. If you choose "Save link as", they get saved anyway, but I get lot's of dialog boxes asking me where to save...
Comment 16•20 years ago
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I just read at http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4824#182 that I can press alt while clicking on a link to get the old behaviour. That's just perfect :) But wouldn't it be better keep the old default, and use the alt key for the new behaviour? Anyway, some more information about it, for instance in the release notes would have been fine.
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Comment 17•20 years ago
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Hold down Alt while you click the link to get it to autodownload.
Comment 18•20 years ago
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(In reply to comment #17) > Hold down Alt while you click the link to get it to autodownload. This doesn't work on thumbnails pointing to images. It does nothing.
Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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