Closed Bug 268481 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

File downloads opened in a new window or tab should automatically close that window/tab

Categories

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 241972

People

(Reporter: ldrhcp, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1

When a link that sends the file to the download manager instead of the viewport
is opened in a new window or tab, the user can be confused by an extra window
open. The browser should detect the window being used solely for the download
and should automatically close.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 241972 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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