287053 - UI change : make it possible to select the download directory from the download manager's main window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 237093

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

Description

[Jean-Michel Fayard]

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Hello,

Suggestion for an UI change :
- at the bottom of the download manager, you have now :
   "All files downloaded to Button<$DownloadFolder>"

- I would like the button changed to a menu containing :
   "All files downloaded to Menubutton<$DownloadFolder>"
When you click on the menubutton, you see :
* Show folder $DownloadFolder
* --- Always download in --- 
* lastdir1
* lastdir2
* lastdir3
* Other folder...
* Always ask

Where :
- Show folder does what the button does now
- folder1, folder2, folder3 is a list sorted by time
of the last folders I used as download directory
- Other folder opens a "Choose directory" dialog
- Always ask, is for the kind of people who needs to use Portable Firefox
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/
See the "Download Prompt - Firefox will ask where to save downloads. " item

Rationale : the download manager is a real enhancement when you compare it to
transferts dialogs ala internet explorer, but it was apparently
designed by and for people who always download the files to their
desktop, but becomes a bit frustating for people who switch not-so-rarely
the download directory.

For example, I use most of time "~/tmp" as download browser.
But more or less each week, I go to http://radioarkivo.org/
and want to download a bunch of MP3 files and download them
in ~/Radio_In_Esperanto

- Right click -> download to... is unsuitable since I have lot of files
- The download manager does not provide a quick and easy enough
way to switch the directory, and to set it back to "~/tmp" after that.

(Disclaimer : yes, I know it's possile through Tools->Options, it's
not a feature request but an UI enhancement proposal)

That's it. Congratulations if you were able to read my poor english.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

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Comment 2

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Duplicate of Bug 237093

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 237093 ***