322733 - When downloading files, Firefox remembers different save paths for different file types

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 255379

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Björn Wiberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

When downloading different types of files, Firefox may remember different "save paths", i.e. directories where files are suggested to be saved. It seems that for files of types which Firefox doesn't know how to handle internally, such as .c, .pl and .rar files, the save path is maintained for those collectively.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new browser window.

2. Enter the following URL, let the image load and choose "Save Image As..." to a certain directory, say Z:\Attach.

http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/bilder/ulkk2004/ulkk2004_18.jpg

3. Open another browser window and visit the following directory listing:

http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/kurser/exjobb/files/miscellaneous/

4. Click on "endian.c" and choose "Save to Disk". Another directory is suggested, in my case Z:\, probably because that is my home directory on Windows (a network share).

5. Click on "scale_test.pl" and choose "Save to Disk". Notice that the same directory as in step 4 is suggested.

6. Open the following URL in the current window, too:

http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/bilder/ulkk2004/ulkk2004_18.jpg

Choose "Save Image As..." and notice that Z:\Attach is suggested!

7. Open the following URL in a new window:

http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/filer/bugs/test.rar

8. Choose "Save to Disk" and choose a separate directory, e.g. Z:\websites.

9. Open the following URL in the current window:

http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/kurser/exjobb/files/miscellaneous/miscellaneous.tar.gz

Choose "Save to Disk". Notice that the same directory as in step 8 is suggested.
Actual Results:  
Files of different file types are suggested to be saved to different paths. At least, files which Firefox knows how to handle "internally", such as images, remember their "own" path.

Expected Results:  
All files should be suggested to be saved to the latest selected "save path", regardless of file type.

Comment 1

[Elmar Ludwig]

There are actually just two separate directories remembered:
One for the download dialog and one for "Save Link/Image As".

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 255379 ***