Choose to always ask to download files instead of auto-downloading.

[astraldenizen]

This feature was great, and one of the reasons why I stayed with Firefox when I tried it. From stopping accidental downloads to avoiding malware, being able to choose to keep a download instead of automatically putting it on my device was really helpful, so I suggest adding a toggle(alongside the options for individual files) to choose between asking for all files or auto-downloading. I'd greatly appreciate this change.

[Krille]

There must be an option to put downloads only in /tmp and purge them automatically otherwise Firefox becomes unusable for me.

After all those UI mishaps this is certainly the worst "improvement" so far. Please concentrate on implementing HTML features, improving security and other relevant features and stop breaking the usefulness over and over again.

[kelimuttu]

FYI, this bug is in progress. You should be able to choose "always ask" for unrecognizable mime types once this work is implemented.

P.S.!

Please don't spam the bug unless you have additional insight to the topic.

[Manuela]

Non si è ancora risolto il problema. Ho necessità di poter aprire i pdf, senza salvarli in automatico

The problem has not been solved yet. I need to be able to open the pdf, without saving them automatically

[EDVAL]

I'm asking to go back to how it was before.

[dansvinson]

I, too, don't like the idea of all these files being left in the the Downloads Folder.

Even worse, if I want to download (say) 10 pdf files that are to be saved into one folder, each and every time I choose "save as" for a new file, the save wizard opens to the Downloads Folder.  In the past, after I saved the first file, the remaining would automatically open to the destination file I want for all the files.  Now, I have to scroll through My Documents to find the destination folder and then any sub-folders... each and every time.  This is a PITA.  It costs time and makes me very frustrated, not to mention having to go back to the Downloads Folder to delete all those unnecessary files that were automatically saved.

[Jon]

Hey all,

Here with another exciting update…

This idea has been upgraded to "In review" which means it will be brought to our internal teams for review—learn more about The Idea Journey. As soon as we have another update on its status, we’ll let you know right here in the comment section.

Stay tuned 😃

-The Community Team

[Jon]

Hey all,

Here with another exciting update…

This idea has been upgraded to "In review" which means it will be brought to our internal teams for review—learn more about The Idea Journey. As soon as we have another update on its status, we’ll let you know right here in the comment section.

Stay tuned 😃

-The Community Team

[chen_zhe_]

I hope I can get(download) images in pdfs directly while browsing.

[Jon]

Great news!

Our teams have reviewed this idea (and the supporting comments) and the feature is now "In development."

A product manager will add a comment here shortly with more info.

-The Community Team

[willpom]

PDF download

User can set how PDFs are handled by Firefox in about:config - whether to open in Firefox, save etc.

All well and good. But it ignores what instructions the website gives where as no other browser I've tested on does.

I have PDFs on my site that I prefer to set as <a href=............. download>..... so the save box is the first first option. Firefox ignores this, no other browser does. Instead it opens the PDF in that tab.
I can set target="_blank" with download so it at least opens in a new tab for firefox; but then creates blank new tabs for downloads in other browsers. Why should I have to create a work around for intended behaviour just because of Firefox?

This is a recent regression IMO and a case of Firefox trying to micromanage how content is used. Please resolve.

[Alessandro_B]

Please revert the file download behavior as it was before v. 98. It was just perfect!
Let us choose what to do with files: view them (please use the /tmp folder and don't clutter "Download") or download them *only* to the chosen location.
The new Chrome-inspired download management is a P.I.T.A., please ditch it as soon as possible!!!

P.S.
v. 99: "Always ask you where to save files" selected in "Settings" is not honored as you might expect. Setting every single Content Type to "Always ask" doesn't work as well.

[AZ]

I stopped using Firefox believing that this was a bug. Sadly, I won't come back to Firefox until this is fixed, as I simply do not have the time to clean my downloads folder every other day. Also, the downloads folder contains genuine files that I want to keep there and don't want to lose them by accidentally deleting them in a rush. This 'feature' has messed up my computer and my workflow. Bye for now, Firefox.

[Oscar]

While we wait for a real fix (ie: revert to pre 98 behavior):

You can revert to the old ways by setting:

browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel = false

in "about:config".

(if they get rid of that one... I'll leave Firefox for good, and I've being using it since Phoenix days).

[Jon]

Another update: the product team has informed us that this will be fixed in an upcoming release (102). Please feel free to follow along on Bugzilla for more info or stay tuned here 😃

[Jon]

Another update: the product team has informed us that this will be fixed in an upcoming release (102). Please feel free to follow along on Bugzilla for more info or stay tuned here 😃

[reikoneko]

Could there be a little more explanation in the alert box how Firefox has detected malware in a file? I got the alert when downloading the documentation for Kali Linux from their gitlab site, and there is nothing in the file tree but markdown, plaintext, and {png,jpg,gif} image files

[Venetia]

Thank you everyone for your feedback!

We have good news! We have addressed this issue and you'll see it in our next release (Fx101) which comes out next week (May 31st).