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.

[Raziel]

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@Venetiawrote:

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).

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Thank you very much FF team. This issue was so annoying.

[RoWe]

When i open a document in FF (PDF, JPG, and so on) they are stored in my download directory and have to be removed manually. That's very annoying. Why not store in a automatically deleted directory when I chose "Open with .."? There is no need to fill my download directory with trash

[Yu_C]

Stop auto-saving file.

When browsing through the web I occasionally need to open and view PDF file from various sites which I DON'T want them in my Download folder.

To make things worse, for the files that I wanted to view first and then save later, I now need to delete it from the Download folder after saving.

I thought I was doing something wrong and encounter a bug until I find that it was intentionally changed in release note 98.0. It is VERY annoying and unnecessary.

[Jon]

Hi @Yu_C, 

This was fixed and included in our Fx101 release. Let us know if that's not working on your end.

[MissJ08]

Admin Jon says this was fixed, but it is not. I have updated to 101.0.1 (64-bit) and everything still autosaves despite me trying to just open to view. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 

[Jon]

@MissJ08 thanks for the heads up and sorry to hear about this! Let me look into it and follow up shortly.

[butttonbox]

I agree the new version has not fixed the problem. It still auto saves to what ever folder you choose. It's becoming very annoying! 

[kb9hgi]

Please change the way of PDF files. I want it to open and read the PDF and not save every PDF file.

[Yu_C]

I have updated Firefox to version 102.0 and the problem still exist. 😣

[33mj]

What is with all the SPAM and repeat SPAM? I got 226 in one week!

[erkilst]

I have been a faithful Firefox advocate for decades. 

Viewing .pdf files is a major part of my internet work.

Now that Firefox downloads all .pdf files to my download folder before I can view them, I then have to delete those files, which is cumbersome and time consuming.

I have found it necessary to use a different browser.

[dansvinson]

I have written about this problem before (April 18, 2022) and thought I got a message a few months ago that said this problem would be repaired in an upcoming update... several updates have come and gone and PDF downloads are still opening up and saving automatically to the Downloads folder.

Here's the deal:  I'm at a website and downloading, say, PDF articles about a certain subject.  I download a PDF and it opens.  Before saving I want to rename it.  Done.  But the Save wizard is opened to the Download folder, even after saving my first article in the appropriate folder.  For the subsequent files, I then have to scroll through and find the appropriate destination folder AGAIN, sometimes through several layers of folders, many times.  If I have ten or fifteen files to save, the save wizard ALWAYS opens to the download folder.  This is time consuming and frustrating and, frankly, p----g me off.

This has not always been this way.  I should be able to save a file and when it comes to saving the next file, the save wizard should open to the folder where I just saved a file, not to the Downloads folder.  It used to do this.  Why doesn't it do it now??  Can't y'all fix this? After all, y'all are the ones that screwed it up!  Have you not understood the problem?  Saving pics and music works correctly. Why is it just PDFs that are dysfunctional?

I have been a loyal Firefox user since before Firefox was Firefox. But if this is not fixed, I may start exploring other options.  Yes, it's that important to me.

[Jon]

Thanks all for participating in this thread and helping get this feature delivered 👏. It was shipped in Firefox 101, so we are closing out this thread.

Please continue sharing product feedback and ideas for new features/feature enhancements.

[MissJ08]

I just updated my browser and now have 104.0.2 (64 bit), and it still automatically downloads files despite saying "open with adobe pdf" only (it doesn't matter what program is needed/used to open it). The problem is NOT fixed.

[EDVAL]

My firefox version is 104.0.2 (64-bits) and the matter persists.