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mrbill302
New member
Status: In development

Since update 98.0 32 bit, whenever a file is downloaded, a popup appears that never used to be. It's kind of annoying. Now I have to click the arrow to make it go away.

28 Comments
Nemosan
Making moves

Agree. It's very annoying. I don't know why they changed the previous behavior.

DreamPhreak
New member

Came here to comment about the same thing. I'm over here downloading many things, and every single time the downloads popup appears with no way to turn it off. This was a horrible change.

sglew
Making moves

I agree.  It's very annoying and unnecessary.   Why not make these changes optional.  Or at least have an opt-out setting.

rtestard
Employee
Employee

Hello,

Many users had issues with retrieving downloaded files. This change helps them locate downloaded files more easily. If you are the type of user who wants to access downloaded files from the file system and who does not want the panel to open for downloads you can do the following:

- Open the main hamburger menu > select "More tools" > Select "Customize toolbar"

- In the customize toolbar UI you can drag the download icon away from the toolbar

mrbill302
New member

Hi rtestard,

I don't want to change my toolbar. Before the change, the arrow would show download progress. When completed, the arrow would reappear. You could click the arrow and see all your downloads without a popup.

DreamPhreak
New member

I like seeing the visual confirmation of progress done on the download icon to know if something downloaded successfully or not, so I'd rather keep it on the toolbar. But the popup is too much.

nobler
New member

I agree, this is very annoying.  I tried the change to about:config by adding the key,

browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete

and setting it to false.  Doesn't work.  I'm ready to go back to v97 because you guys always keep changing things and not allowing us peons to stop it.  But I'll be stuck with it eventually, because NOW I CANNOT TURN OFF UPDATES. Seems like every damned time I sit down at the computer to do something, you guys make me spend the next half hour trying to undo your latest "improvements".

Speaking of which, I want tabs down by content, not at the top of the window, but you changed that and I can't change it back.

 

jscher2000
Leader

Hi, there is a hidden setting for whether the panel opens:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

More info on about:config: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/about-config-editor-firefox (changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future)

(2) In the search box in the page, type or paste browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the preference to switch the value from true to false

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General background article on the new download workflow in Firefox 98: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/manage-downloads-preferences-using-downloads-menu 

baita_pincel
New member

This download pop up is an awful experience and you just can't even turn it off. Mozilla, fix it please.

JohnB
Making moves

I came here to make a similar comment. I don't know why anyone thought it would be a good idea to pop up an unwanted and unneeded irritation. They could at least have given us a way to turn it off. It's very, very annoying.