Question Solved. Link doesn't start file download if other link has already been clicked. Definition and Usage. The download attribute specifies that the target the file specified in the href attribute will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink.. The optional value of the download attribute will be the new name of the file after it is downloaded.
There are no restrictions on allowed values, and the browser will automatically detect the correct file extension and add. While you may be thinking that the download attribute heralds the end of you having to implement file download logic on the. Linking to a picture file is practically the same as to a html file. Just include the name of the file, and do not forget the correct suffix — i.
For a rundown on the file formats for images on the web, read this. If you want to use a picture as a link, read the next tutorial. Linking to files. It may seem like it's possible if you're trying to download an MP3 from a web page, but that's not the correct route to go. A webpage can contain various links that take you directly to other pages and even specific parts of a given page. It could also ask the user if they want to download the file.
Or it could start downloading the file, detect a virus in it, and delete it right away. Note that this policy goes the other way. What should I do with this? If you have multiple formats of your file, and want to let the browser choose the best one it can view, then you could set up a system using the HTTP Accept header.
For instance, if you had both a ZIP and a RAR version of my-program , then you could make it so you link to just my-program and the browser chooses the version it likes best.
If you want to force the browser to download a file even though the browser can probably view it on its own, see this question. The target Attribute We have used target attribute in our previous example. Example Try following example to understand basic difference in few options given for target attribute. Example Save the following in test. File Download Dialog Box Sometimes it is desired that you want to give an option where a user will click a link and it will pop up a 'File Download' box to the user instead of displaying actual content.
Active 3 years, 1 month ago. But obviously more complicated. Show 4 more comments. Jijo Paulose Jijo Paulose 1, 16 16 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Quentin Quentin k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Hey, you say: "although I know there is a simpler way" If I could find the details, I'd post them. I can't find them right now and don't have the time to devote to an extensive search. It's fine thanks for your help. I just created a php page that generates the download Try this Edwin Thomas Edwin Thomas 1, 2 2 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges.
This attribute is only used if the href attribute is set. Vladimir Salguero 4, 2 2 gold badges 37 37 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges. Rizo Rizo 2, 1 1 gold badge 18 18 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.
Hey, thanks for the answer. Some people already proposed this but I think it's still not fully supported. On the other hand, your download link is not working for me on Chrome latest — Pierre.
Grhm 6, 4 4 gold badges 40 40 silver badges 63 63 bronze badges. Colin Pickard Colin Pickard 44k 13 13 gold badges 92 92 silver badges bronze badges. Lying about the content-type is not the only way to achieve this. See the content-disposition HTTP response header. You can download! Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge.
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