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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files - Discussion
Hello everyone,
Thanks so much for all the feedback provided regarding Open/SaveAs. We are now introducing an option for users using Edge version 87.0.629.0 and above to choose, for each download, whether they want to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel a download. To enable this option, navigate to edge://settings/downloads and enable, "Ask me what to do with each download." Once you download a file after enabling that setting, you will have the option to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel it. If you choose to open it directly, it will be downloaded to a temporary folder.
Additionally, we have exposed an option to directly delete downloaded files from your computer, in the browser so that you can easily clean up after downloading your files without leaving the browser.
To learn more about these features, please check out our post.
Hi Elliot! Why is it so difuclut, to implemnet the feature, to open a file with only one click in the standard program (eg jpg png in photos, docx in Word, ...), without download, without "open file", without the "three dots ..."? When we can expect this feature? I am not alone with this whish.
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Johannes66 wrote:Hi Elliot! Why is it so difuclut, to implemnet the feature, to open a file with only one click in the standard program (eg jpg png in photos, docx in Word, ...), without download, without "open file", without the "three dots ..."? When we can expect this feature? I am not alone with this whish.
it can't happen "without download". browser always downloads the file somewhere on your local computer. be it in main download folder or the temp folder, but still downloading is necessary for installed programs to be able to open the file.
even when you watch a YouTube video, you're actually downloading the video files on your computer, in a cache folder.
but yeah I get your point, you want something that Edge classic and Firefox has, to be able to download files in a temp folder, view them quickly and don't worry about finding and deleting them manually later.
well This conversation is a dead end.
We discussing a feature that MS support on ALL their other browsers, but they are not even consider implementing anything like it on Chromium EDGE.
I don't think anything will happen on this case in next couple of year, if at all.
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Yoneff wrote:well This conversation is a dead end.
We discussing a feature that MS support on ALL their other browsers, but they are not even consider implementing anything like it on Chromium EDGE.
I don't think anything will happen on this case in next couple of year, if at all.
They are considering though, they marked all of the top feedback list items as "planned".
Johannes66 agreed.
Elliot Kirk, this is a near daily pain point for me. Now that I've replaced Edge with Chromium Edge, I find I go to IE just for this feature. Here's another place where the current method is just a brutal UX: I receive emails in Outlook (the Office Application, not the web site) with links to PDF files. I want to click on the link and look at the PDF file so I can decide what to do with it or if I can just trash the email. If I click on that link with the new Chromium Edge, it pops up a Save dialog box. Grrrr! WTF!?!? I just want to look at the PDF, not save it, then open the folder than contains it (necessary so I can get back there later to delete it), then open it, then delete, etc.
That whole process is so painful, I find that I instead right click on the link in the email, copy it, open IE, then paste it in there so I can view the PDF without having to save and manage the file. That may look like as many steps, but they are MUCH faster. Having to save and delete a file is a much more painful process.
And this is not limited to PDFs. Same thing with voice mail messages as MP3 links or certain kinds of images. Just give us the Open/Run option already! As others have said, the way it worked in old Edge (and IE) is fine. Rather than endless debate on this, at least give us that. If you want to tinker with it after that, fine. I don't deny that it could be further improved, but get us something now to end the pain, rather than holding off for the "perfect solution."
the usefulness of having just a popup (like IE) as a download window, would also avoid the consumption of resources (compared to IE always)
That's a lot just for 1 download 🙂
