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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.
Hello:
I have just verified that in the canary version and in the dev version the option "Open" and "Save as" appears each time a download link is clicked.
It is an important advance for all those who just want to "Open" the download link without having to download it first.
However, the option "Save as" does not "memorize" the last directory used, so if you have to download several files and save them in the same directory, for each download you have to start browsing to the final directory. This is a major loss of functionality.
The option to memorize the last download should be given. Something like "Save the file in the same directory used in the last download" (Yes / No) as one more option in the configuration. Something similar to the example in the image:
Thank you very much!!
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Hola:
Acabo de comprobar que en la version canary y en la version dev aparece la opcion "Abrir" y "Guardar como" cada vez que se pulsa sobre un enlace de descarga.
Es un adelanto importante para todos aquellos que solo quieren "Abrir" el enlace de descarga sin necesidad de descargarlo previamente.
Sin embargo, la opcion "Guardar como" no "memoriza" el ultimo directorio utilizado por lo que si tienes que descargar varios ficheros y guardarlos en un mismo directorio, para cada descarga se tiene que iniciar la navegacion hasta el directorio final. Esto es una perdida importante de funcionalidad.
Se deberia dar la opcion de memorizar la ultima descarga. Algo asi como "Guardar el archivo en el mismo directorio utilizado en la ultima descarga" (Si/No) como una opcion mas en la configuracion. Algo similar al ejemplo de la imagen:
Muchas gracias!!
ppnacho Hello. I haven't had this feature yet. I have an old download interface. Version 87.0.628.0 (Official Assembly) canary (64-bit version)
