Oct 29 2019 08:43 AM
Hello everyone and thanks for your significant interest in our feedback item of “Provide run / open / save as options when downloading files”. This has been a very interesting problem to think through. The downloads team would love your thoughts on whether we have identified the main customer needs such a feature would need to address.
We believe that there are three main things being asked for:
Do you think we are thinking in the right direction? We are still exploring possible solutions to this problem and any additional feedback is most welcome!
Nov 05 2019 08:17 PM
Nov 06 2019 03:30 AM
Hello @Elliot Kirk,
Since I've also suggested this option, I'm very glorified that You are considering this option to realise.
As far as I have read suggestions and critics, I've come to a conclusion - suggestion that could adapt to as much users as possible:
I'd also want kind of "old-style" download prompt as in oEdge when it pops up at bottom center but there would be a suggestion for UI from me:
I truly believe this would be pretty challenging and different than other browsers provide but also quite cool. But developers should keep an eye on performance changes - if it's drastically increasing then we don't need this feature.
By the way - oEdge = old Edge; cEdge = Chromium Edge; DL = download.
Nov 06 2019 09:56 AM
@Elliot Kirk I think you understand the features needed. Is it expected to have these features at release date?
Nov 07 2019 01:50 AM
@Elliot Kirk yes absolutely you are thinking in right direction..please provide these feature as fast as possible.
Nov 07 2019 08:09 AM
A save as option would be most useful to me to put files where I want them to go first time.
Run and Open are sometimes needed
Nov 11 2019 04:07 PM
Nov 11 2019 05:22 PM
Nov 12 2019 02:45 AM
There is already an option to turn the "Save As" dialog on in the current Edge.
However I would really like to have an "Open" option so the file is places somewhere in the Temp Folder and will get deleted automatically at some point in the future.
Nov 14 2019 01:41 PM
@Elliot Kirk I would just like the behaviour fixed when saving PDF that are opened in EdgeDev. When I open an online PDF and click the save button it shows up in the Downloads Bar. This is excellent because then I can drag and drop it back into the browser to upload to online storage like OneDrive. However, when I open and save a PDF file that I've already downloaded (I do this to rename the file, and remain in Edge) it no longer shows up on the Downloads Bar, and I need to switch windows to drag and drop to the online storage site, or switch to the online storage site and click add file and then select from the popup dialog. I think this is the behaviour of the new PDF reader that's been implemented. Older versions of Edge had the behaviour where all PDFs saved, local or online, would show up in the Downloads Bar.
Nov 15 2019 07:18 AM
@Elliot Kirk Wanted to mention that I am not using the native PDF viewer and am using an external program and only have the option to download a PDF. Would be great if it just opened in the default PDF program and then you could save the PDF if needed from the program.
Nov 18 2019 11:08 AM
Last night / this morning, I discovered something annoying about Edge Insider's download manager. Most people probably don't know this, but you can drag and drop files from the download bar directly into file explorer and other programs! I had maybe around 30 PDF files that I needed to download and organize, so I opened up file explorer, turned off "choose destination for every file" in Edge, and began downloading about 4 files at a time, navigating to where I wanted to put them in File Explorer, and dropping them into place. This was great for moving a ton of files to many different destinations... or so I thought.
It turns out that dragging and dropping a file from Edge's download bar doesn't work like drag and drop within File Explorer. Edge duplicates the file instead of moving it. This means, by the time I was done, I had two copies of every file. My default download location is my desktop, but I didn't know what was happening because I had Edge and File Explorer covering it up. Cut to this morning, and I discover that I have 30 so files nicely tucked away in their folders, and also randomly strewn across my desktop.
I can understand why it was designed like this: if you're dragging a downloaded file into an existing tab, to say, upload it to social media, you would want the file to also remain at its source. If you're dragging and dropping a file into an application like Photoshop the file shouldn't move from its original location. However, Windows 10's default drag and drop behavior already accounts for this. When dragging into a folder, Windows 10 transfers the file instead of creating a copy. When dragging a file into an application, Windows 10 keeps the original file in its source location. Edge's Download bar should have the same behavior, if at all possible.
Nov 18 2019 11:10 AM
I think the most important thing to keep in mind is that in the end you don't have to choose one or the other. Just enable us to choose. Give us options.
From a design perspective, I would say keep it simple. Have an Open and a Save button.
If people want more options, allow them to enable them in the settings.
Nov 19 2019 09:04 AM
Really need these options, (and corrected the bug that once out of 2, when I choose the desktop as a destination, the file does not appear, forced to actualize or F5)
And to have a small download window (like IE) to be able to close the browser and still have a visual on the download (without it being an entire browser window)
Nov 19 2019 12:21 PM
For my perspective there is no further need for discussion. Please just implement. Thanks
Nov 29 2019 11:27 AM
When downloading the previous Edge shows time in hours and minutes remaining from the start to the end. New Edge only shows hours left first, then minutes only when it is ending.
Example a 2 hour 30 minute download will just be shown as 2 hours left, 1 hour left then mins till completed. Please show full actual downloading time like EdgeHTML, it would be great. Thank's !
Dec 11 2019 11:38 AM
@DinosaurTim What you think about my proposal on the first page? It was about a "save/move to... " to recent locations. Could you also consider the total amount of clicks needed to download three photos into three different folders? The count is similar but the navigation clicks go **bleep** high.
Dec 11 2019 01:02 PM
Could you please wrap this topic up and post a conclusion and your plans about it? it's been more than 1 month now
Dec 11 2019 09:23 PM
@WolfIcefangCool discovery. Maybe the chromium people didn't want to bother tracking a moved file so it could be opened from the browser, or maybe they don't care about leaving duplicate files littered around a PC. Either way, this should be changed to a move functionality like you said.
This could be an opportunity to add a checkbox-style select button for each download, so multiple downloads can be moved via drag-and-drop.
Dec 12 2019 01:46 AM - edited Dec 12 2019 01:48 AM
For me it's always the right direction
Above all to be able to "open" a file, attachment in an email, etc .... without having to save it on the PC
And if it would be possible to have a smaller download window (like Internet Explorer for example) with download information, file name, speed, remaining time, etc ....
It would allow to close Edge but still have this little download window in visual (in place of the current web page)
In fact, I find the IE system very successful
But this browser has had several years of "development"
Dec 12 2019 02:30 AM