As of this post, all major desktop browsers excluding Microsoft IE support the download attribute. It is likely that people who use these browsers would likely rather view the document rather than saving it to their phone. New to HTML 5. This markup is easier to understand and is supported by all modern browsers, but may not be supported by all content management systems.
If for whatever reason, you cannot add the download attribute in the case that you cannot directly edit the HTML of your web page , you can optionally compress the file using zip, and instruct the user to download the zip file. You can alternatively explain to the user that they should right click on the link and select download.
If you have no other alternatives to force the file to download, you can host it on a file hosting service such as Google Docs. He is now a part-owner and an employee working full time at PresenterMedia.
His hobbies outside of work revolve around being involved in the bicycling community in Sioux Falls, SD. He never misses an opportunity to get on his bike and enjoy a ride. Oct 21, -. Kanishka Dutta. Nov 20, -. Google must have changed their settings page. There are no auto-open options near the download setion. Dec 11, -. Jan 09, -. Mar 12, -. Aug 15, -. Jim Mooney. Not in the Download settings anymore. I am forced to go through their crappy player Every Time, when I want to dl a bunch of mp3s.
Screw Chrome. I'm going back to Firefox. I'm tired of fighting a "option" they haven't fixed in years. Aug 17, -. Billy Schlotter. You are right Jim, it is not in the download section anymore.
We will update this post to reflect that. You can know just right click on the downloaded item and either uncheck or check 'Always open files of this type.
Oct 13, -. A download link will start an automatic download regardless of the browser. Our site does not start a download till the download button is clicked. The best solution is to know what you're clicking on and making sure you have an anti-virus installed that will scan each downloaded file.
Oct 15, -. Nov 16, -. That doesn't work because I can't download the file. It opens every time. Nov 17, -. What opens? If you are unable to download the file nothing should open. Nov 21, -. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Polyov Polyov 2, 2 2 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. Unfortunately, the two links are identical. Do you have the other link for forcing the browser to open in a word file?
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