download progress status
March 9, the progress of download status now comes on after each download, not when I simply ask to see the status. this is annoying as it continues to list all downloads during the session. I have to hit the icon to not see the status after each pop-up, this was never a problem until this morning.
Chosen solution
In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel.
You can set this pref to false on the about:config page to prevent opening the download panel on each download.
- browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.
WARNING: Changing preferences through this interface not officially supported Hidden settings edited using the about:config tool are explicitly not supported, which means that Mozilla makes no guarantees they will be supported in the future, or that Mozilla will fix them if they break. Mozilla does not test these preferences, and will not in the future. That includes security and performance testing which these preferences may affect.
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Chosen Solution
In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel.
You can set this pref to false on the about:config page to prevent opening the download panel on each download.
- browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.
WARNING: Changing preferences through this interface not officially supported Hidden settings edited using the about:config tool are explicitly not supported, which means that Mozilla makes no guarantees they will be supported in the future, or that Mozilla will fix them if they break. Mozilla does not test these preferences, and will not in the future. That includes security and performance testing which these preferences may affect.
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Modified by Chris Ilias
This is a UX regression fail. Maybe some product manager proposed this automatic popup was an 'enhancement', but it's an annoyance. Please evaluate end-user workflow impacts of this additional click. At a minimum, put a toggle in Settings/General/Files and Applications/ Downloads.
There is a bug report about making this available via the user interface in the context menu of the download panel.
- 1749998 - Evaluate exposing browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel in the UI as an "Always open on new downloads" checkbox to the downloads panel context menu
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When introducing new features, please *do not* enable them by default!
cor-el said
There is a bug report about making this available via the user interface in the context menu of the download panel.Please do not comment in bug reports
- 1749998 - Evaluate exposing browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel in the UI as an "Always open on new downloads" checkbox to the downloads panel context menu
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html You can vote for a bug to show your interest
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=voting.html
The instructions at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=voting.html are outdated. There is no "(vote)" link that appears on the right of the "Importance" fields. Instead the "Vote" link is hidden in the collapsed "Details" section. Expand "Details" to find it.
Modified by rsbrux