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browser_annoyances [2022.06.05 15:01] – created Steve Isenbergbrowser_annoyances [2022.06.05 15:14] – [Firefox] Steve Isenberg
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 You're on a page and you want to download a file, quietly and in the background.  But Firefox pops up this large panel to show you the current downloading file and several other files.  How do you get rid of this, and keep download simple and non-obtrusive? You're on a page and you want to download a file, quietly and in the background.  But Firefox pops up this large panel to show you the current downloading file and several other files.  How do you get rid of this, and keep download simple and non-obtrusive?
  
-  - Browse to about:config+  - Browse to ''<fc #4682b4>about:config</fc>''
   - Accept warnings   - Accept warnings
-  - Find ''setting browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel''+  - Find setting ''<fc #4682b4>browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel</fc>''
   - If it was set True, that was the problem.  Toggle its setting to False.   - If it was set True, that was the problem.  Toggle its setting to False.
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 +//note, when researching this solution, I also set browser.download.panelShown back to False.  I'm not sure if this was a necessary change.//
browser_annoyances.txt · Last modified: 2022.06.06 03:33 by Steve Isenberg