Firefox diable pdf auto download

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help. Firefox starts downloading files immediately before confirming download dialog. In other words when you trigger a download firefox automatically starts the download process even if you do not select open or save from the pop-up dialog window.

Is it possible to disable this 'auto download in background' feature? I tried searching about:config page but could not find a relevant parameter and did not want to break the browser by messing around. If this has been discussed before could somebody point me to right direction?

I am using version 61 by the way. That is how downloading works in Firefox and I'm not aware of a way to prevent this.

When you click a download button or otherwise save a file then Firefox will start the download immediately in the background and saves the file to the temp folder and doesn't wait until you choose a destination file name and folder. If you cancel the download then the temp file will be removed, otherwise Firefox will copy the file to the destination folder at some point. Hi, Firefox should pop-up a message saying going to be downloading this or that and is so many bytes and to Save or Cancel.

I have no other suggestions as no idea. Really do not want you to do a Refresh if the above works. As no information was supplied about your setup and Extensions please check if one of those my be the issue along with any security software you are running.

Firefox's download manager preferences are controlled by some properties defined in about:config page, which can be set programmatically while instantiating FirefoxDriver using Selenium WebDriver. In order to fix this issue, the actual MIME type has to be added into browser.

With the release of Firefox To avoid previewing PDFs with those plugins, two more about:config entries need to be configured when starting WebDriver instance. Menu Close Categories Tags About. Published: May 23, by Yi Zeng Categories: tutorials 26 Tags: firefox 1 ruby 13 selenium webdriver A complete example For those who are willing to learn by examples right away, here is a complete example of how to save PDF files automatically in Firefox using Selenium WebDriver.

Environment Tested: Windows 7, Ruby 2.