Forbid firefox open files after downloading

 · Close all Firefox running windows on your device and open its installation directory/folder. If you are using a Windows PC, open disk C and locate programs directory. Then open the Mozilla Firefox installation directory. Alternatively, you can right-click on the Firefox shortcut icon on your PC and select “Open file location.”. A patch was introduced in Tor Browser to disable the "open with" option in the download dialog. From the patch summary: """ If www.doorway.ru_open_with is set to true (default: false) the download dialog will not ever show the "Open with" option for opening the file with an external application; only the "Save" and "Cancel" options will be available.  · I want to verify file download using Selenium WebDriver and Java. The file to download is of PDF format. When WebDriver clicks on "Download" link in the AUT, Firefox opens up the following download confirmation window: I want Firefox to download the file automatically without showing above confirmation window, so I used the below code.

The trick that I used was to open the download manager page and expect by one element that indicate that the download is finished. Follow the Python code used: from selenium import webdriver from www.doorway.rus import Options from www.doorway.ru import WebDriverWait from www.doorway.rut import. 1. Open your Recent Downloads list. Click the down arrow button in the top-right corner of the Firefox window. This will display your recent downloads. Clicking on a file in the list will open it (if it still exists). Clicking on the folder icon next to the file will open the folder with that particular file selected. Maybe PDF files, Usenet NZB files, or even videos that you download from the Internet. As a Firefox user, I'm spoiled by the options the web browser offers as you can set default actions for known file types easily on the Applications Settings page which you can open directly in the browser's settings.

Thank you Paul. This was successful on Chromium after doing this setting. We are still on in our environment so for the time being I am gonna look for a Firefox solution but I will definitely keep this in mind when we make our standard firmware (hopefully soon). I want to verify file download using Selenium WebDriver and Java. The file to download is of PDF format. When WebDriver clicks on "Download" link in the AUT, Firefox opens up the following download confirmation window: I want Firefox to download the file automatically without showing above confirmation window, so I used the below code. Note: Firefox will not be able to properly handle a file download if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect Content type. For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application or asking you what to do.