Chrome open file without downloading it

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, -. Mar 29, -. To download when you click instead of opening a link, just hold Alt when you left click.

Apr 15, -. The file opens. If you click a. Wav file anywhere, it will open in the browser player instead of downloading, and you have no option to prevent it from doing so, meaning that the right-click menu which would allow you to choose it to download it or open it in the future is not showing.

What browser and version are you using? Are you trying to download a custom project or a video background? May 18, -. Peter Maguire. Holy cow! That was exactly what I needed. I specifically logged in just to leave a thank you comment. May 26, -. Pedro Armindo. Sep 23, -. Are you using an extension that is causing this behavior? Forget pdf files.. And I don't want to do either, but just open and view it.

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Krishna Vallabhaneni. This is the reason why Chrome doesn't do that automatically: This step helps prevent malicious software from automatically downloading to your computer. The simplest way it to just click on the progress meter along the bottom once the download has initiated.

Also When used in combination with Content-Disposition: attachment, it is used as the default filename for an eventual 'Save As" dialog presented to the user. ContentType is set by the FileResult. The contentType field is required, ommiting it will cause an ArgumentException. So the Response. ContentType is not required, although has no negative imapact.

At the top right, click More More and then Settings. At the bottom, click Advanced. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings. Near the bottom, click PDF documents. Turn off Open PDFs using a different application. Chrome will now open PDFs automatically when you click them. I have also seen weird behavior when the file name contains any non-numeric characters. ClearContent ; response. Clear ; response. GetFileNameWithoutExtension filename. IsLetterOrDigit ch. FileData ; response. Alexander Higgins Alexander Higgins 6, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges.

Open PDFs using a different application option is already turned off but still its not working. Looking for this for years, you're my savior! For "undisposition" This is perfect, exactly what I needed for those pages forcing links to be downloaded instead of viewed in a new tab! Works perfectly Using this in Edge btw just like I expected! Not the best solution, but it's an effective "patch" for now. Ricky Ricky 91 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. No browser can open files without saving; that's basic computing.

It's just that some browsers delete it for you once you've used it. A browser should be able to open the file without saving if the file is already saved as in the case of this question - "The links are for local files.

It'd be a mistake to assume that is the case for all programs that send or receive the file data or declare it as a core truth of computing. You could definitely 'download' any file straight to stdin of VIM, for example, no disk save at all. You are technically correct -- the best kind of correct. Guest Guest 37 1 1 bronze badge. To open docs automatically in Chrome without them being saved; Go to the the three vertical dots on your top far right corner in Chrome.

Scroll down to Settings and click. Scroll down to Show advance settings I was thinking about the same method : But I can't decide which tmp folder to use. Can you tell which one to use? Contact with backend team to check that.