Suddenly the Ongoing Downloads (from Download Button) stays open after download
So I have my Download button visible all the time.
Yesterday, this suddenly started to happen.
When I download something, the list of Ongoing Downloads stayed open. It never did that before.
Any idea why and how to fix it?
Windows 10, Firefox 98.0 (64-bit)
الحل المُختار
In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-downloads-preferences-using-downloads-menu
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/releasenotes/
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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الحل المُختار
In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-downloads-preferences-using-downloads-menu
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/releasenotes/
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
Thank you!
I actually just found the solution myself. I started looking for it in the about:config because I lost this post of mine. -blush-
Whyyyyy do they do these silly changes...
Indeed, the same thing happened to me... every day a few times, this panel just opens out of itself, without me doing any download. weird behaviour.