Firefox is spawning a million dialog boxes when I try to download a PDF
I have had a really consistent experience on Firefox for Ubuntu (120.0 (64-bit)): I open a google doc and choose "Download > PDF" Google Docs pops the PDF open … (read more)
I have had a really consistent experience on Firefox for Ubuntu (120.0 (64-bit)):
- I open a google doc and choose "Download > PDF"
- Google Docs pops the PDF open in a new tab. The location is my own file system, eg. `file:///home/amanda/Downloads/whatever.docx.pdf`
- I use ctrl-s to save the PDF to a more suitable folder
- Firefox starts spawning dialog boxes. The black border around the dialog box just grows for a while. I can't even tell if clicking "cancel" is actually doing anything because maybe it is closing the dialog and revealing the one below.
- The only solution is to quit Firefox entirely.
It seems to also happen if I print from Google Docs or just use the finder to open a PDF directly in Firefox: using ctrl-s to save starts it spawning infinite "Save" dialogs.
Obviously, I can avoid this by using the OS file manager to move the PDF to a more suitable location but it would be really nice to not have to keep track of that.