In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/releasenotes/
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-downloads-preferences-using-downloads-menu
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/where-find-and-manage-downloaded-files-firefox

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.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox

Enter about:config in the URL bar and set browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false.

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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Thank you sirs!

I still have the problem with FF 100 on Linux Mint 20.3

I still have the problem with FF 100 on Linux Mint 20.3

Which problem -- the problem that the downloads list drops automatically from the toolbar after every download, or a different download-related problem?

Currently, the workaround earlier in the thread is the only workaround for the downloads list opening automatically after every download. It would work the same on Linux/Mac/Windows.

Yes downloads list drops automatically even when the parameter sys not to open

and with some files when the URL link does not begin with HTTP

Wow can I downgrade to FF 99 ? Thank you

Yes downloads list drops automatically even when the parameter sys not to open and with some files when the URL link does not begin with HTTP

That's strange. Using just the built-in features, that should require a click on the button. Maybe an add-on is opening it somehow? Or maybe it opens for actions that happen in the background, that you didn't trigger yourself??

Regarding other protocols, it's normal to get one or two prompts: a site permission prompt and a "which program should I use" prompt. But these shouldn't show up as downloads at all.

I found the culprit

PDF files are set to be opened by default.

But there is still a problem with links that do notm begin with HTTP.

For example, on pages https://support.hp.com/ca-fr/product/hp-probook-455-g8-notebook-pc/38228735/manuals and https://support.hp.com/ca-en/product/hp-probook-455-g8-notebook-pc/38228735/manuals you will see that some manuals will download 0 bytes files and obviously thay their links do not begin with http.

Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. I have PDFs set to "Open in Firefox" so I don't see the problem with PDFs, but I have seen it with DOC files. Let's see whether it's the same issue:

This is a "mixed content blocking" feature related to HTTP:// links in HTTPS:// pages. If the links use HTTPS:// there isn't a problem, but if they use HTTP://, Firefox halts the download after creating a 0-byte placeholder and shows an error/warning panel:

I discovered that issue in Firefox 99, so rolling back to Firefox 99 won't help with that one.

There is a bug on file to remove that 0-byte file, but it's not high priority so for now, we need to click through and choose whether to remove the 0KB file or download the full file.

jscher200 you say FF hows an error/warning panel:

But I don't get that panel with "File Not Downloaded .Potential Security Risk" message.

It just records that 0 bytes file and says nothing.

I have a question: how do I unsubscibe from a thread that was resoloved, particulaly--this one! I keep getting damn emails about this, that I posted, when it was resolved, literally, the same day I posted it. Can someone lock this thing down because it's getting very annoying or perhaps I should flag it as abuse.

Thank you.

I have a question: how do I unsubscibe from a thread that was resoloved, particulaly--this one! I keep getting damn emails about this, that I posted, when it was resolved, literally, the same day I posted it. Can someone lock this thing down because it's getting very annoying or perhaps I should flag it as abuse. Thank you.

Hi

At the bottom of the email the text says :

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I hope this solve the matter for you sir.

I have a question: how do I unsubscibe from a thread that was resoloved, particulaly--this one!

On the upper right of the page under Question Tools there are links to subscribe/unsubscribe to email updates for the thread.

But I don't get that panel with "File Not Downloaded .Potential Security Risk" message. It just records that 0 bytes file and says nothing.

Okay, since the question changed from the panel opening to 0 byte files appearing, please start a new question for that problem:

https://support.mozilla.org/questions/new/desktop/form

Just did. thanks for the cudo

I was having this problem (currently on version 101) and doing the steps didn't solve it from me. However i seemed to fix it by clicking the file while it was being downloaded and it stopped the underline message of "File is going to be opened in...". Hope it helps someone.