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Downloads Progress Button

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Phantasm
Phantasm

Since a recent Firefox update, the download button/icon in the task bar now shows the files(s) every time a 'Take A Screenshot' is used. It is becoming very annoying and the icon usually lights up in blue and the arrow becomes a circle when downloading. Can the window which opens with a list of files and 'Show All Downloads', when not selected to do so, be disabled? Thanks.

Since a recent Firefox update, the download button/icon in the task bar now shows the files(s) every time a 'Take A Screenshot' is used. It is becoming very annoying and the icon usually lights up in blue and the arrow becomes a circle when downloading. Can the window which opens with a list of files and 'Show All Downloads', when not selected to do so, be disabled? Thanks.
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Oh crap... Please enter about:config in the URL bar and set browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false.

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Oh crap... Please enter about:config in the URL bar and set browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false.

Phantasm
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Ah, yes, forgot about that. Done as you described (see file) and, it worked - problem solved. It was a tiny issue but very annoying. Thank you very much

cor-el
cor-el
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In Firefox 97 and 98+ there have been changes to the download panel. See also: