Opening an image without downloading it
Hello, Frequently when I left click a hyperlink to an image, Firefox will ask me where I would like it downloaded. However, my purpose for clicking that link was to simply open the image in a new tab. When I went to find the default option for opening an image, I was not given the choice to "preview in browser" (a choice you get for opening .pdf files, among other things). What am I doing wrong? I do not want to download image URLs that I click.
I found an extension that allows me to do this, but I cannot set the extension's behavior as the default. Essentially, whenever I have to open an image, I have to left click it then select the option to open it in a new tab. This is pretty unwieldy and awkward behavior, and I would really appreciate a work-around.
I have already ran Firefox in safe mode, but with no success.
Thank you for your time.
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This is usually caused by the way the server sends the file. If the server sends the file as a recognized image type then Firefox will show the image in a tab. If the server sends the file a a generic content type or in another way that makes Firefox presenting an open with dialog then your only option is to use the "Open in Browser" extension or possibly a special bookmarklet.
You can use the Live Http Headers extension or possibly the Network monitor to check the HTTP response headers.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Tools/Network_Monitor
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/live-http-headers/
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hi silentbutkrazy, does the following addon help you achieve the behaviour you'd like to see? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/inlinedisposition/
Thank you for your reply, philipp. However, that does not help.
can you provide a sample url where this is happening?
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This is usually caused by the way the server sends the file. If the server sends the file as a recognized image type then Firefox will show the image in a tab. If the server sends the file a a generic content type or in another way that makes Firefox presenting an open with dialog then your only option is to use the "Open in Browser" extension or possibly a special bookmarklet.
You can use the Live Http Headers extension or possibly the Network monitor to check the HTTP response headers.