Firefox download manager question

[Joe Siegler]

Does anyone know if it's possible to tell the download manager in Firefox to NOT show up when all I'm doing is saving a picture off of a webpage?

I actually liek it when I'm downloading files to be there, but when I save a 25k jpg image off of a website, it's very annoying to have it come up.

The even more annoying thing is that it doesn't seem to come up all the time, and I can't figure out what is making it show up sometimes and not other times.

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Any ideas?

[swh]

I read something about adding some switches to starting Firefox. See if I can find it.....

[KillerByte]

I'm not sure if you can exclude specific filetypes from displaying the Download Manager. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

However, one solution may be to enable the option which closes the Download Manager when all downloads are complete. Therefore, you will only see the Download Manager very briefly when you save an image.

[Joe Siegler]

However, one solution may be to enable the option which closes the Download Manager when all downloads are complete.



I already do that. The problem is that it comes up at all. I'm a really fast typist (around 100WPM), and I usually type ahead of the download box. Quite honestly, for tiny downloads like this, it just gets in the friggin way.

For the split second it's on screen it grabs focus, and usually screws up what I'm trying to do, so I don't want to it show up for downloads this small.

I'm thinking I'm going to have to go towards not showing it at all, and then manually bring it up for long downloads, which I really would rather not do.

[Ivan]

Thanks a lot KB, I had the same "problem" like Joe. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Usurper]

Joe, I use an addon called Download Manager Tweak. It lets me put the download manager in a tab in the background. Coupled with autoclose, you barely notice it.

I double checked the preferences, and there's even a delay you can set so that it won't come up for x milliseconds, so even if you don't want it in a tab you could probably make it autodelay to the point that it won't come up at all.

http://dmextension.mozdev.org/

[Phait]

1. Go to options
2. Click DOWNLOADS
3. Uncheck "Show download manager when a download begins"

I have this option in 1.02 and I recall it being there before...

Else type:

about:config

in your URL bar and for the Filter put in: download
then make sure "browser.download.manager.focusWhenStarting" is set to FALSE (right click to set).

[Fragger00]

Wow, I actually have the answer to one of Joe's questions.

From mozillaZine (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries):

about:config value: browser.download.manager.openDelay
Type: Integer
Description: If a download takes less than this number of milliseconds to complete, do not open the Download Manager window. Default value is 0 (always show Download Manager window).


Hope this is what you were looking for.