Download url instead of opening it in browser

 · We have a document library with a URL link to another document library that we want to open in the browser. However when it is click on from Document Library web part it actually downloads the URL. To make it even more confusing when you click on the URL from Site Contents Documents Click URL it will open the URL in the bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 1 min.  · some browsers have built in functionality you cannot override it's a feature of the browser, after opening the browser will offer up a "save" option though as it has to download it in order to display in the first bltadwin.rus:  · To make the link download you need to remove some things from the copied link. Once you paste the copied link into a hyperlink or button or whatever, just remove all text after the? after the file extension and you get a link that directly downloads the file .

When using IE11 I found that this caused JS to stop. So for IE 11 I used bltadwin.ru(url, '_blank') which did open another tab, however that tab closed when it worked out the file was a download. This kept the JS running. -. We have a document library with a URL link to another document library that we want to open in the browser. However when it is click on from Document Library web part it actually downloads the URL. To make it even more confusing when you click on the URL from Site Contents Documents Click URL it will open the URL in the browser. How to force a file to download instead of open in the browser using only HTML One of the questions I get asked relatively often is how to force a file to download instead of opening directly in the browser. For example, let's say you have a PDF receipt or an MP3 file that you want to let people download.

To make the link download you need to remove some things from the copied link. Once you paste the copied link into a hyperlink or button or whatever, just remove all text after the? after the file extension and you get a link that directly downloads the file instead of opening it. Something like the below. We have a document library with a URL link to another document library that we want to open in the browser. However when it is click on from Document Library web part it actually downloads the URL. To make it even more confusing when you click on the URL from Site Contents Documents Click URL it will open the URL in the browser. This browser is no longer supported. A SharePoint file is downloaded instead of opening the Office application with a direct connection to it When you open a.