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  • Downloading a file to a custom location should not change the default downloads folder

  • BugsDesktopDone

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set default download locations to $HOME/Downloads
  2. Go to a file you want to download. Say https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.2.tar.gz
  3. Verify that it goes into $HOME/Downloads
  4. Download another file, hit save as and save in Documents or Pictures or something
  5. Download a third file without selecting save as (picking default location). That file will save in the previously selected folder for "Save As", and not in the global downloads folder

In fact, if you restart Orion and look in the preferences, the default download location in settings will have changed to the explicitly specified . So in my case it would be $HOME/Documents instead of $HOME/Downloads ☚ī¸

Expected behavior:
Using Download As or Save As should only set the location for that one specific file. The default location should remain as whatever I configure (in my case $HOME/Downloads) unless I explicitly change the settings.

In other words, overriding with "Save As" should only change that specific file location, not the default downloads locations.

Orion, OS version; hardware type:
Orion: Version 0.99.111-beta (WebKit 613.1.12)
MacOS Monterey Version 12.1
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

  • Vlad replied to this.

    Vlad In Safari I think that it only changes default save location when you change it.

      I am pretty sure there was an ask sometime to remember the location when changed by the user in that dialogue.

        Vlad

        In Safari, Right clicking and choosing "Save linked file as" does not change the default download location.

        In Safari:

        1. Download a zip file by clicking on it, putting it in the default location
        2. Downloaded a zip file to a custom location (like the desktop) by right clicking and choosing "Save linked file as"
        3. Downloading the file a third time correctly puts it in the default location (again)

        Firefox does not giving you an option to download to a custom location 😉

            23 days later

            Steps to reproduce:
            Save as in some location changes the default location (Downloads folder) to that location until you Save as.. in Downloads again

            Expected behavior:
            Default download location does not get changed

              Can you compare with the behavior of Safari?

                Merged 2 posts from Download location changes after "save as".
                  a year later
                  a year later

                  Like many other browsers, the last location used in the "Save As" function should be remembered for future use. I'm experiencing a similar issue while trying to download images via right-click; the system is expected to remember the last location where an image was saved.

                  In short, we already have the options, at least for the right-click menu.
                  By default file and image downloads will land within "Downloads". (See "Download Linked File" and "Save Image to 'Downloads'" in the screenshot below.

                  When specified otherwise, "Save ... As" should retain the information of the last location which is currently not the case with Orion Version 0.99.127.3.2-rc. It will also jump back to the default location "Downloads" that we already have.

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