Unsolved "Save files to default location without asking" not working

BlahBlahBlah

Any file I download I am prompted for a save location. I hate it! I have already told Vivaldi not to ask me and just download the file via a default location because I have already specified AND I AM STILL PROMPTED FOR A SAVE LOCATION! AHHHH!

I have already looked for a solution via the web and nothing seems to work.
I'm here to see if anybody has a solution that I maybe have overlooked.

Thank you.
David.

yojimbo274064400

Do you select the URL of the file to be saved or right-click and select Save as?

FWIW the former downloads the file without prompts but the latter does prompt.

Pathduck

@BlahBlahBlah Hi - check at:
chrome://settings/downloads

For some reason, some users have that setting set to ask. For the Vivaldi settings to work as expected, it should always be off.

My guess is some extensions might set that setting.

BlahBlahBlah

@yojimbo274064400

@yojimbo274064400 said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

or right-click and select Save as

^^This. I use this.

BlahBlahBlah

@Pathduck said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

Hi - check at:
chrome://settings/downloads

Just checked mine, the switch is turned off, I still get prompted for a location.

BlahBlahBlah

@yojimbo274064400 said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

FWIW the former downloads the file without prompts

Just tried this and I do not know what I am doing wrong. I did a right click after highlighting the URL but there was no download option.

yojimbo274064400

Try the following:

select Settings > Downloads > Save Files to Default Location without Asking, as highlighted below:
select https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_6.1.3035.257-1_amd64.deb

File is saved to default location without prompting

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Pathduck

@BlahBlahBlah said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

@yojimbo274064400 said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

or right-click and select Save as

^^This. I use this.

When you use right-click "Save As" it will always prompt for a name/location.

It's kind of in the name "Save As..."

BlahBlahBlah

@Pathduck said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

@BlahBlahBlah said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

@yojimbo274064400 said in "Save files to default location without asking" not working:

or right-click and select Save as

^^This. I use this.

When you use right-click "Save As" it will always prompt for a name/location.

It's kind of in the name "Save As..."

Is there a workaround so that I do not have to keep right clicking "save as?" Maybe a button "save" or a hotkey or an add-on or something?

Pathduck

@BlahBlahBlah Depends what you're trying to save and on the site and how it serves files.

If the site serves executables or other binaries, you usually can just click the link to save.

If you're saving images it depends. Some sites don't want you to save images at all and will block any right-click menu or hide the fact it's an image from the browser.

If the image opens as a link, for instance to a full size image, you can use Alt+click to save it directly.
Try it here for example:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_gallery.asp

Or you can of course just open it and use Ctrl+S or the File > Save menu.

Do you have an example link to a site?