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Open an image automatically after "Save Image As..."

langegg
langegg
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In Chrome when I save an image to disk it automatically opens the image in IrfanView (which is set as the default image viewer in Windows). Is there a way to make Firefox do this? Under Options / General / Applications there is now no choice for how to handle downloaded image files. There used to be a choice for jpgs but even when it was set to open with IrfanView it didn't work, so I followed the Support instructions on starting over by deleting the handler.json file, and now there is no choice. If I click on an image file and choose Save Image As... it saves the image fine without giving me any choices on how to handle the image, but I would like it if it opened the image automatically, as in Chrome. Just saves one step in image editing. Thanks.

In Chrome when I save an image to disk it automatically opens the image in IrfanView (which is set as the default image viewer in Windows). Is there a way to make Firefox do this? Under Options / General / Applications there is now no choice for how to handle downloaded image files. There used to be a choice for jpgs but even when it was set to open with IrfanView it didn't work, so I followed the Support instructions on starting over by deleting the handler.json file, and now there is no choice. If I click on an image file and choose Save Image As... it saves the image fine without giving me any choices on how to handle the image, but I would like it if it opened the image automatically, as in Chrome. Just saves one step in image editing. Thanks.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I don't think Firefox has a "save and open" option. When you call a "Save As..." command, it's just that. When the server pushes a download, you get an Open option but that uses the TEMP folder, you can't control where the file is saved.

I think for now, saving first, then clicking the download arrow and opening the image from the drop-down, is the most efficient workflow.

You can submit feature suggestions through one or more of the following links:

langegg
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Thanks. That's helpful. So what does the Option / General / Applications choices do? I thought those settings would open files after they were downloaded, such as for pdfs. Or is that different from Saving As?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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There are two cases where Firefox uses the Application settings for files you download/retrieve from the web (they were formerly called Download Handlers):

(1) The file is not a type of content that Firefox can display, such as a Word document

(2) The server indicates that the file must be downloaded instead of displayed in a tab (Content-Disposition: attachment)

When you use a Save [something] As... command, Firefox will ignore the Application settings and always save the file.