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How to "save image as" without dialog popping up?

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paulnelson
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I save a lot of images in FF and usually always to the same folder (~/Downloads). I'd like to save some time/mouse clicks: when I right click -> 'save image as' Is there a way to having it just download automatically rather than giving me the popup dialog?

I already tried going to Preferences -> General and clicking the radio button "Save files to" and entering a path.

I even tried setting about:config, browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk to "image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png"

I save a lot of images in FF and usually always to the same folder (~/Downloads). I'd like to save some time/mouse clicks: when I right click -> 'save image as' Is there a way to having it just download automatically rather than giving me the popup dialog? I already tried going to Preferences -> General and clicking the radio button "Save files to" and entering a path. I even tried setting about:config, browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk to "image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png"

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Swarnava Sengupta
Swarnava Sengupta
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  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu and choose Options.
  2. On General tab, you can change your default location path and set it to Downloads folder

See also: Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings Manage file types and download actions in Firefox

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can also check the Add-ons website to see if you can find an extension that has this feature.

nayhem
nayhem
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The 'Save as' command always asks you where to save. It is different from the 'Save' command (which doesn't appear in dialog menus).

An add-on that adds a "Save image" command (without "as") would be your best bet.