This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

show downloads at bottom of webpages

Patricia Van Roon
Patricia Van Roon
more options

In Chrome, when you download a file, you can see it's progress at the bottom of the webpage. With Firefox, you have to click a button to go to another window to see how things are going. Is there a way to see it on the website page where you're downloading?

If you see the picture, it shows the filename and if the file is big, it shows percentage done as it's downloading. Does Firefox have anything like this? When I download, I have to go to a new window to see what's happening.

In Chrome, when you download a file, you can see it's progress at the bottom of the webpage. With Firefox, you have to click a button to go to another window to see how things are going. Is there a way to see it on the website page where you're downloading? If you see the picture, it shows the filename and if the file is big, it shows percentage done as it's downloading. Does Firefox have anything like this? When I download, I have to go to a new window to see what's happening.
Attached screenshots

Chosen solution

Someone over at Reddit's /r/firefox community posted exactly this and is currently working on improving it feature, UI and UX wise.

Another workaround is to create a bookmark for the internal page about:downloads and click that in the current page to view the progress.

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (2)

Moses
Moses
  • Moderator
more options

Chosen Solution

Someone over at Reddit's /r/firefox community posted exactly this and is currently working on improving it feature, UI and UX wise.

Another workaround is to create a bookmark for the internal page about:downloads and click that in the current page to view the progress.

Modified by Moses

Patricia Van Roon
Patricia Van Roon Question owner
more options

Mostly solved, Thanks! I hope you keep working on it so it can do the little extras as in the other comments. Very good job!