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a[download] attribute

Category

File APIs

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 14)

Intent stage

None

Summary

When used on an <a>, this attribute signifies that the resource it points to should be downloaded by the browser rather than navigating to it.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://whatwg.org/html#downloading-resources
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#attr-download

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