
One thing to note is that in the above example, the image has same origin with respect to website.

It'll give users a way to download content created/modified within your app.

The real benefit of a will be when working with blob: URLs and filesystem: URLs URLs. The markup for this is as follows: download me png as "MyGoogleLogo.png" instead of navigating to its href value: download me. This value can be overridden by the Content-Disposition HTTP header's filename parameter.įor example, clicking the following link downloads the. The attribute can furthermore be given a value, to specify the filename that user agents are to use when storing the resource in a file system.

There are no restrictions on allowed values, but authors are cautioned that most file systems have limitations with regard to what punctuation is supported in file names, and user agents are likely to adjust file names accordingly. The attribute may have a value the value, if any, specifies the default filename that the author recommends for use in labeling the resource in a local file system. The download attribute, if present, indicates that the author intends the hyperlink to be used for downloading a resource.
