A download link the file will show in the browser if the browser supports it.

How to download text file instead of open in browser. Please no php code as I am new to html. When i click the Download it should download and save it in my local download path. Chrome downloading file instead of displaying page by Finn Espen Gundersen on June 17th 2013 A lot of developers are experiencing the same problem.

I have tried changing the mimetype and changing the return type to FileResult instead of ActionResult both to no avail. If there is a link on a page for this file then use Save Link As in the right-click context menu instead of left-clicking the link. This is a really helpful feature of S3 as our web-app never needs to see the datait just gets uploaded straight to S3 rather than uploading to our app and then onto S3 later.

This is easy to do with a simple code within your htaccess file. How Browsers Work With File Downloads. The easiest way to download the text ASCII data files is.

To which that browser can upload a file. Below is my code. Any ways to change the way files are served from S3.

I dont want to save using save as option after csv file open. In most browsers clicking on the link will open the file directly in the browser. When it downloads the file it downloads it as the name.

I am trying to open a new tab to display the content of a txt file when its being clicked on. Otherwise you can always use Save Page As in the right-click context menu to save the file. Usually when a user goes to a file URL for example.