Suppose, I've a FTP URL (ftp://xyz.org/file.zip). If I type this in the browser manually, then hit enter, the browser will start to download the file.zip and would ask me save it on harddisk.
My question is: Is it possible to write a script in JavaScript, which when run should download the file with all these options (separately)?
- in a new window?
- in a new tab in the same window?
- without opening a new window or tab?
new window or new tab is controlled by the user's preference, and you can't override that. But to open your URL in a new tab/window you would use
window.open('ftp://xyz.org/file.zip');
to request it without opening a new window just
window.location = 'ftp://xyz.org/file.zip';
At the most basic just make a link like this:
<a href="ftp://...." target="_blank">Download in new tab/window</a>
In JS just open a window with that url.
