Open Bug 1430029 Opened 6 years ago Updated 2 years ago

While saving a file with "Save Page As..." the name doesn't automatically change from ".<filename>" to "<file name>"

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect, P3)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- affected
firefox58 --- affected
firefox59 --- affected

People

(Reporter: obotisan, Unassigned)

Details

[Affected versions]:
- Latest Nightly 59.0a1
- beta 59.ob15
- Firefox 57.0.4

[Affected platforms]:
- Window 10 x64
- Ubuntu 16.04 x64

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf
2. Right-click -> Save Page As...
3. In the pop-up rename the file ".test".

[Expected result]:
- The file is saved as "test".

[Actual result]:
- [Windows] The name is saved as ".test"
- [Ubuntu] The file is saved as ".test" and it's a hidden file.

[Regression range]:
- I don't this is a regression, because this behaviour is reproducible even on older versions of Nightly from 2012-11-09. I think this might have been a problem since the option of "Save Page As..." was introduced.
Priority: -- → P3

Why does the file should be saved as "test" when I name it ".test"? (eg. if I want it to be hidden)

It was a follow-up for bug 1402279, more exactly to the comment 26 from bug 1402279.

Severity: normal → S3
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