Drupal user click on lik to download file

 · set click on link, e.g., pdf file, to open in new tab By javablood on at UTC How do I get the link to open in a new tab when someone clicks on a pdf file. Usually when a user goes to a file URL, the file will show in the browser if the browser supports it. Image files like png, gif, jpg almost always show in the browser. Archive files like zip, tar, and gzip almost are always downloaded. Some file types show up in some browsers but not others, svg files will display in Firefox and Safari, but not Internet Explorer 7.  · To trigger a file download on a button click we will use a custom function or HTML 5 download attribute. Approach 1: Using Download attribute. The download attribute simply uses an anchor tag to prepare the location of the file that needs to be downloaded. The name of the file can be set using the attribute value name, if not provided then the.

managed_file. Description: Provides a complete ajax/progress aware widget for uploading a file and saving it to the {file_managed} table.. By default a simple upload button is provided for choosing the file to upload. Once a file has been chosen it can be explicitly uploaded via the "Upload" button. Click Settings at the top. Then Emails on the left. Select your Autoresponder template. Type in your desired content under the Email Content, then highlight the text that will serve as the link. Click the Insert/Edit Link icon on the toolbar. Input the URL of the file. Click OK to proceed. Don't forget to click the Save button. Seems like there is a much easier fix to making pages open in new tabs. You can control it from the Menus. Home Administration Structure Menus. When you choose the link that you want to open in a new tab all you have to do is click Edit (Under the operations column) than click on menu link attributes. Change Target to New Window (_Blank).

Add new field (fill label and field name), select Type of this = File, click Save. Then in extenstions fill pdf, and enter place of storing. Now try create this content type, pdf file uploading will available and after saving you can see direct link to download it, if you don't see it, visit content type and check "Manage display" tab. Click Here to Download link will open the file in the browser or it will download the file to your computer. The link will open the file in the browser. Thanks for. Hi, Is there are way to configure the file uploads to show the size of the file next to it for a user? Drupal files tends to do this by. So here’s a simple snippet for when you want to force a download of a file (such as a PDF,.doc etc), when a link is clicked. The default action will open the document in the either the same browser window, or in a new tab/window by using the usual target methods: Open file in Continued.