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Opening an image without downloading it

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silentbutkrazy
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Hello, Frequently when I left click a hyperlink to an image, Firefox will ask me where I would like it downloaded. However, my purpose for clicking that link was to simply open the image in a new tab. When I went to find the default option for opening an image, I was not given the choice to "preview in browser" (a choice you get for opening .pdf files, among other things). What am I doing wrong? I do not want to download image URLs that I click.

I found an extension that allows me to do this, but I cannot set the extension's behavior as the default. Essentially, whenever I have to open an image, I have to left click it then select the option to open it in a new tab. This is pretty unwieldy and awkward behavior, and I would really appreciate a work-around.

I have already ran Firefox in safe mode, but with no success.

Thank you for your time.

Hello, Frequently when I left click a hyperlink to an image, Firefox will ask me where I would like it downloaded. However, my purpose for clicking that link was to simply open the image in a new tab. When I went to find the default option for opening an image, I was not given the choice to "preview in browser" (a choice you get for opening .pdf files, among other things). What am I doing wrong? I do not want to download image URLs that I click. I found an extension that allows me to do this, but I cannot set the extension's behavior as the default. Essentially, whenever I have to open an image, I have to left click it then select the option to open it in a new tab. This is pretty unwieldy and awkward behavior, and I would really appreciate a work-around. I have already ran Firefox in safe mode, but with no success. Thank you for your time.

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This is usually caused by the way the server sends the file. If the server sends the file as a recognized image type then Firefox will show the image in a tab. If the server sends the file a a generic content type or in another way that makes Firefox presenting an open with dialog then your only option is to use the "Open in Browser" extension or possibly a special bookmarklet.

You can use the Live Http Headers extension or possibly the Network monitor to check the HTTP response headers.

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philipp
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hi silentbutkrazy, does the following addon help you achieve the behaviour you'd like to see? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/inlinedisposition/

silentbutkrazy
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Thank you for your reply, philipp. However, that does not help.

philipp
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can you provide a sample url where this is happening?

cor-el
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Zaɓi Mafita

This is usually caused by the way the server sends the file. If the server sends the file as a recognized image type then Firefox will show the image in a tab. If the server sends the file a a generic content type or in another way that makes Firefox presenting an open with dialog then your only option is to use the "Open in Browser" extension or possibly a special bookmarklet.

You can use the Live Http Headers extension or possibly the Network monitor to check the HTTP response headers.