Download button
How to make a download button that starts downloading the content as you click it. I tried anchor tag with download attribute. But for me it just opens up in new tab. As i've seen on multiple videos on youtube their content just starts downloading & they're not using any javascript or anything. Would like to get some help on that.
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How browsers treat downloads varies by browser, user settings, and other factors. The user may be prompted before a download starts, or the file may be saved automatically, or it may open automatically, either in an external application or in the browser itself.–Second bullet point in the Note sidebar, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#attributes It’s very possible that either the browser default or user-setting is causing it to open up in another tab instead of downloading directly