Set Title of Inline File?

Question

I'm forcing a download to be handled by the browser by setting the header Content-disposition to inline;

Is there a way of setting the title this way? Currently it looks like the browser auto-fills it with the URL of the file.

Travis May · Answer 1 · 2022-10-28T15:26:31.327

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It is possible, just make the end of your URL to contain the filename, be sure to URLEncode it, most browsers will ignore the queryString

localhost:3000/blah/blah/blah/Attachment%3A%20Screen%20Shot.png/?id=1670674338147205293

Tab Display = "Attachment: Screen Shot.png"

Works fine on Chrome, Firefox, and Opera . . . Safari displays either the domain or the entire URL depending on your settings

edited Oct 28 '22 at 15:26

answered Jun 27 '20 at 19:09

Travis May

2 years later . . . no longer works in Chrome or Opera, still works in Firefox – Travis May Oct 28 '22 at 15:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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Yes, you can specify the filename just like you'd do for content-disposition: attachment, i.e. like this:

Content-disposition: inline; filename="foo.bar"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Feb 14 '14 at 21:30

ThiefMaster

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This doesn't seem to work when setting it to `inline;` After loading the file via POST, here's my `Content-disposition` header: `Content-disposition:inline; filename="foo.bar"` The title of the page is still gets set to `localhost:3000/blah/blah/blah` If I try and save the file, the filename is set, but I'm hoping to set the tab's title. – AlbertEngelB Feb 14 '14 at 21:37
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Ah, that's impossible. A file has no title in the browser. – ThiefMaster Feb 14 '14 at 22:48

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