Download property for link?

Question

There is a following code:

var a = document.createElement("a");
        a.href = url;
        a.download = fileName;
        document.body.appendChild(a);

What is property download, how does it work?

Please use documentation of HTML first: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a — Justinas, Dec 17 '19 at 08:15
@OPV That page also says: "*download only works for same-origin URLs, or the blob: and data: schemes.*". — Daedalus, Dec 17 '19 at 08:23
The download attribute specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink. — Phani, Dec 17 '19 at 08:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '19 at 08:26

download property used to:

In this example from w3schools; open it and click on image, after that remove download property and click it again to see difference.

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