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I click download and the dialog defaults to open

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Reproduce the download flow in Firefox 67 on Linux using both the Python editor and MakeCode blocks, focusing on the differing behavior for .hex files. Compare the browser download prompts and editor entry points available in the repository; done means the .hex download defaults consistently to saving rather than opening in a text editor.

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Description

enhancement

I'm trying a few scripts on the editor, when i click download a dialogue opens and offers me the options for my .hex file of open in text editor or dowmload. When I use make code blocks to download a .hex file the option defaults to save under the Python editor it defaults to open.

uname -a yeilds
Linux samsung01 4.13.0-32-generic #35~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 25 10:13:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I'm using the mozilla firefox browser version 67.0

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