Code to download an image without having to right click a link?

[w33nie]

I was wondering what I would need to do to make a link, when clicked, download an image with the save as window, instead of just loading the image inside the browser.

I don't want to have to right click the link & click save as,
and I don't want to have to zip the file.

I originally posted this in the HTML section, and was told to post here - http://bytes.com/forum/thread790863.html

[pronerd]

You would want to change the HTTPResponse mime type to be a nonsense value like "application/download" or "application/unknown". This is not something you would do with JavaScript. It would have to be done with a server side language, or with the configuration of your web server.

[w33nie]

You would want to change the HTTPResponse mime type to be a nonsense value like "application/download" or "application/unknown". This is not something you would do with JavaScript. It would have to be done with a server side language, or with the configuration of your web server.

I'll post this in the PHP section then?

thanks

[rnd me]

in firefox, you could save the images as uncompressed png images. these could be opened using a weird mime type like mentioned above, but with the data being hosted by the client using a data URL. using the canvas tag provides an interface to the image data in firefox and opera.

would this code be of use you you?