support "download" in the Link component
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 6
- Forks
- 4
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Possible options in plain html:
<a href="file.pdf" download>Download PDF</a>
<a href="file.pdf" download="custom_name.pdf">Download PDF</a>
https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_html_download_link.asp
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#download
Unclear how this will behave with the router event interception.
Also unclear how it will work if the server doesn't set headers for download
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the Link component entry point and compare its router event interception with the HTML anchor download examples in the issue. Investigate boolean and custom-filename behavior, including the server-header case, and define done as download links behaving correctly without unintended router interception.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100