Download links created with a4j:mediaOutput are unusable for inexperienced end
users
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Key: RF-8330
URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8330
Project: RichFaces
Issue Type: Bug
Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
Components: component-output
Affects Versions: 3.3.2.SR1
Environment: OS-independent
Reporter: alex winizki
Priority: Minor
Creating a download link with a4j:mediaOutput yields an <a where the URL in
the href is several hundred characters long and ends with .jsf regardless of
the content type. If the end user tries to download the file then, depending on
the browser settings, the following happens:
-- if the browser is configured to store all downloads in a given folder and
the user left-clicks on the link, then nothing happens. The only chance is to
right- click on the link and select "save as".
-- if the "save as" dialogue opens because the user selected it by right-
clicking or because the browser is configured to ask each time for the folder
to save the file, then the suggested file name is several hundred characters
long and always ends with .jsf. Accepting the suggested file name usually
results in an OS error "illegal filename". The user has to rename the file and
give it the right extension (which he/she has to know) in order to be able to
download the document and open it.
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