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Remove browser restrictions for downloading files #56

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20 changes: 8 additions & 12 deletions js/main.js
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Expand Up @@ -187,14 +187,6 @@ function save2file(name) {

function saveTextAsFile(tosave,name)
{

// I'm using file system support as a proxy for support for this feature.
// Check based on one found at: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/building-an-html5-text-editor-with-the-filesystem-apis
// Handle vendor prefixes.
window.requestFileSystem = window.requestFileSystem ||
window.webkitRequestFileSystem;
// Check for support.
if (window.requestFileSystem) {
// tosave = ID of textarea to save
// name = name to save file as, including file extension
// grab the content of the form field and place it into a variable
Expand All @@ -209,6 +201,14 @@ if (window.requestFileSystem) {
// an imput field in the HTML and using the collected data here
// var fileNameToSaveAs = txtFileName.text;

// Microsoft IE doesn't let you click things in JS: see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37522444
//
if (window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(textFileAsBlob, fileNameToSaveAs);
return;
}

// Other browsers let you click links, so lets do that.
// create a link for our script to 'click'
var downloadLink = document.createElement("a");
// supply the name of the file (from the var above).
Expand All @@ -235,10 +235,6 @@ if (window.requestFileSystem) {

// click the new link
downloadLink.click();
} else {
alert('This feature is not supported by your browser. You could, however, cut-and-paste your text into an editor to save it.');
}

}

function destroyClickedElement(event)
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