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Issue: After clicking on a link that downloads content, all other links that have target="_blank" and no download attr download when clicked instead of opening in the new tab.
Browser: Safari 11.0.2
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Instructions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' target='_blank'>ME</a> (download NOT present) to see page load in new tab then come back to this page</li>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' download='sample.txt'>ME</a> (download PRESENT) to see it downloaded</li>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' target='_blank'>ME</a> (download NOT present). Safari forces this link to download</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>Code Sample: https://embed.plnkr.co/IscC6LTTmpEbAMLrxyYJ/
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Update: I updated the issue hopefully to explain better what's happening. I've found a sort of workaround, but if I change the links to _self instead of _blank then they work like normal after a download.
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With regards to your issue mention above, you have a couple of option to download a file:
Open file in same window:
<a href="sample.txt" target="_self">Click to Download</a>
Open file in new window:
<a href="sample.txt" target="_blank">Click to Download</a>
Force file download window:
However, if you want to force the file to download, by prompting a download pop-up box (to open or save), then all you need to do is add ‘download’ to the link as seen below:
<a href="sample.txt" download>Click to Download</a>
Therefore, your edited code could look something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Instructions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' target='_blank'>ME</a> (download NOT present) to see page load in new tab then come back to this page</li>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' download='sample.txt'>ME</a> (download PRESENT) to see it downloaded</li>
<li>Click <a href='sample.txt' download>ME</a> (download NOT present). Safari forces this link to download</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Hope this helps you!
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Not really an answer, but after reporting the issue to apple and waiting, we now have Safari 11.1.1 which seems to have resolved the issue, so marking resolved.
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