Download URL

This extension allows you to download an Internet Shortcut (URL file) that links to the current webpage. URL (page address) will be already entered in the file, and the document title will be set as the file name. Change log: • v2.0.3 (2022-05-18): · On macOS, when the popup closes (after clicking the download button), it also closes the download/save window. Now, there's a 5 second delay between the download and the popup close. • v2.0.2 (2022-04-19): · Auto hide/close the popup window when Download is clicked. · Added description/title to the Title label. • v2.0.1 (2022-04-17): · Live preview of URL change in Content. • v2.0.0 (2022-04-13): · Major UI update. Previously, there was no UI. Now, the user can modify the title and the URL before downloading. • v1.3.8 (2021-02-09): · Minor update (refactor). · Better handing of removing/replacing of special characters in the file name. • v1.3.7 (2020-12-22): · Minor update (refactor). · Using "text/url" for the data URI (see v1.3.5 log). • v1.3.6 (2019-12-04): · Document titles that start with a period stop the extension (invalid filename). The period is removed if the title starts/ends with one. • v1.3.5 (2019-10-24): · After recent updates, Chrome doesn't seem to respect the extension in the filename (.url) when "data:text/plain" is used. File is downloaded as a text file. Switched to "data:text/vnd.curl". • v1.3.4 (2019-08-07): · Description update. · Removed dot "." from invalid characters. • v1.3.3 (2018-06-16): · Same as 1.3.2 • v1.3.2 (2018-06-14): · Minor update to invalid characters in the filename/tab title. • v1.3 (2018-03-20): · Invalid characters in the tab title stops the extension. Those characters are removed from the filename. • v1.2 (2018-03-20): · Switched from to chrome.downloads.download(). Now, it works on Chrome Web Store. • v1.1 (2018-03-12): · Plain doesn't work after a Chrome Update. Switched to chrome.tabs.executeScript() + . This doesn't work on Chrome Web Store. • v1.0 (2017-09-14): · First release.