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Download button does nothing on mobile

Posted: 21 Nov 2018, 18:26
by eskimo121
Hi, I didn't notice this before but a visitor to my site pointed out that the "Download" button does nothing when clicked on my site browsing on Mobile phone.
For example: visit this on your mobile using the latest chrome browser https://amazingpics.net/Nature/clouds/
Then touch any image and you can see the green "download" button show up on the bottom center of the image-----> Click and nothing happens. No image is downloaded on your mobile.
Any solution? thank you.

Re: Download button does nothing on mobile

Posted: 21 Nov 2018, 22:13
by mjau-mjau
Tested here on iPhone, and it definitely opens a new window with the image, where the user can choose to download the image. Did you try?

I cannot confirm that "nothing happens", although I can confirm on iPhone/iOS that the image does not download directly when download button is clicked, but that is a known device limitation. iOS (iPad/iPhone) does not support "download" like other devices, and therefore will fallback to opening the image in a new tab where the visitor has the option to share or "save to photos".

Re: Download button does nothing on mobile

Posted: 22 Nov 2018, 01:36
by eskimo121
hmm strange, it seems to work now. I tried it in the landscape mode earlier and the button just turned black to indicate its been clicked on but nothing was being downloaded.  Sent a private message.

Re: Download button does nothing on mobile

Posted: 22 Nov 2018, 01:48
by mjau-mjau
Could be other problems on mobile if you used a different layout, I would have to test. Truth is, anchor links <a> embedded directly in the layouts are converted to <span>, because entire gallery item itself is an <a> link and we can't have <a> inside <a>. Links are always maintained as <a> in the popup mode.