Equivalent of a field's "on linkclicked" message in a browser widget?

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Jacque and all,

> Am 06.12.2022 um 22:24 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Hi Jacque,
> 
>> Am 06.12.2022 um 21:59 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> On 12/6/22 1:13 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> what is the browser widget's equivalent to a field's "on linkclicked tLink" message?
>>>> Thanks for any hint!
>>> I want to check if the user clicked e.g. a PDF file and download the file in that case.
>>> What message do I have to catch in the browser widget?
>> You could try "browserDocumentLoadBegin" or "browserNavigateBegin" which would give you the URL that was clicked. But most browsers now download or display the PDF automatically when a PDF link is clicked. Firefox opens the PDF in a new window, and I think Safari downloads it. Not sure about Windows.
> Windows, too, if the Acrobat Plug-in is installed on the target machine.
> Only Android cannot display in a browser so far, too bad.
>> If this is for mobile, the URL might be enough information. BTW, I tried to use these messages a very long time ago and they were not sent, but hopefully that's been fixed by now.
> Fingers crossed, will try and tell. :-)
> Thank you!

macOS 12.6.1, LC 9.6.9 rc2

I tried:
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on browserNavigateBegin pUrl
   if pURL ends with ".pdf" then
      libURLDownloadToFile pUrl, (specialfolderpath("dektop") & "/test666.pdf")
   else
      pass browserNavigateBegin
   end if   
end browserNavigateBegin

on browserDocumentLoadBegin pUrl
   if pURL ends with ".pdf" then
      libURLDownloadToFile pUrl, (specialfolderpath("dektop") & "/test666.pdf")
   else
      pass browserDocumentLoadBegin
   end if   
end browserDocumentLoadBegin
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No file on the desktop, the browser simply ignores the script!?

So any hint on how to download a clicked linke in the browser widget still welcome!


Best

Klaus
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