Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

by Joseph Rézeau -
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Can anyone tell us how this feature might be useful?

Joseph

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Re: Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

by Buddy Ethridge -

Just testing this Joseph.  If I post two attachments, will the button allow other users to download them both with one click?  I can see it being useful with multiple attachments, but I must confess that I do not see it being useful when I am actually the one contributing the attachments (i.e. when I am authoring the post, why does it appear?).

Buddy

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Re: Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

by Buddy Ethridge -

In answer to my own question, this only appears at the time of posting it seems.  Therefore, I cannot fathom its potential use.

Buddy

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Re: Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

by Joseph Rézeau -
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Exactly. Any other thoughts, anyone?

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Re: Potential use of "Download all" in forum attachments?

by Helen Foster -
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Apologies for the late reply, however I asked in our developer chat what the point was of the 'Download all' forum attachments button, to which Tim replied "that is a standard feature of the file picker form element."

I hadn't noticed it elsewhere before. I don't know how difficult it would be to remove, as I agee that it doesn't seem to serve any useful purpose.

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