[Feature Request] Copy download link

[WaleedMortaja]

I would like to be able to see and copy the direct link of a download item. Some websites provides you a button that triggers the download process, so it is not always easy to get the direct download link from the website itself.

Vanadium seems to have multiple problems with downloading (large) files:

• When the connection is slow, it does not retry enough. It sometimes shows a "currently downloading" state while have zero-progress indefinitely. I have to pause and resume the download to make it work again.
• I feel that if the screen turns off for some period, it help to trigger the above issue.
• When connection is very slow or cut, it shows "Waiting for network", but it does not always resume after the network is back.
• Sometimes, when the download fails, it just magically disappears from the downloads list!

Because of these issues, and for general convenience as well. I would like to be able to copy the direct download link so I would be able use it in an external download manager app.

If some people face the same mentioned download problems, maybe they would better be reported as separate issues and get fixed to avoid the need for an external download manger app in the first place. However, that does not deny the convenience of being able to see/copy the direct download link.

[thestinger]

The copy link functionality exists for regular links. It wouldn't work well to make assumptions about how a download works that's based on doing something like sending a POST request with a CSRF token from a specific instance of the page. It's just not how this works on sites making it overly complex. It's not simply always a URL you can reliably fetch via a GET request.

Vanadium seems to have multiple problems with downloading (large) files

It's the standard Chromium implementation and we're not going to be making changes to it. It works quite well for most people.