Request: Option to hide download bar

[eljuno]

• Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
  Yes.

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  From community https://community.brave.com/t/let-me-permanently-hide-download-bar/5906?u=eljuno

I’d like to be able to just turn it off so it doesn’t pop up and obscure the bottom of the screen when I download something.

Additional info from reporter:
If I remember correctly Internet Explorer/Edge auto-hides the download bar once the download is completed and Firefox doesn’t use a download bar at all, they have an icon in the menu bar and the download menu remains hidden unless you open it manually.

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  All

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[eljuno]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/download-pop-up-bar-at-bottom-of-screen/6427?u=eljuno

[eljuno]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/download-bar-options/8364?u=eljuno

I get weirded out when things pop up on my screen, aka the downloads bar at the bottom. I should be able to disable that in some fashion IMO.

[bsclifton]

Note: work was done for this with #11547, but the PR was closed. The commit can easily cherry-picked for folks wanting to solve this one (just needs some additional testing)

Moving to backlog

[srirambv]

+1 form https://community.brave.com/t/status-of-option-to-remove-downloads-bar-in-windows-10/22864

[skotzko]

+1

[srirambv]

This will be an out-of-the-box feature on brave-core. Closing as wont fix 😄

[bsclifton]

Thanks for the feedback, @Rencer - let's keep things civil here (watch the language, etc).

I assure you, we're not trying to make the experience worse. There are open issues tracking everything that we know is an issue. In your case, you're building from source which means (if you're using master) you're using unreleased code. If you're running from source, you might want to try the 0.22.x branch (and not master)

I'm not aware of a EU Prebake Cookie Filter? Maybe you can share more information

As for Brave and all other browsers crashing for you, I'm not sure how to respond. Without helpful information like crash details or steps which always produce a crash, there are no actions we can take to solve the issue. It's impossible to take action when the only feedback is "it crashes"