Links added in "Quick Links" webpart to force download the documents only works when double clicks on it !!

Question

Force downloading the word documents stored in SharePoint when the user clicks on the link (using "Quick Links" webpart) is not working as expected.

To successfully download the file, the link required to be clicked twice!!.

I've added the links in "Quick Links" webpart in the below format ( file copy link + &download=1 )
https://TenantName.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/SiteCollectionName/EV8bwK_6d9hKou_RVS7GFXcBlMWrv5nZpViNQmUHtwarJA?e=3RPjsi&download=1

The query string parameter &download=1 is used to force download the document as I don't want them to be opened in Word Online.

When I click on my Quick Links, it takes 2 clicks to trigger the download.

On the first click, the browsers address bar updates but nothing is downloaded. The second click works. (Please test it by adding multiple links of different files to the webpart, as it is working correctly during the first link click but misbehaving for the subsequent file download links)

Answer 1

Hi @Jefin Mathew
I have reproduced your issue on my PC. The first click could always succeed but after that it will need double click or refresh the browser. This issue seems to be by design and I could not find any official document to explain it. So I would suggest you to send feedback to Microsoft SharePoint Feedback.

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