October 2016 Summaries

Let's say, you are making a cloud and/or sharing service. It would be disappointing to find out after putting in all of that work to make the app, you can’t have your users download an image from your website. At least it was for me, so if this very specific problem has occurred for you too, this article will explain how to make images download onto the user’s computer instead of doing this.But can’t I just send the using to the file URL, wouldn't that download it for them, you ask?Nope, probably. If this was any other kind of file, then most likely. We are talking about browsers here, so I can’t talk in absolutes. It’s difficult to assume a general behavior between all browsers as they can behave different from each other.Okay, then what is probably the solution to this, you add?The addition of 'download' to the end of the href tag makes all of the difference. This allows users to download images by clicking on the link in their browser's context menu or right-clicking and selecting "Save image as." By adding this code to an HTML element, such as a button or anchor tag, you can enable file downloads in your Bubble app.

Creating keyboard shortcuts in Bubble can be achieved through various methods. The "Real Solution" involves using an input form to capture the user's keyboard and perform actions based on the value inside it. This method requires setting up multiple workflows, including one for focusing the input field, another for processing the input value, and a third for clearing the input field. By leveraging this approach, users can create custom shortcuts that trigger various actions in their Bubble app. However, limitations exist, such as not being able to capture modifier keys like Command or Control, but workarounds are available.