The preference browser.altClickSave controls whether clicking a link while holding the alt key starts the download of that link.

• Type:boolean
• Default value:  false
• Exists by default: yes
• Application support:Firefox 13.0
• Status: Active; last updated 2012-03-19
• Introduction: Pushed to Nightly on 2012-03-02
• Bugs: bug 713052

Values

true

Clicking a link while holding the alt key starts the download of that link.

false (default)

No action triggered (see bug 736985).