html - How to download file using anchor tag <a>

Question

Why is this not working:

download.html

<a href="jsplogin.jar">download</a>

The jsplogin.jar file is in the same folder has the download.html file.

when I click the download link the file jsplogin.jar should download but its trying to open the file in the browser. when I right clicked on the link and selected "save link" nothing is happening.

Answer 1

In HTML5, in most browsers you can add a 'download' attribute to the a element.

for example:

<a href="http://www.example.com/index.html" download>Download</a>

Based on this question. How can I create download link in html?