If you’re like most people, you have a lot of files scattered all over your computer. It can be hard to find the file you’re looking for, and even harder to remember where you saved it. One way to make your life easier is to save items to pre-defined folders in the context menu. To do this, open up the context menu (by pressing Ctrl+Shift+C) and select “Save As.” In the “Save As” dialog box, select the folder where you want to save the file, and then type a name for the file. Click “Save.” This technique is great for saving articles you’ve read online or emails you’ve received. You can also use it to save files that you need later, such as pictures or videos. ..
Before
Whether it is saving a file from a link…
An image from a website…
Or a whole webpage you always have to go through the whole “Save As Routine” just to get the file saved to the desired location. What if you could cut out the whole “Save As Routine” and just send those files where you wanted them? Well you can.
After
For our example we added two custom folders on the desktop…
Now when you go to save a file from a link you can send that file directly to a pre-defined folder that you have chosen. Just browse through the “Save Link to Side Menus” and click on “Save Here”… And just like that you are already finished.
Saving images is just as easy now…
Webpages too. Notice that in each instance you still have the option to “Save As” if you need it…definitely the best of both now.
Options & Setup
The options are straightforward and mainly focus on setting up your personalized folders. Here you can see the “miscellaneous” settings for the extension.
The extension will have a default listing of the same two folders (Desktop & My Documents Folders) for each of the three categories (Page, Link, & Image). To add your own set of folders to each category click on the “Add… Button” and browse for your favorite folders. Set up for each one is identical…
Conclusion
If you are tired of the “Save As Routine” in Firefox then this might be the perfect extension for you. It will help make your file saving direct, quick, and easy.
Links
Download the “Save File to” extension (Mozilla Add-ons)
Download the “Save File to” extension (Extension Homepage)
