Download textarea contents as a file using only Javascript (no server-side)

Question

I am being asked to make a \"download\" button that downloads the contents of a textarea on the same page as a file, with the browser\'s \"Save As...\" dialog showing up. Co

Answer 1

Absolutely possible using this cross browser JavaScript implementation of the HTML5 saveAs function: https://github.com/koffsyrup/FileSaver.js

If all you want to do is save text then the above script works in all browsers(including all versions of IE), no SWF required.