jQuery download a zipfile from a button?

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Quite embarrassing how much time I spend trying to get to download a zipfile from a button.... ``` $("#button-download").live("click", function() { $.get("http://localhost/admin/zip/002140.zip"); // doesn't work? }) ``` I need something bullet proof here, that's why I ask here, thanks.

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Use a plain: ``` download zipfile ``` link. Then it'll work fine (“bullet proof” even) without JavaScript available. It also offers more of the traditional affordances users might expect from a download link, such as right-click-save-as, or drag-and-drop. You can of course use CSS to make it look like a button instead of a link. But what it actually is, is a link. So that's how it should be marked up.

jQuery download a zipfile from a button?

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