Browser specific Issue with af:fileDownloadActionListener/ component.

Question

Hi all,
We are facing an issue with <af:fileDownloadActionListener/> component.
The issue is that when we download a particular file to the local system/machine, after downloading the file using <af:fileDownloadActionListener/>, none of the actions/links/button work on the page thereafter. We have to do a browser refresh or switch the URL.
After doing some investigation, it is looking like a browser specific issue, as this is reproducible only on chrome but not on firefox or IE.
The UI component used is <af:fileDownloadActionListener/> component. Below is the snippet of the code. Is there anything to be specified for af:fileDownloadActionListener?
<f:facet name="buttonBar">
<af:panelGroupLayout partialTriggers="expPoll expProgess" id="gsexppgl11">
<af:commandButton text="#{uib_o_w_w_r_WebCenter.LABEL_DOWNLOAD}"
shortDesc="#{uib_o_w_w_r_WebCenter.LABEL_DOWNLOAD}"
id="expClientp"
disabled="#{!pageFlowScope.o_w_w_i_v_b_l_WebCenterExportBean.showExportButtons}">
<af:fileDownloadActionListener filename="#{pageFlowScope.o_w_w_i_v_b_l_WebCenterExportBean.fileName}"
contentType="application/force-download; charset=utf-8"
method="#{pageFlowScope.o_w_w_i_v_b_l_WebCenterExportBean.dumpOAROnClient}"/>
</af:commandButton>
</af:panelGroupLayout>
</f:facet>
Anyone has faced this issue before? Is this a known issue?
Thanks,
Ankush

Answer 1

Jdveloper version is 11g. But we saw this issue with 12c as well.
I have reproduced this in a standalone application as well. I had a page on which I just had a button attached to the file download component. And I faced the similar situation - works fine on IE/FF but causing issues on chrome/safari.