Would like default open action to be "download a copy"

Question

hi all,
i have a document library that i want to contain official copies of documents.  when you left-click the document title, it asks to open read only or check out.   i dont want either option, i want that behavior to be like the "download a copy"
button on the ribbon bar.....iow, i want it to force the end user to "save as..." a local copy.
is this possible?  i noticed the button to download is a javascript, so i should be able to replace the HREF link with this javascript commmand?
thanks!!!!
~george

Answer 1

Hi Ge0rg3,
Please try the following code:
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("[class=ms-vb itx]").each(function (i, obj) {
obj.innerHTML = "<div onclick='rebindOnclick();'>" + removeHtmlTags(obj.innerHTML) + "</div>";
var rebindOnclick = function () {
setTimeout(function () { document.getElementById("Ribbon.Documents.Copies.Download-Large").click(); }, 500)
var removeHtmlTags = function (s) {
return s.replace(/<[^>].*?>/g, "");
</script>
Thanks,
Lhan Han