should useValidAnchor fire for links with a download attribute?

[mks-h]

Hi! I've wrote a custom context menu that has a link (I repent, it's stylized as a button) with the purpose of downloading a file — this is done by specifying the download attribute. There is also an onClick handler that hides the context menu after the click — this is caught by the useValidAnchor rule, that says I should use a button element for such a use case. But then I wont be able to download a file — there is neither an alternative attribute for the button, nor a programmatic way to achieve this. Unless this hackery counts.

So, maybe this rule shouldn't be forced onto a's with a download attribute?

[mks-h]

Just to note, for my use case — a web extension — there is a special API to allow managing downloads. Though, this requires a special permission with excessive access and as a result a misleading warning that I'll manage downloads, not just download a file.

And for a regular website, there is no API what-so-ever, AFAIK

[ematipico]

Thank you for flagging this use case, I think there's an actual issue with the rule.

Do you happen to use href other than the download attribute?

[mks-h]

Yes, I put an ObjectURL string in there