Johnny91 So in index.php, when 'allow_download' => true,
The option to download the gallery isnt there.
But when
'allow_mass_download' => true,
than the option is there. but it means users can also mass download everything.
Downloading a gallery allows the user to mass download a large quantity of files (all files in the folder, as well as all files in all subfolders). Therefore, this action qualifies as "mass download" and is enabled only with option 'allow_mass_download' => true,
. How else would the gallery owner be able to block mass-downloading files?
Just like allow_upload
allows upload through several methods (buttons, drag-and-drop), allow_mass_download
allows mass file downloads from multiple methods (folder download, selected download). Why do you allow downloading an entire folder, yet need to block the user from downloading selected files?
If you for some reason want to allow folder download, yet need to block selected files download, then you can easily hide buttons via CSS, or toggle select options from the new Javascript select config (coming soon).
Johnny91 than the option is there. but it means users can also mass download everything.
The user can already "mass download everything" when you have folder download enabled, so I don't see your point. Both methods use the same download mechanism, the only difference is that "download-folder" will have all items in the folder pre-selected for download.