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open file upload dialog on click

I have to open file upload dialog by clicking some other button i.e i am hiding file upload control(visibility:hidden) and on clicking of some other
button i want to open that dialog. Below is the code which i am having:

<input type="file" style="visibility: hidden;" />

Below is the javascript:

$('#button').click(function() {
$('input[type=file]').click();
});

It is working fine in Firefox 4 and IE8 but in chrome12 it is not working i.e the dialog is not being opened. Any idea why?

javascript jquery html file-upload

edited Jul 29 '15 at 16:28 asked Jun 9 '11 at 12:32

Rory McCrossan Niraj Choubey
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3 Answers

Tested today the simple code given in the question and the situation has changed:

IE9: works
Chrome23: works
Firefox15: works

There is just one catch - on IE the .click() is a blocking operation while on other
browsers it is not.

edited Feb 20 '13 at 8:02 answered Nov 16 '12 at 13:51

Knais
14.3k 1 37 64

can you explain more what do u mean by blocking operation? william Jul 4 '13 at 8:58

fileElement.click(); var x = fileElement.value; - on IE this will work as expected, but on other

browsers x will be empty. Knais Jul 4 '13 at 17:43

In your example, your file input did not have an id, yet you are trying to reference it with #input.

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This works for me:

$('#button').click(function() {
$('input[type=file]').click();
});

answered Jun 9 '11 at 12:38

circusbred
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Sorry, i removed it. Niraj Choubey Jun 9 '11 at 12:40

1 actually this doesn't work as of now, either from updates to jquery either from browser updates
Nuno Furtado Feb 4 '13 at 15:22

You should position input[file] just above your custom control. And then bind to
it`s onclick.

Also make in it bigger font-size, as only this way you can increase it's height.

answered Jun 9 '11 at 12:36

gaRex
3,078 13 31

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