Actually, this method seems good enough to me:
http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html
...specially with the forced IE6 updated coming soon.
On Jan 31, 8:52 am, "Diego A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've tried for a long time to do this and as far as I know: it just
> can't be done. Perhaps the next generation of browsers will allow us
> developers to call the file seclection box like this
> "window.chooseFile", just like we can use "window.prompt"...
>
> If this does turn out to be possible, eventually, then I'll add it to
> my multiple file upload plugin...
>
> On Jan 30, 4:11 am, "Steffan A. Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > on 1/29/08 7:58 PM, Hamish Campbell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > > Some code would be useful - you've said that .click() doesn't work in
> > > FF, but it probably isn't the .click() bit that isn't working.
>
> > > One suggestion (untested) is that you include both the normal button
> > > and the new image, but hide the image with CSS by default. This means
> > > that if JS is disabled, the user can still click the normal button.
>
> > > Then with jQuery, hide the button and show the image on
> > > document.ready. Then apply a trigger to the image that fires the
> > > normal button action. It means you shouldn't need to code anything
> > > special - just piggy-back on the usual action of the button.
>
> > > Eg:
>
> > > $("#myImage").click(function () {
> > > $("#fileButton").trigger('click');
> > > });
>
> > > On Jan 30, 8:01 am, "Steffan A. Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> on 1/29/08 11:57 AM, Mika Tuupola at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Steffan A. Cline wrote:
>
> > >>>> I know there is a plug-in for styling file inputs but what about
> > >>>> using a
> > >>>> custom image instead? I need to do something where I have an ADD and a
> > >>>> DELETE button side by side. I tried this using .click() and it worked
> > >>>> flawlessly but alas FF does not support it! How stupid!.
>
> > >>> What are you trying to achieve? What does ADD and DELETE buttons do?
>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Mika Tuupola
> > >>>http://www.appelsiini.net/
>
> > >> The add button would simply pop up the file selector as clicking on the
> > >> actual file button would do. The delete button would set a hidden flag to
> > >> remove the stored file.
>
> > >> See the previous thread ".click()" This described the previous method
> > >> which
> > >> I gave up on.
>
> > >> Thanks
>
> > >> Steffan
>
> > Well, I tried many variations of .click() with FF and according to this
> > link:
>
> >http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html
>
> > reads:
>
> > "The click() method allows you to simulate a click on a form field.
> > Checkboxes get toggled, radios selected, and so on. Unfortunately Mozilla
> > and Opera haven't added this method to file upload fields. I wonder why,
> > adding it is not really a security risk since the worst that can happen is
> > that the file selection window pops up.
>
> > So unfortunately we cannot use this simple solution."
>
> > I hadn't tried your "trigger" method. Did you test it in FF? I just did and
> > unfortunately as said on quirksmode that does not work :( but it does on
> > everything else.
>
> > What else do you suggest?
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Steffan
>
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