How to get folder directory from HTML input type file or any other way

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So I have a basic form input with the type  file  however I want the user to be able to select a folder location and not a file   How can I get this input to select a folder and not a file  or is there another way to do it

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Eventhough it is an old question  this may help someone   We can choose multiple files while browsing for a file using  multiple    lt input type  file  name  datafile  size  40   multiple gt

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Stumbled on this page as well  and then found out this is possible with just javascript  no plugins like ActiveX or Flash   but just in chrome   https   plus google com  AddyOsmani posts Dk5UhZ6zfF3  Basically  they added support for a new attribute on the file input element  webkitdirectory   You can use it like this    lt input type  file  id  ctrl  webkitdirectory directory multiple  gt   It allows you to select directories  The multiple attribute is a good fallback for browsers that support multiple file selection but not directory selection   When you select a directory the files are available through the dom object for the control  document getElementById  ctrl     just like they are with the multiple attribute  The browsers adds all files in the selected directory to that list recursively   You can already add the directory attribute as well in case this gets standardized at some point  couldn t find any info regarding that

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You re most likely looking at using a flash silverlight activeX control  The  lt input type  file    gt  control doesn t handle that   If you don t mind the user selecting a file as a means to getting its directory  you may be able to bind to that control s change event then strip the filename portion and save the path somewhere--but that s about as good as it gets   Keep in mind that webpages are designed to interact with servers  Nothing about providing a local directory to a remote server is  typical   a server can t access it so why ask for it    however files are a means to selectively passing information

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