Is it possible to style a input element of type file without worrying about browser compatibility? In my case I need to implement a background image and round border(1px), the button should also be customised if possible.
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use uniform js plugin to style input of any type, select, textarea.
The URL is http://uniformjs.com/
After looking around on Google for a long time, trying out several solutions, both CSS, JavaScript and JQuery, i found that most of them were using an Image as the button. Some of them were hard to use, but i did manage to piece together something that ended out working out for me.
The important parts for me was:
This is the solution i came up with. And hope it can be of use to others as well.
Change the width of .file_input_textbox to change the width of the textbox.
Change the width of both .file_input_div, .file_input_button and .file_input_button_hover to change the width of the button. You might need to tweak a bit on the positions also. I never figured out why...
To test this solution, make a new html file and paste the content into it.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.file_input_textbox {height:25px;width:200px;float:left; }
.file_input_div {position: relative;width:80px;height:26px;overflow: hidden; }
.file_input_button {width: 80px;position:absolute;top:0px;
border:1px solid #F0F0EE;padding:2px 8px 2px 8px; font-weight:bold; height:25px; margin:0px; margin-right:5px; }
.file_input_button_hover{width:80px;position:absolute;top:0px;
border:1px solid #0A246A; background-color:#B2BBD0;padding:2px 8px 2px 8px; height:25px; margin:0px; font-weight:bold; margin-right:5px; }
.file_input_hidden {font-size:45px;position:absolute;right:0px;top:0px;cursor:pointer;
opacity:0;filter:alpha(opacity=0);-ms-filter:"alpha(opacity=0)";-khtml-opacity:0;-moz-opacity:0; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="fileName" class="file_input_textbox" readonly="readonly">
<div class="file_input_div">
<input id="fileInputButton" type="button" value="Browse" class="file_input_button" />
<input type="file" class="file_input_hidden"
onchange="javascript: document.getElementById('fileName').value = this.value"
onmouseover="document.getElementById('fileInputButton').className='file_input_button_hover';"
onmouseout="document.getElementById('fileInputButton').className='file_input_button';" />
</div>
</body>
</html>
Use the clip property along with opacity, z-index, absolute positioning, and some browser filters to place the file input over the desired button:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets/Clipping
Follow these steps then you can create custom styles for your file upload form:
1.) This is the simple HTML form(please read the HTML comments I have written here bellow)
<form action="#type your action here" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div id="yourBtn" style="height: 50px; width: 100px;border: 1px dashed #BBB; cursor:pointer;" onclick="getFile()">Click to upload!</div>
<!-- this is your file input tag, so i hide it!-->
<div style='height: 0px;width: 0px; overflow:hidden;'><input id="upfile" type="file" value="upload"/></div>
<!-- here you can have file submit button or you can write a simple script to upload the file automatically-->
<input type="submit" value='submit' >
</form>
2.) Then use this simple script to pass the click event to file input tag.
function getFile(){
document.getElementById("upfile").click();
}
Now you can use any type of a styling without worrying how to change default styles. I know this very well, because I have been trying to change the default styles for month and a half. believe me it's very hard because different browsers have different upload input tag. So use this one to build your custom file upload forms.Here is the full AUTOMATED UPLOAD code.
<html>
<style>
#yourBtn{
position: relative;
top: 150px;
font-family: calibri;
width: 150px;
padding: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px dashed #BBB;
text-align: center;
background-color: #DDD;
cursor:pointer;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getFile(){
document.getElementById("upfile").click();
}
function sub(obj){
var file = obj.value;
var fileName = file.split("\\");
document.getElementById("yourBtn").innerHTML = fileName[fileName.length-1];
document.myForm.submit();
event.preventDefault();
}
</script>
<body>
<center>
<form action="#type your action here" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="myForm">
<div id="yourBtn" onclick="getFile()">click to upload a file</div>
<!-- this is your file input tag, so i hide it!-->
<!-- i used the onchange event to fire the form submission-->
<div style='height: 0px; width: 0px;overflow:hidden;'><input id="upfile" type="file" value="upload" onchange="sub(this)"/></div>
<!-- here you can have file submit button or you can write a simple script to upload the file automatically-->
<!-- <input type="submit" value='submit' > -->
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Here's a simple css only solution, that creates a consistent target area, and lets you style your faux elements however you like.
The basic idea is this:
Here's the jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gwwar/nFLKU/
<form>
<input id="faux" type="text" placeholder="Upload a file from your computer" />
<a href="#" id="browse">Browse </a>
<div id="wrapper">
<input id="input" size="100" type="file" />
</div>
</form>
Same solution via Jquery. Works if you have more than one file input in the page.
$j(".filebutton").click(function() {
var input = $j(this).next().find('input');
input.click();
});
$j(".fileinput").change(function(){
var file = $j(this).val();
var fileName = file.split("\\");
var pai =$j(this).parent().parent().prev();
pai.html(fileName[fileName.length-1]);
event.preventDefault();
});
Source: Stackoverflow.com