Directory Chooser in HTML page

Question

How can I create a directory chooser in html page  If I use input file element I can select file only  but I need to select directory instead  I need to do this beacause the user should select a right path inside his computer  Any solutions

User · Answer

If you do not have too many folders then I suggest you use if statements to choose an upload folder depending on the user input details  E g  String user  request getParameter  quot username quot    if  user   quot Alfred quot      Path A    if  user   quot other quot      Path B

User · Answer

I did a work around  I had a hidden textbox to hold the value  Then  on form onsubmit  I copied the path value  less the file name to the hidden folder  Then  set the fileInput box to     That way  no file is uploaded   I don t recall the event of the fileUpload control  Maybe onchange  It s been a while  If there s a value  I parse off the file name and put the folder back to the box   Of   course you d validate that the file as a valid file   This would give you the clients workstation folder  However  if you want to reflect server paths  that requires a whole different coding approach

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Try this  I think it will work for you   lt input type  quot file quot  webkitdirectory directory multiple  gt   You can find the demo of this at https   plus google com  AddyOsmani posts Dk5UhZ6zfF3   and if you need further information you can find it  here

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In case if you are the server and the user  e g  you are creating an app which works via browser and you need to choose a folder  then try to call JFileChooser from the server when some button is clicked in the browser  JFileChooser chooser   new JFileChooser    chooser setCurrentDirectory new java io File        chooser setDialogTitle  select folder    chooser setFileSelectionMode JFileChooser DIRECTORIES ONLY   chooser setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed false     This code snipped is from here

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Can t be done in pure HTML JavaScript for security reasons   Selecting a file for upload is the best you can do  and even then you won t get its full original path in modern browsers   You may be able to put something together using Java or Flash  e g  using SWFUpload as a basis   but it s a lot of work and brings additional compatibility issues   Another thought would be opening an iframe showing the user s C  drive  or whatever  but even if that s possible nowadays  could be blocked for security reasons  haven t tried in a long time  it will be impossible for your web site to communicate with the iframe  again for security reasons    What do you need this for

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Scripting is inevitable   This isn t provided because of the security risk   lt input type  file    gt  is closest  but not what you are looking for   Checkout this example that uses Javascript to achieve what you want   If the OS is windows  you can use VB scripts to access the core control files to browse for a folder

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