How to use jQuery to get the current value of a file input field

Question

From what I ve ready you should be able to use the  value  property of a file input field to get the currently set path of that field   But when I do this        fileinput   value     I get  undefined    The ID of the field is set to  fileinput  I m sure   Does anyone have any thoughts on why this might not be working for me   And by the way  this works   var d   document getElementById  AttachmentFile    alert d value     So I guess this has something to do with the way jQuery works that I don t fully understand     Thanks

User · Accepted Answer

You need to use val rather than value       fileinput   val

User · Answer

I ve tried this and it works    yourelement next   val      yourelement could be       elementIdName   next   val      good luck

User · Answer

Jquery works differently in IE and other browsers  You can access the last file name by using  alert    input   attr  value       In IE the above alert will give the complete path but in other browsers it will give only the file name

User · Answer

I don t think there is any real legitimate way to access this via the DOM  It would be a security risk that browsers have of late locked down on to prevent drive-by uploads

User · Answer

I think it should be        fileinput   val

User · Answer

Could you also do     input type file   val

User · Answer

In Chrome 8 the path is always  C  fakepath   with the correct file name

User · Answer

its not  val   if you want to get file  home user default png it will get with  val   just default png

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