How to configure dxFileUploader to show up like a simple button?

Question

I have a dxFileUploader:

<div data-bind="dxFileUploader: { buttonText: 'Select file', labelText: 'Drop file here', accept: 'image/*' }"></div>

On the UI I got a surrounding white area (div).

How to get rid of it? I need only a simple button with an icon and no text that looks like this:

<div data-bind="dxButton: { icon: 'arrowup' }"></div>

Answer 1

Use following styling for your file uploader

.dx-fileuploader, 
.dx-fileuploader * {
    display: inline-block;    
    margin: 0;
    vertical-align: middle;
}
.dx-fileuploader-input-container {
    display: none;
}
.dx-fileuploader-wrapper, 
.dx-fileuploader-input-wrapper{
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
}

To set icon to the button do following

$("#fileUploader").find(".dx-button").dxButton("option", "icon", "arrowup");

If you also need to hide selected files information add one more css rule

.dx-fileuploader-files-container {
    display: none;
}

See the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/tabalinas/uf5vzgdw/