I am trying to style up my input:file. The following SO question gets me 95% of the way there. The difference is that I am using the HTML5 multiple=multiple attribute.
How to style "input file" with CSS3 / Javascript?
$('#choose-files-button').click(function () {
$(':file').trigger('click');
});
$(':file').change(function () {
$this = $(this);
$('#files-selected').text($this.val());
})
@using (Html.BeginForm("Upload", "Manage", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
<span id="choose-files-button" class="btn btn-info">Choose Files</span>
<span id="files-selected"></span>
<button class="pull-right btn btn-primary" type="submit">Upload</button>
<div style="height:0; width:0;overflow:hidden;">
<input type="file" name="files" id="files" multiple="multiple" value="Add Images" />
</div>
}
The problem is that when the text of files-selected gets set it only shows one file name in Chrome. I haven't tested other browsers yet. It sets it to something like C:/Fakepath/asfd.jpg.When you just use the <input type="file" name="files" multiple="multiple" /> it says something like 3 files selected, which is the behavior I am trying to emulate.
Is there a way to get to that text, or get the number of files selected?
Use this.files.length where this is the file DOM element.
$(':file').change(function () {
$('#files-selected').text(this.files.length + " file selected");
});