HTML <input type='file'> File Selection Event
Let's say we have this code:
<form action='' method='POST' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type='file' name='userFile'><br>
<input type='submit' name='upload_btn' value='upload'>
</form>
which results in this:
When the user clicks the 'Browse...' button, a file search dialog box is opened:
The user will select the file either by double-clicking the file or by clicking the 'Open' button .
Is there a Javascript Event that I can use to be notified after after the file is selected?
Listen to the change event.
input.onchange = function(e) {
..
};
When you have to reload the file, you can erase the value of input. Next time you add a file, 'on change' event will trigger.
document.getElementById('my_input').value = null;
// ^ that just erase the file path but do the trick
jQuery way:
$('input[name=myInputName]').change(function(ev) {
// your code
});
That's the way I did it with pure JS:
var files = document.getElementById('filePoster');
var submit = document.getElementById('submitFiles');
var warning = document.getElementById('warning');
files.addEventListener("change", function () {
if (files.files.length > 10) {
submit.disabled = true;
warning.classList += "warn"
return;
}
warning.classList -= "warn";
submit.disabled = false;
});#warning {
text-align: center;
transition: 1s all;
}
#warning.warn {
color: red;
transform: scale(1.5);
}<section id="shortcode-5" class="shortcode-5 pb-50">
<p id="warning">Please do not upload more than 10 images at once.</p>
<form class="imagePoster" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/gallery/imagePoster" method="post">
<div class="input-group">
<input id="filePoster" type="file" class="form-control" name="photo" required="required" multiple="multiple" />
<button id="submitFiles" class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" name="button">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</section>The Change event gets called even if you click on cancel..