Button to show choose a file to upload dialog box

Question

Instead of using an input type=\"file\" html tag, is it possible to bring up a choose a file to upload dialog box by clicking a input type=\"but

Answer 1

It is not possible to alter an input[type=file] as you like, it is a purely native form element.

Besides you won't be able to get the path to the file for security reasons. Old IE versions shows the path but it is not the case anymore with newer versions and you won't be able to do anything with the path on server-side anyway.

There are though some methods to style:

• Styling File Upload / Select Input Control
• Styling an input type="file"
• Styling file inputs with CSS and the DOM