Styling an input type=“file” button

Question

How do you style an input type=\"file\" button?

Answer 1

This is simple with jquery. To give a code example of Ryan's suggestion with a slight modification.

Basic html:

Be sure to set the styling on the input when you're ready: opacity: 0 You can't set display: none because it needs to be clickable. But you can position it under the "new" button or tuck in under something else with z-index if you prefer.

Setup some jquery to click the real input when you click the image.

$('#image_icon').click(function() {
    $('#the_real_file_input').click();
});

Now your button is working. Just cut and paste the value when changed.

$('input[type=file]').bind('change', function() {
    var str = "";
    str = $(this).val();
    $("#filename").text(str);
}).change();

Tah dah! You may need to parse the val() to something more meaningful but you should be all set.