Styling an input type=“file” button

Question

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

Answer 1

The best way is using the pseudo element :after or :before as an element overt the de input. Then style that pseudo element as you wish. I recomend you to do as a general style for all input files as follows:

input {
  height: 0px;
  outline: none;
}

input[type="file"]:before {
  content: "Browse";
  background: #fff;
  width: 100%;
  height: 35px;
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  margin: 0 5px;
  left: -6px;
  border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
  top: -1px;
  line-height: 35px;
  color: #b6b6b6;
  padding-left: 5px;
  display: block;
}