Is there any way to display image in client browser without uploading it to server?

Question

I am writing a simple \"Book\" create page in ASP.NET MVC. User can create book by filling title,year etc.. and selecting a cover image. When user press \"Create\" button Form

Answer 1

Yes, you can using javascript

Javascript:

function showThumbnail(files){
  for(var i=0;i

HTML:

You just need the input field and The div to display the thumbnail image, and on change for the input field will call showThumbnail function which will append img inside the "thumbnail" div.