I have styled a file input using CSS:
You can take the file name like this
$('#file-upload')[0].files[0].name
I've had a long crack i hope it helps you may need to style it more to your liking
HTML
<form>
<label for="file-upload" class="custom-file-upload">
<i class="fa fa-cloud-upload"></i> Upload Image
</label>
<input id="file-upload" name='upload_cont_img' type="file" style="display:none;">
<input id="uploadFile" placeholder="No File" disabled="disabled" />
</form>
CSS
.custom-file-upload {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
display: inline-block;
padding: 6px 12px;
cursor: pointer;
}
#uploadFile {
text-align: center;
border: none;
background-color: white;
color: black;
}
JavaScript
document.getElementById("file-upload").onchange = function() {
document.getElementById("uploadFile").value = this.value;
};
JSFiddle link:https://jsfiddle.net/kd1brhny/
Upload button Style
input[type="file"] {
display: none;
}
.custom-file-upload {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
display: inline-block;
padding: 6px 12px;
cursor: pointer;
}
<label for="file-upload" class="custom-file-upload">
<i class="fa fa-cloud-upload"></i> Custom Upload
</label>
<input id="file-upload" type="file"/>
You have to bind and trigger the change event on the [type=file]
element and read the files name as:
$('#file-upload').change(function() {
var i = $(this).prev('label').clone();
var file = $('#file-upload')[0].files[0].name;
$(this).prev('label').text(file);
});
.custom-file-upload {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
display: inline-block;
padding: 6px 12px;
cursor: pointer;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<label for="file-upload" class="custom-file-upload">
<i class="fa fa-cloud-upload"></i> Upload Image
</label>
<input id="file-upload" name='upload_cont_img' type="file" style="display:none;">
</form>
Since continues update of browser CSS fix is not effective for all browsers please use JavaScript version for above problem solution.
CSS snippets
.wrap-file_upload{position:relative; display:inline-block;}
.wrap-file_upload .btn_colorlayer,.wrap-file_upload:hover .btn_colorlayer{position: absolute; left: 102%; padding-left: 8px; max-width: 120px; white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; color:#d7263d;top: 50%; margin-top: -8px; text-transform: none; pointer-events:none; }
.wrap-file_upload input[type="file"]{opacity: 0; height:40px; display: inline; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 230px; bottom: 0;}
.wrap-file_upload .btn_lbl{pointer-events: none;}
JavaScript snippets
function _updatename(obj){
var _parentObj = $(obj).parents("[data-uploadfield]");
_parentObj.addClass("wrap-file_upload");
if(!_parentObj.find(".btn_colorlayer").length){
_parentObj.append("<span class='btn_colorlayer'></span>")
}
var _tempname = "";
if( $(obj).val() != "" && typeof( $(obj).val())!='undefined'){
_tempname = $(obj).val().split('\\');
_tempname = _tempname[_tempname.length-1];
}
var _name = _tempname || $(obj).parents("[data-uploadfield]").attr("data-uploadfield") || "No file chosen";
_parentObj.find(".btn_colorlayer").attr("title",_name).text(_name);
}
if($("[data-uploadfield]").length){
$("[data-uploadfield]").each(function(i){
_updatename($(this).find("input[type='file']"));
});
}
$(document).on("click","[data-uploadfield] input[type='file']",function(){
_updatename($(this));
});
$(document).on("change","[data-uploadfield] input[type='file']",function(){
_updatename($(this));
});
// Enable Custom Control for Ajax called pages
$( document ).ajaxComplete(function(event,request,settings){
if($("[data-uploadfield]").length){
_updatename("[data-uploadfield] input[type='file']");
}
});
For CSS Only Solution
.file_upload {
position: relative;
min-width: 90px;
text-align: center;
color: #ee3333;
line-height: 25px;
background: #fff;
border: solid 2px #ee3333;
font-weight: 600;
}
a.file_upload {
display: inline-block;
}
.file_upload .btn_lbl {
position: relative;
z-index: 2;
pointer-events: none;
}
.file_upload .btn_colorlayer {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
background: #fff;
z-index: 1;
pointer-events: none;
}
.file_upload input[type="file"] {
position: absolute;
top: 3px;
left: -86px;
font-weight: 600;
margin-left: 100%;
color: #ee3333;
outline: none;
}
<button class="file_upload" type="button">
<span class="btn_lbl">Browse</span>
<span class="btn_colorlayer"></span>
<input type="file" name="fileupload" id="file_upload" />
</button>
You can use this for multiple file upload also
updateList = function() {
var input = document.getElementById('file');
var output = document.getElementById('fileList');
output.innerHTML = '<ul>';
for (var i = 0; i < input.files.length; ++i) {
output.innerHTML += '<li>' + input.files.item(i).name + '</li>';
}
output.innerHTML += '</ul>';
}
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" multiple
onchange="javascript:updateList()" />
<br/>Selected files:
<div id="fileList"></div>