IE 9 jQuery not setting input value

Question

my question is simple:

I have an input file field, and i want to limit it to only accept .GIFs via Jquery , and if the format is wrong, set the input value blank.

Answer 1

From IE8 it is readonly try:

$("input[type='file']").replaceWith($("input[type='file']").clone(true));

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