changing the name of type="file" input tag?

Question

i have an input tag...

<input type="file" name="upload">

for browsing it makes the button vith value "browse"(in mozilla)

the question is: how can i change the name of that button? i want it to have the name "select" instead of "browse".

Thanks

Answer 1

Unfortunately the button text of an <input type="file"> is controlled by the browser, and cannot be changed, as far as I know.

In general, fancy file uploaders are often flash-based. However, if you are ready for a challenge, you may want to check out the following QuirksMode article for a few CSS + JavaScript tricks in this direction:

• QuirksMode: Styling an input type="file"

Answer 2

I haven't tried, but can you set the input to display:none and then use background images?