How to style "input file" with CSS3 / Javascript ?

Question

I would like to style <input type="file" /> using CSS3.

Alternatively, I would like user to press on a div (that I will style) and this will open the Browse window.

Is that possible to do that using HTML, CSS3, and Javascript / jQuery only ?

Answer 1

check this :
http://api.jquery.com/click/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/180211/jquery-div-click-with-anchors

Answer 2

I have this rough example that you might want to get some idea...

html​

<div id="file">Chose file</div>
<input type="file" name="file" />​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

CSS

#file {
    display:none;
}​

jQuery

var wrapper = $('<div/>').css({height:0,width:0,'overflow':'hidden'});
var fileInput = $(':file').wrap(wrapper);

fileInput.change(function(){
    $this = $(this);
    $('#file').text($this.val());
})

$('#file').click(function(){
    fileInput.click();
}).show();

demo

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