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can i make file dialog in input type file in html to be multi select?

Answer 1

+1 A:

Nope, that's not possible, you can specify one file at a time for a single file type. On the other hand, you might want to have a look at:

jQuery Multiple File Upload Plugin

Sarfraz 2010-08-12 17:57:23

can you tell me why? what prevents a multiselect?

sushil bharwani 2010-08-12 17:58:47

@sushil bharwani: This is W3C specification, browsers won't allow you to select more than one file for a single input file. More info: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.htm

Sarfraz 2010-08-12 18:01:19

@sarfraz sorry if i am asking too much!! can we do it by some custom dll or something.Like a program that runs just for me.

sushil bharwani 2010-08-12 18:03:18

@sushil bharwani: Nope, not possible, browser won't do that still :( If you want to use flash, see the answer of @KatieK though.

Sarfraz 2010-08-12 18:05:07

I can use flash. But the answer does not suggest a direction as how to implement

sushil bharwani 2010-08-12 18:26:53

@sushil bharwani: Yes that's unfortunate answer is that way. But note that if flash is player/plugin is not installed on user's browser, it won't work.

Sarfraz 2010-08-12 18:28:48

Answer 2

A:

In some of the more up-to-date browsers that support HTML5 (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, Safari), the multiple attribute will work:

<label>Select files: <input name="files" type="file" multiple></label>

You 2010-08-12 18:01:38

Don't suggest something we can not use today :) We are far away from HTML5, see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2261138/when-should-i-go-for-html5-css3 and http://caniuse.com/

Sarfraz 2010-08-12 18:03:05

That very much depends on both target audience and application. And it *is* good to know that this will be in HTML5.

You 2010-08-14 14:41:19

Answer 3

+1 A:

Gmail allows selecting multiple files as attachments by using a Flash control just for the upload.

KatieK 2010-08-12 18:05:01

I looked at Gmail and i must say WOW i was looking for that!! but i dont know how to implement it.

sushil bharwani 2010-08-12 18:13:41

Yeah, it's a really nice implementation; very subtle. So that's why I thought I'd mention it as an option. I haven't tried this myself, but http://swfupload.org/ might get you started. I'm sure the SO community could help if you try an implementation and get stuck.

KatieK 2010-08-12 19:56:08

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