showing thumbnail image right after selecting in web form

Question

I'm using Uploadify jQuery plugin to upload images to my server. This plugin doesn't show thumbnail after image file is selected and before the file is uploaded. It shows the filename but I need thumbnail next to it. Is there any way to display selected image before its uploaded?

Answer 1

You would need some client-side code to read the file locally and generate a thumbnail. I'm no expert in javascript, but I believe that you cannot access the local filesystem from it - this is by design - so then you would need to do this using Flash/Actionscript.

This feature has been requested in the Uploadify Forums but doesn't seem like anything is happening about it.