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File upload multi-select

I'm not positive if this is even possible, but is there any way to enable a user to ctrl+click (ie, multi-select) files on a website?

Screen shot of what I would like to be able to do via an upload tool, taken from just my standard file explorer:

Multi-select

In case this is relevant, the back-end of the site is in C# and the front-end scripting is JS/jQuery.

+1  A: 

HTML4/XHTML1's file upload element only allows for single file uploads. You can use Flash or a plugin to get the behavior you want. You could use JQuery to create a dynamic form that would allow multiple uploads but they'd still need to be selected individually.

If you're OK with only supporting HTML5-capable browsers, you can <input type="file" multiple="multiple> and get this behavior.

Sean McSomething  2010-10-14 20:25:51
yes! this is great... now, do you know how i handle those files for upload, or anything like that?
Jason  2010-10-14 22:38:12
Can't say I do. I've been out of web development for a year or two, I just remember being excited when I saw it work with Chrome inside of Gmail the first time.
Sean McSomething  2010-10-15 17:51:23
i've figured out how to work with it on the back end (`Request.Files` has all the files) but I'd like a way to intercept it on the client side so I can react accordingly, mainly to the number being uploaded.
Jason  2010-10-15 17:58:05

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