Open File Dialogue box in JavaScript

Question

Hey all,

how can I get an "open file dialogue" box in Javascript? ::)

Thanks in advance :)

Edit:

Duplicate of:

open-file-dialogue-box-in-javascript

and

javascript-file-uploads

Answer 1

Javascript cannot open files. (Leastways not in any cross browser secure way).

Possibly you'd be interested in <input type="file" /> (an intro here).

Answer 2

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/434631/file-upload-in-javascript - but I don't have the rep to mark it as such. :-)

Short answer is that no, you cannot do this through pure Javascript; the only way to do this is via an HTML form with an <input type="file"> element.