I'd expect the following to open file dialog, but it doesn't. Why?
$('<input type="file"/>').click();
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I'd consider that hazardous if my browser popped up system dialogs unrequested. Just a thought that it's probably a security restriction. I certainly could be wrong in this case.
altCognito
2009-05-11 11:14:03
One can make your browser pop up file dialog in an non obvious way. Using this plugin for instance: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/ocupload
artemave
2009-05-11 11:28:47
@artemave, as far as I can tell, that plugin still requires a click in order to popup the dialog.
Ionuț G. Stan
2009-05-11 11:33:49
Yeah, but this click may not be meant to open file dialog at all. Anyway, your answer makes sense and definitely postponed a bit the inevitable brain failure I am doomed to end up with being a web developer.
artemave
2009-05-11 11:55:59
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It's not (shouldn't be) possible to programmatically open file dialogs. The standards say so.
I said shouldn't as IE6 allows this, AFAIK.
Ionuț G. Stan
2009-05-11 11:19:48