accept attribute in input file is not working

Question

hi i came across a browse file dialog control tag in htnl .and the tag was

<input id="myfile" name="myfile"  type="file" accept="application/pdf"/>

but the accept attribute doesnt seems to have any effect .iam using internetexplorer 8 browser

does it have any thing to do with the accept atribute

Answer 1

Hi,

according to the w3schools (http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/att_input_accept.asp), the 'accept' attribute is not properly supported by any of the major browsers. The filter inside the file browser dialog will not work.

You could use a javascript validation on the form onsubmit event to verify if the file type is correct, returning false otherwise.