Input file in hide mode

Well the problem with that is the input field would be removed from the layout and then become inaccessible to people using screen readers which would be very bad. Another important thing to note is the label. With file inputs, clicking on the label also opens up the file picker, so we can use that to our advantage and style the label anyway we want.

Now that we've hidden the default input, we can decide to style the label however we want. For simplicity sake, let's just make it look like a button. So we've been able to style the label to look like a button, but that's not all. We need to add some sort of indications to the label for when people hover on the field, or try to focus on the file field using the keyboard. I'm just going to do something simple here and increase the size of the label when that happens.

The -webkit-focus-ring-color is used to get the default outline look on webkit browsers like chrome or safari. For non webkit browsers, a black outline would be applied to the element.

We can use JavaScript to display the name and size of the file selected. This would create a slightly more natural feel to the custom field. Home Help Login Register. Pages: [ 1 ] Go Down. Author Topic: Hiding input into a command window with a character or blank space Read times. Hi, Im trying to write a batch that prompts a user to enter a password that is already within the batch file, if the password they entered is correct then the program will open display information needed to the user.

Code: [Select]. The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. Works great, this makes a file called hide. Learn more. Asked 6 years, 9 months ago.

Active 2 months ago. Viewed k times. I was wondering if this is doable? Google comes up with nothing. Apprentice Programmer Apprentice Programmer 1, 4 4 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. You can actually do it with label , you just have to hide the input. Note that it doesn't work on old Android 4. The rest is just for styling.

Victor Radu Victor Radu 2, 1 1 gold badge 11 11 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Note: You can see the complete source code for this example on GitHub — file-example.

Note: opacity is used to hide the file input instead of visibility: hidden or display: none , because assistive technology interprets the latter two styles to mean the file input isn't interactive. Next, we add an event listener to the input to listen for changes to its selected value changes in this case, when files are selected.

The event listener invokes our custom updateImageDisplay function. The custom validFileType function takes a File object as a parameter, then uses Array. If a match is found, the function returns true. If no match is found, it returns false. Note: If multiple files are selected, the string represents the first selected file.

JavaScript can access the other files through the input's files property. If no file is yet selected, the string is "" empty. Each unique file type specifier may take one of the following forms: A valid case-insensitive filename extension, starting with a period ".

For example:. A valid MIME type string, with no extensions. Each File object contains the following information: name The file's name.