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> Can I modify what 'input type="file"' displays
REJKID
post Sep 26 2018, 05:29 AM
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Hi,
Is there any way I can specify regular expression of what 'input type="file"' dialog box shows. What I mean by that is that I would like 'input type="file"' to display only the files that their names do match my regular expression and nothing else (e.g. 'Beacon_Suite_V1_0_10_(20180926).mot')
Is this possible?

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Christian J
post Sep 26 2018, 11:41 AM
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I don't think that's possible, for security reasons.

Actually the ACCEPT attribute might be used for this, at least with file extensions. See https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#e...ef-input-accept

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post Sep 27 2018, 06:06 PM
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ACCEPT is only for file extension, I need a regular expression filter. I though pattern would be OK, but it works only for input types: text, date, search, url, tel, email, and password but not for file.

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post Sep 28 2018, 05:17 AM
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Here's a javascript property that reveals the file name, but only after the file has already been selected: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File/name but I suppose you want the prefiltering done before the user selectes anything...
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post Oct 7 2018, 07:01 PM
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Yep. I need pre-filtering done before the user selects anything. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
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