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Adding a file display list to a multi-file upload HTML control

Adding a file display list to a multi-file upload HTML control

WARNING: This is old and likely obsolete.

• published date: 2013-10-22 11:08
• keywords: [“code”, “display”, “file-uploads”, “javascript”, “swaac”, “user-experience”, “user-feedback”, “ux”]
• source: https://www.raymondcamden.com/2013/09/10/Adding-a-file-display-list-to-a-multifile-upload-HTML-control

TL;DR: when you want to upload multiple files

… add a multiple attribute to the input type="file" element.

For example

<input type="file" name="uploads" id="uploads" multiple />

Funging the display

The post further disusses the usability hit with the lack of indication what files have been selected and how to fix it up with some CSS and JavaScript.